u/DayGeckoArt

I'm a GIS analyst and the most interesting things to me are land use, legislation, government policy, regulation, environmental issues, and indigenous rights. I've been an expert witness and provided analytical products for individual lawyers and really enjoyed it. Stating the obvious-- Just working with smart people who care about stuff is itself a great experience.

There are law firms that specialize in these areas and need analysis, both geographic and otherwise. For example redistricting is all about demographics, stats, and geography. There are numerous lawsuits about the current mid-decade redistricting war. Water and land rights are also big issues, and they will continue to grow importance. Regulation and deregulation related to the housing crisis are also contentious and the subject of many lawsuits. I could go on and on-- Oil & gas, disasters, coastal hazards, infrastructure...

But I've never seen a job listing at a law firm for a GIS analyst, statistician, data analyst, environmental engineer, hydrologist, or anything beyond lawyers and aides. Of course they must be contracting work out to consultants, but that doesn't seem conducive to the types of deadlines involved in land use, regulatory, and policy matters.

What's the deal?

My Vantrue E1 Pro 4K was overheating in parking mode so I designed this bracket for a 60mm fan. It sticks to the windshield with two squares of Gorilla mounting tape. Powering it is easy in my case because I use a Drok dual USB power source.

Originally I put in a Noctua 5v 60x15mm fan but switched to a Noctua 12v 60x25mm for lower power usage and less noise. Some 12v fans don't spin at 5v but this one does. It's almost inaudible and the airflow is slow so it shouldn't affect dashcam sound recording too much.

Makerworld download: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2818428-lab808-dashcam-fan-windshield-bracket

I've wondered this for at least a decade but now I'm finally asking. When you click "Better performance" the lower dialog appears and then you can check "Enable write caching on the device". What happens if you select Better Performance but don't check the lower box?

Because people will get confused: I understand why the subsequently nested "Turn off Windows write-cache buffer flushing" is separate and would appear as an additional option only when Better performance is enabled, but that's not what I'm asking about. And no, this isn't a tech support question, it's about the Windows 11 (and 10 and 8 and 7) UI.

Obviously Windows has a lot of horrible UI design choices, but this seems particularly egregious because someone put work into it and designed this nested system, but at the same time never stopped to think about whether it made sense!

I've wondered this for at least a decade but now I'm finally asking. When you click "Better performance" the lower dialog appears and then you can check "Enable write caching on the device". What happens if you select Better Performance but don't check the lower box?

Because people will get confused: I understand why the subsequently nested "Turn off Windows write-cache buffer flushing" is separate and would appear as an additional option only when Better performance is enabled, but that's not what I'm asking about. And no, this isn't a tech support question, it's about the Windows 11 (and 10 and 8 and 7) UI.

I've wanted to try big monster truck tires on my SCX10 for a while and finally decided to buy some Tamiya Lunchbox tires. The wheels for that truck don't have hexes so I designed and printed 3 piece wheels. I also made a longitudinal servo mount which works much better than the stock mounting position. The axles have HPI differentials. Spools aren't a good idea with big grippy tires or going fast in general. The shocks are Injora ones and the springs they came with are way too stiff but fine for sand.

The big tires really work. It floats right over loose sand and leaves cool tracks!

My original servo mount broke years ago on my SCX10 Deadbolt. I finally decided to fix it right and made a new mount, but ran into clearance issues. So I designed a bracket to rotate the servo so it's horn down and oriented the long way. It works!

The battery on my OEM remote is dead so I got a Telesin because it's much cheaper. But it's doing something strange! It's paired fine but the display doesn't batch what it's doing. It says scanning but when the record button is pressed recording starts. That's fine as long as it works. But when I stop recording the Max 2 turns off. Quick Capture is disabled and auto off is set to Never. This doesn't happen with the Quik iOS app. I also tried the same Telesin with a 13 and it only turns off about half the time. Any ideas?

I've found varying recommendations for silica gel dessicant drying temps but I decided to just try putting it in the dryer with my PETG at 60C and it has worked perfectly. A few hours doesn't dry it, but 12+ hours works. Suddenly I see the convenience of desiccant holders that fit in the spool, because both the filament and silica can dry together!

I've never liked the toy style wheels with the huge inner diameter and small outer diameter, and I like realistic looking tires too. I've been using 1.9 wheels and 89mm Tamiya Humvee tires on my Granite Grom. These are great but a bit too big for the Granite Grom. So I decided to try 85mm Lesu tires designed for commercial trucks. The thread pattern is similar to real desert race trucks and the compound is hard, but grippy. The tires have foam inside but I don't think it's needed because the rubber is thick and pretty rigid.

I only had one 1.7 inch wheel so I measured it and made my own design. I wasn't sure if the small wheels would clear the hubs on the Granite Grom but they do!

I don't have a Mojave Grom but I bet these wheels and tires would fit if the body was trimmed.

Makerworld link: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2730506-lab808-1-7-inch-rc-truck-wheels

Well this doesn't surprise me at all. Malfeasance was reported and no action was taken. Instead the whistleblower was retaliated against. I didn't know Leo Caires but I heard good things about him.

https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/04/lawsuit-maui-mayors-former-chief-of-staff-claims-whistleblower-retaliation/