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After reading the other replies I went back and re-read your post to check...you don't mention a partner or any significant other. I think you might be focusing too hard inward (bad mood, cynical, walls up) and not focusing outward (cherishing interactions with others, forming or maintaining bonds with others). Perhaps you're feeling lonely?

I am a grump but my wife won't let me get away with it for long. I am cynical but my friends call me on it because I force myself to share. My work puts me in contact with new people every day and I actively seek an understanding of them and have to let them see who I am in order to be good at my job.

Another respondent said "put yourself out there". I agree but would also add seek out interactions with others and be a participant not an observer.

All day every (work) day. Every morning I swap in a fresh 18650 off the charger then pop it into my holster before going to work. My job consists of seeing things in every nook and cranny of the properties I visit. I couldn't work without a bright light.

Stupid DMN won't show the article unless I buy a subscription.

I wouldn't be overly concerned that the concrete cracked...it does that sometimes. Be concerned if you have heaving/unevenness in the support of your home. As others have said - contact a professional. I would suggest an engineer, not a foundation repair salesman...you get where I'm going with that - the foundation company will always suggest large-scale repairs. An engineer that has no financial dog in the fight will cost a bit but will give an hones opinion.

I used to vape on mesh and cable wick. Some people think you need cotton in between but you do not if you know how to set it up right.

The coil can be wrapped directly on the mesh or cable as long as you build up a layer of non-conductive carbon between them. Back when they were popular most would use a torch on the mesh or cable to get it scorched. Then you wrap coil gently in complete contact (no loose/floppy coils) with the wick.

The fun part is working out the hot spots by pulsing and actually poking the coil where it tries to short on the wick…it really is an art to get it right.

Once it’s set up correctly you have a nifty juice conduit straight to the coil - you actually have to tip the atomizer to let the juice flow. It can be an excellent vape but kind of a PITB to get right.

What you're looking for is a Shelly relay. I have some wired into switches for various things. For your situation you would put the relay in "detached" mode so the physical switch is not actually switching power but the relay can use the switching action to trigger the automation to the bulbs. The bulbs are always supplied power but the switch can control their state.

I think the easiest point of entry into having a great cup of coffee is to go buy some good beans already ground and get a simple/cheap French press. You will immediately taste the difference from your Keurig swill. Hot water, good coffee and a slow extraction make magic!

Soon enough you will graduate to wanting a nice grinder to chop up your nice whole-beans so you can have a truly fresh cuppa.

Personally, I've run the gamut of expensive espresso machines to pour-over and everything in between. I start every day with a fresh grind of dark roast beans into a large French press caraffe that yields 2-3 cups of goodness and I don't think more strenuous methods are worth the effort by comparison.

If you hold the reset button (recessed, need a paperclip) for 5+ seconds and then release the power LED should start blinking and it should reset itself within about 2 minutes. If that doesn't work it looks like you need a new gizmo.

Do a factory reset then connect to the web interface and manually upload latest firmware downloaded from netgear (don't google "netgear firmware).

I can’t attest to the accuracy of your hypothesis but I have been thinking a lot about AI lately. I’m eagerly awaiting the day that some genius comes up with an AI post filter that I can tell it to “never show me cats” or “block and downvote all memes”. That will be the day that the internet becomes a peaceful place for me.

…and dogs rule, btw.

You can interact with lemmy (and mastodon and pixelated, etc) from kbin but if you want to use a lemmy app like wefwef or Memmy you will need to log in to your lemmy account in that app. Kbin has a couple of apps in the works but they’re not there yet.