aubeynarf
@aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
- Comment on Should visitors to a country (tourist / visa-holders / people staying temporarily) have the right to criticize the government? When should an immigrant have the right to criticize the government? 1 day ago:
Unless a Democrat is in office, in which case everything the government does is the most disastrous, evil, horrible thing to ever exist.
- Comment on Do people really think setting up domestic manufacturing in the USA is easy? 5 days ago:
They don’t “think” in general. Abstract concepts and long-term consequences do not trouble their minds.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Clearly, meeting in the middle at $500,000,000.50 is the right price
- Comment on How can I reject MAGAs version of america more then I already am? 1 week ago:
Connect people back to value systems instead of aggressively debating specific issues.
For example, when we think about Jesus Christ’s teachings, why are we erasing the nation’s historical decision to help the poor, sick, and hungry - an action executed by the most greedy, vain, and boastful people on earth?
- Comment on Should I withdraw/stop putting into my 401k? 1 week ago:
if you do that, the risk is that you miss out on buying at low share prices during the slump, which will be the lots that show the highest return when the market heads back toward normal.
The periods of fastest gains are usually immediately following a downturn, so selling your holdings when you hear bad news about the stock market going down, is exactly the wrong thing to do.
If you believe that The Trump administration policies represent a foundational destabilization of the American economy, which is a reasonable take, you might make the choice to diversify into more international funds.
- Comment on Is dns a good application for the blockchain? 2 weeks ago:
Can you briefly describe how you’d fit the two together?
- Comment on Why can’t HVAC be made smarter? 2 weeks ago:
I just set my ecobee to “auto”; the only possible inconvenience is the required gap between heating setpoint and cooling setpoint so it doesn’t constantly flap back and forth as a result over overshooting the setpoint. I have the gap set to 3 degrees and tend to shift it up and down seasonally (e.g. heating setpoint at 72 and cooling setpoint at 75 in the winter, heating 69 and cooling 72 in the summer)
Insolation and air infiltration based on wind conditions likely affect loss as much as outside temp, and the thermostat doesn’t know that (it could presumably learn to relate time of day, cloud cover, day of year (solar angle), wind conditions with that - but it would take 2 years to learn and its response would be opaque - most homeowners want bang-bang control since they understand it.
- Comment on Democratic 'frontrunner' for 2028 goes after his own party for not clapping during Trump's speech 4 weeks ago:
OK, how many do you post, across all your sock puppet accounts?
- Comment on Democratic 'frontrunner' for 2028 goes after his own party for not clapping during Trump's speech 4 weeks ago:
Even if they do, you’ll flood them out with your 20-30 garbage posts per day. Like its your job.
- Comment on What host names do you use? 4 weeks ago:
I gave up on cute or clever names a while ago; now I go with “storage0”, “router0”, “wap00”, “vmhost0”. Always with a numeric suffix because there will be a -1, -2 some day.
- Comment on What's the Standard Operating Procedure for if someone steals your phone while you were using it and its unlocked? 5 weeks ago:
maybe get a lanyard to reduce the snatch risk
- Comment on RFK Jr. confirmed as health chief :) 1 month ago:
I think we found UniversalMonk!
- Comment on Alarmists Bemoan Climate Research Funding Freeze 1 month ago:
It was 20 degrees above average here in Georgia last week, yesterday we had 6 inches of rain in a few hours. Human-caused climate change is real.
Did you know we’ve increased the CO2 concentration by nearly 50% since 1930?
CO2 was known as a heat-trapping gas over 110 years ago. Have you seen this 1912 newspaper excerpt?
- Comment on DOGE Discovers $1.9 Billion HUD Money ‘Misplaced’ By Biden Administration 1 month ago:
It’s 0.4% of of Musk’s gluttonous fortune, and 0.02% of the total federal budget.
With transparency measures being dismantled by the hour, and “mission aligned” talking-point-driven outlets repeating government statements without question, how will you know if this turns out to be an erroneous conclusion ?
