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Gah! This bit me today.

I'm experimenting with switching from Tailscale to Netbird. I was streaming Jellyfin to my TV via netbird and was surprised when it started buffering. Turning down the video quality helped keep the stream going.

Yeah, no wonder. Turns out my video was being streamed via relay because all of the Android apps default to force relayed connections.

I guess they're working out some kinks still... anyway, turning that setting off fixed my streaming latency!

Installing netbird on Silverblue is E-Z P-Z.

Before

• alt-tab Slack, glances over messages that need attention, goes back to work (5s)
• git push, clicks link to create merge request (3s)

After

• Starts claude, waits for load time, types "check slack and give me a summary", goes and gets coffee, comes back and realizes that Claude is waiting for a confirmation prompt, presses enter and goes and gets more coffee (15 minutes)
• Starts claude, waits, types "can you push this code and create a merge request", has enough time to go on PieFed to bitch about AI (30 minutes)

👍 produckiv go up 📈

Gotta spend those tokens! We have a stupid leaderboard at my work now.

In the past, only certain people had access to, or claimed to have access to knowledge and fed it to the masses.

Then we learned to read and figure stuff out on our own.

Now with AI and Big Tech, we're going back to only certain people having access to knowledge (or claiming to have access to knowledge) and feeding it to the masses.

In 2001, the FBI raided O.J.'s house and found smartcards, bootloaders.

So I've been managing my pool for about a month now. It's been a lot of learning and record keeping and it's been kinda confusing at times.

Do folks have a favorite pool management app? Or how do you keep track of all of the chemicals, dosing, and recurring maintenance, and other tasks?

I found these apps and was curious if folks had any thoughts about them.

• Pool Math: https://www.troublefreepool.com/calc.html
• Pooli: https://pooli.app/
• Orenda: https://www.orendatech.com/pool-dosing-calculator
• FlowBeacon: https://flowbeacon.app/
• Pool Care: https://www.swimuniversity.com/pool-chemical-calcuator-apps/
• Nimbus Pool Doctor: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pool-doctor/id375459618

The only one I've really tried is Pool Math, but... it gave me a really bad impression because you can only log 1 test. I couldn't even properly evaluate the app because it's so limited. I uninstalled it pretty much immediately after running into that.

I'm currently thinking no caulk is best because it allows you to notice if the wax ring is leaking. In fact, this is exactly what happened to me recently. I flushed and noticed water coming out from the sides of the toilet.

What do the fedinauts think?

From the article:

However, leaks are usually noticed from the floor below the toilet when looking up. Leaks under the tub are often found in the same way. In apartments, it is common for the tenant below to be the one who first notices a problem. So this argument for not caulking is somewhat flawed.

This seems like a terrible reason to caulk. The first obvious major flaw with this thinking is that it assumes you have a lower floor??? I only have 1 floor and then it's concrete below. I can't notice it from the bottom. Also, if you're in an apartment, wouldn't it still be better for the owner to notice the leak from the toilet, instead of waiting for it to get so bad the the person from the bottom notices??

Caulk prevents water from seeping under the toilet.

OK. This I guess makes sense, for certain people, I guess. If your shower or sink is right next to your toilet, I could see water from the outside going in. But in my case, my toilet is not near sinks or showers. So I'm a lot more worried about water from the inside going out.

Caulking around the toilet is good for pest prevention

I guess I can understand this point. Small bugs could hide under the toilet.

Caulk looks better

Disagree.

and helps prevent unpleasant odors

Why would there be odors? The wax ring and the toilet should be making a good seal, no? If there are odors, doesn't that mean the seal is failing? Wouldn't that be a sign you should investigate further? Not hide the issue?

Plumbing codes require caulking a toilet to the floor

Because I said so isn't a good reason...

Pro caulk:

• could prevent bugs from hiding under the toilet
• could prevent water from going under the toilet

Con caulk:

• hides wax ring failures
• hides poor installation

Seems like the cons carry waaaayyy more weight than the pros.

Guess I gotta do pool maintenance myself... paying for a pool guy isn't helping much...

Step 1: learn how to do pool maintenance...

I'm trying to be careful.

I have the bathroom closed off, window open, ceiling fan on.

I'm wearing an N95 mask, safety glasses, gloves, washing my clothes separately. Not letting my kid near me until after a shower. I take a shower right after working.

I'm wiping my glasses and phone with alcohol after working.

I put molded material in plastic bag and threw it in the trash can immediately after working.

I'm trying to move faster, so things aren't just sitting in the open. I've removed most of it now.

Did I miss anything? Anything else I should be doing? 🤔

(Yes, that insulation is wet. I need to remove it as well.)

Looks like in Radicale 3.7, there is improved collection sharing? Has anyone tried using this?

I haven't tried any sharing previously because it seemed like it wasn't officially (or well) supported before, since you had to do some weird symlink hack.

Is sharing now more officially supported now? I looked at the UI, but I didn't see anything mentioning sharing...

LLM use is the most demoralizing problem I’ve faced as a college instructor.