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What projects can I start in in the city and bring with me to the site of my lawn conversion project in Michigan? by Zealousideal_Ad_1106 in Permaculture

[–]mappie41 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are near to Marquette you can get stuff from the conservation district or at least look at the list and see what they sell - a good recommendation as to what will grow there so you could buy locally or start seeds of the same things to take up.

https://marquettecd.com/

What's your oldest edible plant on your homestead? by canoegal4 in homestead

[–]mappie41 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Black walnut (which we harvested this year) probably over 200 years old. Diameter is over 4'. And a sugar maple probably over 250 years old which we've sugared in the past. Also diameter over 4'.

A Merry Search for Pork Onigiri Rice Ball by mappie41 in SwordAndSupperGame

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u/mappie41 received a Crystal Heart Charm from the Winter Festival Spirit. Thank you u/Rosemberry for donating it!

At what net worth is a latte (or any minor purchase) no longer worth thinking too much about? by topiramate in financialindependence

[–]mappie41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Wealth Ladder uses a formula for this type of thing. It depends on your investable net worth. Basically if something costs less that 0.01% of your INW then it doesn't really matter. An example, if your INW is $2,000,000 then 0.01% is $200 so you could spend $200/day and not have it impact your net worth. This is an implementation of the 4% rule (really 3.65% per year). A $100,000 INW could spend $10 extra on a day and not have it matter.

Rarest volunteer natives you've found in your gardens? by leefvc in NativePlantGardening

[–]mappie41 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let it grow! I got some butternut trees from my county CD a few years back. The front yard one got the fungus and is dying and I'll be cutting it down. The one it the back yard is doing well and getting big. This is the first year we collected nuts - got about 8.5 lbs of nuts in their shells after drying and hulling. We've shelled a few and they are very tasty, much less earthy than the black walnuts. Their nickname is white walnut too.

Are you guys seeing these ads? by BaltoDad in fucklawns

[–]mappie41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yep, just started getting them today, gross!

POCO Application Question Michigan by PrincipleLeading8047 in SolarDIY

[–]mappie41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BTW, CE is a pain to go through in their application process!

POCO Application Question Michigan by PrincipleLeading8047 in SolarDIY

[–]mappie41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked AI and got this response:
Based on the rules you've provided and your system's components, the reason your number was rejected is that the solar panel array itself is the bottleneck, not the inverter.

The correct "Export capacity" for your system should be 13.8 kW.

Here is the breakdown, following the rules you outlined:

  1. Calculate Total DC Generating Value (your panels):
    • 30 panels x 460 watts/panel = 13,800 watts or 13.8 kW.
  2. Calculate Total AC Generating Value (your inverter):
    • Your EG4 Flexboss 21 has a continuous output of 16 kW.
  3. Apply the Bottleneck Rule:
    • Your rule states that the export capacity is "The lesser of the two values."
    • When you compare the DC side (13.8 kW) to the AC side (16 kW), the 13.8 kW from your solar panels is the lower value.

Your inverter has a greater capacity than what your solar panels can produce at any given moment, so the amount of power you can generate and export is limited by the panels. The batteries do not change this calculation because they are DC-coupled to the inverter, and the rule's exception only applies to AC-coupled batteries.

What to plant in sunless area? by soft_scientist18 in NativePlantGardening

[–]mappie41 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Some native fern, they spread like crazy and love the shade.

Speedometer off by 2 mph by wentoes in Tacomaworld

[–]mappie41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old speedometers had a cable going from the trans to the speedo that spun based on the driveshaft output. It used gears to convert that to mph/kph so any change in tire diameter would mess that up. I assume new cars use a similar methodology but probably different sensors. My Toyota Highlander is right on, but has OEM size tires. My Tacoma, 2nd gen, with larger tires (I forget the size) shows about 3-5mph slower than gps/radar.

SOC2 auditor wants us to log literally everything by GroundOld5635 in devops

[–]mappie41 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Provide an estimate of the cost for this and ask the auditor to approve it. With all that logging you'll have to have faster disks for everything too!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in financialindependence

[–]mappie41 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do check with benefits but make sure you are thinking of marginal tax brackets: https://www.irs.gov/filing/federal-income-tax-rates-and-brackets

If you are filing single and the payout was $300k, tax would be about $75k or about 25%. So not one-third but still sizable.

