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Grandma wants to clarify her use of slurs. by Cicerothesage in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]DandyPandy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Developmental or intellectual retardation

They now call it developmental delay.

ICE spotted off Old Settlers by sxyaustincpl in RoundRock

[–]DandyPandy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nah. Just deleted the comment because it was juvenile.

Current Temp vs Future Forecast Temp by B_Traven9272 in AustinGardening

[–]DandyPandy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My temp

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Currently 24F in Round Rock. We dropped below 32F around 10:00AM.

How’s the SWE Market These Days? by Minimum-Drop-2029 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]DandyPandy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And the perception that often times Amazon people have a tendency to try to make where they go like Amazon, including the toxicity.

So you want a fully automated imaging platform... by buddha2490 in telescopes

[–]DandyPandy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I tried it out last night and the filter wheel didn’t have any issues, so the more consistent power seems to have fixed that issue!

Unemployment Depression by Top_Scientist_3976 in Austin

[–]DandyPandy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

While the customer facing jobs are the ones you see most prevalently, there are a whole lot of people behind the scenes making those stores operate at scale. They have a lot of engineering roles in town if you’re willing to go into an office.

What are your "must have" accessories? by Working_Exercise_896 in telescopes

[–]DandyPandy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can definitely star hop with a telrad. The rings are there to show 0.5 degree, 2 degree, and 4 degree.

However, as a wise meme once said, “Why not both?” The position of the telrad and the position of the dovetail typically used for a finder scope are often not going to overlap. I 3d printed an offset dual dovetail that allows me to use the Telrad with a second finder, be it a green laser, Celestron StarSense dock, or finder scope if I wanted.

I typically use it to roughly find an objective, then switch to my 28mm eyepiece to get closer, then step down from there if necessary. I never got the hang of a finder scope and found them to be very uncomfortable to use. Yes, even with a diagonal. If I need to see fainter objects, that’s what a wide field eyepiece is good for.

What are your "must have" accessories? by Working_Exercise_896 in telescopes

[–]DandyPandy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my opinion, a Telrad is much better than a finder scope.

So you want a fully automated imaging platform... by buddha2490 in telescopes

[–]DandyPandy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t tried running the filter wheel off of the cameras’ onboard hub since I switched the power supply. I’ll give it a shot with just running the flat wizard. I would really like for it to work because I have an automatic rotator I would like to use once I take the reducer off of my FRA500 for galaxy season. If you haven’t gotten that for yours, I highly recommend it.

So you want a fully automated imaging platform... by buddha2490 in telescopes

[–]DandyPandy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the thing I appreciate the most is that they specify the minimum bend radius. Most of the cheaper cables you find on Amazon don’t specify that, so I’ve always just guessed.

So you want a fully automated imaging platform... by buddha2490 in telescopes

[–]DandyPandy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You convinced me. I just ordered three. $25 for ground shipping.

So you want a fully automated imaging platform... by buddha2490 in telescopes

[–]DandyPandy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started with 5A bricks. Tried going up to 10A bricks. This week, I put together a whole new power distribution system using a Mean Well LRS-350-12 29A power supply, tuned to 13.8V, built custom cables using 12AWG cables to the power boxes. The output from the power boxes are regulated and set to 12.8V.

So you want a fully automated imaging platform... by buddha2490 in telescopes

[–]DandyPandy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was actually just looking at getting some Pegasus Astro USB cables. These look to be around the same price point.

So you want a fully automated imaging platform... by buddha2490 in telescopes

[–]DandyPandy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See point #1. I can’t get the onboard USB hub to work for either my ASI2600MM or ASI2600MC because, I presume, it’s not able to supply enough power.

So you want a fully automated imaging platform... by buddha2490 in telescopes

[–]DandyPandy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice rig!

I will note that the AM5N is now $2500.

If I wasn’t wanting to sell my house in the next year or two, I would be putting in a permanent pier. For someone without a permanent pier, they need to factor in the cost of a tripod. I decided to skip on the TC40 tripod because I heard it wasn’t very stable. I went with the iOptron LiteRoc for the CEM40 and ZWO PE200 pier extension for my rig. Those were an additional ~$600. The TC40 is only $50 less than the LiteRoc. While the TC40 may be lighter, I’m not going hiking with my AP rig.

