the-water-cooler

[dire spear]

buy some! 😛

yes. and only $60-$90 a mug.. bargain

[sudden forge]

Yeah, not willing to risk 60 bucks on a mug that probably wouldnt survive a trip over the pond

[dire spear]

i have one of these mugs

[dire spear]

ah yeah. thats a hard one. i gave that one to my mom and she refuses to use it to drink from. its in a case.

[forest edge]

@tidal bronze your place have a basement or is it ranch style?

[dire spear]

next to the glass cats

haha

[dapper quartz]

Btw, regarding smithing (tangentially): almost all work with silver and platinum, as far as I know, is handmade. Jewellery is still made this way.

[dire spear]

nah.

[sudden forge]

Mass produced jewellry is absolutely a thing

A lot of rings are stamped

[dire spear]

or even jsut production cast

[dapper quartz]

And yet somehow market for niche jewelry exists.

[sudden forge]

Yeah, just like a market for 60 dollar mugs exists

[dire spear]

a lot of it is now 3d printed, then investment vacuum cast.

[sudden forge]

I could just go to lidl or aldi and get a 4 mug set for a fiver probably

dunno I dont drink anything that requires a mug

[dire spear]

yes, its a market, for a COUPLE well known artists.

theres a market for giant stianless steel bears as well

but the market is... 1

at the time that was i think the worlds largest stainless casting

[sudden forge]

not everyone is spending a few G's on a 1 off platinum engagement ring

Some do, and power to them

[dapper quartz]

It depends on the country, I think. For example, etsy is practically non-existent in our country, and you have to go to craftsmen to get beautiful individual jewellery made.

[dire spear]

etsy is overrun by chinese mass produced goods.

[sudden forge]

and yeah I can probably pick through the chaff on etsy to find something nice too to propose to someone

But a lot of folk will probably be using somewhat mass produced jewellry a lot of the time

[dire spear]

i sell guitar 3d cad files on etsy

[sudden forge]

(tbf, engagement/wedding rings are probably the thing more likely for someone to seek 1 offs on, and not necessarily expensive 1 offs, but something unique)

[dire spear]

i tried selling keycaps, but they get drowned out by the 10000s of cheap ones

[dire spear]

even then, the the market for a really hand made one is low

[sudden forge]

Friends of mine got engaged with the mrsToBe having a 1 off ring

Its rose gold plated

not actually expensive or fancy

[dire spear]

the jewelery industry is full all in on cad/printing/vac casting

[sudden forge]

But it was handmade in the 50's, it is an heirloom

it has sentimental value

And whatever the gold is plating, its something ferrous, its magnetic

[dire spear]

plating usually has a base of nickel

[sudden forge]

Doesnt matter, the value to her isnt financial.

[dire spear]

so it can be mildly magnetic

copper, then nickel, then gold/silver, etc

the gold is worth upwards of 5 to 10 cents

😛

i found a sack of plating gold in my shop. like a pound.

belonged to the previous guy, sadly ahd to give it back

haha

[dapper quartz]

Gold and silver is quite soft for day-to-day use, unfortunately.

[sudden forge]

It is a very pretty ring, was Mr's grandmothers engagement ring

But its just, ya know, "not real" as some pretentious folk might put it

[dire spear]

most people dont realise that anything with gold plating, no matter how cheap, is real gold.

[sudden forge]

Of course

but also I'm more thinking not real in sense of, "oh that thing isnt worth any money my dear"

[dire spear]

sure

its worth nothing gold wise.

[sudden forge]

But it is in sentiment

[dire spear]

youd have to strip down 1000 rings to get $1

[sudden forge]

In sentiment, its priceless

[dire spear]

sure

[sudden forge]

I quite like the rings JerryRigEverything made for similar reason

[dire spear]

someone i know used to work for an aircraft maker and many of their private jets went to usa, etc. they said there was 1000lbs of gold in many of the planes.

[sudden forge]

They arent super fancy ornate things. Theyre quite simple in design, which tbh is a style I appreciate.
But they were using materials recycled from something close to them. And hand crafted.

[dire spear]

i cut the ends of a ti handlebar and my friend sliced them into rings

hehe

[sudden forge]

Tbf thats basically all he did, just instead of a handlebar, it was one of his wifes old wheelchairs

Did finish them up real good, they are somewhat more than just literally a bit of wheelchair cut up

But I quite like how they came out

[dire spear]

i still have the bar. its out of service. maybe i should slice it.

but its also a vintage bar. probably sell it for $200 as is

shrug

$100ish. bah

gets the saw out

[dapper quartz]

If such a ring from a wheelchair is coated with some kind of inert precious metal, it will last almost forever.

[dire spear]

ti will already last forever

[sudden forge]

The frame I use on my ebike used to fetch a fair bit of cash in UK second hand, but not so much these days

[dire spear]

unless you go swimming daily

bike industry is tanking

[sudden forge]

So I feel less guilty about it being ridden around very much not in the way intended

[dire spear]

i sold most of my stuff already

except the bikes i use

[sudden forge]

i am currently on 4

and do intend on letting 2 of them go soon

1 of them might be going this weekend

[dire spear]

i have 2 i use. one im building up. one frame i dont need, and one frame that sis peices needing paint

3d printed a stainless hanger for one

pretty cool\

[sudden forge]

Same park bench each time

[dire spear]

the aluminium ones kept breaking

[sudden forge]

The blue traditional folding bike thing gave up its front wheel to make the dahon

[dire spear]

folding bikes are not super comon here

[sudden forge]

Even the dahon is a folder

Just with an unusual mechanism for a folder

(technically the phillips is also a rebranded dahon but shhhh)

[sudden forge]

The specialised doesnt fit in my car without taking both wheels off, the handlebars and the derailleur

[dire spear]

no need to put my bike in a car

[sudden forge]

meanwhile the dahon fits on the back seats folded, and if you twist the bars goes in the trunk

[dire spear]

roof rack

😛

[sudden forge]

dont have one

[dire spear]

why not?

[sudden forge]

When I initially got the frame I was toying with whether I wanted to electrify the dahon

Which is also why it has a front wheel borrowed off of another bike, I got that donor bike for less than the cost of a wheel that would have fit on its own

its not super compact folding, but unfolded its pretty darn rigid. Meanwhile every other folder I've ridden, you can feel the flex

Bromptons, moultons, the phillips, a few electric folders from assorted brands. I dont think they are flexy in a way that is like, actually an issue, but they arent confidence inspiring to ride

meanwhile I got that dahon frame at a good price, it folds compact enough for my transport needs, and most of the time while I leave it unfolded, it just rides like a normal bike, only 1 with 20 inch wheels

[tidal bronze]

No basements here

[forest edge]

was your house fitted with a radon system or had you ever test for it?

[tidal bronze]

In a low zone and short term was done.

[forest edge]

so no system?

[tidal bronze]

No

[forest edge]

so i've just watched yet another install done here. been chatting it up with the local "experts" lol

I know my area is like real bad for any home with a basement but even ranch styles get it too but thier pipe system is messed up cause it's gotta be put into like a closet

was curious if you had one of those because I had thought you said you had what we call a "ranch" style home

[tidal bronze]

I am yet to see a basement here, mainly because of EQ

[forest edge]

well once you gte into a certian price range I don't think they know what "stairs" even is

houses here are the same way, they will build up dirts for hundreds of feet just to make a house wider than taller

[tidal bronze]

I love single story.

Last one was. Looking at another one that is single story.

