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I took out my Icelantic Natural 101s today since I haven't had much chance to ski them. I ski 99% of the time at resorts with Volkl Mantra M6. We had about 3" of fresh on hard pack this morning and the Icelantics felt awful. It took soo much input to keep the skis going where I wanted them and got pushed around quickly by all the small bumps of snow. I went to the car and swapped out for the Mantras and just blasted through everything. It was night and day the difference. I hated the Icelantics. Is it just me or are these skis aweful?

One thought is that I should adjust the mounting. I did mount in the recommended place but compared to the Mantra I line up boot centers on the ski there is

A lot of districts seem to be completely turning off Youtube for students under 18. My understanding is that isn't necessary. If an OU isn't marked as over 18 then the services are just modified according to this page https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10977326?hl=en What am I missing? Why are districts completely disabling it based on being under 18?

Just noticed these cracks on my Vittoria Mezcals both front and rear. They go all the way around.

https://preview.redd.it/1s3mdjmnbfre1.png?width=2186&format=png&auto=webp&s=03fe6902ce81861fa2d8c3359e42cc9bf1b4a0fa

I have a B2650 with a LA534 that is leaking at ref#030 in the diagram here. I've removed the fitting and tried PTFE tape but still leaking. My understanding is this is a NPTF fitting and so shouldn't need PTFE to seal. Any suggestions to stop the leak?

https://preview.redd.it/mukdkz8x6ope1.png?width=2246&format=png&auto=webp&s=249a61b656abc6fbae4a076c14ad79bba63be2d6

My son 9 has expressed some interest in doing some backcountry/sidecountry with me. I kind of hate to invest in tech compatible boots for him since we will only get a season out of the boots if I'm lucky. Any choices other than the Contour adapters that people recommend? Would a frame binding be a better choice? If frame is a good option are there models that you all would recommend I search for used maybe?

I'm trying to locate this part but haven't been able to find one without paying $20 shipping for a part that should only be a couple dollars.

I'm located in the US. Most of the places I've found it are either Canada or UK.
https://www.expertmobile.ca/shop/5-pin-header-inrico-t522a-5-pin-usb-header-6703#attr=

I've tried searching what appears on this part to be 1198DATA2004 but nothing comes up. I have been able to find several on AliExpress with 2.54mm pitch. I'm pretty sure the pitch on the one I need is 2mm.

https://preview.redd.it/7zuxh4nkcjje1.png?width=1028&format=png&auto=webp&s=20c5634aa

We are going to be mostly in San Juan, Fajardo, Rincon and Aguadilla areas. Looking for recommendations for places we can snorkel right off the beach without doing tours and my wife can hang out on the beach. My son and I are into snorkeling but she would rather sit on the beach so looking for spots that work for both.

Will be traveling last week of February and booking tours. Planning on doing possibly both Laguna Grande and La Parguera. Some of the tours offer 6:30 or 8:30 times. We have a 9 year old that is usually in bed by 7:30 or 8. Just wondering if the 6:30 time will actually be dark enough at that time of year. Also do you think it's worth doing both. My son is all about the idea of both and seems like different experiences with kayaking and boat ride out and swimming.

I ski with my son a lot and there have been a few times we get separated in the woods etc. I'm looking for a compact radio we can use to stay connected in the woods so compact size to fit in a jacket pocket is important but I don't want to drop $180 each on the Rocky Talkie 5w.

So far I've found the Baofeng GT5-R, The UV-82L(or BTECH GMRS v2) and the Wouxun KG-805G. One thing is a lot of these have long antenna that wouldn't fit in a jacket pocket. Any recommendation for a smaller antenna that would make it more similar to the size of the Rocky Talkie? I'm sure I'd expect to lose some range.

I want to play some two player games with my son and he also likes playing Minecraft. Mostly wanting to play cute 2 player indie games on Steam etc so I don't think a GPU is really critical at this point. However I'm thinking I should get an AM5 system to give myself some upgrade options in the future and possibly add a GPU down the road. Basically trying to stay as cheap as possible for now but having upgrade options in the future.

This is what I came up with on my own but open to suggestions.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L38QqH

I just started setting up some Netgate 8200s. I have a couple deployed and running into a weird issue. I have a private network with multiple buildings but I want to be able to isolate those buildings using the pfSense firewall function. Currently I have it pretty open in hopes to just get it working and then dial it back. Unfortunately it's not working as expected.

In my setup so far I have building A and B. The WAN interfaces of A is 192.168.0.1 WAN interface of B is 192.168.0.2. LAN interface of A is 10.10.10.1 and the LAN interface of B is 10.10.20.1. I have a static route in A destination 10.10.20.0/24 gateway is 192.168.0.2 and a route in B

I'm headed to Tahoe next week and one of the rides I had planned on doing was Mr Toad's Wild Ride/Saxon Creek but I see on trail forks the Corral Trail and Armstrong Connector are closed for logging Monday-Friday. Is there another way to do Mr Toad's as a loop right now under say 20-25 miles? Or is there a recommended way if I were to get dropped at Grass Lake or Big Meadows to get back in to down in to town nearish to the intersection of 50 and 89 without riding a ton of roads after doing Mr Toad's?

Also thinking about doing either TRT from Stagecoach to Star Lake and then down Cold creek and Powerline or up Cold Creek and Monument Pass taking the TRT over to Star Lake and back down.

Any

Today I set my printer up to do a print that was supposed to take 7 hours. I came back to find this.

https://preview.redd.it/06upwt466hdc1.png?width=1134&format=png&auto=webp&s=f219c40c32b0b9cfd962bbb2d2c641815fbd40a8

This is only about 1/3 of the height what the finished product should be. There was a nest of stringy filament on top. The black bits seems a bit odd. Is that burnt filament?

I saw this video about an issue with the cooling fan being too small on the SV06 to keep up with cooling the hotend on longer prints. Is that what happened here?

Some of the bits of filament were thicker than usual like this.

https://preview.redd.it/s

A little over a year ago I did a week trip to Crested Butte and rode a bunch of classics and had a blast. Did 401, 409.5, Teocalli Ridge, Reno-Flag-Bear-Deadmans, Dr. Park and a couple other things around town. I'm going to try and make another trip this year. Possibly second week of August or late September as those are the best times for my work schedule. I'm looking for a place with a similar out in the mountains feel. The elevation in Crested Butte was pretty rough though and seriously impacted my performance on these longer rides.

I'm hoping to go somewhere with mountains where I can do some long pedal all day till my legs fall off kind of rides. Not interested in park riding at all.