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tuffy
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When I switched to cloth, I started out using a regular wash cycle. Over time, I noticed I would get an ammonia smell within an hour or two of wearing them along with diaper rash. Fortunately, @oznl and @Little Sherri were discussing that very issue at the time. I wasn't able to get my wash temp up to 60C, unfortunately. There's about 30 feet of PEX from the hot water heater to the washer, plus the washer is a huge heat sink. The solution was to crank our dryer temp up to 60C (measured at the exhaust vent) instead.
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1 hour ago, Little BabyDoll Christine said:
Thank you. Since I do not know what I am talking about here. I take every term literally and as it is presented
No problem 😀
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14 hours ago, Little BabyDoll Christine said:
If I do that. they may thing a ciert is a breath mint from the 1970's and wonder what I am tlaking aobut
<rolls eyes> I never know when to take you seriously. You can call it an SSL certificate if you like.
Also, it goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway. I'm assuming you have your own web based administrator interface to your site, so make sure you've changed your password and be sure it isn't simple or short. I use 32 random letters, numbers & symbols these days, though my security friends say I'm too trusting. And one other thing, if they support 2 factor authentication, enable that too.
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Assume this is just a configuration error. Tell them that there seems to be a cert installed that doesn't match your domain name. When that is fixed, check your content and see if you can see any of the thumbnail stuff and delete it.
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Yes, just last week I setup 7 hosts on the same let's encrypt cert for IIS. Not a pleasant experience, but finally got it working.
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You can't load http://sandralyn.net/fastnav2.html with https because the server it runs on has been told to use a cert for www.hardcorenenas.com instead. Since the "common name" on the cert doesn't match sandralyn.net the browser will warn you that the cert doesn't match the URL. If you just go to http://sandralyn.net/ you'll get hardcorenenas.com pages instead.
Checking the IP addresses:
$ host sandralyn.net
sandralyn.net has address 89.185.228.63
$ host hardcorenenas.com
hardcorenenas.com has address 89.185.228.63
tells me the we're dealing with the same virtual web server.So, either your account on the virtual server itself has been hacked to insert a bogus cert and content OR the administrator for the server screwed something up and got your account mixed up with hardcorenenas.com instead.
Either way, you should contact your hosting provider for help.
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I had add 2FA to Roundcube for a project a few years ago. By itself, not so bad, but adding a 3rd party app for Windows desktop integration required using tokens for 2FA to work. I feel your pain!
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3 hours ago, foreverdl said:
I can't imagine having electric that cheap. We have a 3 tier level, and our low level is >33 cents a KWH. It has doubled here in the past 5 yrs, from about .16. cents. I have not done much math but I figured it's cheaper to do the disposable and put a cloth layer inside against my skin, that way I only have to wash that stuff 2 times a week. In the summer time I will hang out to dry, but the price of natural gas keeps going up also. The cost of mountain living..............
I do live in the oil patch, so that helps on the energy prices. There's a lot of oil and gas production here and most of the electricity is made from natural gas. Sadly, not much in the way of mountains though. For a long time my brother kept trying to convince me to move to the Denver area, but I kept telling him I didn't want to lower my standard of living.
1 hour ago, Little BabyDoll Christine said:It seems to me about the only way you could gain more savings is if you made the diapers yourself. There is a section in RUBBER PANTIES'R'US that leads t a site about making your own. I think mine cost about $8 to make in 2009. DIY'ing, for those who can, yields tremndous saving of initial costs
I do plan to make my own for the next batch whenever the Kins start to wear out. I'm not overly fond of flannel when the nap begins to wear off. I do like the hourglass design with the elastics in the legs and back. That seems to fit my fat ass better than using a large flat or a prefold. I'm also not fond of the thickness of whats available today. I'd rather stack up extra layers so they dry faster. When I get to that point, I'll start another thread about the construction. In the mean time, as I collect more data on washing, I'll update this thread.
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4 hours ago, Little BabyDoll Christine said:
Do not forget the panties, they have to be cleaned to. The most significant cost is the purchase costs, which is why you want to use good quality items since the more uses you get from the diapers and panties, the further down the total cost is amortized. Let's say you pay $30 for the diaper, you get 50 uses out of it, that makes the cost .12 x 50 + 30 / 50. Now, let's say you get 100 uses, That becomes .12 x 100 +30/100.Another way you could affect the cost is if you added to the number of diapers per load, instead of 10, you could wash 20 per load, the cost per diaper would go down to maybe 9 cents
Ok, I'll dig through my purchase history at Kins and NorthShore to see what I was actually spending. I started buying the Kins diapers in the fall of 2018. They were $34 each and I ended up buying 12 over the course of the next couple of years. I also bought 4 of their waterproof pants for $25 each and some boosters at $16 each. I wash the pants, boosters and the washcloths I use for wipes with the diapers at no extra cost. The pants I hang up to dry, the boosters and wash cloths get dried with everything else.