[forest edge]

age = no stairs is best bet

[tidal bronze]

But I prefer the isolation of multi. I go to sleep around 9 no matter who's home doing what. So for peace multi

[forest edge]

you may wanna consider retesting tho, cause the house I was at today the owner said he had tested last year around this time and it was low but then when he tested this year it was high and the installers said they see that shit all the time

[tidal bronze]

Not a bad idea.

[forest edge]

stupid earth and it's always moving

his shit was likem 40pc/i. said it was 2.45 last year.. thats a hell of a jump lol

[tidal bronze]

Shortness of breath?

Or just testing

[forest edge]

his kids got on him to always test cause his neighbors all had systems put in few years ago or something

I was asking the installers how they build new houses with mitigation in place from the get go.. they put that fan in the attic so if your attic is one of those crawl spaces.. holy hell fuck messing with that lol

[tidal bronze]

I think I have 3 of those huge fans up there.

Feel like greek today.

[forest edge]

you mean just attic vents?

attic vent fans

Imagine your parents or you paying an increase in taxes to install a maintain fire hydrants placed around a city decades ago and then to have a proposal to place on more taxes to maintain the same hydrants now because of issues arising of failing hydrants not working during house fires.

big oof

[tidal bronze]

I am one of those that pay taxes gladly. Doesn't apply to me.

[dire spear]

lots of basements there. my friends house had a basement.

[tidal bronze]

In LA?

[dire spear]

yes

[tidal bronze]

Very strange. Which area ?

[dire spear]

west holywood

lots of basements in burbank too

[tidal bronze]

Oh wow. Never knew.

[dire spear]

what he didnt have was windows that closed

"P

almost every house here has a basement (not always full height). cause freezing

[tidal bronze]

Strange how EQ resistant base is maintained with a basement

[dire spear]

mine is rare having no basement, but thats cause its on rock

[tidal bronze]

Must be from the 50s

[dire spear]

im not sure what his house was of. or how old

google says basements are more common in la on newer houses

[tidal bronze]

You still need a substructure underneath the basement for vibration isolators.

[dire spear]

the disney arts building has 5 levels of underground parking.

[tidal bronze]

Common for hillside houses but they are really not basements.

[dire spear]

(thats where i worked)

[dire spear]

yeah thats a different topic.

[tidal bronze]

I wouldn't even think of buying a property here with a basement. Insurance nightmare

[tidal bronze]

In SoCal underground parking structures is 5x more expensive that above ground because of EQ. I know first hand from multifamily buildings. Hardest part on the investment to recover

[dire spear]

this building is old. 60s or 70s

[tidal bronze]

Must be before 69

[dire spear]

i had to sign an asbestos waiver for the condo i was in

ha

i think everything there is fairly old (in relative terms)

[tidal bronze]

Lol. Yeo that's a thing.

[dire spear]

doesnt look old outside really

[forest edge]

great i'll forward mine to you

[dire spear]

warner music next door is definitely 60s

[tidal bronze]

That's a common line in any lease agreement

[tidal bronze]

Please do

[forest edge]

and give you my address.. not a chance in hell

don't need you beach shorts hanging around my place

[tidal bronze]

It sucks when the best kebab places don't serve alcohol

[dire spear]

i miss the pool with all the wannabe starlets hanging out

hehe

apparently there were 2 pools, 6 tennis courts. i never even botherd to look around really

just went there to sleep

12-14 hours a day working. bleh

i dont really see why some people want that job as their life.

[forest edge]

@last cedarmy PP||P|| had it's first issue today.

not sure if it overheated or what

[tidal bronze]

18 to 20 hours so that's nothing.

[dire spear]

i prefer 5-6 hour days

i get more done

[tidal bronze]

I believe in long days but make money while you sleep 😆

[dire spear]

pft

i have an etsy store. it makes me money while i do jnothing

[tidal bronze]

See that's hat I am talking about.

[dire spear]

actually its not too bad. extra few hundred a month for work i did 9 years ago. almost like royalties

i want to try and push it to make more like $100 a day, but i dont have any easy plan for that yet. my stuff is very niche.

some people on there doing well with house plans. but it takes some time to build up.

[forest edge]

why? cause of the sand?

[tidal bronze]

Leave my sand alone.

[dire spear]

i lived in a town made of sand. they build a road to the university up a hill and it fell down 4 times

but we all had basements 😛

you could feel my house shake when a bus drove by. 100 feet away

[forest edge]

I would have thought they would had approved of some EQ proof bunker basement

[forest edge]

unless they really do think the ground will open so much to swallow the whole thing lol

[dire spear]

400 feet of sand

[gleaming crater]

@primal laurel

[dire spear]

there. more junk for the etsy store. 😛

ha

[dusky plank]

icons on fleek

[last cedar]

Ooof, did you update opnsense? 🤣

[primal laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-michael-scott-brave-face-gif-4641760338388854480

https://tenor.com/view/fernando-alonso-live-fernando-reaction-alonso-fernando-live-reaction-gif-1814768510923235803

[forest edge]

what a world this is becoming https://youtu.be/MhPAFpr-KGo?si=XM_IqGPnAw4VoqK7

[static schooner]

I just had to replace the compressor in my 7 year old fridge. Had a 5 year warranty

10 years on the compressor itself, so the part was covered, but still cost $650 to fix

[forest edge]

years ago when we decided to update all of our appliances I stumbled across the new norm of the "bell curve". no idea when that was implemented but instead of making good quality products companies intentionally shoot for an average year of around 12. once armed with that your only choices are features vs non features. more features the lower end of the curve, the less features the higher end

can't imagine what the average lifespan of the new ones with screens and cameras lol

[gleaming crater]

There is a new fridge in the house I bought and I can totally hear the compressor struggling at times and it’s under 3yr old… stupid Samsung fridge

[dire spear]

my lg are happy so far. on my GE, it lasted over 10y and then the relay blew. but that a $20 part and 10 mins labour. the bigger issue on that one was the fan disintegrating. i put a PC fan inside and it was happy.

[gleaming crater]

I've had to replace bits on my LG washer already, a drain pump croaked

And my GE washer that came with the house died after like 2 years, plastic crap

I was lucky my dishwasher died on a holiday weekend, I got a crazy sale on a maytag all stainless body dishwasher

But it is totally planned obsolescence, the washer drain pump I replaced was a plastic impeller on a metal shaft, it was guaranteed to fail over time

[gleaming crater]

Are you only selling models or also doing prints?

[dire spear]

only selling cad models

[gleaming crater]

And did you design those yourself or use keyv2

[dire spear]

i designed it. well. i mean they are cherry. but every model is wrong you can find online. so i made my own based on real ones. and then created a delrin stem

[gleaming crater]

I'm not a modeler, keyv2 was a goldmine for me to get custom keycaps

I was able to get stems to print on a resin printer

As a complete key

Basically had to print at a slope with a crazy number of fine supports around the bottom rim of the key

[gleaming crater]

I've got a split keyboard that is basically impossible to find a keyset for I was forced to go custom to get a DSA/XDA profile

[dire spear]

yeah mostly the custom sets cater to cherry

[gleaming crater]

Yeah my keyboard is almost entirely 1u keys, I can't even use standard modifer keys

[dire spear]

ahh

[gleaming crater]

The moonlander from zsa.io

[dire spear]

it was fun making these, but noone bought them (well not noone, but not enough to keep going)

[gleaming crater]

Yeah it's a very very niche market lol

[dire spear]

its an imploding market too

[gleaming crater]

People who buy custom mechanical keyboards who ALSO buy custom keycaps

[dire spear]

1 year ago it was a better time

[gleaming crater]

Impolding how?

