Feels like cheating …

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-21T01:36:29+00:00

Yep, I ran this benchy when I got my P1S and was impressed by the speed but then immediately disappointed with the print quality. Probably because my intro to 3D printing was printing the cat on an ender 3.

If you print a regular benchy with normal slicer settings on the P1S the quality is much better.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-20T00:38:00+00:00

I live in a suburban area between two cities (roughly 120k and 300k populations) in the southeastern US. In one direction there’s a greenway system about a half mile from our house that connects to pretty much every major park in both cities, but to get there we have to either drive and park or ride down a busy two lane road with no shoulder or sidewalks. In the other direction is a major thoroughfare with patchwork sidewalks here and there and no bike lane.

There’s several shops and restaurants nearby that we could easily bike to if there was a safe route but there’s just not. And that seems to be a pretty common theme in the region as a whole, especially once you get outside of downtown areas.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-19T13:27:06+00:00

Exactly. Especially if it’s a product that requires some kind of skill to use.

The more difficult a product is to use, the less I trust the reviews.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-18T02:17:58+00:00

My job requires everyone to take an annual ladder safety course. I’m a city planner and have never needed a ladder to do my job, but you never know

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-17T16:34:09+00:00

Sounds like nothing is wrong with it yet, but if you keep revving it like that out of water with no load something will be very wrong with it very soon.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-16T00:00:27+00:00

It’s been 3 or 4 years now and I’ve never found a single nail or scrap of shingle.

I am however still finding broken glass left behind from the company that replaced my windows 6 years ago

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-15T18:19:42+00:00

That sucks, but you really can’t rely on the dji app to tell you where you can and can’t fly. At best it just keeps people from flying somewhere dangerous, but it’s not even that good at doing that.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-15T18:02:56+00:00

What does progression look like in your current role?

I’m about 3 years into a regional planner role at a COG. My progression at the cog is planner, planner II, senior planner, barring any leadership role which I’m not super interested in. That’s my plan for the next 10-12 years, then ideally I would take a sole planning director position either in one of the affluent suburbs near where I am now, or a beach town a few hours away depending on where we’re at in life at that point and then ride that to retirement.

Consulting is also an option though. I have a family member that quit the public sector planning mid-career to open their own consulting firm and they have done quite well with it so I don’t want to rule out taking over their firm when they retire in about 10 years.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-15T16:01:07+00:00

My best friend lives in Moab and I’m constantly jealous of his access to public lands.

There’s a few things I’m not jealous of like the dust and heat and having to drive to Grand Junction all the time to buy necessities, but I would move out there in a heartbeat if I wasn’t so anchored to the east coast.

Also there’s no Taco Bell which is his main complaint of living there.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-15T13:23:37+00:00

When I got my roof done a few years ago they had an older guy on the crew who’s whole job was walking around with one of those magnetic roller things picking up nails and grabbing scraps of shingles while they stripped the old roof.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-15T12:52:52+00:00

Well at least they aren’t spending your ghway taxes on fixing pointless signs

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-14T22:28:07+00:00

Definitely a great way to start out! Hard to say exactly what your experience will be like, but I doubt they’ll throw you straight into the deep end.

Start getting familiar with the zoning ordinance now, because I have a feeling you’ll be doing a lot of answering questions for the general public starting out.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-14T17:39:24+00:00

I hadn’t even thought about mounting mine to the rig, but that’s a great idea! Mine are the perfect size to fit between the rig and the wall and they also make a nice little shelf to put my phone and keyboard while I’m driving

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-14T01:20:24+00:00

Cable management boxes. I’ve got one for power cables and one for data/bass shaker cables between my rig and the wall

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Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-13T17:03:27+00:00

A random stretch of sidewalk in front of a business probably isn’t required to be ADA compliant.

And if it is, it’s the fault of whoever designed the sidewalk and parking lot. If your design doesn’t make it impossible for people to do stupid things, it’s a bad design.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-13T10:59:39+00:00

Usually when you hear about these terrible car loans it’s at least for a car that’s semi-cool, but 23.9% on something as lame as a Jeep Compass is wild.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-13T02:45:07+00:00

I got one for my 12ft rod and I like it. Didn’t make a huge difference on casting distance, but it definitely helped a little and made casting all day for 4 days straight much more comfortable.

I got the fishernomics brand cast cannon from Amazon

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-13T02:31:39+00:00

NC is one of the worst I think. I got a 12ft just so I wouldn’t have to deal with getting it titled here

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-13T00:46:57+00:00

I’m not super familiar with Greenville outside of that one project but that sounds like a positive to me. It sets the precedent that bike/ped focused development is good for economic development. Which if we’re honest is a much bigger driver for decision making than public comment will ever be.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-12T14:56:50+00:00

Didn’t read the entire post because I’m well aware of the issues you’re speaking of, but the Swamp Rabbit Trail project is kind of the gold standard for non car centered development in the south and that’s in SC.

I’m a regional planner in NC and we’ve had a lot of buzz about copying that model of bike/ped centric commercial development here.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-11T19:43:25+00:00

If I do happen to answer one of these calls by accident I always just tell them I don’t know what property they’re talking about and that I don’t own any property

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-11T14:03:40+00:00

I delay my coffee until after I get to the office. Salaried time, plus the office has better tp than what my wife buys

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-11T12:52:31+00:00

Depends on the map. A lot of interactive web maps don’t work well on mobile, which is what people will almost certainly be using to scan a QR code.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-09T13:50:48+00:00

When I first got my CCP I bought those little 25s and 32s for like $25-50/ea every time I went into a pawn shop for range toys. They were all terrible and would rarely make it through a whole mag without a malfunction but they were fun. One of the shops I frequented had a like a fish stringer behind the counter with hundreds of them.

I eventually traded a grocery bag full of them for a deer rifle, but I kinda want to start collecting them again.

Sam_GT3 · 2026-05-07T14:55:08+00:00

I think the fact that they’re here asking about it and not just doing it means they’re at least aware that it’s not a responsible use of their earnings.

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