TIL jackfruit was a thing that existed lol. Will see if I can get any in my area. Might go well with a sweet BBQ sauce?

Thanks and thanks! Will check that out.

Damn that looks good. I went vegetarian about 4 years ago and, while I have no regrets, I do miss pulled pork…like, a lot. I’m totally gonna enjoy those sandwiches vicariously through you lol.

Dell Dimension 2400 or a descendant of that?

https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/en-us/product/dimension-2400/resources/manuals

That was THE computer to have in college when I went.

Most of the last mile fiber network is passive (doesn’t require active electronics to pass the signal like DOCSIS/cable internet or ADSL).

Cable and DSL typically have the equivalent of UPSs in their neighborhood nodes, but they often go unmaintained.

Awesome sketch! Well done.

But if you ever see me at my most exhausted in an airport, please don’t sketch me and put it on the internet 😆. My self esteem would never recover.

That’s basically what EFI booting does.

Initramfs’s main purpose is to load enough of a system to be able to load/boot the kernel and everything else from the hard disk. It’s also used for more complex boot scenarios such as loading LUKS and providing a password prompt if the root partition is encrypted.

I like how I was courageous enough to not fix the actual typos/failed commands in the actual history lol.

Pretty much, yeah.

Rather than jot down in a text file the various ffmpeg commands I use frequently…

Raktajino@laptop:~/Downloads$ history | grep ffmpeg
   12  sudo apt install audacity gimp ffmpeg mplayer
  184  history | grep ffmpeg
  215  ffmpeg -i source.mkv -ss 629 -t 7 out.mkv
  217  ffmpeg -i out.mkv -s 0.5 -vf scale=1280:720 out.mp4
  218  ffmpeg -i out.mkv -ss 0.5 -vf scale=1280:720 out.mp4
  231  ffmpeg -i out.mp4 -vf "subtitles=out.srt" final.mp4
  503  ffmpeg -i toofat.wav toofat.mp3
  ...
  682  history | grep ffmpeg
  684  ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[1:0] [2:0] concat=n=2" out.gif
  685  ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[1:0] [2:0] concat=n=2:v=1" out.gif
  686  ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[1:0] [2:0] concat=n=2:v=1" -map '[v]' out.gif
  687  history | grep ffmpeg
  688  ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[0:0] 12:0] concat=n=2:v=1" -map '[v]' out.gif
  689  ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[0:0] 1:0] concat=n=2:v=1" -map '[v]' out.gif
  690  ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[0:0] [1:0] concat=n=2:v=1" -map '[v]' out.gif
  691  ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[0:0] [1:0] concat=n=2"  out.gif
  694  history | grep ffmpeg

I’d be curious to see how adding a few plants affects that.

Ah, okay. Mine’s direct drive so probably doesn’t need that.

What does that actually do/address?

I’ve not had any issues without it on my E3v3

If I need that level of precision, I’ll use a digital clock or set an alarm.

I can usually tell the time, at a glance, within 1-2 minutes which is precise enough for 99.999% of cases. Most IRL scheduling has a lower bound of 5-minute increments, so looking at an analog clock for the exact minute isn’t really necessary. e.g. 7:21 and 7:23 are effectively the same for all but the rarest of my purposes.

Yeah, for sure. I tend to use WebDAV with that to connect to my Nextcloud more than the actual Nextcloud app. Works great.

Assuming you mean SSH for file transfer? Material Files supports SFTP, and I use it to connect via SSH to my machines to transfer files.

Costs about 17 cents per loaf in electricity, and my power rate is pretty high at $0.25/kWh.

1. Blend: 7 minutes @ 100W (0.1 KW x 0.12 hours = 0.012 kWh). I’m being generous here since this is just an intermittent blend and the motor pulses slowly and doesn’t use 100 watts for the whole cycle).
2. Rest: 1 minute @ 0W
3. Mix: 25 minutes @ 100 W (0.1 KW X 0.42 hours = 0.042 kWh)
4. Proof 1: 58 minutes @ 50W (0.05 X 0.97 hours = 0.05 kWh)
5. Proof 2: 50 minutes @ 50W (0.05 x 0.83 hours = 0.04 kWh)
6. Bake: 50 minutes @ 650 W (0.65 x 0.83 hours = 0.54 kWh)
7. Keep Warm: I never use this, but up to an hour at probably 100 watts. (0.1 KW x 1 hour = 0.1 kWh)

Total: 0.684 kWh x $0.25/kWh = $0.17 per loaf ($0.20 per loaf if I use the keep warm feature for the full hour).

For comparison, the regular oven is 4400 watts and takes 10 minutes just to pre-heat. That’s $0.18 cents in electricity cost before I even bake the bread.

Nice. I haven’t had much luck thrifting the last few years.

Totally agree about single use appliances, but the bread machine is the sole exception. Figured it wouldn’t get more than a few uses, so bought a cheap one to start with. Turns out I use it daily.

I used to use the Kitchen-Aid with the dough hook. Mostly just the convenience factor won out. Just pouring everything into one pan and hitting a button was the big sell. Plus, it’s got a timer so I can load it up before bed and have fresh bread in the morning.

Also switched to using a kitchen scale instead of measuring cups, and combined, that has massively reduced the amount of dishes and mess I have to clean.

I"m not sure what the actual bulk price is here, but the little 5lb bags are like $2.60. When I say “buy in bulk” I mostly mean I buy a lot of something when it goes on sale. Back in March, there was a weekend where you got 15% off your entire purchase on top of whatever was normally on sale. Flour was buy-one, get-one at the time, so I basically filled up a cart lol. I’m still baking through it and have about 15 bags left. 😆

Oof. I have not priced replacement parts. The whole thing was only $100 and I fully consider it a “starter” machine. Wasn’t sure if I’d use it more than once or twice, so didn’t start out with a fancy one or anything.