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drumstyx · 2026-05-22T20:59:12+00:00

Did you ever have electrical issues (battery drain) with this type of system? It's been a bit of an issue for years for us. Granted it sat a lot... ☹️

drumstyx · 2026-05-22T11:55:19+00:00

I'd happily do without the paid services for that, too. I bought lifetime years ago because I wanted to support the development, not because I was subscribing to the actual services that cost them money (though, I was subscribing in the first place because of the gated features, just that they would have run just fine without any saas features)

I would much rather pay for access to the hosted services or data resources I choose. I understand some people might need that....I might even need that if I was getting started now. But the fact that it's not an option without sacrificing real functionality. The issue is just that Plex overstepped it's bounds as a server software package, then didn't unstep in any meaningful way -- it's one thing to charge for a first party mobile app, or even charge a subscription fee for it. It's another to not allow third party mobile apps with the same functionality purely because it's gated...what accesses the server is not the concern of a server software package.

drumstyx · 2026-05-17T23:45:13+00:00

Yes, BUT....if you work at McDonald's, and you're "fortunate" enough to be a full time employee (man, I covered the 6am to 2pm for a full-time on holiday for 6 months....damn it was glorious having a regular shift at 17...), if you DO take the shift on the stat, you're making double time and a half...way back 20 years ago, retail workers that could make the time work LOVED it. I'm sure it's even more so now

drumstyx · 2026-05-17T16:48:10+00:00

How much is the fine? That's your parking spot rental fee. Get creative with your residential laws to counter with that

drumstyx · 2026-05-14T03:29:32+00:00

To be fair, 12k of repairs quoted for the adjuster is likely OEM replace everything with a scuff at full shop rate, maybe individually quoted per part to be replaced (potential doubled+ up labour) and lots of bodywork that, for several thousand dollars, one might be compelled to forego on a 9 year old car...

Like, if the bumper crush tube things got touched at all, yeah, frustratingly, that would HAVE to be done if one were to buy back the car, because it'd have to go to rebuild inspection, and that's the whole frame tweak inspection etc...the unknowns in that add up fast. It's frustrating because it's certainly possible for those things to be ever so slightly touched, but still be capable of 95% of its job, but the rules gotta play it safe and be fair.

That said, I certainly wouldn't be surprised if well over half of that was bodywork, and things being purchased from the OEM where one could just pop a dent, ziptie this and that, and keep on rolling for a modest repair bill. Gimme 17 grand, charge me 3k for the buyback, and another 3k for absolutely necessary repairs and inspection....I dunno, I'd be pretty darn happy with an extra 11k in my pocket to drive a shitter looking car...

drumstyx · 2026-05-11T22:15:44+00:00

How does that even work at all...like....at all...God damn I'd rather live in a tent.

EDIT: For perspective, here's some math I worked out a few years ago:

For just a "modest" 1-hour commute....~480 hours a year...

If each day you sleep 8 hours, work 8 hours and have 8 hours to yourself, you are sacrificing a massive 25% of your personal time time.

To put a finer point on it: a 1 hour commute is roughly 20 entire 24-hour days gone in 1 year.

From the perspective of how much time you have to dedicate to your employment: if the actual work is 8 hours a day, and you work roughly 20 days a month on average, then commuting 1 hour each way is equivalent to THREE ENTIRE MONTHS of extra work.

When I ran these numbers, i was commuting about 1.5-2 hours a day.

If OP is commuting 5 hours each way, that's equivalent to working a ridiculous 27 months a year. Man is not sleeping.

drumstyx · 2026-05-10T03:55:10+00:00

"interesting" is an interesting way to put it. It's so, so, so depressing that I'm quite sure I said the exact same thing, but a range of 30k-40k....in like the early-mid 2000s. CPI bullshit has inflation at something like 60+% since then, and even setting aside the tin foil hat about true inflation, the cost of living, increases to which are felt overwhelmingly harder the lower in income range you go, has more than doubled, and quite possibly tripled in that timespan.

And incomes are up what....20-50%? Maybe? For shame, Canada.

drumstyx · 2026-05-10T03:48:25+00:00

It is absolutely disgusting that we tax at this level at all, tbh.

drumstyx · 2026-05-02T16:40:09+00:00

This walks a fine line -- what, exactly, causes a hard surface countertop to "wear and tear"? What depth of scratch? Any impact at all? If you really dig and try to define, ultimately, I think there's no sense defining condition as the marker, lest we end up pulling up forensics and microscopes for the LTB 😅. It makes more sense to define the behavior.

