▲ 28 r/NovaRomaGame
TIL you can connect two reservoir taps to a water tower to get 500 units of water flow
You can't see it in the screenshot but there are two reservoir taps feeding in to that water tower.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 1 day ago
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▲ 32 r/AskMenOver30
What do you do when your friends try to convince you that "everything happens for a reason"?
Edit: because some people are confused about this: nobody died. The cancer thing is just an example. We can substitute in a car accident and it would be effectively the same thing, the person is saying that X happened and there was a reason that X happened (not to be confused with cause). People also like to say things like "well the universe is trying to tell you something".
I don't understand how people can think that. You want to tell me there's a reason that a 4-year-old kid died from cancer? Nah, there's no "reason" for that.
You tell me that you can take a lesson from everything that happens to you? Sure that makes sense. But sometimes the lesson is that life is fucking random and bad things happen to good people. And that 4 year old isn't going to learn a lesson except that life is random.
I feel like the people who say that everything happens for a reason are trying to deal with the randomness of life. Which is understandable but I don't think it's helpful. I don't think it helps you deal with the world as it is.
I'm talking about people over 40, if you are wondering. Seems to me they should know better.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 2 days ago
▲ 1 r/Dewalt
How can I pull the bevel stop override pin back out on this DW708?
Short version: I screwed up when I was trying to do some maintenance.
So the bevel stop pin is fully retracted into the housing and I can't get it out. There's no way to get a screwdriver or tweezers under that pin. A magnet won't pull it out at all, not even a rare earth magnet.
How much of the housing do I have to take apart to fix this? The only other idea I have is to put a dab of hot glue on the pin and pull it out with a toothpick attached to the glue. That seems unlikely to work.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 3 days ago
▲ 1 r/askportland
Where can I buy a beefier two prong polarized electric plug?
This is a replacement for a cracking power cable for a DeWalt compound miter saw. You might be saying that I need a three-prong, but the saw came with a two prong and the reason for that is that the motor is double insulated so you don't need a three-prong plug. According to the internet.
I bought the power cable (no returns on cut by the foot stuff) and the plug that they had at Parkrose was too small for the cable. No way to actually get the cable inside the housing, which means extra stress on the wires themselves, which is a bad idea.
Home Depot and Platt don't have plugs that are robust like the original plug. Amazon might have it, but the only one I could find didn't have a picture of the cable side opening so it's hard to say if it will fit.
The cable is two wires, 3/8 of an inch thick.
So who do I call next?
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 3 days ago
Can the life of this asphalt driveway be extended with asphalt repair?
Obviously if I'm going to patch it there's a lot of dirt that needs to be removed. I've got grass growing up through it, but only near the garage. I don't have enough money right now to repair it properly, and I'm not even sure what that would entail. But my spare cash is tied up in a deck project right now.
Is it worth attempting to repair it with that asphalt patch stuff?
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 5 days ago
What are your favorite series that are similar to Mage Tank?
I'm going to be honest and say that I thought Mage Tank looked kind of dumb. But I gave it a shot and I got hooked. Now I am through number four and waiting for number five, the final book, to come out next month.
In the meantime, I'm looking for something else to read. I've tried Dungeon Crawler Carl, it's okay. Also tried He Who Fights Monsters and it didn't grab me. Mostly because the protagonist was a teenager. I also tried 1% Lifesteal and it was just too dreary. Too much like the Hunger Games books.
So what should I try next? And I have a strong preference for audio books because I like to listen to audio books while I work on house projects and I'm in the middle of a very big house project right now.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 5 days ago
▲ 15 r/allthequestions
How do educated adults actually think that astrology is real?
Edit: I don't want to talk about religion because I think that's a different flavor of nonsense. Let's try to focus on astrology here. I have friends that tell me that religion is complete bullshit but they also believe in astrology. I can't make any sense of it.
I was talking with a friend today. She is an educated adult. But we were talking about a date that I had and my date said something about Tauruses being stubborn (because I'm a Taurus, but no I was not being stubborn at the time). And then the next day my friend says that according to astrology her boyfriend would be a bad fit for her, because he's a Taurus (like me). But they've been together for over 5 years and she's happy with the relationship and she says that she would probably seek out another Taurus.
To me, this should be telling her that astrology is complete bullshit. But she says that something about her star sign compliments well with his star sign etc.
How do people not see that this is just nonsense? I don't get it. It just makes no sense.
