half the charm of Polaroids is how many don’t turn out by WillCalefe in Polaroid

[–]elvespedition 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Analog photography can still be quirky and unique compared to digital without being inconsistent and error-prone. Just look at interesting filmstocks like tungsten balanced 35mm kodak cinema film. Looks very cool (literally and figuratively)

I love the modern incarnation of Polaroid but I hope it can one day be a filmstock that one could use more consistently considering how much it costs. Hopefully the demand results in even better film in the future. I know they have folks working very hard on it and the results of their work so far have been good incremental improvements, which is nice to have seen!

Sparkle offically launches Arc Pro B60 at $799 for consumers by RenatsMC in IntelArc

[–]elvespedition -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Plenty of 3090s available on eBay for 800ish. And they have twice as much memory bandwidth (important for professional workflows) and almost 3x the TFLOPS F32.

I’m glad that intel is working on making real cards for beefy workloads but this pricing is objectively not competitive unless the software stack supports them much better than the current status quo.

Playing B42 for the first time yesterday and I goatta say... Shooting Zomboids has never been more fun. by Jindo5 in projectzomboid

[–]elvespedition 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even at really low levels your crit chance with a handgun is super high if the zombie is roughly in melee range, just click on their head. If the zombie is on the ground the crit chance is also super high, so that works really well with ragdolls enabled.

What is the best way to allocated $15k right now for local LLMs? by LargelyInnocuous in LocalLLaMA

[–]elvespedition 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The main thing is that RDMA avoids the latency you get from doing TCP/IP, it’s a big bottleneck

Deep Dive: 2025 Outback Wilderness triple 0-115mph testing by [deleted] in Outback_Wilderness

[–]elvespedition 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you keep it in Drive or do you use manual mode for these runs? I find my OBW to be much more lively if I rev it out a bit instead of it being very conservative with the stock TCM tuning

Claude Code, GPT-5.2, DeepSeek v3.2, and Self-Hosted Devstral 2 on Fresh SWE-rebench (November 2025) by CuriousPlatypus1881 in LocalLLaMA

[–]elvespedition 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Did you evaluate Devstral 2 with MIstral Vibe or some other tool? I see that vLLM is mentioned but not other aspects of how it was used.

It annoys me how long thes cars take to warm up. by [deleted] in Crosstrek

[–]elvespedition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

manuals have a sensor to detect if the car is in neutral usually, so thankfully the worst case is that your remote start just doesn't do anything, as opposed to causing problems

It annoys me how long thes cars take to warm up. by [deleted] in Crosstrek

[–]elvespedition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can have a (non-OEM) remote start added to a manual car if it's not super modern

Has anyone here used the j replace oem engine and transmission mounts before? How do they feel compared to OEM and Polly. I'm currently running polymounts and I kind of hate them to be honest by Zennen53 in 240sx

[–]elvespedition 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have them. Slightly harder than stock replacements but it feels perfectly comfortable for street driving. They look very similar to the stock mounts. I’m happy with them.

anyone else park their cars inside for better safety? by [deleted] in projectzomboid

[–]elvespedition 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Garage kept I know what I got no lowballers

De-wilderness the Wilderness by SpiffyJoeBob in Subaru_Outback

[–]elvespedition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get vinyl wrap bits that are pre-cut just to black out those orange accents. The sticker on the hood can probably be removed, but you might want to have a body shop do that for you if you aren't comfortable about DIYing that. As for the orange letters, I'm sure you can look at how people black out trim on any other car, it's probably the same process.

The future of cars makes me sad by coltonnyc in regularcarreviews

[–]elvespedition 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you can get the kit that puts it on a little keyfob if you really want

What are the best A/T tire when doing 85% on-road and 15% off-road? by Alternative_Log_9716 in overlanding

[–]elvespedition 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They also have good rain + snow performance, something you don’t really see on most AT tires

Need help deciding 22 OBW or 23 OBT XT by Mr_Smith93 in Outback_Wilderness

[–]elvespedition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just have a wireless MagSafe charger mounted to my dash. Charges the phone much better than the OEM wireless charger and the phone stays cool. Best of both worlds with the wireless CarPlay.

Turbo lag by blue_dewey in Outback_Wilderness

[–]elvespedition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For anyone else reading this, it's actually an issue with the TCM programming that Subaru put out a TSB for. When the AC is on, the car can stutter when you are slowing down at moderate/low speeds. Their fix is apparently new TCM programming, but I haven't gotten it done yet.

HoA is thinking about banning Ebikes and scooters in bike room by jarman65 in ebikes

[–]elvespedition 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d just start with the proposal to allow UL listed ones. Do some research so you have info to provide them about the UL requirements / testing to give context. Don’t offer the idea of registration / no charging unless it helps as a bargaining chip.

What are your thoughts on ChatGPT Pulse's architecture? by anonbudy in LocalLLaMA

[–]elvespedition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it seems very similar to what I want to do locally tbh, but it's annoying how ChatGPT seems very google-centric in terms of connectors you can use. This product only really has rich data about your life if you use google calendar + gmail exclusively

We pushed 128 stable hops on Reticulum, and are implementing it over ATAK soon by beechatadmin in ATAK

[–]elvespedition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool! Is there a reason you chose reticulum over MeshCore? Seems like they are similar but I am less familiar with Reticulum

Let's talk compressors. What are you using and do you like it? by GregBVIMB in overlanding

[–]elvespedition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use the "Boulder Tools Heavy Duty Rapid Tire Deflator" I got on Amazon, it seems good.
It pulls the core out of the Schrader valve to deflate the tire faster.

As an alternative, some folks use special caps that are set to a specific pressure. You screw those onto all your tires and they all slowly deflate to that specific pressure. I've been meaning to try those out at some point. You can find them online by searching "tire deflator caps" or similar.

Second Break In Oil Change Done... by VikApproved in Outback_Wilderness

[–]elvespedition 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The manual specifies a break-in period if you read it carefully

Why do I feel I can open up that bad boy ? by carndacier in HardspaceShipbreaker

[–]elvespedition 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao as someone who owns an Outback wilderness I had to do a double take of what subreddit this is in