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re: Door Dash having a rough few months

Posted by CP3 on 12/16/25 at 1:15 pm to
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but all people who use door dash are lazy worthless pieces of shite.



Sometimes it’s the complete opposite. My time is worth ALOT more money than the small delivery fee they charge.

re: Door Dash having a rough few months

Posted by CP3 on 12/16/25 at 12:16 pm to
I think I am legitimately on a 30 day streak of door dashing.

Pretty sure they’ve assigned me a personal agent/rep at this point. Best service ever, get way more work done not having to leave and deal with shitty BR traffic

re: 3D Printers for a total newb

Posted by CP3 on 12/12/25 at 9:21 pm to
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I love it, but multi colored prints have a lot of waste


I got X1C when they first came out, and rarely did multicolor prints for this reason + added time for multicolor prints.

I got the H2D a few months ago and it made multicolor (2 color) prints WAY faster/less waste having 2 nozzles. I run a decent amount of 2 color prints now.

My brother just got the H2C which is supposedly even better for multicolor printing, but I haven’t had a chance to check it out myself yet

re: 3D Printers for a total newb

Posted by CP3 on 12/12/25 at 10:55 am to
Bambu lab for sure.

re: Night vision "goggles" on a boat

Posted by CP3 on 11/20/25 at 6:02 pm to
Maybe something like a nitetrak/Sionix low light camera, portable screen, and power with cigarette lighter plug for portability?

Can get one of those cheap 7” or 9” portable displays for screen and fix it to suction cup or something?

That’s best I can think of outside of adding radar or permanent FLIR install, both of which would be significantly more expensive.

I had nitetrack on last boat. It was cool to have, but I rarely actually used it and ran radar when running at night over using the camera

re: 3D printer advice - Christmas present

Posted by CP3 on 11/18/25 at 8:36 pm to
Agree, skip on resin if you’re just getting started. They maybe getting more “user friendly”, but it’s still a lot more complex than FDM in my opinion.

I have multiple Bambu printers and also have a resin printer.

I only use my resin printer if I absolutely have to for better detail. And I dread using it because it’s still kind of a PITA and messy.

Start with Bambu A1. I think P1S and X1C might be on sale since they have the newer models out now. Those would be good if you want to spend a little more for enclosed printer
I used a different brand on my 2011 F150. Forgot what brand it was, but it was the same thing. Android OS and integrated trim piece to replace dash.

I liked it, and never really had any issues with it. A little bit of work to get it set up right (steering wheel controls, other integrations to OEM features), but it was worth it.

That was like 8 years ago though. Got rid of that truck a while back.

re: Tech Bros, looking to build a computer

Posted by CP3 on 10/19/25 at 9:36 am to
If I’m not mistaken, doesn’t using all 4 RAM slots with AMD have stability issues/reduce RAM Speed? I seem to remember reading that you’re better off using 2 (larger) sticks of ram as opposed to 4?

Atleast that’s what I read a year ago when I built my workstation with AMD 9950
You can browse websites like printables, cults3d or thingiverse for premade files you can print. There are a ton of files out there.

Anything custom you will have to model yourself. Don’t be too intimidated, if you are half decent with a computer then modelling basic stuff isn’t that hard to do.


Plenty of Facebook and/or Reddit groups that are out there for beginners that are a good resource.


Filament wise, start with PLA or PetG. Honestly, I use PETG for pretty much everything unless it needs to be ASA/ABS for outdoors.
Bambulab

I have an X1C and H2D now. Have had a few other random brands before, and honestly none of them have come close to the consistency and ease of use with Bambu.

Can get the lower end A1 if you’re just using basic materials and don’t want to spend much. Not sure about speed of prints as I don’t have an A1… but my X1C and H2D are very quick and the quality is pretty incredible.

re: Avenger AV26 bay boat

Posted by CP3 on 8/27/25 at 8:52 pm to
I know a few guides that run them and they seem to like them. Been on one a few times and seemed like a really nice boat.

re: Big fire/explosion in Tangipahoa Parish

Posted by CP3 on 8/22/25 at 6:23 pm to
Apparently lots of oil and soot covering peoples houses in the area.

Gonna be a pretty large cleanup effort once this is all said and done.

