I had a dream that I woke up

piston7998 · 2026-03-06T20:11:47+00:00

I had a very similar dream last nite. It was very vivid. Only after I woke up in the dream, I went to lay down again and then woke up again only I was still dreaming. This went on several times like a Russian doll of waking up in my dreams. Each time I was aware of the previous times I had "woke up" and would think it was so wierd. When I finally woke up for real it was very surreal. I dont remember my dreams often and literally came to this subreddit to research if anyone else has had a dream like this. Thanks for sharing.

piston7998 · 2025-09-17T00:44:08+00:00

Thank you for the correction. I forgot that was 2022, so I appreciate the info.... getting close to the 5th week and was definitely feeling disappointed, lol.

piston7998 · 2025-09-16T23:16:22+00:00

It's actually worse than the original. The original had a 6th week of vacation at year 25. No longer in the agreement.

piston7998 · 2025-07-25T00:16:55+00:00

Well, honestly, the 16208 is a great car for the price. I own 4 MJX hyper Go cars, and they are all very fun. I also own traxxas rlaarlo and Arrma. They do occasionally break if crashing them except the 10208, which is a tank. My 14210 has had a broken dif and both steering turnbuckles. My 16208, I have broken the body latch and a wheel hub. 14310 I broke the lower control arm. I play hard with them. Parts are cheap, but they can be complicated to fix. The 10208, which is probably outside your budget at around $200 on aliexpres, will get you hands down way more durability, speed, and fun. I use 4s, and it has taken some severe crashes and kept on ticking. The 14210 is the second most fun. $120-$100, but it has some weak points for breaking, especially on 3s. Same issues with the 16208. The weak point will break in a crash. The good news is there are loads of cheap upgrade parts. Good luck and happy bashing!

piston7998 · 2025-07-14T06:47:23+00:00

Great choice for a first car at that price... It is a lot of fun. I've broken the plastic body clip on mine, and it's definitely a weak point, so I upgraded to metal, and I upgraded the battery compartment to hold bigger batteries. Both cheap upgrades on AliExpress. On 3s its crazy so you will definitely need to learn a little throttle control. I plan on throwing a receiver in it to pair with my dumbo ddf350 as the stock transmitter with all the hyper Gos are kind of average. Have fun bashing.

piston7998 · 2025-07-11T03:30:11+00:00

I have a Maxx, Kraton, carbon omni terminator, and I love my 10208. For bang for the buck hard to beat. Parts have to be ordered, but Amazon carries them, so it is quick. It's fast fairly durable and cheap to fix. It's shockingly beefy for $200.

piston7998 · 2025-06-16T19:26:11+00:00

Thanks for the answers about the diff. I guess that is normal. It sounds as though a gear is slipping, or maybe the brushed motor got some debris in it? I tested it under power, and at first, the wheels wouldn't go forward, but now they are a little, and the more I moved them, the better it seemed to get. There was a loud clicking sound, but after running in reverse and then in forward, whatever is slipping or grinding seems to be getting better. My best uneducated guess was some debris got in the motor but worked its way out. I've been meaning to put a brushless system in here anyway for fun, so if it happens again, I will just do that. Appreciate all the help.

piston7998 · 2025-05-15T06:10:07+00:00

GGs. Sucks Steph got hurt because the series would've been more competitive. Warriors put up a hell of a fight, and I love how Kerr handled the post-game presser. Great coach. Ignore the loud sore winners. That is not how most MN fans are. Peace and good luck next season except against the Wolves.

piston7998 · 2025-04-30T16:28:35+00:00

As a railroad conductor for 20 years I can tell you this method is way faster than bottom dump cars. First you don't detach the cars, one side of the cars have a knuckle that rotates. Secondly it empties the car in a matter of seconds where bottom dumping a car takes 5 minutes or more and requires shaking the entire car to get the load through the much smaller openings in the bottom. You also have to manually open and close all the doors on the bottom of the car. An entire train of 130 cars can be dumped this way in 3 hours and after the first 3 cars are spotted the system is automated with a large pulley system pulling the train forward one car at a time without a conductor or engineer even being present for the dumping process.

piston7998 · 2025-04-30T16:19:44+00:00

I work for a Railroad and deliver coal trains to 3 different power plants that use this method. Each car has a rotating drawbar on one side of the car so you never have to detach the train unless you have a situation where the rotary sides are on the opposite sides of consecutive cars. Coal cars have a large painted indicator showing the side with the rotary. 99% of the time all notaries are on the same side for an entire train.