Just one of those hobbies that kinda dies off in popularity?

[dire spear]

sales dropping. companies failing

[gleaming crater]

Younger kids are less likely to even own a computer I think

[dire spear]

its a luxury hobby, and now is not a time for luxury

[gleaming crater]

Let alone have the dispoable income for a custom keyboard yeah

My keeb was $365, it's an eye-watering price to anybody

[dire spear]

car market is crashing too

[dire spear]

a full set of my keycaps is $2000

[gleaming crater]

For me it's a required ergonomic accessory to have a split keyboard

[dire spear]

😛

[gleaming crater]

I remember when you could get a decent car for that

[dire spear]

ha

yup

mine i mostly intended to sell as singles. esc keys for $30-$50 each

people liked them, but the follow through was poor (from saying "i want that" to actually buying them)

[gleaming crater]

Oof yeah I can see why the demand ain't there lol

[dire spear]

a year ago i think id have sold them all

but not now

[gleaming crater]

I remember shopping and someone did have a full set of wood keys that was like 750ish I wanna say

Cherry layout of course

[dire spear]

basic wood sets are $500-$2000. mine are more fancy, but meh.

the $500 ones just have lasered logos

[gleaming crater]

"just" lol

[dire spear]

"just" cause is cheap and not very readable

mine are coloured epoxy inlays

[gleaming crater]

I did side legends on mine for printability, I did fill some too with UV cured resin nail polish

[dire spear]

um

[gleaming crater]

I need to print a new set with tighter stems tho

[dire spear]

theres a tribble on the keyboard

[gleaming crater]

Lol yeah he's kinda a dick

[dire spear]

stems are hard. tolerance and material choice. more artisan caps have epoxy or printed stems and the break off or come loose after some use.

[gleaming crater]

Yeah it was a verrrrrry fine difference between too lose and too tight

[dire spear]

thats why i went cnc'd delrin. but that added $5+ to each cap

[gleaming crater]

I have the mini 8k with a 22um pixel size tho

I need to do a set with like 10 steps of the stem profile

For testing

[dire spear]

resin prints will eventually break off. that's the consensus. obviously it depends on use. these are often sold to gamers that abuse stuff

[gleaming crater]

I didn't have any break, but with the stems on the loose side eventually they'd start to fly off if I typed too fast hahaha

[dire spear]

ah

[gleaming crater]

And that was like on for a year too

[dire spear]

thats not bad

[gleaming crater]

I think when they're a little loose they start to wear over time and eventually slip free

I should try a more textured stem or something

[dire spear]

people were asking about my inlays. will they wear off etc. i got people saying they wore out doubleshot abs in 6 months.... HOW!

[gleaming crater]

I'm guessing they got scammed and are too dumb to realize it lol

[prisma briar]

Yea, that sounds like they got printed keys

[dire spear]

no idea. maybe their fingers are made of acetone

[dire spear]

no, gmk doubleshot abs (they claimed)

i dont really believe it

[prisma briar]

The doubleshot caps I have are different materials for the full thickness of the keycap, there's no way it'd 'wear off'

[gleaming crater]

I run pretty light keyswitches without a click so maybe I type different than most

[dire spear]

i expect abs to go shiny in a few months sure. but wear down the lettering?

[dire spear]

exactly

are they doing their nails while they game? (dip fingers in acetone)

hehe

anyhow. im out. ha. if someone wants to buy the cad and make their own, they can loose their own money 😛

[gleaming crater]

Ha

[dire spear]

i did get to write it off at least

not that i spent all that much. 2-3k plus labour

packaging was one of the big things. i bought a vac former and a cricut

[prisma briar]

I've still got 5 of those 3D printed keys on my board that are holding fine. Been less than a week though.

[dire spear]

yeah im curious how they hold up. most people cant print PC and most peoples printed are not as precise as yours.

maybe youve found a break through

[gleaming crater]

FDM keys?

[prisma briar]

I got PETG ones to work too

PLA ones immediately deformed

[dire spear]

petg i expect to break

[gleaming crater]

I've yet to see an FDM key that didn't look like someone putting lipstick on a pig lol

Always some compromise in formfactor to make it work

[dire spear]

yes, they normally are pretty bad

my SLS stems looked really nice. but they are flexy like gummy bears

useless

someone is selling SLS caps on etsy too.

[forest edge]

@tidal bronze think i am starting to understand your Texas issue.. after looking over some of the released statistics of various things for California, Florida and Texas it's apparent you 3 are related lmao. sibling squabble

[prisma briar]

I switched to all clear with a black icon and the icon shows up better but this is how mine came out looking. I'm planning to make a wall-mounted control panel using them.

[gleaming crater]

I find that brand/color of resin makes a huge difference

Some kinds have wayyy more rigidity than others

[prisma briar]

I'm happy with being able to 3d print keys with identifiable icons on them personally.

I have plenty of actual keys to use on normal keyboards.

[dire spear]

sigh. you cant sell plans like this. that window is not buildable without engineering. this is what i hate. i try to make something nice. but my competition is this crap that people think is pretty and cheap...

/rant

[prisma briar]

Maybe if they were selling them in pre-cut kits

[dire spear]

$1500 for a set of drawings

[prisma briar]

lol

[dire spear]

yup

and they do have sales

but you cant make that window

[prisma briar]

Admittedly I don't know the going rate for plans but I couldn't see spending more than maybe $100-200 on plans for that house

It's tiny and kind of ugly imo

Way too much unusable space

[dire spear]

its variable. 1k usd is standard for a full size house from a repurable source

200-500 is more common on etsy

100ish for a shed or tiny house

the stairs. magical

anyhow

its sad that basically they way to make money is.. lie

[prisma briar]

Carry a heavy box upstairs, have the stair split and the rail bifurcates you

[gleaming crater]

Lol holy fuck one stringer

"fuck your code"

[dire spear]

hehe

[gleaming crater]

Yeah like you said, it takes engineering for that magical nonsense to actually happen

Like that's not a stringer, it's a metal frame welded to the metal steps kinda thing

[dire spear]

those stairs are beyond engineering. they need gandalf

[gleaming crater]

Thanks, I hate it

[dire spear]

hehe

[static schooner]

I think each step should be a seesaw/teeter-totter with a limited range of motion

[dire spear]

really you are paying $1500 for some inspiration

[static schooner]

make climbing the stairs an adventure

[dire spear]

which is ok i guess

but id expect something buildable

[dire spear]

ha.

[gleaming crater]

Are you a course designer for ninja warrior

[prisma briar]

Just turn the stairs into a kinetic sculpture you have to navigate your way up like a moving puzzle.

They're most of the way there as-is

[dire spear]

super mario stairs

[static schooner]

I don't think I've seen something like that on ANW, but it could make a good obstacle

[dire spear]

i did a single stringer stair set in a restaurant. but it was one a 12" square tube

[prisma briar]

Lol, 'make your way up a spiral staircase as fast as you can' would be a great ninja warrior course

[static schooner]

challenge would be to hit each on-center to prevent it from tilting

get rid of the railing, of course 🙂

[dire spear]

and dont think you can use the railsing for help. they are just 2 skinny posts

[gleaming crater]

Can you imagine the wine-drunk accident tripping down those stairs?

