Shirtless Jay

I'm Jay. I'm gay. I'm shirtless every day.

I work in and around #tech and play with #geek-y #gadgets

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Location: 🌞 Diego

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2025-07-30 23:58:12 UTC

Just subconsciously typed my pronouns as "he/himbo" and now I don't know why I haven't been doing this the whole time.

2025-07-20 02:54:13 UTC

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The biggest problem we will have is not having counter space for it. Might have to go onto the shelves next to my desk or something, lol. Of course, then I can't have it hooked up to a water line like I did with our coffee maker so it can refill automatically-ish.

2025-07-20 02:48:45 UTC

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Preordered 😁

2025-07-20 02:42:21 UTC

Yes I absolutely need this.
https://brezza.com/

2025-06-05 22:34:53 UTC

Ffs this week and it's not even Friday but hey I got Zelled $11.56 from a class action settlement and also won a $100 gift card from a work step challenge thing so I guess I'm going to dizz knee land now.

2025-05-20 16:35:44 UTC

I move fast and break things.
Not intentionally, I'm just always hypercaffeinated and have depth perception issues.

2025-04-25 21:38:32 UTC

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That shirt is going in the totally wrong direction 😁

2025-04-14 17:14:30 UTC

Well, only took almost 13 years of me living here to finally experience an earthquake that was noticeable.
My phone actually alerted me before the shaking, but because I'd never heard an actual earthquake alert sound before I didn't know what it was until I picked up my phone, read the alert, went "really?" and then rumble rumble rumble, lol

2025-04-06 18:05:47 UTC

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Ooooooooooh, this is why I saw recent mentions of his name. Ewww.

2025-04-06 18:04:20 UTC

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They *are* the star of the show. Well, until the pants come off, anyway.

2025-04-06 18:01:33 UTC

Arm day! 💪🏼
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2025-04-05 18:25:51 UTC

Well, this $60 Zwilling pan from Saks certainly feels... substantial. Hope it cooks as well as it feels.
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2025-04-05 18:02:32 UTC

Every time I have a BIOS update or Windows update I pray that it resolves whatever issue causes my Thunderbolt dock to need to be power cycled after a PC reboot for it to fully work, but it's probably just a chipset issue that won't ever be fixed until I get a new PC someday.

2025-04-04 19:32:45 UTC

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Bring from the Midwest, and maintaining a relatively bland/accent-neutral style of speaking, I've always kind of avoided "y'all" and stuck with "you all" as a replacement for the very Midwestern "you guys" unless I'm feeling (or needing to be) particularly gay and dramatic and then it's full on "alls y'alls." Folks and colleagues always kinda hit my ear wrong. And in the case of colleagues, my eyes, too, as that's how aaaaaaaaaallllllll out company emails start "Dear colleagues..."

2025-04-04 19:24:53 UTC

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🤣

2025-04-04 19:00:21 UTC

I work with someone who, where us goofy Americans would probably use the phrase "you guys" or "you all," instead uses the phrase "you people." And while that's perfectly fine and obvs more inclusive than "you guys," it always sounds vaguely threatening when he says something like "you people are going to do this..." But he's like the least threatening person you could know, so it's like COMICALLY threatening when he says it 😄

2025-04-04 16:53:37 UTC

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Well, certainly not a shirt 😁

2025-04-04 15:53:37 UTC

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2025-04-04 02:26:39 UTC

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Don't I know it.

2025-04-04 00:57:37 UTC

Oh, right, yeah, took off my shorts.
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2025-04-03 18:53:18 UTC

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Oh, it's already gone wrong. UPS just said delivery rescheduled from Saturday to Tuesday for the fender flares, lol.

2025-04-03 18:24:34 UTC

Now let's hope my sign reassures the FedEx driver that I am home to sign for my 20 kg (44 pound) sack of protein powder because I just might die without it.

2025-04-03 17:41:24 UTC

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Anyway, new rear fender flares should be here Saturday but I need to replace the fender flare liners first and those won't be here until Sunday. So can't wait until Sunday to see what else can go wrong 😁

2025-04-03 17:39:54 UTC

Well, the Jeep passenger tail light assembly has been swapped out, which is phase 1 of 3 for Jeep fixes. Here's me thinking "this will take 5 minutes, there's only 2 screws to remove and then swap out the blind spot sensor which is only a few more screws" but of course the damaged tail light assembly didn't want to let go of the blind spot sensor and then when I finally was able to break it free and mount the new assembly, one of the factory screws wouldn't fit and had to dig out a replacement.

