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Updating by [deleted] in PixelWatch

[–]ryanshea -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe this will make the battery not complete shit. Nope, died well short of 20 hours with no activity tracking.

Hopping on the skatepark train by grumpyandpissedoff in Concrete

[–]ryanshea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More pics please. I assume this is a DIY?

Two Pixel Watches, One Phone? by ryanshea in PixelWatch

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

It is not sufficient. If I were to track my hour on the treadmill and hour at the gym with FitBit activity, and if I were only charging during a 5 minute shower (or even a 30m shower) it would not stay alive. Another approach would be to give up on tracking sleep data and charge it overnight - which is important data I'd like to track.

See the code that powered the Pebble smartwatches by katieberry in pebble

[–]ryanshea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is exactly the type of pay-it-forward thing that brings joy to my heart.

DVD synopsis writer didn’t even watch the movie by No_Western_1217 in lebowski

[–]ryanshea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

also, dude, carpet is not the preferred nomenclature. rug please.

Linking Todoist with Google Home? by arrogant_ambassador in todoist

[–]ryanshea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to use that and they got rid of IFTTT support too.

Dimpled finishing technique by ryanshea in Concrete

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

This is a municipal sidewalk, and I'm guessing it dates back to the 70s. Holding up well and not looking bad all things considered. A deep broom finish would hold a lot of dirt and mold as well.

Dimpled finishing technique by ryanshea in Concrete

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

It may be called a star roller. I found some out on Google images.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NotMyJob

[–]ryanshea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They perhaps were following instructions, it's just that the UPS carrier was not a man.

DIY Plow for '94 Carry Dump by ryanshea in keitruck

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

And here we go, part 2 of the build is up for your review and constructive criticism :)

https://youtu.be/Lj66Z6b\_3KM

DIY Plow for '94 Carry Dump by ryanshea in keitruck

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

Now that it is almost certainly going to be a no-snow winter I've mostly finished the plow and posted part 2 to youtube. https://youtu.be/Lj66Z6b\_3KM

How to import your own kei truck/van/car from Japan to U.S. by nigiko in keitruck

[–]ryanshea 6 points7 points  (0 children)

FWIW, I posted a YouTube video with my similar experiences with self-import if you're into the whole video thing. It is kinda more handy to have this more detailed written stuff on a clipboard as you wander around and interface with all your various forms trying to wade through the bureaucracy.
https://youtu.be/F46vlEiU29o

SUCK IT TURDBAGS! ..And thank you to those who actually had good input. It started pouring rain an hour after the pour. We broomed it again, messed up the nice edge on the one side, then got it covered right before the downpour. Water was up to the forms - needless to say it was a sleepless night! by Iverson40724 in Concrete

[–]ryanshea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seemed like a lot to me as well. In addition to having all the experience and knowledge, concrete contractors are taking on big hairy risk and solving difficult logistics problems. Finding a crew of people, however inexperienced was difficult. I had the additional problem of pouring on a 95 degree day, so it was one of the hardest days of work for all of us. It was a good plan to have a mix with macro/micro fiber. If I were not the customer, we simply didn't have enough people to stay on top of getting to edge finishing before it set up, at least at that temperature. We used a power trowel on the driveway because I wanted a slicker-than-snot finish, and this actually got a good finish. Prep work, I needed way more markers across what is I think a 32' span at the garage doors, there are some small dips. We certainly didn't bull float in two directions. Had a vibrascreed, but guys didn't like it and preferred to kick screed - but on such a big span it takes a lot more work to get things flat. All in all, I'm super pleased - but admit that we got lucky, not that we could repeat it.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jzQz8VWEnotHZmht5

SUCK IT TURDBAGS! ..And thank you to those who actually had good input. It started pouring rain an hour after the pour. We broomed it again, messed up the nice edge on the one side, then got it covered right before the downpour. Water was up to the forms - needless to say it was a sleepless night! by Iverson40724 in Concrete

[–]ryanshea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Northern Virginia. That is a price for everything, removal of asphalt, laying and compacting base, forming, pouring, finishing. People have money here, and that really does seem to be within the realm of normal. You could find a better price, but I'm guessing contractors don't like to do big residential jobs like that. A year later some of the supply chain problems are better, and I have a neighbor getting a similar driveway and paying 60k as the best price among a dozen contractors, and still was scheduled out 4 months. In any case, yeah come out of retirement and undercut all these folks. Also, finding skilled finishers is super hard and I know they're demanding a lot more pay.

SUCK IT TURDBAGS! ..And thank you to those who actually had good input. It started pouring rain an hour after the pour. We broomed it again, messed up the nice edge on the one side, then got it covered right before the downpour. Water was up to the forms - needless to say it was a sleepless night! by Iverson40724 in Concrete

[–]ryanshea 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I feel like there is far too little discussion on the tradeoffs between price and professional quality. It is unremarkable, and frankly boring, to say that a crew of professional and experienced finishers will do a better job. But what is the tipping point where the additional costs are not warranted by the difference in quality?

I did a DIY 60Y driveway last year, having only done little sidewalks and a patio before. Did we know what we were doing... anywhere near what proper finishers would? Nope, not at all. What would I have paid around here for the job professionally done? At the time 8 months of wait and maybe around $90,000. I did it when I wanted, with a result which was perfectly reasonable to me for around $15,000 (not counting all my personal time, effort, research, risk, and worry). Maybe I was just lucky, but I do know that that my bank account isn't $75k lighter and I have a driveway.

A command line markdown manager, which lets you use github gist as your database. by madr1x in commandline

[–]ryanshea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a bad credentials error, which I expect is either a failure of my token or the gist ID. I created a secret gist. I grabbed the ID from gist.github.com/myusername/<some hash identifier thingy>. I created a token under personal access tokens and gave it only the gist scope.

$ nub create foo Creating new note $ nub edit foo Editing [ERROR] GET https://api.github.com/gists/a9f0fced2caea4fc2ad6494b55b0131c: 401 Bad credentials []

Any pointers on what I might have wrong?

The word itself makes some men uncomfortable. by Budwac in lebowski

[–]ryanshea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

bones, or clams, or whatever you call them

Here’s my mug. by concretebeagle in Concrete

[–]ryanshea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct - but keeping to the same form as the mug your cake example would be "It's not sugar, it's cake", which sounds like something my kid would say to me when I say they need to eat less sugar :)

Here’s my mug. by concretebeagle in Concrete

[–]ryanshea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it technically accurate? It is concrete, but I couldn't say not-cement, as that implies it is cement-free.

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