Break your neck and back at the same time

[dire spear]

i love how rage inducing willfully bad design is

[gleaming crater]

It's somebody who's never been in the real world designing something that 'looks cool'

[dire spear]

basically.

we are talking with someone to build my shed (2 maybe) local. then we will take pics, amke refinements. then i will be comfortable selling the plans for $150.

(cdn)

you gotta remember that these plans still have to go to your architect, who will just tell you "nope, cant make that"

[prisma briar]

I have this jank roof over an outdoor patio, I was considering ripping the roof down and building a shed there.

[dire spear]

wel, i got plans if you need. hahah

😛

my porch needs the roof raised. they sloped it off the existing rood so its like 5 feet at the low end.

silly

makes it a wasted space

[forest edge]

hard to glance at this channel sometimes

[gleaming crater]

I need to relocate a tree in my back yard so I can put a shed in it's space

Before the tree gets too big to move

But I'm probably just gonna do some kit shed

[dire spear]

shed in a box.

hehe

just gotta make sure they comply with the bylaws. home depot has tons of nice shed, but half of them are actually illegal here :/

[prisma briar]

I imagine your shed is probably bigger than the slab I have

It's like 10'x20'

[dire spear]

my shed is 12x12

ish

[prisma briar]

But I also need room on a side to open a door too

[gleaming crater]

Around here if I do a paver floor it doesn't count as occupied space on the lot

[dire spear]

huh

[prisma briar]

Hmm, I wonder how much of my lot I can use

[dire spear]

they relaxed the rules here. so now we can have 160sft

[gleaming crater]

So many people here have paver driveways as a result

[dire spear]

and up to 14 ft or so

[prisma briar]

Heh, I need to redo my driveway. I was going to try to DIY it probably over summer 2025.

Jackhammer the old one up and pour a new one

[dire spear]

i need to eventually rip my driveway out. the house is surrounded by concrete slabs (old owner had kennels)

[gleaming crater]

My driveway is more of a collection of broken slabs now lol

[forest edge]

ugh https://youtu.be/Ugc2gujB2Sg?si=TT6Edj4CSetNlaZj

[prisma briar]

My driveway is just chipping really bad

It's still functional though

[dire spear]

label them pavers

[gleaming crater]

Hahah "it's permiable now"

[dire spear]

i have to run plumbing under mine.

[prisma briar]

I considered sealing it to prevent chipping but that probably should have been done 10 years ago if it was going to be done

[dire spear]

oh, i see. so its landscaping, as opposed to a structure that effects run off/grading etc

(paver vs paved)

[gleaming crater]

Yeah there are limits on hard surface coverage of a lot here, smaller lots will go for a bigger house and basically only able to do pavers for a driveway because they'd be over the limit

[dire spear]

ahh

yeah we have a 40% total limit. and uh... 7% for accessories. but people just pay off the city and build to the corners

[gleaming crater]

https://www.seattle.gov/sdci/permits/common-projects/sheds seems pretty sane here

[prisma briar]

I have a ranch style house on a tiny lot, probably 75% of my lot is covered in concrete or house

[dire spear]

oof

i have a tiny hosue on a relatively large lot

[gleaming crater]

Yeah here is 35% coverage limit lol

[prisma briar]

But there's also a huge dog park/field maintained by my HOA about 40' from my front door

So I get the benefits of a yard without needing to landscape it, lol

[dire spear]

im covering less than 20% right now

[prisma briar]

At least the benefits I care for

[dire spear]

HOA. ... shudder

we dont have those here thankfully

[gleaming crater]

Ewww HOA

[dire spear]

the city is nosey enough

[gleaming crater]

I love this note on the seattle shed page

Shed drawings rarely require a professional stamp indicating the shed was designed by an architect or engineer. Anyone with drafting skills may prepare the drawings or you may hire a professional to help you.

[prisma briar]

Just did the math, my lot is 57% covered

Less than I thought

[dire spear]

ha. sheds under 160ft here need no permits or drawings or anythiing

[gleaming crater]

Yeah nothing can go over 50% here even on a residential small lot

[prisma briar]

3,900 sq ft lot, lol.

[dire spear]

my lot is 3900 as well. 39 ft x 100 ft

[prisma briar]

I suspect one of the concrete pads was added without a permit

[dire spear]

but my house is like 700sft on the outside

footprint

[dire spear]

no permits for that needed unless it is so big it would affect grading.

[gleaming crater]

If they ever tore my house down they'd build at least 3 in it's place around here

[prisma briar]

It's 20'x10'

[gleaming crater]

Split-levels are basically non-existant anymore

In the city anyways

[prisma briar]

They just paved half my back yard and put a shoddy roof over it

[dire spear]

that wouldnt not need a permit

[gleaming crater]

I mean I'm just talking the footprint of my current house, split-levels take up a ton of lot space

Now everyone builds up in this town

[dire spear]

in my neighbourhood they wont split lots like mine. but in downtown toronto they would put a 40 floor condo it it.

[gleaming crater]

Seattle will happily let you split a lot to bits

[prisma briar]

best roof ever

[dire spear]

if i could knock over my house, id go 2.5 floors plus a basement, but try not to increase the footprint. i like having a nice yard

[gleaming crater]

I thought about doing a greenshouse style shed with that roof

[static schooner]

a whole lot packed with sheds

[gleaming crater]

We have that but it's a homless town lol

[static schooner]

then rent out the sheds

🤑

[dire spear]

were onyl allowed 2 shed

(2 accessories)

and one tiny house

[gleaming crater]

2 sheds jackson?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjS3gzHetA

[dire spear]

plus one regular house

while still being under 40% coverage

[gleaming crater]

One of the definitions of a shed is "unoccupied" lol

[static schooner]

for shed stuff, not occupancy 🙂

like a mini-storage space for stuff you don't use often

[gleaming crater]

Sheds are already crackhead bait around here

[static schooner]

I have tree-trimming and mulching tools that don't need to live in my garage all the time

[gleaming crater]

Yeah that's why I want a shed, my garage is too full of cars to store everything lol

[prisma briar]

I was considering getting a carport over my driveway and finishing my garage to be an indoor room

It only really needs flooring done and some drywall replaced

[gleaming crater]

What about HVAC, most garages aren't included in the system

Or just some other kinda heat

[prisma briar]

I have a 5000w heater mounted on the ceiling out there

And if I made it a finished room I'd get a minisplit for it too

[dire spear]

if its occupied, it needs a permit and to meet code. (cause it might fall on your head)

[gleaming crater]

Then you need things like "multiple exits" and "fire alarms" lol

[dire spear]

not multi exits, but yes, all the rest

[gleaming crater]

I thought you cannot count an area as a bedroom unless it has a window exit along with a door

[dire spear]

ah. yes. you need an egress window. i was thinking jsut doors

people cheat here and make bunkies. occupied sheds.

technically not allwoed, but its hard to proove usage

"im just storing that bed"

[gleaming crater]

lol

[dire spear]

tiny house rules here are just the same as a real house. all the same rules, insulation, room size, etc.

most tiny houses you see online are not legal

(here)

then you have "what is a house". if it has a sleeping area, a bathroom, and a kitchen with a sink and stove is it a house.