- Comment on Why are there silly license requirements? 1 month ago:
There are 14 GMRS frequencies. How soon do you think they would become unusable if even 10,000 casual users in a metro area all went and bought 50W radios?
- Comment on Do you think progressives understand the difference between legal and illegal immigration? 2 months ago:
Hey cow boy. Progressives are generally more educated and aware, so yes. Meanwhile, most conservatives don’t understand the difference between, for example, asylum and undocumented border crossings; or that “encounters” doesn’t mean “entries”; or that coming on a vacation visa from South Africa or eastern Europe and starting a business or doing modeling work is illegal.
- Comment on 'These Are Some Of The Insane Priorities' USAID Has Funded: Karoline Leavitt 2 months ago:
Called building goodwill. Influence over power
- Comment on How can a US citizen invest outside the reach of the federal government? 2 months ago:
Well, they can seize a lot of things because of reciprocal anti-terrorism money laundering agreements with most of the countries you’d want to trust with your money.
resources aimed at wealthy people offshoring their assets might be useful to you
- Comment on How can a US citizen invest outside the reach of the federal government? 2 months ago:
well, first you would need to set up a brokerage account outside the US…
For now, though, you can invest in an Ex-US ETF, Vanguard has one that is essentially the total world stock index minus US companies.
- Comment on What is your self-hosting setup for home thermostat? 2 months ago:
Zigbee or Zwave temperature/humidity sensors are common. Add a 3-circuit relay box and you can simulate the behavior of pretty much any thermostat with a few rules.
HA or any other system that can toggle outputs based on sensor thresholds would work just fine.
there are some subtleties with real HVAC thermostats, like running your AC compressor at least five minutes and ensuring that it stays off for at least 5 minutes when it’s turned off.
- Comment on Switching out UPS batteries 2 months ago:
No, your UPS is tailored to the characteristics of the lead-acid charge/discharge cycle. Some LiFePO4 battery assemblies are built with charging electronics that simulate lead-acid for a drop-in replacement, but those are never cheaper than traditional lead-acid batteries.
- Comment on Obama's Failure To Close Guantanamo Meant It Was Open for Trump To Use 2 months ago:
what is this, account number seven or eight?
Ridiculous to say that anything the Democrats did in the past is to blame for actions Trump takes now.
- Comment on What are your Homelab goals for 2025? 2 months ago:
Never good to intentionally pollute.
- Comment on Thermometers reading different temperatures on cold printer? 4 months ago:
are these packaged thermometer devices, such as the DS18B20, or a bare thermistor bead?
If it’s just a bead, you probably need to calibrate them.
- Comment on what's stops one from scavenging the best parts of old phones and putting them into a new one? 5 months ago:
LOL, yeah. Capitalism.
Like the great socialist countries are way ahead with modular, standardized mobile handsets.
- Comment on Federated social media from before it was cool 5 months ago:
Usenet or Fidonet would be a more apt comparison
- Comment on CBS Debate Moderator’s Immigration ‘Fact Check’ Against Vance Has More Holes Than Swiss Cheese, Experts Say 5 months ago:
Wait, I thought JD Vance was telling you not to listen to experts!
- Comment on Vance Follows Up Debate With Receipts On X: ‘As Promised’ 5 months ago:
guess who is going to be building the new housing stock? How are you gonna get that done if you kick out all the immigrants
- Comment on Simple connector for single conductor 0.75mm² (18 AWG) that will remain connected under tension while being spooled 6 months ago:
They are kind of like two hands making a handshake - they just twist/slide into each other and each is then looped around the back of the other. Very simple and effective
- Comment on Simple connector for single conductor 0.75mm² (18 AWG) that will remain connected under tension while being spooled 6 months ago:
Have you seen these knife connectors used in aviation? They are genderless and lock together. Of course your crimp better be solid - meaning proper connector for the wire size and proper crimping tool die.
