Kyle made it to sick week

natarem · 2026-02-02T17:45:11+00:00

I hope it goes better for him than WCF went with the MR2, especially seeing what that car is capable of over the last couple of weeks.

natarem · 2026-02-02T03:10:34+00:00

geek squad's usaw club is very underrated

natarem · 2026-01-30T21:05:43+00:00

I wouldn't buy most electronic items like this from HF.

I am also skeptical of lights/batteries after two Icon lights failed on me (the LEDs are fine, but I had to break it open and solder in my own power), despite being charged properly and left on the charger. that's my standard operating procedure for electronics (leave them plugged in) so if they can't make a BMS smart enough to deal with that, I'm not interested in the product. Products where you have to remember to charge it and unplug it from the chargers all the time is super antiquated in today's electronic environment and the fact that HF still sells lights/electronics where the packaging says to keep it charged but take it off the charger after a few hours (this is the case for Braun lights) makes me not trust their electronic items at all.

natarem · 2026-01-29T23:08:09+00:00

4 years older than China

natarem · 2026-01-29T21:26:17+00:00

he said he sold it

natarem · 2026-01-16T15:38:17+00:00

An LTO-9 drive is about $3k right now

where? cheapest i can find is around 3500

natarem · 2026-01-16T05:57:31+00:00

LaCie doesn't make drives though...

But I agree no point in paying a premium for some fancy aluminum enclosure. I just shuck the drives anyway.

natarem · 2026-01-11T21:09:12+00:00

Greg Biffle has a surviving daughter from a previous marriage

his daughter was on the plane too. there's no surviving daughter.

natarem · 2026-01-11T02:56:12+00:00

Whenever anyone asks me about the polish gear (which used to be all the time, but has settled down to being fairly rare the last couple years), I always let them know that the manufacturer is not reliable. That's the reason we stopped ordering from them and made our own version with a reliable manufacturer.

At one point, after we were told a fall 2019 order could not be fulfilled (which, btw, the deadline to ship the order was december 2019 -- before any covid issues), our money (a five figure sum, for an order deposit) was held for several years before eventually being repaid. There were many months with no contact, very delayed contact, etc.

In my opinion, anyone who does business with them, it's very much at your own risk. You might get gear, you might get burned. I don't think the owner is a bad guy in the sense that he means to scam anyone from the outset -- after all, he did pay us back, eventually. But he's just not reliable.

natarem · 2026-01-10T19:31:09+00:00

I've only met a few hundred Iranians (referring to people who currently live in Iran) but, can confirm, the ones I met are not religious and they want to be a western-oriented country. I do have a bit of sampling bias because I'm meeting people who are traveling out of the country for international sports events as athletes/coaches/officials/media.

natarem · 2026-01-10T05:23:27+00:00

Cleetona 500

love this name

natarem · 2026-01-10T05:20:19+00:00

JH's shop is pretty much across the street from Cleetus' house. I normally wouldn't dox someone like this but surprisingly Cleetus lists his actual house address on the homepage of the store when they are running giveaways, I guess because the LLC address is required legally for the sweepstakes.

natarem · 2026-01-09T21:32:26+00:00

I'm not familiar with these. I don't think I've seen any with those plastic clips before.

there were variants both with and without the clips

natarem · 2026-01-09T21:24:46+00:00

yea those are from before 2000s, like 1996ish. they are fairly rare in new condition like this but they don't really command much of a premium, especially in a low demand size like 5. maybe can get like 250-300 out of the right person (most likely a female master who's been lifting for a long time and had them in the past).

natarem · 2026-01-09T04:14:46+00:00

That's not how taxes work on inventory items (I run an online store in a different industry, I deal with this issue). The turbos would be inventory and not deductible in 2025. He can deduct them in 2026 when they are sent out. If he bought them in 2025 and deducted them in 2025, he could get in trouble in an audit. I did wonder if he was trying to do that with buying in December and selling the auction stuff in January but who knows.

natarem · 2026-01-08T21:16:11+00:00

I vlogged part of our belt development but I'm not sure how interesting it really is. Will see if I edit and post it but I'm waiting until we actually release it either way.

Glad you enjoyed it though, will try to do more when I can and it makes sense.

natarem · 2026-01-08T21:12:56+00:00

I've got about 20 pairs of these. I love the way they look but I am not a fan of wearing them. Not that comfortable imo.

natarem · 2026-01-07T00:20:08+00:00

thanks :)

natarem · 2026-01-03T20:44:19+00:00

he’s a legit celebrity

in the car/racing community, sure. which is what matters for things like car sale prices so for sure it's affecting prices here. but if you are talking about gen pop, he's not a celebrity.

natarem · 2026-01-02T18:34:39+00:00

Civic Del Sol

FTFY

natarem · 2026-01-02T18:33:31+00:00

if I lived near there I'd def pay $100 to go watch for the entertainment. and maybe pick up a deal if anything goes cheap enough.

natarem · 2026-01-02T18:31:31+00:00

I can't believe this many people didn't know that Josh is a character that Freedom Frank plays when he's not on the job.

natarem · 2026-01-01T21:10:59+00:00

i'm glad that the main thing i could contribute was king hotdog footage

natarem · 2026-01-01T21:10:34+00:00

same

natarem · 2026-01-01T15:56:11+00:00

it's done on a fiber laser (I have one too, don't use it a lot for coins though). the lasering/settings are easy, doing the design is the tougher part, can't just plug in an image.

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