The "I just bought..." thread.

[igor_kavinski]

I actually have a normal amount of body hair.

Wasn't targeting you with my observation. I have body hair similar to you. My chest hair refuse to stay inside if the collar button is open.

 

[igor_kavinski]

yet I've had plenty of cute GF's.

I get too attached so even though I think I can rack up some numbers, it would just be too much for my fragile psych. I'm like an inconsolable girl when I break up. And these are just ONLINE breakups we are talking about!

 

[Captante]

Online dating REALLY is a "numbers" game.

Remember.... somewhere out there IS a girl for you ... you just have to meet her!

Focus on "IRL" dates (can be made online!) but keep them brief/cheap "cups of coffee" and focus on VOLUME for meets and first dates. (save the more involved stuff for later) The more girls you meet the more likely you hit if off with one.

Meeting online is shallow and very easy to blow off without a second thought ... save 99% of communication with substance for if/when you meet face to face.

 

[Captante]

Also worry LESS about first impressions of what a woman looks like. (this isn't easy)

Don't get me wrong looks DO matter but IME if/when I start to like a woman more she actually gets prettier!

 

[igor_kavinski]

I am self-conscious about one hair thing though, is the lack of it on parts of my head.

Amazon reviews seem to extol the virtues of laser combs.

 

[MrSquished]

Amazon reviews seem to extol the virtues of laser combs.

Yeah I'm not going to fuck with that. The only thing I might try is oral minoxidil. It's an off label prescription but not that hard to get. I still have hair up top it's just not enough.

 

[igor_kavinski]

IME if/when I start to like a woman more she actually gets prettier!

I totally believe that. This woman, as long as I didn't know the real deal about her (that she was a gold digger and a REALLY good actress), I genuinely liked her. But then an incident happened where I trusted her and she inadvertently revealed her true nature. Now I can't stand the sight of her. In our last conversation, she made a very "grapes are sour" type of comment about me. Yeah honey, that's the only taste you gonna get from me now!

 

[Ajay]

Got annoyed with stuttering issues with my AMD 7900 XT GFX card (it's a fine card, ran out of patience getting it to work with Win11 & AM4 CPUs - which can be a problem for some).
The New Hotness (boring actually):



I haven't had so many problems just upgrading a computer in something like two decades. And, I had to settle for a 12GB card
because Nvidia are milking the golden calf (I know, first world problems). So long as it installs and works fine OOTB, I'll be happy.

 

[IronWing]

I bought a solar panel for one of the wildlife cameras. It was crapping out in infrared mode whenever the batteries dropped below 80% so we were missing the mammals and owls which are mostly active at night. It works very well and will pay for itself in about six months.

 

[Brainonska511]

Bought a used 6" GoTo telescope (Nexstar 6SE) this weekend. I have a slightly smaller 4.5" dobsonian reflector that has been fun, but somewhat challenging to use - partly because heavy light pollution makes it hard to find the guide stars to see interesting things, and partly because moving it from my apartment means taking up the entire back seat of my sedan. Not such a big deal when I'm buy myself, but kind of an impediment if doing something like car camping with >1 extra person. The newer one breaks down into a much smaller package (shorter tube, foldable tripod instead of fixed stand). I'll probably sell this one off when the new one arrives (so if anyone in the MA area wants dibs, feel free to let me know before I dump it on CL).

 

[Ajay]

Bought a used 6" GoTo telescope (Nexstar 6SE) this weekend. I have a slightly smaller 4.5" dobsonian reflector that has been fun, but somewhat challenging to use - partly because heavy light pollution makes it hard to find the guide stars to see interesting things, and partly because moving it from my apartment means taking up the entire back seat of my sedan. Not such a big deal when I'm buy myself, but kind of an impediment if doing something like car camping with >1 extra person. The newer one breaks down into a much smaller package (shorter tube, foldable tripod instead of fixed stand). I'll probably sell this one off when the new one arrives (so if anyone in the MA area wants dibs, feel free to let me know before I dump it on CL).

