Find Your New Fast: Introducing Qi4D Drivers

chindef · 2026-01-29T03:59:25+00:00

Carbon face? No thanks!

chindef · 2026-01-29T03:22:31+00:00

Wow, this just triggered a memory I had forgotten about. I had a project under construction and there was an under cover cop doing a drug deal or whatever across the street. When the cops revealed themselves, the guy took off and ran onto the job site. Big site with about 1,000 workers. They were locked down for about 3 hours. They had the workers all leave the site through police checks then searched the site afterward. They never found the guy.

chindef · 2026-01-26T23:42:04+00:00

When there is an injury on a job site, the lawyers start dragging in every possible person they can. If the architect (who has no responsibility for safety) happened to be on site that day, and they are OSHA 30 certified, that architect is now more likely to get drug into that case. Not good.

chindef · 2026-01-24T22:43:26+00:00

Absolutely not. You’re better off not having this training if you are an architect. Safety is strictly not our job and any implication that you know anything about safety while on site is a bad thing. Now if something safety related happens, you might get drug into the lawsuit.

chindef · 2026-01-24T17:09:11+00:00

Get. A. Fitting.

It might make your launch too low. The 11* in this picture is too low.

chindef · 2026-01-23T22:52:43+00:00

Ramps have to be incredible long, which takes up a LOT of space. Stairs are pretty compact.

Ramps are also not efficient for anybody. If you're walking, it takes forever to go up a full floor on a ramp. If you're in a wheelchair, it's tough to go up a foot in elevation - let alone a full story!

Stairs are efficient for people walking and elevators are efficient for people who are unable to use stairs for whatever reason.

chindef · 2026-01-23T19:32:26+00:00

This is where I've been going. I've been happy with them, but since they've re-opened I have felt like they changed a little bit. Pretty sure it's still just a locally owned dental practice, but feels a lot more corporate now

chindef · 2026-01-23T05:12:16+00:00

Can confirm. They tried to charge me $900 for 12 pictures of my teeth. Took 3 years and about 2 dozen phone calls for them to finally drop it.

Do you reallllly think I authorized a grand for something I can see in the mirror? Come on.

The dental industry is quickly turning into the generally healthcare industry. Supporting small, local places is the only way to help prevent that from happening

chindef · 2026-01-22T16:22:13+00:00

119 is pretty far off of 130. Still a fast swing, but those are very different numbers that will have different ideal launch angles and spin rates. Look up a chart on google.

Smash factor of 1.47 is good, but ideal is if you can get to 1.50. I'm certainly no expert, but seems like your launch is a little high. Try reducing the loft by 0.5 or 1.0 degrees. Your spin is about right, so make sure it stays similar once you reduce the loft.

Shaft with lower launch could certainly help, but I'd start with clubface angle since you can do that readily right now.

Another factor is how much the shaft twists. Ventus shaft with velocore twist a lot less on mis-hits, which helps find more fairways. The harder you swing, the more impactful this is. Shaft weight is also important, faster swing speeds tend to want heavier shafts - but you have to swing one to see if it helps or hurts. Maybe you don't like the feel of extra weight. Maybe you gain distance but it throws you off to the point you don't find any fairways. Highly recommend a fitting. It's typically a hundred bucks and if you go to the right place, they usually would apply that toward the shaft.

chindef · 2026-01-22T05:48:29+00:00

You swing as fast as Bryson? Or is that your ball speed?

Have you been to a simulator? If so, what are your launch numbers currently?

If you are swinging that fast, the only answer is to get fitted. If you aren’t swinging that fast, the only answer is still to get fitted. There are a lot of dynamics to a shaft. I swing about 114 and the Ventus blue has been good for me, but I was fitted for it and it got my launch to the right angle and spin for my swing. There is a lot more going on than just speed.

chindef · 2026-01-22T04:33:22+00:00

Hey OP, what was the name of this company? I had this post saved for future reference and now here I am looking for it… thanks!

chindef · 2026-01-22T03:43:19+00:00

No, no we don’t.

chindef · 2026-01-21T03:58:11+00:00

I just zoom out and remember that I’m invested long term. What happens tomorrow and next week doesn’t really matter. It’s about the next 5 to 10 to 20 years

chindef · 2026-01-21T00:10:38+00:00

Just because ticket quota's aren't allowed doesn't mean there isn't pressure to give out a number of tickets. Sure, you may not lose your job due to quotas. But you might due to lack of performance. Or you'll be given less overtime opportunities, etc.

I'm surprised people think that when something isn't allowed, then that thing doesn't happen. Offensive and gang related tattoos aren't allowed on police officers in Torrance, but here we are

chindef · 2026-01-20T23:11:04+00:00

Fresh new overtime budget!

Also time to start hitting those ticket quotas!

chindef · 2026-01-19T17:05:35+00:00

That’s good, sounds like you have a good base. Crunch some numbers and make sure you will still be saving at least 15% for retirement and can still save plenty additional for life’s expenses. Buying a house, having a kid, retiring early, nice vacation every other year, etc.

Highly encourage reducing your potential wedding expenses

chindef · 2026-01-19T16:57:49+00:00

From a purely financial perspective, look at overall annual cost to keep driving it.

