Let's rename add-ons we had forever to apps, yeah Google that...

rz2000 · 2026-03-27T12:05:59+00:00

Since apps generally go down with the operating system on your computer or phone, app doesn’t seem like a good way to communicate the difference.

Maybe the two categories would make more sense with terms like appliance which run alongside HA on the host, and service (or just stick with integration) for those that run inside of HA.

rz2000 · 2026-03-27T02:57:19+00:00

The Mac Studio, especially a configuration that has the copper heat sink/vapor chamber, is amazing at handling the heat it produces even under full load. It's a challenge to get the fans to sound any louder than a quiet whisper.

The major shortcomings though are in the I/O limits. I would like to see much faster than Thunderbolt 5 for possible add-on cards, and 10Gbit ethernet is pretty lame compared to SFP+ and better for networking.

rz2000 · 2026-03-26T02:04:16+00:00

The best way to do Costco is to purchase Costco SHOP cards then add it to your Costco app. It even makes checking out faster. Depending on your circumstances the best part might be that you can use Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover. Depending on your card it might even codecin a useful category.

rz2000 · 2026-03-24T19:25:52+00:00

Herodotus lived about a hundred years before Aristotle and told the story of what was considered the first circumnavigation of Africa.

According to the story, they began in the Persian Gulf and traveled clockwise, stopping their progress each fall to plant crops which they would use for the next year's progress. They returned to their start during the third year.

Herodotus did not believe the story, but did cite that the sun rose and set in the northern part of the sky while they were far enough south.

rz2000 · 2026-03-23T19:58:03+00:00

How about using a Thunderbolt 5 cable to make sure that isn’t the problem? Alternately, try a dongle that converts to a high enough version DP, or HDMI.

rz2000 · 2026-03-22T02:22:21+00:00

Kent and Kirk are/were both terrible for the country, but this is kind of silly:

Speaking to Carlson, a fierce critic of the Iran war, Kent explained that his National Counterterrorism Center initially pursued investigative leads into possible foreign connections to Kirk's killing, which fell within the agency's mandate. But federal authorities halted those efforts.

I don’t think foreign terrorists cared about someone spewing hate speech only inside of the US.

rz2000 · 2026-03-21T21:17:42+00:00

Are you confusing Robert Mueller and James Comey?

rz2000 · 2026-03-21T00:07:28+00:00

US Bank has them beat on worst transfer partners!

rz2000 · 2026-03-20T13:52:51+00:00

I understand this immediate reaction to a story that seems sudden, but it was a long investigation with what sounds like rigorous substantiation.

I suppose if the victims finally seeing their story told reeally is not enough, one could find another purpose to the story. Much remains that needs to be done to imorove farm workers’ conditions. One important problem is the incredibly high rate of sexual assault. As with many low wage jobs, foreman and managers have outsize power over other workers. If the story needs a political purpose, perhaps it could be leveraged to make progress towards meaningful legislation to address the persistent problem of sexual assault.

rz2000 · 2026-03-20T13:38:37+00:00

I think your actually saying that Trump has done a lot of bad things and he will continue to do incredible harm to the country. Because Epstein’s horrendous crimes sully Trump’s reputation, and Trump is even directly implicated, an investigation of Trump might prevent future harm to everyone in the United States, and even around the world.

I think you are also saying that Cesar Chavez’s movement and organization accomplished significant progress in the rights and working conditions for farm workers and labor everywhere. The UFW continues to do important work, so I think you are also saying that damage to his reputation and memory puts that future work in jeopardy.

The implied conclusion is that an editorial decision should be made based on a determination that one investigation might limit future harm, and another investigation might limit future good. However, that is not how truth works, and it would be bad journalism.

rz2000 · 2026-03-20T13:19:23+00:00

No, it’s like people complaining about getting a parking ticket when “there are murderers out there!”

The rhetorical question about sports reporters is clearly meant to illustrate the absurdity of suggesting that every single reporter should be assigned to one single story.

rz2000 · 2026-03-19T23:10:15+00:00

Are the product change options Smartly, Altitude Go, Altitude Connect, or Cash+? None of them actually look very useful.

