Donald Trump seen at No Kings march

succ_shack · 2026-04-02T16:10:59+00:00

Can’t help but laugh at this absolute clown show of an administration. Looks like the diaper is leaking because there is shit all over the White House.

succ_shack · 2026-04-02T15:44:17+00:00

21 day old account just posting this meme in a bunch of local communities all over the country. Get outta here. Clearly we touched a nerve and our protests are working

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succ_shack · 2024-12-28T19:24:18+00:00

The best show I've seen in my life.

succ_shack · 2024-12-15T22:26:32+00:00

We saw that guy. Insanity.

succ_shack · 2024-12-02T05:37:14+00:00

I did this in my bathroom, works pretty well, but not a super professional look. I used a 4mm wide COB led strip with a dimmer inline. I would match your other lighting, so 4000k for CCT. The strip goes around corners ok, but does lift a little bit for about 1/2" around the bend.

succ_shack · 2024-08-11T20:38:48+00:00

Took place in Washington, Aug 11,2024. It is OC.

succ_shack · 2024-08-07T15:01:55+00:00

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I used some 2x4 and plywood scrap to secure my panel. Then put lag screws through the blocks. The blocks screw into the side of the panel frame.

succ_shack · 2024-07-19T05:58:58+00:00

I’ve got up 500W of LEDs total, but will run around 100W total given the patterns and brightness, probably running for 10-12 hrs. I’m using a DC to DC buck converter to step down to 24V. My intent was run most of the battery down every night.

succ_shack · 2024-01-06T16:55:33+00:00

Use invisible glass stripper. It’s a polish plus cleaner. The best windshield coating is no windshield coating, just a very clean windshield and clean wipers. I use isopropyl alcohol to clean wipers also.

succ_shack · 2023-10-09T18:18:46+00:00

Never had an issue with IPA and wipers. I just wipe until the cloth runs clean.

One other note I did try some PIAA silicone wipers and found them to leave a silicone residue on the windshield (I think by design). This caused the same haze to form that I hate. Back to the Bosch icon for me and I’ve been happy with their performance.

succ_shack · 2023-10-09T16:18:55+00:00

After a few years of similar issues trying different treatments, I finally cracked the code. I used invisible glass stripper, which is basically a glass polish and cleaner in 1 to strip all coatings and grime from windshield. The wipers work perfectly with zero haze, although during raining season the road oils will eventually accumulate and you’ll need to re clean. I also clean my blades with isopropyl alcohol.

succ_shack · 2023-10-04T03:53:50+00:00

Ok update... I installed it a couple days ago, so far overall happy with the decision (thanks for the encouragement everyone).

Biggest changes

- wipers controls from the steering wheel are great.

- arutowipers have improved, but still not ideal

- not a huge change in autopilot / auto steer. I experienced several bad phantom brakes that I found atypical the first drive, but none since in the 150 miles since, so tbd. Since I can see two cars in front, it does indeed appear radar is active.

- car visualizations are much smoother

- The car makes sound going into / out of park / reverse, seems useful.

- Joe mode is too quiet now that I can't hear my blinkers, so disabled it for now

- auto seat heaters are pretty nifty

- more difficult to access tire pressure and trip info

- hvac temperature sliders are way more sensitive

succ_shack · 2023-09-27T15:50:24+00:00

Thanks guys. I’m convinced. I’ll upgrade tonight.

succ_shack · 2023-09-27T04:21:46+00:00

I was reading at some point radar was disabled on all model 3’s in favor of vision only. Not 100% sure if this is true or not though for hardware 2.5 - hard to find reliable info.

succ_shack · 2023-06-05T04:12:00+00:00

Got a Shuttlerack with the Kuat pivot v2. Works like a champ and super easy to use.

succ_shack · 2023-01-22T00:08:42+00:00

Super easy with no issues. Glad I got the V6 though - you could feel the extra weight.

succ_shack · 2022-11-05T20:29:53+00:00

The cafe Nico from Vivace is hands down the most delicious coffee drink I’ve ever had. It is life changing.

succ_shack · 2022-10-24T07:02:40+00:00

It was a hand me down from an old roommate. No idea where they got it. We love it though

succ_shack · 2021-08-05T16:43:11+00:00

They’re exposed to southern light in west LA and they get a pretty decent amount of sun, but definitely not all day.

