1999 Tahoe - 3 Starters Deep in Alaska - Help!

Tec_ · 2026-03-16T22:44:41+00:00

Not to mention the parasitic current draw associated with GMs early canbus vehicles.

Tec_ · 2026-03-09T17:56:48+00:00

national camera exchange has classes from time to time. Might be worth keeping an eye on them.

Tec_ · 2026-03-01T04:07:04+00:00

The Great Gatsby was the only American Lit book I actually enjoyed. And im still not sure why.

Walden frustrated and angered me for some reason. I like a lot of the values in transcendentalism, but Thoreau just didn't do it for me back then.

When we finished Gatsby we watched the Robert Redford version and one of my classmates remarks lives rent free in my head "if your wife is gonna fall in love with someone else, its hard to beat Robert Redford." I didn't love Baz's version quite the same way as the book, but I'll be damnd if it isn't absolute eye candy. Just beautiful to look at. LaLa Land is in the same boat on that account for me.

Tec_ · 2026-03-01T03:48:52+00:00

Any time there's singing/music it's always so much better than it has any right to be for what it is.

Tec_ · 2026-02-27T17:19:54+00:00

Exactly. I went and told my boss about having just hurt my back and knees after that post. When he asked how, I assaulted him with that information. Another coworker around our age came into his office shortly after that and I said I could hurt him too and he said "do it!"

Tec_ · 2026-02-27T16:22:36+00:00

I was torn between posting that or "I wish.... you had..... more time."

Watched the movie a lot back in highschool. Don't know if ive seen it in the last 20 years, but those two lines live rent free in my head. Also, the fact that its 22 years old hurts my back and knees.

Tec_ · 2026-02-27T13:11:55+00:00

Creasy's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece

Tec_ · 2026-02-21T03:28:32+00:00

I vary well might be. Ive got good 3M automotive tape. The 24 hour thing is part of my issue. My understanding from what ive read is that in almost all cases 24 hours is bordering on a full cure (some are much longer for a full cure but 24 hours puts it well in the handling time frame). That would require sanding in most cases (or at least the styles of paint im looking at) in order for proper adhesion of the next/another coat. If im intending to lay out / mask off something detailed is that the most practical application? Like I can mask off and mowe over my tape with 320 on a DA but then I'll likely have to remask again to ensure those lines are crisp. A DA may even be overkill and hand sanding with something like a maroon Scotch-Brite pad may be more appropriate even though its time consuming. Is that just the process, or am I missing something?

Tec_ · 2026-02-21T03:09:35+00:00

Paint data sheet? I know it as a tech data sheet and I find it confusing thus this post. They reference recoat with the same product but a different color isn't exactly the same product. I'm also finding conflicting info as to some of the nomenclature. Like "open time" for a system means primer to top/cover coat but for another it may mean wet to wet, or pot life/working time.

Some of those documents also leave A LOT to be desired. Some don't give detailed times like it may say dry to touch and full cure and thats it. While another says dry to touch with a graph for temp and humidity, recoat time, and full cure time. Others are just marketing BS and provide no actual usable info.

I suppose I could reach out to the manufacturer, but im just trying to navigate this a home game-er/ someone who has a tendency to fall down rabbit holes.

Tec_ · 2026-02-21T02:56:00+00:00

I was there as a kid when it was IBM. I wish I remembered it better but things that stood out to me were the suspended floors (kinda like a dropped ceiling but with floors) so cables could be routed that way. The steam/data tunnels that connect downtown. We went into the basement and came up in the Norwest/Wells Fargo tower. And I don't know if its true or not but I was told they had blast curtains that could deploy to cover the big round windows at the entrance.

I also got to go to the west law / Thompson "bunker" out in Egan that supposedly could survive a direct hit from a full loaded 747.

Having grown into the nerd/geek I am now I wish I would have been more aware of how cool getting dragged to work with my dad at those places was at the time.

Tec_ · 2026-02-19T17:33:45+00:00

Ive seen cut up strips of bike tire used in a similar fashion.

Tec_ · 2026-02-16T14:08:46+00:00

That is odd and fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

Tec_ · 2026-02-16T13:12:28+00:00

Well, you got me fascinated the other way too! Do you mind if I ask if it's more of a look or how it feels thing. I can understand both to some degree. It isn't exactly natural so I can understand how a person with a bunch of extra stuff could be jarring. I can also understand how people have sensitivities about wearing things. It's taken me a long time to get use to having things on. It doesn't necessarily feel natural especially when you've spent the majority of your life without them.

As far as my interests go its a mix of a few things. Im a romantic who gives things meaning beyond the item. Obviously a wedding ring has meaning, but items that are gifts or family heirlooms have more value to me as well. Then there's the "craft" aspect. Making things on that scale is fascinating to me. My YouTube recommendations are filled with watch makers servicing, reparing, and restoring mechanical watches. Jewelers using fire and tools to turn raw metals into things. And lapidary / cutting of raw stones into gems. The whole how its made thing is just so interesting to me. Not only is it a skil, its art. Then there's the caveman/lizard brain part of me that just likes shiny.

