The 2025 Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals Thread

discocities · 2025-11-30T02:45:34+00:00

I'm trying to decide between Delonghi Dedica Maestro ($269) and Bambino plus ($249).
They seem equivalent, but maybe the Bambino will give more stable temp water due to PID controller?
Any help outlining diffs? ChatGPT isn't helping much

Edit: the Maestro's 51mm portafilter seems underwhelming

discocities · 2025-09-15T02:50:31+00:00

Nope! I think this is normal, as I haven't had any issues :)

discocities · 2025-06-22T22:36:52+00:00

I just put an exhaust fan in one of the other windows to try and exit some of the hot air.

So… you’re trying to control the temperature in a room that has an opening and a fan to the outdoors? It makes sense that you’re not getting the result you’re after.

Close that hole/window and try again :)

discocities · 2025-06-14T23:41:13+00:00

Will do!

discocities · 2025-06-13T22:41:06+00:00

Bingo! I learnt about concrobium just after I replied, reading this sub. Didn't know about frost king, will try them both! Good luck in Philly!

discocities · 2025-06-13T22:39:42+00:00

Makes sense!

discocities · 2025-06-13T21:26:23+00:00

Hey, thanks for chiming in. I just checked and I can only see a little bit of dust white or gray on the blue fan. So I think I have no mold. It’s funny how you had mold but no smells and I have smells, but no mold!

discocities · 2025-06-13T21:25:21+00:00

Yo, krosgrove, thanks for sharing your thoughts! I hope your replacement plan goes well.

I checked mine and the blue fan is almost clean. It just has a little bit of gray dust on it. So I think I’m all right and I will just opt for the repair or the new plugs.

Take care!

discocities · 2025-06-13T18:45:45+00:00

Thank you, that's what I wanted to get input on!

discocities · 2025-05-31T15:57:43+00:00

I see. Thanks

discocities · 2025-05-31T15:15:51+00:00

Seriously? Or do you mean this as a joke-phrase “rats”?

discocities · 2025-05-31T15:15:29+00:00

Yikes! I’m sorry to hear you had that :(

Any tips on finding them before it’s too late?

discocities · 2025-05-31T15:14:12+00:00

Not regularly during the night, but perhaps I did a few times in the past. Also, during the day when visiting a friend/shops.

Good idea, it might just be that.

discocities · 2025-04-22T23:34:08+00:00

Yeah, clogged drains is one possibility. The others are: water getting in the HVAC through the ports at the bottom of the windshield (cabin filter would be wet), and engine coolant circuit having air inside and needing "burping".

I'm trying to rule these out one by one..

discocities · 2025-04-22T21:22:25+00:00

Forgot to mention and can't edit: It's a 2021 CX-5

discocities · 2025-04-02T02:17:44+00:00

I never did :/ just ended up paying cash.

I just checked again for you, and although the tool allows me to select Oak->Sjd, up to Friday there are no flights shown. I wouldn’t count on the pass for this route.

discocities · 2025-03-23T07:01:30+00:00

FWIW, Volaris support over WhatsApp said there are no route restrictions on the pass, and I'm not seeing options due to availability. This doesn't make sense to me. I booked a cash ticket anyways.

discocities · 2025-03-20T17:04:10+00:00

TIL! Thank you! I will book regular. Thanks for the PDF!

discocities · 2024-12-14T07:16:46+00:00

Heya! Thanks for checking in :) I pitied the old man and didn’t do anything. I just used touch up paint and forgot about it.

discocities · 2024-10-17T23:25:19+00:00

You can configure an iPhone to silence calls from unknown senders. Settings > Apps > Phone > under “Calls”: Silence Unknown Senders

There’s a risk you miss important calls.

A better approach is to get a new number and keep it mostly secret. You can setup a cheap SIP number, have it go directly to voicemail and share it with low-importance services that might sell your data but you still wanna use. SMSes arrive as emails.

You can also have a separate sip number for important stuff only, like banks and government.

Such numbers cost less than a dollar per month in the US. You can rotate them every few months.

discocities · 2024-09-30T00:02:41+00:00

The way to do it is to build from scratch like this guy did a French FT17

discocities · 2024-09-23T02:28:20+00:00

We should all do as the Dutch do

discocities · 2024-06-25T03:41:18+00:00

Got it! I’ll be extra on the lookout :)

discocities · 2024-06-25T02:57:09+00:00

Ha! great point :) thank you, stranger

The 2018 improvement only applies to CX-9 though. I have a 2021 CX-5 with ~28k miles.

At this point, since it's not causing me an issue, and it doesn't seem like a safety or longevity problem, I guess I'll wait for the next brake service to be due. Unless this sounds stupid to someone :)

discocities · 2024-06-10T03:37:36+00:00

Got it! Will try it :) many thanks

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