AnarchoSnowPlow

joined 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey now, he's just an excitable boy.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Lots of really interesting things going on here.

The one that sticks out to me is "illegally obtaining $20,000 from Taco Bueno"

"History" teacher/Taco Bueno embezzler?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Hilux >>>>>> Cybertruck

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Isn't this the kind of shit that would get you defenestrated or something?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

"Pavement Princess"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you're not afraid of picking up a wrench yourself:

I just switched to an OPNSense router on protectli hardware.

You don't have to use something like that to use OPNSense though, you can just put it on nearly any old machine with a couple of nics. The out of the box config isn't terrible and you can find a ton of guides on how to set yourself up securely.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I didn't ask for your forgiveness. In fact, I may ring up Mariah this morning, just for this comment...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

I've still got my old Anova, Bluetooth one. I don't even use the app ever, I can set it up with the wheel and buttons. Still works great after like 5+ years. That said, I won't be recommending them to anyone going forward.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I like to think of it as "a little extra sweetness"

[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 week ago (28 children)

I was super precious about all my cast iron for a long time. Then I had a thought watching this "cowboy" YouTuber wash his cast iron with some specialty thing.

"This fucking guy is like pretending to be out on the pasture or whatever. In the actual 1800s, this shit was probably just wiped out, or they used lye soap or something ridiculous! Why the fuck am I being so fucking careful?!?"

Now I do not care, like I've had my shit get rusty, crusty, "overheated", the reality is that it's a big ass chunk of metal! Short of deformation or intentional or extreme neglect (leaving it in the rain uncovered for 40 years) you will not destroy it.

If it gets too "sticky", you oil it up and heat it, and bingo, it's fine again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That's nice, but it's no Econoline.

 

Heard what sounded like a massive flushing sound from the sky, turns out I was right.

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(midwest.social)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Just wanted to share a little success, after some wrangling I've finally got an M600 macro working on Klipper. I've been trying to print some ornaments for my holiday tree (a Christmas tree that I'm never taking down). These turned out pretty great!

(Ignore the wago connectors, they're "temporary")

ETA:

I used all Voxel PLA and found the model on printables. Sliced with Prusaslicer and just added the color changes at the appropriate layers.

 

36 contaminants have been added or updated on the "Human Health Based Water Guidance Table"

It's a list of chemicals that could be in your water and the health effects that the state department of health has determined are possible based on different exposure levels.

The actual usage of these guidelines only appear to be for state legislation, but if you're a well water user or a concerned city water user, this data might be of interest to you.

17 are new, 19 have updated guidelines

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A Million Minnesota Q's (midwest.social)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Hello Minnesotans,

In about a month I'll be joining your ranks. I'm buying a house just outside of St Cloud. It's not my first pick in terms of politics from what I've read, but the state laws are far better for my family than where we live now.

Aside from the fact that we're moving in November, which is one of my more brilliant strokes, to be sure, I'm very excited for this change.

I'm looking for any and all of your Minnesota advice.

I've got a pretty big family, gaggle of kids (from 2nd grade to sophomore in high school), a few dogs, and ambitions on some waterfowl next year maybe.

I'm not afraid of driving in snow, I grew up in MO, we got our share of snow, so I know that often judicious throttle control is better than frantic braking. However, I've never dealt with snow on that scale that sticks for that long. I think we're going from an average annual snowfall of 12ish inches to 40-something annual inches of snow.

Will a self-propelled two stage snowblower kill me on a couple hundred feet of driveway?

Do I really need to scrape the snow off my roof?

How do I help the dogs with the cold? (Do dog boots and coats actually work?)

Got any recommendations for cold weather clothes? (I know we need layers, I'm already a fan of wool, but I need some advice on sourcing stuff that my kids will want to wear)

I love gardening, how much more time will a greenhouse give me in terms of growing season?

How the heck do I make Minnesota friends? I'm not a church person, so I expect this to be difficult for me.

DMV advice?

Best restaurants to visit?

Our family has spent the last year grieving and trying to process what has often felt like some kind of absurd unreality. I want to make this transition as positive as I can.

You don't get to pick where you're born, but you do (to some extent at least) get to pick where you live. We picked Minnesota because of the people, the land, and even the weather.

Sorry for being a stereotype, but I really don't know how else to ask aside from the non-stop googling and YouTube I'm already doing.

TL;DR:

Yet another "I'm moving to Minnesota, help me!" Post.

Edit: You all have given me some great ideas and places to start! Thank you so much!

I'm really excited to start this new chapter and you all have helped relieve some of my worries about being buried alive in snow at least :)

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