2025-04-03 04:28:20 UTC

Jfc at this rate I'm gonna be dead before The Simpsons is.

2025-04-03 02:50:45 UTC

Felt cute, might lose my shorts later.
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2025-04-03 02:15:14 UTC

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Bag o protein so big and asspensive it requires a signature for delivery 🤣

2025-04-02 04:47:13 UTC

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I have my partner set up with a pair of RØDE M5 mics for recording his piano in stereo. But those being XLR mics require an extra interface for recording. Really depends on how simple you are looking for and how much you're willing to spend.

2025-04-02 04:37:13 UTC

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I see you got some other recommendations for RØDE, and I am also a fan of their mics. While I don't have this particular model myself, I would look at their NT-USB+ mic that can plug directly into a phone for recording as long as your phone has a USB C port. If you have an older iPhone with Lightning, you'll need a different cable than what's included. The RØDE brand cable is model SC19.

2025-04-02 02:58:35 UTC

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Oh yeah, most of them all went on to do great things.

2025-04-01 22:46:09 UTC

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It's ridiculous and amazing and ahead of its time. Probably because Ryan Murphy tried to do every idea in one show, lol. It ended too soon after only 2 seasons ☹️

2025-04-01 22:23:21 UTC

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This was his very first, and his BEST show. Like, every show he's done since has just been a show based on something he did in this show.

2025-04-01 21:26:22 UTC

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2025-04-01 21:25:45 UTC

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That will be a couple of months worth.

2025-04-01 21:08:19 UTC

Just ordering $560 worth of protein powder, like ya do...

2025-04-01 17:19:25 UTC

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2025-04-01 16:58:54 UTC

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Takes one to know one.

2025-04-01 16:42:57 UTC

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Himbo.

2025-04-01 02:54:54 UTC

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I tried to conquer this by pouring the rinse aid into a liquid measuring cup, then filling the empty reservoir and seeing how much it took to fill it based on how much left the cup. Then the next time it was empty, filling up the measuring cup with only the amount of rinse aid the reservoir would hold.
And then the next time I decided it was too much fucking work and just shot that damn rinse aid straight out the bottle all over the dishwasher again.
Big Rinse Aid wins.

2025-04-01 01:59:38 UTC

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I just.... don't have the energy.

2025-04-01 00:38:46 UTC

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Maybe I need this as a tattoo across my chest.

2025-03-31 23:18:28 UTC

My Jeep was hit while I was driving to work last July by a commercial box truck (his fault) and it entirely ripped off my passenger side rear fender flare and inner fender liner, plus cracked the side of the tail light (in addition to some body damage to the rear, but nothing that impacts any functionality). Anyway, I am just now getting around to ordering parts to fix shit so I won't be driving around with a missing fender flare if that tells you how life has been going, lol.

2025-03-31 21:47:14 UTC

The only funny thing that could possibly happen tomorrow is that he actually dies and everyone thinks it's a shitty April Fool's joke but it's not.

2025-03-31 21:29:14 UTC

I accomplished one thing today. I think I'm done.

2025-03-31 21:15:44 UTC

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The roof of my mouth and its crusty sourdough bread cuts begs to differ.

2025-03-31 20:09:06 UTC

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Actually the cameras could all already detect an animal. But now maybe we can assign Brixley a name :-D

2025-03-31 20:04:07 UTC

Woohoo!! Ubiquiti released an Early Access update to the AI Port so now my other four cameras that don't have AI built in can do facial recognition and shit. Which really just means that when we aren't home, the cameras will all recognize when it's Brixley moving around instead of just a generic motion detected alert. LIVING IN THE FUTURE!!! 🤣

2025-03-31 19:53:04 UTC

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Eli will be along shortly to have your head

2025-03-31 19:24:43 UTC

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How long do you wait for it to cool because @npub18zh…jkrf makes us wait, I swear, a week*
* +/- 6 days

2025-03-31 19:06:53 UTC

Ffs it's only the end of the first quarter of this year and even with all of my hard work not paying attention I have still seen or heard the word "tariff" 32,767 times.