Also, is this phenomenon more prevalent with women than men? Because I don't know a single guy that's into astrology in any way.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 9 days ago
▲ 145 r/Cooking
Preparing a home cooked meal at least once a week may cut older people’s dementia risk by 30%
During the tracking period, 1195 people developed dementia (cumulative incidence 11%); 870 died and another 157 moved away before developing dementia.
Analysis of the data showed that greater cooking frequency was associated with a lower risk of dementia in both men and women, but differed according to the extent of culinary competency.
Cooking from scratch at least once a week was associated with a 23% lower risk of dementia in men and a 27% lower risk in women than cooking less than once a week..
And for those with few cooking skills, cooking a meal from scratch at least once a week was associated with a 67% reduction in the risk of dementia.
While a high degree of culinary competency was also associated with a lower risk of dementia, cooking frequency didn’t reduce the risk of dementia further.
These findings held true after accounting for potentially influential factors, such as lifestyle, household income, and years of education, and they were independent of other activities positively associated with cognitive reserve, such as crafting, volunteering, and gardening.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 11 days ago
▲ 0 r/steelseries
Do any of you use speech to text with an Android phone and Arctis wireless headphones?
I'm wondering if you notice a big gap between when you press the microphone button and when it actually starts recording. Noticeable, like close to half a second. Better yet, anyone know how to fix this? It's just really annoying to use speech to text with this microphone on the headset.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 11 days ago
▲ 3 r/CBD
PSA: some Boneyard CBD sodas contain caffeine
I found out the hard way when the Boneyard CBD soda that I got at a bar last night caused me to have a terrible night of sleep because it had 50 mg of caffeine in it. Most Boneyard sodas don't have caffeine but a couple do.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 11 days ago
▲ 1 r/Marijuana
PSA: some Boneyard CBD sodas contain caffeine
I found out the hard way when the Boneyard CBD soda that I got at a bar last night caused me to have a terrible night of sleep because it had 50 mg of caffeine in it. Most Boneyard sodas don't have caffeine but a couple do.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 11 days ago
How would an experienced concrete person level out this beam base?
The tools I have: Bosch rotary hammer, the higher grade one. The widest bit that the hardware store had was about half an inch. I rented a smaller rotary Hammer yesterday with a nice wide chisel bit, but it was just too much of a hassle. The higher powered one works a lot better.
The concrete has a lot of pebbles in it so it's hard to get an even chisel across.
I think I got what I need here, but the post base is not level and I'm going to be attaching a beam to it so it's going to be screwed into the slab, but there's going to be an air gap on one side I'm sure - because getting a level square cut out of a concrete slab seems to be difficult to get right.
My best guess here is a piece of galvanized sheet metal, very thin, on top of some concrete patch and then use a bubble level to get it leveled out. And of course drill a hole in the middle for the stainless screw anchor.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 12 days ago
▲ 1 r/30PlusSkinCare
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17989-neurodermatitis
>Lichen simplex chronicus, or neurodermatitis, happens when constant itching and scratching make your skin thick, rough and leathery.
I hate to admit it, but I've been dealing with this for years because I have a bad habit of scratching my scalp. It was bad enough that at one point I had a small bald spot about half the size of a dime on the side of my head. It was really embarrassing. I talked to my dermatologist and he did a biopsy of the area just to make sure that it wasn't some sort of underlying problem that was stopping the hair from growing. Nope. It was just me scratching it too much.
I'm posting this because I've almost got it dealt with/cured. The four or five spots on my head are nearly gone.
What has worked for me is fluocinide ointment (I think 0.05%) three times a day. That's a prescription so you have to talk to a dermatologist. The good thing about the ointment is that it's greasy so it makes you not want to touch your scalp because you get a greasy residue on your fingers if you do.
I'm posting this because I had a hard time finding information about what actually works. The usual advice is to just stop scratching, but if you have a habit of doing that it's hard to stop doing it. The first advice my dermatologist gave me was to snap myself with a rubber band on my wrist every time I did it to discourage the habit. I didn't find that very useful because all I had to do was not snap my wrist with the rubber band. The ointment works better because it doesn't hurt but it does discourage you from scratching because of the grease and it slowly calms the skin down so that it will "let go" of the callus-like skin over the area.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 16 days ago
▲ 130 r/HomeImprovement
I find that I spend too much time dicking around with my pants when I'm constantly crouching over or bending down or whatever. I saw a guy at the hardware store the other day who was wearing overalls and I was like... Wait what if... No pulling up your pants, built-in pocket in a very convenient place, lots of air flow (I get hot easy)? Seems perfect.
