the-water-cooler

[weak musk]

Yes

[forest edge]

chick-fli-a was way better on the east coast than it is here.. location matters i guess lol

[real frigate]

OH yeah, Chick-Fil-A on the east coast is WAY better. Just like bagels and pizza are better in NY.

[brazen fable]

Chick fil a here is about the same as when I experienced it in the south

but then again I'm in the midwest so we get all the freshest ingredients

[weak musk]

I hope to never experience chick fil a

[brazen fable]

we spoiled

Chil fil a is the bombyo

[real frigate]

Lucky bastard... lol There were rumors they were going to open an In-n-Out in Charlotte, but still hasn't happened.

Oh Chick-Fil-A is like the pinnacle of fast food chicken.

[brazen fable]

Indeed

They got the chicken game solved

and the waffle fries are 👌

[real frigate]

Yup! But honestly, it's probably the crack cocaine (sorry, MSG) they put in the batter...

[forest edge]

so you like it cause when you walk through a nice hotel carrying the bag people don't look at you like your low class?

[forest edge]

I like how rich people can't help but rat out how rich people generally think lol

[brazen fable]

wdym

[tidal bronze]

2nd video should answer your question 🤣

[forest edge]

in and out dosen't look any diffrent than sonic to me tbh

[brazen fable]

Not the biggest fan of sonic

[real frigate]

EW... Sonic sucks balls.

[brazen fable]

but their drinks are a nice treat

[tidal bronze]

Until you eat one let's put it to rest. You are making a fool out of yourself now.

[forest edge]

you ever eaten at a freddy's?

[tidal bronze]

Send me the location I will try.

[forest edge]

or even a steak and shake.. that one should be something you recognize

https://www.freddys.com/

https://www.steaknshake.com/

we invented the steak burger.. so nothing in california would impress me lol

[real frigate]

Steak and shake is pretty good actually. But the one that's near me has a salt nazi working there. Never, EVER do they put salt on things.

[tidal bronze]

There's one 2 hours out. Let's see.

Oh boy a 3.7

Hmmm I don't think no.

[tidal bronze]

I think it's good for middle earth standards, sadly not for the coast. Lol.

[forest edge]

just confirms your taste buds are shot

we even still have a winsteads

these places are probably where in and out is buying thier burgers to resale tbh

[tidal bronze]

If it makes you happy.

[forest edge]

i still stick with it looking more like sonic tho

just wish our chicken here was better.. burgers we got nailed down but chicken

makes me sad. best place for a chicken sandwhich near me is red robin

[tidal bronze]

Maybe steakburger should buy from you know who.

Sorry bud. Food is not a middle earth thing.

[real frigate]

Red Robin?! Haven't been there in YEARS

[tidal bronze]

Oh good stuff

[real frigate]

I honestly thought they closed down.

[brazen fable]

red robin isn't bad

[tidal bronze]

They are still there, haven't been there in ages

[brazen fable]

I like thier fries

and the fry spice

[forest edge]

the food you are refering to is.. check your dates and location pal lol

[brazen fable]

https://tenor.com/view/elrond-lotr-lord-of-the-tings-lord-elrond-3000years-gif-13229890

[forest edge]

the burger was not invented on the west coast

sorry to burst your bubble

[tidal bronze]

Ok Mr. 3.7

[brazen fable]

The west coast loves to overhype their food xD

despite most of it being mid

[tidal bronze]

Any coast better food.

[brazen fable]

nah

Midwest. Better ingredients, better food

[tidal bronze]

Lmao

[brazen fable]

Papa Johns

[forest edge]

it's ok.. although you travel more than most of us combined.. you live a sheltered life and don't know any better

[tidal bronze]

Oh no

[brazen fable]

No papa johns is dogshit

it's a joke

[forest edge]

papa johns is gross

[brazen fable]

I'm from Chicago we have real pizza

[forest edge]

it didn't use to be bad tho

like pizza hut once was good pizza too lol

[tidal bronze]

Debatable

[brazen fable]

nah it's always been shit

[brazen fable]

Nope

Indisputable

New York can keep that cardboard shit they call pizza

and don't get me started on how bad the NY hot dogs are

[tidal bronze]

Depends on how much you have traveled for food.

[real frigate]

I was born in Chicago and NY is still better pizza 😉

[brazen fable]

World wide.

and every state outside AK

[brazen fable]

Sir you are objectively wrong

[real frigate]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[forest edge]

we had this place called deep dish.. they sell thier pizza's in the frozen section of grocery stores now but when it was a restarunt.. omg best pizza ever

[brazen fable]

There isn't a single pizza place in New York that outclasses Phil's in bridgeport

[forest edge]

and i've eaten pizza evberywhere

[real frigate]

I've had both... and NY always wins for me.

[forest edge]

i've even eat west coast pizza flown in once lol

[tidal bronze]

Chicago pizza is good when uber driver misses an exit.

[real frigate]

Hell, there was a place in Phoenix called NYPD Pizza. They shipped in NY water to make their pizzas. It was hands down some of the best pizza I ever had.

[forest edge]

wtf

who would want NY water?

[tidal bronze]

Most of LA pizza water is flown down

[forest edge]

the radiation give sit that extra spice?

[real frigate]

NY water has higher amounts of fluoride and supposedly that makes for great pizza dough.

[brazen fable]

Chicago water > all

[forest edge]

you couldn't pay me to drink water from either coast

[brazen fable]

can't beat Lake Michigan's fresh and clean noms

[forest edge]

I can

[brazen fable]

Nah

[real frigate]

I'll add that mountain water from the Blue Ridge mountains is pretty damn good.

[forest edge]

my farm actually has a spring from the aquifer located here.

[real frigate]

Yeah, can't really top that.

[forest edge]

talk about freezing cold water lol

[brazen fable]

I have a refrigerator

[real frigate]

Fresh glacial water lol

[brazen fable]

Ripe with 2 billion year old bacterium

🤣

I'd drink it

might get super powers

[forest edge]

@tidal bronzeyour water is probably part of why your taste buds are jacked lol

I be curious to know just how many filters LA water is passed through before it actually comes out the tap

[real frigate]

Whoa… wait. You drink TAP WATER?!

[tidal bronze]

I have no idea. But water LA water report is awesome.

We don't go by feelings always by numbers.

[real frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/jim-carrey-throw-up-puke-vomit-gagging-gif-16080834

[tidal bronze]

@forest edge share your water quality report

[forest edge]

our tap water is gross

[tidal bronze]

Oh I see

So you drink from the storm drain?

[forest edge]

our tap water is ran through the KC bs crap and it comes out hard and gross

I drink bottled water

[real frigate]

That’s just nasty. Might as well live in Flint,

[forest edge]

I would drink my spring water but really don't want to deal with that lol

[tidal bronze]

I don't, don't have to

So why were you ranting about water?

[real frigate]

reasons? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

This is the only bottled water I like. lol

[forest edge]

why was I asked how many filters your water goes through?