2025-03-31 18:02:55 UTC

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2025-03-31 16:07:05 UTC

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Same.

2025-03-31 15:21:56 UTC

"Ehhhhhhhxcuse me, I would like to inquire as to why I am currently not receiving any pets or rubs?"
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2025-03-31 04:41:00 UTC

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Time flies.

2025-03-31 02:14:23 UTC

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I *knew* I did it for you.

2025-03-31 02:12:26 UTC

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That was Eli's point!! 😁

2025-03-31 02:08:52 UTC

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Eh, just the usual throwing of panties at guys over on the skeet site.

2025-03-31 02:07:44 UTC

I see y'all talking about the inaccuracy of the size of plane that would be flying into Palm Springs, but @npub18zh…jkrf over here just recovered from a minor stroke after them having the same persimmons sitting on the dining room table for seven episodes.

2025-03-31 01:58:16 UTC

As a self-proclaimed basic white gay, it still amazes me how much other white gays will absolutely lose their shit for the most basic ever of the basic white gays.

2025-03-31 01:46:57 UTC

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It seems like we generally used "kidnapped" or "abducted" as the terms for where I am now seeing "disappeared." Someone else just mentioned that maybe the usage of disappeared has increased because of the rise of social media platforms like TikTok and censoring of certain words.
https://woof.group/@thepupdenali/114254480675994951

2025-03-31 01:42:33 UTC

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Maybe that's it! Like, of course I'm sure it has been used that way by people before, but it's common usage like that, at least among the unwashed masses in the US, feels relatively recent.

2025-03-31 01:40:45 UTC

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Yeah, this is just a comment based on my entirely US-based background.

2025-03-31 00:56:46 UTC

I don't remember hearing/seeing "disappeared" being used as a transitive verb until the last, I dunno, few years or so? Maybe it's been a bit longer because our timeline hasn't really seemed since pre-2016. But even though I know it's not incorrect, it still just short circuits my brain a little ("they disappeared her...").

2025-03-31 00:34:28 UTC

Today was 🦵🏼 day
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2025-03-30 21:00:49 UTC

Still in need of an AI that tracks people who don't put away their weights at the gym and on their way out kicks them with the cumulative force of every pound they left lying around.

2025-03-30 17:58:32 UTC

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I... don't know what you could be talking about here...

2025-03-30 05:23:46 UTC

Matt Bomer in Mid Century Modern is giving me Greg Kinnear in As Good As It Gets vibes.

2025-03-30 03:38:37 UTC

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Eli's getting a frying pan.

2025-03-30 03:34:28 UTC

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Somehow, they still do.

2025-03-30 02:37:36 UTC

Gawd Saks is just such a stupid, stupid store.

2025-03-29 23:44:49 UTC

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It works better if you just tattoo it on your forehead.

2025-03-29 23:36:19 UTC

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2025-03-29 22:47:32 UTC

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WHERE IS JOHN MASTODON TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS???

2025-03-29 21:55:13 UTC

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How I'm imagining you right now
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2025-03-29 21:02:35 UTC

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...naked, riding a tractor.

2025-03-29 18:49:18 UTC

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Seems even more odd that these things would even be legal to sell without it!

2025-03-29 18:31:28 UTC

Sigh... It bothers me that these X-Sense smoke detectors that seem like they would be a good fit for what I want are neither UL listed or ETL approved, so they haven't been tested by an independent third party. I would much rather spend more $$ to go with a brand that is ETL approved, so I guess I'm going to pre-order one of the First Alert Nest Protect replacements and see how that works. My current Nest Protects start expiring in August, the last of the five I have in use going out in October.

2025-03-29 17:43:52 UTC

#ChestDay best day yo
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2025-03-29 17:28:45 UTC

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🫂

2025-03-29 15:25:45 UTC

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It's weird because First Alert has made Z-Wave ones for yeeeeeeears, but they seem kinda shitty with false alarms and don't interconnect or have voice alerts. They have also made their proprietary OneLink smart ones that were more feature rich for years, but they never integrated with anything else. So now they are replacing OneLink with this Nest Protect replacement that also won't integrate with anything but Google Home, it seems.

2025-03-29 14:56:26 UTC

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If only Google hadn't bought Nest...
Of course, this applies to basically every company Google has ever bought

2025-03-29 14:42:45 UTC

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I don't see anything here about pancakes or waffles so I assume you must be against both.

