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Doing what matters has become essential; discerning what that is, less clear.

Beautiful sim. Looks like red oak. As someone who has split a lot of wood, wish it could incorporate more of the struggles of splitting logs.

- missing your spot by 6” or more and creating a tiny shard that goes flying - the log you’re aiming at falling as you are in your backswing - getting your maul stuck halfway down the split

What about when you’re splitting a log with a branch and the maul bounces straight back up? Lol

I've been thinking about using an app like this to count parking spaces in a city!

Thank you

I think this is blissfully ignorant. Walmart's model is built on creating prices and selection that are so attractive that it is very difficult to compete. Part of the way they do that is by extracting profits out and leaving only low paid employees locally.

Way more. First, a small business is not just a "family". Their employees are other members in the community. And there's the cascading effect because those folks are using their pay to go to local restaurants, the bowling alley, the hairdressers. When business like WM push prices down and make it so other businesses aren't able to compete, all you get locally is the ~minimum wage salary and the tax revenue. This might be "more efficient", but it comes at a cost to community.

From the comments here, I don’t think people understand how much small retail supports an entire local economy.

With big retail, you get the smallest possible wages and all the profit sucked out to somewhere else.

Finally a real world use case for bitcoin!

Capture the market by not making customers pay full costs => low profits.

Grow revenues without substantially increasing costs (i.e running a loss)

Hope you can turn up the profit dial later.

Seems like the modern way?

Google is not demanding that they censor their comment. Google is telling them that they won't serve ads on their page because of issues.

Funny complaint coming from a site called "Naked Capitalism".

I've been using Z-wave devices since 2017 for the following:

1. Dimmer lighting 2. Door sensors 3. Relays to customize radiant flooring better than thermostats 4. Seasonal lighting (outdoor string lights/Christmas tree) 5. Thermostat

Overall it's been a good experience, however I think the SmartThings app is a pain in the butt and should be a much better experience.

I converted my small (~1400 sqft) MA log cabin house at 1500' elevation to a heat pump as main heat source in 2017. We also added a 8kW PV system at the same time.

It was a great choice, and we've been net negative since installation.

We also get a lot of passive solar via low angle sun through large windows. I think passive solar in winter is a completely under-appreciated benefit. On sunny days in winter we do not need heat for ~10 hours of the day.

We supplement our heat with a wood stove in very cold weather (< 20ºF). It's not necessary, but brings a cozy warmth.

I've started to think about the current use of AI as trend in the 1990s that started moving unimportant goods to be "manufactured in China".

Quality doesn't matter -- money matters. And with AI you can save a lot of money without sacrificing a lot of quality.