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▲ 4 r/SiloTVSeries

Wool - what's the deal

Just something that popped in my head while cleaning today. Full disclosure I haven't read the books, but I know the first one is titled 'Wool'. Why? I've rewatched season 1 and I don't remember any plot points revolving around wool. My rewatches are more casual than initial viewing, so I might have just missed it, but I don't think they mention wool at all in season 1, or ever for that matter. Does the title of the book make sense if you read it? What's the deal with wool?

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u/wesley_the_boy — 8 days ago
▲ 71 r/tombihn

How I use my Side Kick

Hey guys 👋 I made a similar post about ~6 months ago with my Synapse 19, detailing what I carried to work everyday and how I organized it. At my old job, it made sense to carry a small back-pack. The thing is, well...

Fuck that place! lol

So I'm back to wearing my favorite bag ever, the Side Kick! And now, after getting a new Side Kick in a new color-way, I wanted to make another post about how I use my every-day-carry Tom Bihn bag 🙂‍↕️

I'm a big fan of making paracord zipper pulls and using them as a sort of visual system. In the first pic, I use GREEN to denote the main compartment, and the shorter RED zipper pull for the front pocket. This simple change has made a huge impact on how I interact with my bag, especially if it's dark or dimly lit. I also only put a zipper-pull on one out of the two main compartment zippers. I wear the bag on my right hip, and (for me) I only ever want to pull the 'top' of the two zippers leftwards to unzip and rightwards again to zip shut. So, only having a zipper-pull the zipper I plan to tug on makes life easier.

On the inside there is less to talk about. Bright ORANGE is the color of gun-safety so I used that for my knife, YELLOW for a flashlight seemed intuitive. I try not to put anything rigid in the bag that extends all the way from side to side, or overpack it in general, as that would prevent the bag from 'folding' naturally around my hip.

I think that's about it! lol Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk!

u/wesley_the_boy — 1 month ago
▲ 116 r/Tipper

Papadosio

We got any Papadosio fans in here?

This song came on the Plex today, and I'm shocked that this album is now 14 years old. I bought this on CD from the merch booth at one of their shows back in the day lol I'm currently listening to it on some nice speakers, and this really sounds like it was recorded yesterday.

I love their newer albums, but always come back to TETIOS. I'm sad that they've retired, like our boy, but so grateful I got to see these legends during their moment in time.

Cheers!

u/wesley_the_boy — 2 months ago
▲ 4 r/unRAID

Made a script and I'd be interested in some feedback

Hey guys. Like the title says, I've spent the last ~week putting together my first serious powershell script and I was hoping to get some feedback. I'll leave the detailed explanation to the GitHub page, but in short, it's a utility meant to copy the backups created by the plugin Appdata Backup (Robin Kluth) from the source folder on my server to an external drive connected to my PC, and send a rich Discord notification with the results.

I'm certain that this goal could be achieved with something much simpler, but considering the mission critical nature of my appdata (and boot USB) backups, I wanted something I felt I could trust. I also wanted to learn a new skill, so I decided to take a swing at making my own.

I've spent 4 or 5 days working on the script, and most of today learning GitHub's markdown language and writing the readme.

I'm also looking for an entry level IT job and am considering either putting my GitHub on my resume or mentioning this script as a relevant project during an interview.

What do you guys think of the script? The documentation? The impression this might have on potential employers?

If you made it this far, thanks for reading!

Cheers!

u/wesley_the_boy — 3 months ago
▲ 59 r/WindowsLTSC

Loving Win 11 LTSC so far

I recently installed LTSC on my laptop, and was so impressed I had to install it on my desktop as well lol In the past I would use scripts to debloat a standard install of Windows Home or Pro, and endlessly tweak the registry and group policy editors to achieve a hack version of what LTSC offers right out of the box.

The only things 'missing' that I actually wanted were Microsoft Store and Phone Link, both of which were super easy to restore.

I haven't had a single issue with game or program compatibility/stability, every driver update has gone smooth as butter, and it's just a great experience so far.

I did have an annoying issue were I would get notifications about, "Install an application to open this ms-gamebar link" every time I fired a game because LTSC doesn't include the Xbox App or Microsoft Gamebar, but that was easily remedied.

I am also using winget (Microsoft's official package manager) for the first time, and it's incredible! For those of you who have used linux, winget is just apt get but for Windows. For those that haven't used a package manager before, it's basically just a repository of program ("package") installers you can use to install and update all of your programs at once. And not just the ability to update all of your programs at once, but also your Visual C++ Redistributables, .NET Frameworks, Runtime Environments, (a bunch of important stuff) etc. etc. It is just so convenient.

