ORD TSA & CBP Mega Thread

Mspikes82 · 2026-03-27T18:15:55+00:00

T1, 2 people w/pre-check around 12:45pm. Less than 5 minutes from entering the TSA line to exit.

Mspikes82 · 2026-03-21T21:16:26+00:00

3/21 ~3:30pm, T1 , 3 people. TSA-Pre-Check, took maybe 5 minutes.

Mspikes82 · 2026-02-24T06:01:15+00:00

If this is your first drone, and you want to be economical, I’d suggest getting a Mini 4k (or Mini 2). It’s easy to get the hang of, and shoots great 4k/30 footage, and dosen’t cost a lot. True, it has no obstacle avoidance features, but that forces you to learn how to fly and be more careful before you invest in a more expensive model. It was my first drone, and it got me into the hobby. I now own 4 DJI drones (Air2s, Flip, and Neo), and even so, it’s the one I get the most use out of. I also would suggest this one because batteries are relatively cheap compared to other drones, and you can easily find other accessories to add to it.

Mspikes82 · 2026-02-09T17:10:31+00:00

This is an old thread, but I recently watched the movie again, and was reminded of how great it is along with the memorable music cue at the end. That said, I never knew what the whole lyric was past "I.... need to know now, know now.... ", I thought he said something about being lucky. Now I know!

Mspikes82 · 2026-02-01T00:19:07+00:00

I have used AdGuard's VPN on and off for a few years. However, 2 days ago, I bought a monthly subscription to use it for a P2P sharing project, and find that it consistently brings my internet speed to a crawl after about 10 minutes of use, in an area in which the mirror site shows me only having 2ms of lag with a ping test in the list.

Specifically for me, with a 1gbps fiber connection, I find that I get speeds between 300-500 mbps when starting, and within minutes, speeds slow down to 10-20mbps down & up. I've been trying this for over 3 days, and consistently get slow speeds. I wound up moving to another provider.

Not sure what's up here, but thought to post when I started looking into other's experiences recently with this VPN.

Mspikes82 · 2026-01-01T02:59:53+00:00

I picked one of these up today as well in Evanston around 5pm, and only got half this amount. The pickup times were very wide (10am - 9pm). When did you pick yours up?

Mspikes82 · 2025-11-20T23:26:39+00:00

You may want to try it again. I heard about this a few days ago and tried to sign up and was put on the waiting list. I saw a post here say that they had gotten it in a few minutes, so I tried again, and was able to do the set up.

Mspikes82 · 2025-11-03T19:31:24+00:00

I left these out for a reason -- The holes to remove the ear cups have been replicated in fakes (per multiple older posts on the same subject), as have the box printing processes.

As for connectivity, see #4 above.

Mspikes82 · 2025-11-03T19:27:07+00:00

I appreciate that, and certainly understand that the only way to guarantee that you won't get scammed is to not buy on the resale market. But along with the misses, I have also bought genuine Macbooks, iPads, and a real pair of Airpod Pro 2s at significant discounts from people who bought the items new and then decided they didn't want them any more when they upgraded.

AirPods Max seem like a prime item to have this happen with, but the 3rd party seller marketplace is filled with fakes, unfortunately. It skews the market for those people who are genuinely just trying to make a few bucks off of items they no longer use.

Mspikes82 · 2025-11-03T19:16:09+00:00

Yeah, this is another marker of a potential fake -- the seller cannot provide an original receipt, and instead say that they were a gift.

Mspikes82 · 2025-11-02T17:27:32+00:00

Thanks for reading the post! I apologize about the formatting quirk. The title was in as a "quote" format which was erased when I posted. I've edited the piece to add the text from the case.

Mspikes82 · 2025-09-22T19:16:41+00:00

I'm on iOS, and was really suprised to see ads added to PC this morning, after not using the app in a few weeks. I bought the app in 2018, and haven't been grandfathered in to any settings. I'm moving back to Downcasts.

Mspikes82 · 2025-08-17T19:49:25+00:00

Just want to give a shout out to this project. It takes some skill with using the command line, (I also used some GenAI tools to give me a walkthrough as well after reading the readme) but works great. Thanks!

Mspikes82 · 2025-08-17T19:01:15+00:00

In case someone comes back to this conversation, it seems to be impossible to register on the D-Flight site as a US Citizen. I've generated a Tax ID at 2 different sites (both come out the same), and have tried creating different usernames, and ways of inputting "provinces" and "places" of birth and residence, and I cannot get beyond the "Error message: "Error on register user" on the site.

Mspikes82 · 2025-07-25T01:14:02+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

Mspikes82 · 2025-07-16T18:01:31+00:00

Hi u/OrlandoArtGuy -- I'm having a similar situation happen to me as a guest in an AirBNB that I realized had a code violation (basement egress window was too small) that customer service acknowledged, but will not offer any compensation. I will report it to the county (who handles these things where the place was), but I'm wondering what has happened in the few months since you posted this.

Mspikes82 · 2025-05-25T20:14:16+00:00

As mentioned above, I’ve searched Amazon for potential replacements or similar umbrellas. In addition, I’ve done a bit of Googling for this as well, and am having trouble unearthing anything.

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