Congrats! There's a lot you can see, and even more you can photograph, with a 6" aperture.

 

[Brainonska511]

Congrats! There's a lot you can see, and even more you can photograph, with a 6" aperture.

For sure, it will definitely be an upgrade if only for aperture. I'm hoping easy of use will get me to use it more too, and just bring it along more.

Photography is interesting, but it's the wrong kind of mount and I don't want to go down that money rabbit hole. At most, I might do a hold phone to eyepiece sort of thing for a quick moon or planet shot.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I need to look into a good telescope at some point myself. I have a telephoto lens and I've seen cool stuff including the rings of Saturn but a standard camera tripod and mounting setup is just too wobbly and hard to do preceise movements with. I've had some luck using two tripods to have 2 points of contact, one on camera and one on lens, but it's tricky to aim. Telescopes tend to have way better mounts and more precision to aim not to mention better optics than the cheap telephoto lens I have. The fancy ones will also follow the Earth's rotation which is great for long exposures.

 

[Ajay]

For sure, it will definitely be an upgrade if only for aperture. I'm hoping easy of use will get me to use it more too, and just bring it along more.

Photography is interesting, but it's the wrong kind of mount and I don't want to go down that money rabbit hole. At most, I might do a hold phone to eyepiece sort of thing for a quick moon or planet shot.

It's a computer controlled alt-azimuth mount. Pretty much used on all large telescopes these days for weight and size reasons, IIRC. Anyway, probably not suitable for a long 2 hour astrograph - but fine for shorter stuff. You may want to look it up, I don't keep up with stuff anymore (since i sink all my 'play' money into computer stuff).

 

[IronWing]

For sure, it will definitely be an upgrade if only for aperture. I'm hoping easy of use will get me to use it more too, and just bring it along more.

Photography is interesting, but it's the wrong kind of mount and I don't want to go down that money rabbit hole. At most, I might do a hold phone to eyepiece sort of thing for a quick moon or planet shot.

If phoneskope has something to fit your phone and scope, it might be worth looking into.

 

[Brainonska511]

If phoneskope has something to fit your phone and scope, it might be worth looking into.

I have a phone mount already. Just haven't used it yet. This might be a good excuse to try it on the moon or something.

It's a computer controlled alt-azimuth mount. Pretty much used on all large telescopes these days for weight and size reasons, IIRC. Anyway, probably not suitable for a long 2 hour astrograph - but fine for shorter stuff. You may want to look it up, I don't keep up with stuff anymore (since i sink all my 'play' money into computer stuff).

True. I think in the amateur space, equatorial mounts still dominate, likely due to the quality for tracking in these smaller packages.

Anyway, photography of any sort here is a rather secondary thing. I just want to see cool shit.

 

[lxskllr]

It's easy getting wrapped up in the technical details of doing something and miss the experience. NASA takes better pics anyway.

 

[IronWing]

It's easy getting wrapped up in the technical details of doing something and miss the experience. NASA takes better pics anyway.

Yep. I make a point of leaving the camera at home on some outings so that I stop worrying about getting the pic and focus on observing.

 

[sdifox]

Moto G Stylus 5G (2022) was a prime day deal. 8 gb ram with 256gb internal storage plus 256 sd preinstalled

 

[lxskllr]

I have the 2021 Stylus, and it does everything I need. I'm very happy with the phone.

 

[sdifox]

I have the 2021 Stylus, and it does everything I need. I'm very happy with the phone.

It was US$240. I am happy with it as well. I am too much of a Butterfinger to carry thousand dollar phones. Apparently the 2023 is a downgrade.

Coming from a Honor 8. Replaced the battery once on that phone and second battery is toast.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

As I walked out of Micro Center yesterday with this I realized that maybe I should have had a heater on me in case parking lot thugs were waiting to score it rich.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

And I couldn't let the little fella above go home alone so I got this, too

 

[igor_kavinski]

And I couldn't let the little fella above go home alone so I got this, too
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I see you got a "picking up strays" problem

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I almost forgot ... got this before the MC experience