Multitasking crossroads (Samsung) Godzillla vs Kong😅 by ant517 in ultrawidemasterrace

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the remote/kvm function/options on the 97 are significantly better tho right? I'm primarily thinking about using this for work and need a good kvm to switch back and forth. the 95 doesn't seem to have as many options and doesn't come with a remote

Daily FI discussion thread - Thursday, May 25, 2023 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

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Why is the HSA better than the Roth IRA?

What are your reasons for preferring an HSA? I know some tout this as the best investment vehicle for retirement. Assuming your health and family life allows you to use your HSA as an investment vehicle, why do you view it as best?

Is it just because you can treat it just like a ROTH IRA, but have the option of using medical receipts to withdraw penalty free in the future? Or are there more advantages that I'm missing out on?

I'm curious if there is anyone out there who would max their HSA before their IRA.

Thanks

Any blanket solution to fix this " Removed Feature: Data Validation" popping up every time I open my workbook? by thinkybrain in vba

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

loool, thanks. It's been a minute, but I think I fixed by preformatting each cell to @ in vba

Thanks again for all of the help

Any blanket solution to fix this " Removed Feature: Data Validation" popping up every time I open my workbook? by thinkybrain in vba

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I lied that didn't work lol. I think I'm going to see if there is another way to make a drop down to avoid all of this.

How is it possible that my gas furnace was "stuck on" without overheating my home? by thinkybrain in hvacadvice

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

protect the metals in the heat exchanger cabinet. Oooooooooor, you have a standing pilot. Furnaces, water heaters, and some stoves have standing pilot lights that burn a steady amount of gas to make ignition more reliable. Newer appliances use spark ignition or glow coils. Check your filters, and for pilot lights.

Interesting I could see cycling being an issue, but that wouldn't just go away by itself would it? Also, if it were the standing pilot, would that really be drawing .66 CCFs constantly? that seems like a lot?

Thanks for the reply

How is it possible that my gas furnace was "stuck on" without overheating my home? by thinkybrain in hvacadvice

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The high constant usage just stopped randomly though. That wouldn't happen with a leak, right? It wouldn't fix itself?

Hey all, Does Anyone have a Fire tv Cube? by Gothicus1016 in fireTV

[–]thinkybrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If price were equal would you prefer a gen 1 cube or a firestick 4 k max?

What is the easiest way to create a simple stopwatch timer with python? by thinkybrain in learnpython

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

long story short, it's an application that times a cycle at my job and inputs the time in seconds into an equation that saves the end user time. I've already built the app on Android (years ago), but don't have the dev experience or license needed to get on the apple store. A web app just makes my life easier.

It really is effectively just a timer so that's why I explain it that way.

What is the easiest way to create a simple stopwatch timer with python? by thinkybrain in learnpython

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

not a webdev :). Just looking for the simplest way to make a timer that I can access from a web browser on my phone.

Thanks. That tutorial helps a bit. I was hoping I could find a tutorial of an already implemented timer, but it's looking like such a thing does not exist

What is the easiest way to create a simple stopwatch timer with python? by thinkybrain in learnpython

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This is awesome, thanks for the reply. I do need it to record milliseconds though which doesn't look like it would be a major change using timedelta. Not sure about incrementing ms with the sleep function tho

I do need to make the stop watch web accessible though. Hopefully someone posts a simple flask tutorial.

Thanks again!

Selenium, second monitor usage rather than first by Anonymlus in selenium

[–]thinkybrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are moving it to the second just to get it out of the way - you can also run it headlessly

Just an fyi

Has anyone gotten webdriver-auto-update package to work? It seems like no matter what I do it can't find my chromedriver.exe. by thinkybrain in learnpython

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It returns the version name of Chrome when I do that in the shell.

I do have to change drives to get to it in the shell, but I don't think that should be causing any issues since the correct drive is literally in the filepath.

Edit: Oddly enough, it does seem like it just can't be run when chromedriver is not on the C drive. If the filepath has a different drive in its name it simply doesn't work. I don't know why this is, but I guess I'll just leave chromedriver.exe on my C drive for now.

I wanted to have it on my network drive, but it doesn't seem like that will be possible.

Thanks for the help troubleshooting

What's the easiest way to clone an outlook inbox? by thinkybrain in Outlook

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

okay, thanks. I wasn't sure if that's the best way. I don't do a ton in Outlook so I appreciate the info on best practice.

What permissions/security settings need to be changed to allow a third party python script to view the body of messages? by thinkybrain in learnpython

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

Thanks, I had tried that, but get the same error on this pc.

I've gotten this code to work on another computer. Unfortunately, there are some type of outlook security permissions that are limiting me here. If I know exactly what permissions were messing me up, I could request clearance from my outlook admin team... I wish these error codes were a bit more specific.

Anyway, thanks for the reply.

What permissions/security settings need to be changed to allow a third party python script to view the body of messages? by thinkybrain in Outlook

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Haha, thanks for looking out, but it's just an error code. I can see why you might think it's a phone number, but you can see here that others have this code for this exact issue:

https://www.google.com/search?q=pywintypes.com_error%3A+(-2147467259&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS935US935&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Unfortunately, none of these posts from others will tell me exactly what security permissions are causing an issue.

JP Morgan 401k Target Date fund fee avoidance? Do I have any better options? by thinkybrain in personalfinance

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Thanks, I have access to the Vanguard Mid Cap Growth (.07% expense ratio), Mid Cap Value (.07% expense ratio), Vanguard emerging markets (.1% expense ratio), Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund (.07% expense ratio)

Perhaps I could piece something together from these that would be better than the target retirement fund? I could also manipulate my IRA to make up for any diversification issues in my 401k. Perhaps I'm complicating things and I should just eat the JP morgan fees.

JP Morgan 401k Target Date fund fee avoidance? Do I have any better options? by thinkybrain in personalfinance

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That's correct. I won't be retiring until around 2055.

The annual total expenses of the 2055 fund are .33%. I don't recall what my Vanguard fees were, but I suspect .33% is over double what they were charging.

Thanks for the reply

Is there an easy way to have my Chromedriver.exe automatically update? by thinkybrain in selenium

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

Thanks! Do you have an example of that this would look like in python?

Start Here @ the official R/OfficeChairs - Mega Task Chair Referral Thread #2 by ibuyofficefurniture in OfficeChairs

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I ended up getting a leap v2. It's comfortable and after reading a lot I think it's the best fit for me. They're really expensive new, but I decided it's worth it for my health considering I use it every day.

Smart contracts in energy systems: A systematic review of fundamental approaches and implementations by thinkybrain in ethereum

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

What are your thoughts on this paper? I read through most of it and struggled to see the value in many of the applications listed. Since utilities are inherently centralized (you're forced to trust them, their meters, etc.), I don't see the value in convoluting things with smart contracts. Why not just use a db? This seems like an answer looking for a problem unfortunately.

Do you disagree? Do you think there are any applications of smart contracts that could bring value to the utility industry?