[real frigate]

Oh wait, I remember. NY water for pizza is how we got on the water subject.

[tidal bronze]

@forest edge if you have access to let's see you 2022 or 23 water quality report

[forest edge]

our water comes from mostly rain etc.. you don't get that

your water comes from privately owned sources mostly lol

[tidal bronze]

Stop with these assumptions and let's see the numbers

Pretty sure your burger joint is using city water to wash and cook.

Numbers please ?

[forest edge]

alright found mine. post yours

https://www.kcwater.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-Water-Quality-Report_web.pdf

[tidal bronze]

Not much data

[forest edge]

yours sucks trying to read as well

these reports blow

[tidal bronze]

https://www.ladwp.com/who-we-are/water-system/las-drinking-water-quality-report

@forest edge 6 tables missing from yours. You guys don't test for everything?

[forest edge]

there is an option table

optional

[tidal bronze]

Chicago report is worse

Someone was bragging about pizza and food. Lol.

[tidal bronze]

Yep quality of life is optional in middle earth. I know.

[forest edge]

don't see yours looking any better lol

[brazen fable]

https://www.businessinsider.com/chicago-best-food-city-usa-2017-8#chicago-is-fiercely-loyal-to-its-remixes-on-classic-american-foods-1

[real frigate]

That’s biased. lol

[tidal bronze]

2017

[brazen fable]

Everything is biased

[tidal bronze]

Actually the best food city in US is SF.

[brazen fable]

LOL no

SF doesn't even make top 5

[tidal bronze]

If anyone says otherwise. They are not well traveled.

[brazen fable]

LA NYC CHICAGO VEGAS all mollywop SF

[real frigate]

SF? Really? Eh, not sure I agree with that. Good, sure. But there are better cities for food.

[tidal bronze]

I think you guys should fix your water first before anything

[forest edge]

south has the best food

best non cardboard food that is

[brazen fable]

Memphis and Nashville are also food powerhouses yeh

[tidal bronze]

Lmao

[real frigate]

lol QF did say he found his favorite breakfast place in TN, sooooooo.

[brazen fable]

particularly real BBQ

and the farm fresh ingredients can't be beat

[real frigate]

Psh. Sorry, NC is best for BBQ.

[brazen fable]

can't find a pizza worth shit in the south though

[tidal bronze]

Not Memphis, that stuff is horrible

[forest edge]

unless it's crawdad pizza

[brazen fable]

and Louisana has their niche too

Cajun is great

[tidal bronze]

57 countries, 47 states I might know a thing or two.

[forest edge]

cept you restrict yourself

[real frigate]

Where was that place you really liked recently? IT WAS IN TN. 🤣

[tidal bronze]

Yes in a small town Chattanooga

[real frigate]

I rest my case lol

[tidal bronze]

But you must know they they did have a LA breakfast.

[real frigate]

LA-ish, maybe. But it was still in TN.

[forest edge]

can't really say you are well versed in food when you can't even eat 3/4 of the food available due to your restrictions. that just dosen't work

[tidal bronze]

I will always say it's good if it's good. I am not location biased.

But it was a typical low carb, guac leaning LA breakfast. That was out of this earth.

[real frigate]

lol I know. Just saying, it was better than SF 😉 (I took the long way round to get there)

[tidal bronze]

Yes

No argument there.

[forest edge]

like going to an ice cream shop and judging it based on non dairy only

[brazen fable]

The only thing great about SF is the weather

[real frigate]

THAT I agree with 100%

With San Diego being a close second.

[tidal bronze]

I can't. I don't want damn clouds all over the year.

Blue skies for me please.

Low humidity and 70s

[real frigate]

Eh, they usually burn off though. Except when they don’t.

[tidal bronze]

When they don't, yuk

[solar zealot]

the ol times eh?

[tidal bronze]

I was not born then so don't know. I guess!?

So charcoal burger or griddle burger?

[solar zealot]

what is a griddle

like wordle just for excel?

[forest edge]

lol just a flat cooking surface

like what they make pancakes on etc

[tidal bronze]

Made some 70/30 wagyu

[forest edge]

I ate a mushroom wagyu burger at conrads the other day

was not worth it's price

[tidal bronze]

Make your own.

[forest edge]

it was like 10 bucks more over a traditional burger.. like wtf

[tidal bronze]

You mean ancestral wagyu from 30 years ago right?

Not Japanese wagyu🤣

[solar zealot]

so you have the expensive meat just to turn it into a low end product

[forest edge]

no idea. it was a seasonal thing

[solar zealot]

what a waste

must be a thing we poor people wont understand, like gold on a steak

[tidal bronze]

There are many types of wagyu. I am not nuts to make burgers from A5

[forest edge]

I really can't taste the diffrence between a well cooked normal burger and a fancy one. by the time you add spices and toppings.. it's all the same as long as the burger itself isn't nuked

[tidal bronze]

It's the water

[solar zealot]

for something that gets its taste from its texture, mincing it ruins any of that

[forest edge]

that just makes me think of this fast food mexican taco place we have here where they boil the beef

super gross

[tidal bronze]

Hardly the case. Texture and exposure of fat is the key

[solar zealot]

there is a very distinct difference between a trash burger and a good one where the meat is too much compacted

[tidal bronze]

Boil? Huh?

You guys don't have tacos anyway.

[forest edge]

trash or trashed? cause you can trash a good burger but shit like mcdonalds is just a trash burger lol

[solar zealot]

what would the difference be

both belong into the trash

[forest edge]

over cooking

[tidal bronze]

@forest edge please tell me you don't get lettuce by default in your tacos.

[solar zealot]

thats not as bad if you got the right mixture

[forest edge]

I love my tacos being supreme

[solar zealot]

like it gets dry but no shoe rubbery

[forest edge]

I prefer soft tacos too

[tidal bronze]

Taco bell?????????

We can't talk about food anymore

[forest edge]

I eat those, but was using that as a comparison in terms of whats on a taco

you can get a fully loaded taco anywhere

[tidal bronze]

Taco bell don't have tacos of any shape or form

[brazen fable]

soft tacos are the only tacos that exist

That "hard shell" shit isn't a taco

[forest edge]

I eat both, i just usually prefer soft

[brazen fable]

it's a giant nacho with meat on it

[tidal bronze]

Meat onions and cilantro. There's nothing more nothing less. Unless you are Puerto Vallarta then you get some awesome dry refried beans

[brazen fable]

nah

I like tomatos and cilantro

I can't stand onions for whatever reason

[forest edge]

I hate the store bought corn tortillas for making your own soft taco

[brazen fable]

Then you're buying them from the wrong store

[tidal bronze]

We are not talking tacos here.

[forest edge]

it dosen't bend.. it just tears apart lol

[brazen fable]

Pretty sure this conversation is about tacos, sir

[forest edge]

flour tortillas are better for tacos

[brazen fable]

no

[forest edge]

in that bend sense

[brazen fable]

Corn for real tacos

[forest edge]

not unless you want it to eat it off your lap

[brazen fable]

flour is for tasteless tacos

thats why you double up on the toritilla and heat it up

the heat makes it more pliable

[forest edge]

double up and add a coating of melted cheese to keep it intact?

