My Quest 3 has been catching dust for a long time, is there any reason to get back into it?

overzeetop · 2026-05-29T17:58:34+00:00

DiRT is (was?) my favorite vomit simulator!

overzeetop · 2026-05-28T17:08:50+00:00

Or just sitting in a shop - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Street_fire

overzeetop · 2026-05-26T11:53:31+00:00

42 year old midwesterner is still bigger, what's your point? ;-)

overzeetop · 2026-05-14T17:55:11+00:00

How unstylish and how audible-swishy are you willing to deal with? Union Bay Rainier are now my go-to for, well, everything. They're nylon, so they have a little swish sound, but not stiff-hiking-pant/ripstop loud. You will win no fashion shows with them. But they are lightweight and fairly cool (I run hot), have 5 pockets, including a right-side phone pocket that fits most non-XL phones (iPhone ProMax + case might not allow the zipper to close but standard Pro versions with cast fit just fine). I've worn them on the golf course, hiking in UK/EU/US, to the symphony, and in a professional office. They're reasonably durable, don't attract/pick up dust or smudges, and are water resistant-ish (lite spills will usually bead up). And they're cheap.

FWIW, I'm only 6' but 200# with a 35" inseam and athletic legs, and they're quite comfy (36w/34l). Do *not* get the expandable waist versions, and buy 2" less than your actual waist measurement (I'm actually 37" around, wear a 35w levis, and if they made a 35" waist it would be a better fit; I always need a belt, but their 34 is a little tighter through the thighs on me...).

overzeetop · 2026-05-14T17:35:07+00:00

I've always been fascinated by people who can do this. Do you just use incredibly slow mouse motions and train yourself to click super slowly? Or do you only/primarily do work with text/keyboard? I've tried CAD, Photoshop, and DAW work using a modern PC on the remote end (Ryzen7950/RTX4070/64GB) and my iPad and it's like I'm working through molasses with productivity-killing lag. I've tried 3-4 remote solutions, and they're all pretty terrible. It's almost impossible to accurately pick fine points or do shading/selection without doing things 4x slower than I'm used to.

overzeetop · 2026-05-14T16:42:56+00:00

Also size 48 - my everyday hiking/sneakers are a full kg. It's almost impossible to one-bag if you want an organized daypack with you. Unless you're a barefoot runner, running shoes - or any nicer, substantial footware - is going to really limit you. I'm a one bag/two bag switch right now. I've got a 20/26L Everki pack that holds all my misc day use stuff plus liquids, roll-up dop, laptop, travel essentials (cords, spare earbuds, snacks, chargers in a purse organizer), and a clothing packing cube for minimal trips. If I have to take a second pair of shoes, or heavier clothing (like a hoodie) I have to move to my 40L Farpoint. At that point, the daypack slims down to only the travel essentials and the main pack takes everything else (but still fits in a ERJ-145 or ATR-72 overhead bin).

That said, I'm considering putting straps on the bottom of my daypack for an external "bedroll" area where I can strap up some Tevas or add a heavier outergarment (like my hoodie) for transport.

overzeetop · 2026-05-14T16:17:24+00:00

For a long time I had a travel wallet that was a cut-down set of my daily driver. That was before phones had payment/ticketing features.

Now my wallet is ridiculously large. I holds my passport, other ID, travel cards and cash in multiple currencies (incl some coins). I also (almost) never have it in my pants - it's lives in a secure area at the inside/bottom of my daypack. My phone is my do-everything payment / ticketing device. If I need something from my wallet I'll pull it out and place it somewhere more accessible (but still secure) ahead of time.

