What first world problem did you have today?

[Chaotic42]

TIL what a fib is. rofl

Seemingly every state which borders Illinois uses the term. It is very real.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I just saw this in my server logs.

request_sock_TCP: Possible SYN flooding on port 80. Sending cookies.  Check SNMP counters.

I never received any cookies.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Was starting to clean out some crap around the backyard yesterday when I lifted the lid to a random box and saw a wasp nest. Not huge, but I was able to make out about a dozen or so wasps. When I opened it, one came straight for me while the others were just kinda hanging around. It got me right on my left wrist. Good lord it hurt for a few minutes. I haven't been stung by a bee or wasp in years. Thank goodness I'm not allergic. It was warm to the touch most of the night, this morning just a small red spot where I was stung, and then a larger reddish area around it.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Was starting to clean out some crap around the backyard yesterday when I lifted the lid to a random box and saw a wasp nest.

What happened to the nest? Didn't you burn it like you should have?

 

[thestrangebrew1]

What happened to the nest? Didn't you burn it like you should have?

Nah I was able to put a piece of wood over the lid to keep them in. I was in my swim trunks and shirtless (jumped in the pool a few times while I was working) and figured I'd deal with it tonight. There was still a few random wasps flying around it trying to get in so we'll see tonight if they're still around. Trying to figure out the best way to cover it and move it.

 

[lxskllr]

This isn't /today's/ fwp necessarily, but it kind of is. Companies pushing to have auto payments really gets on my fucking nerves. I don't do autopay for anything. I don't trust companies not to fuck something up and piss me off. That's why I prepay my electric bill. I get the convenience of autopay, without having a leech attached to my bank account.

Anyway, I have cell service with Visible, and they push autopay hard. My service(1yr) expires at the end of the month, but I can't renew it til ≤7 days before the due date. So they give you exactly a week to remember and pay the bill. I can't do it today, cause reasons... I don't have a problem remembering, but I just want it done so I can check it off the list. Irritates the shit out of me.

 

[BoomerD]

This isn't /today's/ fwp necessarily, but it kind of is. Companies pushing to have auto payments really gets on my fucking nerves. I don't do autopay for anything. I don't trust companies not to fuck something up and piss me off. That's why I prepay my electric bill. I get the convenience of autopay, without having a leech attached to my bank account.

Anyway, I have cell service with Visible, and they push autopay hard. My service(1yr) expires at the end of the month, but I can't renew it til ≤7 days before the due date. So they give you exactly a week to remember and pay the bill. I can't do it today, cause reasons... I don't have a problem remembering, but I just want it done so I can check it off the list. Irritates the shit out of me.

I have my mortgage, truck payment, garbage payment, and cell phone all on auto-pay.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I have everything on auto pay, I rather deal with the very small chance a company messes up than to have to manually deal with all the bills on a constant basis. There's just too many and there's a higher chance I make a mistake like missing one than a company does. I rather it just be automated and I don't have to worry about it. I have paperless billing for everything too, way less mail to deal with.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm definitely into paperless billing. For awhile I was considering getting rid of my mailbox cause it's mostly just a paper recycling collector, but I get /just/ enough real mail that it would end up being more of a hassle than it's worth.

 

[KLin]

I got banned from reddit for 3 days for suggesting hanging a basketball fan by a yardarm because they touched a player.

Whoops

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Got a paper cut on the bottom line of my index finger. Now whenever I bend it, it stings a little. Annoying...

 

[igor_kavinski]

Got a paper cut on the bottom line of my index finger. Now whenever I bend it, it stings a little. Annoying...

Crap. That sucks bad, especially since I know that even minor injuries take much longer to heal with T2D. That's what I noticed too when my glucose control was impaired.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm using AI to engineer a structure to handle a metric ton worth of water. It's not a FWP now, but if AI is wrong it will be a FWP in the future.

 

[igor_kavinski]

I'm using AI to engineer a structure to handle a metric ton worth of water. It's not a FWP now, but if AI is wrong it will be a FWP in the future.

Hopefully you will take precautions like wearing a diving suit with an oxygen tank when you try out your structure...

 

[Red Squirrel]

Mostly playing around to see what it comes up with. It's to support an IBC tote up in the air. Water is 1kg/litre and those hold 1,000 liters. I was actually going to put two IBC totes but the requirements for even one is higher than I figured.

Either way I won't be standing under that.