[brazen fable]

lol cheese is optional

traditional is just cilatro and onion but I sometimes add cheese because I like it

and i add tomatos and remove the onions because same

but the cheese goes on top bro

[tidal bronze]

This is it.

[brazen fable]

Tortillas are way too big to be traditional tacos

[tidal bronze]

Unless you want to teach someone in Mexico city on how to make a taco

[brazen fable]

I've lived in a little mexico which is arguably more authentic

Mexico city is for tourists

[tidal bronze]

Lmao.

Ok

[brazen fable]

and like 3/4 of my friends are straight from Mexico

Lmao

[tidal bronze]

Ok.

Where are your friends from?

[brazen fable]

Uh, mexico

They moved to chicago with family

Very popular place for mexican immigrants

[tidal bronze]

You thought mexico is 10x10

What city?

[brazen fable]

Hell if I know

I don't usually grill people for their life's history

[tidal bronze]

Oh you just assuming. OK.

[brazen fable]

and it's irrelevant

[tidal bronze]

I thought so

[brazen fable]

Lol what are you on about

[tidal bronze]

It's irrelevant

[brazen fable]

You're off in your own little world here

[forest edge]

those aren't bending like the corn tortillas I usually see

plus they look not enough yellow

[tidal bronze]

Little as in someone from Chicago

[tidal bronze]

Hold up adjusting HSV now

[brazen fable]

This is a real corn tortilla

[tidal bronze]

Ok. Thank you.

[brazen fable]

Lol?

[tidal bronze]

Funny right

[forest edge]

oh there is white corn, yellow corn and just corn lol i didn't even know they made it with so many diffrent types lol

ohh whole grain wheat tortillas

may have to try that one

[brazen fable]

Tortillas are actually great

[forest edge]

almond tortillas.. gross

[brazen fable]

LOL

IDK why they make almond everything now

but it is what it is

People gonna eat it so I guess there's a market for it

to each their own in the long run

[forest edge]

paging @tidal bronze , paging @tidal bronze

[tidal bronze]

I was just double checking with my friends from "Mexico"

Please hold

[forest edge]

on the exsistance of almond tortillas?

I thought that would have been your go to from the get go

[tidal bronze]

Dude I am dying here. Too funny

[tidal bronze]

2g net carb, yes we have plenty

@forest edge your boiled meet looks like this?

[forest edge]

it's just the hamburger that place boils and no.. it looks like grains of sand lol

only eaten a taco from that place once and immediatly veto'd ever going back

boiled beef is gross

[solar zealot]

why do i feel like this is fried rat

[brazen fable]

I concur with this statement

It doesn't even sound appetizing in the least

[brazen fable]

https://tenor.com/view/ratburger-rat-demolitionman-sandra-bullock-sylvester-stallone-gif-24799478

[tidal bronze]

It's not. But rat is not bad at all.

[brazen fable]

Yeah I'm not eating rat.

I'm adventurous but not quite that adventurous.

[forest edge]

I didn't mind ostrich burgers

[brazen fable]

I wouldn't mind trying ostrich.

Not a big fan of duck outside of duck bacon

so greasy

[tidal bronze]

@forest edge one day have some tacos at this place

[forest edge]

never seen a duck burger

[brazen fable]

Tried a few times including a turkducken

[forest edge]

next time to come through KC you should go to the city market. I think you will find some shit even you will like

[tidal bronze]

I must. Didn't have time last time. I was driving to multiple costco outlets to gather crab

Dude!!!! The price of crab there. It's outrageous

[forest edge]

kc has an actual authentic chinese super market near the city market. only been in it twice but there is shit in there I have not seen anywhere else lol

[tidal bronze]

I will swing by in about a week.

[brazen fable]

actual chinese food is wild

[tidal bronze]

Send me a gmaps pin

[brazen fable]

When I was in Hong Kong pretty sure I only ate at McDonalds for the duration.

wasn't a big fan

To be fair I don't like Americanized chinese either

[primal laurel]

You're dumb. Authentic Chinese food is delicious

[tidal bronze]

Didn't have any of these?

[brazen fable]

Absolutelynot

[tidal bronze]

These?

[solar zealot]

thats too many legs

[tidal bronze]

Come on now! I can't take your pizza statement seriously

[solar zealot]

more than 4 it doesnt belong on a table

[brazen fable]

Yeah, not eating bugs either

[forest edge]

@tidal bronzehere you go

visit that entire area

between 169 and 29

[brazen fable]

The closest thing to a bug I'll eat is Lobster

[tidal bronze]

Thanks mam. I will check it out.

[brazen fable]

And shrimp I suppose

[forest edge]

that section use to be italian mob controlled when i was a kid lol

[tidal bronze]

Tarantula is tangy

[forest edge]

nasty

[brazen fable]

Now I'm convinced you're just a sadomasochist

[forest edge]

no one in their right mind should eat insects fried or otherwise

[brazen fable]

Correct

[primal laurel]

Says who?

[forest edge]

the birds

[tidal bronze]

Ahhh the love

[primal laurel]

No one in their right mind should eat cheese or chicken from a can but Americans do

[brazen fable]

My place on the food chain, that's who

https://tenor.com/view/food-eat-ron-swanson-salad-gif-17243228

[forest edge]

lol unknown

sounds about right

[brazen fable]

Even Discord is WTF'ing that shit

[brazen fable]

Ok, what's in it

[forest edge]

lol the whip cream masks the taste

apple churros are awesome btw

[tidal bronze]

I was surprised to see Churro with lychee jelly and soft serve

[brazen fable]

https://old.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/1ddjcb6/first_time_seeing_one_in_the_wild_oc/

[tidal bronze]

Don't feel like starting up the Kamado today. 😆

Sucks when you have a burger on the grill and no buns at home.

[forest edge]

no delivery boxes around to cut up?

you could always cut it up and just have a taco bowl without an actual taco bowl lol

[tidal bronze]

Lol.

[brazen fable]

🤔

[tidal bronze]

I will make a kind request to someone at the house to get some for me.

[forest edge]

for doing stoppies or whatever those are called

https://tenor.com/view/stopiee-bike-trick-cycle-gif-15201403

[winged obsidian]

My daughter found a recipe for the fry spice. Close enough to call that problem solved.

[brazen fable]

Neato

[brazen fable]

She must've REALLY liked it hah

[winged obsidian]

SF water is pretty darn good too. Snow melt -> Hetch Hetchy reservoir.

[real frigate]

lol

[winged obsidian]

lengua?

[brazen fable]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Firearms/comments/1ddes93/you_know_for_science/ this is how I plan to go fishing from now on

[forest edge]

?

[winged obsidian]

The Red Robin nearest us closed. Not missed.

