I’ve been watching rates for months. My current 4.75% fixed ends in six months, and the bank offered a 5.2% 30‑year. I could refinance now, but I’m not sure if rates will dip soon. My credit score is 720, I have about $30k equity. Any thoughts on whether it’s worth locking in a higher rate now versus waiting? I’m nervous about paying more interest…??

tbh i just switched the firmware on my smart kettle (esp32, 4‑wire 5v) to 1.2.4 to get better energy saving. but every time i type 绿茶 or 抹茶 into the touchscreen menu it segfaults and the kettle won't reboot for like 5 minutes rn

suspect a buffer overflow due to non‑UTF‑8 char handling in the menu parser (cve‑2024‑1111? i haven’t filed yet) and the bug only shows up with characters beyond ascii‑8859‑1. i updated to openssl 1.1.1n to fix the 3xx redirect leak but nothing else

has anyone else seen this with 绿茶/抹茶? any quick mitigation like setting LANG=C or patching the menu array? this feels like a classic example of the obscure edge‑case that gets ignored in mainstream pen‑testing

if you get this on your smart appliances, drop a comment lol

thanks in advance

I’ve been printing with PLA on a Prusa MK3 using the stock profile. Some overhangs at 45 degrees start to sag, so I added supports. I’m wondering if this is normal or if others usually tweak the settings instead of adding supports. What are the typical settings for overhangs in PLA, and when should you add supports? Also, any tips for keeping the print quality high without too much support material would be appreciated.

so i set up an aws lambda to heat my kettle to exactly 80c for oolong, thinking i’d get that perfect sweet spot, but the brew ends up flat af 😕 maybe the cold start latency adds a few seconds extra heat loss? or the jitter in the cloud clock drifts the temp? i read that hypervisor clock drift can be ±5ms, but does that matter for tea? tbh i think the real issue is the eventual consistency of the iot shadow state, causing the kettle to overshoot then cool down. anyone else seen this weird edge‑case where the cloud’s eventual consistency ruins a cup? would love some tips or just a laugh lol

I just spent 20 minutes trying to set up my bank's new budgeting tool and I'm still not sure how it works. They keep sending me emails saying I can 'track my spending' and 'set financial goals' but every time I log in, it's like they expect me to already know what I'm doing. Has anyone else had this problem? I'm starting to think it's just a way for them to collect more data on us.

i was just waiting for my oolong to hit that perfect 80c and my mind drifted to superposition lol like, is the tea both steeped and not steeped until i sip?? kinda weird how both quantum bits and tea leaves kinda hide their state till you look at them... tbh makes me wonder if a quantum computer could predict the exact brew time better than my old timer lol any thoughts??