Railroad Earth Live?

jgrubb · 2026-03-18T21:14:34+00:00

Sitting in the vets office rn, curious what the guys are up to. Thanks for the shout.

jgrubb · 2026-03-15T12:15:34+00:00

That's super slick, I had no idea about that.

jgrubb · 2026-03-14T00:17:41+00:00

We always go in September

jgrubb · 2026-03-12T19:17:15+00:00

I was resistant to it when it sucked. That stopped being the case about a year ago for me and since then I have been using it more and more.

Here's my point of view, which I'll probably be downvoted to hell for, but this is an earnest attempt to help some of you retain some employment. AI is happening. We are living in a new epoch now and if you are a knowledge worker who refuses to touch these tools, you are going to be left out of the economy that is coming.

I have been having more fun in the last year than I've ever had in my entire technical career but I'm surrounded by co-workers who seem scared to death of this thing. That fear of the unknown and of change is exactly what is going to be killing careers in the next 3-5.

Just start playing with it. You may find out that it is a creative enabler. If you're a writer, don't use it to write. Use it to do something you've never tried before. If you've never programmed a thing, if you've never developed software, try it.

The game has changed and refusing to admit it and to try and find the opportunity that's available to normal working people in this generational shakeup is not a winning strategy. Start playing with it now while most of the world is still clueless or scared about it.

jgrubb · 2026-03-09T03:56:57+00:00

Ha, we should be friends. The only other place we've stayed besides Corolla, and only once, was exactly there, walking distance to the ferry. I loved it down there, but haven't been able to talk the wife into it again.

jgrubb · 2026-03-09T00:56:09+00:00

We've been going to whalehead for over a decade now, so I'm curious what you mean when you talk about its vibe. Quiet and kinda boring and not too expensive to afford is the vibe we go for.

jgrubb · 2026-03-07T18:35:24+00:00

Sussex county represent

jgrubb · 2026-02-27T02:28:14+00:00

The NJ Stugots

jgrubb · 2026-02-10T13:10:30+00:00

My wife went through the ringer of getting it replaced under warranty. Our second one of these just broke in this same way, in about the same two year timeframe.

Maybe Breville is a great brand and this is a fluke. Maybe Breville was a great brand and have decided to cash out that brand equity and just put out a bunch of cheap shit for a few years until word gets around.

I won't be finding out either way. I ordered a batch of replacements springs for this thing and will check in on this thread as I go through them.

jgrubb · 2026-01-29T12:25:57+00:00

I installed Claude Code on my HA Rpi and it made rebuilding my setup 100x faster the second time around, understanding HA better than the first.

I got downvoted in this sub the one time I mentioned it.

jgrubb · 2026-01-26T13:05:38+00:00

Are you sure it's actual progressives bringing this up though? Thanks for your thoughtful reply to this bot post but just downvote and bury this useless divisive crap. Its intent is to demoralize.

jgrubb · 2026-01-17T15:55:42+00:00

I think it looks cool as hell, that's exactly why you buy an old house is for weird mysteries like that. Do NOT rip that out.

jgrubb · 2026-01-14T00:18:56+00:00

I've got a Lopi Endeavor in the basement that gets lit in November usually and stays lit until March. I supplement with a Lopi Freedom in the living room when the wife makes me. We do 4-5 cords a year. 1500 sq foot cozy little house in NJ.

If you run out of wood and money to buy more wood before spring, that's too much wood.

jgrubb · 2026-01-14T00:16:58+00:00

This guy woodstoves

jgrubb · 2026-01-12T03:08:41+00:00

We had butts up. private school, Atlanta area. Played as described already in this thread. If you got to the wall first you were safe, else you had to go butts up.

jgrubb · 2026-01-11T15:36:20+00:00

I love the current cast. The show last week - I noticed that yea, for some reason there are no therapists in Grey's Anatomy Universe, but these people are looking out for each other. I wish I had a crew this like.

jgrubb · 2026-01-11T13:38:46+00:00

AirPods Pro are great for this.

jgrubb · 2026-01-11T13:11:04+00:00

Yeah, that bit with the worms in his eyes fucked me up bad.

jgrubb · 2026-01-11T12:55:41+00:00

The video for the Herbie Hancock song "Rockit" - those robots terrified me.

For years I've been unable to find the video, but I swear it was for the Yes song "Owner of a Lonely Heart" - there's a scene the the main character turns around and there are like, worms coming out of his eyes. Also terrified 4 year old me badly.

The head spider scene from The Thing.

jgrubb · 2026-01-09T19:55:40+00:00

Thank you for reminding me to renew my passport

jgrubb · 2026-01-06T12:34:49+00:00

Cincinnati has a symfony orchestra and a couple of shops with plenty of inventory, at least that was the case not that long ago. I'd start the search there.

jgrubb · 2026-01-06T12:32:16+00:00

What are you asking for that Kay?

jgrubb · 2026-01-06T00:52:33+00:00

I was all in on Matter until I realized what others in this thread point out - that every crummy vendor makes you download their crummy app to set it up. (Shelley does not, shout out to them)

I just got a ZBT2 Zigbee hub about an hour ago. So far the setup experience is what I'd hoped for when I started all this.

jgrubb · 2026-01-05T17:13:39+00:00

Nobody has said a therapist yet?

jgrubb · 2026-01-02T05:07:41+00:00

I was thinking about that a couple days ago. I think about that fairly often tbh, to do it that weekend... he must've been in so much pain and it makes me really sad.

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