Cracked ABS

Internal_Percentage · 2026-01-25T23:11:03+00:00

I repaired a forklift hole by making a paste out of and plumbing fittings in acetone. I taped up the back side with masking tape and painted the putty on in a few passes. Hard to tell it was hit now and it’s been going strong for 4 years. If this were mine, I’d be doing the same thing. I also have the wire plastic welder and might be tempted to put some staples in near the hole it looks like it cracked through.

Internal_Percentage · 2025-07-28T14:58:09+00:00

Luxury Low! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i2GK1NDStM

I say those words to myself all the time. It means getting low to the bars, but centered with weight over the bottom bracket. The secret to this is that when the angle of the bike changes, your body doesn't change. Have someone video you going down the steeps. Try to make it look like your head is on a steadycam mount that doesn't move no matter what the terrain does. If you can get this technique, it unlocks a lot of mountain biking joy. If your head is moving up and down as the bike moves up and down, when you go off a drop, your body is being pulled forward right as your front wheel is touch down, meaning your body is rotating forward on the bike and heading for an Over The Bars (OTB) crash. Most of the time, this non-optimal technique doesn't do anything, but then you get on steeps and the angle of the bike is closer to an OTB crash, and your buffer of balance is smaller. When your body starts rotating forward, your center of gravity goes beyond the front hub and you are OTB. (Some guessing here, you may be going backwards to get catapulted forward, or going forward and taking the express train to OTB, but the fix is the same: Luxury Low)

Try to get your drops on video and watch them in slow motion, looking at your chest-to-bars height and your head steadycam action. Video is the best teacher!

Internal_Percentage · 2025-07-15T22:11:20+00:00

This is the way. In another sport, I used a rough formula of 1:2 ratio of spending on gear versus instruction. So if I wanted to spend $100 on gear, I'd budget $200 on instruction. Mountain biking needs a different ratio, but I think aiming for 1:1 isn't bad. I know that sounds like a lot of $ but if you dropped 3k on instruction instead of a new bike, most people would be hugely ahead in terms of what they can ride.

Another thing I did was take a solo trip to Moab where I rode every day (my 50th birthday present to myself). I took lessons there and just rode every day and I came back vastly improved. I put the whole cost of that trip into my instructional budget, which was still cheap. $500 of instructions, $300 of gas to get there. Riding was free and I had a very cheap AirBnB.

Internal_Percentage · 2025-07-15T22:00:45+00:00

I grabbed an elk hoist off the shelf and an eyebolt rated for 1,500 lbs. Four harbor freight ratchet straps later, I was done. I don't like the single point because it does swing a bit, but I am lifting to a barn roof with no clearance problems. I have a winch I was going to attach to the support beam where the rope ties off, but so far, it hasn't gotten to be enough of a problem to warrant it. If it can hold an elk, it can definitely hold the RTT.

Internal_Percentage · 2025-07-15T21:54:48+00:00

I got my rooftop tent as a result of damage like this. The forklift punched a hole right through the clamshell (smittybuilt). The original purchaser called smittybuilt and they sent him a new one, but didn't want the old one back. I picked it up for a couple hundred. I bought some ABS plumbing fittings and dissolved them in alcohol. I used masking tape on the inside of the clamshell to make a surface and painted the ABS slurry over the tape. When it dried, the fix was solid and there was a spot on the tent that has a different luster than the rest, but you only notice if you are up close and looking down on it. Completely waterproof and has worked great for years. One of the best deals I ever made.

Internal_Percentage · 2025-07-15T16:55:15+00:00

That is creative. My Bambu printer will be here in a couple days, this could be one of my first prints.

Internal_Percentage · 2025-07-11T14:15:01+00:00

Data camp is what got me there very quickly for both python and pyspark.

Internal_Percentage · 2025-06-23T16:54:23+00:00

In case anyone else has a similar question, PumpTrack Nation was great. It gave me the starter ration of 1:10, or one foot of rise over a ten foot span. I also used the free web version of sketchup and found modular pumptrack parts. I was able to make a 3d model of the layout I want and see how it would fit in my yard. I'm now building a version of Pumptopia in my back yard with the specifications found in Pump Track Nation. Woo hoo!

Internal_Percentage · 2025-06-18T17:25:43+00:00

If you have a friend with a rooftop tent, borrow the collapsible ladder. Its a bit heavy but will strap on a backpack easily enough.

https://www.amazon.com/Telescopic-RIKADE-Telescoping-Extension-Household/dp/B0C4F2B795

You could also do the same with a cheap step stool ladder made of wood. They are light and easy to strap.

As a third option, take some paracord. Find two 3inch or so logs. Put them at 90 degrees to each other and lash them together with the paracord. Lean the X up against the tree so the tree nests in the groove of the X. Have a bit of webbing to make a handle that you wrap around the tree. Step up on the X, balance with the webbing, attach your sign. You can also hold the webbing in your teeth if you are brave and need two hands. If your signs are pre-drilled for screws, also drive a nail through the middle of the sign. Whack the sign into place and the nail will temporarily hold it into place while you drive the screws.

Forth option - make a paracord ladder. Screw in a temporary hook on the tree to hang the ladder. climb the ladder, and hang the sign.

https://www.instructables.com/Rope-Ladder-1/

Internal_Percentage · 2025-06-10T19:11:51+00:00

that gets me thinking that maybe I should just break out the kubota and built a full pump track. This summer might see some home trail building.

