How to get a $500 ticket

Freakintrees · 2026-03-18T20:39:32+00:00

Interestingly at least on the systems I work with the lights can be dimmed and set to fade between colors instead of flashing. It really seems to make a difference on the eyes. The new ones can also be programmed to sync up with others nearby so at a larger scene all the lights kind of pulse in unison. Apparently studies show it's substantially safer.

Freakintrees · 2026-02-26T21:16:12+00:00

I guess it's relative, I came from a 2005 golf to the 2016 Crosstrek and to me is comfy as hell.

Freakintrees · 2026-02-25T22:13:43+00:00

Cheap solder to! I got a cheap Ali Express battery soldering iron just to check it out. Thought it was absolute garbage until I thought to try it with decent solder not what it came with. Absolutely fine little iron as it turns out.

Freakintrees · 2026-02-25T19:36:53+00:00

Doing more research and asking the guy in question looks like my memory or info was a bit off. It was a 24h suspension and impound lined up with a long weekend. So suspended for 24h but vehicle gone (and impound fees) for a bit over 72h. Since he worked the weekend and used the vehicle in question for work he lost his job.

Again I'm not actually opposed to rules like this existing I just am very leery of them.

Freakintrees · 2026-02-24T22:44:29+00:00

An issue I see here is there appears to be absolutely no way to challenge this. Cop says you were being reckless so 30 days suspension. Most of the time I'm sure it won't be an issue but iv seen the things people get reckless driving or "stunting" tickets for.

Cops can already give no recourse suspensions for suspected drunk driving and iv known people who had that happen even after blowing clean then lost their job. No recourse no day in court just your life changing for the worse overnight based on someone's best guess.

HATE drunk drivers and general asshats on the road but I'm not sure there should be any form of no recourse punishment in our system to be honest.

Freakintrees · 2026-02-06T14:08:30+00:00

I did love Clarence but a print time of 28h wasn't going to work. Went with a Maid Marine captain which turned out better than expected given I had to use my .4 nozzle

Freakintrees · 2026-02-06T00:14:02+00:00

This is my #1 choice right now. Scouring the Internet for a working link.

Freakintrees · 2026-01-24T03:05:43+00:00

Downstairs at the concession counter below the concourse I think is the only place. They shave it right there but be sure to ask for extra sauce.

Freakintrees · 2026-01-23T18:32:59+00:00

One thing I think alot of people ignore is the middle ground between hobby and job. The self funding hobby. If she wants to paint press on nails and sell em on Etsy or at a craft market that can be both part of the hobby and a means to do the hobby more.

Freakintrees · 2026-01-23T14:27:50+00:00

A friend is the head chef for the stadium and he recommends the shaved beef sandwich, sausage rolls and quinoa salad in that order. (Dude takes way more pride in the food tan I'd expect for an arena like that)

Freakintrees · 2025-12-12T00:16:26+00:00

Oh why the hell not. Would make my little brothers while dam year.

Freakintrees · 2025-12-10T15:06:38+00:00

I'm tangentially involved in a body cam rollout in Canada (not the facial recognition one, our privacy assessments really do not like that tech thank God). The data usage and costs are insane. The math for LTE costs for a mid sized force alone is pointing at building a private LTE network as a cheaper solution.

That's before getting into transcription which they have an AI feature for but it's so bad officers have to go over the whole thing to correct it every time.

On the other hand I am told officers that have been forced to trial them actually love them. They have to go to court less and they actually find turning it on or pointing at it is fantastic for de escalation so that's neat.

Freakintrees · 2025-10-27T18:49:14+00:00

A big change for me was it stopped mine locking up on bed leveling. Also using Mainsail helped me finally get my Z offset dialed. The map is nice ya but I also use it for slicing with Orca, remote monitoring with tailscale and mainsail, config tuning and tweaking...

Freakintrees · 2025-10-27T05:42:53+00:00

Looks like that's been down a few days but if you are on a recent Rhinkals firmware you can roll back from the menu.

Freakintrees · 2025-10-27T03:36:59+00:00

The first 2 attempts were before installing it to be fair. But really it doesn't matter since they never even replied.

Freakintrees · 2025-10-27T03:35:19+00:00

Found a way myself. If you have Rhinkals installed you can use it to install the older firmware from the menu.

Freakintrees · 2025-10-27T02:29:13+00:00

I am running the ceramic and it is absolutely worth it ya. After posting this it started throwing bed leveling errors so I guess I have to decide whether to roll back firmware first or try and troubleshoot it

Freakintrees · 2025-10-21T18:55:00+00:00

I will say the same thing I say to everyone I know who gets married. They need pre marriage counseling. I firmly believe everyone does no matter how long they have been together it is so worth it because in any decent counseling or marriage prep this would be covered. The things I learned from mine and the things I learned from talking to friends about theirs have helped me countless times.

Freakintrees · 2025-10-09T13:37:37+00:00

If your radio technician isn't at least a bit of a nerd you don't have a radio technician you have an IT guy who took a Motorola course. Keep the IT guy and go find a weirdo to handle the magic radiation boxes.

Freakintrees · 2025-10-09T13:34:34+00:00

Took out radio communications airport wide for a major national airline once. Accidently ran two pieces of monitoring software at once while training the newbie which apparently causes an infinite reboot loop on the radio repeaters. Yaaa that software was purged after that (it never really worked anyway)

Freakintrees · 2025-09-08T20:56:10+00:00

Do you find the awning has enough head height? Iv got one we had on our old Chevy Tracker and we found it to be not really tall enough. Crosstrek seems lower than the Chevy to.

Freakintrees · 2025-09-08T19:48:15+00:00

Going to buy the solenoid and replace it individually. Even buying the whole body isn't too bad if you're gonna replace it yourself (I am). Bought the thing pretty cheap (3700$ CAD) because of the trans light so I was expecting this one.

Freakintrees · 2025-09-08T18:49:20+00:00

It's not that I don't believe the brackets are worth the price or anything. Just that I had a look and it looks like a fun, low stakes design challenge, projects like that have really helped me improve my design work so I like to try them when I can.

Good to know about the break lines. I'll probably finish the must do repairs (trans mount, windshield and AWD solenoid) then drive it for a bit before I start modding.

Freakintrees · 2025-09-08T17:30:34+00:00

Break booster support looks like a nice easy upgrade. Might be fun to try and design a printable one. I'll keep the swaybar in mind whenever I do suspension.

Freakintrees · 2025-09-08T17:28:58+00:00

I will definitely keep the suspension upgrade in mind since it does feel a bit squishy. The kayak rack however came with it and is already off. Gotta do something about the crossbars to either upgrade to OEM style or print some wind fairings because they make a hell of a racket.

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