@DustinB3403 My dad tossed me up in the air "wheee" "wheeeee" "wheeee" barfed right in his mouth

@BRRABill mmm damn I could go for a nice nitro stout right now

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller I recently discovered that Trader Joe's carries Nitro Stout. Unfortunately, it's like $12 for a 6 pack.

That is a cheap 6pack here in $CDN

We get fancy ones from Oregon for $25/6pack

I recall that! I went to Calgary to teach a class and was blown away by the price of beer. Your government must be making all their money on vice taxes. It makes a good case for giving up all of your vices!

Liquor and smokes bud - ohhhh damn.

Good pack of smokes is near $14 now

Smokes bud? I thought you said Canada, not Colorado?

You should come visit Canada again soon haha

https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=list+of+marijuana+dispensaries+bc&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=48434959,-123377037,1001&tbm=lcl&tbs=ls:-1,lf_msr:-1,lf_od:-1,lf_oh:-1,lf_pqs:EAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2&rlfi=hd:;si:;mv:!1m3!1d1350246.180853318!2d-122.2688000515625!3d49.07942441383104!3m2!1i1260!2i775!4f13.1

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller I recently discovered that Trader Joe's carries Nitro Stout. Unfortunately, it's like $12 for a 6 pack.

That is a cheap 6pack here in $CDN

We get fancy ones from Oregon for $25/6pack

I recall that! I went to Calgary to teach a class and was blown away by the price of beer. Your government must be making all their money on vice taxes. It makes a good case for giving up all of your vices!

Liquor and smokes bud - ohhhh damn.

Good pack of smokes is near $14 now

Smokes bud? I thought you said Canada, not Colorado?

You should come visit Canada again soon haha

https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=list+of+marijuana+dispensaries+bc&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=48434959,-123377037,1001&tbm=lcl&tbs=ls:-1,lf_msr:-1,lf_od:-1,lf_oh:-1,lf_pqs:EAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2&rlfi=hd:;si:;mv:!1m3!1d1350246.180853318!2d-122.2688000515625!3d49.07942441383104!3m2!1i1260!2i775!4f13.1

I will be driving through in August of 2018 as part of my motorcycle ride to all four US corners (San Diego, Seattle, Maine, and Key West).

I have an open invite to any ML denizen who visits Vancouver Island - first pint is on me

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller Only the first?!

Depends on how much I like you

@JaredBusch Consider for a moment why people love to work on leaky old push rod v8's with carbs. I assure you it's not because they run sub 10sec 1/4 miles. Nor is it the gasoline that will inevitably run down your armpits and splash in your eyes.

@Dashrender basic carb'd engines are some of the last that a single person of average intelligence / interest can disassemble / reassemble without much difficulty. EFI is beginning to go that route (self-learning EFI is epic) but it's only just the tip of the iceberg.

Amusingly I see electric cars going this route much sooner than anyone would anticipate. They are very basic at the core and ultimately you'd need to buy the battery packs, controller & motors. That day will be here soon.

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thanksajdotcom sounds like a good night for a glass of scotch

One Day Good Sir,.. One Day.

And I'm not even a scotch drinker.

Never too late to start. Not a healthy or cheap habit to acquire but I do find it's worth it.

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I think I'd rather be doing what Scott's doing.

horrifying the locals by speaking new-england flavored Italian? hehe I jest

that's with clam chowder and a bay leaf right?

Lost my khakis vs lost my car keys

@gjacobse said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Anyone have a good soldering iron + stand recommendation? I try to stick with 50w+

If you haven't already found one, I picked my last one up via Adafruit... Whiiiich has been discontinued

Aye, get one with some balls, no 15w waiting forever garbage.

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@art_of_shred said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@gjacobse said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Anyone have a good soldering iron + stand recommendation? I try to stick with 50w+

If you haven't already found one, I picked my last one up via Adafruit... Whiiiich has been discontinued

Aye, get one with some balls, no 15w waiting forever garbage.

