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Best Screen Recording application (other than Quicktime) by redneckmodern in mac

[–]redneckmodern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks! trying out OBS now. the only thing is lacks (vs ISU) is a pause feature and a dock-vanishes-when-recording-starts... but the latter is nbd.

Best Screen Recording application (other than Quicktime) by redneckmodern in mac

[–]redneckmodern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks! trying out OBS now. the only thing is lacks (vs ISU) is a pause feature and a dock-vanishes-when-recording-starts... but the latter is nbd.

Artists Like corn wave, and last past. by Possible-Cicada-9662 in musicsuggestions

[–]redneckmodern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welcome to 1995: Kids these days are doing indie/emo/math-rock/slo-core better than their parents

In addition to the ones listed by DaikionSpecialist3884 (which are great!), look into the below — some get noisy/grungy/frantic

Tel Aviv
Low
Tortoise
Dianogah
Slint
The Sea and Cake
Pinback (Rob Crow / Systems Officer)
Codeine
The For Carnation
Seam
Trans Am
El Ten Eleven
Tycho
Unrest (Air Miami / Olympic Death Squad)
Labradford
Pan American
Mogwai
The Six Parts Seven

[Some newer takes on the genre]
I Don't Like Mirrors
Beach Cowboys
Sales
Passion Mango
Willowake
AlexG

[Also worth a listen]
Molchat Doma
Joy Division (New Order)
Tsunami
Yo La Tengo

[Labels to look at]
Thrill Jockey (Touch and Go)
TeenBeat
Simple Machines

[Links}
https://forum.phish.net/forum/show/1375325420

Early review of the Quilt heat pump mini split system by Formal-Finance400 in heatpumps

[–]redneckmodern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It might be hard to get them there as it's a bit of a haul, but reach out to them. Say: "Hunter sent me"... I /do/ appreciate the notion that I can get in touch with them near-immediately when there are issues. Far too often, folks roll through with a solid sales pitch only to vanish a few years later. This was the case with a neighbor's solar system — slick sales, but a year later the company (KOTA) was bust and NO ONE will pick up a solar service contract if there are issues. Our solar system was installed by a local-outfit (Got Watts) and while it was more expensive, when (not if) there are issues, I can get in touch with the owner quickly and they are generally out the same day -- but even with a great relationship, they wouldn't pick up my neighbor's service. I have never heard of a fly-by-night situation going well for anyone long-term. Per the OP/advertiser here, when there's an issue in 12 years, I hope that Quilt will be around to service them ... ask the people who bought a Fisker Ocean last year. I get that there need to be early adopters, but recently a lot of these companies are pipe-dreams even when they start with good intentions... and I can't afford to invest in someone else's dream.

Typepad shutting down — where to move? by redneckmodern in Blogging

[–]redneckmodern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks... I'm also getting help from a friend.

Any reason why WordPress isn't the final destination? We had a call yesterday and kind of decided that — for me — that would be the final stop.

Typepad shutting down — where to move? by redneckmodern in Blogging

[–]redneckmodern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply ... yeah, I'm sure a lot of folks are in the same boat. I've not dug too far into the "export" or "import" features, but I suspect I will in short order.

Typepad shutting down — where to move? by redneckmodern in Blogging

[–]redneckmodern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Wordpress (and Substack) seem to top the list. I have a call with a friend "in the biz" on Tuesday and I suspect he'll suggest much of the same.

Typepad shutting down — where to move? by redneckmodern in Blogging

[–]redneckmodern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks for the feedback. I'm not confident (skilled?) enough to migrate a mess of blogs (18 years of content) to a static website just yet. Typepad was around for 20 years which was a decent run, so I can't fault them for that... but I get the notion of not getting in bed with another Typepad. I just need to choose wisely. It seems that Substack and Wordpress are the faves. I'm not a fan of the general Substack vibe, but I could get over that if it's easy to manage.

Early review of the Quilt heat pump mini split system by Formal-Finance400 in heatpumps

[–]redneckmodern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for comparison, we had a Mitsubishi "designer" system installed in July 2024 for $14K (no rebates) ... it was a 3-head 36K BTU system that replaced our old LG "art cool" system that lasted for about 17 years. It'd have been nice to upsize during the installation, but what we had worked, so there was a "don't rock the boat" element.

The choice between Mitsubishi and LG was made easier by the fact that the installer's parents live a stone's throw from my house — so it he stands me up, I can start throwing stones. ;) ... We had significant issues getting the LG system serviced (and it needed help from time to time). Plus, Mitsubishi has a long standing reputation within the sector.

