[–] 8 points 4 months ago

We did not do shit to improve our old house in Texas from when we bought it 2016 to when we sold it on 2025, the appraised value went from 195k to 331k. Its based on sales of similar houses in the area and (theoretically) capped at a 10% increase per year assuming you have a homestead exemption. They can also do cap loss recovery for some period of time after appraisals stop increasing to recoup the "lost cap" from years when there was a greater than 10% increase but the homestead exemption prevented them from getting all of it.

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  • [–] 86 points 4 months ago (13 children)

    I miss radio shack... and frys, I don't need 100 5k ohm resistors, I need 3. Thank god Microcenter and EPO are still around. Shoutout to Mouser and McMaster Carr too but their shipping adds up for oddball stuff.

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    I started with some knockoff clear shells and used this plus this for mister chef's but I think I used too much black. For barbieter, I used this and it was way more pink once done than I wanted. It probably could have used some black or blue added.

    Both color sets were put in my heated ultrasonic cleaner at 50c for 20 minutes then removed, washed in cold water and allowed to dry. Heads up, the dye packets come with an intensifier, I used it on both but it has a weird chemical smell that lingers after you take and wash the parts. About a week on, they don't stink anymore.

    The shells themselves were mid quality. The d-pads are super sloppy and the buttons stick so I used the original buttons from the first party shells. The gold shell I bought for the green accents needed the shoulder buttons and select button adjusted, it also came with 2 left triggers... Overall, I like how they came out. I wish the green was lighter but thats my fault. I may do some backlights or something in them to accent it but for now, its a unique setup and not sticky with 20 years of Doritos powder and baja blast.

     

    Yes, its longer than the opening (because the post was not in line with the opening and I didn't want it to swing through the other way), yes, the post is not level, yes, I should probably not have used an existing fence post, no, I will not be fixing it. But look at the fit on the diagonal. MINT

     

    The ribeye was salted a day before and left on a wire rack in the fridge overnight, then smoked for about and hour at 225ish over mesquite and pulled when the internal temp hit about 110, then finished at 550ish. The bonus fillets at the front were because the family didn't think the 4lb Ribeye would be enough food, spoiler alert, I've been eating leftover steak all week.

     

    It's been an ordeal but I'm (mostly) done with this. I tried using an iflash quad, a zif-cf-microsd adapter, and finally got this zif-msata adapter. The only one that worked is this setup. Worked is a loose term since this is supposed to be a 256gb ssd but its showing as 128gb... Anyways, the pictures below show the steps.

    You need the firmware, software, and a 32 bit os to flash it. I'll add links later if I remember.

    Remove the battery

    Remove the 6 screws from the back

    Not shown, remove the 4 silver screws from the sides, then the 2 from the compact flash card slot.

    Separate the back from the case, there is a latch under the rubber flap, between the power jack and rca/usb port. I used a guitar pick to split it.

    Remove the drive cover with the 4 small screws.

    You should see the drive now, pull up on the black connector shell and pop the drive off. Then separate the zif cable by flipping the latch up and pull in the cable free. Keep the zif cable. I put a layer of kapton tape under the cable on the silver compact flash slot cover.

    Put a layer of kapton tape on the mobo to keep the new drive adapter from doing any rubbing.

    Attach the zif cable to the new drive adapter and install back in the connector. This positions your drive adapter where it needs to be.

    Secure the drive adapter.

    Here is the drive I used. Ymmv

    Cover the back side of the ssd with kapton tape.

    I used a little piece of foam to hold the rest of the stuff steady.

    Reinstall the drive cover and assemble the rest of the unit. Boot to recovery mode by sliding the power switch over and holding it there while reconnecting the battery.

    You need for select format drive and let it format, then you need to reload the firmware. To do that, you need the creative software. Ill upload that to a google drive or something. It requires a 32 bit os. I used an old netbook to do it.

    As for why the capacity is wrong, I'm not sure. I could yank the drive out and find out, or I can leave it alone (option b is what I am doing)

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