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Most roofers sell you on the fact that you have hail damage because they'll get the whole roof as opposed to just a partial replacement. Older roofs exhibit signs of granule loss and blistering that the roofer describes to the homeowner is hail and suggests they file a claim. If the insurance company doesn't pay, they fight it and eventually the insurance company will pay if you are persistent because it's cheaper to pay than fighting it through the courts.


I just went through this exact scenario, but insurance wouldn’t give in after like a year of back and forth. Started leaking so i just ended up footing the bill for replacement out of pocket :banghead:
No inverter needed. They work on anything from 12-48VDC (60W).

Several ways to do it, you just can’t use the factory (small gauge) cable it comes with if using 12v power source. Too much voltage drop. You can run your own larger size wiring up to it, and splice to short barrel jack cable at the “dish”, power it off a 36v trolling motor battery, or use a 12/24 DC-DC converter like a Victron 12/24-5A (or a cheap Amazon 12-24v or 12-36v) with factory cable. You could also get the USB-C cable for it and use factory cable with a 12v to USB-C PD 100W plug thing, you just have to make sure it’s actually a 100W USB-C PD plug so it’s sending 20V/100W. But that’s basically the same thing as just using the DC-DC converter.

There are probably a few other ways to do it, those are just what I can think of off top of my head.

I thought you could get the 50GB roam plan and check off an option for “Offshore” or something like that, but I honestly haven’t dealt with any of the subscription stuff so I’d have to ask.
Just get a starlink mini for the boat. I’ve been installing more and more of those for people lately. Will have one on my next boat.


Other than that, Inreach work well. Haven’t tried iPhone satellite messaging yet so can’t comment on that.
Ah gotcha. You were replying to the other guy then.

re: Boat Batteries

Posted by CP3 on 8/5/25 at 2:40 pm to
I get that. It is still a “computer” that uses inputs to determine if it will let you have power or not, and can/will malfunction if any of them aren't working correctly for whatever reason.

I guess we will just have to agree to disagree lol. I don’t necessarily think it’s “wrong” to do it, it’s just not something I’m 100% on board with quite yet.

re: Boat Batteries

Posted by CP3 on 8/5/25 at 2:17 pm to
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I just checked their site. They only list one cranking battery. It is claimed to be "IP67, Mercury compliant" . So, it it wasn't that battery, I would not take it as an example of one not to use.


The faulty BMS sensor doesn’t care if it’s a cranking battery or approved by mercury lol. Any lithium with any BMS can have a lockout for any valid (or non valid) reason. It’s a basically a computer between your power source and the end device that introduces an additional (possible) point of failure that can prevent you from having power. Computers/sensors aren’t perfect, and anyone that owns a mercury for a decent length of time should be well aware of this :lol:

Do the majority of lithium batteries experience a faulty BMS? No, it’s probably pretty uncommon.

But being an EE and my focus being on reliability (based on the use case of boats I work on), it’s hard for me to justify that risk just to have a smaller/lighter battery. Sure, you can lose a cell or have a AGM/LA go bad after time, but that typically won’t happen randomly while your out fishing and there will be signs beforehand that there is an issue. If it does, it’s a lot easier to troubleshoot/diagnose/bypass than a built in BMS is.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not afraid of new technology and I think lithiums are great in the right application. I guess it just comes down to how much it would impact you if for whatever reason your battery decides it wants to shut off mid trip one day, even if it’s a rare occurrence.

The guy flipping Freeman build slots?

Or my buddies dad?
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I know a guy that flipped 42 Freemans for a few years. He would take delivery of one, and order the next one. When the other was ready for delivery, he would sell the one he had.


I know people that weren’t even taking delivery lol. They were putting deposits on build slots, and then selling build slots for profit to people that didn’t want a long wait time :lol:

But my buddies dad has basically done what you described on every boat he’s owned for past few years. He’s in a 26 Costa right now actually.

Build a new one, order new one when first is delivered, fish it for a year or 2, sell it for more than or equal to what the one he ordered cost, and get brand new boat for what he sells 2yr old boat for. Rinse and repeat. Boat flipping was a great way to make money or stay on a new boat several years ago. Has definitely slowed down lately though.

re: Boat Batteries

Posted by CP3 on 8/5/25 at 11:55 am to
I will say that I have been eyeing these lately. Would be nice to find from a more known brand, but you get the idea.

I REALLY like the form factor. I feel like they would be awesome to use somewhere, just haven’t quite figured out where that is yet :lol: