1) so you’re guarnteeing it’s a loss. nice. (i.e. if you put in a new kitchen and you get back less than 100% of the cost, it’s a loss. Every year you own those panels, their value decreases so, yeah).

You make back about 3% net on your investment (5% for the panel savings minus ~2% for the loan). You’re better off borrowing the money and investing it for a net of closer to 5% (7% average index performance minus 2% cost of money - presuming that 2% rate is available).

The difference, of course, is the risk. The…

So he lost a bunch of music he no longer has the right to listen to. If you ripped your music from CD and have subsequently lost/trashed/donated/sold those CDs, you are no longer entitled to keep the copies. Format shifting is only legal if you have the original.

(still sucks mightily for him, just odd that he would…

Most of these don’t seem to ask for a cost of money. If I were to dump that money into an investment account, I’d be getting 7% back over the 20 year life of the panels. If I put in a $20k system then in 20 years at a $200/month savings, I will have saved $28000 ($48k in savings, less my $20k installation). If I’d…

That seems thermodynamically backwards:

ANY field, or just those that allow pasting. For example: pasting a link into a Facebook status. Facebook disables cut and paste in android’s app, which has me diving for chrome when I need to get or send a link to someone that way.
In my perfect world, Swype would have a @@%$@# paste key. (better yet, a clipboard…

Privacy. Yes, sex becomes less frequent. It’s not ideal, but we make do. We suggest the parents go to Costco or Ikea all too often.... and cross our fingers haha. Privacy is nice when we have it.

Dashcam, not Dachshund. Might need a second coffee this morning.

Dashcam, not Dachshund. Might need a second coffee this morning.

*guffaw*

Nice - I’ve got the same build-style workbench (2x4, 4x4 legs, top). I went high dollar and got a length of 1.75”x14” LVL (Microllam) that I joined together to make a 28” wide top. SOB can take a beating.

I hadn’t thought about 3d printing cups - that’s brilliant! There are some supplies which are just a tad too long for even the biggest bins. I’d love to make some 2x long bins for things like my tap/die handle, or the couple of shower nipples that never seem to fit. Looks like I need to go get a 3D printer... ;-)

entertainment: bluetooth adapter and an old boom box work great on a budget. Alternately, a cheap tablet and the aforementioned old boom box (streaming ftw) is my setup.

Okay - this is how rough I was with the planning. This is my actual build sheet. Adam probably would have done it all in his head.

Many of us have drooled over Adam Savages four figure parts boxes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OPSbF…) but if you’re willing and able to cut up some plywood, buy some casters, aluminum angle (online metals.com), and a mess of $10 Stanley organizers, you can do the same thing for ~$300. (Okay, it’s not as nice as…

Yeah, it’s a different life when you’re in the NASA workflow. My boss used to tell me, “If you do your job exceptionally well, you might get mentioned on the back page of the science section. If you screw up, you’ll be above the fold on the front page.” Having presented more than one payload mechanical review to the…

Nothing says “Summer is Here” like face and tongue lacerations.

Using printscreen on an audio file doesn’t get you much, nor is it practical with a multi-page document.
(I only know about this as someone shared an audio file with me, but accidentally marked it as disabled for download. Google couldn’t natively play the filetype, and since is was d/l disabled it couldn’t be played…

Okay, I could buy that. I know there are times I’d like to see more of the audio (yes, I dabble). Half the time, though I run out of vertical space - especially if I’m pulling in from my 16 track recorder (which records “stereo” on each of 8 channels whether I ask it to or not) and have to trim out the dupes or sort…

Thanks for the update. It’s still a cool setup. How are you connected from the computer to the monitors - 3 separate cables (DP for all 3, or DP+HDMIx2?)

I run a similar setup with two old Dell 20” 1600x1200 in portrait flanking a 30” 2560x1600 Dell, all mounted on a single Ergo stand. The bonus (if there is one) is…

I’ve been wanting to find out how to gang multiple 4k monitors. I’m not sure I have space for 3, but I could really use two (and maybe a 2560x1600 portrait). This is a Mac environment, but since Macs and PCs share hardware, what kind of video card is driving this setup? I presume it’s at least a DP1.2 daisy chained…