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The friendliest cats I ever met were orphaned at two weeks, mom got hit by a car and the kittens were rescued, bottle fed from that point. We got to keep one of them, she never really grew up to be a "cat" and is still acts like a big fat kitten.
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Taking it to the vet in an hour. We have 3 small dogs and a Himalayan cat already so another addition won't bother us.
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Sep 14, 2015 20:10
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Right on. She's quite young and will likely be a wonderful pet.
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Sep 14, 2015 20:12
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Dashcam thread: Catching Kittens Globally 
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Sep 14, 2015 20:24
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The only time I encountered a lost cat in the road I stopped and it when up to my muffler for warmth. Was dirty as hell, no collar and a wonky leg. Took it home, gave it some milk and the next day my sister took it to the animal hospital and she said they'd have to put it down. It's funny how much I love kitties that I don't know but my girlfriend's cat can eat a dick for making GBS threads on the mat right next to her litter box this morning just because my girlfriend is away on a business trip this week and she just wanted to showcase her displeasure. Only 6 more days of this. But kudos to you PenisMonkey for being good and kind.
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Sep 14, 2015 20:34
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Thanks buddies. On topic, it was recorded on a Roadhawk HD.
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Sep 14, 2015 20:39
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PenisMonkey posted:Thanks buddies. On topic, it was recorded on a Roadhawk HD. So how are you naming the cat ? Roadhawk ? Dash ?
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Sep 14, 2015 20:42
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QT. I was pulling out of Quik Trip in the video so the name seems fitting.
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Sep 14, 2015 20:45
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I hope its siblings and mom are also okay.
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Sep 14, 2015 21:05
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I hope its siblings and mom are also okay. gently caress 'em, they didn't have the balls to hang out where they'd either get adopted or run over. Coffee is for closers.
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Sep 14, 2015 21:09
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Want kitty Also in your video there is a man who crosses the road and back who was clearly also kitty rescue bound till you did the deed. This video doesn't show much clearly and I really need a cam that will give a chance at picking up number plates (and actual detail) but this guy was driving in the middle of the road and had I not both pulled over to the absolute edge of my side and hit the brakes we would have hit. Missed me by less than 10 cms.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJfhOaPzs2M (Swearing)
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Sep 15, 2015 04:02
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Leperflesh posted:Kittens don't become "feral" until they're older. Small kittens will socialize and imprint on a human with like 10 minutes of contact. The older they get, the more wary they get, and by the time they're 6 months old, a cat that has not been socialized will be more or less permanently feral - they may warm up to a human, but most won't tolerate being touched and will fight if they're picked up. There are exceptions but they're rare. One of our cats is an exception. He was about 6-7 months old when I found him nearly dead at a friends condo complex in the winter. I put him in a box and he lived with my motorcycles and cars in a garage for a month while I nursed him back from near death. He was a bit hostile with the other cats so he lived in my office and chilled on my lap each night for an additional 2-3 months. After that he was the fattest, most lovable bear of a cat ever.
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Sep 15, 2015 07:14
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8ender posted:One of our cats is an exception. He was about 6-7 months old when I found him nearly dead at a friends condo complex in the winter. I put him in a box and he lived with my motorcycles and cars in a garage for a month while I nursed him back from near death. He was a bit hostile with the other cats so he lived in my office and chilled on my lap each night for an additional 2-3 months. After that he was the fattest, most lovable bear of a cat ever. Possibly an exception, but also very possibly an abandoned cat who was at least somewhat socialized. It's incredibly sad how many pet cats are abandoned by irresponsible (heartless) owners. Most of them don't survive but a few manage it and can become a bit skittish. There are also "ferals" who people see and feed and pet a lot as older kittens. We captured our two boys as brothers being raised by a fully-feral cat when they were both around 10-12 weeks old; they're socialized and good pets, but they'll always be quite skittish and very wary of strangers. Nobody new to our house gets to see them, much less pet them. That's pretty typical.
