Notices by Matt Hamilton (eriner@noauthority.social)

@PNS any gasoline people know what causes this? This guy can barely speak English. He isn't spiking the gasoline, he doesn't even know how to open the port.

I wonder what causes this. Cracked seal somewhere around the port allowing groundwater in? Probably expensive to fix.

@PNS she’s funny. If I were black I’d be recording ridiculous satire like this every day.

@PNS

@dcc @Richard "random 1990s dresser-drawer on the porch", or meticulously-engineered defensive man-trap? Only the guy who tries to push it out of the would know.

Also @Richard, given the glare on the picture, consider an ascent up the hill with NVGs staring into the Sun that didn't go dark after cutting the power at 4AM. :smugj:

The bulbs are replaceable, MR16/G4.

Wire is 12/2 with a thick jacket intended for direct burial.

The battery has an internal 200A fuse, but replacing that is a bitch (cutting open the battery) so I put a 180A fuse on the terminal lug, a 5A fuse on the main line, and 2A on each branch.

I'm using Sopoby heat-shrink crimp butt connectors in addition to tile tape to seal splices.

I didn't cheap out (much) on this project, but save a little doing it myself. It should last a while.

With 14 path lights and 8 spot/flood lights at 5w each, that's 110w for 10hrs: ~1kw/night (~1.5kw Winter).

A 100Ah 12V battery would power these lights for one non-Winter night but provide no overhead in the event of cloudy days.

I went with a self-heating (worry-free Winter) Vatrer 300Ah 12V LiFePO4, a Victron 100/20 MPPT, and a 200W panel. The MPPT has a "street light" mode so no additional on/off timer is required.

The light fixtures themselves are combination of Gardencoin/Gardenreet.

@Richard Listen, I'm in the middle of cleaning. (it has been there for three weeks :pepe_clown:)

To do:
* connect lights on the other side of the walkway
* spotlights on the gutters to light second story peaks
* well lights for foliage
* flood light on garage stone fascia
* misc lights for trees in front yard, the fire pit, parking pad/road, etc.

The lights make a huge difference.

Please ignore all the junk on the porch.

We’ll see how the connectors hold up to the rain tonight. I did my best to shrink them, but they’re not meant to splice three wire ends. 🤷♂️

Some bizarre military helicopter that I’ve never seen before just flew overhead.

This is the best I’ve got, I know it is terrible, but you can see the huge bulb on the nose.

Wish I had taken a picture, even if it was shit.

Did not show up on ADS-B.

Had a large bulb under the nose, two suspended cameras/gun ports on either side below the rails.

@PNS the one thing they can't tolerate is mockery.

We need common sense spear control.

@PNS yep

These are the coolest thing ever. I dislocated my ankle trying to learn to ride on a heavy (100lb+) wheel, but popped it back in and got away with only some bruising.

Struggled for 3 hours trying to learn, just couldn’t do it.

Learned to ride in 5m using a smaller wheel (pictured).

I’ll switch back to the heavy wheel once I’ve built stabilizer muscles and am competent on the smaller one.

My neighbors all look at me like I belong in an asylum (they’re probably right).

The combat-ready Claptrap

I was wrong.

The Israel-US war against Iran is good for America. I’ve spoken with my family and have decided to enlist. I’m going to do my part to ensure Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. I will bring freedom to Iraq. Er, Iran. Actually, yeah probably Iraq again too.

Mass deportation isn’t MAGA. A boarder wall isn’t MAGA. Jailing criminals isn’t MAGA. Releasing JFK & Epstein files isn’t MAGA.

DONALD J TRUMP is MAGA and he’s still your president! 🇺🇸🦅🎆#1776 #MAGA #TEAMGOY #TRUMP #45 #47

Adam Curry was right about you people, you’re just a bunch of America-hating TROLL ISLAMOFASCISTS!

I pray for peace in Jerusalem.

Jesus says to tithe 10% of your gross income to Israel.

Look at all the TDS in the comments.

YOU JUST HATE AMERICA!

You’re not MAGA!

When I left the house this morning gas was $2.89.

By the time I got back gas was $3.29.