[winged obsidian]

The "fast food mexican taco place we have here where they boil the beef"

[brazen fable]

I'd call them mediocre, but the fry spice is good

[winged obsidian]

Was wondering whether you had a lengua taco

[brazen fable]

good point. I actively avoid beef tongue

[winged obsidian]

Ours was not even mediocre.

[brazen fable]

lol

My wife likes them and she's super picky so unfortunately sometimes the food options are limited in this house

and she doesn't like anything spicier than milk

[winged obsidian]

Was asking @forest edge about that.

[forest edge]

I don't remember what the place was called. you have a place named language taco?

[brazen fable]

meanwhile I have a whole ass hot sauce collection

Everything from mild frank's sauce to some melt your face off carolina reaper sauce

[winged obsidian]

Not that I've ever seen. We have quite a few places that serve lengua tacos though.

Yes, it's a "language" taco, as far as you know 😄

[forest edge]

it was a chain or at least there was more than one and they were in those small buildings like you might see a drive thru coffee buisness in or something

[brazen fable]

Lengua = Beef Tongue @forest edge in case you're not being sarcastic

[winged obsidian]

Toad Sweat? Love that stuff

[brazen fable]

can't say I've tried that one

https://puckerbuttpeppercompany.com/products/the-reaper-sauce

https://elijahsxtreme.com/products/reaper-hot-sauce

I'm a big fan of the Melinda's line too

[winged obsidian]

Toad Sweat is actually several. They've got a Key Lime, Orange, and Cranberry. They are dessert hot sauces, not crazy hot.

[brazen fable]

The melinda's garlic one is one of my favorites

Not turbo heat either but good flavor

[forest edge]

https://youtube.com/shorts/MXyAS0DJaAU?si=IN41vjmC231smBdo

[brazen fable]

They must have some slow ass accelerating cars

😄

"How long does it take you to get to 80" had me cracking up

Like the 10 second acceleration time is going to change anything

[forest edge]

crazy the amount of people who actually get that wrong. it's not some new thing asked. one of my favorite was a dad asking his daughter and she actually debated the correct answer lol

[brazen fable]

I wouldn't make money if people weren't stupid

so I'm not complaining

[tidal bronze]

@forest edge just the way you like it with some grilled jalapenos

[forest edge]

damn england snobs keeping the future to themselves

https://youtu.be/h4C3gI84l3o?si=Lg3DeReNQi36pqi1

[brazen fable]

Sir that is called a chipotle

[forest edge]

I don't like jalapenos

[brazen fable]

If you're using charcoals/smoke anyway

[forest edge]

not use to people grilling tomatoes either lol

[tidal bronze]

Nothing but.

[brazen fable]

Nice

Yeah I don't like cooked tomatos at all unless it's puree

Texture thing

which is funny because otherwise I love raw tomatos and tomato sauces

[forest edge]

I really don't see the point

[tidal bronze]

I am using the grilled tomatoes in spicy mayo

[forest edge]

you just dry it up lol

[tidal bronze]

Fresh tomatoes in the bun.

[forest edge]

bet you don't use ketchup or mustard ever either?

[tidal bronze]

Sorry no

[forest edge]

just sprinkle some LA water and your good to go?

[tidal bronze]

Catsup got too much sugar to tomato

[forest edge]

think that depends on the brand you buy

[tidal bronze]

I always make everything from scratch

[brazen fable]

This stuff?

[tidal bronze]

Bottled. 🤔

Home made mayo with sriracha sauce

Better yet kewpie with sriracha

[brazen fable]

You know I love most hot sauces but sriracha didn't really hit it with me

But to be fair I've been making my own spicy mayos for ages and putting it on sandwiches

most of the time i just do it lazy style and just put mayo on the bread and coat it in whatever sauce I'm feeling

[tidal bronze]

Mayo, sriracha, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper and some love

Oh lemon zest

[brazen fable]

This guy trying to be Gordon Ramsay

"Lemme hit it with that zest"

[tidal bronze]

Not the dude with horrible financial advice 🙄

[brazen fable]

No wrong guy

I was thinking of Gordon Ramsay

[tidal bronze]

Oh. Yes sir.

[forest edge]

oh nice. i didn't know they made these. I need to get my chopsaw out https://www.homedepot.com/p/Pylex-Deck-Sunblind-System-in-Black-11060/310038166

[tidal bronze]

Do you really need a deck? 200% humidity why would you want ro sit outside?

[forest edge]

I already have a deck

with a hot tub

[tidal bronze]

But why

[forest edge]

cause not all of us would waste away in anything worse than indoor tempratures lol

[tidal bronze]

Why on earth would one stay inside in this crisp sunny weather?

[brazen fable]

Work

\o/

[tidal bronze]

What work? It's beach shorts and saddles all day.

[brazen fable]

I'm pretty sure the servers wouldn't like being outside

Especially when it rains

[tidal bronze]

Rain?

I know we are from different planets

[forest edge]

the memes that will be generated when the west coast has some natural weather related disaters is going to be hillarious

I already picture some Godzilla type ones where the people are running in the street looking back at something

[brazen fable]

Just remember that either coast couldn't survive without the midwest

they'd all starve

[forest edge]

pretty sure @tidal bronze wouldn't be effected even if his state sank.. would just bring his natural food source closer to his mouth

[tidal bronze]

You thinking too hard.

@forest edge

[forest edge]

that does not make you look good lol

[tidal bronze]

You mean air water?

[forest edge]

all this taco talk

[weak musk]

WFB (work from beach)

[tidal bronze]

What is that? Salad?

[forest edge]

authentic mexican tacos but I could see your confusion as you already established with @brazen fable earlier that you don't know what that is haha

[prisma briar]

Saw this monster in a youtube video

apparently it's a 105,000 gpm water pump

[forest edge]

water tower pump?

[weak musk]

This took like 4 hours to post wtf

[forest edge]

time bubble

[prisma briar]

Dry dock pump

https://www.youtube.com/c/battleshipnewjersey this museum ship is in dry dock now. They upload pretty frequently and they've all been on the drydock maintenance the last few weeks.

[dire spear]

why you need your dock to be dry? so silly

[glacial knot]

yea, don't you submerge it with the laptop?

[clear ferry]

Mine is drenched from all the cam shows I do

Aka teams status project meetings

https://tenor.com/view/i-wanna-die-kill-me-now-jump-run-over-hit-by-a-truck-gif-17242856

[crisp oriole]

https://geekdom.social/@setaggi/112602442789203090

[clear ferry]

A very heavy meter

[forest edge]

ugh. woke up an hour too late. already 86F in the barn

gonna be warm today

[static schooner]

BarnCast™️

[clear ferry]

OnlyBarns™©®

[forest edge]

I think ants ruined my driveway camera

[static schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/kent-brockman-insect-overlords-simpsons-reporter-welcome-gif-16530360

It was inevitable, really. And The Simpsons, as always, predicted it

[iron granite]

https://tenor.com/view/ants-pests-infestation-attack-insects-gif-17275503

[clear ferry]

https://tenor.com/view/antman-ant-drums-music-rock-and-roll-gif-11746221

[forest edge]

freaking insane

[static schooner]

what on earth was so delicious about that camera?

