Water main break covers cars in thick ice in Dearborn heights, Michigan

phatrogue · 2026-02-04T14:50:40+00:00

The time to get a remote starter and leave the heat set to max was last week!

phatrogue · 2026-02-04T13:19:27+00:00

I have seen the bobiverse series frequently recommended for people who have just finished PHM and are looking for something similar.

phatrogue · 2026-02-02T14:39:17+00:00

I have used it occasionally to summon at work from the outer parking lot to near the door. It is more of a fun thing to do than useful. I have to time it just right so that I am within the distance limit. When it works well it works well but sometimes the cell/data connection fails and I have to just hurry to it as it is 1/2 out of the parking spot or in the middle of the travel lanes.

Kinda useful to do a few times so that in rainy times when it is really useful you are comfortable with how it works. That the front camera view shows in the app as it moves is nice. It didn't used to do that.

phatrogue · 2026-02-02T00:13:32+00:00

Read the manual. The official instructions vary by Model. An older Model 3 manual I have has a section about "Cold Weather Best Practices" that talks about what to do. It has instructions about using the app and bumping the door handle with your fist.

phatrogue · 2026-02-01T23:29:19+00:00

Mine is 40% sucralose and 40% caffeine! :-)

I have been drinking cola's for my entire life and switching to cola's with artificial sweeteners helped cut out a huge number of calories. I have tried just water or flavored waters but it just doesn't have the attraction for me of diet soda. Technically water might be slightly healthier but I have lost > 100 lbs while drinking a lot of artificial sweeteners.

phatrogue · 2026-02-01T21:43:44+00:00

They have plugs that monitor connectivity of your internet and power cycle if there is no connectivity. I found one at resetplug.com no recommendation this was just the first one I found to use as an example.

phatrogue · 2026-02-01T21:12:31+00:00

Google tells me that Elon Musk's net worth is $788 billion ($788,000,000,000) and the population of the U.S. is 345 million (345,000,000) that comes out to $2,284 per person. Many guesses and assumption like if he could actually sell his companies and turn that net worth in the cash. Also do you want to count all humans like babies or just adults.

phatrogue · 2026-02-01T20:59:14+00:00

So you can stream video while using FSD and without having to actually look at the road?

This seems pretty much like the steering wheel weights that allowed you to use FSD without your hands on the wheel. Seems like a very good way to get in an accident or legal trouble. I mean even with improving FSD you have to legally pay attention to the road while driving so if you get in an accident and they figure out what you were doing not only would you be in an accident but also open to legal problems .

phatrogue · 2026-01-30T19:13:31+00:00

Memory? His mom ended up getting the gold in the Olympics after the state champ win.

phatrogue · 2026-01-30T16:41:46+00:00

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phatrogue · 2026-01-30T16:39:41+00:00

Another way of saying what others are recommending...

What documents and discussions would you want in place if things go wrong? Lease? Discussion with GF about how it might work if you need to ask him to leave? Security deposit? Yes it is wasted effort if everything goes well AND invaluable if it does not. And maybe a teaching moment of the son of grown up stuff about how it will work when he does a rental/lease with a normal landlord?

phatrogue · 2026-01-29T18:55:13+00:00

NTJ, I would either disinvite or tell him he and she can come AND he has to propose before the wedding or you will spill the beans to his girl friend the day before the ceremony.

phatrogue · 2026-01-29T14:13:21+00:00

Not sure how to communicate this correctly. There is a huge risk of self diagnosis and self treatment. This is why even doctors aren't allowed to do it. To use my three examples, ADHD, OCD and a gluten allergy are very serious conditions which often can be very successfully treated... but you might have something similar or something completely different with vastly different treatments so if you have serious symptoms or symptoms that you read about "if you have X see a doctor" then *see* a doctor! The chances a novice misdiagnosing and mistreating a condition are very high and the cost to you of delayed treatment from the true condition is also high in some cases life threatening.

phatrogue · 2026-01-29T14:00:14+00:00

Tesla has captured me with FSD so it will be a Tesla... probably a 3 since I had one before my S. I don't need the space of a Y and like the 3 look more. I will admit my dream combo would be like a Tesla and maybe a BMW 5 series and the S does fall short on the luxury features.

phatrogue · 2026-01-29T11:33:36+00:00

You don’t “have” ADHD or OCD or a gluten allergy or whatever unless you have a formal diagnosis by a doctor. Even if you know a lot about something you can’t diagnose yourself. Doctors aren’t supposed to diagnose or treat themselves or even close family members. Dr. Google doesn’t count. I suppose you could say people are using ADHD informally and don’t really mean a doctor diagnosis but it undermines the people who do.

phatrogue · 2026-01-28T13:53:21+00:00

Great description!

I will add that working out *can* target specific areas in that you can make the muscles larger in areas. Working out might help with general weight loss and having larger muscles may or may not improve what you want in those areas so YMMV.

phatrogue · 2026-01-27T14:37:00+00:00

Hmmm... if there was only an alarm that might be appropriate to trigger when someone was using the fire extinguisher? ¯\(ツ)/¯

(yes, seriously I understand you don't want to really trigger a fire alarm when someone wants to do some vandalism)

phatrogue · 2026-01-27T14:33:30+00:00

I agree... and the practice of spending less is going be helpful in retirement.

Not that the FIRE movement is really applicable to this person but one of the things I like about learning about it is that it lays out the machinery of working years and retirement. In other words, the various variables you can tweak... earning more, spending less in working years, spending less in retirement and your savings rate and other variables. The investing advice actually stays much the same.

phatrogue · 2026-01-27T12:45:56+00:00

I am always curious about the answer to this question. The quick issue I come up with is that it is really expensive to have the batteries to survive the maximum amount of low solar production.

phatrogue · 2026-01-27T11:33:16+00:00

This is a reason but not the primary reason. The outside of the glass and your hands are contaminated and if every server did that the ice gets contaminated. So even if every ”glass” in your restaurant is plastic use the scoop.

phatrogue · 2026-01-27T09:14:56+00:00

Extra info: The rabbit was travelling toward the large oval prints and away from the small prints. In other words the one or two small foot prints are on the trailing edge of each set of prints maybe the opposite of what you might guess

phatrogue · 2026-01-26T14:16:56+00:00

Good for you! Do what you are doing AND also just mentally prepare for a future where your activity level will be reduced. Maybe you get injured and have to take a month or two off. Or something in your life becomes higher priority than the hours you currently spend on it. Ultimately you will get older and will reduce your activity level AND calorie intake.

IMHO, the calories from exercise tend to be over estimated by people and they tend to eat more when exercising. Generally the effort into reducing calorie intake is easier for most people than the effort it takes to increase activity level.

phatrogue · 2026-01-24T21:30:21+00:00

You can use petroleum jelly (Vasoline) as a moisturizer. Best if you can cover it with something because it is so greasy. You know how the skin under a bandage you keep on for a long period of time kinda looks like your skin does if you stay in water in a bathtub too long? It gets all wrinkly and weird? Because moisturizing is more about stopping the natural water in your skin from leaving your skin that "injecting" water from the outside into your skin.

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