[gleaming crater]

I think seattle might have passed some tiny house specific stuff

[dire spear]

a lot of places are

our gov mandated all cities create tiny house laws

my city was first

right now you can only have one in addition to an existing regular house.

but i expect we will get them allowed to be on their own in some areas soon

right now there is an 800sft min

(my real house is technically illegal)

[gleaming crater]

I'm sure most houses are violating some code lol

[dire spear]

well yes. haha. my house was built before there was a code

[gleaming crater]

I went down this rabbit hole looking up city codes because part of my lot falls under steep slope ECA guidelines

[dire spear]

"no touch"

hehe

[gleaming crater]

But I find it fascinating that the GIS maps seem to have parcel outlines that include property improvements

I can see my deck and a neighbor's shed

[dire spear]

i looked at a lot on a 30 degree slope. $20000 for 2 acres. surrounded by $2m homes. so you know something was up.

[gleaming crater]

In seattle you can theoretically build on any slope.... for money

I wanted to slap the contractor down the hill bitching and moaning at spending over a million dollars on shoring for the houses below me

I was like... you're still selling these for a profit right?

[dire spear]

in this case the lot was an erosion barrier. youd have need to build on 50 ft (not joking) pylons with the house above the ground)

[gleaming crater]

The only reason it's even worth building these houses is how much the market is worth lol

Dude some of these houses at the base of the hill below me have 3 story or more retaining walls

[dire spear]

my grandmothers house had that

it is all sand there. 100s of feet of sand. so you carve out a flat area and try to support the rest.

"try"

[gleaming crater]

Everything around here is clay or rock

Trying to dig in my back yard is hell

[dire spear]

my neighbourhood is all rock

12" soil. then rock

but its breakable rock. layered. so not like trying to dig granite

[gleaming crater]

Yeah I get a heavy mix of clay and rock from first shovel, get down a bit and you hit all the vine roots

My son is going to get conscripted into digging the new hole to move this tree lol

[dire spear]

hehe

i need to murder some 18" diam 50 ft tall maples

they are a risk to fall on the house

since they have 12" of roots

i wanted to try to cut them myself but i dont think its possible

every direction i can cut a branch will hit something

[gleaming crater]

Yeah that's what a pro is for

[dire spear]

$3000 they want

bleh

[gleaming crater]

Why are the roots so bad

[dire spear]

i have 12" of soil. so they are just shallow. and we have 100+ kmh wind

so trees fall over fairly often

these are young ish trees. 25 years. (weed maple)

i want to see if i can make lumber from them though

make my new countertops maybe. or dining table

i need a longer pole saw. 20-30 ft.

[gleaming crater]

Lol in seattle you wouldn't be able to leagally remove those trees unless you could prove they were a hazzard

They're big enough to be considered a signficant tree

[dire spear]

in toronto you need a permit and $200. here as long as its not a city owned tree they dont care

[gleaming crater]

Seattle has crazy tree protections

It makes some spots completely undevelopable because you cannot cut the trees down for any reason legally

[dire spear]

yeah. we have enough trees they dont care (yet)

[gleaming crater]

Washington has a love affair with trees tho lol

[dire spear]

im going to plant new trees, but those ones are weeds

norway maple is an invasive species

i cut down like 50 saplings a year

they are a virus

[gleaming crater]

Around here we have pine trees up the wazoo

[dire spear]

yeah. where i used to live (sand place) is spruce and pine

if you bought a 2x4, it was probably milled there

😛

where i am is mostly maple, ash, walnut

[gleaming crater]

According to GiS maps my third of an acre lot has 60% tree coverage apparently

[dire spear]

and does it?

[gleaming crater]

Sounds about right, the whole slope area is full of trees

[dire spear]

ah

find me a 20 ft chainsaw. hehe. i cant find anything longer than 10 ft. and i tried that already and i cant even reach the lowest branches

[gleaming crater]

Lol that's why the pros climb up and drop the branches straight down one by one

[dire spear]

yeah

i want a boom lift

they have 20 ft hand saws. but these branches are 6" or more diam

would take ages

[gleaming crater]

Just find a crackhead on craigslist to scale the tree for a hundred bucks

[dire spear]

no

just

no

[gleaming crater]

I have used this app called thumback to find people before, it's kinda like uber for handymen

But the guys that installed my sod gave me invoice number 11 after telling me they did this all the time lol

[dire spear]

if you pay someone it has to be insured

[gleaming crater]

It's mostly legit contractors on there but you do find some interesting cheap ones lol

[red rock]

Today a colleague showed me a new app

a shit app

as in

whenever you take a shit, you mark it on the map

[gleaming crater]

Lollll

[red rock]

and you rate it

[gleaming crater]

"this app is the shit"

[red rock]

and others can comment on it

[sudden forge]

What are they commenting on?

[gleaming crater]

Plz tell me there aren't photos getting posted

[red rock]

and you and your friends can have a competition at the furthest place you've had a shit

[sudden forge]

Scoring each others logs 1-10?

[gleaming crater]

I don't need to see a feed of primo coilers mate

[forest edge]

just why?

[red rock]

you can add photos

[sudden forge]

Why

[red rock]

and people just make selfies on the toilet

[red rock]

5

[sudden forge]

Why is this a thing

[red rock]

why not

[dire spear]

O_o

[forest edge]

further proof of what i been saying all along lol

https://tenor.com/view/flush-toilet-press-gif-13733395

[winged obsidian]

You just need a map to the baggie dispensers

[forest edge]

give me your addy, i'll ship you what you crave

should have known this was a euro fad lol

but i wouldn't put it past the US either

[winged obsidian]

1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, FL 33480

[forest edge]

want the notes to leave it on the doorstep or in your mailbox? lol

"Please deliver by method of chucking it towards home dweller"

[winged obsidian]

That would be perfect, thanks!

[gleaming crater]

Aahahhahahahahahahaha

[sudden forge]

I knew that address rang a bell

[red rock]

I've searched but I am not sure what I am looking at

[gleaming crater]

Mar-a-Lago

[sudden forge]

^

[forest edge]

trump

[red rock]

aaaaaah

check

[sudden forge]

Perfect place to take a dump

[winged obsidian]

It's used on this document: https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-09/08.31.23. -- Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant - Interim.pdf

[sudden forge]

And I feel I can get away with saying that's an a-political statement

If you hate him, then go on one of the lawns. If you love him, it's a luxury resort, it's probably got a pretty decent bog or 2

[dire spear]

thats moved so far beyond politic into absurdist comedy

nayhow

i need to saw some logs

:x

[winged obsidian]

8/10, excellent reading material, needs better shelving

[gleaming crater]

Best I can do is 2 billion from a saudi bank

[static schooner]

when you're planning to be in there for a while...

[gleaming crater]

Wasn't there a copy machine on the other side of the wall from that picture?

[dire spear]

the top sheets are gov docs. under that its porn mags

[gleaming crater]

Who needs a soft bed when a perfectly good hardwood floor exists?

[dire spear]

ha

[gleaming crater]

I should get a timelapse of her sometime, its like watching a liquid pour out of a container in slow motion when she sleeps

[dire spear]

gettin breezy out

[gleaming crater]

Is that your own data?

[dire spear]

statscan

[gleaming crater]

Ahh

If you have your own wind speed/direction sensor this is a fun card to have https://github.com/aukedejong/lovelace-windrose-card

[dire spear]

measurerd at the airport which is near me

[gleaming crater]

I need a new weather station tho, mine is too old and beat up to give accurate readings anymore

[dire spear]

i need new weather

hehe

[silent dove]

If you have a feature request for the frontend you can open one here, for Home Assistant itself please post on the forum. All other feature requests should be made to the developer of that custom card/component.

