https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805995358102.html?

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805829576833.html

https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/omada-wifi-ceiling-mount/eap772/

consumer crap is just that crap.

I like small PC’s as PFsense/Opnsense routers and then a POE switch and access points. It always works better than any mesh or consumer stuff.

Stellaris is great sci-fi future ambient music to focus to.

It could have been the delivery of the conversation, something like:

Hey <DAD>, <your partner> and i noticed your daughter loves our Dogs, since we work most days would you be comfortable with her helping out <your partner, and I> in the mornings or evenings? We are getting started on our family but our little helper will take a few years before we can put them to work.

Women are generally seen as less threatening, so having conversations where you drop your partners name and status in front of yours helps. Identifying yourself as a parent, or working to be a parent also can “soften” your male appearance. Finally, dont push, drop it and take no for an answer because some people are never going to be comfortable.

Also dont expect your words or message to be translated to adult, there have been times where our kids have said things that “they were told by an adult” and when we have called the school/daycare/friends parent, its often a misunderstanding where the kid has no idea what the context or specifics meant so they tried to convey their own version. So next time keep it short and sweet, and if possible immediate. “Are your parents around… Could I talk to your <DAD/MOM>… we need to get <DAD/MOM>s permission first”

A few things that have helped me in the past are being prepared. While my kids were in diapers or potty training I rolled everywhere with spare gear and I was quick to offer to other parents, especially at parks and public areas where people can be caught unprepared.

I had a situation in an airport where a Mom was overwhelmed trying to hold 1 kid, keep another in the stroller, and sign the doc’s to check her strollers and car seats. I was already in line, so I said “Im not going anywhere, can I help you with something or hold one of your kids?” She did an up and down check, realized I was in fact in line, and its an airport, so she handed me her baby and I stood where she could see me and rocked them while she finished what she had to do.

I would also suggest taking some child safety classes, I coach sports, and am a Den leader in our local Cub Scout Pack. Both programs required me to take classes regarding identifying child predators, unsafe situations, and child abuse and how to report them. Classes like these can help you see interactions from an outside risk perspective.

Dad here, I have both been the guy, and been the parent and in a safe area where you have some control basic human trust can be enough. I always ask/offer, try not to be creepy.

I often start off, with something like "I can sympathize, I have two myself, would you like some help? I would say 50% of the time they say yes, and the rest its a combo of fear or embarrassment because they think needing help is shameful, which it is not, your community exists to help and thats how humans did it for 100k’s years until the 1950’s ruined everything.

we have ours pumped every 2-3 years, house of 4. Rain wont fill it up, because it will eventually end up in the leach field and levels will go down. Solids are the risk when dealing with overflowing septic because it will get into the pipe to the leach field and clog that, causing a backup in your plumbing.

as for the smell, it depends, every house I have lived in with septic would get a wiff from time to time depending literally on the direction of the wind. The house that had the least smell was a 3 story house in the north east where its cooler, the one with the most was a house in the south east that was only 1 story.

Height of the vent makes a difference, as can using products like Rid-X to help keep things broken down particularly fats which can really stink up a septic system.

its like $5-30 DIY. Or $100+ if you hire someone to clean it.

Mechanical cleaning is the only reliable way to clean a drain, period.

Edited to add suggestions and detail:

Most clogs are between the elbow and drain so something simple like the item below is more than enough to break free or pull out hair, and toothpaste, as well as anything else that might be stuck in drain or in the stopper parts. https://www.amazon.com/Grabber-Remover-Kitchen-Bathroom-Cleaning/dp/B07RMHNHYC/ref

In the case where the above is NOT enough, $30 gets you a cheap 25ft snake that is going to cover the bulk of other situations where you have a clog.
https://www.amazon.com/Plumbing-Adapter-Flexible-unblocking-Powered/dp/B0D46TQBQ9/ref

Some general basic notes: A food disposal is for the little bits that you cant scrape off into your compost or trash, ITS NOT A TRASH CAN. Please dont put stuff down the disposal that you could have removed from a plate or dish.

Fats and Grease go in the trash not down the drain. If you are pouring out your bacon grease or remaining cooking oil, or anything fatty it turns to a solid almost as soon as it hits the drain. Running hot water with it wont keep it liquid, and dish soap wont keep it emulsified. It will slowly build up in the pipes and you will get a fat burg/plug that causes a clog. Wipe fatty/greasy pans and dishes with a paper towel and throw it in the trash, for large quantities like Bacon grease you can use a can or jar that you store in the freezer until its full and then toss in the trash.

