Automation / How efficiency / Solar Power / Tech

How Long to Break Even With a Tesla Powerwall Battery by Charging During Off Peak Hours?

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The thought experiment: Is it possible to save money eventually by charging the power wall during off peak hours and power your house with the power walls during on peak …

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Apple / How to / How Tos / IOS

Apple iPhone Battery – How to Get it Replaced

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How to Determine If Your Battery Needs to be Replaced On IOS device, go to Settings > Battery If your battery really needs to be replaced, the “battery health” will …

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cooking / General / How to / How Tos / Random

Best Way to Peel an Egg

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After you have made the perfect hard boiled eggs…Best Way to Make Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs You might want to know the best way to peel them quickly and where …

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cooking / General / How to / How Tos / Random

Best Way to Make Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

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There are a lot of different way to boil eggs. This is the most successful, easy and consistent method I have found. By following these directions the egg should peel …

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Apple / How to / How Tos / kids / Tech

How to Create an Apple ID Account for Your Child

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Should I Create an Apple ID Account for My Child? What is Apple ID for your child? Children under the age of 13 cannot create their own Apple ID. In …

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How to

Most Common Issue With Broken Yard Inflatable

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In my experience with yard inflatables is that after a very wet period of time, some inflatables just do not want to inflate again. After much troubleshooting, the most common …

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How to / How Tos / Programming / python / security

Python Generate Secure Password

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Requirements How to come up with a randomly generated password or key is a common problem or challenge when programming, or just in security. On top of just randomly generating …

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How to / How Tos / Linux How Tos / security

Linux SOCKS Proxy for SSH

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How To Setup In one SSH session run: ssh -N -D 7080 username@server.foo.com If you SSH to localhost (IP Address 127.0.0.1) on port 7080, this command forwards that port/request to …

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API / Automation / encryption / How Tos / Linux How Tos / Programming / python / security

Installing Thycotic SDK Client TSS on Linux

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What is Thycotic TSS? The SDK CLI application allows the host to retrieve following after initialization without the need of storing any passwords locally on the host. Tokens Secrets Secret …

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API / Automation / Open source / Programming / python / REST

Thycotic Python REST API – Create New Secret

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Required Python Modules Python version 2.7.10 is not exactly required, but it is the version being used. requests==2.20.0 python==2.7.10 Variables or Data Needed Before Running thycoticUsername Thycotic admin username that …

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