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How often do you let your Pivot chamber soak?

I just realized I havent cleaned my Pivot in two weeks. With my Peak Pro, I clean it weekly, and i usually do the same with my Pivot.

When i realized it had been two weeks, I thought i should take the chamber off and take a look (since my Peak always has slight residue) and there was literally nothing, which isnt surprising by the way its designed.

I clean my chamber well after each use, and nothing really builds up inside of it. How often should I be soaking it in 99% iso? Is there even a point with this device?

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u/dogfishworm — 15 hours ago

How do I help her get comfortable with people walking by on the trails?

Me and Yuzu have been going for public walks since she was six months old. She's a rescue and used to be an outdoor cat until she was taken by the humane society.

She absolutely loves the trails, shes a confident and curious cat that needs to inspect every little bit of the forest whenever we go.

But she does have one tiny problem. Whenever people emerge and are walking towards us, she absolutely bolts in the other direction. She has a harness, leash, and cat pack, so this isn't a huge problem, its mostly an inconvenience. When someone shows up, she runs, I grab her and put her in her catpack where shes calm, and then she just hops out once they're gone.

After they leave, its like nothing ever happened. But nonetheless I can tell the situation stresses her out in the moment. Whenever shes in the catpack, and someone asks to pet her, she lets it happen and is very affectionate. She hasn't had a ton of those experiences, but she has been very friendly, and not at all shy when meeting new people. It's more so her seeing someone from a distance approaching that scares her.

Does anyone have experience with this? she's seriously the most confident cat ive ever had. Things i expect her to be afraid of just don't seem to scare her, but this one thing does.

TLDR: My cat is a confident kitty, and isnt scared meeting strangers, but when someone she doesnt know is approaching from far away, she gets terrified.

edit: i forgot to add, her birthday was Sunday and she just turned a year old, she is still somewhat new to being in public and around people. I keep it as consistent as possible.

u/dogfishworm — 1 day ago
▲ 33 r/CRTAnime+1 crossposts

Always seeing the same CRT Anime recommendations.

This is NOT a hate post!!!!

I'm constantly seeing the same big series talked about on this sub. Its great to have a place to talk about and share our love for these shows and im all for it, especially starting off new people with the essentials.

I've seen all the CRT/Retro anime staples (at least from around 1998 - 2005ish).

I'm looking for the shows no one talks about. No matter the genre, age rating, no matter how bizarre. I just want to watch some anime I've never heard before.

I recently watched Barefoot Gen, Kite, and Tortov the Traveler. They all felt pretty unique, and i had never heard anyone mention them here.

What are your favorite shows that no one seems to know?

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u/dogfishworm — 3 days ago

Looking for 2009042509p.m. by Otouta

Yuzuru Kashiwabara is my favorite bassist. I'm a huge fan of his sound and playstyle, and I've followed all of his side projects that im aware of.

His band Otouta dropped an album called '2009042509p.m.' in 2009, and it seems it isnt available anywhere. all ive been able to find are auctions that ended last year.

It would be cool if anyone has a copy, .flacs would be nice, but .mp3s would also suffice. If someone could direct me somewhere to buy the CD, it would be even better.

Thanks!

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u/dogfishworm — 6 days ago
▲ 14 r/Spore

Verified my serial key, Installed patch 5, and am still getting errors.

title says it all. It accepted my serial key on installation, but now its asking to connect to internet. I connected an ethernet cable, but im assuming the old servers are down.

I dont want any launchers on this computer as theyre kinda annoying, and I have enough on my main pc. any ideas as to what could fix this issue?

u/dogfishworm — 13 days ago
▲ 3 r/gog

Is it possible to access unpatched installers? if not, why?

I've been trying to get FATE to run on my Windows XP computer via the offline installer. It originally supported Windows XP on release, and ran great when I first played it. now, using GOG, it's unable to boot after the installation.

Why would GOG patch games so that they no longer run on their original OS, and not leave the originally installer that supports the games intended OS?

Sure I can play FATE on Windows 11, but it somewhat defeats the entire purpose of having a Windows XP build and CRT monitor.

Is there any way to use original installers via GOG? its great they patch games to work with modern systems, but it really seems weird that they wouldn't keep the unpatched versions accessable.

I'll provide my error code, but I doubt a KERNEL issue can be fixed. "the procedure entry point QueryFullProcessImageNameA could not be located in the dynamic ink library KERNEL32.dll"

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u/dogfishworm — 14 days ago

Kamichu original 4:3 recordings

I recently bought the first 4 episodes of Kamichu. The show was produced and broadcasted in 4:3 aspect. So as one does, I watched it as intended.

The problem is, I want to continue the series, but im only able to find 16:9 cropped videos of the show. even my usual sources don't have the original 4:3 recordings and I havent been able to find them anywhere.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I could watch the series in 4:3 without having to order every DVD? I got the first four episodes in person at a local store, and they dont have the following volumes.

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u/dogfishworm — 22 days ago

Does anyone have DDR2 or know where I can get some locally?

I've been putting together parts to build a Windows XP era PC. All I'm missing now is DDR2 and an HDD.

I can source an HDD basically anywhere selling electronics. but for obvious reasons, its much harder finding DDR2 anywhere in Kingston or close by.

Any help would be great, thanks!

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u/dogfishworm — 24 days ago

Almost two years ago, I posted my album art here

I said I'd share the album once finished, and people seemed interested. I completely forgot about the project and never ended up sharing.

Just recently I rediscovered the album on my NAS, I can upload to youtube or something if people are still looking to hear something new.

Cheers!

u/dogfishworm — 30 days ago

Problems selecting proper resolution in Sims 2 Legacy Collection

I've been trying to play Sims 2 Legacy Collection on my CRT monitor, but i cant seem to select the proper resolution.