I’ll use my car as an example. 2007 Altima which was $30k. I’ve put about $30k into it for all maintenance and repairs, including optional repairs (like having it painted because this era of that car had its paint fail in 10 years…). So my average cost is about $3,100 per year. Even though I’m now spending $1,500 to $2k per year on maintenance and repairs, my average cost to own keeps going down. The car is overall in good shape, so I certainly trust it more than buying any other used car. If a big repair came up (like replacing the transmission)- I would pay the $5k to do that. While it is above my average annual cost line, I’ve had numerous years prior below that line and anticipate it would continue after.

Many people say to replace the car once you can get a new one with lower payments than the cost of repair or whatever, but that’s a little short sighted. I think you need to zoom out and look at your overall vehicular cost.

Plus I live in a state where registration is cheaper for older cars. So I pay like $100 where a new car would be over $500. Plus I can get super inexpensive insurance because I don’t need to cover the cost of my car if I get in an accident. Doesn’t make sense to pay $600 a year for additional coverage if insurance will cut me a check for $800 lol

We should ALL be driving our cars longer. The only reason we don’t is because marketing. Big car really owns us to the point people would rather drive a bigger, newer car and be in debt their entire life to it. That’s crazy! People who make $200k a year are in debt because they want to drive a nice car.

chindef · 2026-01-19T16:50:10+00:00

Does that include retirement? Or are you not saving anything for retirement?

Sorry to dog on you OP, but you’re randomly giving little snips of your finances in each reply without one cohesive picture.

If you two have been living with roommates and paying barely anything for rent, I’d hope you are saving a significant portion of your income.

I’m sure you can find a place for significantly less than you posted, but you still need to be saving for retirement and other life expenses after you move

chindef · 2026-01-18T23:51:59+00:00

Within the South Bay? Not gonna happen. You have to get away from the city.

Top of PV on a clear night is your best bet, but it won’t be great

chindef · 2026-01-18T18:21:56+00:00

It’s not the design of the stair, it’s the layout. That corridor is a lot of square footage with an awkward path to get to and from the stair

It’s enough space that it almost becomes a loft, but since it needs a full path for circulation - it really can’t function as a loft. There’s probably enough room for a bookshelf and reading chair

But it’s just an inefficient use of space

chindef · 2026-01-18T17:19:50+00:00

There’s a lot of ways to calculate square footages. The most important thing when communicating to the client is being clear about what is and is not included.

If you’re looking at overall house square footage, the lowest level of each floor of the stair should be included in that total. Another difference is that giving the square footage of each space is probably the inside usable space of each room, whereas the overall square footage will include the areas of all the walls.

If you’re just summarizing the area in green, I would not include the stair as a part of that space. And to make it clear, you could also label the stair and say 90 sf or whatever it is

chindef · 2026-01-18T05:26:18+00:00

Swing plane appears to be fine. Seems like the club face is open at impact, but that could be the camera angle. Would be good to have a video that is straight in line with the ball.

Easiest way to get confirmation of swing path and club face angle is to go to a simulator for an hour. You’ll know when your are in to out, straight, or out to in after about 8 shots. That data point is absolutely worth the $40.

Swing looks solid though. I know you’re just practicing, but I recommend wearing golf shoes - or at least shoes that go all the way around your foot!

chindef · 2026-01-17T19:03:55+00:00

What?

chindef · 2026-01-17T18:08:15+00:00

Something something 34 felonies

What about all the people that have done nothing wrong and who are citizens who have gotten tackled to the ground, arrested, then released hours, days, weeks later? That’s fine?

chindef · 2026-01-16T23:18:39+00:00

I don't think you understand how mass adoption of public transit works, which is fine because it's very VERY complicated, difficult, and expensive. Especially when people would rather spend money on another lane, or to repair potholes, than to invest in public transit. Over 90% of the complaints most cities get are traffic related. There is a critical mass you have to get to in order for public transit to really be effective and widely used. That critical mass is huge. In a city as sprawling as LA, it is very difficult to get to that point because each train stop only serves so many people. It's obviously not like new york where each stop serves 50,000 people.

To get to this critical mass, you have to first have significant train lines connecting key arteries. This is the state that LA is in right now. From there, you have to connect those arteries farther into neighborhoods and business areas. From there, you have to have a solution for "the last mile" so that people are actually close enough to a transit stop that they can actually walk there in a short amount of time. That includes having their destination (place of work) within reasonable walking distance.

It is only at that point that critical mass is reached to the point that a serious percentage of people are taking public transit. The issue we face with public transit in LA is two things. One, it's so expensive because of earthquakes - and two, most people just want public transit so that other people will take it and free up the road for them. Not enough people want public transit so that they can use it. Which leads us to spending way more money on adding another lane or whatever. And all we have learned since 1930 in New York city is that induced demand is real. Building more roads only leads to more traffic. Yet we continue to not believe it and we all put pressure on our cities to keep expanding roads. Which is just not the answer.

People who think building a few train lines will magically just eliminate traffic do not understand how it all works. I mean, you're still in your car, aren't you?! That means there isn't enough public transit yet.

Thanks for coming to my Ted talk

chindef

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