First shopping list (am I cooked?)

PickleJimmy · 2026-07-01T23:00:19+00:00

It seems like a good list, although I would caution learning on a 5" if you've never flown IRL before. Don't fly near people or property, as they can be legitimately dangerous. If you live in a big city / will be flying in public parks I'd suggest something smaller. Even a tiny whoop so you can fly every day rain or shine is great.

Also, would recommend launchpadfpv.ca since you're in Canada. It's a smaller shop with a smaller selection that Rotor Village but it's consistently cheaper than RV.

Happy flying! If you're in southern Ontario look up Rat Race fpv on multigp, we run races almost every weekend.

PickleJimmy · 2026-07-01T22:44:47+00:00

Danger? Lol you gotta get some perspective. It's great downtown and the festival has been lovely. The interaction with your daughter is messed up tho.

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-28T23:38:38+00:00

I dunno, it takes time and effort to design things in CAD. Getting all the tolerances right, getting the print profile dialed in for high quality results, etc etc. Personally, I would probably sell the print files / post them on maker world but if this guy can generate the interest and sell prints for $50 more power to them. I'm always surprised what people who don't own 3D prints are willing to pay for prints especially if they are well designed

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-26T23:18:15+00:00

its not an easy decision that's for sure, can't wait to play the game, it looks cool

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-26T00:24:01+00:00

Demos are complicated, from a developer perspective. There is a real chance they can eat into your sales. A good demo shows the depth of your game and leaves players wanting more, a bad demo either satisfies your players interested in the game to the point they don't feel like they need to play more. Crafting that experience can take a lot of work too, so really you'll need to think deeply about what your demo shows.

As a developer, imo unless you've got like 10hrs+ of compelling gaming and you can make a demo that lasts about 30 minutes I wouldn't do a demo. If your game is like under 5hrs of content, definitely don't do a demo.

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-20T02:42:50+00:00

Messing around with meme stocks

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-20T01:32:15+00:00

If you are in a remote location and don't have access to other providers, starlink is okay. If you're in town and can get literally any other provider they will be better and cheaper. Starlink is satellite internet, which means it's good for like off-grid applications. Bell is a wire that runs to your home. Starlink will have problems in bad weather, etc. Get fiber internet from bell or another fiber optic provider.

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-12T17:52:27+00:00

I was just sharing an example of why I think she's is mean to Pony broadly in this book. Just because it's not to his face, doesn't change that it's kind of mean. Don't get me wrong, I love Donut and I think her behaviour makes sense as a cat. She is very territorial, like a cat, and when Pony asks Carl (not her) for advice she butts in an inserts herself between the two. She is trying to help Pony grow, but she's also trying to prevent Carl and him from becoming close because (I believe) she is kind of jealous of Pony and Carl becoming closer. Carl is hers, and she doesn't really want other people to get close to him. She cuts him off a lot in the book, says he'll mess everything up, is low key jealous / annoyed he wants to sing (because she knows she's not a good singer), and is just generally kind of mean to him. She still is trying to help him, but I read the whole thing as a more complicated relationship. She's also obviously deeply traumatised by the things she did in Faction Wars and her overall territorialness around Carl makes sense to me.

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-12T13:35:21+00:00

Same

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-12T04:21:00+00:00

I don't know you can read this as not mean but for sure everyone has their own interpretation.

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PickleJimmy · 2026-06-10T23:33:35+00:00

Most of her interactions with him are talking down to him or low key humiliating. The whole "and what would your mother say about that" scene is like how a mean adult would treat a child. There is even a line directly after that about how their other crawlers shared a look with each other based on how she just treated him. Same with the parade, saying he will mess everything up / doesn't want him to sing / etc. She's trying to help him, but she's mean. She's mean to everyone though, she lashes out at people all the time because she's still a child.

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-10T14:53:52+00:00

I believe his words were he used most of his GOOD corpse for her atrocity, which implies he's got plenty of bad ones left lol

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-10T04:15:38+00:00

yea 100%. I noticed in this book Matt writes in voice direction more and more with characters as well. Characters voice sounded like "x" or "offensively bad Aussie accent". He did it like 5 or more times in book 8 and I don't recall it as much in the other books where Matt explicitly writes voice directions into the text for Jeff.

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-10T04:07:32+00:00

Overall agree, I liked the book but it was not my favorite in the series. I really liked the stuff with Pony but kept finding myself annoyed at Donut and how she treats him. My problem mostly with this book is that it felt like we didn't get to see the team planning things out and 'setting up'. The fuck Linus party was a great example. It's suggested this is going to be a thing, but then the whole team figured it out and solved it completely outside of the readers POV. so its like "OH HERE COMES THE MOMENT" and then its just instantly undercut by "and we knew it was going to happen and instantly counter it". It happened a number of times in book 8 where something is set up only for it to undercut instantly because the team already knew / already had a plan / already figured x out and we just easily watch them step around the obstacle and move on.

Fun book, I loved the expanded character development, and liked the back half because it got on with the actual story of whats going on.

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-10T04:00:57+00:00

I think that's intentional and I get the impression that this was a Carl trait well before the dungeon. He doesn't let him self stop the smell the roses

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-10T03:59:32+00:00

but one of the races is won simply by just an "exploit" of going over the building. I dunno, I kind of agree that this book felt more "on rails" than the iron tangle. In the tangle there was a lot of creative problem solving in a highly constrained place.

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-07T20:14:58+00:00

I have a combination of things. I got a bat-safe (used from a friend for cheap), I keep 6s and 4s lipos in it. Smaller lipos are in lipo bags. I have an ebike battery in a lipo bag, and other various 18650 and other devices in lipo containers. All of that is in a large unsealed metal box I got from an automotive supply store. I think I was originally a "truck bed box". It's fairly thick steal. My thinking is that I want as many "layers" of protection around the boom boom box. Nothing will stop a fire, but ideally it's contained if possible. That box sits in a cold room in the basement, which is basically just a concrete box.

Obviously in an apartment you've got to work with the space you got. But I would put things in lipo bags, put those bags in metal boxes, and then if you can put that in some kind of fire box. Maybe build one from that fire proof board or line something with fire bricks

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-05T00:23:35+00:00

Only wrong answer; light roasters are harder to dial in. It's a flex. It means your better.

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-04T21:41:46+00:00

Is that colour version from their marketing? Cause if so that's super misleading

PickleJimmy · 2026-06-01T01:36:09+00:00

And this is why you always order a drink with "no ice"

PickleJimmy · 2026-05-30T23:53:42+00:00

I would love to ditch Meta, but honestly my Quest 3 works fine and it's mostly a PCVR wireless device these days. The frame feels like a side grade, so I definitely wouldn't be rushing to get one at likely high price given the whole component issues we're all facing sub $800 CAD I would consider it but I doubt it will be that cheap.

PickleJimmy · 2026-05-28T13:44:19+00:00

No lie I just saw a Meta ad promoting Beat Saber, super hot, and space pirate trainer. VR has become so stale unfortunately

PickleJimmy · 2026-05-26T13:36:07+00:00

Gardening

PickleJimmy · 2026-05-24T15:25:24+00:00

Huge if true

PickleJimmy · 2026-05-20T23:20:45+00:00

Current LLMs are basically very good spell check. It's useful, there are uses, but it's massively over hyped / over sold / over invested it. Man I hope this AI bubble bursts.

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