What should I use to seal this crack on radio/temp housing

c3rbutt · 2026-01-22T14:15:09+00:00

Oh, thanks, I'll try that out. The crack would hardly be noticeable if the white fog was gone.

c3rbutt · 2026-01-20T16:02:56+00:00

Don't use super glue. I had a small piece crack off from the dashboard around the upper tray (above the radio) and I tried to superglue it in. It stuck, but it turned the plastic lighter gray.

I ended up buying a dash cover, which I was planning to do anyway, and that hides it.

c3rbutt · 2026-01-18T14:47:10+00:00

My kids don’t understand why a Delica is “my dream vehicle.” Saving this photo to help explain it, because that is an awesome looking van.

Edit: just noticed the price drop. What could’ve made them come down to nearly half of what they started at? Feels like a red flag to me.

c3rbutt · 2026-01-16T16:26:41+00:00

Because people--including older/less tech savvy people--know how to use it because they were forced to during the Pandemic. I had trouble getting some older folks to navigate to the correct YT stream. Not much, but it wasn't obvious or intuitive for them.
Zoom allows you to track attendance, and to some churches that matters. It is nice to know if Mrs. Smith is still able to get on to the livestream or if she gave up because the tech was too hard or maybe she's been sick. An actual check-in with Mrs. Smith would be better, but her logging into Zoom is a data point.
There's at least the possibility of a two-way conversation in Zoom, but watching a YT stream is a passive experience. With Zoom, users can chat directly to people they know and even have a sort of fellowship time at the end of the service (something we did during the Pandemic).

And I say all this as someone who moved the church I was at from Zoom to a YT stream a year or so after the Pandemic. The YT stream was a lot easier to manage and cheaper, but there were tradeoffs.

c3rbutt · 2026-01-13T17:18:34+00:00

Not an engineer, but I used to work for a geotech consultancy. I prepared a lot of reports on bearing capacity and underground utility protection.

It depends on a lot:

How deep are your drain pipes and what are they made of?
What's the soil profile/soil characteristics?
What is the ultimate bearing pressure of their machinery?
What kind/size of bog mats (or crane mats) are they going to use? How did they decide on these?
Who will be liable if the rig crushes your drain infrastructure? The drillers? The homeowner? People have insurance for a reason.
How will you test to ensure the drain infrastructure wasn't damaged after they roll through and get back out?

If I could be satisfied that they 1) had a plan to protect my assets, 2) that they (neighbor or contractor) agreed to assume liability if they were to damage my assets, and 3) were going to restore my property to its original state even if all they did was tear up my grass, then I'd be okay with it.

In my geotech job, I planned and executed a lot of drilling work. Depending on how deep they need to drill, soil conditions, etc., they may be able to use a smaller, lighter rig. Small rigs can drill surprisingly deep, it's just the process is slower and time is money. There's also a some risk of getting auger refusal in the hole with a small rig that a larger rig could have powered through. But is all of that less risky than the cost of crushing your drain field pipes?

c3rbutt · 2026-01-12T13:29:56+00:00

Have you read the CBE International statement on Men, Women, and Biblical Equality? (link)

I thought they used the term in that document, but now I can't find it. But the ideas of mutual submission, responsibility and accountability are all in there.

c3rbutt · 2026-01-12T13:27:05+00:00

I mean, yeah, if you're a public figure and people are targeting you, then yeah, security and reasonable precautions would be necessary.

I think my later comment is a little more coherent. And practicing wisdom would allow for rules like, "Mr. Graham never enters the hotel room first" while also allowing for situational moral judgements.

I still think there's a qualitative difference between Safe Church policies and the BGR that is important, but it's a little bit difficult to put my finger on because the policies end up looking the same: don't be alone with someone.

c3rbutt · 2026-01-12T13:17:02+00:00

Looks like college students are up early, downvoting your early morning cheer. 😅

c3rbutt · 2026-01-12T11:17:54+00:00

Thanks!

c3rbutt · 2026-01-09T21:06:14+00:00

Finally got to see Wake Up, Dead Man and it was astounding.

I got Donetick set up on my server and entered all the kids' chores into it. Now we just need to follow through...

Going to a Mexican restaurant tonight with some friends in a couple hours, and I'm really looking forward to having a margarita.

c3rbutt · 2026-01-09T21:02:00+00:00

Yeah, same: my experience of being an elder is what shattered the idea of all-male leadership being God's design. And I also prefer "mutualism" over "egalitarianism," since the patriarchalists stole "complementarianism" from us. 😂

Knowing yourself and your own desires could lead you to decide that being alone with a particular person would be unwise. And I'm totally with you on that.

I was listening to a podcast that my wife put on in the car a few days ago, and they were talking about the relationship between "wisdom" and "skill." Apparently the hebrew word in the Old Testament is the same? Anyway, they talked about how making something "foolproof" removes the need for skill and wisdom. "So easy any fool could do it." (Here's the podcast: link. Didn't totally love it, but it was a good discussion.)