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Sep 15, 2015 07:22
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So many new posts I thought someone had caught a fiery wreck on their dashcam or something equally spectacular. Kitten chat is... acceptable My new apartment is cats only so I'll probably be in the market for one before the end of the year.
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Sep 16, 2015 00:27
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I'm sure this is asked constantly but I went back a couple pages and couldn't find an answer to my question so I'd figure I'd ask the thread. What is the best dashcam that captures GPS coordinates/estimated speed and still has decent camera footage during day and night? Discreet would be nice since my neighborhood isn't exactly the best area but that's not a huge necessity. Are there any decently priced ones or am I looking to be dropping a couple hundred bucks? I was looking at the Mobius but that doesn't look like it captures GPS information.
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Sep 16, 2015 00:30
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Just out of curiosity, why is gps info important? It seems superfluous to me.
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Sep 16, 2015 06:13
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a Mini 0803 with a custom firmware update from here: http://dc.p-mc.eu/0803/firmware does GPS Speed overlay. It may be switchable with coordinates (not both at once) I have been using it without issue for about 6 months. Video quality is excellent day/night too. the GPS coordinates is done via a PC application that splices the GPS data with the video and a google maps display side by side.
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Sep 16, 2015 06:19
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lmao zebong posted:What is the best dashcam that captures GPS coordinates/estimated speed and still has decent camera footage during day and night? Discreet would be nice since my neighborhood isn't exactly the best area but that's not a huge necessity. Are there any decently priced ones or am I looking to be dropping a couple hundred bucks? I've been using the KD links X1 for a few months now, has been working great through the heat of the summer. It was ~150 off amazon back in the spring, not sure what it's running now. Visibility wise, I used black electrical tape to mask the lens bezel and the screen printed logo on the face. I can't get it any higher on the windshield due to the supplied mount, and since the GPS receiver is embedded in the mount I haven't tried to fab anything up. I don't think you'd see it unless you're specifically looking for it, but I usually take it down if I'm parking at a stadium or something.  I uploaded a video from tonight to show you what you get at night, you can't really make out license plates but I've also got the cam zoomed out as far as it can go. The software gives you a map of where the video covered, but there's no way to export the GPS data or link it to any other videos as far as I can tell.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6SmWqd7UMI `Nemesis posted:Just out of curiosity, why is gps info important? It seems superfluous to me. I got creative and overlaid GPS data onto the video I shot while going around the 'ring earlier this summer, it took a lot of fiddling and still isn't 100% perfect but was fun just the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWlSKFAotjI
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`Nemesis posted:Just out of curiosity, why is gps info important? It seems superfluous to me. Mostly just because I think it's cool when I see dashcam videos that have that information on the screen and would like to have that information for my videos as well. Laserface posted:a Mini 0803 with a custom firmware update from here: http://dc.p-mc.eu/0803/firmware does GPS Speed overlay. It may be switchable with coordinates (not both at once) I saw the mini 0805 on Amazon shortly after I posted and was definitely considering that. Good to know the night video quality is good as well. `NoWake posted:Awesome info and pictures of KD links X1 Thanks for the post! It looks like I'm going to have to decide between the mini 0805 and the KD links X1.
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Sep 16, 2015 20:53
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The Roadhawk has GPS but you have to use the program that comes with it to see it. The mic on this thing sucks poo poo though.
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Sep 16, 2015 21:51
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The gps speed thing is just giving peoplr ammo if you are doing 36 in a 35 (or if, as is likely it is innaccurate). If you are grossly speeding, that can be shown through a long process and ditto for clearly not grossly speeding. The GPS speed thing seems like a bad idea.
