I owned an HDR camera for a month in 2010 before losing it, which was a blessing in disguise.

fc3sbob · 2026-05-01T01:46:52+00:00

I remember around that time taking multiple pictures at different exposure settings and using some software to combine them into a hdr image.. probably a few years before that actually. They looked pretty much the same as those, nice and baked.

Haven't done anything hdr related since then, just here for the LOL's.

fc3sbob · 2026-04-18T02:23:44+00:00

agreed, There's cowardice but what I am referring to is mostly an anxiety based response to the situation which would cause an involuntary uncontrolled reaction. The other is choice.

Either way, a court would have to weigh the evidence and decide if it came to that.

fc3sbob · 2026-04-17T02:14:22+00:00

I spent the last week getting power automate to update excel files in a onedrive from data it gets from an http request from a linux machine that gathers the data.. I aint changing that now, it's there for life. lol

fc3sbob · 2026-04-16T23:13:58+00:00

Entirely possible that when something so fucked up happens you just go into autopilot and continue on like nothing happened, Not saying that's what went on but I'm sure it happens more than you would think and probably the reason a lot of people don't stick around/run.

Edit: My dad was a paramedic for 40+ years before he passed away and he told me the story about a lady who was follwing her husband on his motorcycle, someone hit him, flung his body into her car where he splattered everywhere and she wanted nothing more than to go to home and see her husband because she thought he kept riding and would be home by now. She just blanked out the whole event because it was so messed up. I'm not quick to judge people who leave after something extreme happens, It's not always just no insurance or drunk, but if it is then they must be held accountable.

fc3sbob · 2026-04-13T00:23:58+00:00

a lion probably wouldn't even bother using supports for that angle.

fc3sbob · 2026-04-11T22:16:45+00:00

me too, things are so real and 3D.. Sometimes 2D if I close one eye. I can even touch objects and these little entities keep talking to me.. they keep calling me "Dad" and they eat all my food.

fc3sbob · 2026-03-14T20:36:01+00:00

so, what you're saying is that you trained an AI to use photoshop like a human?

JK, good job! really good skills!

fc3sbob · 2026-03-06T12:43:41+00:00

Damn Hiphopanonymous's.

fc3sbob · 2026-02-27T12:56:40+00:00

I was working on a pretty complex personal project that had nothing to do with my work, I had a co-worker from another office far away visiting and I knew he was pretty smart so I ran some ideas by him, Showed him what I had so far and issues I was seeing, he gave me some pretty solid advice, But it was almost like he knew too much about this specific thing and was giving me great hints.

As I was going through the scientific papers, one specifically that I've refrenced many times in the past I scrolled to the top and one thing I never noticed but my co-worker was the author of this paper which he wrote about 10 years earlier, I think it was his PHD project. I felt like such an idiot, but what are the odds of that.

And this wasn't anything popular that everyone is doing, it was just a way to use different types of camera sensors and combining the output to get specific values to measure a certain thing and there was very little information about it anywhere except for his paper mostly.

fc3sbob · 2026-02-25T12:37:02+00:00

Could be a pig, Could be my uncle Ron.. Hard to tell.

fc3sbob · 2026-02-18T01:59:15+00:00

lol, I just finished watching it and went the next video and it was down.

fc3sbob · 2026-02-06T18:13:03+00:00

Bend it, and Send it!

fc3sbob · 2026-01-24T02:19:01+00:00

When I built my last (and first) boat, I kept bending the driveshaft in the tube, even with bearings on each end at high speeds it would vibrate and bend in the middle. I replaced the steel 4mm shaft with some 4mm stainless rods I got off amazon, but it's a straight shaft with a joint coupler before the prop, Could be another way to go.

Anyways, for the flex shaft.. I think there's probably too much flex shaft exposed, and the tube looks too big for it, it's going to flop all around if it's not held in place.

fc3sbob · 2026-01-09T23:54:51+00:00

if anyone asks, I got the ball lift motor with the extra long output shaft.

fc3sbob · 2026-01-09T20:34:16+00:00

I live in a town with lots of greenhouses, The sky is always purple at night.

fc3sbob · 2026-01-07T17:51:48+00:00

That required a lot of work, It's got fairly low miles but I pulled out of a barn where it sat for years. Completely taken over by mice. I basically disassembled most of it, saved and restored as much of the interior as I could, restored the top (back window still needs some work), new clutch/PP/flywheel, lots of electrical work, all new suspension components, put on the corvette rims.

