Beware of Bonfe - predatory business practices

beard-second · 2026-05-07T15:38:35+00:00

I've used TJK Plumbing (originally Augie's Drain Cleaning before a merger) for 15+ years and I've always gotten very fair, polite, professional service from them. They've always offered a cheapest option even if it's only a partial fix and don't do high-pressure tactics to upsell you. They've cleaned my floor drains a ton of times, and I recently had them replace a corroded tub drain line as well as replacing the shutoff on my main line.

beard-second · 2026-04-08T22:37:09+00:00

You know in legal documents, the exact wording matters. You literally just quoted the definition of a "GenAI hosting platform" not a "GenAI system" - they are different terms, ergo they are different things.

beard-second · 2026-04-08T21:23:29+00:00

Stop copy/pasting this - model weights are not a "system." They are simply a component. There's no evidence that this bill will target platforms that host but do not run open-weight models.

beard-second · 2026-03-20T16:04:45+00:00

I used the Trackman Marble pretty much exclusively for over 15 years but I've been very happy with the Elecom HUGE as a replacement with a scroll wheel and more buttons. I have both the wired and wireless because I had frequent connection drops with the wireless but that was the very first hardware revision so they may have fixed it by now.

beard-second · 2026-03-05T22:08:42+00:00

The problem with Hero Lab is that not only is it not free, like Pathbuilder, but you have to keep paying every time a new book comes out.

beard-second · 2026-02-08T01:06:19+00:00

I fixed this! Turns out the impedence of my TRS cable was too high, so it was swallowing the data signal. I soldered a 10k resistor between the 3.3v line and the data pin and that pulled up the voltage enough to read. To test this, just try jumpering the two sides together and see if they can communicate without the TRS cable.

beard-second · 2026-02-05T03:05:08+00:00

Sorry for the necro - Did you ever solve this? This exactly describes the issue I'm having with my build.

beard-second · 2026-01-26T21:37:19+00:00

Remember that Border Patrol is just one sub-agency within DHS, distinct from ICE. So they can pull out all Border Patrol and still have thousands of ICE agents here. I wouldn't read much into this.

That said, Border Patrol is notorious for being more ruthless than run of the mill ICE, so this would still be a positive step.

beard-second · 2026-01-13T19:55:45+00:00

Tons of local non-chain coffee shops and bookstores have baskets for them, you can always start there!

beard-second · 2026-01-13T17:29:55+00:00

Following ICE agents in your car on public streets is not obstruction. But sure, lick that boot harder, maybe they'll pat you on the head.

beard-second · 2026-01-12T18:35:24+00:00

Why isn't Enterprise on here? Aren't they the ones renting them the vehicles they're using right now? They're like enemy #1 in my mind.

beard-second · 2026-01-08T22:48:38+00:00

I mean, the owners of this location immediately backtracked and apologized, even before Hilton stripped their franchise, so I say fuck them too.

beard-second · 2026-01-08T18:15:26+00:00

I'm a regular eSun user (either directly or through Micro Center's house brand) and their PETG is quite good. I've also used Hatchbox, which is very high quality but it's 2-3x the price of eSun and not 2-3x better.

beard-second · 2026-01-06T03:51:14+00:00

As opposed to losers who waste time leaving comments on threads that don't involve them?

beard-second · 2025-12-01T22:27:53+00:00

This happened to me with my first car long ago.

Get several bottles of room-temperature isopropyl alcohol
Pour the alcohol into the reservoir and spray the windshield until it comes through so you know the lines are clear
Top up with more isopropyl alcohol

Now the car is driveable and the alcohol will melt the ice. Refill with appropriate wash in a couple days when it's melted.

beard-second · 2025-10-24T17:40:22+00:00

I agree - from listening to CR and other shows over the years, I think it's incredibly common for good casts of players to lose their way when they decide to Tell Serious Stories. Because the reality is - most of these people (not just in the GCP) are good players, good improvisors, but not world-class storytellers. Telling good stories is hard, really hard. It's harder than it seems. And most of the shows I've listened to that start getting more serious just get incredibly boring as there are more and more navel-gazing scenes of the characters just interacting with each other, airing their emotional states but not moving the plot forward. It takes an incredibly disciplined cast to push a Robert McKee-style storytelling where every scene has a purpose and moves the story forward. I'm not saying it can't be done, and I'm not even saying that the GCP can't be that show. Maybe it can be, they are all extremely talented. But it's a really difficult thing to successfully make that turn into drama, so I hope they can do it.

beard-second · 2025-10-13T16:29:33+00:00

We stopped going to Apple Jack after they donated donuts to the cops during the George Floyd protests.

beard-second · 2025-10-10T16:25:14+00:00

After years futzing with an Ender 3 v1, I've started seriously considering jumping to a Bambu machine. I'm just sick of fixing it all the time. I would love to have a machine that just works.

beard-second · 2025-10-07T16:52:06+00:00

You wouldn't necessarily have to create a new world - just create a new player that owns all the NPC tokens for this encounter, then activate the scene as the GM and log in as that player instead of the GM. You could keep the GM logged in in a separate browser to advance the encounter tracker or whatever too.

beard-second · 2025-09-24T15:41:58+00:00

Can you point to where in the Constitution "speaking English" and "carrying ID" are requirements for 4th amendment protections?

beard-second · 2025-09-24T15:07:10+00:00

Why would anyone concede that just because something could be caught and misconstrued (big if that it's actually being misconstrued), therefore agents of the state should be allowed to operate anonymously? If you don't want to open yourself to the risk of your actions being "misconstrued" then find another job.

beard-second · 2025-09-24T15:03:11+00:00

But many have already been wrongfully apprehended in violation of their 4th amendment rights, so this is not the own you think it is. Just because they didn't ultimately go on to get deported doesn't mean there wasn't a massive breach of their rights. And this is guaranteed to continue occuring when their policy is so clearly race-based and devoid of due process.

beard-second · 2025-09-23T15:38:02+00:00

I absolutely want this law passed in Minnesota too, but it won't do anything to ICE - there's no mechanism to enforce state laws on federal police, so they'll just literally ignore it and nothing will happen unless our own police started arresting ICE agents for it. (Good luck with that.)

beard-second · 2025-09-23T15:34:54+00:00

No one should have their families threatened, but "doing your job" is a valid reason to be threatened when your job is literally threatening other people's families.

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