[dire spear]

i think the wind today might take my trees down for me

:x

[solar zealot]

i love hdmi switches

they are actually random

[dire spear]

i read that as hdmi sandwiches

[solar zealot]

they are sandy

[dire spear]

hdmi is so 90s

all the cool kids are on displayport

[solar zealot]

yuck

its the closest we came to vga

[dire spear]

i have cga monitors

[dapper quartz]

DP 2.1 over fiber are really expensive beasts. I'm not ready to spend $1k on a single cable.

[dire spear]

i got lots of fibre the phone company left behind

[dapper quartz]

Well, lucky one.

[dire spear]

how much is fibre by the foot anyway

i got like 20-30 ft

i assume its the ends that are the expensive bit

yeah seems like its 100 an end and the cable is more or less worthless

[dapper quartz]

Tranceivers? Yeah. Single mode fibre is really cheap, but tranceivers are not.

Especially 40+ Gbps.

[solar zealot]

fibers? why they tell us asbestos is bad but data ones are good
curious

[dire spear]

yes the ones i found online are 100g

[dire spear]

the cancer

[solar zealot]

they dont want you to find out the walls are full of candy

[dire spear]

silicon is mostly hamful in micro fine powder form. which you dont generally get by accident

[dapper quartz]

Never handle fibre optics with bare hands. Pulling an almost invisible transparent glass filament that is thinner than a hair out of your finger is not something I would wish on anyone.

[dire spear]

asbestos turns to dust more readily

[dire spear]

thats a different topic yea. fibreglass, etc should always be handled with gloves

new pink iinsulation though seems to not be itchy. not sure what they did to it

[gleaming crater]

I'm sure it's no longer a pile of microscopic needles anymore lol

[dire spear]

i guess. it doesnt look different. but it feels different

[gleaming crater]

It sounds like they're fusing two kinds of glass together which causes the fibers to curl and bunch up instead of being straight stabby little bastards

[dire spear]

hm

[dire spear]

did some measuring. i need a saw 20 ft long to cut the branches off my larger maple tree. eep

its 13 ft up, but you of course dont want to stand under it

ha

[gleaming crater]

Sounds like a good way to end up in a wheelchair lol

[dire spear]

yup

or dead

these branches are 30 ft trees on their own

if i do get them cut im gonna use wedges to split the trunks into billets. for guitar tops. (as opposed to trying to make boards or slabs)

[ocean oar]

Gloves, mask, goggles, overalls

I don't care how damn hot it is where I'm in its presence, it doesn't get to touch me

[dire spear]

i knew people that sandblasted buildings. they said they were only "allowed" to have the job for 5 years

[ocean oar]

Sounds like a small pp(e) problem

sorry that was bad, I'll come up with a better one

[dire spear]

ha

they use fresh air systemes

but the risk of silicosis is still too high

[dapper quartz]

There is an exposure threshold beyond which people trade their lives for money with an unfavourable exchange rate.

[dire spear]

pretty much

[dapper quartz]

And unpredictably, that's even worse.

I have heard a lot of stories about coal miners who worked in Soviet-style mines, who looked like old men in their 30s and died within the next 5 years.

[dire spear]

bleh

[forest edge]

hard labor under ground.. what they were breathing in shortened their life span, their work style turned them old looking

[gleaming crater]

But somewhere a shareholder got richer.. won't somebody think of the yachts?

[dire spear]

bleh

[dapper quartz]

Maybe so. But it's more likely that it was the same coal that my parents used to heat their house when I was a kid.

[dire spear]

i use electricity. thats never hurt anyone...

cough

[dapper quartz]

||I miss really cold winters that were 20 years ago, with proper snow and -25°C every day…||

[primal laurel]

We used to have proper winters here too in NL. But then, climate change

[dire spear]

nah. you angered the dutch gods. so they took winter away

i read it on the internet, so it must be true

[gleaming crater]

The only dutch god I know of is max verstappen

[dire spear]

our weather is always volatile, so it is not a useful gauge of warming/cooling

[primal laurel]

no elfsteden tocht for us

[dire spear]

its cause you haven't banished that peter guy yet

[primal laurel]

that peter guy? you're going to have to be more specific

[dire spear]

the one that makes the news over here whever there is an xmas party

haha

[primal laurel]

huuuuuuuuh

[dire spear]

i think black peter is also in northern german culture too

my dad was from the very north. border of denmark

[gleaming crater]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-no-nope-gif-5413974953753901704

[dire spear]

ha

[primal laurel]

zwarte piet?

[dire spear]

yes

anyhow

off off topic

[gleaming crater]

https://tenor.com/view/racoon-gif-22278566

[dire spear]

um

[gleaming crater]

Just getting it back onto raccoon topic lol

[dire spear]

yes

but the image disturbs me

hehehe

[static schooner]

it's like watching the first 2/3s of a movie and missing the ending

Spoiler: ||He runs into a wall||

[dire spear]

im imagining a larger adult racoon out of frame cheering on their kid

[forest edge]

@tidal bronze to keep you up on the news lol. https://youtu.be/aPTv0O27DZc?si=a8nwg5kgHDY2F4Hy

[dire spear]

ai is good for racoon pics\

[dapper quartz]

I have never seen a real raccoon in my life.

[gleaming crater]

I have seen them beg for food on the side of the road next to signs that said "do not feed racoons"

[static schooner]

like the dog that pees on the "no dogs" sign

[gleaming crater]

There is a massive park down in tacoma called Point Defiance and the racoon problem got real bad when they figured out how to look cute and beg

[dire spear]

any racoon requests?

ha

[primal laurel]

I want to see a raccoon win the 2024 F1 driver's championship

[primal laurel]

looks like the 60's

[gleaming crater]

I swear to god this was GPT's answer to your exact message

While the idea of a raccoon winning the 2024 Formula 1 (F1) Driver's Championship is a fun and imaginative concept, in reality, it's not possible. F1 drivers are highly skilled human athletes who undergo intense training and must meet strict qualifications to compete at the highest level of motorsport.

[dire spear]

sorry, only goes to 1964

[dire spear]

booooring

[gleaming crater]

I was like I want to SEE it

[primal laurel]

what if the raccoon has a super license?

[dire spear]

rocketman?

[gleaming crater]

This apparently

[primal laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/really-i-dont-believe-you-unbelievable-shocked-confused-gif-22291379

[dire spear]

haha

[gleaming crater]

Yeah it's pretty terrible lol

[dire spear]

the ai i use seems to make a cartoonish style for everything

[gleaming crater]

Yeah I even complained about it not being photorealistic and it gave a wishywashy answer that it couldn't do better

[dire spear]

hehe

this ones better

ok. thats enough entertainment for now

i also notice ai loves extreme bokeh

[primal laurel]

it has no true understanding

it just generates what seems plausible

[dire spear]

yeah. its not real ai

it doesnt "think"

[primal laurel]

it's a big fat statistical model

[gleaming crater]

It's kinda like autocomplete at the pixel level lol

[primal laurel]

screw AI

im doing some fun math now

[tidal bronze]

Looks like last Expendiblea didn't work out. Lmao.

[forest edge]

or wisdom finally kicked in

funny thing was, they mentioned something about NY. guess he moved from NY to LA and now heading to floida lol

[tidal bronze]

Nothing trumps revenue buddy.

[forest edge]

I did like FL's jab at California tho.. that was funny

[tidal bronze]

Only way to maintain Hollywood life is to move to swamp Hollywood

[tidal bronze]

There's nothing FL or TX can say or do to move this needle. But it's a good feeling for broken and lost souls.