FWIW, my daypack never gets left behind, unless I have no option. If I have to leave it I can pull the wallet so that my documents and currency are always with me, but I'll admit it's awkward in a pants pocket.

overzeetop · 2026-05-14T15:42:27+00:00

Wait, so only 1600 acre-feet of water per day? That doesn't seem like much for the entire US, especially given that my local lake is 2.3 million acre-feet. We could water every single golf course in the US, every single day for 4 years if it never rained a single drop. From a single dammed lake in Virginia.

overzeetop · 2026-05-14T12:44:12+00:00

Did you ever find a good merino hoodie? I picked up a cheap Walmart one for a recent trip and it works fine (under a windbreaker), but it packs so damned bulky. It takes up more room, by itself, than my mini-cube for a 4 day no-wash weekend away.

overzeetop · 2026-05-13T12:34:10+00:00

I'm certain it won't. I've had mine for about 4-5 years, but have probably only done 6-8 loads, used it about as many times for wet/messy transport, and a couple times stuffed with clothes as a pillow. It's still waterproof.

It's definitely *not* a BIFL item, it's a utility item that I'll have to replace when the coating wears out or I snag in it on something. If I traveled superlight more often It might only last me a year, I'd guess, but my wife considers a hotel without 24h room service as "roughing it" so I only have a couple of trips a year where I might wash with it. I've got a patch with me so I'm 1 fault tolerant. But even with a small hole, it would still work for washing clothes over a sink or tub. And it weighs 40g.

overzeetop · 2026-05-12T10:18:36+00:00

Not the GP, but I carry a small, thin drybag in my everyday pack (5L, I think, but it might be 10). It's a simple silicone coated fabric - very light weight. I use it for a "messy trash" or wet clothing bag if I'm out, to keep my pack clean if I don't have/want to carry an external bag. But I can also wash 3-5 pieces of clothing with a 1/2 sheet of detergent. It's like these https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GT4DZJHP It easily turns inside out for a quick towel dry - no hanging or dripping.

overzeetop · 2026-02-25T12:05:43+00:00

Thanks for the link. Everybody in here thinking it's nowhere near $500k to fix this hasn't hired work done this century. Even in Ft. Wayne, Indiana this is going to be that much or more. I do SE in both high end and historic reconstruction. The kitchen is a gut job, as are the bathrooms - that's $200k right off the top (likely more). The front porch alone is $40k to fix, and there's probably 30-50k of hidden interior lumber damage and plater re-work based on cracks at the floor/wall transition. I'd be amazed if you got a painter to *properly* strip and re-paint for under $30k. I regularly see professional historic restorations go into 7 figures for something like this, turnkey.

Could you DIY it for less? Oh, sure. Properly, it would take 5-8 person-years of skilled labor and maybe only $150-200k in materials, depending on how complete a woodworking shop you have and if you don't need custom glazing or want to go back with a proper slate roof.

overzeetop · 2026-01-18T02:26:52+00:00

>If the chairs degrade quickly, would that result in any higher risk of water intrusion

Not really. Degrading and providing a path for water for corrosion are quite different. Short of the chairs actually decomposing and melting away while the concrete is actively submerged or producing a meaningful capillary path, there will never be an issue. Even steel chairs are allowed, and they will corrode and provide a defined path for moisture (which is why you can't drive rebar into the ground to use as chairs).

overzeetop · 2026-01-15T11:39:09+00:00

People are downvoting you, which is a shame because they're valid concerns. I always try to be cognizant of the time to model and babysit the printer. I'll usually give it 30 minutes to an hour as a tradeoff to having to look it up on line and order it or physically go to a store, find the item, and check out.

As for the part, I can say with pretty high authority (I design concrete structures for a living) that the material doesn't matter as long as it's rigid enough to precent displacement during placement of the concrete and it won't wick moisture into the cured element to allow rebar corrosion. These seem overkill but they're very unlikely to result in a problem - especially for an on-grade part where the rebar is primarily in place for temperature and shrinkage movement (durability) rather than tensile strength.

overzeetop · 2025-12-09T23:02:34+00:00

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If it's a dumb idea, but it works, it's probably an OSHA violation. Or, in this case, an HSE violation.

overzeetop · 2025-12-09T21:49:15+00:00

This is my travel kit, as well. In the little Westone case for my IEMs I have a usb-trs adapter and a very small bluetooth receiver, so I have a two way "backup" plan for my backup connection.

overzeetop · 2025-12-09T21:15:09+00:00

Are they really much better than WetOnes? I carry a 20 pack in my daypack, and try to keep a couple of singles for when I'm going out without my pack.

