patrick_j

I work for a company of about 160 people, and we are currently going through the process of being purchased by a larger company. Leaving out specifics, they are a competitor for one of our product lines, but it appears they are purchasing us in order to add a separate product line to their offerings.

At first, I thought this could be a good opportunity. It's not simply a competitor buying out the competition. My knowledge of our processes and systems would be valuable in integrating ours with theirs.

I'm specifically the admin for our extremely complex CRM platform and all the functions therein, where pretty much all our business activity is recorded.

But earlier this week I found out th

Have been out of the detailing world for about 10 years, and I'm trying to get caught up with the latest on paint protection. When I left the hobby, detailers could choose between wax, a pro-installed ceramic coating, or paint protection film. Now there are DIY coatings and products that go down similar to a wax but claim to have 'ceramic' properties.

The DIY ceramic coatings seem like the way to go. At least that's what I thought until I saw a post recently saying that when they eventually fail, they need to be abrasively removed from the paint using polish before a new coating can be installed. That's kind of a deal breaker for me if true. I like long-lasting protection, but I also plan t

I’m planning a lighting system for a display cabinet, and I’d like to have LED strip lighting turn on and off on a schedule I set, with the lighting color and temperature in kelvin stay the same every time with no manual intervention from me whatsoever.

My current idea is to use a smart outlet to have them automatically turn off and on based on a schedule I set. I’m looking for a controller that that can store the lighting color/temp I select and automatically return to that setting once the smart outlet supplies current to the power supply and in turn to the controller.

The smart outlet seems like the simplest solution, but I’m having a hard time picking a controller, as most seem to have

Just like everyone else, we got our property tax assessment, and I’m looking for every possible avenue for protesting - but I’m not a home inspector. We don’t have any massive or obvious problems, but I’m certain there have to be some things that aren’t 100% up to snuff.

I guess I could find a DIY home inspection sheet online somewhere? Anyone have better resources?

I have a gigantic rose bush on the side of my house. It was planted by the previous owners of the house and I have honestly neglected it except for a big trim last summer.

The picture below was taken after I cut away roughly 75% of the branches and strapped the largest stem to the side of the house with some string. Before trimming, it was so overgrown and top heavy that it was all but laying down on the ground and blocking the neighbor's from accessing their trash cans. Some of the branches I removed were probably 8 feet long with no leaves or flowers at all for the first 5 feet. It still would be almost horizontal if I hadn't tied it to the house.

So in short, it has gotten way too tall

I've spotted some suspicious white spots near the baseboards in a couple rooms of my house in San Antonio Tx. I initially saw them around 10 days ago. I got a mold test kit from Lowes, took a sample and sent it off to the manufacturer's mold testing lab. Results came back today. The mold is Penicillium, Cladosporium and Aspergillus - all of which are common molds present in the air.

I would certainly expect to encounter these mold spores in the air - both outdoors and to a lesser extent indoors. But I don't expect to find them growing on my floors. I'm stumped on why this is happening.

I have a smart thermostat that monitors humidity, and it alerts me when humidity gets above 70% inside. I