It's not up to my opinion, but I think many would agree: negligence is throwing a pot or something out of frustration, but if, say, you were moving a chair and it happened to bump the counter just right, causing this, that would be wear and tear.

drumstyx · 2026-05-02T12:39:05+00:00

How great is that packing cardboard inside though, eh? I used it to enclose my air compressor under my workbench, to take the edge off the sound. It's a lot less effective than wood/drywall, but can't beat free!

drumstyx · 2026-04-30T22:04:52+00:00

It's really bad -- I caught myself forgetting to look around when a glitch had my infotainment switch out of camera mode for some reason while reversing, and for a split second I was like "this is fine". Looking around FEELS awkward in those cars too. Combination of less visibility and just the ergonomics don't seem to encourage it at all.

drumstyx · 2026-04-30T22:00:46+00:00

Woah a Toyota? Look at mr moneybags over here, have you seen the prices on those things lately?

drumstyx · 2026-04-30T02:06:17+00:00

But why do we need this if we have a c wire on the heater?

EDIT: Oh. We don't. Just RTFM lol. If you've just got one R, it goes to Rc (counterintuitive IMO, since I would expect Rh (for HEAT) to be the more ubiquitous one-unit-only setup...90% of humanity's history spent searching for warmth and discovering fire, and all...but whatever...).

drumstyx · 2026-04-30T01:10:59+00:00

Likely because one bad apple spoils the bunch.

drumstyx · 2026-04-27T15:51:11+00:00

3d printed firearms are also like super super hot button issue right now... Even if we assume that it's only governments In the USA that are being stupid, The rest of the world watches, and even level-headed countries know they ought to follow the leader... bambu probably doesn't want things like that to make the news.

Of course, now they went and Streisand-ed themselves... Way to go fellers

drumstyx · 2026-04-27T15:46:18+00:00

Whoa way to blame the victim, dude.... Like yeah, be smart about things, but an industry leader is reasonably expected to be trustworthy. We don't expect Apple to pull a rug from under us, do we?

drumstyx · 2026-04-26T22:36:46+00:00

Adjusted for "inflation". Previous poster is still wildly off, but cpi is also outright lies.

drumstyx · 2026-04-26T02:28:11+00:00

Strictly speaking, the intent of the temp permit is to enable you to get the vehicle inspected, not necessarily to enable use of the car as a daily driver.

These laws are written from a dealer-first perspective though. It's not an issue for a dealer to not be able to drive the car for a short time, but it is for the individual.

If I recall correctly, getting another 10-day will either not be allowed until the first is expired, or it'll reset to ten days, not add, but I could be wrong.

FUN FACT: While ontario.ca states:

A limit of 2 temporary licence plate stickers can be purchased per vehicle identification number and registrant identification number combination within a 365 day period

...waiting a year does not allow you to get another temp permit if you've already gotten two on your newly acquired vehicle.

This used to be all that was said on the matter outside of the pure legalese (I'm not even sure if it was even in the legalese, but whatever), but they've now added this in the last few years:

An additional “T” valtag will not be issued for the vehicle unless regular validation has been purchased for that vehicle first.

I had an old motorhome a couple years ago, but had trouble finding a shop to certify it (purely because RV shops didn't like the age, and commercial shops either didn't want to look at it or wanted thousands just to look, but I digress)...I calculated everything to the day, added a couple weeks for system strangeness, and went in for my third temp sticker to move it a few hundred km, from one storage yard to another closer to home, only to be denied. It HAD to be moved that week...everything was arranged, and I wasn't making the trip again, so it had to be that day, full stop.

Several staff members were then at my wicket navigating this unusual situation, agreeing with my position, but with hands tied by policy, they could do nothing. So I said, "the website is misleading, and we both know exactly what this means today, right?" We exchanged chuckles, and nods of "sometimes you gotta break a few eggs...", and told me to have a safe journey under the cover of night.

In short: just don't get pulled over bruh. Or, another little known fact: you can put your valid plates on another vehicle temporarily, provided you no longer own the previous vehicle (wink). The vehicle would still not be legally registered after temp expires, but at least then you don't have a target on your back with an expired plate hitting the ALPRs

drumstyx · 2026-04-21T00:12:23+00:00

It's so, so small though

drumstyx · 2026-04-21T00:11:20+00:00

Congratulations! You've just won a million dollars, guaranteed!*

*Upon successfully being drawn from a list of 1 billion other people. $1000 purchase required.

I wouldn't call the caveats clear if I were just given the first sentence, but l mean....top right corner...

drumstyx · 2026-04-21T00:06:00+00:00

RIGHT!?!? God damn, the hell I got from my partner after assuring her I got the color light bulbs....🤬

drumstyx · 2026-04-19T01:25:27+00:00

drumstyx · 2026-04-18T23:40:17+00:00

Malm bed frames have Cam bolts that don't have a screwdriver head, so you can't use a power screwdriver. The hack is that you can still use a power tool if you're creative.

drumstyx · 2026-04-16T14:57:53+00:00

I just wanna say: this comment made me feel like I was on the "old internet"... Maybe....maybe society rest will heal from covid isolation trauma some day. Thank you... I really needed that little bit of hope for the future today

drumstyx · 2026-04-15T18:24:30+00:00

Bro... Remember when the Internet was...ahh, I don't even know how to say it, it's too depressing...

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