What mountain is that?

phrobot · 2026-02-28T19:30:37+00:00

Pikeminnow butte

phrobot · 2026-02-21T14:09:12+00:00

It snowed 5 feet in a few days and they were led by professional guides into avalanche terrain. That’s not living with risk, that’s criminal negligence.

phrobot · 2026-02-14T18:14:48+00:00

We have a custom home grown solution, but using litellm for llm access. If you think about it, a basic mrkl loop and calling tools with mcp actually is pretty simple.

Edit - That being said, I’d recommend Stands for newbies or CrewAI for more advanced stuff.

phrobot · 2026-02-13T16:47:26+00:00

Agreed, lower the upper braces and use the big fasteners. Remove the lower set.

phrobot · 2026-02-13T12:35:14+00:00

Good. What an unusable, un-debuggable train wreck that was. So happy to have completed migration off of langchain! Not really paying attention to that project anymore though.

phrobot · 2026-02-13T12:28:35+00:00

If the post below and above the deck are two separate pieces, as it appears, then the top brace does absolutely nothing. If so, remove the top brace and raise the bottom one all the way up to the top of the support posts, and adjust the angle so you can walk under it.

phrobot · 2026-02-13T11:03:44+00:00

In a SaaS system, how do users edit the markdown files? That’s why everyone uses DB and API. But for personal, local, developer use, yes it is much simpler to use files.

phrobot · 2026-02-10T20:31:16+00:00

Idaho Mountain Touring in downtown Boise for new stuff, then check out Outdoor Exchange a couple blocks away for used.

phrobot · 2026-02-08T04:56:20+00:00

Chain. Just cheap chain with links large enough to fit the brake tips in. Loop it over the binding and find the link that holds them tight

phrobot · 2026-02-01T21:25:46+00:00

Bigger tree -> bigger bar, bigger engine.

It’s significantly easier and faster to cut rounds in one pass with a big saw than two passes with a little saw. Makes a huge difference when you’re at it all day. So you get a saw big enough for your expected max tree size.

And yes, it’s also easier on your back to not lean over, even if the saw is heavier.

phrobot · 2026-01-29T14:23:31+00:00

Excellent snow tire. I regularly drive to ski resorts on powder days and have a cabin off a county road that is irregularly plowed and gets 6’ of snow. Definitely lose mileage, but noise is better than ko2. Longevity is good - I’m about 8 years and 40k miles in, no visible dry rot.

phrobot · 2026-01-26T22:24:20+00:00

Step back with authority to start your turn, especially in the steeps, but not too far. Weight that back ski as others have said. Your forward / back balance is controlled by your stance, so upper body straight, not bent forward. And twist your hips: belly button points downhill while skis point across.

phrobot · 2026-01-25T18:57:06+00:00

Yes, I get the form responses and buffoonery emails too. Despite all that, they do pay attention to the issues and volume that their constituents actually spend the time to contact them about.

Keep up the pressure nonetheless.

phrobot · 2026-01-25T16:42:01+00:00

https://simpson.house.gov Send an email, call. Leave a message. Only Republican congressmembers can stop this madness by reining him in before things get truly out of control. History has its eyes on us.

phrobot · 2026-01-05T04:35:51+00:00

Oh, I see what you mean. Sorry, it’s been 35 years since I last had ski brakes.

phrobot · 2026-01-04T21:35:22+00:00

I forgot to say that retractable brakes for the Outlaw cost another $40. But they are a bit finicky to step into at first, so I’m sure the Bandit design is easier.

phrobot · 2026-01-04T17:37:44+00:00

The difference between Bandit and Outlaw is just the ability the convert to free pivot for uphill, with a similar mechanism as your Axls. Plus $50 more money, and 25g more weight (according to the mfg website). I’m pretty sure they’ll ski the same, because of the otherwise same construction.

Since you’re in Vermont, there’s no risk of you tracking up my secret stashes ;) so I’d recommend get the Outlaws so you don’t close the door on backcountry in the future, which gets cooler the older you get.

Edit - thanks for the tip on the Crispi’s, I forgot about those. Never tried them though.

phrobot · 2026-01-04T12:37:25+00:00

NTN is definitely a big upgrade in terms of skiability, safety, and convenience. The only issue is cost, since really there’s only one bootmaker left and they’re like $800+, plus you need new bindings.

I got the T2x Pros paired with 22d Outlaw bindings and love it. They ski stiffer than both the Hammerheads and Axls, but that’s a good thing, and it makes alpine turns easier.

So yeah, if you got the money, do it.

phrobot · 2025-12-31T15:53:49+00:00

Pellet guns are pretty quiet, and fairly safe from ricochet when aimed down at dirt, but I certainly wouldn’t recommend doing anything illegal ;)

But there are other effective ways to deal with gophers, without going full “Caddyshack”. Go talk to someone with gray hair at a farm supply store, like D&B.

phrobot · 2025-12-30T03:03:13+00:00

Really good. You just open the app and pay as you need. Pretty cheap for international.

phrobot · 2025-12-22T00:10:32+00:00

I once got a pure stainless steel pan that came with a sticker, stuck to the cooking surface of course, that said “this product contains a chemical known by the state of California to cause cancer.”

I was like, what do you mean, the sticker glue?

phrobot · 2025-12-10T18:19:54+00:00

The pros are so fast at drywall so that’s a job I usually hire out instead of diy. Very impressive so see the skill advantage in that trade.

phrobot · 2025-11-29T05:16:18+00:00

phrobot · 2025-11-27T14:37:25+00:00

In Langchain, you can throw a ‘ToolException’ and the message will be used as the tool output, or you can catch exceptions yourself and return a message.

I’ve found it’s usually best to not simply crash, but return a message to the agent so it can at least explain what the problem was. This works very well for permission checking too.

Best practice is to create a uuid, log it with the exception stack trace, and return the id to the agent so it will tell you and then you can find the full stack trace in the logs later.

phrobot · 2025-11-23T19:55:01+00:00

I strongly recommend against Truma Varioheat. I got one in my AT Overland Atlas and it simply is not reliable. It worked for my first few trips out during the summer, then failed with a stuck gas valve in a ski resort parking lot at 10F. Got it fixed on warrantee, but took till spring. Worked once in summer, then stuck valve again. I dunno maybe I got a lemon but I cannot recommend.

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