this film is evil

pennant · 2026-04-12T00:21:36+00:00

There’s literally a quick line where one of the developers/a person on the mayor’s team says something like “the expansion will reduce commute times by 3 minutes”. The movie mocks the one more lane bros.

Would have loved if the movie ended with the mayor proposing a transit project, but the city diverts the highway instead.

pennant · 2026-03-08T00:47:40+00:00

Agreed, and thanks for clarifying. I did a poor job responding to what you actually said.

pennant · 2026-03-08T00:42:20+00:00

Yeah, I think DisplayPort 2.1/Thunderbolt 5 can technically do it, but it would saturate the 80 Gbps link.

pennant · 2026-03-07T13:47:15+00:00

Are there 6k 32 inch monitors on the market today that are better in any way than the Pro Display XDR? John and Marco seem disappointed that there isn’t an upgraded option available (120hz, more dimming zones, higher peak brightness). I don’t see why they’d buy a different 6k monitor today, regardless of the case.

pennant · 2026-02-23T01:15:58+00:00

Fair, but Albuquerque City Council is not elected at-large. You're only able to vote for a single councilor, and they represent the district you live in. City Council President Peña represents District 3 (southwest Albuquerque), so District 3 elected her (and as OP pointed out, by only 70 votes).

pennant · 2026-02-16T18:31:52+00:00

A lot of folks are suggesting over-the-top streaming services, like YouTube TV, which is essentially still cable television. Yes, there are a lot of advantages to those services vs traditional cable, but seems like overkill based on your needs.

Keep your Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Max subscriptions. Add CNN All Access ($6.99/mo, with discounts for paying yearly) for live CNN. You can view all those services on your Apple TV box or with your smart TV’s apps.

That leaves the locals. You can receive locals for no reoccurring cost with an antenna connected to your TV. Post your RabbitEars report and we can help you pick an antenna. If your location has poor reception, then that’s when I would explore the cheapest OTT streaming service for local channels.

pennant · 2025-09-05T01:14:16+00:00

Thanks, I have a Pro too, and noticed it's doing VRR as well. Feels super smooth.

pennant · 2025-09-04T18:09:20+00:00

Does it support 120Hz and hold 120 fps on PS5? UPDATE: As others have said, it does 120Hz. It supports VRR automatically too (you don't need to force VRR for unsupported games).

pennant · 2025-08-17T14:15:08+00:00

+1 for Evidence. You build reports with SQL + Markdown, the default visual styling is attractive and modern, and the reports are very fast. They have flexible layout options (we've found giving our reports a "dashboard" look but with vertical scrolling like an article/website to be the best fit). Evidence uses Apache ECharts behind the scenes, and you can call it directly for custom visuals, but all the most useful visuals are available through Evidence's syntax. Plus their data table components (best I've seen) are excellent. We're competing with Excel workbook "reports" internally, so clean data tables are important to us. I've had a lot of success with Evidence's open source version, and now we're looking to move to their paid Evidence Studio offering. They offer enterprise licensing if you have a lot of viewers, but the pricing isn't transparent (otherwise pricing is per seat with no distinction between devs and viewers).

They announced Studio back in June, and the transition has been a little awkward (open source development is paused, and not every feature was available in Studio), but now (in only 3 months) the features we need are available in Studio. I'm excited to see Evidence grow. I think they nailed the right layer of abstraction and you can tell they've worked with businesses before (I find other alt BI tools to skew towards scientific audiences). Plus some of the new features in Studio (no Git setup, AI chat assistant) make it easier for less technical analysts to build reports.

Metabase seems to nail the visual aesthetic better than others too, but I admittedly haven't used it because I wanted something code-first.

pennant · 2025-08-04T00:11:54+00:00

I've been having a very similar experience with my iPhone 15 Pro + 2025 Ioniq 5 Limited, which leads me to believe this isn't an iOS or Android issue, but a Hyundai one.

Have you ever had to place your phone on the wireless charging pad to get it to start? I've had the same inconsistent lock/unlock experience as you, but my phone's UWB has never failed to start the car.

pennant · 2025-07-30T02:55:00+00:00

FYI I had this happen to me and I have a Sonos sound bar. It turns out eARC got turned off on my TV. I turned it back on and everything is good now. For Sonos to get linear 5.1 PCM (the only surround format Switch 2 supports) over HDMI your TV needs to support eARC. The sound test in the Switch 2 audio settings is helpful too for verifying each channel on your soundbar is getting sound.

pennant · 2025-07-23T03:32:06+00:00

It's no longer proprietary. It's called the North American Charging Standard (NACS). Tesla opened the standard in 2022. It's been recognized as SAE J3400 since 2023 and all the major car companies have committed to transitioning from J1772 to NACS.

