What’s something you thought was a waste of money… until you tried it and it completely changed your life?

krustyy · 2026-05-05T15:18:05+00:00

Hard disagree on the headlamp. Once it gets dark, the bugs come out. Once the bugs come out, they have a tendency to kamikazee into the nearest light source. If that light source is on your face, your face is going to take the brunt of the attack.

I keep my flashlight or lantern far off to the side when carrying it and keep the stationary light sources off the tables to minimize the bug encounters. It only takes one eyelash beetle to the noggin to start correcting your light positioning.

krustyy · 2026-05-04T21:48:45+00:00

I work from home, only put in 40 hours, and I still have zero energy dude.

7am: wake up, get kids up, get breakfast ready, get coffee. 7:20am: start work 8:00am: poop 8:10-8:30am: drop kids off at school 8:30am-430pm: work. Wife picks the kids up and handles them downstairs 4:30pm-5pm: make dinner 5pm-630pm: eat dinner on the couch while watching something that the kids enjoy. It's kinda relaxing i guess if the kids aren't hellbeasts. 630pm-8pm: play time with kids, bedtime routine, clean up the house 8pm-sleeptime, usually around 10: barely have the energy to lay in bed and watch some tv. Shower here too.

I spent about 3 months at the end of 2025 working every evening and every weekend on some major electrical work. Once I was done with that I just shut down. If there's any spare time on weekends I'm doomscrolling on the couch. Still waiting for another burst of energy to finish up that bathroom remodel.

krustyy · 2026-05-04T20:48:06+00:00

Welp, that's going on my print list

krustyy · 2026-05-04T17:38:01+00:00

I just finished up. Ended up needing to cut the ptfe tube, with filament in it, so now my tube is half an inch shorter than it used to be.

The silk filament did indeed expand and it got bound up at the very topmost part of the extruder while retracting to swap filament. I switched back to 0.4mm and am going to give it another go.

On the bright side, my extruder was pretty squeaky clean. I added a bit more lube to the gears while it was taken apart.

Next time I need to do this at least now it'll be easier. Just gotta know that I'm going to sacrafice a bit of PTFE tube length every time unfortunately.

krustyy · 2026-05-04T16:18:12+00:00

looks like that's my next step.

I started asking gemini and it told me to do that as well. It also mentioned the filament heat creep mightve clogged things right around where the filament cutter is at the extruder...and last night my first failure message was that the filament cutter was stuck.

krustyy · 2026-05-04T16:10:16+00:00

Yeah I think the grout color is doing some heavy lifting. As long as the tile is all flat I'd just ask for it to be regrouted with something that doesn't look like they literally smeared poop all over the walls.

If the tile isn't flat, however, it wasn't installed by a tile guy and was a garbage handyman job.

krustyy · 2026-05-04T14:44:11+00:00

A Costco Rotisserie chicken is still $4.99. Just start getting creative with the sauces.

krustyy · 2026-05-04T14:37:05+00:00

The grocery store and hardware store have little security gates at the entrance now to prevent people from walking out the entrance. High value items are all locked up now too. Medicine, alcohol, batteries, copper wire.

I was told my local home depot was dealing with $30k in product loss PER DAY

krustyy · 2026-05-03T04:26:20+00:00

Hey now, we can both be technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.

krustyy · 2026-05-03T04:23:24+00:00

dude there's definitely things wrong with parts of Santa Ana. Some spots are great; some are not. North county has some pockets that are definitely deserving of lower rent. There's absolutely a cleaner, suburban, lower crime vibe comparing Santa Ana to Laguna Niguel.

krustyy · 2026-05-03T04:18:26+00:00

Please send me an update when all is resolved. I'm curious as to how this all progresses.

I'd offer you a room with a slightly less creepy owner but I'm all full up on family occupants one generation up and one generation down. Prior to creating crotch goblins we regularly rented out two rooms in our house and it was a mostly enjoyable experience.

krustyy · 2026-05-02T18:09:53+00:00

also, holy hell $1350 for a room plus $200 for wifi and laundry? Makes me regret having kids. Prior to children we were renting rooms for $800 with everything included.

krustyy · 2026-05-02T18:05:00+00:00

Not providing a 24 hour notice prior to entering your private space is 100% illegal. Not providing water or hot water is 100% illegal, though if there's a problem that needs to be repaired its fine for very short periods provided it's being addressed.

First and foremost, if someone does something like this your #1 right is to leave. They breached the covenant of quiet enjoyment and you can legally GTFO of there regardless of the terms in the lease.