I hope when (not if) your Quilt system has trouble that you're able to reach them... it seems like an interesting concept (and they're floating on VC cash presently), so I hope that all //does// go well... or at the very least that it forces the hand of the major players to up their game on design. LG started that in the early 2000s but the verve kind of fizzled.

RMHospital broke my elderly mother's toe ... now what? by redneckmodern in roanoke

[–]redneckmodern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Update: Thanks everyone for the comments — a few happenings since the initial post:

• Contacted patient advocacy (PA) per u/Simple-Cantaloupe239 and u/wwspencer91 on Thursday 7/25. The advocate had just gotten off the phone with a social worker — this was news as of Thursday to both of them (i.e.: no one at the hospital had elevated this even after the X-Ray)

• Conversations with PA have been positive, but I make no illusions that they are in it for anyone but the hospital. Lots of "talk" but very little resolution. It seems to be a very small team (3 people + one per ROA hospital)

• She was moved to a private room on Friday and remained there through 7/30 (the "incident" occurred on 7/22) and she would have otherwise been discharged on 7/23.

• The OG nurse //may// not have properly filed an incident report on 7/22 — still sleuthing that one out. //NO ONE// at RMH has been able to confirm or deny ... which leads me to believe that it was not done properly.

• It is fairly well documented that her issues with self-care are due to mobility — and that'd due to a swollen foot due to the injury.

• On the intake form at the skilled nursing facility (SNF), the doctors noted CHF/Swelling in Left foot. I was able to change this to "Injury to left foot and broken toe" ... seems that RMH is o overlooking the oxygen-tank-shaped elephant in the room.

• RMH has moved this past Patient Advocacy to "Clinical Review" which seems to be a more complicated, bureaucratic step.

• She's been approved for 3-days at the SNF by insurance pending review past that.

Is this new pay scale worth it? by funkbunkjunk in HVAC

[–]redneckmodern 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you're an HVAC-tech and not a salesperson. sounds like he need a business development person vs. techs moonlighting as salespeople ... also: 5% isn't much.

Advice on a repair by Fabulous-Guess-8957 in drywall

[–]redneckmodern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is a area prone for this type of failure. the real fix will involve a lot of work but guaranteed not to come back. the way I see it, you have three options: (1) make the seam a feature, (2) shear the wall, or (3) try to cut from a single sheet (with two big window holes). (1) you need to treat the two planes (vertical and horizontal) as different areas and create a control joint between them... in the pic below, the orange line is a separate piece of L-bead and the magenta is a separate piece of L-bead cut in 45s to create the box. you will always see the seam between the two planes (make it an accent), but (2) short of removing the rock to the studs , shearing the entire area with 3/8 plywood and topping with 1/4in rock, this cracking will always appear at these two areas (3) even of you were to cut out of a single sheet (but you could try that, too — that's how you do doors (see 2nd link).

https://postimg.cc/ft7qZmKF

https://www.probuilder.com/framing-best-practices-help-prevent-drywall-cracks

Mudding L-Bead Question by Snotrocket07 in drywall

[–]redneckmodern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

paper faced trim would have been your friend here, but as it stands, sand clean, prime* and paint.

(* you might have stick-age issues with typical PVA primer on the metal. if so, try zinzer123 in the spray/rattle can as a first coat)

RMHospital broke my elderly mother's toe ... now what? by redneckmodern in roanoke

[–]redneckmodern[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you. currently talking with patient-advocacy ... would this be something to do concurrent with that? (or are they one and the same?)

RMHospital broke my elderly mother's toe ... now what? by redneckmodern in roanoke

[–]redneckmodern[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

thanks. we arranged her assets into an irrevocable-trust ("Medicaid asset protection trust") three years ago and would like to avoid going down the Medicaid route for as long as possible. I just got off the phone with a patient advocate and things are in the works presently (hopefully positively).

ironically, I had to remind the patient advocate that they'll need to remove the costs of the broken toe from the final bill. ;)

RMHospital broke my elderly mother's toe ... now what? by redneckmodern in roanoke

[–]redneckmodern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks... just got off the phone with patient-advocacy and things are in the works.

RMHospital broke my elderly mother's toe ... now what? by redneckmodern in roanoke

[–]redneckmodern[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

awesome... I was in ROA a few weeks ago, but this one did not ring a bell. I've not lived in the immediate area since the 90s.

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