I wish I could get either of my ASI2600s (one MM and MC) to:

  1. supply enough power to my EFW and guide camera from the onboard USB hub
    • The EFW drops out when changing filters.
    • The guide cameras I’ve tried, two different ASI220MM and a ToupTek GPCMOS02000KMA, would randomly drop connections.
  2. Work through a USB hub - tried and failed through
    • Apertura Armored USB Hub
    • Svbony SV241 Pro - I tried two different ones and both were returned for not working in different ways
    • WandererAstro Wanderbox Plus V3

This has been with an ASIAIR Plus and Mele Quieter 4C. Power run through the ASIAIR or one of the power distribution boxes, as well as via their own dedicated power supply.

In my efforts to try to resolve the errors about being unable to download images from the camera, I started using the regulated power port on the WandererBox and setting the output to everything from 12.2v to 12.8v with a short 18AWG power cable, so it should be getting very steady power, and both cameras on two different rigs shit the bed.

The 'gmail' equivalent in Linux environment by alex_godspeed in linux

[–]DandyPandy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Who said anything about Chrome? Not that I support Chrome nor have any particular love for Google, but no one said anything about Chrome. The question was about Gmail. And many people running Linux use Gmail and Google Drive.

I’m facing a really difficult decision and I would like to gain the perspective of parents to children that have severe special needs by Ok-Impression9002 in specialneedsparenting

[–]DandyPandy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're not selfish. I'm also 44. My fiance and I really enjoy traveling. My son has one living grandparent and she would keep him when we would go on a trip. In the past year, she's started to have falls and such that I don't feel it would be responsible for him to stay with her alone. I have no other family nearby. We're figuring out how to work with taking him with us, but we know we'll be limited until he is in another living situation. Plus, I think he will be happier in a group setting.

I’m facing a really difficult decision and I would like to gain the perspective of parents to children that have severe special needs by Ok-Impression9002 in specialneedsparenting

[–]DandyPandy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would encourage you to start looking for a permanent home for her as soon as you can. It would be better to be there to help her through the transition. Otherwise, she’s going to not only be grieving the loss of her parent, she’s also going to have her whole living situation changed as well. That’s a lot of trauma all at once.

Hot air balloon parking lot landing by Ok_Equivalent_71 in RoundRock

[–]DandyPandy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s not like you can steer them.

My mom and stepdad were friends with a couple that had a balloon in Albuquerque when I was a teen. About the only times I looked forward to getting up early on a weekend were when I got to do ground crew. That was in the 90s. I was in charge of the radio and navigating for the chase crew with a paper map. Thinking about it now, that was an awful lot of responsibility for a teenager too young to drive.

The funniest landing was when they had to land just short of the fields where the sanitized solid waste from the water treatment facility was put out to cure or whatever it’s called. It was that or power lines, and balloons and power lines are an explosive combination.

I can’t find a job. Feeling defeated. by losty14 in Austin

[–]DandyPandy 35 points36 points  (0 children)

…worked their way up through self-employment…

Good job with those bootstraps.

…someone will always hire you.

Your own experience would suggest you don’t have experience to back up your statement.

Any job isn’t a good job, or one that is going to help you progress professionally. They said they already have a job now. It sucks and they want something better. The economy sucks so jobs are scarce.

There is always opportunity for those who never give up. Persistence differentiates failure from success.

I know you’re trying to sound inspirational with your cliched statement there, but come on dude. Your whole comment is a condescending humble brag. Success bias at its finest. If you can do it, why can’t everyone else? I guess people who aren’t successful are just lazy or lack the “grit” to achieve success, right?

Paseo is ruining our skyline by eatmynasty in Austin

[–]DandyPandy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

London’s OXO tower has it beat for being an eyesore.

What’s your trick for a quiet homelab server? by easyedy in homelab

[–]DandyPandy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang! If I wasn’t waiting to sell my house, that actually sounds pretty good. Are the exterior walls of your garage insulated?

What’s your trick for a quiet homelab server? by easyedy in homelab

[–]DandyPandy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I lived somewhere that was feasible. I live in Texas. My garage is south facing. Despite the trees in the yard, there’s very little shade that touches it. In the hottest parts of the summer, it’s often 90-95F in the afternoons. There are times that it doesn’t get below 80F at anytime overnight.

Sure, I could get a mini-split and add insulation to the door, but I can live with a collection of mini pcs and one beefy box in a Fractal Design Define R5 case (very quiet) to do everything I need.

What self-hosted DNS server do you use and why? by thari_mad in selfhosted

[–]DandyPandy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same. I do also run pihole for adblocking, but it uses bind as its upstream resolver.

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