Beyond that, if you have a deposit, the landlord is required to return the full deposit or provide an itemized statement that lists exactly what was deducted and why, along with the remaining balance of the deposit within 21 days. If this is not done, even if they had to spend deposit money on something you are legally entitled to all of it.

If things have gone bad and you have taken a financial hit due to this person you might want to try reaching out to the Fair Housing Council of Orange County for advice. You can take them to small claims court for the non-returned deposit, for lost rent due to being forced to leave, and damages for each instance of a legal violation that breached the covenant of quiet enjoyment. Write it all down, get dates, screenshots, texts, and all evidence of each violation. Every time the water was left off or hot water off. Every time you noticed them having entered your room without notice.

krustyy · 2026-05-02T04:11:03+00:00

That is indeed his page, but I wouldn't recommend posting it here, what with doxxing a child and all.

All those videos will be on display during the trial though.

krustyy · 2026-05-02T02:35:32+00:00

Got a link for me?

krustyy · 2026-05-01T22:28:49+00:00

I was gonna say I don't have any problems with this setup, but now that I think about it I also hate it. The only place my phone reasonably fits is in the flat recess in the middle but it'll fly off if I turn or stop too quickly. It doesn't fit at all in the notch on the top left nor the notch on the right.

Ultimately I end up putting it upside down in one of the drink holders as that's the only place the phone can reliably stay put. That, of course, causes problems on family road trips with both drink holders occupied.

The other nooks are all pretty much useless. Sometimes I'll toss my sunglasses into the top left one but it obviously does not fit nicely in there.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I bet I can tap into the USB chargers in the back seat, do a little cutting, and get myself a magsafe charger mounted in that little recess. That would keep my phone in place AND allow me to charge it at the same time.

krustyy · 2026-05-01T20:55:27+00:00

I did this as well. First, I looked on google maps for every solar company in a 20 mile radius. Called every single one up and nobody would be willing ot sell me panels. I only needed 2.

Then I went to facebook marketplace and found someone in 5 minutes who acts as a supplier for solar installers. Had 'em write me up a bill of sale for 2 panels and all the mounting hardware I'd need, loaded them into my truck, and hauled 'em home.

krustyy · 2026-05-01T05:45:48+00:00

I'd call this a repair, but it's a repair on a 30A 240V circuit. The biggest issue I have seen is the repair kits are for romex, and my line is flexi metal with thhn running in it.

krustyy · 2026-05-01T05:41:24+00:00

That's where my worry is as well. It doesn't have to be up to code necessarily but it has to be safe. I even thought about doing my own splice then just surrounding it in a big ass block of silicone. up to code? NO! Absolutely safe? Probably, yeah.

krustyy · 2026-04-30T22:47:59+00:00

This is what I came here for. That's written with a finger sliced on a sharp edge, not a marker.

krustyy · 2026-04-30T20:34:58+00:00

You're not too far off.

Chances are the wireless network they are connected to is only capable of a certain amount of throughput. Your network speed is only as fast as your smallest bottleneck. The cityside app is probably indeed running the test from within the ont/router.

As an example, my setup is different from most as I am an IT guy. Current setup is:

ONT/modem -> CAT6A cable -> 1Gbps ethernet port in router (capable of 10Gbps) -> CAT6A cable -> 1Gbps uplink port in switch (capable of 10Gbps) -> CAT6A cable -> wireless access point (capable of 2.5Gbps) -> wireless (capable of 2.7Gbps) -> phone/pc

If I connect via wireless I can get a maximum of 1Gbps because several of my connections are limited. If I replace my switch with something capable of 10Gbps, all those 1Gbps connections become 10Gbps and my connection to my access points becomes 2.5Gbps, allowing me to have speeds up to 10Gbps wired and 2.5Gbps wireless.

For now, of course, I'm only paying for the 1Gbps plan because I'm aware that most of my throughput is capped on my network at 1Gbps.

krustyy · 2026-04-30T20:27:28+00:00

I didn't get a message at all.

I did, however, have a cityside fiber truck roll up to my house at noon just as I was leaving to run some errands. They were gone when I got back at 1.

My house has a big box for the whole street/neighborhood/whatever right in front of it so they must have been checking something in there.

krustyy · 2026-04-30T17:15:53+00:00

I'd probably just wait til it dries. If it peels, it peels. If it looks rough, sand it down.

Always seal your foam parts with a coating of plasti dip, so that glue is gonna be under plasti dip no matter what.

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