dmention7

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[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

That's a great call, regardless of climate!

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago

I have to disagree a little bit personally. It can be a chore, but sometimes there is a sense that you're taking this generic piece of tech sold by the millions and tailoring it to your personal preferences. It's a little silly and superficial, but it can add a little extra enjoyment to that whole experience of getting a new shiny that you've been looking forward to.

All that said, paying $95 for the experience of setting up a used exercise bike is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (16 children)

I lived in the Minneapolis area for many years, so I can provide a little insight. First off, you will be fine through September. Early November is when snow that lasts for more than a day or two starts to become a real possibility.

-Tires: Your best bet, even with 4WD/AWD is to have a second set of snow tires mounted on cheap steel wheels. (4WD/AWD doesn't do a damn thing for steering or stopping distance!!!) Swap those over around early November and back to your "regular" tires around late April. If you live in a suburban area, roads will get plowed and sanded quickly, so you are probably fine with GOOD all season tires. But if you're considering an exurban/rural area I would certainly recommend snow tires. Studded tires and chains are not allowed on highways in MN as far as I remember, but the laws in rural areas could be different.

-Oil: Check your owners manual. At worst you may be recommended to swap from 10W-30 to 5W-30 or something, but it doesn't get cold enough for long enough to be a strict need.

-Block heaters: With modern vehicles, it's more of a luxury than a requirement unless you are living in the northern part of the state. If you have an attached garage, it should be a non-issue.

-Other: Always keep a bit of warm weather gear in your car. This goes triply if you live in a rural area. Imagine what you'd want if you were stranded for 4 hours at -20F. Gloves, a hat, some handwarmers, a small blanket at minimum. A small shovel and a bag of sand or kitty litter can help you out if you are mildly stuck in snow. Get the good windshield washer fluid, the stuff that's rated to -40F. You'll go through a ton driving on the freeway after salt has been laid down, and it is MISERABLE if it starts to freeze up on your windshield.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I've got both Plex and Jellyfin running at the moment. Plex is nice for sharing with family since it's more plug&play for sharing outside your LAN, and it is certainly a little more polished in some areas.

But I've been very impressed with Jellyfin as well, and would wholeheartedly recommend giving it a whirl. If FOSS appeals to you at all, it's a solid choice.

In most cases, you really should have no issue running them simultaneously if you're not ready to commit to a switch.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

https://support.plex.tv/articles/local-files-for-trailers-and-extras/

Short answer is put a tag like "-featurette" in the filename, or add a folder to contain the extras.

Jellyfin supports the same structure as far as I can tell. One thing I've found Jellyfin does better is in allowing you to organize extras for TV shows in with each season, while Plex only seems to allow you to dump all the extras into the root folder for the show.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is that not the normal? I just started sailing again recently, and I legit feel bad having to clear out an old torrent to make room for something new.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They exist only so you stay on Google’s page and don’t follow a link to another site.

That may be true, but I'd say in the neighborhood of 1/3 - 1/2 of my searches are answered by auto-compiled info cards or similar artifacts.

Just by way of example, my wife and I were casually researching cars lately, and one of the criteria is "does the damn thing fit in our garage??" Typing "Mazda CX-9 length" and having that specific info presented immediately is immensely preferable to clicking into edmonds.com and scrolling through an entire table of specifications.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I love bed.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

They didn't have to make it look like the toilets cheeks were flushed in the 3rd panel... but they did.

(no pun intended)

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

To be fair, kneeling is pretty much a universal sign of disrespect.

edit: didn't think the /s was needed

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

The photo of the terraced farming actually brings up an interesting point--in order to render those slopes usable for farming, terracing approximates the "flat" projection of the terrain anyways, so you end up with the same result. Buildings and any other usable structures follow the same rule: you can only build vertically, so the effective surface area is the same as the flat projection.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you nominalize by capita, people with children have less of lots of things. Fewer cars, less property, less income, lower alcohol consumption.

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