We have always had tornados but I’m the last 10 years it seems like we’re getting more and they do more damage.

The most noticeable are the number of heavy rain events and flooding. Again 10 years ago while we had floods it was not as common to have flooding in all sorts of local areas. Now we see roads closed and small areas of flood damage where we used to only see large 100 year floods.

The heat sucks and has always sucked it just sucks more now.

They are disorganized and always will be because they are not a hegemon like the Republicans.

Ubuntu server, it’s a bit more modern than Debian and has a massive install base which means someone has had your problem and fixed it before and documented it.

Both are gold, great reads.

Its fine for legs, but dont put it anywhere near millions of nerve endings. Last time I looked it they were clear about not using it near genitals.

not having to work until I die at my desk

Lol this guy thinks there is a chance he will die at his desk. I wish I could feel that optimism.

Chances are better that at best you will die in gig or part time job like Walmart. The most likely is in you kids house, really yours but you will give it to them, and without medical support beyond basic hospice.

Many of your peers and friends will die in homeless camps or from police violence.

Honestly yes! I made a strong bold statement its only fair to ask for references.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDUvCLAp0uU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8x_E1pMSHE

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-bulletin/article/abs/glassceramics-for-nuclearwaste-immobilization/6C69A3D12C516F1B98DE91A9675F9411

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-bulletin/article/abs/studies-of-ancient-glass-and-their-application-to-nuclearwaste-management/B11A67361CE124E7A8A84415545A112A

https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.236.01.04

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sgt/gt/2000/00000041/00000006/4106186

So here are a few general video’s along with a few interesting papers regarding storing HLW as/in glass-ceramics. The academic research and discussion of this immobilization methods is very robust so lots of stuff you can read on that subject.

BUT we dont have to store Fission HLW if we reprocess it and run it in conjunction with other reactor types like LIFTR. Much of the remaining waste produced in currently operating reactors is still mostly unused and at most 5-10% of the total material is used up. We can pass that through a breeder reactor and convert U238 to P239 which turns “useless” naturally occurring non fissile uranium into fissile plutonium.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-239

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQ3gFRj0Bc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaC2pvDMPc0&t=603s

So, my point is that assuming we keep using low enrichment uranium to power current BWR/PWR reactors we have an existing solution for the waste (which if ALL of the worlds HLW was combined would not even fill a professional stadium) that easily takes care of all the waste created since we started production.

BUT all that waste is actually fuel if we recycle/reprocess it and we can burn up another large percentage of that waste and its remaining elements are generally shorter lived forms of waste.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421510007263

That is simply not true, storage is a solved problem, and the reason for not having locations is a political problem. NIMBY (Not in my back yard) keeps the world from having permanent storage locations, not science.

You forgot all the heavy metals too! Lots of brutal heavy metals in coal emissions and waste, which we dont get even in low level fission waste.

When I realized that what I want to do and enjoy in life has nothing to do with my career.

Work is work an and if you’re lucky maybe you get a job with a good team for good company. Maybe your job is even social positive an the that’s even better but it’s still a job not a calling so perfect it’s purely subjective.

many times, shucking is a very valid way to get large format disks for cheaper than retail NAS parts. But be aware of what your buying and make sure that the disk your getting if its a white label is a reliable disk. WD Easystore/Mybook are generally good, as are the larger format Seagate external.

I will never suggest any form of equivalency because there simply is not one. The republican party is clearly a bad actor and comparing the democrats and suggesting they are in some way an equal evil is a ludicrous fallacy.

But that does not mean that voting democrat is an imperative, nor that they become a valid choice because the “others” are invalid.

The bulk of my voting power comes from republican primaries where I can have an outsized impact on which evil will get the chance to run, but beyond that my votes count for nothing.

My point is simply that if the democrats actually cared about making a difference, they would not prop up dead candidates, they would not bend over backwards to help move the goal posts for the republicans. What they could really do is change the laws around how we vote, create automatic registration, make election days mandatory holidays with mandatory time off to vote, pass laws around campaign fiance and transparency. But they wont, because the same tools help them “win” and have power.

Just look at Trudeau, who ran on a platform of voting reform in Canada, the second he had control he dropped that promise like it was radioactive. Why voluntarily break the system that put him and his party into power… It clearly worked for them before. Same logic applies to the dem’s in the US. They wont change the system, even while its being broken, because they still think it gives them a shot at power. We dont need power, we need actual population based representation and robust protection from corporate ownership of our government.