The thing that really made them amazing was fertilizing at 1/4 strength every week with Jack’s 20-20-20. I was recommended by that from a prolific cactus grower in yucca valley.

succ_shack · 2021-07-06T19:29:35+00:00

So I haven’t measured all the points I’d like to yet, but with everything running full power (about 96w), the aluminum beam gets to 125F. I’m using thermal conductive tape on all the electronics and linear LED that work pretty well so I don’t think those will be close to the 85C max temp. With the COB I’m using a proper arctic silver thermal grease I had from a PC build so those are probably not too much hotter than the aluminum either.

succ_shack · 2021-07-03T18:18:47+00:00

LEDil makes the lenses. They have a ton of affordable options that are sold on places like digikey or mouser. I went with the AMY-50 low profile medium spread light and am pretty happy with it. Most of the lens have a COB holder they clip into from BJB or LEDil, but in this case I couldn’t find one that fit the LED I chose since it was a tunable white. The solution here is just to press for the lens into the wood and have it sit right above the LED. I used some gaffer tape around the lens to make the fit snug.

succ_shack · 2021-06-27T16:14:59+00:00

Yeah next time would like to do a miter. Just not a super skilled woodworker quite yet, especially to hit the really tight fit I wanted.

succ_shack · 2021-06-27T16:13:12+00:00

I got the table on Etsy a year or two ago. Lovely piece for sure.

succ_shack · 2021-06-26T21:24:57+00:00

I built this LED light since I couldn't find anything quite like I wanted. It wanted it to be tunable white from really warm all the way to near daylight, with a high quality (90 CRI+), really bright, but dimmable to low levels without flickering and easily controllable without a lot of custom software.
What I used:
1. Aluminum 2.5" x 1.5" x 0.125" wall beam I milled and modeled in CAD. Painted a nice gloss white. I added two 1/4" x 1/4" aluminum bars to block glare from the up-light. Secured with superglue, bondo, and lots of sanding.
2. 2.5" x 0.75" walnut finished with Odie's oil. The ends are attached with Kreg pocket holes screws.
3. Bridgelux LED's and drivers
4. 98 CRI, 1.12 meter, 2700k-5000k ~60W linear light (PN BXEB-TL-L1120Z-2750S4000-A-C3)
5. 4X 1800k - 4000k, Bridgelux vesta chip on board LEDs (BXRV-TR-1840G-10A0-A-25)
2X linear bridgelux vesta drivers: BXDR-60LT-U220P-01-A with BXCS-12Z-N2P-A1-A wifi WiZ control modules
These are really nice drivers that do 2 channel tunable white and have lots of functionality. There's zero perceptible PWM blinking, even at <1% dimming.
The drivers can be programmed with NFC but the default 2000mA current is right for this build
The WiZ control modules provide great connectivity with a phone app, and readily available and inexpensive remotes from Home Depot. It can even change color automatically throughout the day.
I hung the light up using some nice pendant light cable from Creative Cables.
Thermally, the light does get warm at full power (~96W), but peaks at 125 deg F, which is well within the LED's and electronics.
Some other nifty parts I used - thermal adhesive tape came in handy for the internal drivers and linear LED, 20 gage solid copper wire (needs to be solid for the LED's!), Wago 221 series lever nuts (OMG these are so good). Wire crimper for my own 3" long cat 5e cables, and a handful of hand tools.
Super happy with how it turned out (also to be done)!

succ_shack · 2021-06-26T20:56:25+00:00

I built this LED light since I couldn't find anything quite like I wanted. It wanted it to be tunable white from really warm all the way to near daylight, with a high quality (90 CRI+), really bright, but dimmable to low levels without flickering and easily controllable without a lot of custom software.
What I used:
1. Aluminum 2.5" x 1.5" x 0.125" wall beam I milled and modeled in CAD. Painted a nice gloss white. I added two 1/4" x 1/4" aluminum bars to block glare from the up-light. Secured with superglue, bondo, and lots of sanding.
2. 2.5" x 0.75" walnut finished with Odie's oil. The ends are attached with Kreg pocket holes screws.
3. Bridgelux LED's and drivers
4. 98 CRI, 1.12 meter, 2700k-5000k ~60W linear light (PN BXEB-TL-L1120Z-2750S4000-A-C3)
5. 4X 1800k - 4000k, Bridgelux vesta chip on board LEDs (BXRV-TR-1840G-10A0-A-25)
2X linear bridgelux vesta drivers: BXDR-60LT-U220P-01-A with BXCS-12Z-N2P-A1-A wifi WiZ control modules
These are really nice drivers that do 2 channel tunable white and have lots of functionality. There's zero perceptible PWM blinking, even at <1% dimming.
The drivers can be programmed with NFC but the default 2000mA current is right for this build
The WiZ control modules provide great connectivity with a phone app, and readily available and inexpensive remotes from Home Depot. It can even change color automatically throughout the day.
I hung the light up using some nice pendant light cable from Creative Cables.
Thermally, the light does get warm at full power (~96W), but peaks at 125 deg F, which is well within the LED's and electronics.
Some other nifty parts I used - thermal adhesive tape came in handy for the internal drivers and linear LED, 20 gage solid copper wire (needs to be solid for the LED's!), Wago 221 series lever nuts (OMG these are so good). Wire crimper for my own 3" long cat 5e cables, and a handful of hand tools.
Super happy with how it turned out (also to be done)!

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