u/Jebusfreek666

I have been doing some research into mining and I think solo is the way I am going to go as more of tech geek/enthusiast. From what I have read it seems you can either go solo/lottery, or you can join a pool and get paid way less but way more often. I understand running solo there is a pretty good chance my machine will only ever consume energy and never pay me. I'm ok with that.

My question comes down to, can you do a hybrid or solo mining and pool mining. Like, can I run my own pool comprised of my machine as well as pooling together machines from just friends and family. Then have this set up to combine hashrate and mine "solo" for better chances in the lotto? Is there any difference between doing it this way and having each machine set up at different locations running solo on it's own instead of in a pool?

I have been doing some research into mining and I think solo is the way I am going to go as more of tech geek/enthusiast. From what I have read it seems you can either go solo/lottery, or you can join a pool and get paid way less but way more often. I understand running solo there is a pretty good chance my machine will only ever consume energy and never pay me. I'm ok with that.

My question comes down to, can you do a hybrid or solo mining and pool mining. Like, can I run my own pool comprised of my machine as well as pooling together machines from just friends and family. Then have this set up to combine hashrate and mine "solo" for better chances in the lotto? Is there any difference between doing it this way and having each machine set up at different locations running solo on it's own instead of in a pool?

This may be my single greatest contribution to humanity!

I was making myself a brat the other night when I realized my hotdog/brat buns had gotten moldy. I figured I would just use some white bread slices instead. Not great, but it works. Then I realized if I use 2 slices the amount of bread thickness would be closer. And I would be able to make a sandwich out of the toppings, then wrap that around my brat. So basically for me it was a mustard and relish sandwich, placed a brat on top and curved it around the brat.

It spreads the toppings/condiments around so you get a bit each bite. And it prevents wet things like relish from soaking through the thin connection of bread on a normal bun.

As a bonus, no more trying to match up packages with different amounts in them. Just get a loaf and use the leftover for sandwiches later. Also, way cheaper.

Edit:

Since you all seem to love this invention, I have another for marshmallow lovers. Next time you have smores, replace the graham crackers with rice crispy treats!!!! Diabetes for sure, but damn son....

I am sure I am not the first one to have this idea, but I can't find recent posts that discuss this or anyone who has actually done it. My basic idea is to rent a car for 28 days at a time and utilize premium credit cards to insure it instead of buying my own insurance. Here is how it would work:

Some premium cards also carry insurance for rental cars. The stipulations on this are usually only up to 31 consecutive days (no cap on the amount of times you can do it however). Some seem to have figured out that this loophole exists and added a clause that there must be 24 hours in between rentals as well. If that is the case, I would rotate rentals between 2 cards with the same insurance offer.

This would save ever having to pay directly for insurance, as the monthly fee on the cards cover it. But seeing as how most of these cards are $100/month or less, I am pretty sure that is cheaper than full coverage insurance on just about any vehicle.

The annoying thing would be to have to return the car and get another every 4 weeks. But I think in general since this is short and plannable, it would be less of a pain then just dealing with a dead car one day. Or dealing with bringing your car in for maintenance. It does add a benefit though. If you get a vehicle you don't really like for a month you know to get something different next time. On top of that, you can adjust vehicles to the season without having to own multiple vehicles.

While I am typically against renting pretty much anything, that kind of goes out the window when it comes to insanely expensive items that depreciate rapidly. In these cases I think it may be worthwhile to rent to not have to deal with all the downsides that come with car ownership.

The only thing I can think of against this is that it may be easier and cheaper to just lease instead. But that adds other levels to this like gap insurance, maintenance fees, etc. I have never leased before, but I have heard horror stories lol.

So my breakdown is something like this:

100-200/month for credit card fees depending if I have to rotate or not.

800/month for rental (local avis seems to be 600-1000 for 4 weeks depending on type of rental)

So around $1k/month average. The lease I was looking at was about 400/month but then you have to add insurance and you are responsible for all maintenance. With the rental setup, you don't pay an insurance company anything and if there is needed maintenance it is completely on the rental company.

I realize people will point out that it would be cheaper to buy a 3 year old vehicle, insure it, and deal with the maintenance yourself. But I don't think it is that significantly cheaper over time. And you are stuck with that one vehicle. So if you live in an area like I do that gets snow half the year, you are stuck driving a big AWD vehicle in the summer too when you could be in a fuel efficient car. Plus this alleviates the headache of having to deal with all those extras. And if you are someone with jacked up insurance rates due to having others in your home or previous issues, this would seem to bypass that entirely.

Thoughts?

Edit:

Just realized that I made 2 mistakes above. They end up being a net benefit for me though. First off, the credit cards are $100/year not per month. That is a huge savings. Second it was pointed out that liability insurance is not covered in this scenario. Avis offers it but at like $25/day. So that is a no go. But I did find out that all the major insurers offer "non-owner coverage" which is meant for people who rent often. It is only around $50/month and would take care of the liability. So in actuallity, the numbers are more like:

600-1000 per 4 weeks for the rental depending on choice

10-20/month on CC insurance

50/month on liability

So on the cheap, $650ish per month.....

