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cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/47696001

This has nothing to do with the Steam legal case dealing with “unfair” business practices.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43381114

We have an 18” kettle grill (254 in^2) that my family of 5 has finally outgrown. We don’t need anything huge, I think 50% more cooking area would suffice. Our needs: - We mostly do quick-cooking stuff like burgers/brats - Less often we do chicken thighs - We use charcoal - I’d like to try cooking ribs - We’re not interested in smoking

My best guess as to a good fit for us is the Char Griller Wrangler (435 in^2). It’s bigger than our 18” kettle but not too big. I don’t want to have to use a ton of fuel each time we grill, I assume that would be true for a larger model. I also want something with a warming rack and this little guy seems to be a good balance of price/quality.

Are my assumptions correct here? I’ve only ever used kettle grills. Char-Griller has fancier models with fire access doors but I don’t really think I’d need to futz with the fire that much, even if doing ribs. I figure that with the simpler model I could just remove the grate over the coals in order to be able to add more as needed.

Thanks all!

Kind of a side note, but I’m a big fan of grill pans.

Assuming you have stove-top area, you can place them right on top of your spiral elements, and exactingly control the heat levels in ways which is more difficult with charcoal. There’s also far less elements, expense and cleanup involved, and you can cook inside year-round for those in colder climates.

Really annoyed me that the kiddos voted to not switch, and they got the car. Getting children to understand that ¹⁄₃ is smaller than ¹⁄₂ is hard enough. I’m going to program my own evil version that only wins on switch the first time next time I do this.

LOL I did this too when I first heard the solution.

I was like “no, that cant be right”. Then ran the test and was surprised by the result.

The issue is that this isn’t a fraction problem, it’s a statistics problem. You need sample size. You need to teach it with M&Ms or something small, and let the kids choose to switch or not switch and play 20 rounds each with that choice, then compare piles.

Because 2010 was all about being “random.”

Better than 99% of the shit on the internet.

Hi there,

I’m hosting matrix for family use on a server at my place. The issue is my home is affected by internet and electricity outages - which we’re trying to fix. This means that there are frequent downtimes on the chat. I have a UPS but usually is not enough to power everything - router and server - for longer periods of time.

The internet downtime is easy to fix as my router supports fallback connection which I point to a mobile internet solution.

I’ve thought about moving everything to a VPS but then I’m a bit wary of privacy regarding the data there. There’s also the option of moving the server to a family member’s house but I want this this be last resort because that makes maintenance harder.

Anyone dealt with this issues and found a solution? Perhaps a callback mechanism that temporarily hosts the sever on a VPS? :D

Similar to a mechanical device that wears out faster with heavy use, the depth of discharge (DoD) determines the cycle count of the battery. The smaller the discharge (low DoD), the longer the battery will last. If at all possible, avoid full discharges and charge the battery more often between uses. Partial discharge on Li-ion is fine. There is no memory and the battery does not need periodic full discharge cycles to prolong life. - https://www.batteryuniversity.com/article/bu-808-how-to-prolong-lithium-based-batteries/

Your chance of being struck by lightning in the course of a lifetime is about 1 in 13,000. Lithium-ion batteries have a failure rate that is less than one in a million. The failure rate of a quality Li-ion cell is better than 1 in 10 million. https://www.batteryuniversity.com/article/bu-304a-safety-concerns-with-li-ion/

Battery swelling (not caused by manufacturing defects) is primarily caused by overcharging, deep-discharge, physical damage, and heat, none of which are problems for my server installation.

Ok, i stand corrected

Today is the third Wednesday of the month, and it’s time for the Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club – our monthly community event! Join us, brothers (and sisters?) in the stank^TM^!

I’m sorry that I missed this! I am having difficulty getting to the Reddit and Fediverse communities lately. That will be only temporary. I have definitely not lost my enjoyment for shaving, nor for interacting with those here.

No problem - I should have announced it earlier

lol. Did you carefully read that?
80% of those excerpts are bot abuse prevention mechanisms. In CS, we call it sybil mitigation.

Reset your biases first. Meditate. Rebase.

::: spoiler Then click here why. Fascists have been spamming fashprop everywhere. It’s affected me, friends, and communities. :::

Because that makes it easier for them to accept it’s there if they can claim it is something else

This is not directly selfhosting but related. I have 2 Proxmox hosts which both support Intel AMT which is a remote control tool similar to supermicro IPMI, supporting KVM, power cycles and more. I wanted it to be able to repair stuff in case I can’t reach the servers via ui/ssh.

I set it up and it worked fine for months. I could access both on ip.address:16992.

Lately, one of them started disappearing after days or weeks. Rebooting brings it back, but it’s a running server and I don’t want to reboot it so often. The server is working fine otherwise.

Does anyone know that problem? It’s hard to pin down since it can’t be seen on the host linux (port not shown in netstat for example).

Apologies. I misread apparently. I thought your Proxmox boxes were disappearing.

They’re right here in the shelf :-)