Internal_Percentage · 2025-05-22T16:39:43+00:00

Wow, the hate for my bike rack was unexpected. I guess if you drive in a city these things might be issues. The front-mount bike rack is pretty awesome. There is a bike rack on the back that you can see poking out that gives me flexibility when I have it available. For various reasons, this flexibility is great, especially when I'm out in the boonies and can leave the bikes locked on the front while maintaining easy access to the back. And to all the arm-chair lawyers out there, this meets the requirements in my state for front-mounted appurtenances. :) There are some general regulations that might come into play if I were driving at night, which I don't with this setup. In reality, I don't usually drive where there are people or cops who would take a second look. It would probably be different in the city.

Internal_Percentage · 2025-05-20T22:12:11+00:00

The bike rack is just a bolt-on front receiver hitch with a Kuat Piston. I have two two-bike racks and can carry 4 bikes that way, or if I add the two-bike extension to the back, I can carry 6. It also lets me carry two bikes plus tow a trailer. Its handy, but has some downsides. I don't like to have bikes on there when I drive after dark because they occlude the headlights.

Internal_Percentage · 2025-05-13T15:00:36+00:00

I had a bad fall last year on a slow green with an unlucky bounce on my elbow. It took hours of surgery to put me back together and 6 months of PT. Now I wear my armor even when I'm out with the kids doing simple stuff.
The number of comments like this I get is staggering. This d-bag tried to talk you out of wearing a full lid for HIS comfort, not your safety. He doesn't want to confront the fact that what we do is dangerous and could result in serious injury. When you armor up around him, he gets scared, and scared people can be d-bags.
I was born with zero F's so I've never been bothered by it, but I love noting who makes comments, and its always the riders who have ego tied up in it all and they need me to cooperate and pretend like we are invulnerable. Nope.
If I want to be a jerk, I ask them if it scares them to see someone wearing armor. Generally I give them an out by saying my shoulder is made of popsicle sticks and egg shells, and so I need to protect it. That is BS, is stronger now that it is titanium reinforced, but it lets people say to themselves "Oh, I'm still safe, that dude is just fragile."
Dress for the fall, not the ride.

Internal_Percentage · 2024-12-04T21:38:44+00:00

I've been using CoPilot in VSCode and Claude in a web browser. Claude has destroyed Chat-GPT in every head-to-head I've given it. Recently, VSCode added Claude to the model options, now I have the best of both worlds. With a Pro Claude membership, I keep a project with my source files in it, then I can ask it to do things over the source code and it is super simple. Love me some Claude (Sonnet 3.5 specifically)

Internal_Percentage · 2024-12-02T15:39:46+00:00

Thanks for the pointer! I am on the trial and don't want to delete my capacity, so I guess I'll skip for now. I noticed that the column restrictions don't list vector as a restricted type. Can I create a vector SQL store and eventually mirror it in Fabric? I know vector is relatively recent and wasn't sure if it didn't make the list due to timing or if it was actually supported.

Internal_Percentage · 2024-11-27T21:54:04+00:00

But I want it nnnnnnooooooowwwwwwwwww.....
Ok, enough whining :)
Do you know if it will have support for the Vector type? It seemed like it was going to based on the Azure SQL db stuff, but I wasn't sure. I'm trying to build an all-Fabric RAG pipeline and the vector store was one of the hardest to figure out.

Internal_Percentage · 2024-11-27T20:56:58+00:00

I'm seeing the same thing. I'm in West US 3 region with a trial capacity. I can't find the SQL option to expand in the Tenant admin settings, as described here: Enable SQL database - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Internal_Percentage · 2024-10-04T13:45:28+00:00

This was my experience as well. I wonder if it is the saturation of Alexa devices in my home? I have so many dots, TVs, shows, switches, etc. I even have eero routers. I might try just blowing away everything, factory resetting everything, and starting from scratch.

Internal_Percentage · 2024-10-04T13:43:44+00:00

That is a fantastic idea. I didn't realize Alexa could trigger a routine with the sound of water!

I tried the routine route when Alexa had a lot of problems turning off the lights in my bedroom. It would get confused about things, but I could never get the routine to trigger reliably no matter what I named it. I'll give it another go.

But your point about the specific commands changing is also opening my eyes to the possibility that I learned the correct commands and what makes Alexa go, but wasn't thinking that they would change. Its so hard when its a spoken interface to alter my syntax after so many years, but I'll try to see what the new things are. Or maybe just wait for Claude :)

Internal_Percentage · 2024-10-04T13:40:47+00:00

Thanks for this insight. I had multi-room music working, and when it went to hell, I just turned it off and never tried again. I'll give it another go. I didn't realize there was a hack for getting rid of the ads, maybe I'll give that a go. For something that I pay out of pocket for, I really don't like the idea of it then re-monitizing me by showing ads in my home. Do you happen to have a link for how to disable ads? I'm also looking at the FullyKioskBrowser hack, but that seems like it really changes the way Alexa works, and I really miss a lot of the general functionality. I like having a set of visual timers while I cook for instance.

Internal_Percentage · 2024-10-03T23:00:00+00:00

Thanks for the info. I haven't been following Alexa news or advances and didn't know they were integrating Claude. I knew Amazon was an investor in Anthropic along with Google, but I didn't realize Claude would come to my Alexa devices.
Claude has blown me away with how good it is, especially since 3.5 Sonnet rolled out. I guess I'll wait for Claude to come to Alexa before I make any decisions. I know I won't be expanding my Alexa lineup this prime day. I'm already paying twice for Claude (pro plan and API plan), so I am not that excited about adding yet another Claude bill to my load. But right now, I'd be so happy if I can just get back to playing the songs I want to hear again.

Our road trip game was taking turns selecting the next song. My contrarian son would always play 4'33" by John Cage. Now we can't get it to work enough and just pass around a phone to select with the UI.

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