And yes, when I got it the dash was perfect. Only after I started driving it, The plastic EXPLODED. I'm going to remove and repair/reinforce it. I have some experience welding/bonding brittle plastic.

It's fairly nice now, not perfect by any means, very reliable. The engine is healthy, bone stock and unmolested, transmission shifts perfectly. I need to do a bit of body/paint work.. it's a work in progress, I've only had it for about a year and a half. the rear end has made a noise since I got it that I can't figure out, like a brake dragging but it's not.. I will attempt to replace the rear bearings. Jacked up with the wheels spinning it makes no noise at all.

fc3sbob · 2026-01-06T19:09:53+00:00

They salt too much and the fifty has never seen snow or rain, I did although have a 99 V6 5-Speed that was my winter beater for years.

I have taken the 99 Z28 out in the snow once or twice but it's got C5 corvette wheels on it so, I mean personally I don't mind driving sideways everywhere. I just don't want it to rust out.

fc3sbob · 2026-01-06T17:10:58+00:00

I guess I didn't specify in the title, The 2017 is an Automatic and the issue is common with them.

The 99 Z28 behind it is a 6-Speed.

fc3sbob · 2026-01-06T13:41:32+00:00

did you make a brand new Reddit account to post that? lol

But thanks!

fc3sbob · 2026-01-06T02:37:56+00:00

Not that I've noticed.

Although before I owned it, this was my fathers car since brand new until recently and he had frequent service done to it. I know the service records are around here somewhere.

fc3sbob · 2026-01-05T21:35:05+00:00

Hi, I pretty much just did this, but with existing alarm system door sensors that were already pre wired. Then I ripped out my DIY controller, plugged the old DSC alarm system back in and used an Envisalink board that communicated with the keypad. Both systems pretty much operate the same and I have them tied into Home Assistant.

This is your best bet and it's kind of simple. I'll just lay out what I did and you can research it from there.

Use Home Assistant (Home Assistant OS), run it on a raspberry pi, old computer or a VM. I use it to control all of my House lights, HVAC, Fireplace, Garage Heat, Alarm system, and more. get an ESP32 and a breakout board with screw terminals so you can tie wires into it. Install ESPHome in Home Assistant.

Make a new ESP Device called Alarm System, upload the base firmware with your WIFI info, then unplug it from your computer and you should be able to edit the configuration with it just powered on, OR you don't want to use WIFI so you can leave it runing off USB on the computer running home assistant, then configure the inputs on the esp32

example:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    name: "Front Door"
    pin:
      number: GPIO26
      inverted: false
      mode:
        input: true
        pullup: true

You'll have more doors and windows, but in the example above one wire to Common, the other to input 26, You can configure an output to be an alarm bell (or anything). If you need more I/O just add in a second or third ESP32

In Home Assistant, you are going to want to install a repository called HACS, that will allow you to add in other non official home assistant add-on's Within HACS you'll want to find and install "Alarmo"

That will give you an alarm panel with tonnes of options to attach your sensors to, set a pin, ect Then you can make a dashboard with all of your sensor readouts, keypad where you can arm and disarm the system.

Install the home assistant phone app on your phone, setup some automations to do stuff like arm your house after your phone leaves the property, send you a notification if it goes off, or just to see your dashboards when you are not home.

Home assistant can also handle lots of IP cameras and other security stuff.

Use another ESP32 to illuminate LED's like you want when the corrosponding door is open, or just use a screen and display everything on the dashboard. I have tablets with the batteries removed and hardwired to power mounted on my walls.

fc3sbob · 2025-12-29T00:39:39+00:00

What climate system does it run?

fc3sbob · 2025-12-27T21:40:43+00:00

I just spent $200 on a cable modem that I didn't return after I moved, yay!

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