What are /r/Longmont's favorite Products & Services?

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I ID'd a pump in Niwot using this, and turned the info over to the Sheriff.

Always check for seals on the pumps, but that only covers perhaps 25% of recent theft mechanisms.

The whole thing ended up in a standoff on Wetterhorn Way (a couple of streets over from Collyer.) There was a post on Nextdoor about it. (Maybe not a stand-off really, but it does look like everyone from the Longmont PD was there.)

Ah yes, I used to commute this everyday and seeing people do this always inspired some sort of "what do you really gain from doing that?" thought process. My conclusion is that way too many people have very long commutes and become impatient enough that this small gain in time is worth the risk. I now live close enough to my work that I can bike every day and my stress level has gone down enormously because of not dealing with situations with this. tldr: cool story bro MAP OF SAID INTERSECTION

I for one have generally great reception with T-Mobile in Longmont and Boulder. Your own experience can vary greatly by location and by the type of service you get -- if you've a newer phone, you can benefit from 4G service, but older phones may only get 3G.

There are some neat user-generated coverage maps at opensignal.com (I have no connection to the site, only just found it by the google just now) that at least seems to reflect your poor experience with AT&T near 9th and Main:

AT&T Longmont coverage: https://opensignal.com/networks/usa/at&t-coverage?z=13&minLat=40.134&maxLat=40.213&minLng=-105.203&maxLng=-105.025&s=&t=2-3-4&id=31012

T-Mobile Longmont coverage: https://opensignal.com/networks?z=12&minLat=40.090&maxLat=40.248&minLng=-105.273&maxLng=-104.916&s=31011&t=2-3-4

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Me too! But not a novel. My huge, 2-volume book on Li-ion batteries was published a couple of months ago: V1 and V2.

It is (very slightly) off the beaten path, but if you have a microscope with 400x, and a cheap stain kit like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Methylene-Solutions-Dropper-Bottles-Microscopy/dp/B01NBU626D

...you can do this easily.

Cheaper kits with eosin only also do the trick. You can perform the test yourself quickly. You can also do counts with an appropriate objective reticule, but you are interested in sterility, so it is unnecessary.

View the sample before staining for motility and morphlogy if interested, otherwise, just go for the staining for the absolute count. Most have zero after 12 weeks, and 16 weeks is the usual window where you should see zero swimmers or you should suspect a failed procedure.

The home tests are not generally effective at determining zero swimmers and really should not be relied upon to determine sterility.

We happen to do motility, morphology, and count projectsevery few weeks on the farm for IVF and other purposes, and it is not hard to do even on the first (and perhaps the last for you) try. It's a low-skill activity. A lot of people on the ag side of things have verified their own vasectomies.

You apparently have a neighbor that is suffering through such a miserable period in their life, and they call the City in a desperate plea to exert power over at least someone else's life after they have totally lost control of their own.

Your weeds might actually be their mental lifeline to avoid a total breakdown.

Here is a way you can thank them, dispersed liberally in their yard. Anonymous acts of kindness feel the bestest.

https://www.amazon.com/Prickly-Lettuce-Lactuca-serriola-Medicinal/dp/B08HVX5NCC

I'm not seeing any crepe place recommendations and haven't found any myself--if you like cooking, the Cheese Importers at 1st and main had this crepe pan for sale a while back for a similar price (probably still do) and properly seasoned, it makes awwwwwwwwesome crepes and egg scrambles.

(Still going to keep my eyes peeled for a crepe restaurant but thought you might like a backup...)

I use this and it seems to ward them off well enough, Murphy's Natural

Yep, noticed the same issue with Nextlight and Reddit a couple of weeks ago!

As others have already said, switching your DNS servers will fix the issue.

I switched to Cloudflares free DNS server (1.1.1.1) and the problem went away immediately https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-1.1.1.1/

We started at south and moved to north after we moved. I was happy with both. They also have a groupon. Wait for a 20% sale on the groupon site (unless your dog is due for a visit ASAP) and it makes for a good deal on a checkup at a good veterinary office.

Used this post on next door and it helped! There’s also a cheer map on Nextdoor where people can say if they have decorations up or not.

https://nextdoor.com/p/KGGX5kMWpKpQ?utm_source=share&init_source=copy_link_share

Oh, it's a hyper local website for communities. https://nextdoor.com

It's great for getting this type of recommendation, selling and buying stuff, and generally seeing how crazy your neighbors about things.

These are easily refilled. Nobody needs to be throwing them out. It's a total waste to do so.

https://www.amazon.com/DOZYANT-Regulator-Propane-Adapter-Cylinder/dp/B00VVNGW5C

This will refill the cylinders to about 70% of the original volume in the heat of summer, or a little more than original in the cold of winter that the original was filled to. It takes just a few minutes per cylinder using your grill tank, and inverting the cylinder to fill.

I've been re-using the same cylinders for a decade, with many dozens of refills in each cylinder.

I reached out to nextlight and this was their response

> I checked with our network team, and they are aware of the situation. In order to keep traffic balanced on the NextLight network, we use a number of different exit paths, including this one – it may look a little funny, but it’s part of how we make sure that everyone can have a good experience on our network. I appreciate your reaching out to us!

I can actually reduce my ping time to my office in NC by connecting to NordVPN first. That brings it from about 92ms to 55ms, though i'm not sure I really want to VPN over another VPN

So there's a few options, but there's not really a simple/cheap solution that I know of. The first is to deal with slow wifi and maybe use LTE when it gets real bad. The second is to move the router somewhere. Like run a cat6 cable somewhere more central and put the router there. You'll get better wifi everywhere that way - but if you take away the hard line to your gaming setups you'll lose speed there.

There's a thing called a wifi extender - I tried one once and thought it was basically useless. I'd avoid that.

If you're willing to spend some money, it sounds like there's a thing called "wireless mesh." If I'm honest, I don't know everything about them, but I think you can get some good results from them if you're willing to spend some money. I don't claim that any of these are great, but I've considered them in the past - and would be considering them now if I hadn't just bought a car...

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I'd just DIY it personally w/ a $50 fender roller from Amazon.

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I have this one way up in a corner in my living room. I get: CW, CBS, PBS, NBC, some other version of NBC (channel 20?), Fox, and Ion, plus a few random channels, mainly ones that broadcast in Spanish. I don't watch ABC anyway but all the others work great, weather permitting.

I recommend an 802.11AC router, so you can actually take advantage of the 1gbps connection over wireless somewhat.

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Nighthawk-Gigabit-Support-Compatible/dp/B00F0DD0I6

I often refer the Netgear Nighthawk to friends, very consistent, works great. I've been using it for the past 2 years, doesn't have any issues. Older models usually have more support and all the bugs worked out/updated by now too. It's easy to setup.

It depends on what you are doing though... are you a technical person? Do you have a home server that you want to utilize? Are you going to use Power of Ethernet? etc...

If you just want something that works and doesn't need a whole lot of headache, just get the Nighthawk.