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Looking for recommendations for blinds or curtains around Long Island. Got around 15 windows to deal with so trying not to make this into a giant project 😅

Ideally looking for somewhere that can handle the whole process — measuring, helping decide on materials/styles, and installation too.

Would be nice to actually see fabric/material samples before ordering if possible. Appreciate any suggestions.

I pulled my grill out of the garage after Texas winter and it is a mess. There is rust forming on the grates, spider webs in the burner tubes, and the grease tray is full of old gunk. I want to get it ready for summer cookouts but I am not sure where to start. Do I need special cleaners or will soap and water handle most of it? Also, should I be checking the gas line for anything specific before firing it up? Located in Dallas and any local tips would be great.

Ok so this is mildly mortifying but worth sharing. Had a client uninvite my notetaker bot mid call last week because they didnt recognize the account 😬 Felt the need to apologize the rest of the meeting and the recording obviously didnt finish. Spent the weekend looking at options that record without putting a bot in the room because I dont want to repeat that experience.

Quick rundown of what I actually looked at:

Fellow AI has been my answer to the client perception problem, and the only one that finally got approved by my IT team. It records meetings without joining as a visible participant in Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, or any platform you're using. On the compliance side: SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and they don't train on your data. That last part is the one I always get asked about. Some of my clients in finance and legal specifically wanted confirmation that their conversations weren't going into a training set somewhere.The action items output is also formatted in a way thats easy to drop into a client recap email.

Granola is decent for solo work, runs on your local audio. Found out the hard way its mac only when I tried to set up a partner on windows. Their docs also mention theyre not currently HIPAA compliant which was a thing for one of my clients in healthcare. Probably fine if youre on mac and dont have compliance asks from your client list.

Krisp does notetaking now as part of their package which im told works fine. I havent personally used the notetaking side since I switched to a different tool for that, but a friend uses it and says its good enough for internal calls. Worth a look if youre already a Krisp user and dont want to pay for another subscription.

After using most of the AI notetakers I realized they all solve the same version of the problem. Post-meeting capture. Granola, Otter, Fireflies, Fathom. They're all good at that.

What I keep running into is the between-meetings problem: I'm switching between projects, I need to know where something stands right now, and I don't have a transcript to search.

What I'd actually want:

- Works while I'm actively working, not just after meetings

- Doesn't require me to specify which app to look in

- Fast enough to use mid-work without breaking flow

Does something like this exist or is this still a gap?

We went back and forth between a mini bernedoodle and a standard for a while and I don't think most comparison content explains what the difference actually means in practice, so here's what I found.

the size difference is obvious but it's also the least interesting part of the decision, what matters more is that the mini tends to skew curlier in coat because of the toy or miniature poodle used in the breeding, which means lower shedding on average and slightly different grooming needs, that was more relevant for me than the weight difference.

temperament tracks pretty closely across sizes which surprised me, the Bernese mountain dog loyalty and the calm indoor energy come through in both, the mini doesn't feel like a fundamentally different dog in personality terms, though individual variation within litters matters more than size in my experience.

the lifespan difference is worth knowing, smaller dogs generally live longer and minis tend to land in the 13 to 15 year range versus 10 to 13 for standards, if you're thinking about the long term that's a real consideration.

what I didn't expect was how much the breeder conversation mattered for the mini specifically, toy poodle versus miniature poodle in the cross affects final size meaningfully and not all breeders are upfront about which they use, asking about the poodle parent and looking at previous litter sizes from those same parents is more useful than any estimate in a listing.

Alright I've gone through enough of these that I feel like I have something worth sharing. Most portable power stations die quietly by Saturday afternoon and you don't notice until you open the fridge and everything's warm. Here's what I've actually seen hold up.

Jackery 1000 v2 , good for day trips, solid build, but 1kWh doesn't stretch across two nights of fridge use realistically. Works fine if you're also running off your truck alternator or have solar, but standalone it's a one-night option.

EcoFlow DELTA 2 Max , bigger, heavier, legitimately capable of running a fridge through a weekend if you're not doing anything crazy with other loads. The solar input is strong and the charging speed on AC is great if you get back to hookups between nights. Expensive but it earns it.

Goal Zero Yeti 1000X , popular in overlanding circles, well-built, but the weight for what you get is a little rough, and the 1kWh cap puts it in the same boat as the Jackery for full-weekend use.

