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So, I recently acquired a Parrot Bebop 2 (the FPV variant!) and I finally got to fly it for an extended period.

Let me tell you: this thing is GREAT.  It is responsive, fast, has a huge range, and has VR First-Person View.

I can’t record the First-Person View, but here’s the footage from flying around Sabella Park on Saturday.

There’s a bunch of different tests.

I’m really impressed with the auto-track features, the GPS flight features, auto-stabilization, and constant camera view.

The controller has an integrated 2.4Ghz wireless antenna, which makes the max flight distance a little over a mile.

If you ever want to try flying it, let me know!

-Mike

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Hey, but this time it isn’t a rant!

That’s because I’ve gotten somewhere!

Where we left off last time, I was having problems with the damn thing failing after the last SysPrep phase, after customizing the image.

We learned something and we have a solution and a working dealie!

Without further delay, here’s what I did.

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I’ve been playing a lot of this game recently (I mean, well, a lot, considering I only got the game on 3/12) and I was also involved in 2 of the betas (one closed; one open).  I must say, they got a lot right here, but there’s still room for improvement.

So I’m going to talk about it, and you’re going to get a review.  Maybe we’ll start a discussion.

Here’s my thoughts on Ghost Recon: Wildlands.

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This morning on the way to work I encountered an idiot driver.

This idiot properly signaled their turn and initiated said turn properly.

That being said, they stopped their car as soon as they hit the drive way and just sort of stayed there.

Right in the middle of the road.

Yup.

Presented here, because I can.

Fun on a bun!

-M, out.

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Or, how Mike wasted a Friday evening in vain.

I bought some new drives for home use, because a drive in my LG NAS went bad.  Womp womp.

I got home, and popped them in.  As expected: they did not work.  They only showed 2TB, despite being 3TB drives.  This is expected, because my NAS is old and only does partitions and sectors in the older MBR style.

Well, MBR does not have support for drives > 2TB (technically, 2 and change, 2.2TB usually) for some archaic reason.

What followed, was drive reorganization, and more understanding and explanation than I ever thought I would need to know.

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I know, I know, I know, I feel like I’ve covered this topic a million time at this point but it really ticked me off this morning and so I’m going to talk about it again: driver’s in NJ are just terrible.

In the past I’ve talked about how bad NY and PA drivers are, but after driving out through to Michigan and beyond a few times I really just need to say it: NJ drivers are just terrible, horrible, horrific, assholes.  Anyone who has driven in or around NJ will probably secretly agree.

People from NJ probably won’t, because they largely think everyone else is just horrific and they’re just driving to deal with it.

I wholeheartedly disagree.

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