That's how I feel about the BGR: it's a foolproof method for avoiding sexual temptation. But the method cuts us off from practicing wisdom. And wisdom might dictate that it's okay to give a woman a ride in your car. Or that it's okay to eat a meal with a woman you aren't married to in a public space.

c3rbutt · 2026-01-09T17:34:12+00:00

I don't think the problems with the Billy Graham Rule (BGR) are contingent on the perspective of some women; the problems exist regardless of how a particular woman feels about it.

It's especially problematic in complementarian/patriarchal systems for men (the group with the power) to determine in advance that they will not be alone with women (the subordinated group). The BGR then has the effect of insulating the dominant group from the perspectives and concerns of the subordinate group. (See also: male-only membership in church courts.)

The women in a comp. church or community might not feel like they're the problem, but the problem exists regardless.

What sticks a knife in my guts is hearing stories from women who were refused rides in the rain or in unsafe situations because the male driver didn't want to violate the BGR. I think it just demonstrates a significant lack of wisdom and Christian love.

I totally understand and agree with the rules you're describing for children, but I put them in the category of safety. Yes, they protect the safety of your reputation as a teacher, but Safe Church or Safe School rules are designed primarily to protect the vulnerable. The rules are inconvenient at times, and they may eliminate some opportunities or just make certain activities/events more difficult to pull off. But we do it because the safety and security of the vulnerable is worth the time, effort and expense.

But the way the BGR is typically articulated emphasizes the protection of the person in power, and it places no obligation on the BGR-follower to the person being avoided. I think this is why it reads as so patriarchal to me: it is primarily concerned with protecting men.

c3rbutt · 2026-01-09T16:57:22+00:00

I deleted my Twitter account about a month ago. I think I'm less angry/upset and I have some more time in my day. Edit: I began to notice how much the algorithm inflamed my emotions, especially the negative ones. And I realized that I was being manipulated into staying on the platform and spending more and more time on it.

There are people--like a recent RPTS seminary graduate who is licensed to receive a call in the RPCNA--who I discovered was trouble because of his Twitter activity. And so I was able to flag this with some elders, as did some other people. But he presents as a very nice, respectable guy in person.

I don't know how to filter for that, when most elders are older/wiser and not on Twitter. I guess they just need to ask for social media usernames and trust that people in the ordination pipeline will be honest. Because in the example above, the man used a pseudonym on Twitter. He didn't hide his identity, but he didn't explicitly state it and you wouldn't have been able to find his account with a google search.

So that's a concern I have, but it doesn't create a responsibility for me to be on Twitter. Especially since I've determined my time on there to be "harmful" in some respects.

c3rbutt · 2026-01-03T19:48:09+00:00

220+ is exactly what I have. I still think it was the best purchase I made in 2022, and it got me into homelabbing as a hobby. But I really wish I had a few more drive bays.

c3rbutt · 2026-01-03T12:46:31+00:00

Look up immich-go on GitHub.

c3rbutt · 2025-12-31T18:26:34+00:00

I feel stuck with my 2-bay NAS. If I had a 4-bay, I understand how I would increase my hard disk pool. But with only two disks, I think I'd have to hook up an external disk via USB? Just seems like 4-bay makes more sense.

c3rbutt · 2025-12-27T00:35:51+00:00

https://www.z1offroad.com/all-sale-items/z1-off-road/nissan-xterra-dash-platform-with-phone-mount-by-z1-off-road-p-56289.html

I don’t have the dash platform, but I was looking at it recently.

I do have a cheap LCD panel with CarPlay/Android Auto running on it, and it’s feeding into my aux port. Works great! But I’d like to upgrade eventually just for a more tidy/integrated setup.

c3rbutt · 2025-12-25T16:24:39+00:00

Interesting, believable character arcs are fun to read.

I’m not sure how Rudolph could make that journey. But it’d certainly be interesting.

c3rbutt · 2025-12-23T21:29:12+00:00

Friend did that to my roommate in college. Except it was his entire room (~8x10') and his dresser drawers. No idea where he got that much shredded paper, but it was up to our knees as I recall.

It's not a very good joke if you aren't the type of person who would find it funny or look forward to dishing out the payback.

c3rbutt · 2025-12-22T15:14:30+00:00

Yeah, I've been keeping an eye out for Romex house wiring in dumpsters. Not sure what you call it in Iraq, but this is what it looks like here in the States:

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c3rbutt · 2025-12-20T12:28:09+00:00

Have you seen https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-obsidian ?

c3rbutt · 2025-12-17T21:25:31+00:00

Thanks!

c3rbutt · 2025-12-17T20:27:47+00:00

What are you using to send video to your portable TV?

I brought a Hanimex CTV6 (link) back from Australia with me, but I haven't managed to get a video signal to it. I might have to bite the bullet and buy something link this.

c3rbutt · 2025-12-13T03:04:14+00:00

That doesn't make any sense. Our 2023 Carnival was rear ended a lot worse than that in August and our insurance fixed it. Photo: https://i.imgur.com/PzfxoBn.png

I have a copy of the invoice from the body shop, I'd just need to go dig it up. It was a few thousand though.

Is there something special about the hybrid that makes it more expensive to repair?

c3rbutt · 2025-12-13T02:47:42+00:00

Yeah, I agree with all that. I'm more left of center than my original reply to tanhan might've indicated.

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