Worksport COR , handled everything, kept a fridge cold for over 30 hours and when one pack ran low I just swapped in the second one, no waiting. Never had that option with anything else I've used. You're not killing time until it recharges, you just pull one battery, drop another in, and you're running again. For actual multi-night truck camping without hookups that's kind of a big deal.

If you only go out for one night, any of these work. Two-plus nights without hookups, COR or DELTA 2 Max are the only two I'd trust to not ruin a trip.

Doctor suggested hyperbaric therapy as an option for my chronic migraines. I have an initial consultation scheduled and want to come prepared with good questions.
I have been reading research on the mechanisms. Some research shows significant reduction in migraine frequency and intensity. I am optimistic about trying this as part of my migraine management plan.
Questions I am planning to ask:
What frequency and duration do you recommend for migraine management?
How long before most people notice changes in migraine patterns?
Should I continue my current migraine medications during treatment?
What metrics should I track to evaluate if this is helping?
What other questions would be useful to ask at the initial consultation? For people using this for migraines specifically, what do you wish you had asked or known before starting?
Looking forward to trying this new approach and seeing if it helps my migraine management.

Seeing small roaches near the dishwasher and under the sink. Pretty sure they're german roaches based on the size and the two stripes. My dog's food and water bowls are right there in the kitchen so whatever I use needs to be safe.

I've been spraying bugmd essential pest concentrate along the baseboards and under the sink when I lock the dog out for a couple hours. It seems to help reduce what I'm seeing but I know german roaches need more than just a contact spray.

I also sealed a gap around the dishwasher water line with steel wool and caulk. And I've been running the garbage out every single night instead of letting it sit.

What else should I be doing? Especially interested in hearing from anyone who's dealt with german roaches in an apartment with pets.

I know snack posts are everywhere but I wanted to share what actually stuck for me because I tried a LOT of stuff that didn't. 31F, 5'6, been eating at 1500 since December and down 22 lbs. The thing that made the biggest difference honestly wasn't my meals, it was figuring out snacks that stopped me from blowing my budget at night.

What I eat almost every single day:

Greek yogurt (the plain nonfat kind) with cinnamon and a few drops of vanilla extract. About 100 cals and it tastes way better than it sounds.

Baby carrots with mustard. Weird combo but I love it. Maybe 40 cals.

A handful of frozen cherries. The tartness helps when I need something refreshing.

Air popped popcorn with nutritional yeast. Like 90 cals for a big bowl.

Shameless gummies on days when nothing else is going to cut it for the sugar craving.

The pattern I noticed is that everything I actually stick with is stuff I can eat a decent amount of without going over 100 cals. Volume matters way more to me than how "healthy" something sounds on paper.

i run a bookkeeping and CFO advisory firm, 3 people, mostly serving e-commerce and SaaS companies. for years i told myself outbound wasn't worth my time because i was busy enough with referrals.

then i did the math

average client stays with us 26 months

avg monthly retainer is $2,400

LTV per client is $62,400.

i was spending $0 to find those clients, which it’s pretty good. But i now spend about $200/month on tooling and 2-3 hours a week on outbound. LinkedIn targeting for founders and finance leads, outreach through linked helper, and do only calls myself. we've onboarded 6 outbound clients in 8 months. That's ~ $374,000 in LTV from $1,600 in tool costs and maybe 100 hours of time.

i don't know why it took me so long to just do the math. if you're sitting on a high-LTV service and doing zero proactive outbound you are leaving an embarrassing amount of money on the table.

I'm a property manager for a small office building. Our maintenance team keeps aerosol lubricants, spray paint, adhesives, and cleaning products in a utility closet, roughly twenty-five to thirty aerosol cans plus some quart-size solvent containers.

During a recent fire inspection the inspector mentioned we might need an approved flammable storage cabinet depending on the total aggregate quantity of flammable liquids. Those cabinets run anywhere from $500 to $2,000.

I'm not even sure which products are classified as flammable liquids. Some aerosol cans have the GHS flame pictogram, others don't, and I don't know whether aerosols and regular containers are counted separately for maximum allowable quantity calculations.

Before spending money on a cabinet, I want to understand the actual requirement. Do our quantities trigger it, or was the inspector being overly cautious?