It’s at every level of the current administration…. While a healthy skepticism is always good, we’re never going to be able to trust anything from our government, are we
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E-Rate and other Universal Service Fund (USF) programs are paid for by fees imposed on phone companies, which usually pass the cost on to consumers on their monthly bills.
Let me guess, they want to save government money …… errrr let large companies keep more of the money from their ratepayers?
It does reek in multiple ways but I’d give them this one. I read it as hyperbole over the scope as beyond the “county fair” were all used to.
Seems great in theory and am pretty sure mine could. However the first thing I enabled was “no remote control”. It’s a dangerous idea to allow anyone to turn on the oven when no one is home. It’s a dangerous idea to trust the security of an appliance vendor with the safety of your family
Actually I’m annoyed that it is a binary choice. I don’t want to let anyone turn on the stovetop/oven unattended. But I would prefer to be able to turn it off remotely if someone does. But disabling “burn down the house” mode also disables “stop it before it happens”
It probably helps that this oven preheats very quickly. I don’t see being tempted to save a minute or two
Alerts can be good
- did someone leave the door open?
- did something happen so your food is no longer cold/safe?
- is the stove unexpectedly on?
Sure you can live without any of these. However from the number of times my cleaner turns on the stovetop, if I had little kids i might call it important. From the number of times my mom has left the stove on, if she lived here I might consider it important
Continuous or short term reporting is a privacy issue. It can go a long way toward monitoring where someone is going all the time. Definitely something to be avoided.
While the trickle charging idea might sound good, there is no requirement to use a charger and many people do not. This seems like the biggest gap of any option. And even with public chargers, the infrastructure act charger funding included provisions that you can pay with cash, no account required. Those chargers would intentionally not have a way to track.
Reporting at annual inspection
- uses a mechanism that already exists (in most states)
- is not a privacy concern (an annual total gives no info about where you’ve been)
- already has incentives against cheating
- even if you cut your taxes with fraudulent reporting, it just makes next years even bigger, or will come out when you try to sell
Yeah, oven is the only one I have, by accident, and it’s disappointing - my goal was induction stove, double oven with air fryer, and ST was the only choice. It’s WiFi only, cloud app only, but there’s an HA integration to the cloud app
Currently I get both ST and HA alerts when my oven is on but that’s the only useful feature. However neither interface works works well with the double oven feature
- Even in ST the timer is always 30 minutes and never moves
- even in ST it’s not clear what is on
- even worse, the app has no extra features. For all the gadgets, it doesn’t offer complex programs like pumpkin pie where you have a series of temp/time combinations
- at least it has a guardrail. I like that you control from the oven that remote access is read only. No one is going to turn my oven on remotely
There’s already the risk of fraudulent inspections, possibly more of an incentive. A failed inspection could result in very expensive repairs, giving a customer lots of incentive to offer a bribe.
In addition to enforcement efforts, supposedly a loss of income is a significant incentive for a garage to stay legit. Each inspection may not cost much but it’s a regular stream of guaranteed income that shops do not want to lose
The problem with rent control is by not letting income rise with costs, you risk forcing landlords out of business, reducing available housing.
Most implementations also lead to greater inequity, where new renter pay market rate but long time renters pay close to what was market rate years ago. You end up with “hereditary” rent control
It’s not perfect but something needs to be done
Don’t think of that $25 as a way to pay for the cost, it’s a way to limit parking to residents only, and usually only one vehicle.
Boston does similar but no one is guaranteed a spot. You only know that your neighborhood streets are only used for neighborhood drivers. It’s a great compromise between no cars and all cars.
Actually Cambridge, MA, is more interesting. They’ve gone the furthest toward no cars of any city I’ve seen. Of course they have a subway line and good bus service. Of course they have a really good bike trail and lane network. Of course they’ve spent decades turning roads one way or do not enter to keep cars out. Of course the one parkway has been pedestrian only every summer weekend for decades. Of course a few years ago they redid the only major east-west road to cut from three lanes each way down to one, to give a full bike lane and a full bus lane. You can’t entirely get rid of cars, but most neighborhoods are resident permit only and they have been removing parking spots on main roads and shopping areas.
Usually they want my name to try to sell me something. Usually solar panels. Sometimes cell phone service
Substituted farfalle for soba noodles
Edit: Thai Peanut Chicken Noodles
Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes | Servings: Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 2 (5.6-ounce) packages refrigerated Yaki-Soba noodles, seasoning sauce packets discarded
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
- 2 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 carrot, peeled and shredded
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 2 tablespoons chopped peanuts
FOR THE PEANUT SAUCE:
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- ¼ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha, optional
Directions:
- In a medium bowl, whisk together peanut butter, soy sauce, garlic, honey, ginger, vinegar, sesame oil and Sriracha, if using; set aside.
- In a large pot of boiling water, add Yaki-Soba until loosened, about 1-2 minutes; drain well.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken to skillet and cook until golden, about 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in cabbage, carrots and green onions until heated through, about 1 minute.
- Stir in Yaki-Soba and peanut butter mixture until well combined, about 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with cilantro and peanuts, if desired.
Source: https://damndelicious.net/2017/03/06/thai-peanut-chicken-noodles/
I just got an Airthings Radon monitor, and the integration with HA went smoothly. As a starting dashboard I have a simple card displaying sensor values.
But I let myself get carried away and got the one with the most sensors. So expected to see history graphs so I can look at trends or events, but it never occurred to me they were all different units and scales. HA wants to create many charts, which is less easy to read.
Does anyone have dashboard ideas on how to display these?
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Last year I had to put to rest my official copies of the holy trinity. They were well used, an inspiration to us all and I frequently re-read chapter and verse for inspiration. The savior as a humble man, a peaceful man, professing love for others (and for lunch), small of stature and with large hairy feet, endures trials and tribulations including a soldier sticking a spear in his side
But they were paperbacks, bought in 1986, and read many, many times no more cheering the coming of the light, the drumbeats from the deep, true knights on noble steeds