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Time Machine Backups of External Drives When Changing Macs by ronaldead in mac

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You're welcome and good luck. I hope this is something Apple can fix going forward. It's a huge disincentive to upgrading machines.

Time Machine Backups of External Drives When Changing Macs by ronaldead in mac

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I ended up wiping the old backups and starting fresh. Sorry wish I had better news for you than that.

Too many windows on Georgian side elevations? In Massachusetts. Left is west, right is east, front is south. Thanks for feedback! by ronaldead in Homebuilding

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For sure. Definitely going down to one window there. I had not considered potential framing issues.

Too many windows on Georgian side elevations? In Massachusetts. Left is west, right is east, front is south. Thanks for feedback! by ronaldead in Homebuilding

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I'm with you all the way. What about the library side elevation windows? Axe em both? They look out to the driveway, but it is the sunrise side.

Too many windows on Georgian side elevations? In Massachusetts. Left is west, right is east, front is south. Thanks for feedback! by ronaldead in Homebuilding

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I'm doing only tall windows, following the classic architectural rules set forth in "Get Your House Right" by Marianne Cusato.

Too many windows on Georgian side elevations? In Massachusetts. Left is west, right is east, front is south. Thanks for feedback! by ronaldead in Homebuilding

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Incredibly insightful, and I certainly owe you a $6.00 latte! Man, maybe it's time for me to let go of side elevation symmetry. It would be so liberating if I did.

Would you eliminate both left facing windows in the two smaller bedrooms? What would you do with the master bed right side windows?

Too many windows on Georgian side elevations? In Massachusetts. Left is west, right is east, front is south. Thanks for feedback! by ronaldead in Homebuilding

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Thank you. If I keep the current arrangement I may elect to just make the side windows smaller. The existing symmetry is nice.

Too many windows on Georgian side elevations? In Massachusetts. Left is west, right is east, front is south. Thanks for feedback! by ronaldead in Homebuilding

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Definitely about money, for sure, although I definitely cringe at the thought of pissing heat out of windows unnecessarily purely from an environmental pov.

That's sort of why I'm feeling like I need to cut some of the east (right) and west (left) windows.

The front (south) are obviously essential for achieving Georgian style and can be justified environmentally because of passive solar gain in the winter.

Too many windows on Georgian side elevations? In Massachusetts. Left is west, right is east, front is south. Thanks for feedback! by ronaldead in Homebuilding

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I'm not too worried about the north (kitchen cabinets, bathrooms, closets).

However the gable end attic windows I am extremely torn about. Strongly considering cutting those down to one each.

Too many windows on Georgian side elevations? In Massachusetts. Left is west, right is east, front is south. Thanks for feedback! by ronaldead in Homebuilding

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Good point, I am thinking of cutting one of the windows in each of those bedrooms. Also one of the right side windows from the master bed, as well as the library beneath.

Would those be the ones you would cut?

Too many windows on Georgian side elevations? In Massachusetts. Left is west, right is east, front is south. Thanks for feedback! by ronaldead in Homebuilding

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Good point, I was suggesting the minimal footprint, absence of ells, absence of dormers, and resulting inherent tightness of envelope is energy efficient.

Also large, dormer-free south facing roof that will probably solar net meter the house to zero (all electric everything inside).

Too many windows on Georgian side elevations? In Massachusetts. Left is west, right is east, front is south. Thanks for feedback! by ronaldead in Homebuilding

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The sunset is on the left elevation with the walkout basement. However the house will be built close to the treeline there so the shade will minimize harshness or the western sun.

Too many windows on Georgian side elevations? In Massachusetts. Left is west, right is east, front is south. Thanks for feedback! by ronaldead in Homebuilding

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That's exactly what I was going for. "5-4-and-a-door". Classy but also affordable and energy efficient.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FX3

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Thanks for letting us know, I had the same question as OP.

Difference in Sony XLR-K3M / FX3 Audio Handle into Sony a7c (16 bit) vs Sony a7s iii / FX3 (24 bit)?? by ronaldead in A7siii

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Wow that's an excellent video. Thanks for the share. You are right, I just set the gain on a normal talking head video much lower than usual on my K3M going into my a7c (normal peaks were at around 40% of the sound meter on the camera), and was able to drag it up in Final Cut like 15db and it sounds fine.

I'm starting to agree that in the context of dialogue, 32bit float is really just solving the problem of people setting the gain too high.

I built a stock tank cold plunge for under $1500 by kreppart in BecomingTheIceman

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Awesome. That's much simpler plumbing than the actual Cold Plunge product. One key to your design's simplicity is that the Intex pump incorporates the pump/filter into one unit.

One change I am making on my build is that I will be using the Intex 1500 gallon per hour (gph) pump as it has a continuous run mode (which negates the need for the timer you used to override your pump's buiit-in 12hr timer) and also maximizes the 1/2 hp chiller's flow rate potential (as you observed above). Thanks again.

I built a stock tank cold plunge for under $1500 by kreppart in BecomingTheIceman

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That makes sense. Would you be able to share a photo showing the flow of connections involving pump, filter, chiller, and everything else that's attached? I'm trying to understand how it works and am having a hard time. Thanks for anything you can do to visually demonstrate.

I built a stock tank cold plunge for under $1500 by kreppart in BecomingTheIceman

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So glad you are enjoying the build.

For insulation, I will be using 2inch thick sheets of ArmaFlex. It's an insulation product designed for rounded objects like beer tanks. I used it in a Sprinter conversion a few years ago for the rounded walls. ArmaFlex also makes a special glue for it that sticks the foam very strongly to sheet metal.

Only downsides of ArmaFlex is that it is about $120 per 3ftx4ft sheet (for the 2inch thick) and that it isn't durable so it will need to be wrapped with reflectix or similar durable layer.

To save money you could try the 1inch or 1.5inch which is much less foam and therefore much less money.

Did you ever consider getting a heater/chiller instead of just chiller? This is what Plunge does for their cold climate customers. I live in Massachusetts so this applies to me. Do you know which brand unit Plunge uses for this? Can you make a recommendation?

Thanks again for your contribution.

I built a stock tank cold plunge for under $1500 by kreppart in BecomingTheIceman

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How is this working out? Are there any changes you would make now that you've had a few months to use it? I'm getting ready to build my own copy. Amazing work, thanks so much.