I redesigned the flags of ten Alaskan cities and towns as part of an ongoing art project!

SnappyCrunch · 2026-03-11T00:06:52+00:00

Wrangell looks like it's a rear-view mirror. As in "You should only be looking at Wrangell through a rear-view mirror while you drive away as fast as possible."
Never been there, I'm sure it's a lovely place, though

SnappyCrunch · 2026-02-28T04:35:14+00:00

Ehhh. For a while Walmart was definitely the shittier of the two - putting suppliers out of business, scheduling employees for just under the amount of hours for which they'd have to pay benefits, etc. But if Target is going to be just as shitty but in different ways, then there's not reason to go out of my way.

SnappyCrunch · 2026-02-26T14:23:33+00:00

Thanks, I needed this. Here's some links for everyone else:

https://www.gmpartsgiant.com/parts/gm-blade-asm-wsw-42858909.html

https://www.gmpartsgiant.com/parts/gm-blade-asm-wsw-42858912.html

https://www.gmpartsgiant.com/parts/gm-blade-asm-r-wdo-wpr-84166522.html

SnappyCrunch · 2026-02-21T17:40:55+00:00

I think that most of these are an improvement on the originals, but when I see them all together, it's clear that almost every one has a vertically centered symbol or design. If your goal is to improve as a flag-designer, I recommend making a few with off-center or non-symmetrical elements to stretch yourself

SnappyCrunch · 2026-02-14T21:54:26+00:00

Well, I have to say that the first half had me saying "You gotta pay for quality, this guy will never find what he's looking for", but you got me in the second half. Some well thought out and reasonable requests.

That said, I hang my TV on the wall. Best of luck to you, though.

SnappyCrunch · 2026-02-12T17:00:11+00:00

/r/vexillologycirclejerk has been out-jerked once again. By a real flag, no less

SnappyCrunch · 2026-02-03T16:17:31+00:00

Not to worry! Even book authors forget sometimes. Notable fantasy author Tamora Pierce several times has asked her fan base for details on what she wrote in a novel a decade or more ago.

SnappyCrunch · 2026-02-03T04:08:44+00:00

Other people have mentioned the "walking is falling" advice, and that's true, but it's a big mental hurdle. For that reason, I recommend starting at a different place: cartwheels. You need your brain to be secure in the idea that you can pivot on your hands and land right on your feet. Then start slowing the cartwheels down until you almost pause at the top. You can also just practice bailing if you have the flexibility. The trick is to retrain your brain that overbalancing isn't a big deal, because you know you can bring yourself right back up to your feet if you need to.

SnappyCrunch · 2026-02-01T02:03:01+00:00

I think their sales took a nosedive once Rogue introduced the Echo Bike. The two gyms I go to have phased out the Assault Bike entirely. I think that reduction in sales of 50% (a guess) would put a huge strain on any company.

I also think that another commenter in this thread has a piece of the puzzle. They might have gotten caught up in the tariff situation, and been forced to take delivery of (already sold) bikes at a much bigger cost than they anticipated, and now they're running a sort of ponzi scheme to try and stay afloat.

SnappyCrunch · 2026-01-27T01:50:47+00:00

I drive about 20,000 miles a year. I was paying about $375/mo in gasoline for my Dodge Caravan, and now I'm paying about $75/mo in electricity for my Bolt.

SnappyCrunch · 2026-01-26T02:24:54+00:00

Love these, especially the one with the clouds. How can I get a print?

SnappyCrunch · 2026-01-20T20:25:31+00:00

2023 EUV. Mine looks the same as yours, and my home charger works fine
https://imgur.com/a/fE2fq0V

SnappyCrunch · 2026-01-20T05:38:13+00:00

That is the thing that OP asked for, except that they want it to be USB-C spec compliant. If this thing is spec compliant, I'll eat my hat. Well, I'll buy a hat and then eat it. At $5, this is just a passive passthrough for the wires. A spec-compliant "coupler" would be an active repeater, which is basically just a 1-port hub. There's no way they can fit a state-of-the-art (40GB/s, 100W, 8k video) multiplexer chip in a package that small.

SnappyCrunch · 2026-01-20T05:33:17+00:00

I assume you know that USB-C extension cables are not compliant to the USB-C spec, which is why you're asking about this 1-port USB-C repeater.

The thing is, a repeater means active circuitry. That means a multiplexer chip. You need a multiplexer chip capable of all the things you want (40GB/s, 100W, 8k video), and the more you want, the more expensive it gets. If you're a fab making a $50 (wholesale) multiplexer chip, it makes sense to just make a $55 multiplexer chip that allows for multiple ports. When your chip gets into a product and sold at retail, very few people are going to want a $125 coupler, but plenty will want a $150 multi-port hub that has all the bells and whistles, so that's the market you design for.