[forest edge]

refer to my first comment I addressed to you earlier today.. siblings be siblings lmao

[tidal bronze]

Siblings that's short a trillion?

[forest edge]

isn't it standrd that one makes alittle more, another alittle smarter and one always more fun?

[tidal bronze]

And one that talks a lot and got no game. Yep

[forest edge]

I was watching this thing about wrong way incidents and it was hilarious how that really only involves 3 states.. can you guess which one's?

[dire spear]

solid, liquid and gas?

[tidal bronze]

Sadly coming from middle earth you will find it hard to understand. But I see you

[forest edge]

every other state finds it hard to understand.. when they were talking about wrong way detection system the dude was going out of his way to explain just how specific they had to be tailored lol

prompted me to look up other dumb incidents and fatalities. you guys must breed like rabbits to maint pop is all i gotta say lol

[tidal bronze]

I know it's hard to understand 5th largest economy in the world when you come from a developing economy even if you are in the same continent. I feel you my man.

[forest edge]

i been to texas I know what a good ecomony is like lol

[tidal bronze]

Yep trillion short.

One day.

They need your prayers

[forest edge]

2025/2026.. now that you can't even keep your farmers safe from theft you will be dropping like a rock lol

[tidal bronze]

Sorry man. I measure by $ not feelings.

[forest edge]

question will be.. how will florida treat you online rotf

"Welcome to Calif...Hey that's my wallet!"

[tidal bronze]

I guess you don't know much about FL housing market 🤣

[forest edge]

I could care less about FL

[tidal bronze]

Middle earth tunnel vision

[forest edge]

Texas is the one to watch

[tidal bronze]

Yes I agree. Trillion later

[forest edge]

Texas is going to blow past you like Jackson Storm

https://tenor.com/view/jackson-storm-jackson-storm-cars-gif-27492449

[tidal bronze]

The three U.S. states with the highest GDPs were California ($3.6 trillion), Texas ($2.356 trillion), and New York ($2.053 trillion). The three U.S. states with the lowest GDPs were Vermont ($40.6 billion), Wyoming ($47.4 billion), and Alaska ($63.6 billion).. correction 1.3 trillion later.

[forest edge]

you know that updates every year right?

[tidal bronze]

Yes as long as you know what a trillion is. 🤣

[forest edge]

is that the number that keeps falling next to where it says California?

[dire spear]

40 billion in maple syrup?

[tidal bronze]

Mind the gap bud. Mind the gap.

[tidal bronze]

Did canada make the top 10?

[dire spear]

our gdp is 10000 trillions

im not sure actually. 10 i think sounds familliar

[forest edge]

@tidal bronzelook at these cuves.. tell me which one is more of a straight line? lol https://www.statista.com/statistics/187834/gdp-of-the-us-federal-state-of-california-since-1997/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/188132/gdp-of-the-us-federal-state-of-texas-since-1997/

[dire spear]

2

that seems right. we are roughlky the size of ny

with more trees

and oil

and pineapple pizza

[tidal bronze]

You mean 2

[gleaming crater]

Canada is smaller market than California lol

[forest edge]

not to summon the whale hunter but isn't Norway suppose to be on that? lol

[dire spear]

i said 2

[tidal bronze]

I think Norway is 28 or 58 who knows

But hey they got fiber since 1938

[dire spear]

we have a smaller population than california

[forest edge]

does shining candle light through melted glass blob count?

[dire spear]

and we spend our money on health care instead of tanks. 😛

[forest edge]

candy strippes lol

[tidal bronze]

Grilled Branzino in NY. Couldn't get any better.

[forest edge]

looks like rusted metal

[tidal bronze]

Ok 👍

[dire spear]

its true. we have like 4 tanks

hehe

[tidal bronze]

Try not to fall of that 10 spot

[dire spear]

unlikely. usa will be # 2 soon though.

i assume anyway

[tidal bronze]

Lmao.

[dire spear]

hard to know with china

[tidal bronze]

You will be 26 then since trade partner lost a spot ?

[solar zealot]

I don't think China would overpay that much just for the luls of it

[tidal bronze]

They are doing pretty bad. The worst they've been. Hurting me as well. Oh well.

Some have dreams.

[solar zealot]

Did they over season your fish?

[forest edge]

Air Mike's taking a dip in sales?

[tidal bronze]

Nopes this is greek grilled. Perfect.

[solar zealot]

I enjoy how you say that like we would know what this means

[tidal bronze]

This is the only thing thats making it happen now. The apartment economy just went poof.

[solar zealot]

It's not made in a microwave Id be able to tell ^^

[dire spear]

if you screw up your food, you just call it greek.

[forest edge]

wasn't it like 2 years ago they were showcasing just how unsafe thier apartments were? like crumbing after 2 years of being built? lol

[dire spear]

😛

[solar zealot]

Wouldn't they call it american food then

[tidal bronze]

Nopes now it's worse. I mean bad just like our 2008 crash.

[solar zealot]

I don't think Greek has a history in selling non food products as food

[forest edge]

I dunno if that will be good for us in the long run or not as good

TV prices will rise probably lol

[dire spear]

if a greek screws up their food they call it british

if a brit screws up their food they call it "just right"

[solar zealot]

• steal all the spices
• never use them
• beans on mush for breakfast

[forest edge]

Honestly the US needs something to help it not depend on China for so much shit anyways.. maybe this will be good for us in the long run

[tidal bronze]

Unlikely, automating like crazy. Most of the village people in assembly lines are getting returned to farming. But those lands are now gone. It's a cluster. It's sad.

[solar zealot]

Difficult with China heavily investing into foreign infrastructure

[forest edge]

they moved that quick? I've seen some videos of some automation but nothing on a mass scale as in terms of everyhing

[solar zealot]

People dont even want to pay the premium for locally sourced food, I highly doubt anything more advanced would be more understandable to em

[forest edge]

need to just move to Japan.. least they still seem to be somewhat crawling along in the stuff that matters atleast lol

[tidal bronze]

You get to see only a glimpse. But they will be fine. It will be a major shake up but end of they they so much money is involved things will turn right side up.

[forest edge]

assuming something dosen't happen.. like global lol

brand new warehouse.. underwater

shit I should have bought that damn hydraulic pump for my tractor already.. that thing comes out of china

[tidal bronze]

Vietnam is their biggest issue with day labor rates.

18T I wouldn't worry about it too much. So much infusion to be made in a crunch.

[forest edge]

I don't worry about other countries anyways.. we have our own issues

depressing

issues

[tidal bronze]

Yes wish the other 45 owned up to their share

[forest edge]

not money issues

infact that is the problem, but not from lack of

greed and laziness

[tidal bronze]

Solves everything

[forest edge]

it does not solve shit

lmao

[tidal bronze]

Then you don't have enough. Lmao.

I am in love with frigate again

[forest edge]

no amount of money buys quality these days. you are not safe bud lol

I give it 5-7 years before we start seeing cars on the news where tires just fall off or doors or anything really lol

every vehicle I've owned and still have I can sell for almost what I paid for them lol

some for more than what I paid

like my bike

[tidal bronze]

You mean your tricycle?

