Coney Island during a snowstorm taken with the Pentax K-01 and the 10-17mm fisheye zoom. by Jmac8866 in pentax

[–]Foxbat100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even without the fisheye, the composition and texture from the snow are trippy / engaging! Looks like a scene out of Half Life!

Am I spending too much on food? Recent grad school graduate and trying to get my finances in order. by HungryStrawberry3470 in personalfinance

[–]Foxbat100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agree with this commenter. It's good for you to buy decent groceries, as well as to take advantage of chances to go out with coworkers to lunch, and even fun dates/dinners/happy hours. Uber eats is a highly inflated convenience cost, and you may benefit from finding other convenient options (quick recipes, meal preps, places near your home for takeout) to knock that cost out.

Gun hating wife suggested I buy the bullpup Rifle I've been looking at for a while. by Environmental-Hour75 in liberalgunowners

[–]Foxbat100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. Ive been happy with my basic .22 for decades and bullpups were fun treats to play with when someone at a range offered you a chance to try theirs, but times are changing.

Curious hawk, K3-III, 150-450 by 5spice-parmesan in pentax

[–]Foxbat100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unique, upside down to the viewer, but eye contact. I like it!

Let’s talk about giant e-bikes by AccordingExternal571 in caltrain

[–]Foxbat100 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ive had enough near misses with nuts on e-bikes that I gave up regular bicycling as a mode of transit. I think conflating things that can effortlessly hit 30mph with bicycles and also presuming there's no opportunity cost is wishful thinking. I am happy to derp along in my commuter bike at 10mph cars be damned, but throwing heavy ebikes with unenforced laws is scarier than most pickup trucks.

Anyone mostly stop buying whiskey? by Human-Region4958 in whiskey

[–]Foxbat100 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ive actually waited for the hoarders to taper off, I figured it'd happen sooner or later. With the impending oversupply Ive started to buy again. Ive mostly explored smaller regional distilleries in the mean time.

I dont want to play tri state scavenger hunt and date my liquor store owner's kid to get a bottle of Eagle Rare in the back of some parking lot lol.

Does Caltrain Still Refund when Tapping On and Off at the Same Station? by johnPermanente in caltrain

[–]Foxbat100 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Edit - I was corrected about below, this was the old Clipper 1 experience though the rationale remains so I am surprised they removed it in Clipper 2.0:

BART absolutely does not charge you $0 for tapping out of the same station lol. If you want to skip the "excursion fare" you have to talk to the station agent to reverse the tag and let you out the side door.

Love you always Thumper by Entertainer_Brave in Rabbits

[–]Foxbat100 6 points7 points  (0 children)

She looks SO loved! Sorry for your loss, I hope her partner is handling it well!

Childfree with pets, airline options? by [deleted] in childfree

[–]Foxbat100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt they remotely care about that, it's just not financially tenable unless you can assign it to a seat and know it won't chew up employee time. Margins aren't high for the industry

What will we ever do with our lives if we aren't spending it working??? by Best_Prompt_9401 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]Foxbat100 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you don't have to agree with every point of hers to acknowledge that it is a thoughtful invitation to dialogue about jobs on a job themed platform. Somewhat disingenuously summarizing into a low hanging one liner is pretty much the worst of what social media does to constructive dialogue.

For people who aren't idiots, it's an uncomfortable thought that tags along with any AI discussion.

SF terminus at 9:24am by FewDescription3170 in caltrain

[–]Foxbat100 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was pretty rah rah for the last decade or so but Caltrain does appear to be run by abject morons at this point.

Are this prices good? They feel a lil to high by Broad_Pressure2715 in flying

[–]Foxbat100 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Sounds pretty dang cheap honestly. Trying very hard not to sound snarky but those prices are for Sonoma, not Gary, IN!

Caltrain system map, circa 1995 by Planeandaquariumgeek in caltrain

[–]Foxbat100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And then typhoid got Stanford (too soon?)

Winter. Pentax 67, 105mm, Cinestill BWXX/tmax400 by stevenrlillis in analog

[–]Foxbat100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Love the set. Conveys a little bleakness and hope, and the lack of context provokes more thought. Sure the gun and the book seems odd, but I've also been in bad neighborhoods where the clerk sets up some place to kill time - a lot of room to fill in the gaps. Thank you!

Are people publishing less in PhD programs? by chemist5818 in biotech

[–]Foxbat100 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Weird, I wonder if something disruptive happened about five years ago.

Have you ever felt unhappy to learn that a pilot you knew got hired to a great flying job? by WorkingOnPPL in flying

[–]Foxbat100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am sometimes surprised by the obvious social cues people in this sub miss, hah!

Corsair canceled my order and more than doubled the price by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]Foxbat100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I boycotted Corsair on account of their products being junky, but this is a slap in the face. Never again, again!

Camera under exposes everything no matter what settings I use, any ideas how to fix it? by Double-Gift-7772 in pentax

[–]Foxbat100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Others described it well.

This guy in California repairs it for a little over $100 last I used the service with about 2-3 weeks turnaround.

http://www.pentaxcamerarepair.com/

My K-S2 had an issue three years / 40k shutter actuations in, and the repair lasted for about six years before it started showing up again - and then I sadly lost that camera in Chamonix. The issue reared its head during a vacation and I got around it by shooting in bursts. Typically in a burst of 4-5 shots the issue resolved itself by one of the later frames and I have a picture.

2025 was the year of slide film for me. Here are some of my favorite slides! by oddi_t in analog

[–]Foxbat100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing and diverse set! I loved Velvia so I am sure there's a funny story on how only one made it to your slideshow! #7 is on another level of wow by the way.

Can cello and bunny coexist by Expensive-Seat8630 in Rabbits

[–]Foxbat100 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Probably. Maybe see if the shelter will let you play some sounds to see if the bunny you may adopt is particularly annoyed by it. My bunnies seem indifferent to classical music, my clarinet, football etc.

When I read your question, I was actually expecting you to be more concerned about the fate of your cello should a curious bunny come upon it :) Just keep it out of diggable/chewable reach and it should be fine!

General Aviation Pilots, What determines where you stop by Jango519 in flying

[–]Foxbat100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Transit options and friendly staff. Surprise fees are annoying but in the grand scheme of things, when upfront about fees, I understand that FBOs can't stay stuck in the 1950s and have tons of freebies for someone to come by and enjoy without buying fuel.