Will talk about Linux, plants, space, retro games, and anything else I find interesting.

Also mesa@piefed.social over on Piefed.

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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Short answer:

    • 80 in summer
    • 60 in winter

    Long answer: It gets over 110f so we keep it at 80 in the summer. We have double pane windows, a newer ac as well. Somewhat new insulation. Otherwise the power bill is over 1000 a month. Our bill in the winter is around 100ish and mostly gas. We keep the house at 60.

    PGE is terrible. It’s a little more than 60c a kilowatt now…

    No that’s not a typo on the prices.







  • I try to support publishers that give you the full ebooks like baen library.

    Calibre helped me back up my entire amazon library in a way my kobo can now read instead of just kindle. Both are excellent devices, but I wanted a backlight after 7+ years with the same ebook reader. And I’m not about to purchase all those books aain for the privilege of using the kobo bookstore. Plus Calibre makes it so no matter what you get (pdf/ebook/proprietary format) you can get a good old fashion ebook format for future preservation.




  • I had to get a new number a couple of years ago. That “fixed” the issue for a long while.

    I was able to get some cheap numbers on VOIP so now I give those out to businesses that require a phone number, so that I can kill them if the spam calls start up again. It helps quite a bit. I know some people also use Google Voice to emulate what im talking about.

    Honestly, most people dont even call me anymore, they just txt or video call.