Looks like the total cost over time was around $600. That replaces (really phased out) a combination of NorthShore Supreme and Supreme Lite I was using and given that I'm not 24x7 I was spending about $150/month. Switching to cloth, my break even point was about 4 months, not 2. As I ramped up my cloth usage, I cut back on disposables. After 6 years, I'm still using the same diapers and waterproof pants.
Ok, let's estimate the number of washes the Kins diapers have been through. I'm not 24x7, but more like 35% to 50% depending on my workload, so let's assume 40%. I normally wear 5 a day and I've been using them for about 5 years. So 365 * 5 * 5 * 40% is 3650 diapers I haven't sent to a landfill. Divide that by my stock of 12 and you get a little over 300 times each diaper has been washed. They are still in fine shape. While I'd like to replace the hook and loops with something better, they still work fine (and I'm still looking for that better solution).
PS: Let's not forget about the waterproof pants. I normally use 2 at a time alternating them while the other 2 are in the wash. So someone correct me if I'm wrong, that's the same as having a 4 day rotation where each pair is in use 25% of the time. That gives us 365 * 5 & 40% / 4 which is 180 or so washes.
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6 hours ago, rusty pins said:
Wish I lived where your electricity, water, gas and soap are that low cost! .85 to wash and dry a load of laundry seems extremely cheap to me.
Well, I looked up the rates on the utility web sites last night at 1am last night, so of course I got it wrong. This morning I pulled my most recent invoices and found I was off by about 1/3. So the cost goes up to $1.20 per load and 12 cents a diaper which doesn't really change my calculus. I'll update the original post to reflect the correct numbers.
Edit: You can buy the detergent from Amazon at 15 cents a load here. We get ours at the local grocery store for about $8.50 though I'm always looking for a better deal.
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I've wanted to figure out the actual laundry costs for quite a while, so I've been collecting some numbers here and there and finally have enough to build a vague picture.
So, first the diapers. I'm using the Babykins hook and loop diaper, 3 during the day and 2 at night along with a couple of boosters.
I'm using a Whirlpool Duet washer/dryer combo circa 2004. The water consumption is where I'm making an educated guess because reading our water meter before and after isn't practical at the moment. The gas consumption, I got off our meter, but those things aren't designed to give you the granularity necessary, so there is some guess work there as well. The electricity I measured with a Kill-A-Watt device.
When I'm wearing, I do laundry every other day, but each morning, I run the previous days diapers through the rinse & spin cycle and hang them up to dry. From what I can tell from the instructions that came with the washer, it uses about 8 gallons each time it fills up the tub. I also use the extra rinse during the wash, so that's about 40 gallons of water.
According to the Kill-A-Watt, running 2 rinse & spin cycles, 1 wash and 1 dry, we use about 0.51 KWH of electricity and my best guess on the gas meter is we're using about 1/8 an MCF of natural gas. The only way to know exactly, is to put a camera on the meter and count the number of times the 2 cubic feet dial spins around and I haven't done that yet.
Our electricity costs around 9.599 cents per KWH, the water costs $6.69 per thousand gallons and the natural gas costs about $5.918 per MCF. Oh, and the detergent costs about 15 cents per load.
Here's the totals:
- Electricity: 0.51 * .09599 = $0.05
- Water: 40 * 6.69 / 1000 = $0.27
- Gas: 125 * 5.918 / 1000 = $0.74
- Soap: $0.15
- Total: $1.20
The amount I spent on the cloth diapers, inserts and water proof pants back in 2018 was comparable to what I would have spent for 2 months of 24x7 use of disposables back then. Given that my ongoing cost is around 12 cents per diaper, I think I'll stick with cloth.
Now for the elephant in the room... labor. The whole wash/dry/put away process is about 2 1/2 hours long though my involvement is about a half hour of loading, transferring, unloading and putting away every other day. While the washer and dryer are running, I'm doing other things, but I have to be at home for that and that's a trade off I'm willing to make. If I had a 9 to 5 job away from home, I'd probably opt to keep using disposables.
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To answer the OP, I've never had any issues with my disposables being discovered in the trash. Where I live, we use rather large wheelie bins for our trash and I always put my disposables in large black trash bags.
On 3/13/2024 at 8:31 PM, Little BabyDoll Christine said:At $3 a load. It depends what the load size is
Since I've switched to cloth, I've been curious about my laundry costs for quite a while, so I've been collecting some data, though some is just an educated guess. I'll post more detailed breakdown in the Cloth Diaper section, but my costs are somewhere around $1.20 a load for 10 diapers (Babykins 10500) plus a few added inserts. That includes the electricity, water, natural gas and detergent and is about what I use in 2 days. So, my individual diaper cost is about 12 cents each. I've had the current batch of diapers since 2018 and they cost about $25 each. I haven't replaced the velcro yet, but I will soon and I'm still using the same 4 pairs of water proof pants (Babykins 10300NT) I bought at the same time.