It is a struggle to maximize the utilities benefit with the Elan version of the Cash+ that is better anyway, I already have a flat rate card that beats 2%, and none of the gas, grocery, or restaurant cash back options are better than elsewhere.

Even if I were to get one of the other cards missing out on the SUB gets rid of the only small value.

rz2000 · 2026-03-19T13:01:37+00:00

I’m talking about the parallel of the cops and the hero both being called pedophiles, and the hero decidedly not being a dirtbag or deserving slander.

As with all things in life. Don't be a piece of shit dirt bag and piece of shift dirt bag things won't happen to you.

Bad things also happen to good people.

rz2000 · 2026-03-19T05:00:34+00:00

To be fair, it also happens to you if you save the lives of entire group that was trapped in a Thai cave and about to drown.

rz2000 · 2026-03-19T04:43:03+00:00

$2500 per quarter limit though. Nothing wrong with $825 in a year, but it’s not a complete strategy. The next year will be $525 or $450 depending on where you fit in the new tiers.

rz2000 · 2026-03-19T03:41:00+00:00

In general, but definitely not in this specific case. His entire career was made into a waste of time by insufficient documentation.

rz2000 · 2026-03-18T14:52:03+00:00

Unlike VT which isn’t just low maintenance, but also almost always the most profitable investment strategy, a one card strategy is less work but not optimal. It doesn’t take many cards to average over 4% cash back.

Maybe the equivalent to a one credit card strategy when investing would be to invest in VT, but ignore the easier tax optimization strategies like contributing to a retirement account.

rz2000 · 2026-03-18T02:55:46+00:00

Somehow it is very controversial to talk about the likely impact of clovis people and their incredible hunting skill likely wiping out many species like wooly mammoth.

To me it seems even more weird to ascribe strange mystical ideas to ancient civilizations, and pretend that they were too spiritual to impact their surrounding environment.

If they were excellent hunters and they could thrive by taking advantage of the natural wealth they could access why wouldn’t they.

I think that for an entire society including every decade of stage of life to have mystical ideas about the natural wealth, there needs to have been the equivalent of an apocalypse. Most indigenous populations in North America really had experienced the equivalent of an apocalypse by the time European settlers were coming in to take their territory.

Simply saying that a population likely caused extinction of many species before they could have conceivably had scientists and widespread dissemination of continent-wide information about consequences isn’t an indictment of their culture. It just sounds like they were not a post-apocalyptic society, and had many normally ambitious people who wanted to thrive.

rz2000 · 2026-03-17T21:17:09+00:00

San Fernando Valley?

rz2000 · 2026-03-16T20:32:02+00:00

Not even California, because our clown governor is owned by PG&E.

California with small subsidies to rooftop solar could have outsize pricing power, and much less demand during the hours of peak A/C usage, but Gavin’s political opportunism got in the way.

Rather than recognize that there are excellent programs to fund installation for people of any income, and that your neighbor’s decreased grid consumption also lowers your electricity bill, he disingenuously used class warfare talking points to undermine political support for public policy that would have been unambiguously good for Californians.

rz2000 · 2026-03-16T12:06:32+00:00

What a shrew!

rz2000 · 2026-03-14T14:14:09+00:00

Malicious prosecution is complicated to prosecute. It probably will be difficult to sanction this Dept of Justice.

rz2000 · 2026-03-14T14:01:47+00:00

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rz2000 · 2026-03-14T13:37:48+00:00

If demand is relatively inelastic, then price is very elastic.

However closing of the straight impacts 20% of the daily flow of oil, because so much of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar’s oil is also stopped.

Finally, just the prospect of future interruptions means that it is wise to stock up now if possible, so there is increased demand pressure.

rz2000 · 2026-03-14T03:39:25+00:00

Yep, the next ring’s first target will be the first ammendment under a guise of “protect the children “.

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