[frosty gazelle]

more about a safe nest vs food.

[static schooner]

& warm

[weak musk]

whoa

[forest edge]

not sure if the camera is completly toast. not even sure I can get it back together lol

[static schooner]

are ants conductive?

[forest edge]

the eggs must be

[static schooner]

hit it with a bunch of compressed air

[forest edge]

the camera stopped working a couple of days ago

I did

I haven't gotten it back together to see if anything works

[static schooner]

seems like it wasn't very well weather-sealed

[forest edge]

not sure how long I have had it. it's pretty water tight. no clue how the ants even got in

[static schooner]

liquid ants is some kind of nightmare

[tidal bronze]

They are.

[tidal bronze]

Ants? Oh boy, see, middle earth issues.

[brazen fable]

https://tenor.com/view/gandalf-old-man-naked-take-robe-off-funny-gif-17224126

[solar zealot]

thats why they are called nest cam

[tidal bronze]

pi-hole trouble Wednesdays.

[ocean oar]

Might not be conductive, but some kinds of ants do leave corrosive residue (formic acid), which definitely kills electronics

[forest edge]

least we don't have fire ants

those bastards had eggs all the next to the camera lens

[tidal bronze]

Don't have any kinda bugs, period. I don't know what you mean by fire ants? As always worry about the middle earth, not here.

Life would end if I saw a bug at the house.

[forest edge]

what did you do? cast a bug net over your entire property?

you gotta leave it sometime

https://tenor.com/view/futurama-professor-farnsworth-rant-ranting-raving-gif-5633708

[tidal bronze]

Bees, birds, wild rabbits, raccoons and cayote. Not ants and bugs. What's up with that?

[forest edge]

see you californians? this dude right here is why your state gets so much shit.. look at the oblivious

[tidal bronze]

This is FL right? My cousin got that box around the property.

[static schooner]

That is the weirdest Florida thing

[tidal bronze]

Drives me insane. Why on earth would you wanna live like that.

[static schooner]

A row of houses, each enclosed in a giant cage 🙂

How else will you keep the brain eating 5G out?

[glacial knot]

What? Is there a satellite photo of what you are talking about?

[tidal bronze]

She got a lake side property and told me don't go near the lake, alligators LMAO.

[tidal bronze]

Yep. That's it.

Can't even leave the doors open for 2 minutes

[static schooner]

I literally googled 'Florida backyard cage' 🙂

[forest edge]

never seen an encloused patio?

[glacial knot]

what is that? A picture for antligators?

[static schooner]

I haven't seen them anywhere else

[glacial knot]

nah, I'm not used to people under home arrest

[static schooner]

This is an enclosed backyard

[forest edge]

0 bugs, blocks rain

some of those are actually called four season rooms cause some type can retain some heat

[tidal bronze]

Nice view from the cage

[static schooner]

Enclosed patios usually have a roof

[glacial knot]

I've seen winter garden backyards
But that looks like nets, not something that'd actually block rain

[brazen fable]

gets too cold here, so we call them 3 season rooms

😄

[forest edge]

what you linked did haave a roof

[static schooner]

Pretty sure it's metal screen

[tidal bronze]

It is.

Some houses have more than 50% covered

You really can't stay outside if not the net

[static schooner]

Definitely not for rain

[forest edge]

yea but in the older days they called them convertable cause they had optional soft tops that would cover over it

[tidal bronze]

Pool accees doors MUST be self latching or you got your gators doing butterfly the next morning

@forest edge is middle earth the same?

[forest edge]

same as what?

you think there are aligators in the middle of the states?

[brazen fable]

LOL

[tidal bronze]

I don't know, you said you have bugs the size of apache

[brazen fable]

If we're middle earth then @tidal bronze is in the nekrit expanse

[forest edge]

we have normal bugs here. it's the coasts that get all the freaky shit like botflies lol

[brazen fable]

Pretty sure they got turbo snakes and scorpions too

No thanks

[forest edge]

we do have horseflies tho.. they bite lol

[tidal bronze]

@brazen fable I gpt you

[brazen fable]

LA Is a shithole that's worse than here. Also no thanks

[tidal bronze]

Thank you.

[forest edge]

@tidal bronzeyou gotta stop making friends

[brazen fable]

I mean sure, the people with money do ok out there because they isolate themselves

Then again i can't point fingers, I moved out of the city to do the same exact thing

[tidal bronze]

See, I am good at it right?

[brazen fable]

Thought we're all friends here

Buncha turbo nerds

[forest edge]

ugh just dropped 90 bucks on a refirb just to get my driveway cam back up and running

[brazen fable]

That's cheap lol

[forest edge]

its a refirb

it's a gamble

[brazen fable]

Outdoor cameras I don't mind spending the extra cheese on

They're the most important

[tidal bronze]

That camera you opened was never any IP certified.

[forest edge]

can't even find starlight cameras anymore least of all 4g battery ones lol

[brazen fable]

oh no

Yeah that's kind of a big deal

Why is it battery operated/cellular

can't do POE?

[forest edge]

lol no

[forest edge]

it was because it was a ptz.. had to the only way they got in

[brazen fable]

Explain your deployment

maybe i can help

[tidal bronze]

PTZ would be even better IP rated.

[forest edge]

apparently not where the drum rotates

[tidal bronze]

What the slip ring gave up?

[forest edge]

it was plenty water proof in terms of rain etc

just not ant proof

[brazen fable]

You would think something that can keep water out could keep ants out

Are you sure it was actually water proof

[tidal bronze]

Don't you think it's cheaper and healthier to move to a coast?

[glacial knot]

ants can be corrosive 🤷

[forest edge]

I don't think there is such a thing as bug proof lol

[tidal bronze]

Trust me there is.

[forest edge]

aside from sealing it in a plastic bubble

[glacial knot]

depends on the intended time frame

[brazen fable]

IP67 cameras are in a bubble

or the enclosure is close enough

[tidal bronze]

The sad thing is they must've been going in and out to have such a large community in there. Definitely not IP rated

[brazen fable]

Unless they somehow ate a hole through the plastic

[forest edge]

I saw nothing that prevented entry through where the drum rotates

it's just plastic riding plastic

[brazen fable]

Not waterproof then

[tidal bronze]

Plastic slip ring?

Huh

[brazen fable]

Needs some kind of gasket like thing

[forest edge]

not sure what you mean by slip ring

[brazen fable]

Think of it like a gasket on a car

seals two connections

[forest edge]

if there was that thing must have deterated long ago. think the camera was in play for at least 4 years

[brazen fable]

Possible

[forest edge]

was my first camera at the farm

[brazen fable]

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoahGetTheBoat/comments/1de8oqr/last_weekend_at_a_street_takeover_in_la/

SPEAKING OF LA

(keep volume off, shitty music alert)

[tidal bronze]

$3.23 trillion vs $875.57 billion you wouldn't understand it.

Small fish trying to figure out things 🙂

[brazen fable]

Everyone's a small fish to someone else.