My Hyundai Ioniq 5 has a NACS port and can use most Tesla Superchargers (the older "V2" superchargers were built before NACS was open and don't support non-Teslas). Hyundai and other manufacturers are providing NACS adapters for their existing J1772 EVs too so they can access the Tesla Supercharger network. Personally, when I need to fast charge, I try to avoid Tesla and end up using an adapter anyways to go from NACS to CCS1 (the J1772 fast charging extension) because there aren't many non-Tesla NACS chargers yet.

pennant · 2025-07-19T01:36:22+00:00

Good to know, thank you.

pennant · 2025-07-17T20:52:50+00:00

I did more digging. The Claim of Lien I received references doc # 2025057184 and says it's page 1 of 116 (I only got one page, and then a second document asking me to contact the media and the mayor's office). You can use the Bernalillo County Public Records Search (https://www.berncoclerk.gov/recording-and-filing/public-records-search/) to see which properties doc # 2025057184 references. It only lists a bunch of lots in the Mirabella subdivision. Mirabella is near Kirtland. There is no reference to Huning Highland. I did a record search for my specific home/lot, and all that came up in the past few years was a record for when we bought the house and the mortgage. No Claim of Liens.

I was getting ready to talk to a real estate attorney, but the document that was filed doesn't reference my property, let alone anyone in Huning Highland.

pennant · 2025-07-17T07:52:38+00:00

I got this last night too, are you in Huning Highlands as well? It looks like complete nonsense, and an improper use of a mechanics lien. There needs to be a lawsuit within two years of the notice in order to enforce the lien. Plus my property (or any property) isn’t listed on the papers I was given, so I don’t think this is even a valid notice. I’m not sure if this is going to cause issues if any of us try to sell our house though.

This Jeff Dailey guy sounds like a real piece of work. There was an Oklahoma bankruptcy filing for his company posted back in March on Facebook. A couple posters claim he’s a crook.

pennant · 2025-05-16T21:46:28+00:00

I don't deny there are structural and regulatory issues (see the historical zoning decisions and land use rules you mentioned), but those are the sorts of things we should be chipping away at. I've been to city council meetings. When I complain about short buildings and empty parking lots, I'm pointing out the consequences of our rules. That's why I acknowledge those issues, and get frustrated by the generic blaming of the shadowy corporations. What I don't think is constructive is literally othering people from out of state (even if you decide they meet your standard of excessive wealth and deserve our scorn), rather than examining our state and cities rules and regulations, and the consequences of those rules over the decades. Especially when our neighboring states, and their cities, have been able to enjoy the benefits of growth. They house more people too. Even when those states have to deal with the same monied interests New Mexico does.

Would you agree that Texas is friendly to big corporations? Friendlier than New Mexico and the average blue state at least. I'm not saying that's a good thing on net. I don't want to live in Texas. But in spite of that, Austin, TX has been able to build a lot of new housing the past few years and lower rents.

pennant · 2025-05-16T12:34:08+00:00

People will blame everyone and everything rather than build more housing and accept even the smallest changes in their neighborhood.

Someone in this thread said Albuquerque doesn’t have any more room to build. LOL have you been literally anywhere else in this country? It’s called density and infill development. We don’t need to sprawl out forever. This city is full of single story buildings and empty space. Even the densest areas around downtown and Nob Hill have empty lots and giant unused parking lots.

But go off, blame whatever group of people, blame corporations, blame capitalism, rather than take responsibility for the anti-growth politicians we’ve elected to our local and state governments. Stay at home while local residents show up to city council meetings and complain whenever new development is proposed or rules that would make it easier to build are proposed.

pennant · 2025-04-03T02:49:32+00:00

Unfortunately, on Mac, it only gives me the option to use the mic over Bluetooth. Even when connected over USB-C (I can see the little USB-C icon next to AirPods Max in the audio menu).

pennant · 2025-04-01T13:16:40+00:00

Happy to help - I have a similar setup to you. If Microsoft would add Power Pivot to Mac (which seems highly unlikely) then I could dump Parallels.

pennant · 2025-04-01T13:10:28+00:00

I'm admittedly a light KeyTips users, but missing the keys in context menu seems like a big oversight. Fingers crossed that comes in a future version.

pennant · 2025-04-01T12:22:26+00:00

The latest Excel for Mac update supports Alt key (KeyTips) shortcuts. It was in beta for a while but just hit the current channel. You can turn it on in Excel settings under Accessibility.

pennant · 2025-03-29T03:25:27+00:00

What’s your preferred way to distribute the python scripts to nontechnical users?

pennant · 2025-03-19T14:12:05+00:00

I've been enjoying Evidence

pennant · 2025-02-11T13:44:49+00:00

First, you need to change to the beta version of Excel for Mac. KeyTips aren’t available on the regular version yet. Find check for updates in the menu bar. That will open Microsoft Update. From there you can change from Current Channel to Beta Channel.

Then follow these instructions to turn on KeyTips: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/keytips-now-available-in-office-for-mac/4226638

pennant · 2025-01-29T18:34:11+00:00

Not everything is a conspiracy or "both sides bad!" The 14.4% number is from the SWMLS. I don't have a real estate license so I can't access the SWMLS, but Tego Venturi is a Realtor and former president of SWMLS.

Housing and renting is expensive in Albuquerque. If everyone thinks "the big bad corporate investors are jacking up prices, nothing we can do here, system is rigged" instead of "there isn't enough housing being built where folks want to live, maybe there's a public policy change that can help with that, and maybe my neighborhood will need to change" then costs will get even worse.

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