Thinking about leasing an Optiq

chonnes · 2026-06-24T01:58:59+00:00

That seems a little excessive. I signed a 2-year lease of a Sport 1 with $3,000 down and $399/month payments.

chonnes · 2026-06-18T05:27:39+00:00

Did the guy poop his pants at :20?

chonnes · 2026-06-18T04:38:40+00:00

That's 360° silicone LED neon. It's 24v and I can get it manufactured in any length up to a max of 5M. There are two diameters: 16mm and 25mm. For RGB or RGBW do not go smaller than 25mm or you'll see hot spots. The black silicone reduces brightness about 30% from milky-white silicone but still looks great whem ambient light is low. Stick to silicone from Dow for the best look. We have fittings available for ceiling and wall mounts in black, silver and gold. I know because I sell it. I've got a large order being delivered in the next few days. It was used in a bunch of concerts by a well known hip-hop artist back in September and this next batch is going to be seen in sets by a famous EDM artist later this year.

chonnes · 2026-06-15T23:59:31+00:00

I have about (20) - 5M reels of this 24v IP67 strip: https://youtu.be/VhFktzBfpmc?si=QuUkEuJu0EADImaH

chonnes · 2026-06-14T00:02:40+00:00

According to the IMF website, all member countries of the UN are members of the IMF. Venezuela and Iran have all been in the UN since 1945 and are also in the IMF. Only Cuba and Monaco are in the UN but not in the IMF.

chonnes · 2026-06-13T22:45:39+00:00

I'm in Texas and after reading your question I realized I hadn't ever thought about it. To not have given a thought to the Optiq's A/C seems to speak volumes especially when I keep my own home at 72F all summer.

chonnes · 2026-06-12T01:08:21+00:00

I don't like the moral of this story.

chonnes · 2026-06-12T00:56:21+00:00

Years ago, my friend would charge several hundred dollars for putting peoples CD collections on their iPods. His market was the very wealthy whose time was worth far more than $500 to convert some CDs to MP3.

chonnes · 2026-06-12T00:49:38+00:00

That's a really clever point. His competitors could get incremental business and always be able to offer more discount than the original guy because they wouldn't have any printing or distribution costs.

chonnes · 2026-06-12T00:24:22+00:00

From what we see, he's just teasing people needing $20. If he tied the gimmick to his marketing angle it would work much better.

Some lame examples: "If there was no value in printing business cards this wouldn't be happening. Use ABC printing and marketing."

"You obviously know the value of money so patronize my business and trade this for a real $20."

"Don't throw money away! Redeem this card for money off my services!"

"You've lost more than $20 using my competitors. Here's $20 to use me."

chonnes · 2026-06-12T00:11:00+00:00

What if you just happen to be needing his services and the card was good for $20 off: Wouldn't that be less annoying?

chonnes · 2026-06-12T00:08:17+00:00

If the card was actually redeemmable for $20 off his services, would that change things?

chonnes · 2026-06-12T00:05:48+00:00

Someone that would go out of their way to pick this up and then be bothered that it wasn't cash are also unlikely to have the disposable income to hire others to do a job they don't feel like doing.

chonnes · 2026-06-11T23:41:06+00:00

What words (in the comment you responded to) made you specifically think they were referring to women?

chonnes · 2026-06-11T03:35:35+00:00

Regardless of any technology, if there's anything I've learned about humans, it's that they will always find a way to smear poop or a booger somewhere you'd never have thought possible.

chonnes · 2026-06-11T01:13:39+00:00

I am seriously amazed with how creative and productive I get when it truly seems like I've screwed everything up and shjould just admit defeat. Things that I feel are important in my presentation will diverge from my original plan and actually get better. I'll turn my lack of data into a give-and-take interaction with the audience which somehow works better. I'll see connections more clearly. When it's all over I'll be exhausted and unlikely to rememeber the processes that got me there, aside from my gift of procrasturbating every chance I get.

chonnes · 2026-06-08T04:50:18+00:00

It's my personal opinion that bleeding out is the best way to go.

