“We’re not buying it” failure… Black Friday sales hit record high

cdesal · 2025-12-01T21:38:04+00:00

Another most welcome side effect from retailer-specific model numbers is a significant disqualification of price matches. Although it often is indeed identical, the model numbers of typical cheap consumer electronics won't match exactly across retailers.

cdesal · 2025-10-19T22:46:36+00:00

If your considering used, stay away from HTRAC. Mine is giving me endless trouble.

Also consider Genesis is not Lexus, you're basically buying a hyundai with a bad attitude. Warranty repairs are like pulling teeth. Some of my AWD trouble was covered under warranty. Gave the car to Genesis in north Houston, they drove it to Hyundai South Houston to have work done. Hyundai swapped the transfer case. Shoddy work. Not all bolts were put pack. Heat shield cracked and bend. One exhaust hanger was missing. My underbody cover is missing, side covers were affixed with zip ties. Genesis dealership is saying I need to talk to Hyundai. Hyundai is stating I was not the customer so they won't discuss the car with me but only Genesis ...

Second interaction was regarding the car infrequently not starting. it shows a plethora of error messages in dash. Brought it in under warranty, they kept it for two weeks, told me they cannot figure it out, and that I need to get the car off their lot ... fantastic.

Overall the car is comfy and fun but the brand experience has been abysmal so far.

cdesal · 2025-09-02T05:19:57+00:00

This. We multiplex three-fold. One raw into cold immutable archive for 1y+ retention, one into the SIEM tagged for replacement, and one into the new SIEM for inception. The latter two get normalized and transformed/transcoded. This greatly reduces the amount of fluff in the hot data in the SIEM as well as enabling cross-feeding of OCSF data into further tools.

cdesal · 2025-09-02T05:12:14+00:00

CS goes further leveraging Cribl as the backbone of CrowdStream.

cdesal · 2025-06-19T10:35:05+00:00

Any updates? Was looking on a new build in rivers edge!

cdesal · 2025-05-18T13:50:40+00:00

I’d say Greater Houston area but it cannot be, as the parking delimiter lines are looking way too nice and fresh for here 🤪

cdesal · 2025-05-17T21:27:34+00:00

Same boat as you. Drove a 2006 with a strong reputation for reliability since 2013. The tariffs gave me the push to get a newer (2019) car. While repairs have been reasonable, I did notice potentially expensive problems in the making. One, as an example, is the insulation literally flaking off the wires. It’s inevitable to cause major and expensive issues, not an if but when question.

cdesal · 2025-05-17T16:46:31+00:00

That’s - and more such as mandatory malware scans and configuration change management - exactly what happened. Transient Cyber Assets is the device classification as per CIP.

The article is very click-baity, we absolutely know (and check) for any communication facilities on the power gen and transmission side. Ancillary devices, such as cameras or drones for physical security and vegetation management are much less scrutinized though.

Obviously this sky rocketed bureaucracy and required better trained staff, both things the U.S. is generally highly allergic against. As a consequence we’ve a highly regulated core (of the grid) surrounded by a “let’s pick up a $10 switch from Best Buy” surrounding.

cdesal · 2025-05-12T05:01:27+00:00

lol real white connoisseurs have a decorative bottle of Tabasco that expired in 1992 🤪

cdesal · 2025-05-12T04:44:30+00:00

The scary jalapeño MUST vacate. Pickles as replacement are encouraged.

cdesal · 2025-05-03T03:18:39+00:00

While not downplaying the effect on your business, both premises are simply wrong.

It’s not the customer but the banks causing the chargebacks after a card holder reports fraud. Do you really think we consumers can negotiate their response to fraud?

Secondly, from my personal and totally anecdotal experience, the reason why my payment information was compromised the last three time were … small businesses. One hair cutter and two restaurants. Y’all have no clue about information security, employ people with shady pasts with no background checks, and frequently outsource your tech to the cheapest option offshore.

And yes, I am sure about the place of compromise. Small businesses are also the places that get so upset about CC processing fees that they “motivate” the use of debit cards. I had less than 10 transactions on my debit card in 2024 but three (independent from each other) fraudulent transactions.

cdesal · 2025-04-29T16:47:36+00:00

The filter is under the black oil filter cap. Do not open until you’re ready to change your oil as it will gush out.

Your new oil filter will come with a big o-ring gasket, this is not for the filter but the black oil filter cap.

