I love my merrel vapor gloves. Thanks for the recommendation.
These have a much thicker sole than most barefoot shoes which unfortunately reduces the ground feel but makes them a lot more durable long term. They're kind of a middle ground between the more minimal shoes I regularly wear and typical sneaker.
Even an overripe banana is better than most things people might reach for instead. Don't stress about banana ripeness - pass on the cookie and eat whatever banana you like.
15+km/day - wearing Lems Primal Zen in Japan.
If you've ever wondered how Japanese people seem to stay effortlessly thin - the huge amount of walking might have something to do with it.
I go to Japan for a few weeks each year and I typically end up with 15k+ steps each day.
The last few years I've worn a pair of primal Zen barefoot shoes from Lems. They're not as thin as my daily wear pairs in the US but with the extreme amount of walking I'm doing I wanted something with just a little more cushion while still being zero drop and flexible.
The pros: I love the cork insole for moisture control and the shoes are very comfortable for long-term wear. The mesh upper over the toes is great for ventilation and keeping my feet cool. The zero-drop and wide toe-box mean no back pain and comfortable feet.
The only downsides I've found are that the mesh vent over the toes lets in rain and they're not super easy to put on and off (which you do a lot in Japan). Next year I might try to find something slip-on.
Anyway - just sharing my ex
I don't think this is that unpopular. But it's probably better to be radically honest with yourself. Notice and accept your flaws, yes, but also notice and accept your value and strengths. And if some of your flaws are reasonable to put some work into then you may wish to choose to do that. For example - I'm trying to be more kind this month.
Looks cozy! If you'll forgive a bit of unsolicited advice: use tacks instead of tape where possible. Tacks leave behind a tiny hole that can easily be completely erased with a tiny bit of touch up paint whereas tape can pull off large sections of paint and really mess up the sheetrock when removed.
Love the laptop stickers!
Oh interesting! Yeah I've given up on my feet not getting wet haha. But that's a good suggestion!
I'll check them out, thanks for the recommendation!
I ended up getting a pair of Carets. I really like them for formal-ish settings where it's nice that they just blend in with other formal shoes but I could use something a little cheaper for everyday wear. Thanks!
Ironically AI would probably work ok here whereas excel is using a human-designed pattern matching heuristic that apparently either has a bug or didn't take into account your locale properly. I say that as someone with a relatively negative opinion of ai
This is a task ai would do well at whereas most of the Excel workflow it would not.
It's actually because January is also misspelled. Or possibly because Excel's language/region isn't set up right (I see your month abbreviations aren't us-eng... If excel is in us-eng it likely isn't going to identify them properly.
Many houseplants you buy from the hardware store or similar have been terribly mistreated by the store and transport process so they'll show signs of stress within days of bringing them home usually.
New plant owners often assume they're doing something wrong, but you have to remember the plant just went through some major trauma so it's going to have issues for a little bit.
Just water and care for it as prescribed and it'll usually get better eventually.
Bonus tip: buy a plant from a locally nursery and it'll likely be healthy when you get it :)
All of his books are just wonderful.
If this was real they'd definitely say 0 fat, 0 sodium, 0 sugar. Companies are allowed to round down under a certain amount un the US
James Hoffman did a vid about this machine: https://youtu.be/qkfXNE3mkXA
Shirokuma Cafe (polar bear's Cafe).
Keio line is in Japan. So technically it's a train-nigiri.
Yes, that's right. Most men's shoes have a 1-2 cm lift in the heel but having no lift (flat front to back) is much easier on your back.
Any suggestions on men's formal/dress shoes?
As the title says. Looking for something zero drop with a wide-ish toe box that can be worn to semi-formal / dress type events. Would love any community input!
Injinji typically when I wear socks. I don't wear socks with my vff - I just wash them super regularly. I only wash them cold so they don't warp but I soak them in a laundry sanitizer first to kill any odor-causing bacteria.
Anyone tried V-Aqua?
I love my vibram v-run 2.0s but it rains a lot where I live and I don't like them getting soaked all the time. Anyone have any experience with V-Aqua?
Looks and sounds great!
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Well it's still the 11th where I live. I'm sipping on a grapefruit sparkling water and just had a sandwich. Sober bed soon & I'll have another sober day tomorrow.
Side benefit: apparently I've stopped snoring. So I'm pretty happy about that.
Heating my office with xmrig
Figured you guys might enjoy my little winter project. I have an always-on server + my gaming PC in my office set up with xmrig. I have electric baseboard heaters in my apartment (PNW, USA) so as long as I'm not heating my office past my normal setpoint the electricity is essentially free.
How I set this up:
- ESP32 flashed with ESPHome + MCP9808 temperature sensor takes a reading of the ambient temperature every minute and sends it to homeassistant
- Homeassistant feeds that temperature (as well as a controllable setpoint) to a python script
- Python runs a PID controller based on the room temp and setpoint
- I use the XMRIG http API to pause/resume and dynamically control the number of threads used for mining
Here's the result:
Keeping my room +/- 0.5 degrees from the setpoint while mining
If you guys are interested I can post more details. I've had my baseboards off for over a month
what are you all doing for secure DMS?
What the title says. I was looking into paperless-ngx but it seems to offer no built-in security. I'd ideally want some kind of encryption and if i enable remote access have some control over sensitive documents
It's Korean night!
Gaji-bap, air-fried tofu, and kimchi
The prevalence of touchscreens has probably resulted in a decrease in average fingernail length
I feel like I used to see a lot of women with super long nails struggling to use their touchscreen phones. I'm sure at least some of them have chosen slightly shorter nails to make it easier.
Dedicated NAS or Nextcloud server for home lab?
I'm looking for suggestions. I have a rack in my office with up to 4U space available. I'm looking to set up a backup and storage solution to try and break free from services such as dropbox & google drive. I'd also love to run a few other things like homeassistant and potentially even Klipper for my 3d printer. I'd also like it to be reasonably quiet if possible.
So what would you recommend? I could get something like a dell poweredge and add HDDs + replace the fans with noctua to keep the noise down or go with a dedicated NAS like synology. Any other recommendations?
Garlic mashed potatoes and a burger
Garlic mash with home-grown chives, vegan burger with heirloom tomatoes on a toasted bun.
YSK: name-based jokes are the lowest form of comedy
Why YSK: it doesn't matter how original you might think you are, they have heard them before. Numerous times in fact. If you're in the habit of making name-based jokes as soon as you meet someone you should stop. At best you're mildly annoying the person, at worst you're preventing what could have been a great friendship before it even begins.
Sincerely: someone named Jesse. (And yes - I know you wish you had my girl, also .. Springsteen, really?)
What's your favorite alternate launcher?
Just got a new work phone: Galaxy S22. Wanted a pixel but it was out of stock in our internal allocation. Already tired of samsung's UI and interested in something new.
So what do you like? Bonus points if it works with android enterprise's profile mode dual app drawers.
Designed & printed a working gear pump (edit: added video & more info)
Just a quick hobby + learning project. If people are interested I am happy to post more pics. PLA exterior + TPU seals + Nylon (COPA) bushings.
Everything is 3d printed except the hardware & motor. The hose adapters have 1/4 NPT ends on them. NPT has a tapered thread so I found that I could screw them in partway by hand then heat them up slightly with a soldering iron to soften the PLA then screw them in the rest of the way. Makes a nice watertight seal despite the roughness of the 3d printed threads. If they start leaking I can unscrew them (leaving behind threads perfectly molded to the fittings) then add some pip seal tape and put them back in.
What do you guys think?
EDIT: here's a photo of the parts separate
and a video: https://imgur.com/a/cd8co68