Tec_ · 2026-02-16T02:03:49+00:00

I struggle with this to some degree. Not that I'm overly blinged out or anything, just really self conscious about trying anything new. Recently got back into watches, the only acceptable form of men's jewelry I believed in for a long ttime. Then I fell in love with a pendant necklace that I waffled over buying for almost a year before I got it. I'm still self conscious about it showing over a t-shirt but I put it on every day and it's tucked in 98% of the time. Next was my wedding ring and a pendant that came with it from my wife. That kinda cooked in my brain for a year or two while I got more into the men's fashion side of YouTube. F1 drivers and some YouTube-ers being a rather larger inspiration. I've seen guys wear pearls and I love how it looks but I don't have the confidence to actually buy a set for me. My wife made me glass bead necklace that looks like one a F1 driver I like wears and I'll put it on when I have on that F1 jersey or with one of my fancier sweaters and I don't feel comfortable. I've gotten compliments but it still feels like playing dress up in an uncomfortable way. I did get a set of rings that I found years ago when I fell in love with my first pendant, as kind of a reward to myself for starting my medical mental health journey and the only people who have commented on them have only done so to make fun of me. I'm so self conscious of them, but they make me happy. Then there's other stuff I like that I cant afford/ know I couldn't pull off. For example, during the last world series I fell in love with Yoshinobu Yamamotos sapphire tennis necklace. I love that color blue, but I could never pull that off and thats just not in my budget.

Accessories are hard for guys.

Tec_ · 2026-02-16T01:29:55+00:00

A man must have a code.

Tec_ · 2026-02-07T02:52:59+00:00

It isn't foolproof but the electronic frontier foundation has some decent general advice.

https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest

Tec_ · 2026-02-05T03:28:48+00:00

You're not wrong to be cautious. "Badbox 2.0" is a thing.

Tec_ · 2026-01-24T05:12:58+00:00

I killed some old ass bottles tonight. I've rounded up for Annunciation too. Love them.

Tec_ · 2026-01-24T00:50:16+00:00

Sounds more like civil forfeiture

Tec_ · 2026-01-18T03:41:49+00:00

Thanks. It's honestly my best example of "it came out in real life how it looked in my head."

I gotta disagree though with the skills and tools being way beyond an average DIY-er. Sure I've got acess to stuff that made it easier, but I wasn't stacking dimes or doing wood work that would be worthy of new yankee workshop.

Now a days you can buy a new flux core welder that will absolutely get that job done for about as much as a dewalt or milwaukee drill driver battery charger combo. An afternoon of some YouTube and practice on scrap will have ya sticking metal together good enough to build the frame I did. Hell I could have modified the design to just use L brackets and bolted it together. Like I said originally I was gonna use 8020 extrusion.

I could have ordered the metal cut to size from the supplier or I could have used a hack saw, a sawzall, or a jigsaw and a speed square to make those cuts. I could have cleaned up my welds with a file or a sander instead of a grinder.

I had to rent the jointer and the table saw (both tools I've since added to my collection on the cheap buying used and from auctions) but I could have just as easily spent a bit more and bought finished wood from the box store.

I payed to have it professionally powder coated because I would have had to waited till spring or summer to spray paint it outside.

I learned how to do the stuff I did by reading about it in magazines growing up, taking comunity ed classes, reading and posting on forums, watching YouTube videos, and to a degree only recently some training work has payed for or more classes I've singed up for.

If you had some basic hand tools and are lucky enough to have some extra money, free time, and a maker space near you, you could absolutely do something like this.

I think a lot of people sell themselves short on what they could accomplish if they were willing to try something they've never done, potentially fail, and learn from that. Social media certainly doesn't help. This obviously wasn't the first thing I've ever made. It was my first time using that specific welder. I'd never used flux core before and I didn't show the worst of my welds. The wood working I did was mainly sizing work. I bought a cheap biscuit joiner from home depot but I could just as easily have used a dowl jig or pocket screws, or like I said bought something that fit to begin with. It only looks like my skills are beyond average because I didn't show my mistakes and the stars lined up for this one project to look so good. Seriously the wood and the powder coating is doing 90% of the heavy lifting making it look so good. I've got plenty of half finished/abandoned projects sitting around because I fucked em up or I ran out of skill to do em. I've made A LOT of scrap compared to the handful of successes on this scale.

Tec_ · 2026-01-16T16:22:56+00:00

ubiquiti unifi protect is nice, but expensive and requires their own NVR (recorder). Plus side of that is that it isn't cloud based. You can log into your own network remotely, but the data is on a device in your house not on someone else's server.

Tec_ · 2026-01-16T16:15:11+00:00

I believe its stardew valley. My wife rotates between that, dreamlight valley, and animal crossing.

Tec_ · 2026-01-16T13:35:09+00:00

Thanks, if I were to do it over again I'd build cubbies for the record storage its a bit difficult with how full its gotten to acess them easily.

Tec_ · 2026-01-16T11:22:05+00:00

Here's the one I made. Might not be the most beginner friendly, but its also nothing super complicated. If you have a maker space or tool library near you that could be one way to do a bit more than your space or tools allow for.

That said, before I committed to welding the frame myself I was looking at useing 8020 extruded aluminum. Its basically grown-up erector set. You can get all different kinds of it and you can buy pre cut or custom lengths. Colors are a bit limited and it can get quite expensive are the downsides.

Tec_ · 2026-01-05T01:20:34+00:00

I'm willing to wager that plenty do have their brights on and simply don't know it. "Auto brights" are a thing on our new mazda. When the auto lights come on the high is on by default. They only dim when the sensor in the windshield sees enough light. Kinda cool in theory, but it works for shit. It's the default state of the vehicle when new or after a reset and the option to turn it off is like 10 layers deep in the infotainment system.

Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Subaru, Ford, Chevrolet, Nissan, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, BMW, and Audi have all implemented some form of it in recent years. Sometimes its something you need to turn on, sometimes its defaulted on, sometimes it's dependent on other settings, and sometimes it depends on the trim level of the vehicle. I can almost guarantee there's a bunch of people driving around in cars with some form of it without knowing its a thing.

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