[forest edge]

lol it doesn't have that.. it has a ribbon cable passing through a hole

[tidal bronze]

What? So not 360?

[forest edge]

when I start cleaning the parts i'll take a picture

no not 360

[tidal bronze]

Oh ok. That makes sense

[brazen fable]

Man, you put way more effort into things than I do lol

Once something dies I just replace it

[forest edge]

thing wasn't cheap

[tidal bronze]

@forest edge I hardly agree with you but.....

[forest edge]

that older shit was and still is way better than newer shit?

[tidal bronze]

Yes.

I am wondering what bearings

[forest edge]

appliances were designed to last a lifetime. that was what set good shit apart from bad shit so they always went all out. unlike today where they want you to replace your fridge every 2 years

@tidal bronzethis is you isn't it? lmao https://youtube.com/shorts/M6YQ11K-cGc?si=VR4Ar5BYJdntWz8L

[tidal bronze]

Sadly yes. The compressor still rocking after 64 years.

https://github.com/basbruss/adaptive-cover deserves few beers.

Finally flawless patio shades control

[orchid rose]

That's pretty cool

[clear ferry]

that integration is pretty cool, I'd use it if I had motorized blinds

perfect pair with adaptive-lighting

[ocean oar]

One of my colleagues was complaining about having to keep adjusting the blinds to keep the sun off the TV

Have sent him that link, sounds perfect

I was suggesting he needs to find something that is like an inverse LED strip, with light sensors instead of emitters. But I did theorise you should be able to calculate it from the sun angle just fine.
Nice to see that someone has done it for us

[clear ferry]

the adaptive lighting is going to be even more handy now

that I'm moving to a place with no sunlight for a few months every year

[tidal bronze]

Been testing it for sometime for my pergola shades and finally put into production. Works like a charm.

[ocean oar]

I was thinking about one of those motorised tilting roof systems (with the rotating interlocking Z-shaped slats) if we extend and enclose our deck

This sorta design

[tidal bronze]

https://struxure.com/

[ocean oar]

Yeah, that's the ticket

[brazen fable]

isn't this why they invented curtains/shades

Lol

I tell you what black out curtains are some of the cheapest best QOL upgrades for your house period

Even better when they're automated 🙂

[ocean oar]

Well that's what I mean, he has motorised roller blinds. But wants them to track the sunlight downward to keep it off the TV, rather than just making the room completely dark

[brazen fable]

Blinds are bad at keeping out sunlight

IMO

But if he wants to complicate things then whatever

[forest edge]

I always thought the wood pergolas were dumb

[tidal bronze]

Yes, not when you have tornados on the daily.

Such granular control ❤️

[forest edge]

actually pergola would survive better in that situation

we have these things called trees here so shade isn't any issue ever

[solar zealot]

I love the german translation of some ecowitt device

You can say goodbye to bird disturbances with the bird spikes supplied.
sounds more like you will end the bird

[brazen fable]

HASTA LA VISTA, BIRDIES

https://tenor.com/view/terminator-arnold-im-back-gif-13218625

[tidal bronze]

@forest edge you ever gonna get on that greyhound bus and come down here?

Better do it before that walking stick.

[forest edge]

LA too high up on the most dangerous places to visit locations so travel is pretty much null

don't worry tho. i'm sure that state will sink before I die forcing you to come closer to me lol

[tidal bronze]

Don't worry about anything. I will pick you up from the bus stop.

BTW flying is safe now. FYI

[forest edge]

yea I don't buy that. every jackass with a drone is worse than bird strikes

[tidal bronze]

Ouch

[static schooner]

I worry that we're breeding birds with spike-resistant feet

[tidal bronze]

Sometimes I wish there was way to silence the loud ones.

[ocean oar]

The drones, or the birds?

Last time we went to sit on the beach on a tropical island, we got subjected to some jackass with a drone who was determined to use the entirety of all 3 batteries he'd brought with him at 08:30 every morning

Definitely wanted to lob pineapples at it, those were in plentiful supply

[forest edge]

https://tenor.com/view/badass-kevin-home-alone-gun-gif-15012733

[tidal bronze]

@ocean oar who you calling a jackass? 🤣

[forest edge]

I got a friend in jersey who loves doing those fpv drones and I taunt his ass all the time with the progression of affordable drone jammers lol

he gets so mad and then blah blah FAA

[crisp oriole]

oh my wasmachine is nr 2 on the google search,

[forest edge]

what do you mean ouch? is that what your factory in china is doing? building drones? lol

[crisp oriole]

Yeah i want to know

[prisma briar]

I assumed it meant he has a drone and has taken it to a tropical beach

[crisp oriole]

If i have a girl i would take her to a tropical beach ⛱️ not sure i would do the same with a drone.

[forest edge]

yay! the camera works after cleaning it

really don't know how to put it back together tho heh

and not sure how to prevent future ants

[tidal bronze]

Not nice to hate drone dudes

Some Ontario love today. Gone icewine

[forest edge]

give me your address. i'll pass it on to the drone nerds and lets see how long you like them buzzing around your place

[tidal bronze]

That would be the day. I will dogfight all day.

[sullen bluff]

Are the switchbot blind tilts esssentially the go-to blind tilt?

[forest edge]

welp got the camera all back together. everything seems to work

wished I had cleaned the lens on the side a little better tho

every inch of that camera had ants and eggs.. there was not a single spot that didn't have the little bastards

[ocean oar]

Honestly I'm amazed it works at all

[brazen fable]

Wow

[iron granite]

Good old debugging

[ocean oar]

ayyy lmao

[steel crag]

I fly my drone on my tropical beach all the time

then again I'm usually the only one there

[crisp oriole]

O yea if you have a tropical beach you should.

[steel crag]

I have 7 drones, and parts to build a few more, I can dogfight all day

I have cases of batteries lololol

[steel crag]

well I also don't fly them to see people so there's that

[clear ferry]

Boomer Remover: : slang term used by politically left-leaning young people on social media to describe the COVID-19 pandemi

TIL a new word

[dusky plank]

What is a homeassiatnt?

[crisp oriole]

Prolly bought on ali express

[prisma briar]

sounds like a wish.com yaml editor

[glacial knot]

At least get the bot to post the topic wall of text

[prisma briar]

The post office here has a service where they'll e-mail you a photo of all your incoming mail that day each morning, today I got the e-mail and my only piece of mail is a flyer advertising the mail preview service the post office has

[crisp oriole]

1st world problem

[static schooner]

The USPS has built the Perpetual Motion Machine business model 🙂

[solar zealot]

why do they email you images of your mail

[forest edge]

so you can see what's suppose to come on that day

it all plays into the bigger picture of accountability etc for lost packages, documents so forth

[prisma briar]

It's also useful to know if I need to bother checking my mail that day

All I got was a flyer today, not going to bother

Though that was more meaningful when my mailbox was a half mile from my house

[forest edge]

I despise this new suburb mail system they started doing. where there would be like 10 homes to a single box somewhere between the homes.. to make the mailman's life easier

[prisma briar]

The HOA I used to live in had a few shacks spread out around the HOA that had all the mailboxes in them

[forest edge]

apparently they are doing that now for normal neighborhoods

at least some of them

[prisma briar]

My mailbox is at the end of my driveway now, it's great.