 

[Fenixgoon]

I'm using AI to engineer a structure to handle a metric ton worth of water. It's not a FWP now, but if AI is wrong it will be a FWP in the future.

That does not strike me as the smartest thing to do...

 

[Red Squirrel]

I think the AI is actually being super conservative. I thought my plan was already overengineered as hell but then it came up with something even more over engineered. Either way whatever I end up going with I would put it to the test. Test it with 2 metric tons, if it can hold that without making weird noises or bending or cracking then it will hold 1 ton fine.

 

[lxskllr]

What's the purpose? How high?

 

[Red Squirrel]

To have basic running water at my property, going to make it like 8 feet high. Will use a pump to pump the water in from a tank that is in the truck then gravity to use the water.

I may take another approach though and keep it low and use pump to supply water too. Then I just need to build a platform for it. Mostly just playing around with ideas for now.

 

[lxskllr]

Me just thinking real quick, I'd use timbers off the land if I wanted it as cheap as possible, or used H beams if I wanted to spend a little money for long term durability.

 

[sdifox]

I'm using AI to engineer a structure to handle a metric ton worth of water. It's not a FWP now, but if AI is wrong it will be a FWP in the future.

Err that's only 1000L so one large caged IBC would do. Just use stored power to pump water when needed. Or put a drum up high will a float switch. Pump when needed. You have solar so the water tower can be filled easily

 

[Red Squirrel]

Me just thinking real quick, I'd use timbers off the land if I wanted it as cheap as possible, or used H beams if I wanted to spend a little money for long term durability.

Yeah I will probably use 4 logs as the main vertical supports, was not factoring that in, those will be extra supports.

Idea is to use electricity in the day when it's available to add water inside, then gravity any other time. I plan to do overnight trips there so I want to be able to take a quick shower before bed after a day of sweating, using bugspray, sunblock etc.

For this year I will probably keep it simple though, I will build a basic platform and place one IBC tote on it then place the other IBC tote on top, they apparently can support the weight of another when full. That will give enough head for basic needs. A little top heavy but as long as it's straight it will be fine, I might fill the bottom one too just to keep it more stable. I have 2 weeks off coming in september so I want to focus on building lot of infrastructure there like an outhouse, the more permanent water tower/pump house and maybe even start on a shed. Once I have water I can then do concrete, so I can do footings at least.


At some point I do want to build a very tall tower though, like 60ft or so, no particular reason other than, just because. I would make it an observatory and comms tower. Would be epic just sitting up there when the northern lights are on.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Err that's only 1000L so one large caged IBC would do. Just use stored power to pump water when needed. Or put a drum up high will a float switch. Pump when needed. You have solar so the water tower can be filled easily

There's lots of ways to do it, I may even just do a ground level tank, and setup a pump with pressure switch and buffer tank that runs any time there is demand for water.

 

[Stopsignhank]

My birthday was Monday. My wife bought me a Reese's blizzard cake from Dairy Queen. Good lord it is good. In fact it should be borderline illegal. Bottom layer is Reese's blizzard, a thick layer of fudge with the cake/ice cream sprinkles on top of that, then a layer of vanilla ice cream and frosting on top of that. The guy said to let it sit out for a bit before we slice it. Did that and then put the rest back in the freezer so that it not melt and refreeze and turn all yucky.



Our freezer is pretty full and apparently the ice cream cake put it over the critical mass. Went in the garage on Tuesday, heard an alarm from the freezer. Opened it and found this



My wife said the first thing I said after I stopped crying was, "hey the guy gave us a $4 coupon off our next cake so we can use that to get a new one".

 

[Fenixgoon]

I think the AI is actually being super conservative. I thought my plan was already overengineered as hell but then it came up with something even more over engineered. Either way whatever I end up going with I would put it to the test. Test it with 2 metric tons, if it can hold that without making weird noises or bending or cracking then it will hold 1 ton fine.

In the 1950s, the Dehaviland Comet was known for its fuselage to pop open from time to time. This was despite the fact that the fuselage had a high factor of safety on its ultimate pressurization loads.

As it turns out, fatigue cracks from repeated pressurization cycles would grow over time until the result was a bursting failure.

All this to say, your structure might be fine. It might probably be fine. But it's another thing entirely to *prove* it's fine *down to the smallest detail* not just once or twice from a single load, but through cyclic loading over a long period of time, through varied weather conditions, temperature fluctuations, etc.

I hope your structure works out. But I'd also advise a professional solution that has been engineered to do all this.