If I go into windowed mode, im able to select 800x600. Even with it selected, the UI still cuts off and i cant figure out how to fix it.

Has anyone been able to get this working? this is the first modern port ive actually had issues with, and i was really hoping to play it on this monitor opposed to my lcd.

u/dogfishworm — 1 month ago
▲ 168 r/CRTAnime

watching higher resolution rips on a monitor is a game changer

im bad with pictures, but i got my first monitor today. im used to watching on a CRT tv from a distance, and this was a huge switch uo for me. I thought the Trinitron was good, but monitors are a whole different experience.

u/dogfishworm — 1 month ago

CRU stuck detecting CRT as restart required

I've restarted a few times, and used the restart program bundled with CRU. what am I doing wrong? I just want to be able to change resolution.

u/dogfishworm — 1 month ago

Whirr's predictability

I've been a Whirr fan for awhile now. I liked their last album, but i did start to realize that they seemed to have a bit of a "formula" around their music. The vocal flow seemed to always be the same, and they started really banking on these hard drops that always sound the same, and build up in the same way.

I just listened to their new single promoting the Lustre split ep, and it honestly sounds exactly like any song off of raw blue. im assuming they're trying to capitalize off of their new audience by doing what was proven to work, but it makes them sound somewhat boring, and I've honestly lost interest in their music.

Anyone here feel the same? not trying to bash on Whirr, I have their vinyls, etc, this is just how im truthfully feeling.

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u/dogfishworm — 1 month ago

anyone still devastated by the end of service for Pokopang?

I was straight up on the grind from 2016 - End of service. I had so many limited and powerful character, and that game had so much charm.

Almost spent a decade of my life playing and competing with friends. it was a huge part of my time in highschool, and my friends and I even continued playing after that.

Pokopoko just sucks period. do you think there will ever be a chance of a classic Pokopang revival?

Pokopang was a Line game, the auto mod seems to disagree.

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u/dogfishworm — 1 month ago

What are your essential watches for CRT Anime?

I've watched a total of 63 series in 4:3 aspect, ranging from the late 80s to the end of the aspect ratio being prominent in the early 2000s.

Most shows were pretty niche, and i genuinely haven't watched nearly any of the popular shows, other than Berserk and Boogiepop.

What are your favorite series? overall popularity doesnt matter at all, and id love to hear everyone's favorites!

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u/dogfishworm — 1 month ago
▲ 136 r/puffco

Zee Vapor, sleaziest company in the community?

Update: Danny from Zee's called my number and took care of me. I recieved a full refund and just need to pick a different glass and he will ship it out. Apparently it was an issue with their shipping department. They took the matter very seriously and apologized profusely. And for the card scamming, I wont speak to it much as I cant confirm anything but the words I was told. But they have changed companies completely, and are still implementing new ways to prevent this in the future. I was told the breach occurred with the company that processed cards. not Zee. The way they acted over the phone changed my opinion of them, but your opinion is yours to choose.

First we had the card scamming incident, which they have apparently rectified. I haven't followed this case at all as i dont think it affected me, but I have read up a little, and it seems like we weren't given a lot of information other than "it must've been a 3rd party guys."

And now im dealing with this. Almost two months ago, I was mislead by a listing on Zees site. The colors were incorrect, and i ended up ordering a piece I didn't want. I made a post about it just giving a heads up to the community, saying listings on Zee Vapor may not be what they seem.

The Zee Vapor reddit account then contacted me saying they would make it right, and I then removed the post.

Since then, it has been almost two months. I have a piece of glass i was mislead into buying, and still haven't used. I even offered to send it back to Zees if I get a return lable with the glass replacement I was told I would recieve. and they were happy to "send one"

its now been over a month since I stated the piece i originally wanted, and received the message "Thank you will be in touch shortly", and coming up two months since this whole ordeal started.

I'm sorry i posted this after originally taking down the first post. but this seems flakey to me, and business practices have seemed odd as of late.

Images are attached, at this point I just want a refund.

Also, please let me know if this is just something im dealing with. I'd honestly be happy if customer support has been good for others than myself.

u/dogfishworm — 1 month ago

Kingston Family Fun World

somewhat of a sad experience. Not at all how I remembered.

This is definitely worth watching after seeing the state of things today.

u/dogfishworm — 2 months ago

Abandoned Places in Kingston Area?

Recently I've been into recording and documenting abandoned buildings in the general kingston area. Theres a surplus of locations online, but its hard to determine whether theyve been demolished or not.

Has anyone checked out any abandoned locations within the past year? if so, please send some recommendations!

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u/dogfishworm — 2 months ago
▲ 2 r/puffco

Pivot mouthpiece swap

I'm getting a Pivot today. it's the pine variant, and im curious to what chamber replacement will be like.

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For example, with with 3DXL chamber, the silicone comes completely off, and if I wanted to, I could put it on a replacement chamber.

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Since the Pivot Pine variant is limited edition. Im wondering if when the time comes to replace the chamber, would I be able to take the pine off of my previous chamber, and replace the black chamber with the pine?

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sorry if my wordings weird. Hopefully you get what im saying.

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Thanks!

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u/dogfishworm — 2 months ago

($100 reward) Toyota key with purple house key attachment

I was at Pizza Hut on Bath Rd last night and haven't been able to find my car key since (i was in another car at the time). It was either dropped at this location, or its somewhere in my home.

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I got this car used, and haven't been able to get a spare key yet. If the key is found, I can take another car to meet and give payment as a reward.

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Don't go out looking for it as im currently at work and unable to deep search my house, but if you do come across it, please send me a message here (with a picture if possible).

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Thank you.

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u/dogfishworm — 2 months ago