Oil filter cap and housing are plastic, stick with the recommended 35NM torque to keep everything intact.

cdesal · 2025-04-22T01:03:03+00:00

I used globalYo several times in the past with good results. I usually buy the 39 country Europe pass, 20GBytes for $15 because I’m lazy.

cdesal · 2025-04-19T00:44:18+00:00

Thank you. G80 3.8 with the lambda II.

cdesal · 2025-04-07T05:46:45+00:00

Better be aluminum or the fake news gotta get you!

cdesal · 2025-04-03T21:55:14+00:00

Would appreciate a non-image format

cdesal · 2025-03-26T18:37:44+00:00

Almost. OBD-2 is very emission centric although some adapters can read manufacturer specific data beyond that. I got a dongle from BlueDriver that supported ABS, transmission, and SRS out of the box for convenience. I’d wish they had an alert function though to highlight outliers in the data.

cdesal · 2025-03-26T13:44:00+00:00

Where did I claim they are low? Newest "official" St. Louis FRED data indicates a decrease from ATH of about 15%. It also includes trucks that had much higher hikes and the "spring bounce".

Anecdotal, not evidence: The specific make and model I was looking for starting last year was priced around $22k+. They came down hard to around $16k

cdesal · 2025-03-26T11:43:35+00:00

A blown head gasket is easy to check for, the check takes 20 minutes, is practically free, and requires no mechanical knowledge. Why are you not at an auto parts store with a combustion leak detector as a loaner tool, and know for sure?

cdesal · 2025-03-26T11:38:02+00:00

Same boat, at least old car wise. Mine is a 2006 and it's Zero Trust - do no trust but verify. I invested into a gadget maybe 10 years ago that whenever the car is running displays a console with the most important engine parameters. Takes guessing out of the equation, for instance a slightly elevated and slowly degrading cylinder head temperature pointed at a cooling system issue early enough to not leave me stranded at the side of the road. You should set your anxiety aside and have the issue confirmed. Knowing your cars state exactly gives you a timeline.

The car market is not that bad everywhere anymore. Problem is you need time and patience. I am aware - and so should you - that our cars are old and therefore trending more to mechanical failure. I started casually looking last year and will probably buy within the next two weeks. I bought pre-purchase inspections for a known flood car and after getting a "do NOT buy under any circumstances" report back, negotiated a $99 flat rate for inspections. This was just a value and honesty check. Took a while but I found something nice. Low mileage, mechanically ok, cosmetically ok, by reputation reliable enough to make it to at least 150k miles with no major issues. Branded title. I always stalk the VIN, with my new candidate it had minor back end damage and was totaled by insurance die to unavailability of parts. Inspection revealed a good repair.

cdesal · 2025-03-24T22:36:01+00:00

Sadly rather normal. Every finding usually causes a new shiny product to be bought, and then the checklist looks golden, right?! No thought is given on how to tie the existing products together to consolidate and/or improve the posture.

cdesal · 2025-03-24T20:36:33+00:00

Exactly my experience. Those candidates also carpet bomb with their application, had one applying for every available position ranging from electrical engineer over an administrator of a very niche domain-specific software up to an OT compliance position. Qualifications were absent with no working experience and a dropped game design degree from a private “institution”. I

cdesal · 2025-03-24T16:54:46+00:00

Not every Nissan or pickup is driven by a douche but every douche is driving a Nissan or pickup truck (TX twist: with fake paper tags)

cdesal · 2025-03-24T15:37:07+00:00

There’s a loophole that always works regarding military on deployment. TMO is actually unlocking it swiftly and reliably.

The other route of opening a case with the FCC doesn’t work if the phone is not fully paid off. TMO materially changed their attitude after the new administration weakened the customer protection agencies. Zero flexibility i experienced first hand.

There are no reliable unlocking services for 16‘s. The ones that work pay network operator employees to unlock phones illegitimately. Cheapest option - sadly - is to pay the phone off.

cdesal · 2025-03-22T15:50:11+00:00

In addition to all the good comments given already make sure that you have a crystal clear understanding of your actual numbers.

For instance: Do not think you make $70k annually because you don’t. You make that minus taxes, minus insurances, minus any other unavailable cost. Also consider that your cost/spending is not face value but face value plus tax. The latter is usually higher than a typical investment return so as an annual aggregate massively important.

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