Know_not_Scotty_does
@Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world
- Comment on 3 days ago:
Ah yes, Japan where Hitachi is from, famously not a company that made a magic wand.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 5 days ago:
What I have seen is that if you get in with local car clubs, you can get autox runs for not much money. If you don’t mind dirt, rallyx or dirtx days are also a good way to get track time on a budget.
Yes, proper track days on a real circuit are expensive but when you look at the consumables like tires, brakes, oil, etc, the entry fee is minimal compared to the actual cost. Even when I had my mini, it was like that. It also really depends on the track. In Houston we have MSR and Grandsport, msr is pricey. Grandsport used to be rented for the day for like $2k and split between 10 or 15 people, that was cheaper than a speeding ticket.
Realistically, the street racing that occurs around me is all drag style highway blasts or streetlight races. None of these douches are doing circuit drives. So the $20 number wasn’t far off (at least it was before Royal Purple was shut down)
The problem of tracks getting closed is a major one. Nimby ruins it for everyone. The “racers” are also still to blame here. Its impulse control, and personal responsibility/accountability. Realistically too, a speeding ticket here is $150 minimum, plus court fees of $150ish, plus defensive driving course of $100ish so you are basically to the $500 figure anyways.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 6 days ago:
Yes. Its risky for everyone nearby, there is literally no upside. If you want to race, take it to a track. Every track I have been to has some kind of open track night for like $20 entry and you get santioned racing with proper facilities and a safety crew on standby. Its moronic to do it anywhere else.
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 6 days ago:
Im using emby now for my main media hosing program but I don’t really like it or plex for music. On my mobile I use GoneMad but it doesn’t sync on its own.
- Comment on THEY'RE EVOLVING 6 days ago:
It could be worse… radioactive wasps
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 6 days ago:
Does it pull the playlist data and still stream the music or does it actually make a duplicate copy of the music files on your phone?
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 1 week ago:
Picard works well, I played around with it but it is still a bit tedious.
- Comment on Got my pumpkin today. All ready for Halloween 1 week ago:
Right? Have you seen reality lately?!
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 1 week ago:
Do you do an automatic sync or manual drag and drop?
I use syncthing for my pictures from my phone to my server and I keep saying I will do the opposite for my music but I have not gotten it organized/tagged well enough yet and I keep putting it off.
- Comment on What's the most offensive word I can use that isn't a slur? 1 week ago:
It’s already happened, and it continues happening.
- Comment on What's the most offensive word I can use that isn't a slur? 1 week ago:
My friend group uses Moist to mean awesome.
- Comment on Woof is dog for "You may test that assumption at your convenience" 1 week ago:
"Are you really going to die, to save a sheep?
“Someone is”
- Comment on Cable management is an art form 1 week ago:
That website is great. Check the links at the bottom lmao. The author clearly has it out for someone.
- Comment on Cable management is an art form 1 week ago:
Cable bundles like that are not flexible enough to move properly without straining the cables. You have to do concentric twists for that F1/Aerospace quality cable management.
- Comment on They recalled the radioactive shrimp again. Why? My research shows you can just cook off the radiation. 2 weeks ago:
We want domestic products in our shrimp, like dioxin or mercury.
- Comment on If you had to buy a new TV, what brand would you get? 3 weeks ago:
I bought a hisense tv last year, you can run advtv to cripple its ability to phone home and disable stuff, then install projectivy launcher to bypass all the other bullshit.
Sony also was an option for that.
- Comment on Favorite Modded Console? 3 weeks ago:
What button mod are you using?
- Comment on [Eagle screech] 4 weeks ago:
How dare you insult the second gen ford lightning like that, it was a shitty truck that jad too much power and came with a fisher price quality interior but the yobbos have moved on from it now. It should be a mid 90s dodge ram diesel with extra wide wheels, low profile tires, and it’s tow mirrors out and a plume of diesel smoke billowing out of a poorly attached, trashcan sized, exhaust tip.
- Comment on Refrigerators have DRM on them, To force you to buy $50 water filters or it won't dispense water 1 month ago:
Yeah, its really fucking depressing. BUT, the solapunk/diy/foss/fediverse gives me hope that it can be bypassed or fought against. I find myself holding onto older tech and self hosting more and more. I am sure it makes me insufferable but I don’t worry about my stuff disappearing or costing me more to use once I have it.
- Comment on Refrigerators have DRM on them, To force you to buy $50 water filters or it won't dispense water 1 month ago:
Great short story called Unauthorized Bread about this bullshit.
- Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet? 2 months ago:
Who makes your tv?
You can do quite a bit of tweaks to mitigate the phone home stuff and ads with projectivy and ADB TV.
- Comment on Soup of Theseus 2 months ago:
I just meant blending the last of one batch/bottle with the beginning of the next like in a decanter.
- Comment on Soup of Theseus 2 months ago:
Critically, this does not work with iced coffee. It does work with whiskey though.
- Comment on These 5 Co-Op Games Are Dominating Steam Right Now 2 months ago:
- Comment on These 5 Co-Op Games Are Dominating Steam Right Now 2 months ago:
Unrailed! Is also a great one. Excellent music and chill but still tense vibe.
- Comment on Funny how that works 2 months ago:
Cries in Texan
- Comment on New Xfinity router motion-detecting feature stokes privacy fears — feature powered by Wi-Fi signals 2 months ago:
With Att fiber, I had to use their gateway or not have internet. You can set it to passthrough mode but I didn’t really trust that even with my own router and their wifi disabled.
On Comcast/xfinity copper 2.5, I am 100% using my own modem and router. They kept pushing me to get a streaming box, thermostat, camera, whatever the fuck else and it took several steps to get just the basic service.
- Comment on Having booze in your TV is a must 2 months ago:
The heat from the electron gun vaporizes the liquor next to the vacuum tube which gets everyone just a little leveled out
- Comment on Dream on 3 months ago:
Missed opportunity to change the name to Ryan Mothling
- Comment on How bad is it that Israel has attacked Iran? 3 months ago:
Realistically I am less worried about a proper military to military engagement and more of an asymmetrical response.
They don’t need to have a nuclear program to do a dirty bomb or other similar attack on a civilian population. It doesn’t even have to be an official Iranian response directly, there are enough proxies around there that could fuck shit up for a lot of people.
As for the likelihood of this, its a crapshoot. Someone with more connections or experience can tell you that.