They are definitely dorky though. But a tough pair of overalls for doing construction etc outside? They seem super functional.
I've tried suspenders too, they just mess with your shirt too much so you have to tuck your shirt in which is not good for air flow.
Belts? They block the airflow. I'm constantly overheated when I'm working outside and wearing a belt. Suspenders are better than a belt.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 18 days ago
▲ 14 r/HomeImprovement
I mean I understand the mechanics of the rotary hammer and I have a 5/8 masonry bit, but it's the straight down part that I'm having trouble with. I'm putting in some post bases and the screw anchors are 5/8 of an inch and about 6 inches long. The concrete slab is slightly sloped, about 2°.
I have a portable drill press jig for my regular drill, but there's no way it's going to work for a rotary hammer.
I did try this with my hand drill and there's just no way. It would take me an hour for each hole. The concrete has a lot of little pebbles in it and I think that's really slowing things down.
My only guess here is to attach an electronic level with an alarm-on-level to the side of the rotary hammer but there's no way it's going to stay on, I would need to duct tape it. And I would need to assume that the rotary hammer has a perfectly flat spot that is also parallel to the path of the drill.
edit: I'm going to rent a roto hammer (I get free rentals on some tools) -- also saw this, which is definitely cool https://www.tiktok.com/@bullseyebore/video/7569009055302208823?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc -- costs about $70, maybe it would work on a roto? But $70 for just one project, oof.
Edit: I can rent a roto hammer for free because I have a hookup for this. But I can only keep it for a day. Which made the drill a potential attractive option that I had to try at least. But there's no way.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 18 days ago
▲ 729 r/PoliticalHumor
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 18 days ago
▲ 1 r/macrodroid
I have set up macrodroid to catch political fundraising text messages and respond with end/stop depending on the body of the text. However some messages are not triggering the response.
If you want to see the configuration it's here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DggxDhVFhWiwyd2fTkB8MWrOun9-5n7Z?usp=sharing (burner email).
The trigger regex for one of them is like this (?i)\bstop\W*(2|to)?\W*(end|quit|unsubscribe)\b. It works some of the time but a long message will not trigger it.
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 19 days ago
▲ 10 r/RelayForReddit
Device information:
Relay Version: 13.0.46 Pro
Phone: Google Pixel 7a (LYNX)
Android Version: 16 (36)
Device (product): lynx (lynx)
Rom: CP1A.260405.005
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 19 days ago
▲ 1 r/fitness40plus
I have settled on NOW Foods whey protein isolate. I need the isolate because I am sensitive to lactose. I buy 10 lb at a time every few months.
Suddenly I can't get it within 2 months without paying an extra $60. It usually runs about $125. But I have maybe 2 weeks of supply left. Amazon has it but it says it won't ship for 1 to 2 months. Walmart has it, but it's $60 more than Amazon. Amazon has a lot of supply issues with this product. Sometimes it ships within days other times it doesn't ship for a month.
Anyone got a recommendation for a reliable supplier that isn't going to have me spending close to $200 on 10 lb of protein powder?
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 19 days ago
I know this seems off topic, but the podcast does encourage us to donate to political campaigns. Which I did. And now I get about eight fundraising messages per day.
This is supremely annoying.
So I installed a tool on Android called Macrodroid that (among other things) can read incoming text messages and look for things like
- stop to end
- stop2end
- stop to unsubscribe
- end to end
- end2end
- and about eight other variations
And respond with the appropriate word like end or stop. This works mostly okay, but about three text messages per day will not get caught by the filters. I've gone through this with chatgpt to try to get the regular expressions right, but something's still not quite right. The biggest problem is that I can't manage to send a text message to myself to test out the permutations. I've tried with Google voice and the messages have stopped arriving, I think the carrier might think that I'm spamming with that Google voice number or something.
So I want to hear from the people who have actually managed to pull this off, if you exist.
If you're on iPhone I don't know how to help you with this.
I will make an edit with the actual macrodroid macros in a few minutes if anybody wants to try them out.
edit: here's the macros https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DggxDhVFhWiwyd2fTkB8MWrOun9-5n7Z?usp=sharing - and yes that's a burner email
u/ryhaltswhiskey — 19 days ago