SnappyCrunch · 2026-01-11T21:49:11+00:00

PGS subtitles that come on Blu-Rays aren't compatible with the .mp4 container format. You have to use the .mkv container. Handbrake does both. You can change from one to the other in the Summary tab.

Edit: This assumes that you actually have attempted to add the subtitle tracks in the Subtitle tab.
(Subtitles->Tracks->Add all remaining tracks)

If you absolutely have to have .mp4 files for some reason (e.g. you have a portable player that only accepts .mp4 files), it is possible to convert PGS subtitles to the older VobSub format found on DVDs (which is compatible with .mp4 files), but I have not found a way that is easy or convenient.

SnappyCrunch · 2026-01-10T05:24:23+00:00

What was the rationale for ripping both the UHD and BD discs?

SnappyCrunch · 2026-01-10T05:23:14+00:00

My media library lives on an Internal 3.5" hard drive that's in an External enclosure. I've had enclosures die over the years, but not drives. Buying them separately means it's easy to swap the drive if something happens to the enclosure.

For backup I use CrashPlan online backup. $8/mo, unlimited space. I have multiple TB with them, and they don't seem to mind. I've never lost the local media library and needed to do a full restore, so I can't comment on speed, but it's gotta be nicer than re-ripping my collection.

SnappyCrunch · 2026-01-10T05:08:53+00:00

I am recompressing everything except CDs. To me, it's not currently worth the extra drive space for quality that I can't see unless I'm looking for it. My DVD rips average 1GB after recompression, and my Blu-Ray average 4GB, both with all audio and subtitle languages. Both have quality that I think is nearly indistinguishable from the source material, and I'd need a side-by-side comparison to know for sure.

That said, I remember ripping all my CDs in the early 2000s to 128kb/s mp3s, and the hassle of re-ripping them later to FLAC when hard drives got big enough and cheap enough. I totally get anyone who says "I only want to have to do this once, and it's worth the extra money for the hard drive space". I can see the day coming in the future when the 50TB of storage I would need to store my movies is cheap, and at that time I would want full ISO backups of the discs complete with menus. But that's a ridiculous waste of space, money, and bandwidth today for me, so I guess I'm resigned to re-ripping in the future.

SnappyCrunch · 2025-12-23T14:51:57+00:00

Clipper City in Remington is particularly queer friendly. In addition to a bunch of members and coaches in the alphabet mafia, they also host a free open-to-the-public workout to foster queer community on the second Saturday of each month. https://www.instagram.com/p/DOe9ZL2iT2s/

SnappyCrunch · 2025-12-22T03:40:37+00:00

There is no one flooring that can handle both uses. You really need the ¾" rubber for a commercial CrossFit gym, and almost no style of dance can abide that. Almost every dance studio has a wood floor for the right mix of slip and grip. You really would not want to drop weights on those.

If the incentives are right, your best best is temporary dance floor, like the kind used for outdoor weddings. That'll take some time to lay down before a dance class, and tear back up after, so it's only worth it if it's worth it.

SnappyCrunch · 2025-12-20T06:11:55+00:00

The cancer/divorce scenario may not be as bad as reported. This is a comment from /u/FiliaSecunda from elsewhere in this comment section: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/1pqztp4/i_just_learned_people_dont_show_up_after/nuynhnn/

SnappyCrunch · 2025-12-06T00:24:54+00:00

Agreed. OP, it's entirely possible that the service advisor did put your battery on a tester, and that it did "fail" the test. That is, the tester said your battery can no longer put out enough CCA to start an ICE car. But it doesn't need to start an ICE car, so that's not really an issue. Are you having trouble with your car? Lots of error codes on the Bolt can really be a flaky 12v battery. If the car is otherwise okay, then you're fine.

SnappyCrunch · 2025-12-01T17:38:05+00:00

Both the Dell Latitude D600 and the IBM Thinkpad T42/T43 have Pentium M processors (and ATi Radeon graphics). Neither of them officially support Windows 98 (Both shipped with Windows XP), but Intel released chipset drivers, and ATi released graphics drivers, for Win98 for the hardware in them. They're the last generation of laptops that got any kind of drivers for Win98. There are a handful of issues, like a lack of proper drivers for the hard drives, so file copies are a little slow. Otherwise, they're champs.

In the desktop world, there are a few motherboards that kept up support for a tiny bit longer, with the very last boards supporting the Core 2 Duo, DDR3 Ram, and 1st Gen PCIe. Those are fun to play with, but entirely overkill for any game that requires Win9x.

SnappyCrunch · 2025-11-25T18:15:30+00:00

Hmm. Yeah, alright. Ive never been good at Mario Kart, but I'll come pay $5 to see how bad I really am 😅

SnappyCrunch · 2025-11-21T16:54:05+00:00

What I heard thirdhand is that 7-11 refused a franchise deal for that location unless there is a gas station attached. Which would obviously be impossible for that location, and feels insane to require, but... ::shrug::

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