▲ 111 r/castles

[META] I am once again asking for a better tagging system for this sub

I made a post about this years ago but saw no traction at the time. I really think this sub would benefit from requiring tags that better distinguish between the different kinds of buildings posted. We're constantly seeing posts of Neuschwanstein and Hohenzollern and other gothic revival castles and the comments are full of people arguing about whether it's a real castle. Lets just require tagging them as what they are

Something like the following:

  • Medieval Castle for true defensive castles built in the middle ages
  • Renaissance and Enlightenment for the palaces, chateaus and fortresses built from the 15th to 18th centuries
  • Gothic Revival for castles like Neuschwanstein or Schwerin built during the 1800s as homes for rich castle enthusiasts
  • Fortress for buildings that served primarily as military structures rather than residences
  • Place of Worship for temples, churches, mosques, synagogues etc...

Any ideas for other tags? Do we think it's too much to expect people who post here to google the right tag to use?

I think this would improve the educational value of the sub and would be nice for searching for specific types of castle you want to find.

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u/A_Martian_Potato — 3 days ago
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Are AOC "controversies" being manufactured by bad actors, or are these actually real issues for people?

In the past couple of weeks I keep seeing headlines with AOC and the word "controversy" in them, and then not actually being able to find the controversy. She froze her eggs. She made a joke about something called "woke 1". Does anyone actually have a problem with these things or is this an attempt to connect her name to the word controversy as much as possible?

To me all of these seems like absolute nothingburgers and I personally haven't seen any actual outrage. Just people referencing outrage that apparently exists. Am I just disconnected? Is it because I'm not on Xitter?

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u/A_Martian_Potato — 7 days ago
▲ 3 r/DartFrog+1 crossposts

Looking for a hygrometer/thermometer recommendation

I've got a pair of bio-active dart frog tanks. I've used Govee Smart Thermometers in them but obviously they don't last forever because of the high humidity.

Ideally I want a fairly accurate humidity readings from a probe, so that the main electronics can be outside the tank and Wifi connectivity so I can get alerts if the humidity drops to dangerous levels

Bonus if it also does temperature so I don't need a separate thermometer and if it supports two probes so I don't have to buy two units

Don't care if there's a digital display. I'm happy to just use an app on my phone.

Thanks!

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u/A_Martian_Potato — 15 days ago

PSA: Yes, You Absolutely Can Ammonia Fume With Regular Household Strength Ammonia

DISCLAIMER: Even regular household ammonia is caustic, poisonous and highly irritating. Use proper PPE. Rubber or nitrile gloves, splash proof glasses and proper ventilation. Never mix ammonia with any other cleaning product.

I apologize if there are people for whom this is obvious information, but I was having a lot of trouble finding it. I wanted to fume these white oak mugs to get a darker colour but when I searched online I saw a lot of people saying that I had to buy super caustic industrial strength 30% ammonia. I looked and it was hard to find, a lot of places wouldn't sell it to a consumer, it required hazardous material transport. It was going to be very expensive for me to get any.

So I took a chance and tried it out with just a regular $5 bottle of 6% household clear ammonia. To maximize my chance of success I boosted the tannin levels by pre-dyeing them with some very strong black tea. I used a cooler and a glass dish and fumed them for about 40 hours total. It worked fantastically. Almost darker than I was going for.

Picture 1: Fumed mugs finished with Tried and True Original

Picture 2: Unfinished mugs before and after tea dyeing

Picture 3: Unfinished mug after fuming

Picture 4: Side-by-side comparison of white oak finished with Tried and True with and without fuming

u/A_Martian_Potato — 3 months ago