2025-03-29 01:13:41 UTC

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Mine was the good ol' ST-251 🙂
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2025-03-29 00:54:44 UTC

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I know you're not talking to me. @npub198j…ngpx

2025-03-29 00:52:07 UTC

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Those are the Seagate Exos, right? Mine don't have a lot of space in my rack mount Synology to be able to echo, but I do hear them thunking away when I'm sitting at my desk and the nas is busy doing nas things, since it's right next to me. I actually like the sound though, so it's a bonus feature for me 😁 Reminds me a little of my first computer that had a 40 meg Seagate MFM drive. Talk about thunking!! 🤣

2025-03-29 00:43:30 UTC

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Seriously tho, since it's hard to tell from a recording, is it that loud just coming out of the case? Or does it being on a wood floor amplify it?

2025-03-29 00:38:56 UTC

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No, no. That's just...
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2025-03-29 00:36:08 UTC

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Aren't we all.

2025-03-29 00:20:34 UTC

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: Joel McHale has no business looking as good as he does.

2025-03-29 00:15:06 UTC

I know given the current state of things getting worse throughout the world that we are all riddled with anxiety and generally on edge, but fuck... the fedi has just felt extra condescending, dismissive and/or insulting lately.

2025-03-29 00:11:52 UTC

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Yeah, their feature set isn't exactly what I'm looking for anyway, so really not with pursuing.

2025-03-29 00:10:07 UTC

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They seem to be advertising themselves as a US company, but at the very bottom of the last page of the manual, Manufacturer & Service Information is a Chinese address. And they don't claim UL listing or ETL approval for this specific model, just that it meets the UL standards, not that it's been tested by UL or ETL.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0115/9223/7122/files/Manual_SC07-MR11_20241023.pdf?v=1729653993

2025-03-28 23:56:25 UTC

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Yeah, I'm trying to confirm that this specific model is UL listed or ETL approved. All I am finding is their individual smoke alarms and CO alarms are, not the combination ones. So that's concerning...

2025-03-28 23:47:10 UTC

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I have seen those, but have not found them for sale in the US. I'm not sure if they are approved here?

2025-03-28 23:39:08 UTC

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It's not for what I want. If it was I wouldn't be looking at options comparable to what I already have (Nest Protects).

2025-03-28 23:34:10 UTC

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Oh damn, I just noticed that bundle is sold out on the X-Sense site. Amazon has them for $169 right now. Booooo. But, yeah, they are battery operated and still waaaaaaay cheaper than others.

2025-03-28 23:32:34 UTC

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I have this Ecolink firefighter Zigbee thing that listens for a smoke detector and CO alarm and will give me alerts through Hubitat for that, but it has to be within a few inches of a detector to work. That's part of why I want to have interconnected ones, so they all go off and the Ecolink gets triggered. That's my worst case scenario for smart integrations.

2025-03-28 23:30:25 UTC

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Oh shit, they have a 5-detector bundle for only $149. Now I'm thinking I should just grab that.
https://www.x-sense.com/products/x-sense-sc07-mr-combo-smoke-and-co-detector?variant=46661057052912
Hubitat has nothing for these, when I searched to see if HA did, it seemed like there was some work on it, not sure of the status as I didn't go too far. I am gonna have to spin up an HA instance at some point here to work with an AC Infinity fan controller, so I do need to look into the X-Sense thing more...

2025-03-28 23:16:06 UTC

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X-Sense ones seem to be a popular brand of smart ones, but theirs are weird because they have all these different models. They have ones that are WiFi and don't require a hub, but they aren't interconnected at all. If you want ones that are interconnected (one goes off, they all go off, they have a voice that announces location), then they require a hub. The FirstAlert ones replacing Nest Protect don't need a hub, but they're also $129 each and X-Sense sells 3+the hub for that price

2025-03-28 22:03:13 UTC

Ugh. I don't want WiFi smoke detectors. I don't want smoke detectors that require a separate hub. I want Zigbee or Z-Wave smoke detectors that can talk to each other and that also don't false alarm or generally act stupid as fuck. Such a thing does not seem to exist. So am I going to be stuck with these new First Alert overpriced WiFi ones, or the cheaper X-Sense that do WiFi but through their own hub? Each of which will require me to have another app on my phone. So stupid.