I am sure I am not the first one to have this idea, but I can't find recent posts that discuss this or anyone who has actually done it. My basic idea is to rent a car for 28 days at a time and utilize premium credit cards to insure it instead of buying my own insurance. Here is how it would work:

Some premium cards also carry insurance for rental cars. The stipulations on this are usually only up to 31 consecutive days (no cap on the amount of times you can do it however). Some seem to have figured out that this loophole exists and added a clause that there must be 24 hours in between rentals as well. If that is the case, I would rotate rentals between 2 cards with the same insurance offer.

This would save ever having to pay directly for insurance, as the monthly fee on the cards cover it. But seeing as how most of these cards are $100/month or less, I am pretty sure that is cheaper than full coverage insurance on just about any vehicle.

The annoying thing would be to have to return the car and get another every 4 weeks. But I think in general since this is short and plannable, it would be less of a pain then just dealing with a dead car one day. Or dealing with bringing your car in for maintenance. It does add a benefit though. If you get a vehicle you don't really like for a month you know to get something different next time. On top of that, you can adjust vehicles to the season without having to own multiple vehicles.

While I am typically against renting pretty much anything, that kind of goes out the window when it comes to insanely expensive items that depreciate rapidly. In these cases I think it may be worthwhile to rent to not have to deal with all the downsides that come with car ownership.

The only thing I can think of against this is that it may be easier and cheaper to just lease instead. But that adds other levels to this like gap insurance, maintenance fees, etc. I have never leased before, but I have heard horror stories lol.

So my breakdown is something like this:

100-200/month for credit card fees depending if I have to rotate or not.

800/month for rental (local avis seems to be 600-1000 for 4 weeks depending on type of rental)

So around $1k/month average. The lease I was looking at was about 400/month but then you have to add insurance and you are responsible for all maintenance. With the rental setup, you don't pay an insurance company anything and if there is needed maintenance it is completely on the rental company.

I realize people will point out that it would be cheaper to buy a 3 year old vehicle, insure it, and deal with the maintenance yourself. But I don't think it is that significantly cheaper over time. And you are stuck with that one vehicle. So if you live in an area like I do that gets snow half the year, you are stuck driving a big AWD vehicle in the summer too when you could be in a fuel efficient car. Plus this alleviates the headache of having to deal with all those extras. And if you are someone with jacked up insurance rates due to having others in your home or previous issues, this would seem to bypass that entirely.

Thoughts?

I am sure I am not the first one to have this idea, but I can't find recent posts that discuss this or anyone who has actually done it. My basic idea is to rent a car for 28 days at a time and utilize premium credit cards to insure it instead of buying my own insurance. Here is how it would work:

Some premium cards also carry insurance for rental cars. The stipulations on this are usually only up to 31 consecutive days (no cap on the amount of times you can do it however). Some seem to have figured out that this loophole exists and added a clause that there must be 24 hours in between rentals as well. If that is the case, I would rotate rentals between 2 cards with the same insurance offer.

This would save ever having to pay directly for insurance, as the monthly fee on the cards cover it. But seeing as how most of these cards are $100/month or less, I am pretty sure that is cheaper than full coverage insurance on just about any vehicle.

The annoying thing would be to have to return the car and get another every 4 weeks. But I think in general since this is short and plannable, it would be less of a pain then just dealing with a dead car one day. Or dealing with bringing your car in for maintenance. It does add a benefit though. If you get a vehicle you don't really like for a month you know to get something different next time. On top of that, you can adjust vehicles to the season without having to own multiple vehicles.

While I am typically against renting pretty much anything, that kind of goes out the window when it comes to insanely expensive items that depreciate rapidly. In these cases I think it may be worthwhile to rent to not have to deal with all the downsides that come with car ownership.

The only thing I can think of against this is that it may be easier and cheaper to just lease instead. But that adds other levels to this like gap insurance, maintenance fees, etc. I have never leased before, but I have heard horror stories lol.

So my breakdown is something like this:

100-200/month for credit card fees depending if I have to rotate or not.

800/month for rental (local avis seems to be 600-1000 for 4 weeks depending on type of rental)

So around $1k/month average. The lease I was looking at was about 400/month but then you have to add insurance and you are responsible for all maintenance. With the rental setup, you don't pay an insurance company anything and if there is needed maintenance it is completely on the rental company.

I realize people will point out that it would be cheaper to buy a 3 year old vehicle, insure it, and deal with the maintenance yourself. But I don't think it is that significantly cheaper over time. And you are stuck with that one vehicle. So if you live in an area like I do that gets snow half the year, you are stuck driving a big AWD vehicle in the summer too when you could be in a fuel efficient car. Plus this alleviates the headache of having to deal with all those extras. And if you are someone with jacked up insurance rates due to having others in your home or previous issues, this would seem to bypass that entirely.

Thoughts?

