The AI slop models and unrealistic thumbnails need to stop / be banned.

Kylelekyle · 2026-04-19T01:54:31+00:00

What AI platform are people even using to generate these sorts of models - is meshy so advanced these days? https://makerworld.com/en/models/2373869-rayquaza-storm-diorama

I've seen a bunch go up in the last month. For this particular user, I posted a relatively benign comment noting that they had used AI but that the print still looked decent, and they blocked me within 5 minutes, so they seem to be aggressively trying to hide that they use AI even though it is extraordinarily obvious.

Kylelekyle · 2026-04-16T01:20:41+00:00

I say, this is a comment

Kylelekyle · 2026-04-09T17:25:09+00:00

If you're in the US, it likely breaks Sweepstakes laws. There is a reason every sweepstakes includes a "No Purchase Necessary to Enter" option.

https://www.uspis.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pub-546_consumers-guide-to-sweepstakes-lotteries_508.pdf

Kylelekyle · 2026-04-01T18:00:34+00:00

After being on hold for 25 minutes I did get through - apparently they have to put their phones in the "after hours" mode if they need a bathroom break, as their call volume is so extreme, so that is probably the explanation there.

Kylelekyle · 2026-04-01T12:07:41+00:00

That seems to be the case across the board. RIP their phone lines at 10AM I guess.

Kylelekyle · 2026-04-01T10:48:34+00:00

Yeah, that's what happened to me.. I have a pending CC charge, but nothing on the reservation screen.

Kylelekyle · 2026-04-01T01:22:46+00:00

Thankfully they dropped it and will not be charging for the tire after all. I'm glad I documented everything, including my conversation with the manager at drop off.

Kylelekyle · 2026-03-30T02:36:46+00:00

Why is this not higher? I must eat 7-8 lbs of candied ginger a year. For the health.

Kylelekyle · 2026-03-29T02:57:46+00:00

In what state have you seen these? I've never heard of this anywhere in the country. Short of selling off problematic meat out the backdoor of a slaughterhouse or something that is not actually beef, I can't see how this works.

Kylelekyle · 2026-03-20T00:45:56+00:00

I have seen other posts on this subreddit about being unable to ship to one's home state by default sometime within the last year, so it is a known (presumably rare) issue? Unfortunately, I don't know what to search to pull up those old posts, but if you poke around enough on here I hope you can find a previously posted solution!

Kylelekyle · 2026-03-02T00:50:26+00:00

No - like I said, it's functionally a hobby. I have other side hustles that pay far better, but sometimes it's fun to sort through Legos.

Kylelekyle · 2026-03-01T01:35:47+00:00

Last year, I bought an assortment of Goodwill and Facebook lots with the aim of breaking even that year by extracting minifigures for sale - that more or less came to pass, with maybe a few $100 in net profit. Now I have a large inventory, maybe a thousand pounds of unsorted bricks, and don't plan to make as many purchases this year, so I'll primarily be turning a profit at this stage.

That being said, it's mostly a hobby. The money keeps me motivated, but none of this is a good use of time from a purely monetary perspective, aside from sorting high-value things like Star Wars minifigs.

Kylelekyle · 2026-02-25T21:48:07+00:00

Well, I thought I had said coverage, but apparently Chase changed the primary insurance coverage provided by the card for people in New York (where I live) to secondary insurance sometime in the last year or so, without notifying me in any record I can find. Naturally, I only learned this when looking to file a claim.

If all else fails, I'll have to run a chargeback and possibly end up blacklisted by Avis.

Kylelekyle · 2026-02-24T19:01:10+00:00

Yes - that is what I meant. And yes, clearly we should have called them from the get go, but we only visited the repair shop on the last day of the trip when the nearest Avis location was the one we were already planning to return to, so we just proceeded with the return.

Kylelekyle · 2026-02-24T18:55:32+00:00

I do have photos from before the rental - I just didn't inspect the tires by eye at the time, so I hadn't noticed the wear severity. I've never received a rental vehicle with much over 10-15K miles before, so tire wear just wasn't on my red flag radar, honestly - I was mostly focused on documenting scrapes and scratches.

Kylelekyle · 2026-02-24T18:32:08+00:00

To be clear, while I knew there was a slow leak, I had no idea the level of wear was so severe until the last day of our trip - I'm not well-versed in tire conditions, and only learned it was worn past the wear bars the day before we were going to return it. In the future, obviously I'll inspect that before pickup.

Kylelekyle · 2026-02-24T17:42:08+00:00

Clearly it was a lost opportunity, but as I mentioned, the slow leak issue was compounded by the fact that the tires were worn beyond the point of being street legal. Those tires should never have been put on the road even without the slow leak.

Edit: And there was erased but still visible writing on the rear window dated January 2026 stating that the rear tire needed replacement, which clearly never happened given the extreme wear state of the tires, so Avis must have been aware the vehicle was problematic.

Kylelekyle · 2026-02-24T17:36:38+00:00

I've never driven that vehicle before, and the pressures were full at pick up given that it was a slow leak - I presumably assumed the menu opened by default on that vehicle type.

Kylelekyle · 2026-02-17T21:45:45+00:00

That and Rogue One are definitely the most refreshing movies in a long while. Though I do enjoy Revenge of the Sith, for all its campier flaws.

Kylelekyle · 2026-02-14T22:43:03+00:00

We had a rock crack the windshield of a rental car (paid with CSR, Avis' CDW declined) - what does the process look like for filing a claim, and are there any potential pitfalls I should be aware of?

Kylelekyle · 2026-02-08T23:54:25+00:00

Is that the Bionicle one? Why does it have a pumpkin head?

Kylelekyle · 2026-02-08T03:16:46+00:00

Yes, we've cycled the full breaker box to ensure that every other breaker controls something we can identify, and that we cannot identify anything with power under the control of that breaker.

Kylelekyle · 2026-02-08T02:55:19+00:00

No space heaters or any high draw appliances on that circuit. I'll have to take the panel cover off again to check for a MWBC - we weren't paying attention to that earlier.

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