My parents' neighborhood had these little mailbox stands every few houses that held 4 normal mailboxes, two for the ones next to it on that side of the street and two for the houses across the street from the mailboxes.

That wasn't that bad, just had to walk across the street

[forest edge]

we still have some neighborhoods here where the mailbox is just outside your front door

[prisma briar]

They're all at least on the sidewalk here, but mine is on the closest point of the sidewalk to my front door

[clear ferry]

We have two extremes, either 10 mailboxes on one central one, or every house has it by the front door

[forest edge]

i'm disappointed. I thought maybe they just barged in your door and threw it at you regardless if you were in bed or on the toilet

[clear ferry]

https://tenor.com/view/police-fbi-open-up-searching-raid-gif-17731288

[weak musk]

We have the 1 tower of boxes for 20 houses scenario— it’s only 200ft from our house but I still wish I had my own mailbox for whatever reason

[clear ferry]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitAmericansSay/s/cCWIPfsH60

[tidal bronze]

Let's do this!

[forest edge]

typo. pretty sure they meant supreme currency instead of universal

[steel crag]

aerial jousting leggo

be careful tho I have CF blades 😛

[tidal bronze]

Bring on that CF

[forest edge]

https://media.tenor.com/b1O9B5m_NK4AAAAM/cat-drone.gif

[tidal bronze]

I want to see how you move 48lbs off the path

[steel crag]

multiple aerial assaults from above.... mine have some ...errr addons as well 😛

[solar zealot]

hacs add-ons?

[steel crag]

no, it's core

[tidal bronze]

Only way I will back down is you have 2 x pew pew turrets

[steel crag]

I have something better

I have deployable nets 😛

[tidal bronze]

Better not come with those GTS ants to a dogfight

[steel crag]

ants?

my swarm is like piranha

[tidal bronze]

@forest edge got ants that go straight for IMUs and accelerometers

[steel crag]

lmao

nah my drones are ant free

I also have a long distance rig

[tidal bronze]

Phew, ok then it's on

[steel crag]

I get many miles of range 😛

worse if I whip out my grid

actually

[forest edge]

you test that flying back and forth from one end of the island back to the other than repeat?

[steel crag]

ESP mod to controller sounds like a good idea

[steel crag]

I've actually flown it to an island 11 miles away and had my buddy swap the batteries for the flight home

[tidal bronze]

You flying LTE or UHF?

[steel crag]

I have another insane buddy that does even more

[steel crag]

actually neither

just really good antenna mods

[tidal bronze]

Is it a kite?

[steel crag]

lmfao no a quad

my buddy has a 40ft tower with his gear on it

in his house

but, he's also current military

so they let him play 😛

[tidal bronze]

You should switch to UHF

[forest edge]

just don't fly it around me

[tidal bronze]

Or LTEz even better

[tidal bronze]

Nopes. Can't deal with silicone ants.

[forest edge]

https://tenor.com/view/how-to-basic-how-to-basic-drone-drone-ho-to-fly-a-drone-how-to-gif-21848598

[steel crag]

one day

[steel crag]

ill fly anywhere I like in my country, thank you tho

[forest edge]

not same country

soo..

good for you

[steel crag]

and before you spout off about anything, I helped write the regs for my countries drone laws

[forest edge]

just don't cross that border

or else.

[tidal bronze]

That's awesome 👌

[steel crag]

LOL I can get a license to fly in the US if I so choose bro

[forest edge]

https://tenor.com/view/how-to-basic-how-to-basic-drone-drone-ho-to-fly-a-drone-how-to-gif-21848598

always gotta repeat myself

[steel crag]

just remember, my drone will have N numbers ... and it's a Bahamian registered aircraft

[dusky plank]

dji ban when?

[glacial knot]

N? Why not R? or C?

[steel crag]

I'm using the term he will understand

[tidal bronze]

Not to worry, the most GTS can do is ring his cowbell

[steel crag]

and our numbers are C6

or start with I should say

[tidal bronze]

It's in the works. Don't know when. Don't use them anyway

[steel crag]

I have a few

but I've modded them all to hell anyway, especially the older ones

[forest edge]

https://j.gifs.com/ygX117.gif

[forest edge]

it's weird that no one makes a eletrical box cover that can be served as a universal camera mount

[steel crag]

well I'm pretty sure you can find premades that fit what you need

or you can just make it yourself and sell them

be the change you want to see

[forest edge]

what do you mean by premade?

[steel crag]

products that exist that you can use with little to no modification for the same effect

[forest edge]

not really. they all use thier own boxes which are either not the same size nor the right shape

least from what I am seeing

[steel crag]

well this will involve using your brain

so YMMV

[forest edge]

other countries might have something but nothing for a standard us eletrical box

yea custom really has nothing to do with my statement lol

[steel crag]

well, I've done it, and we use US boxes/standards for the most part

CA electrical code is what we follow tho

you mean you can't use something like this ? https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Security-Junction-Compatible-Mounting/dp/B08SLJVN97

[forest edge]

I could maybe see the perfectly round boxes being used. but the standard in the us is square with rounded edges. we have hard square ones too but I need the square with rounded edges

[steel crag]

you can get the adapter plates to change the mount surface from square to circle tho

[forest edge]

in terms of custom to which it's looking like what I will have to do is they make solid flat covers then I can just drill the holes i need

but I am still surprised there is no universal cover made

they use the hard square covers for the square boxes with rounded edges and they work cause it's perfectly flat.. and those work with both the hard square and the square with rounded edges just fine

shocked noone has just made a uiversal camera one for that

[steel crag]

use the adapter

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HG4AZQ/

[forest edge]

the issue with converting square to circle is there is always small open gaps

have enough of a bug issue as it is lol

[steel crag]

that's what you use adhesive foam strips for

do I have to teach you everything ffs

[forest edge]

you can keep your professional wiring skills to yourself ty lol

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FpBErkqacAQ96s3.jpg:large

[solar zealot]

3d printing 4tw

[forest edge]

tempting but no

don't trust plastic to wind lol

[solar zealot]

why not

[forest edge]

something about layer lines and shaking

[solar zealot]

just print wider walls

[ocean oar]

Resin printers are good for that, the object is essentially solid

You have to be really certain you got the dimensions right though, because - at least the material I use - is solid, but brittle AF

You absolutely can't drill

[tidal bronze]

Move to a bug-free place?

[real frigate]

Such a place exists that isn't at either of the poles? lol

[tidal bronze]

All day

[tidal bronze]

There are many options for camera boxes. Just change the junction box out. If you are that worried about the gasket on those add some RTV before closing.