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6 hours ago, Anton said:
Does anyone have specific information on making your own diapers and plastic pants? I have many cloth diapers and assorted pants, but only a few are exactly what I want or need. I am contemplating moving to mostly cloth diapers at night, as well as during the day on the weekends and when I know I can work from home all day. I am looking for patterns for pin on non-contoured diapers and a good long lasting plastic or rubber pant. If there is a thread that discusses this, I apologize. If such a thread exists, can someone point me towards that?
Non-contoured diapers are pretty simple as @ValentinesStuff mentioned. You can add extra layers in the middle or not. For basic sewing skills, look for videos on youtube about making baby diapers and scale them up. The plastic pants are a little more tricky and I'd suggest you use one you already have that fits well and take it apart. You can use that as a pattern to make your own. Youtube is your friend for this also. Most of what's available is for PUL fabric, but you can do the same thing with other waterproof type stuff as well.
I've converted to cloth for most of the time, but I prefer the contoured diapers. I'm working on a design to make my own and when I have something that works, I'll post a message about the results. Unfortunately, I have several projects in front of this one, so it could be a while before I can spend some time on it.
In the meantime, here's some links I've run across in my research for flats and prefold:
- Babykins has flat prefold diapers
- AdultClothDiaper.com has a selection of LeakMaster prefold and flat diapers.
- Angel Fluff has a wide selection of prefold in flannel and gauze as well as birdseye flats
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1 hour ago, kailialight1988 said:
My husband and I both wear while in the bed room and we both have fun while doing this. However we have been wanting to concieve a baby. And well not everything can stay in the diaper. We have the problem of only being able to climax while wearing and that poses a barrier problem. We have tried to climax with out a diaper an it doesn't work. So I was wondering if this is a common issue? If there is a solution? Any advice would be welcome please.
If he can't climax inside you, put a condom on him. Afterwards, whip out the turkey baster and squirt where it needs to go.
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39 minutes ago, Zguy40 said:
KINS? by chance, would you have a link?
Here you go:
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I've run into this as well. Here's a good explanation of the problem and how to deal with it:
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Escargot is delicious! 😁
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BTW, tar supports -j or --bzip2 to pipe everything through bzip2 automatically.
I tried using bzip2 instead of gzip (-z or --gzip) many years ago but didn't like how much longer it took. I run backups every night through cron and having a faster backup at the cost of more disk space was worth it in my environment, so I went back to gzip.
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2 hours ago, Little Sherri said:
The bathroom fan is not commercial grade...
Perhaps it should be, but then that might make the urges worse 😁
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I upgraded my main web server to Debian 12 Bookworm last August without any problems. WordPress works fine for me using php 8.2, though they are rather vanilla sites. PHP 7.4 had been out of support since November of '22 and it was starting to be a concern for me. I don't like having unsupported software on a public facing server.
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I know in my area (southwest US) that MSPs will snap up anyone that knows how to configure and troubleshoot a firewall. The main thing is that you show up for work and fix stuff. As @oznlsaid, you'll have to do your share of front line support as well, at least until you prove yourself. Cultivate a passion for solving problems and don't give up.
If the market in your area is anything like where I am, you won't have any trouble finding IT work. Stay there for at least a year before you start looking elsewhere, but take it one day at a time. Save your money, maybe pay your parents some rent.
If you're looking for friends, check out meetup.com for things that interest you. If you're not sure where to start, find a group that focuses on network security. They're a great resource to learn from those with more experience and enhance your skills by teaching those with less then you have. You can also keep track of the job market that way. If you just want social interaction, find a local Littles munch to attend. Making friends is just a matter of getting to know someone and being kind. Take an interest in what they enjoy, especially if you feel the same way.
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21 hours ago, ~Brian~ said:
Yes, I have used the wp-cli, but this one is strange. It has a name of wp-cli.phar, and instructions say to put it in your path after chmod u+x ing the executable, but it does not seem to work, without adding 'sudo php wp-cli.phar', which gives you info including the version of the wp-cli, and I can now check version info by checking against the config files
The idea is to move it to /usr/local/bin/wp once you've verified it works. I've never been a fan of their install process. I much prefer using stuff from repositories so the updates run smoothly.
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6 hours ago, wetbedmo said:
electronic vacuum tubes, only thing is they are still made for audio output.
When our TV quit working, we'd open up the back, pull all the tubes out and put them in a shoe box. We'd then head to the grocery store where there was a tester in the entry way. After testing all the tubes, we'd take the bad ones up to the counter where you cashed checks for the replacements.
4 hours ago, Little BabyDoll Christine said:Fireball XL-5 was from 1963-4 around here (syndicated in the US) and the theme soung was cool
I remember being heartbroken when it disappeared from the schedule. I guess I was about 6 at the time.
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I'm glad that bug didn't trip up any of my WP stuff.
Have you tried using WordPress CLI? I use it in a bash script that runs from cron every night to install updates. Yes, about once a year the update breaks a website. When that happens, I get an email from the script telling me that something went wrong. Just a minor inconvenience to make sure there aren't any known security holes that haven't been patched.
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My wife always asks "do we have to keep all this old equipment?" and I usually respond with "that's the solution to countless problems I haven't encountered yet".