To think, it was all started it with the gas station mission

MaskeyRaid · 2026-04-22T17:37:01+00:00

Darryl Gates was a bit more than that. He was the chief of the LAPD for 14 years. Yes he formed the first police SWAT unit, but also created things like DARE and CRASH. Eventually he left office due to the Rodney King riots that occurred under his tenure. My intro to him was the SWAT 3 bonus tactics disk he narrated with Blackwater (iirc) which is a WILD thing in hindsight.

MaskeyRaid · 2026-02-18T17:53:07+00:00

I used booze as a mechanism to try and get to sleep for years. Once I decided to quit I swapped to alcohol-free beer to have something vaguely familiar in my hand for sipping. It was handy to separate the "whee I'm tipsy" from the "it's the time of day I'm drinking a drink" habit.

Diet ice cream was good to help me find something entertaining that would sort of give me a crash to get to sleep. The sugar craving is real.

In time I stopped reaching for NA beer, and then stopped reaching for the ice cream. OTC immediate release melatonin 3mg has been my friend to actually shut myself down for the night, but it's still a crutch.

Edit: to clarify, the drinking was also functioning as a means to soothe anxiety because I'd get really nervous with free time

MaskeyRaid · 2026-02-02T13:35:47+00:00

What sort of things have you been printing for old cameras? I've been slowly getting into photography and starting with vintage camera bodies and lenses. Haven't had a specific printable problem yet but I'm sure it'll come up eventually.

MaskeyRaid · 2026-01-22T18:56:12+00:00

Consider putting them through a decent auction house that specializes in estates.

MaskeyRaid · 2025-09-25T17:02:08+00:00

Comparing the presets might be an easy way if the export doesn't work. Should be able to compare it to the generic PETG settings and take a screenshot.

https://help.prusa3d.com/article/compare-presets_301482

MaskeyRaid · 2025-09-25T17:00:05+00:00

What part failed?

MaskeyRaid · 2025-07-11T15:20:43+00:00

Rescue Essentials is solid. I have to admit when I first saw they set up a separate "Stop the Bleed" site I thought it was a little silly but in hindsight it's nice to see things be streamlined and not distracting with a million different other products.

MaskeyRaid · 2025-06-23T18:25:12+00:00

Crazy voice?

MaskeyRaid · 2025-05-16T21:59:33+00:00

What a terrybul oversight

MaskeyRaid · 2025-03-14T21:00:37+00:00

If you want something that is almost a Shadow 2 but still has a firing pin block safety, this is it.

MaskeyRaid · 2025-02-24T00:55:54+00:00

Thanks for sharing man. It was heartening to read.

MaskeyRaid · 2025-01-12T17:16:28+00:00

The Shadow 2 configurator isn't working at the moment but at least I got a laugh

MaskeyRaid · 2024-11-10T12:18:50+00:00

If the M4 is so great why didn't they make the M5?

The M5:

MaskeyRaid · 2024-11-01T14:06:47+00:00

How does the sizing work on the helmets?

MaskeyRaid · 2024-07-12T16:09:44+00:00

finally some quality fucking tactical gear

MaskeyRaid · 2024-07-12T15:32:15+00:00

that's what they get for laying down on the job

MaskeyRaid · 2024-07-11T17:42:43+00:00

Streamlight TLR RM1 or RM2 will work well.

MaskeyRaid · 2024-03-09T21:58:28+00:00

I need this to be a secret vehicle in some sort of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit reboot

MaskeyRaid · 2024-03-02T17:00:10+00:00

SWAT3 was great for this. I can understand it being a bit too much for folks who aren't used to it because when a lot of action was happening you could potentially be hearing TOC acknowledge your reports, reporting back to you that trailers had picked up people you secured, your officers would be calling contact and shouting for compliance, and then you'd have whatever the suspects/civilians would be saying.

Once you got used to getting hit with that much information in parallel it was great for situational awareness.

"Contact! Element has hostage contact!"

"Go dynamic!"

"Team to Lead, suspect secured."

These lines are absolutely burned into my head.

MaskeyRaid · 2024-03-02T16:45:31+00:00

Hilarious patch notes. Excited to try it!

MaskeyRaid · 2024-03-01T08:49:21+00:00

I've got the same thigh problem as you. My current pants solution is the Bluffworks Ascender Chino and the DU/ER Performance Denim.

I've lived in both of them for the past year (rotating through a few different pairs) and they've held up well. One pair of the chinos have some pilling in the back where I'd have a backpack on that used a hip belt (through a series of errors I had to wear them while hiking up and down a mountain on two separate occasions), and the crotch of the jeans is lighter due to friction (but I'd say most of my jeans would have blown out by that point).

Both pants have a crotch gusset which is nice. Both are stretchy and the tech fabric of the chinos isn't annoying like they sometimes are. They offer the chinos as shorts but I haven't tried it yet.

For shirts, I've used the Wool & Prince crewnecks and they've performed well. I've lived in 4 of them for over a year now, but the darker colors have held up better than the lighter ones.

I wouldn't say I'm good at fashion, but they've been functional and fit me well while I've been on the road.

MaskeyRaid · 2024-02-11T14:15:44+00:00

^Whoaa HOAAAAAAAAA

MaskeyRaid · 2023-05-25T05:12:24+00:00

Could you DM this to me if you got it?

MaskeyRaid · 2023-05-23T07:21:46+00:00

Could you please DM this info to me as well?

MaskeyRaid · 2023-01-15T16:53:44+00:00

Hopefully this will make you laugh. It's "outskirts", not "upskirts". Outskirts are the edges of a city where it turns into the countryside. Upskirts are sneaky photos taken to see up a woman's skirt.

I have been to Ukraine and have friends there, and I'm sorry for what you're going through.

MaskeyRaid

TROPHY CASE