[prisma briar]

https://www.renault.co.uk/electric-vehicles/r5-e-tech-electric/renault5-modding11.html

[tidal bronze]

@static schooner regarding your WX station, is it mounted out in open? As in open field or wall etc

[static schooner]

I shared a picture of the Weatherflow Sky

it's on an extendible 20+ft flagpole that stands above the adjacent bamboo stand and nearby roofline

my Weatherflow Air is in something like this behind a bush in the shade: https://ambientweather.com/wh31-srs-solar-radiation-shield

#the-water-cooler message

[tidal bronze]

Wowza, clearing everything else.

[static schooner]

it's pretty hidden back there, but just pops up over the top of that bamboo

[tidal bronze]

Nice. Installing the Tempest tomorrow, made me pull the trigger since it now comes with Rachio direct integration.

[forest edge]

exactly my point. why dosen't something that is simple not exsist but instead lead people down complex paths like this lol

would make a great chinese made thing that professionals gwak at

how does it not already exsist? lol

[static schooner]

Good to know! I hadn't heard that

[forest edge]

if the weather is always so nice in california.. why would you ever need a weather monitor? lol

this conversation makes a lot of stuff @tidal bronze keeps saying pretty sus

[real frigate]

lmfao

[forest edge]

@steel craggreat now we got immigrants coming from your lands.

[tidal bronze]

Because grass here can't read data from UI.

[forest edge]

stop trying to grow grass in sand then?

[tidal bronze]

Pretty cool integration too.

[forest edge]

aren't you people suppose to be going astroturf anyways?

its not like real green stuff will ever survive there anyways lol. wasting water trying to achieve the impossible

[steel crag]

newsflash, you're all immigrants

[prisma briar]

If you go far enough back with that logic anyone not born on the sq ft that the first homosapien was born on is an immigrant

[steel crag]

the natives just didn't have very good CBP

[steel crag]

exactly

which is why I'm saying it's a silly word

thank you for making my point for me

[tidal bronze]

Got banned now.

[forest edge]

technically the term only applies to those who move to a country for which they were not born in. there is no elaborate extension to it encompassing descendants

[forest edge]

left with just sand gardens huh?

https://tenor.com/view/zen-sand-robot-cool-designs-gif-3522097

[solar zealot]

I love rediscovering the inconvenience of old stuff

It's like the first time in half a decade for me to touch a new book

Are we supposed to bend the sites?

[real frigate]

Touching a book? Is that like touching grass?

[solar zealot]

I should have bought the pdf

[real frigate]

lol I’m a sucker for kindle books. I think I have like 3 actual books in the house.

[solar zealot]

I do kinds like em for me actually reading stuff

It's just heavily inconvenient to turn pages without folding them

[brazen fable]

Ah yes.

I have like a 10 year old kindle white that still works great

paper white or w/e

[forest edge]

https://youtube.com/shorts/jHWP_4eon_Q?si=e1L6gyvk06eNDgmh

[solar zealot]

It indeed is a fun activity

[brazen fable]

I still remember the giant bookshelves I had for all my DVD's

[solar zealot]

Especially when someone reads it for you

[brazen fable]

Now all my media fits in a full size computer case 😏

or the massive CD books

for my car

Now I have 10x that on my phone in FLAC

Technology is wonderful

[solar zealot]

Ads, ads everywhere

[brazen fable]

Sometimes we go backwards though

What's an ad?

[forest edge]

I really don't miss physical media. I still believe in them for their usefulness tho

[solar zealot]

At least the ones in newspaper don't autoplay sounds

[brazen fable]

I miss microSD cards on my phone for sure

1tb micro SD early adopter. I was living in the future

now i'm stuck with a paltry 512gb

[solar zealot]

The data grave

It's kinda alright that we don't have them anymore

[brazen fable]

nah microSD cards are great for media storage

i used to bring a bunch of movies on my phone for casting on the go too

[solar zealot]

Yea no, you can do like two full write cycles and then it's good luck

[brazen fable]

now i just use an external or my laptop

That's just flat out wrong lol

I still use dozens of them in field cameras and my dashcams

lol

[solar zealot]

Phone storage isn't a whole lot better these days

I've lost tons of data like that

[brazen fable]

and the cameras beat up microSD's and they still last years

[solar zealot]

Pis die within weeks, for cams I had to swap them every two years

[real frigate]

I mean, it’s not that bad:

[forest edge]

maybe switch to a diffrent brand sd card?

I never had an sd card die like that

[solar zealot]

There is basically just wd as far as I can tell

[forest edge]

the last sd card I had that failed only did so after like 3 years of running HA lol

[solar zealot]

They recently added even lower grade ones to their red and grey whatever they called it

I'm currently trying the high and max endurance ones for giggles

[brazen fable]

Same.

[forest edge]

I use a samsung pro endurance in both my camera and barn pi. not had any issues so far in the 2 years they been chugging along

[brazen fable]

He might have gotten some counterfeit bullshit SD Cards tbh

Amazon and the like is ripe with them

One of the few things i make sure I buy in store

luckily i live near a microcenter

[forest edge]

lol like those chinese thumb drives that claim and even report like gigs of space but reality are only like 4gb lol

[brazen fable]

yeh

they put the sandisk/samsung logo on it and it's some cheap wacked out shit that'll work just long enough to get past the 90 day warranty/return

[solar zealot]

I mean I went through like 20 of them with the last years

[forest edge]

thats messed up

[brazen fable]

dont get them online

[solar zealot]

They all seem to run way too hot

[forest edge]

the sdcard runs too hot?

[brazen fable]

thats wierd

[solar zealot]

But that's probably the side effect if speed

[brazen fable]

the sdcard shouldn't generate heat at all

its your device

[forest edge]

https://tenor.com/view/selfish-quotes-mission-impossible-gif-26245996

[solar zealot]

They get pretty toasty similar to USB sticks these days

[brazen fable]

i had a 512gb microsd i ran for like 5 years through various phones

with constant syncs /writes.

[forest edge]

@dusky plank need them to chime in since they leaves the pi with sdcard bake in direct sunlight lol

[brazen fable]

I think I have like 3 USB sticks total anymore

which i just use for bullshit

USB Storage is just straight up nvme SSD in a small USB enclosure

i even have a few windows 2 go installs and linux installs I run directly off the usb SSD's. Works great

[solar zealot]

I keep a box of those, they fail me from time to time aswell

[brazen fable]

bro you having some issues are you like sitting on them or something lol

[solar zealot]

Kinda traces a pattern over SanDisk now that I think about it

[brazen fable]

where do you get your stuff from amazon?

Do you benchmark the SSD when you get to make sure it's authentic?

[solar zealot]

I never do that, they seem to be reasonable prices from high volume sellers

Can't even compare with local stores as those price match amazon

[brazen fable]

You should always benchmark

it doesn't matter who the seller is

because amazon puts all the products in a bin when it's FBA

so the shiesters put their "product" in with everyone else

so it's a literal lottery no matter who you buy from

[solar zealot]

Hmm

The only good ones I remember were some Verbatim PinStripe ones

Those died after being crushed