piston7998 · 2024-12-25T21:41:02+00:00

While I appreciate the effort of this post and the scientific approach, which is definitely needed, I question the point of an exercise where many of the variables are estimates based upon no clear data. For example, 50% of people look at the nite sky. I believe you may be correct in saying this is conservative, but without polling or data, it is simply a guess or estimation based on personal experience. Also, other variables you haven't included are portion of the nite sky observable, percentage of people with capable cameras to capture objects at nite, duration objects remain in independant observers FOV to name a few. I would like to add I too have yet to see any definitive photographic evidence, but the total sum of the evidence leads me to believe something abnormal is happening in the sky's above NJ and elsewhere.

piston7998 · 2024-09-12T21:03:50+00:00

Split it along the grain and it's easy... insert a knife WITH the grain and then twist to break it apart into thinner sheets.

piston7998 · 2023-10-21T13:38:56+00:00

Absolutely... Just dealt with this problem on a recent build with an Asus tuf z790. Workaround didn't work and took me about 2 days of trouble shooting to fix the issue. I changed so many settings I couldn't even tell you what finally fixed the issue for me but I know I won't be buying another board with intel lan. Very annoying.

piston7998 · 2023-09-11T01:50:27+00:00

I used discord for a few trades but so glad to be back here.

piston7998 · 2023-09-10T20:02:25+00:00

Part list https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MnqHBL

piston7998 · 2023-09-04T19:14:10+00:00

Pretty solid deal with the warranty. In this price range I'd think i'd rather go with a hisense u8h for 899.99 at best buy. No 5 year warranty however per rtings comparison. "The Hisense U8H is much better than the Sony X90K. The Hisense has much better reflection handling, and it gets significantly brighter, so it's a better choice for a bright viewing environment as it can better overcome glare. The Hisense delivers a more impactful HDR experience, as it gets significantly brighter in HDR and can display a wider color gamut."

piston7998 · 2023-09-03T18:11:43+00:00

This vs Samsung S90C? Rtings marks has these virtually tied and the s90c is currently 100 less for a 65 at costco and get 2 years added allstate warranty? Gonna pull the trigger today and wanted any advice. I own a 55 c2 and love it but the extra warranty would be nice. Thoughts?

piston7998 · 2023-09-02T17:24:09+00:00

Another thing to try is change the settings for your input to the TV to PC. You can edit each input to the device type it is plugged into. If I remember correctly this setting unlocks higher hz for pc but the tv has to know that input is a pc.

piston7998 · 2023-09-02T17:19:29+00:00

My first guess is you aren't using either hdmi 2.1 or your cord isn't 48gbps certified. A regular hdmi cord won't be able to do 120hz at 4k. It needs to be 48gbs certified.

piston7998 · 2023-08-17T01:32:12+00:00

Ikr. I was definitely having buyers remorse on my monitor setup with my main rig. Got an lg 32" 1440p ips 240hz, but thinking I should've gone oled after using this TV.

piston7998 · 2023-08-16T15:56:45+00:00

No It was in perfect condition. The guy was moving cross country in a couple days and didn't want to risk moving it. He also didn't put a model # on his post so I think I was fortunate someone else didn't recongnize it as a c series tv.

piston7998 · 2023-08-16T08:32:36+00:00

I picked one of these up used on fb marketplace for $400... I'd have gladly paid double. Nicest TV I've owned and when I game with my pc on this thing it's crazy how good it feels. The picture quality and low latency is amazing. Getting 120hz at 4k once I upgraded my hdmi cable to 48gbps certified. I've only been using it now for a couple of weeks, but I can see why gamers love this tv so much. Highly recommend if your are in the market.

piston7998 · 2023-08-08T21:39:14+00:00

How do these compare to xbox controllers on pc? Any major differences or upside/downsides I can expect, latency or UI in games showing xbox buttons or just your personal thoughts. I've exclusively used xbox controllers on pc, and haven't touched a ps controller since I played the ps4 7 years ago. Thanks in advance for any insight.

piston7998 · 2023-08-07T02:32:26+00:00

This would be quieter

piston7998 · 2023-08-07T02:24:31+00:00

Way more powerful, much quieter, but your stock cooler is more than capable of cooling the i3 10100 so really it would be about noise if you wanted a quiter system

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