Call the utility company

Fuck no. I’m an electrician and wouldn’t do that. A nick could be under that birds nest and you’d never see it. Call the utility company. They’ll take care of this.

For Linux, this is kind of a stupid workaround but I’ve had success, add the installer as a non-steam game and run it through proton by switching to it in the “game’s” compatibility. Running it through wine has been hit or miss for me, it’ll crash or freeze up, but proton has worked pretty well so far.

Then after unpacking, install the game’s .exe as a non-steam game and run that through proton, deleting the first installer from your library

I didn’t go with speed queen because they’re nearly double the price of all other washer/dryers. I know they’re built like tanks and don’t really fail, or if they do they’re easy to fix. But I’ve also heard they can be tougher on clothes and wear them out quicker.

Ultimately ended up going with Maytag. It’s been solid for the past 6 months, no issues at all and I got a free 5 year warranty from the small local appliance store I bought it in, so maybe check them out opposed to the big box stores. They fix it if there are problems, not Maytag.

Also look for one with a “deep fill” option. All new washers have a federal requirement now that makes them “high efficiency” which really is just using way less water and spraying them for an hour. Whether this fully washes your clothes is a bit of a debate, but I guess that’s how most are in Europe now. The “deep fill” option is supposed to be if you’re washing bed sheets or very soiled clothes, but I still use it to soak my clothes.

For Linux, this is kind of a stupid workaround but I’ve had success, add the installer as a non-steam game and run it through proton by switching to it in the “game’s” compatibility. Running it through wine has been hit or miss for me, it’ll crash or freeze up, but proton has worked pretty well so far.

Then after unpacking, install the game’s .exe as a non-steam game and run that through proton, deleting the first installer from your library

Man sign me up because I haven’t had AC in like 10 years haha.

Some folks on here said they have problems with the EA launcher on Linux. Is the steam deck different or did you just work around it?

https://www.protondb.com/app/1237950

The last half of this is some doomer nonsense. Please still choose how you want to live and make the best of it. I surround myself with those that I love, build the home and future I want, enjoy my career to some extent, travel, exercise, go to shows and events, hang with friends and enjoy the company of my own little community. The fact that humanity might go extinct within the next couple hundred years does not change that and is completely out of my control.

My city only has the bus, which is super unreliable and the times might as well not exist half the time, or what happened to me recently was they changed stops for a route and Google maps never updated. It’s typical to wait for an hour for a bus, sometimes they zoom right past you, or you need to transfer between lines. They’re also planning on cutting 35% of bus lines next year, raising the fare, and stopping service at 11 pm, all due to lack of funding. You can read more here:

https://www.rideprt.org/2025-funding-crisis/funding-crisis/

There is a train, but it only goes to the suburbs outside of the city. The bus is your only option when you’re in city limits.

I would take some more confusing steps over there not being an option at all.

There are a few countries like Sweden and India that are pushing more and more towards all digital payments and slowly trying to wean off cash. I think this is terrible for a number of reasons.

The big one is I work on the side as an electrician from my day job. I get paid in cash (it’s usually only like 5-10 hours a week). I save up that money and have been paying my plumber or tile guy for work that I don’t want to tackle on my own at my house. There’s a whole undercurrent of labor and an economy that gets paid in cash that does not need uncle Sam’s prying eyes. I imagine it will be a long time before banks would stop taking cash in countries pushing for everything to be digital, but who knows.

The other reason is the more vulnerable people in society. You can’t tell me that making everything cashless and only payable via smart phone doesn’t massively screw someone over who’s homeless. A lot of people only get by via panhandling and if suddenly they can’t buy food or ride public transit without a phone that is connected to cell service, that is a massive barrier.

Lastly, all cash restaurants and bars. They’re still common in my area. Things are usually a little cheaper there and I like paying cash for a few drinks. Or like the one bar I go to is still kinda lawless haha, a PBR is $2.

1890 here as well. I love it, it’s nestled in the woods and built into the hillside so these massive retaining walls surround the first story. With all the trees and shade and basically being underground, this makes the first floor naturally cool. I’ve gone whole summers without AC. What’s also interesting is there’s a door on the second floor landing that goes right out into the hillside. There’s like a 2 foot wide platform and then the hill. Not much up there other than a steep overgrown mountain though.

Another thing I love is being able to see the river from my front stoop. I’m still in city limits of Pittsburgh though, so I can easily walk or bike down to more of the city type stuff. Or I can bop across a bridge to a couple other towns.

I’ll definitely spend my life here, as I’m slowly remodeling the place. But of course, a house this old comes with its own slew of problems. I try to tackle as much as I can myself tho.

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Wood ones get picked clean consistently or set off with no kill. Victor ones require no skill. It’s like clockwork, set them and they’re dead immediately.

The wood and copper spring ones are total crap. The mice will steal food off them all day, I’m sure they’ve evolved to see them as traps by this point.

What you want is the red and grey plastic ones like these:

https://a.co/d/5vgVTJe

I’ve seen one of these things kill like 4 mice in a row. And it was all the same trap, on the same night!

Sooo interact with people?

Yeah, just like PS2 and the DVD player built in. Being able to play movies up in my bedroom as an 11 year old was amazing. It was also the most cost effective way to buy something that could play DVDs and the cutting edge games at the time. There’s a reason why the PS2 remains the best selling console of all time

I don’t have this issue with proton either but I can’t imagine that’s the best solution. I can’t exactly tell my insurance or customer service at a company to whitelist my email.

Yeah agreed. What’s going on in my state of Pennsylvania is they’re reopening the Three Mile Island nuclear plant out near Harrisburg for the sole reason of powering Microsoft’s AI data centers. This will be Unit 1 which was closed in 2019. Unit 2 was the one that was permanently closed after the meltdown in 1979.

I’m all for nuclear power. I think it’s our best option for an alternative energy source. But the only reason they’re opening the plant again is because our grid can’t keep up with AI. I believe the data centers is the only thing the nuke plant will power.

I’ve also seen the scale of things in my work in terms of power demands. I’m an industrial electrical technician, and part of our business is the control panels for cooling the server racks for Amazon data centers. They just keep buying more more and more of them, projected til at least 2035 right now. All these big tech companies are totally revamping everything for AI. Like before a typical rack section might have drawn let’s say 1000 watts, now it’s more like 10,000 watts. Again, just for AI.

It requires a bit more effort but Soulseek has been around for years. I build my own music library from P2P or buying on Bandcamp. It all goes on my NAS and I stream it via Plexamp. I have my own library, my fiance’s, a few friend’s on there. I’m pushing 10k albums at this point.

I know I used to have an adblocked version of Spotify on my phone for convenience sake but I think they finally caught on and killed that. The AUR version still works for me however. I haven’t had a Spotify subscription since probably like 2018.

My first thought was a false flag attack