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Sep 16, 2015 21:57
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I've got an X1 as well and after some early issues with firmware it's been working fine through this Texas summer. It's pretty easy to snap on and off the suction cup mount thing, but I've just been covering it up with my windshield sunscreen whenever I need to park outside somewhere. It gets BALLS hot when in direct sunlight, but so far I haven't noticed any issues with its operation. The GPS is optional, there is a separate little plug on the top of the unit you need to use to enable it, and you can even snap the mount open and remove the GPS unit completely. It comes with a backup mount but only one GPS so this is how you would move it over to the 2nd mount if you ever needed to. I haven't really played around with the GPS data yet, mostly because I'm too lazy to install the software to read it off the device. Seems like it would be cool to be able to prove exactly where you were at a certain time, but I'm also worried about actually getting into an incident and the other side going 'hur hur you were going 75 in a 70 you share half blame'. Unless you're the world's most conscientious driver then that data probably has the potential to do you more harm than good from a legal standpoint.
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Sep 16, 2015 23:41
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Off topic, kinda. Does anyone know the best way to disassemble a Mini 0803? I"d been having issues with it lately, like sometimes it'll just randomly shut off, or hang on startup, or sit with the red light on not recording. I usually attributed these things to either heat or a loose power connection, and resigned myself to the fact that it was probably dying. Anyway, it was doing some new wonky thing with the recording light today, so I took it down to check it out. It still recorded everything just fine, up to the time I pulled into my driveway, but when I took it down I found this: It's just the top seam that's split, the bottom one is still intact. I know it hasn't taken any kind of shock, because I had it out about a month ago and it was perfect. I don't know if it has a capacitor or a battery inside, but my guess is that whatever it is has asploded in there. I don't see any screws at all in this thing, except for the two you can see on the mounting tab that attaches it to the bracket. Admittedly I haven't researched it yet, which I'm off to do right now, but has anyone else had theirs do this?
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Sep 17, 2015 00:51
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Use a hobby knife to pry off the black ring around the power button to reveal 4 screws to disassemble the camera. be careful as there is a ball and spring used for the ratcheting position that might fly out when you take the 'cap' off after removing the screws.
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Sep 17, 2015 01:37
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I seem to attract idiots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V61gf6T10PQ
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Sep 17, 2015 02:38
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Laserface posted:Use a hobby knife to pry off the black ring around the power button to reveal 4 screws to disassemble the camera. Thanks, yeah the ball dropped out when I wasn't expecting it. I caught it at least. There are a couple pretty good teardown writeups online, so I followed one of those and welp, Hmm, that doesn't look right  Swole as gently caress   I took a bunch more pics (basically for reference / if I ever want any of the rev numbers off of the boards for any reason), but you get the gist of it. The only place i seem to be able to find this battery for sale is on alibaba.com, and at a greatly reduced capacity (310mah instead of the alleged 450 in the blowed up one). Who knows how accurate either spec is though, because  . I've put in inquiries with some of the alibaba sellers, but I'm almost ready to say gently caress it and get another camera with a capacitor instead this time around.
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couldnt you just fit a supercap to the board on the same points, or is the charging/circuit totally different?
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Black88GTA posted:Thanks, yeah the ball dropped out when I wasn't expecting it. I caught it at least. There are a couple pretty good teardown writeups online, so I followed one of those and welp, Check out hobby websites, those kinds of batteries are popular for RC planes and mini-drones.