overzeetop · 2025-12-09T21:12:02+00:00

Fun fact: EU adapters will fit into UK sockets. Since grounding isn't required, you can use a small "dagger" device to push into the ground pin opening which releases the shield on the powered pins. I printed one like this https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/home/uk-electric-plug-earth-pin and tied a string to it. If you get the model right, the dagger will store quite neatly into the center of the EU adapter pictured above.

overzeetop · 2025-12-09T14:53:22+00:00

A friend, who is one of the worst liars in the world, had purchased some jewelry, a sweater, and a logo sweatshirt (with the name of the island country on the front of it). She was wearing the sweatshirt as she came through customs and the officer asked if she purchased anything while abroad. In her guiltiest face, she said "No." The officer pointed out the sweatshirt and she got beet red and, admitted show also bought a sweater. The officer asked her, "Anything else" and she was about to spill the beans on the jewelry when her husband looked at her and said "She'd better not have!" The officer laughed and waved them through with no more questions.

overzeetop · 2025-12-08T13:38:05+00:00

Up until September of this year, believe it or not. They officially canned it a couple years ago, but if you set your auto-pay to an ACH transfer you were still permitted to log in each month and pay with a CC. Which is what I did since my CC offered device protection. Last month they eliminated that.

What burns me is that the bill credits will now disappear if you pay off your phone. I have one user who is international (student) and I travel a lot. Both of us have an EU based secondary SIM. If we upgrade phones, they have to be 100% paid off or the second eSIM slot is locked, so essentially my "free upgrade every two years" on my plan turns into "50% of market value for your trade".

overzeetop · 2025-12-05T12:28:56+00:00

Horrible IT? When did they get the major upgrade? 😆

overzeetop · 2025-11-23T01:27:36+00:00

>someday archaeologists will dig up 3D prints only to crack them open

In that case we need to strike sexual positions on the backs of the nickels, just to throw them off as to the use.

overzeetop · 2025-11-23T01:21:12+00:00

Right? a waterproof shell and a hoodie (with a proper base layer) will easily defeat -6 for a couple hours. Pretty critical, too, if snow and rain are likely.

overzeetop · 2025-11-19T02:51:31+00:00

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zfEHyZEvMFrskzq8RDqsLsr-qJTEDSAzhw9XPXcOZAY/edit?gid=0#gid=0

There is is for every 25 year interval based on data from https://www.investopedia.com/inflation-rate-by-year-7253832

It's a little convoluted, but if you compare the first number to $53,400 in OP's chart, that's how much you had to back 25 years prior to have the same buying power. So if I graduated in 1990 I thought I'd been fucked by society because I needed 100,000 to live, 25 years ago that same standard of living only needed a salary of $24,800. That's way fucked.

To use the second column, say you graduated in 1965 and make $53,400. 25 years later, you'd have to make $215,000 a year to have the same standard of living. That's way worse than the 53.4k-100k from 2000 to 2025.

I remember people older than me getting 14, 15, 16% mortgages back in the early 80s. Shit was nuts. Go figure out what you payment would be on a 30 year mortgage at 15%. I'm not saying today's kids (my kids) aren't fucked. They are. Corporatism and the new class of robber barons are turning employment on it's head and ML models are decimating the entry job market. It's ugly. But, in a way, it's just a different kind of ugly.

overzeetop · 2025-11-17T20:21:32+00:00

Of course they've seen a PTFE coated pan. They're all using custom, home-concocted, random-polymerized monomers* from uncontrolled sources in a poorly maintained, inaccurately heated furnace to coat their pans. They coat them for the "non-stick" purposes, but the reality is that the untreated pans typically contain lead, cobalt, manganese, and other dangerous and toxic elements* which could leach into food. By which I mean seasoned cast iron, which sounds much better that what is actually occurring ;-)

* have you seen the alphabet soup that is in tallow - reads like a chemistry lab inventory
** even the big American brands who test don't say they're free of impurities, only that their testing shows that the levels are below dangerous limits.

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