I am sure I am not the first one to have this idea, but I can't find recent posts that discuss this or anyone who has actually done it. My basic idea is to rent a car for 28 days at a time and utilize premium credit cards to insure it instead of buying my own insurance. Here is how it would work:

Some premium cards also carry insurance for rental cars. The stipulations on this are usually only up to 31 consecutive days (no cap on the amount of times you can do it however). Some seem to have figured out that this loophole exists and added a clause that there must be 24 hours in between rentals as well. If that is the case, I would rotate rentals between 2 cards with the same insurance offer.

This would save ever having to pay directly for insurance, as the monthly fee on the cards cover it. But seeing as how most of these cards are $100/month or less, I am pretty sure that is cheaper than full coverage insurance on just about any vehicle.

The annoying thing would be to have to return the car and get another every 4 weeks. But I think in general since this is short and plannable, it would be less of a pain then just dealing with a dead car one day. Or dealing with bringing your car in for maintenance. It does add a benefit though. If you get a vehicle you don't really like for a month you know to get something different next time. On top of that, you can adjust vehicles to the season without having to own multiple vehicles.

While I am typically against renting pretty much anything, that kind of goes out the window when it comes to insanely expensive items that depreciate rapidly. In these cases I think it may be worthwhile to rent to not have to deal with all the downsides that come with car ownership.

The only thing I can think of against this is that it may be easier and cheaper to just lease instead. But that adds other levels to this like gap insurance, maintenance fees, etc. I have never leased before, but I have heard horror stories lol.

So my breakdown is something like this:

100-200/month for credit card fees depending if I have to rotate or not.

800/month for rental (local avis seems to be 600-1000 for 4 weeks depending on type of rental)

So around $1k/month average. The lease I was looking at was about 400/month but then you have to add insurance and you are responsible for all maintenance. With the rental setup, you don't pay an insurance company anything and if there is needed maintenance it is completely on the rental company.

I realize people will point out that it would be cheaper to buy a 3 year old vehicle, insure it, and deal with the maintenance yourself. But I don't think it is that significantly cheaper over time. And you are stuck with that one vehicle. So if you live in an area like I do that gets snow half the year, you are stuck driving a big AWD vehicle in the summer too when you could be in a fuel efficient car. Plus this alleviates the headache of having to deal with all those extras. And if you are someone with jacked up insurance rates due to having others in your home or previous issues, this would seem to bypass that entirely.

Thoughts?

Edit:

Just realized that I made 2 mistakes above. They end up being a net benefit for me though. First off, the credit cards are $100/year not per month. That is a huge savings. Second it was pointed out that liability insurance is not covered in this scenario. Avis offers it but at like $25/day. So that is a no go. But I did find out that all the major insurers offer "non-owner coverage" which is meant for people who rent often. It is only around $50/month and would take care of the liability. So in actuallity, the numbers are more like:

600-1000 per 4 weeks for the rental depending on choice

10-20/month on CC insurance

50/month on liability

So on the cheap, $650ish per month.....

With the vehicles on pause for production and not making them again until a possible update in 2028, and rumors that they are going to discontinue making it all together I assumed the price of these would come down a bit. It has not. Do they ever off better lease offers then this? Currently $399 to $482 per month for 36-month depending on down payment. $2500 gets you 482. I love the ridgeline and want one bad for its utility. But it is hard to justify getting it for that price when I can get a similar sized truck with up to date interiors and tech for half the cost.

Do any of you have better leases on a ridgeline? What is the best offers I can expect? And what time in the year should I be looking? Or is this just the new norm with inflation?

The Vader 4 had 4 buttons on the back. For the Vader 5 they swapped to 2 buttons and 2 removeable paddles. The paddles insert with a little plastic nub and slide into place. Would it be possible to maybe 3d print something to insert into these spots but make them into buttons instead? Hoping for nerd crossover here between hobbies. I am sure one of you will be into both lol.

Lost the dongle for my new controller. Can I use my old dongle for the Vader 4 and pair them? If so, how? I read online that you hold the logo button and the bottom button to put it in pairing mode. But my old dongle doesnt seem to have a pairing button on it.

Don't know how much people in this sub pay attention to financials of the company, but VW is struggling. Recent reports suggest that they are looking to pare back their models by around 50%. With the sales numbers in the US specifically favoring Trucks, SUVs, and Crossovers there is a possibility that the whole Golf line will get cut, and an even greater possibility that the higher end GTI and R models will go. With Ford leading the way a few years back and all but dropping cars, this is not an impossibility.

Looking for something that we can play together when he is gone to school and still both access separately while only one of us is online. I was hoping for something survival-esque, or like civilization building or something. Like where I can drop in and farm some resources, and start working on our base. And then he can come along later and finish working on it later. Or we can both be on together and go hunting or fishing or exploring or whatever. I would prefer more realistic to less. And I would prefer some story or mystery to discover as well. Any thoughts?

Edit:

Just found Medieval Dynasty after doing a lot of searching. It looks super cool to me, blending survival with a city builder. Unfortunately, it seems like there is little to no combat at all. I don't want a game dominated in combat, but some to change the pace or increase your blood pressure every now and then would be fun. Is there anything like this?