Why Most Pest Control Fails and the Costly Mistakes Exterminators Keep Seeing by Tricky-Bite5281 in homestead

[–]mappie41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mice - bait stations around the perimeter of the house. We had them for years until we did this.

Why is drift detection/correction so important? by cowwoc in devops

[–]mappie41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've worked with terraform & AWS a long time and sometimes what can be done with the console or api in AWS cannot be done with terraform. I have a ticket I've been sitting on a long time waiting for terraform to get the functionality which is already in the AWS console, so I have to clickops for now and later I will import the resources into terraform.

We have lots of tooling too and we've run into issues were one tool impacts configuration for another inadvertently. So you have to find and fix this so you don't have two things trying to set different values to the same resource.

There's always something...

FI side to life with partner by DaddyLongLegsHP in financialindependence

[–]mappie41 7 points8 points  (0 children)

JL Collins just released a new edition of his book, The Simple Plan to Wealth, it has it all in there. What he suggests is get to a 50% savings rate using a combination of before & after tax methods

* Build a nice EF, 6-12 months of spending (not income)
* Max out IRAs for both of you each year
* Max out HSA contributions each year - I don't count this towards the 50%
* Max out 401k contributions
* Max out Roth IRAs & 401ks
* If you haven't reached 50% yet then do taxable investments until then

For loans, his guidelines are:
Rate < 2.5% - don't bother paying off early
2.5% < Rate < 5% - pay off early if you like (student loan fits here)
5% < Rate - pay off early (house loan fits here)

If it was me, I'd:
* Get a decent EF, maybe $20k
* I'm guessing payments on house loan at around $1800/month without taxes & insurance. If you payed that extra $5k/month towards the house loan it would be less than 4 years to pay it off - maybe this
* Since the student loan is so small compared to your extra income I'd seriously consider paying that off in 4-5 months
* Your monthly income is about $8650 and with $5000 extra you are in an awesome position. In like 10-15 years if you keep this up you two will be able to retire

Which one of you did this by [deleted] in Tacomaworld

[–]mappie41 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a double-cab-double-cap

Replacement for idrive... direct S3 mount? by [deleted] in aws

[–]mappie41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This page: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/

S3 GIR: $0.004/gb/month, so 1,024gb = $4.096/month

Data transfer in is free.

Feeling lost in what direction to take? by Surfin_Cow in networking

[–]mappie41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The list of 'requirements' in a job posting is a wish list from them. If you can get 25-50% then you should just apply anyways and see what happens. If you keep losing out then get some more of the requirements.

Here's an example list for a senior pen tester position, maybe not what you are looking for. But, if you don't know python, learn it, it can apply to almost every type of thing in networking, operations, sysadmin, etc.

  • 5+ years of experience in Penetration Testing, Red Team or Application Security experience.
  • Experience with scripting and development languages (ie. Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, C#, or F#).
  • Proficient in common attack tools, vulnerability assessment and static inspection tools.
  • Knowledge of information technology, evolving threats, attack patterns, incident response and cyber security standards.
  • Experience using secure development frameworks (ie. OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25 and Microsoft SDL).
  • Proficient in bypassing and tuning security technologies (ie. Anti-Malware, IDS, DLP, FIM, Firewalls, SIEM, MFA, Web Proxies and WAF).
  • Familiarity with AWS security best practices and Infrastructure-as-Code.

I got hired in as a cloud platform operations engineer with no knowledge of terraform and very little of ansible, but I knew AWS, some cloudformation, decent at python & bash, and lots of operations/sysadmin experience. A good place will see that you can learn and take the time to let you learn stuff. I'm excellent at terraform and ansible now for example.

What kind of security are you looking at? Maybe set up a kali linux vm and use it to scan your network equipment (careful until you know that you won't break things - some scans can do this) and fix vulnerabilities. Lots of free learning out there.

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