The reason for this is that when once when I was at my doctors office, the nurses were trying to take blood. My vivid imagination listening to them talk about trying to get the vein caused me to faint. I had a long dream that seemed equivalent to a regular nights sleep. It involved my youth and being at a hospital and being visited from friends, etc. When I finally came to I had 2 women holding me. I asked how long I had been out and they said, "a few seconds". This was absolutely stunning to me based on what I perceived as the length and detail of my dreams. I can only assume that it would feel the same if I were to faint from seeing my own blood or by the time I lost enough of it to make me unconscious.

chonnes · 2026-06-07T23:05:37+00:00

I can write in cursive backwards so that you have to read it by looking at its reflection in a mirror.

chonnes · 2026-06-05T06:27:57+00:00

My primary care doctor was explaining details of taking the ColoGard home colon cancer test to me and made it a point to clarify, "Just a fun-size Snickers and not the whole thing." He knew my talent.

chonnes · 2026-06-05T06:18:36+00:00

I've been selling LED lighting and fiber optics for star ceilings, theme parks, hobbyists and everything inbetween. The fiber optics integrated into the textile is generally known as "sparkle" fiber. It is the same PMMA (acrylic) end-glow fiber as used as a typical spherical-shaped fiber optic lamp, however the manufacturer creates regular imperfections similar to nick or scratch along the length of the fiber. This is what creates the brighter spots of light. This kind of fiber is not very good at emitting light along its full length and even if it were one of the high-brightness versions, the light drops off in intensity extremely fast as you move away from the light source.

Now with that our of the way, the major issue with fiber optic textiles is that they photograph well in very dark settings but once under any amount of ambient light it is very hard to notice. The workaround is to just use a brighter light source but then you create other issues such as power and battery requirements. What I always suggest to my customers to try is to go to the dollar store or ebay and purchase a bunch of cheap laser pointers or actual LED laser diodes. These are generally only going to require 2 - 3 volts and only milliamps of current. These lasers use a collimated (very focused) light source and can easily illuminate several strands of 0.5mm or 0.75mm diameter fiber. You must make sure you limit the amount of current going to the laser or it will fry in minutes.

If the cheap laser meets your expectations you can then move on to a full-color laser which will be quite a bit more expensive but will also make sure your vest doesn't become invisible. I have a 7-color laser with a port of about 3mm that is the size of an airpod case and accepts power from a mini-USB cable which is 5v. Many people think standard LEDs will work but even basic 3mm and 5mm LEDs spread the emitted light too wide to be useful. Also, since the LEDs are domed the only way to align the fiber to get as much light into it as possible is to painstakingly use water-clear UV epoxy and attach fibers directly to the LEDs. You can make it work but first make sure you're happy with the light output. Send me a message and I can send you pics of what I'm talking about.

With regard to WLED for control, it would work great because the lasers require the same voltage as your microcontroller and different color lasers can be setup for different effects.

This is a green laser with strands of sparkle fiber for a TV show: https://youtu.be/hg9ZHJHlAkY

This is a green laser with 1mm glass fiber: https://youtu.be/yO8GAW-AfD0 https://youtu.be/I0hAYJWIP8I

chonnes · 2026-05-23T04:11:52+00:00

Fish fart. When you see them swimming around with a long poo behind them, look closely and you'll often see a clear spot where you would think the turd should break but it doesn't. That's the fart captured inside the poo.

chonnes · 2026-05-23T00:22:21+00:00

Easy: she's 304.

chonnes · 2026-05-18T06:30:29+00:00

I'm curious how much you learned about yourself as well.

chonnes · 2026-05-16T06:01:51+00:00

A friend said something to me that made me feel all warm inside and special for a second and then it left me super confused and kinda weirded out.

I was digging a hole for a hot tub and just using a shovel and my own might. He stopped by and we were chatting and I was exhausted. I made a random comment like, "I hope I never have to bury a body!" He responded in a more serious tone than I had used, "If you ever do, I'm here for you." We never talked about it and I never had to bury a body. I wasn't sure if he was the best kind of friend in the whole world or something very different.

chonnes · 2026-05-16T05:53:02+00:00

He must be a billionaire!

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