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Sep 17, 2015 05:08
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Yeah those look like a generic hobbyking kind of battery. edit: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__7571__ZIPPY_450mAh_20C_single_cell.html
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Laserface posted:couldnt you just fit a supercap to the board on the same points, or is the charging/circuit totally different? I thought of this, and actually found a thread (here, if anyone is interested) where a guy tried to do exactly that. Tl;dr, he went through a few revisions and eventually made it work, although the solution involved custom firmware and 4 caps inside, plus a couple more stuck to the outside due to lack of room inside the case. To me it seemed like it wouldn't really be worth it vs. getting a newer version with one already in there from the factory and working. v0v The most important parameters for the battery were actually voltage output and physical size, with the capacity a distant 3rd. There's not a whole lot of room in there for anything bigger without modification, and even then not much. I wasn't sure how much room exactly I had, so I was looking for cells that were the same size as the bad one. I actually found a handful of them on ebay for pretty cheap after I stripped away all of the letters and searched only for the number string indicating the size.  They were all from HK / China as well, but not much I can do about that I guess. I ended up ordering one (330mah) for $9 shipped. The loss of capacity won't bother me too much I guess, I never really run it off the battery anyway under normal circumstances.Alibaba was a loving joke - surprisingly, a handful of the suppliers I emailed actually got back to me, although they wanted anywhere between $50 - $60 shipped for a single generic battery 
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Well, alibaba is more for bulk shippers from china anyways, right? I'm also assuming they don't actually have the stock themselves sitting in a warehouse, they probably just act as a middleman from a different wholesaler or much more likely for larger orders source from the factory themselves, so a single unit means a good portion of the effort and time of a 10k+ order which is really what you are buying, right?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Yeah those look like a generic hobbyking kind of battery. Yeah I was going to mention that the size and voltage of that battery looks nearly identical to the ones used in my Hubsan quad copter: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1013800-REG/hubsan_h107_a24_x4_li_po_battery_3_7v.html
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:Well, alibaba is more for bulk shippers from china anyways, right? I'm also assuming they don't actually have the stock themselves sitting in a warehouse, they probably just act as a middleman from a different wholesaler or much more likely for larger orders source from the factory themselves, so a single unit means a good portion of the effort and time of a 10k+ order which is really what you are buying, right? It's like that mixed with ebay and a little amazon tossed in. It's never my first stop, but for random electronics and components it's worth a look.
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Godholio posted:It's like that mixed with ebay and a little amazon tossed in. It's never my first stop, but for random electronics and components it's worth a look. Ahh, ok. My only real experience with them has been trying to source parts for a project and only really getting either 100+ minimum orders or 1+ with a price range of like 0.01 - 100
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nm posted:The gps speed thing is just giving peoplr ammo if you are doing 36 in a 35 (or if, as is likely it is innaccurate). I've been saying that for a long time, but that's based on a layman's (low) view of the lawyers who work insurance. I'm curious if you have any real-world examples of this happening, or something similar that illustrates that it is something that they would try?
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spog posted:I've been saying that for a long time, but that's based on a layman's (low) view of the lawyers who work insurance. If you're speeding to a point that it would be a contributing factor to your fault in an accident, I imagine it would be obvious from the footage regardless of GPS speed overlay.
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spog posted:I've been saying that for a long time, but that's based on a layman's (low) view of the lawyers who work insurance. In a lawsuit, there would be some issues actually introducing it as evidence. In dealing with adjusters and what not, it could make it more difficult. Note thatcthere are states where 1 mph can mean a lot. In Minnesota, if you are speeding, you lose all ROW at intersections.
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Recording GPS at this point probably won't hurt you more than anything else.. since last year all new cars were mandated to include a black box. Prior to that most cars sold in the last 10 years had it anyways. If the vehicle is in a wreck the last 20 seconds of its life from 15 different sensors are available to whoever can plug their data scraper into your car. That should be plenty to put you away if they want to. Police will also try to fetch your cell phone pinging off towers or ask your carrier for an activity log if they feel it's needed. Or rip your plates from toll booth cameras to estimate speed.
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Sep 17, 2015 19:47
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You can also just measure how long it took you to pass things in the camera's view with known sizes and calculate speed.
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Leperflesh posted:You can also just measure how long it took you to pass things in the camera's view with known sizes and calculate speed. Yes, you can do both those things, which cost time and money. Which will not get done unless there is a serious injury. If you have a fender bender, which is way more likely, the dash cam showing you were doing 3mph over could actually hurt you. Further, with the exception of the black box, which is hard to access, neither of those are accurate to within 10 mph.
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