fratermus

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[–] fratermus 1 points 1 month ago

Because it was a student project I expect it was a one-and-done.

[–] fratermus 1 points 1 month ago

How often do you downgrade Firefox versions

I don't remember ever downgrading a browser (started out on NCSA Mosaic).

Having switched to Zen Browser

Recently tried Zen -- I think it's pretty and shows promise but has a few dealbreakers that preclude my using it as a daily driver. TL;DR: "I slightly prefer the zen UI but not enough to overcome the annoyances. I’ll check back on the project next year if it’s still active."

[–] fratermus 6 points 1 month ago

f you feel that strongly about it, create a Fuck Mozilla community and post there to your heart’s content.

The sidebar doesn't identify this as an advocacy community so I think complaints are on-topic. And, yes, Firefox is my daily driver.

[–] fratermus 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What do you guys use for Windows to Linux remote access?

Putty

I want to see desktop

Some kind of VNC setup

[–] fratermus 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

TL;DR: laws based on emotion (especially those named after individuals, or that include the words children or patriot) are rarely good laws.

I tell her imagine if that was our kid missing, youd want as many people to see it as possible.

AMBER alerts don't do what the public thinks they do; they do what the politicians know they do: demonstrate doing something when the base demands "somebody's gotta do something". It's political equivalent of looking Very Serious and intoning "thoughts and prayers".

If we actually cared about the kids we'd notice the majority of AMBER alerts are due to frustrated non-custodial parents taking their kids, and to runaways. We could address the problems at first base, or we can continue to be shocked, SHOCKED I say, and go through the kabuki once again.

[–] fratermus 7 points 3 months ago

I generally only reboot for stuff like kernel updates.

[–] fratermus 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The base doesn't care about such things, so I expect "I never said that" and/or "I was joking"

[–] fratermus 7 points 3 months ago

Saw the .de domain and my first thought was this was about using a potato ricer to make spätzle. I may not be normal.

[–] fratermus 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why the Christian Right Demonizes Discourse

I mean, kids might be led down the dark path of Reason & Evidence

source: grew up in a fundie household.

[–] fratermus 2 points 3 months ago

How do you exercise your dogs in bad weather?

Every day, wearing dog coat if required.

[–] fratermus 17 points 3 months ago

Off-leash Chihuahuas and mini dachshunds are the bane of my (leashed) pibble's existence on walks. They are forever running up and getting right in her face. When they bite her or latch onto her throat she lays down on them. After a few squishes the dog usually gives up while the panicked owner wails "I'm so sorry... Princess! Come here Princess!... I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry."

My dog is chill but if she eventually ragdolls a biter I don't want to hear any complaining about it. FAFO.

[–] fratermus 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

keywords have some rules
need to use the Booles
that's the way I type it baby
I don't want to scroll forever

(search fu up-grades)
(search fu up-grades)

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propane burner repair (rivet) (mouse.mousetrap.net)
submitted 5 months ago by fratermus to c/houseless
 

My first time doing a pop rivet and it worked perfectly. Woot!

 

Each winter brings a flurry (ha!) of first-timers wondering how to keep warm. Not giving advice in the above post, but explaining how I do it.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by fratermus to c/houseless
 

{Edit: it was based on my usual dried beans recipe}

This was enough for dinner that night and lunch the next day. So divide these costs in half to get the per-meal cost:

  • 170Wh of energy
  • $1.11, if my math is right:
    • ~$0.24 for onion, $0.49/lb at the local mercado.
    • 180g of small red beans. These were free because someone had them but couldn't/wouldn't cook them in their rig...
    • ~$0.01 5g of salt
    • ~$0.03 dried chili pepper from a bulk bag, again from the mercado
    • $0.83 1/2lb of louisiana smoked sausages (hot) from the manager's discount bin

Pressed the Beans button on the 3qt Instant Pot and forgot about it until it was done. Served with cold beer....

 

I am fully aware most folks won’t have the interest, space, or power to run a bread machine. But for me it’s cheap fun.

Did I burn down the van? Did I kill my my batteries? Did it make actual bread?

Another silly experiment in a week or so.

 

The article talk about camping but also describes full-timers. There is also a kind of Green Book angle that might be useful.

 

I maintain a list of all the vehicle-dwelling laws I can find primary or secondary sources for. Just added Belleville. Yay.

Many of the articles specifically mention that stricter laws on this kind of thing are a direct result of the SCOTUS Grants Pass decision.

 

Including some data on charging the LiFePO4 bank underway.

Trigger warning: reddit link follows :-) I've been trying to give away a 50Ah Chins LFP to a cardweller, but no luck so far. The batt is now with me in Alamogordo, NM. After this it will be in El Paso for the winter.

 

Kaylee may be best known for her ability to live very frugally in a van and experiments cooking with what is available. She documents it all for the benefit of others.

In this post she describes using one of Zatarain's cajun-style mixes as the base for a crockpot meal.


I usually keep a box of their Jambalaya mix in the pantry, waiting for the chance to pick up some smoked sausage on sale/closeout. The local grocery store had a sale on Andouille so I got 1lb of it for $3. Will cook it up today or tomorrow.

My kitchen situation is a bit different, because during the build I had sufficient salary and time to build a robust power system. This allows running a fridge and the smallest Instant Pot. In practice this means I typically cook in full batches and store the leftovers in the fridge for another meal.

I adapt the Zat for Instant Pot by reducing water from 2.5c to 1.25c and cook at pressure for 13 minutes instead of simmering for 25. If I'm at elevation (like 8k-10k') I will bump the time to 14-15 minutes. Natural release in all cases, mainly because it reduces foamy messes that requires lots of water to clean up.

Related RVwiki article: cooking with excess power

 

the Business Plan proposes to increase current fees from $180 to $600 per long-term permit, and from $40 to $200 per short-term permit. It would also modify the short-term permit length from 14 days to 30 days

There is a comment period for the public.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by fratermus to c/houseless
 

I subscribe to the RSS feeds of all the NF/BLM districts I boondock in while snowbirding. So I knew that a small section of NF land outside Santa Fe, NM where I was headed next was closed for a year.

I picked a spot at least a mile outside the "designated area" that was closed.

A friendly ranger pulled up this morning and asked how long I'd been here (4 days). He started to gently/professionally inform me the area was closed. I pointed out this spot was outside the designated area. He was skeptical and rechecked the map on his phone.

I think he was embarrassed (and thinking of others he might have punted) because he wanted to show me how hard the map was to read on his phone. He also said I was the first person he talked to that had actually read the closure notice. We commiserated a while about the misuse that caused the closure.

He was a good guy and I assume he will go back and clarify the situation for anyone else he misinformed.

#takeaways

  • reading the district's announcements can be both directly and indirectly useful
  • bringing up the NF's official language ("designated area", "dispersed camping") seems help establish rapport
 

Details are on reddit. Hopefully going back there won't give anyone PTSD. :-)

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