[forest edge]

I need a trike these days

https://tenor.com/view/drift-trike-driftherbrum-gif-10118821

[forest edge]

@tidal bronzesee how alike to Texas you are? https://youtu.be/wbVf3rQbobk?si=vQQbPSarQKMGij8_

[pliant ember]

I think my "hey jarvis" wake word might be a little over-sensitive. 😂 (I was watching videos, the words don't match up with what i was watching at all)

[polar dagger]

just a warning if you use epic games. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/epic-games-reportedly-hit-by-200gb-ransomware-attack-including-login-and-payment-info

[dire spear]

oh great

[forest edge]

https://youtube.com/shorts/47DknSbF5x4?si=L-mjAfE6c0c3-27u

[last cedar]

@forest edge your favorite

[solar zealot]

That looks like a racoon

[iron granite]

Not filamented yet

[solar zealot]

Spooled raccoon

[hollow glacier]

pretty sure this is a scammer or spambot

@fathom sparrow not sure if this is worth tagging mod for

i thought i was up to play with him assuming it's a bad boy but i dont feel up for it

[primal laurel]

he is going to make you a bitcoin offer you can't refuse

https://tenor.com/view/the-god-father-marlon-brando-vito-corleone-talk-to-me-gif-4462663

[gleaming crater]

https://tenor.com/view/death-note-gif-25260320

[static schooner]

@tidal bronze James Hoffman commenting on coffee commercials ala MST3K is a good watch: https://youtu.be/clUt7XN8PVU?si=Y5BV6GfTlZHnJQdk

[forest edge]

yea see @iron granite gets it.

[last cedar]

/yee claw!

[last cedar]

😦

[forest edge]

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2017-08/18/11/asset/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane-03/sub-buzz-1135-1503071571-3.jpg?downsize=600:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto

saggy bottom.. sad trash panda lol

[last cedar]

WANT

Not saying which I want of those 2

[iron granite]

[vast egret]

I have plans to dive into Frigate some time this year, but I'm not ready yet. I've read that good Coral devices can be hard to come by. Should I be keeping an eye out for a Coral device and buying one if I find it so I have it when I'm ready to go, or is that not a thing?

[primal laurel]

coral USB sticks are pretty much unobtainium

best way to get one is via b2b distributors like farnell or mouser, thats how I got mine

[prisma briar]

https://www.mouser.com/c/?b=Coral

They have the USB one on preorder expected in a couple months https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Coral/G950-06809-01?qs=u16ybLDytRbcxxqFKdbhgQ%3D%3D

I ordered my (m.2) Coral with like a 3 week lead time and they shipped it when they said they would. The second one I got was in stock when I ordered, though it's not right now.

[primal laurel]

m2 corals are easier to get, it's the usb ones which are always out of stock

my farnell order took about a year to ship

for the m2 coral you need a specific connector in your device, most systems dont support it

[prisma briar]

I got the ones keyed the same as wifi and replaced the onboard wifi with them.

[primal laurel]

yeah you need 2 times x1 pcie I believe

dont remember it exactly but my NAS m2 slot didnt support it

[gleaming crater]

Did you watch any practice yet @primal laurel

[dapper quartz]

Homelab is a black hole for time and money.

I'm now wondering why I ever thought it was a good idea to use non-standard SFP+ transceivers in the first place. I spent three hours diagnosing and rechecking, only to find that they needed to be reflashed with a hacky patch for the Mikrotik switches where they should be.

facepalm.bin

[primal laurel]

yeah I watched FP1, skipped FP2. I think RB is sandbagging 1 lap pace

[gleaming crater]

Max did a lot of complaining thru both sessons lol

I'm absolutely here for quali tomorrow gonna show us the truth haha

[primal laurel]

dont get your hopes up lol

max is a very typical dutch person, no filter

[gleaming crater]

Oh I know it's gonna be the supr max max max show

Formula 1.5 is where it's at lol

[primal laurel]

alpine though... what a shitshow

how can you make your car worse by upgrading it

[gleaming crater]

Someone gotta give HASS a run for last place

[primal laurel]

oh boy

I read the baguette eaters lost their best engineers

[orchid rose]

Max suggested that they were running lower power modes than some others

qualifying could be fairly tight but RB will run away with it in race pace according to some quick analysis by Sam Collins after FP2

[gleaming crater]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-tie-fighter-tie-fighter-storm-trooper-pilot-jet-focus-mission-space-gif-26356183

This is max behind the wheel every week

[iron granite]

https://tenor.com/view/baby-raccoons-run-gif-13202842

[primal laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/gotta-go-fast-sonic-the-hedgehog-fast-speed-motion-blur-gif-18342829

[red rock]

soooo

What do y'all think of the new eurovision songs

[iron granite]

I ignored them

[red rock]

The dutch one is a BANGER

[finite atlas]

everyone, as always is 🚮

[red rock]

I am going to a concert of the guy

and I am longing for the moshpit

[static schooner]

I don't follow it, but this made enough news that it's still seared in my brain:

[red rock]

I vaguely remember this

[static schooner]

it had the added benefit of being the Norwegian entry

that amped up my amusement

[red rock]

https://youtu.be/gT2wY0DjYGo

[primal laurel]

Terrible

Send famke Louise

[red rock]

noooo

[orchid rose]

😬

Only watched a couple. The Finnish one is awful, the Ukrainian one is fine and I didn't really get why the Croatian one is supposedly a favorite

[primal laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/ja-moete-doen-dan-wel-gif-8966571

why is this guy in the video

[red rock]

Did you watch ours

[red rock]

HAKKUUUN

[gleaming crater]

The last point release of HA had a single change, don’t think I’ve seen one that small before lol

[dire spear]

does that mean its perfected now

[gleaming crater]

Tell that to my dashboards

[gleaming crater]

My daughter just told me their friend changed major from Vet, to Therapist, to Art Teacher and I couldn't help but laugh out loud "Oh so they don't wanna make money?"

[dire spear]

yup

my brothers ex took music. realised she was poor, then got a second degree in law

[dire spear]

ai racoons have officially gone off the deep end

[gleaming crater]

The F1 drama is absurd today lol

[solar zealot]

I thought they would make cars go zoom in circles, but all we get is reality tv content

[gleaming crater]

Lol yeah, but there’s no way they even mention any of this on drive to survive

I was trying to explain to a coworker how much spicy stuff doesn’t make it into DTS

But yes hurry up and go zoom plz

[primal laurel]

it's just so weird because we don't even know the screenshots are real

[gleaming crater]

Did you read them yet lol

They’re certainly awkward enough to be believable

But RB has already said case closed, now he just gets to be crucified in the court of public opinion until max wins a race and everyone kinda forgets

Until ginger spice is single that is lol

[glacial knot]

which one's ginger spice? o.0

[gleaming crater]

The team principle for red bull is married to her, Geri Halliwell

https://tenor.com/view/ginger-spice-spice-girls-geri-halliwell-girl-group-90s-music-gif-24416202

I knew there’d be a gif on tap lol

[iron granite]

https://tenor.com/view/jahe-bakar-api-panas-hangat-gif-10916494

[gleaming crater]

Ahahahha

Why is free practice 3 always so boring

[primal laurel]

BREAKING: In regards to new horner leaks the FIA have decided to give a 5 second penalty for Ocon

[gleaming crater]

Ocon got a penalty for that penalty later lol

[red rock]

Ocon should've become a footballer

[glacial knot]

because cars going vroom in a circle is pretty boring

[red rock]

That's why spice up the circle with walls

[gleaming crater]

That’s nascar, f1 at least gets things called “right hand turns”

[glacial knot]

should add some shells

wobbly circles then