Greg
Greg@social.coop
<p>A middle-aged white cis dude parent from the upper midwest living in southern california doing the "remote work in technology" thing. Perpetually wanting to change some of the above.</p><p>I try use CWs for things like parenting. Feel free to point out failure to CW something I should.</p><p>Toots: Mostly followers-only, so you might not see much here.</p><p>Follows: I have it set to follow-request. Please interact first if I don't know you from somewhere else.</p><p>Obligatory: This isn't a work-related account.</p>
Posts
-
View post
My oldest is using the free brilliant.org (math and such) service but I guess it&#39;s going well and my partner suggested we get a real/paid account for him. It&#39;s $20/mo! But, this is one of those services that flood youtube with sponsorship codes (&quot;visit brilliant.com/whatever for 30% off!&quot; or whatever). Does anyone have a good and reputable youtuber/&quot;content creator&quot; who has an active discount code I should use? :boosts_appreciated: EDIT: So...
-
View post
Why does every medical office/group&#39;s payment service provider use such sketchy sounding domain names? ePayMyBillsfun.com
-
View post
Do I know anyone who uses an electric dumset? I&#39;m a former drummer. Had a set as a kid but never since leaving for college. Now I have a kid who wants to learn and we have ZERO space for a real set. I&#39;m sad. I hate it in SoCal. But, if you have any recommendations on what to look for and/or avoid in this space, I would greatly appreciate it. Boosts OK!
-
View post
OK ya&#39;ll. Recommendations on beginner friendly 3D printers. Yes I&#39;m a decade+ late. But I have kids now and they like building things. Nothing fancy, but hopefully not too fiddly, if that&#39;s reasonable to ask. Use cases: figurines, functional prints, but fun stuff mostly.
-
View post
OK Fedi/nerds. I need a UPS for my NAS/router/modem (only). It&#39;s a 4-bay Synology (DS420+) which the data sheet says only 30W when active, so I only need something like 100W and like 5ish minutes (? enough to clean shut down the NAS) of runtime. So, what do you recommend? Constraints: The area this stuff is in is very cramped and smaller is great. Obviously I need/want the USB communication feature for the NAS. But otherwise &quot;not stupid expensive&quot; and &quot;not cr...