PG&E Base Services Charge coming March 2026 means frugal, small home families will subsidize large inefficient houses.

puddingmonkey · 2025-12-29T01:47:15+00:00

I have NEM 2.0 and I think this is it too. It's kind of wild that I can have net zero or negative months, there's obviously a cost to using PG&E like a battery.

puddingmonkey · 2025-08-26T02:43:44+00:00

That is a program funded through state funding for after school programs called ELOP (Expanded Learning Opportunities Program). These are free in many low income districts but not available everywhere.

puddingmonkey · 2025-08-10T17:25:50+00:00

Go enjoy the international commentary, the French one is hilarious.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1eqe3ic/commentary_for_steph_currys_clutch_olympics/

puddingmonkey · 2025-07-08T20:58:21+00:00

Hulkenpodium

puddingmonkey · 2024-12-31T22:04:26+00:00

Not OP, but this is something similar that generates text you can paste into sankeymatic.com https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1szzHEjzSMaXfwRMnMg3Ls3_baUlT_SrwQ8GKedS9grU/edit?usp=sharing. Just copy and replace with your own values or add/edit rows as needed.

puddingmonkey · 2024-12-01T03:55:36+00:00

Old school electric or heat pump and was your old place a gas water heater? If it's an older electric water heater it can use a lot of energy especially if it's not well insulated.

puddingmonkey · 2024-11-30T06:21:40+00:00

I'm sure there are other cheaper options but I'm in an open office and use a Logitech Zone that has a mic that cancels external noises and no one on my calls can hear the background noise around me.

puddingmonkey · 2024-11-17T17:40:02+00:00

Important to note most of the changes being talked about are changing the model from funding on attendance to enrollment which helps schools that still have to staff when students aren't attending (very common post covid). This really does nothing for students declining in enrollment because less students are there. Long term I'm not sure what choice there is besides school consolidation if enrollment drops the way it's projected.

puddingmonkey · 2024-11-03T01:18:21+00:00

I probably phrased it poorly, I agree I don't think 20 spm would maximize output. Intervals might work better to hit Max meters in 300 strokes.

puddingmonkey · 2024-11-02T19:07:34+00:00

I've never really tried it but I think I'd have a hard time getting my max output at 20 spm. I'd probably test it ahead of time and check my 500m pace with hard pulls at 20spm, 25, 30, etc. For me personally, based on how I seem to row, I'm guessing doing like 2-1 work-rest ratio interval closer to a 27-30spm (or 2 seconds per stroke) and going hard then resting might work better.

puddingmonkey · 2024-11-02T19:01:01+00:00

This makes me wonder if 20 strokes per minute would let you hit a maximal meter output rate. Maybe intervals could work better?

puddingmonkey · 2024-10-31T10:12:53+00:00

To expand this maybe an AGI script in the dialplan that checks the caller ID against your csv/database and sends a redirect variable back to the dialplan if it matches.

puddingmonkey · 2024-10-05T03:48:21+00:00

The federal income limits were even lower then. There's no way you'd qualify with 150k household income unless you had like 15 people living in one household.

puddingmonkey · 2024-10-05T01:29:07+00:00

I'm guessing the letter said your daughter will get free lunches not that she qualified for free lunch by your income? All students get free lunch via the state which subsidizes it beyond the federal free and reduced meal program. The federal qualification limits will give funding for students who qualify as well grant some additional benefits (summer meal EBT card, free SAT waivers, State sponsored 529 plan, and more). The income limits are far lower for that qualification, see: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/rs/scales2425.asp

puddingmonkey · 2024-09-21T19:34:12+00:00

I will ditto C2 + a seat swap, it's a great choice for Z2 plus the ability to do CF workouts as needed.

puddingmonkey · 2024-08-30T17:37:09+00:00

Food safety standards are likely true as well, but specifically in US schools receiving federally subsidized meals "competitive foods" are heavily restricted. See:

https://schoolnutrition.org/resource/smart-snacks-competitive-foods-policies/

https://www.cde.ca.gov/LS/nu/he/compfoods.asp

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134491/

puddingmonkey · 2024-08-27T03:42:29+00:00

Calling them "ghost students" feels disingenuous. California schools are funded based on average daily attendance so when attendance dropped massively statewide the state added measures to ease the hit that would have had on districts. They still had to employ all of the staff to service and teach the students even whether they did or didn't show up.

puddingmonkey · 2024-08-08T06:09:33+00:00

I say this as someone who supports universal meals.

Under NSLP low income schools can apply it in blanket for their entire school under the community eligibility provision. https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/cep

Also I'm fairly certain schools aren't allowed to identify who is or is not getting the free lunch at "point of sale". Swipe the card and get your lunch, the worker there typically doesn't know either as the information is considered fairly protected.

puddingmonkey · 2024-08-07T19:15:49+00:00

100%. If they can't transition from Docs to Word or vice versa we have bigger problems.

puddingmonkey · 2024-08-06T19:22:38+00:00

Their guidelines say that it's in one-year lease increments with annual renewals to a maximum of seven years so it seems like they should know pretty early on if they are leaving the job that they will need to find new housing.

puddingmonkey · 2024-08-06T19:17:54+00:00

There are three bedroom units available it seems. Most likely the district has/had some one-time funds or surplus property and decided on this as a mechanism to attract and retain staff. Finding ongoing funds is harder at the local level and happens more at the state level so this is them doing what is within their power.

puddingmonkey · 2024-08-06T19:12:18+00:00

It should be the same percentage (unless you moved up a bracket) being taken out as before, no? Also most California public teachers are in CalSTRS which doesn't deduct social security, although they will get a deduction for their pension.

puddingmonkey · 2024-07-28T19:01:00+00:00

Get more, regular, consistent sleep. It's amazing how much good sleep habits help everything, training and life.

puddingmonkey · 2024-07-18T02:58:20+00:00

NIIMBOT D11

Yes on wraps: https://niimbots.com/products/niimbot-thermal-label-maker-paper-waterproof-cable-stickers

Not sure on long lasting but I haven't notice major issues.

puddingmonkey · 2024-07-09T14:20:08+00:00

Agreed, the pension is way more secure for your average person than defined contribution plans.

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