I have 2: a 30W that is too weak for just about everything (waiting game) and a 60W which is just about perfect. I usually use it on smaller wires (18-22 AWG) and I haven't had things melting on me, nor have I had to wait long to solder.

50-60w is usually the sweet spot for sure. Any recommendations?

knock off wellers - they're all over Amazon. See if you can get one with adjustable temp + bonus if it comes with extra tips etc + bonus if tips are weller compatible

something like this, but MOAR powaahhh

https://www.amazon.ca/Elenco-Soldering-Station-40W-Iron/dp/B0002KW4AC/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1484858384&sr=8-20&keywords=soldering+iron+station

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

This was posted by a new-ish restaurant/music venue downtown. All their dishes are supremely creative.

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Since it's a test box, why not just purchase a SSD or two, unless you need a ton of storage for testing?

Our customer DBs are freaking huge, so much storage is needed. Besides a DC and Exchange server, most will be dev systems w/ big SQL databases. Besides, I want to have a badass test box for later.

Well in that case, you definitely can't buy anything until you know the IOPs of the SQL box that uses the most IOPs so you have at least that many when testing that box and keep things at the same level.

The heaviest usage SQL boxes will be the last things to get virtualized, I don't want to hear the bitching and moaning that will happen if 5ms of latency suddenly appeared.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=20163

edit: oops, old link - new link below

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/DiskSpd-a-robust-storage-6cd2f223

@coliver said in Cultured foods:

@NDC said in Cultured foods:

@coliver Try using a blow-off set up instead of the little airlocks. Makes life much better if you end up with a bit of a run away fermentation.

See example here

Oh! That's a really good idea never thought of that. My wife put a stop to it after two years in a row where we cleaned half fermented mash off the basement ceiling.

Got to watch temps and don't over-fill

Those two things will keep you out of a lot of trouble that a blow off tube wont.

Get some of these too, super handy. You can get them in packs of 10 on amazon for something like a dollar.

http://www.mrbeer.com/stick-on-thermometer

@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just thought about a new project, a DIY kitchen radio. Our beloved 25 years old Siemens radio died a few days ago. It's still working, but some buttons are broken. We already tried 4 or 5 different radios, but all of them aren't good for one reason or another.

So, what makes a good kitchen radio in 2017?

• VHF / UKW (ultra-short range, standard in Europe / Germany) radio
• Play radio streams
• Easy to use timer / alarm
• Would like to stream from Android / iPhone to the radio (we likes to listen to music and audio books when we're preparing the meal for example).
• Display w/Clock
• Low power consumption

Additional ideas?

rPI, SDR, tube amp, home made speaker box

@brianlittlejohn said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@NerdyDad said:

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Windows are open here, the weather is so nice.

What is this nice weather that you speak of?

We left ehh weather in TX to come home to niceish weather (for January) here. To WINTER crud I wanna go back to TX!!!!!

One day, I drove out to west Texas and ended up in New Mexico. Won't ever do that again. To me, Texas Is Home!

I avoid New Mexico as much as I can.

Are we doing maps now? I've got one...

@NerdyDad you'll never look at a map of north america the same ever again

@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just thought about a new project, a DIY kitchen radio. Our beloved 25 years old Siemens radio died a few days ago. It's still working, but some buttons are broken. We already tried 4 or 5 different radios, but all of them aren't good for one reason or another.

So, what makes a good kitchen radio in 2017?

• VHF / UKW (ultra-short range, standard in Europe / Germany) radio
• Play radio streams
• Easy to use timer / alarm
• Would like to stream from Android / iPhone to the radio (we likes to listen to music and audio books when we're preparing the meal for example).
• Display w/Clock
• Low power consumption

Additional ideas?

rPI, SDR, tube amp, home made speaker box

SDR would be an option, I thought more about the https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/pub/Main/DataSheets/application_note_tea5767-8.pdf

That's a full featured, low power radio IC. Roughly $1 at aliexpress

I think you mean "a full featured, low power radio IC. Roughly $1 at aliexpress for something that's labelled the same" lol

@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Watching Full House with my girls.

@MattSpeller we have to keep it PG around here.