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I have a robot lawn mower that is wire guided. Instead of the traditional lawn mowers that basically cut the grass in all directions (making a sloppy cut pattern) my mower knows how to cut in straight lines so you get a traditional cut pattern. It also has the ability to dump the grass cuttings into a composting bin. Basically, I put down wire guide cable into the lawn and into the cement as well. It is all powered b…
Two things: 1. Automated indoor gardening. I used a raspberry pi hooked up to x10 devices as a way to monitor the temperature of my garden, and run the watering and light cycles. This meant I only had to worry about my garden maybe an hour a week when changing out the nutrients and reservoirs. This saved a huge amount of time, let me go on vacation for long periods of time without having to worry about things, and sa…
When I graduated college, the job situation wasn't as hot. I would take a resume, custom tailor a cover letter, change out a few paragraphs in my resume to fit the specific job title --- and then.. no reply -. So. I scripted it. I would scan craigslist, monster, indeed, etc for emails or company names. The script eventually evolved to guess company homepages and scan for emails on 'career' sections. Based on the job…
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For your banking script, are you able to use an API with a limited access token? Or does it use your normal credentials. I don't save my various banking credentials anywhere, not even 1password, as they're so sensitive, curious how you do this.
Your banking password isn't that sensitive, because banks are used by regular people who don't have any conception of good security practices. The worst case scenario of your bank login credentials leaking are really not that bad. Your personal email account is probably a million times more sensitive. It contains enough personal information to get your identity stolen a thousand times over, and once your email has be…
Huh? The worst case scenario of your bank login details is... someone depositing all your money to their account, surely.
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Wow this is incredibly impressive. This is so impressive. I love seeing someone take responsibility for their healthcare and being empowered to control it. This is great.
Of course a big thanks goes to the European health insurance, who're willing to pay the expensive parts, and to my doctor, who pushes me to do research about my possibilities, having a circle of connections who've helped me out to build my own rig. P.S. Today I built a new widget to my i3 setup, displaying the current glucose and the trend. https://i.imgur.com/VnZ23vO.png
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I think modern washers weigh the clothes and change their cycles based off that and other information. Mine is similar but seems to always overestimate the time instead, which is probably the better failure state.
Some industrial laundries do this, but I have heard this over and over again to describe residential HE laundry machines but never actually seen one with a way to measure this. The usual method is to tumble the clothes until the water level in the tub stops dropping. Now they're saturated with water. What you are probably getting when you start your washer is an estimate considering the steps of the cycle and loaded…
When I graduated college, the job situation wasn't as hot. I would take a resume, custom tailor a cover letter, change out a few paragraphs in my resume to fit the specific job title --- and then.. no reply -. So. I scripted it. I would scan craigslist, monster, indeed, etc for emails or company names. The script eventually evolved to guess company homepages and scan for emails on 'career' sections. Based on the job…
It would probably never reach scale for obvious reasons, but someone should productize this. "I'll get you a 20% more high paying job for $1,000"
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That sounds amazingly complex and cool at the same time. Have you looked into sous vide machines or pressure cookers? Those two are the items I use the most to get precisely cooked meals done in batches. I've found that a lot of meals done via the slow cooker tend to taste the same because of the consistently and the type of ingredients typically involved in them.
The problem with slow cookers is that the chop a bunch of stuff up, toss them in the slow cooker, and turn it on approach doesn't work all that well. You generally want to brown things etc.--and then you're not gaining that much. But, then, I'm mostly not a huge fan of stews in general.
While it does double as a slow cooker, I have never actually used that functionality.
For index funds in my taxable account, it tells me when there is a loss/savings opportunity that is over whatever threshold I give it. This way I get email reminders if there is an opportunity to save a few hundred or thousand dollars every time the market dips.
This is a bit more versatile than just a reminder for certain prices because I am continually reinvesting at different cost basis.