I guess I don't really have a point that I'm making, I just wanted to tell someone who gets it how stoked I am about LTSC + winget lol Feels like a real gamechanger

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u/wesley_the_boy — 3 months ago
▲ 30 r/Tipper

Drum and Bass in the 'Tippersphere

There was a post about it a few months back, but I finally had the chance to buy Omandhaun - Hornets [2026] and man, what a killer release. I was(am) a long time drum and bass fan before finding Tipper and his Friends, but I've never heard such a good blend of those two worlds as I have in this EP.

I have a few releases from Duffrey (Shred the Infinite, Return to Source) that I would also call DnB-forward-TnF style music lolol as ridiculous as that sounds. Also Undulae (Temple of Symmetry EP) comes to mind.

It's been a great year for music in this community, with TONS of great releases, so I'm curious if you guys have any recommendations for more of this kind of thing? Some heady DnB?

Cheers, fam!

(bandcamp profile for the curious)

u/wesley_the_boy — 3 months ago
▲ 17 r/tombihn

So many Synik 30's for sale on this sub. Why?

Something I've noticed since I've been on this sub, is that most of the bags for sale seem to be S30s. As someone who bought an S30 years ago and loves it, I'd be curious to hear why so many people want to sell theirs.

Cheers!

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u/wesley_the_boy — 3 months ago
▲ 1 r/mpcproxies

RGB vs CMYK & ICC Color Profiles

Hello proxy people :) For the past ~few weeks I've been working in Photoshop making cards for a Cube, and when I was ready to export the print-ready files I emailed MPC asking for some technical assistance. I found the results to be illuminating and thought I'd share them here.

Keep in mind that I was attempting to ask my questions very clearly to help with potential language barrier or translation issues.

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Hello! My Photoshop files are in RGB, but I believe your printers use CMYK color space. Is it better to submit RGB images and let your system convert to CMYK, or should I convert to CMYK when I export? Also, there are ICC profiles. I've read that 'U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2' is commonly used but I want to make sure I export my files correctly so the look their best on your printers.

I apologize if I have been unclear, I am not an expert and just want to do a good job :)
Thank you for your help!

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Thank you for your enquiry.

Kindly note that we use digital printing press in CMYK color format, so we suggest your files to be in CMYK color instead of RGB, otherwise they will have color difference.

And for the color profile, you should save them as Japan Color 2001 Coated(PSO Coated).

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Thank you! I have now exported the files in CMYK with the Japan Color 2001 Coated profile, and they look great! On my PC, the RGB and CMYK files look very similar. However, when I upload them to MakePlayingCards.com, the CMYK ones appear more dull and color shifted. Yes, the CMYK ones look off! (in the preview)

My question is: Are the colors in the preview window accurate? Should I submit the CMYK versions even if they are more dull in the preview and just 'trust the process'? I will include 2 similar cards, one in RGB and one in CMYK for you to review. For me, they look they same until I upload to your website. Then the CMYK looks off. 

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If your images are in RGB color format, then it will printed out dark and dull, you should save them in CMYK color.

However the preview is no acurate.

Do let us know if you have any further questions which we will be happy to further answer.

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I haven't received my order yet, but I did as they said and exported my RGB photoshop files in CMYK with Japan Color 2001 Coated as the embedded ICC Color Profile. It's hard to tell the difference between the CMYK exports and the RGB exports when viewed on my PC, although there are subtle differences. Reds/Blues/Purples are the most affected.

But on MPC's project editor, the CMYK ones look noticeably darker/dingier. However, it does say right in the preview window "This is for alignment only." and they told me in the email that "...the preview is no accurate." So we'll just have to see when they arrive if they look better than my previous orders, which were RGB. And honestly I never thought the RGB ones looks dark or dull so *shrugs* lolol

Anyone else ever done CMYK? I'm curious to hear other peoples thoughts and experiences on this matter.

Cheers!

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u/wesley_the_boy — 4 months ago
▲ 18 r/mtgcube

Simple Cube, let me know what you think?

Hey people :) I made a post about a month ago when this project was far from complete, and I wanted to post again now that I've "finished" the list.

Simple Cube

The primer is pretty verbose, but this cube has certainly evolved over time. It began as me wanting to mitigate complexity, pure and simple. MTG has gotten so crazy complex in recent times, that I just want a way to draft that makes me feel the way limited used to make me feel.

Then I discovered bar cubes, and realized how much my cube had in common with them from a design perspective. So I leaned into that, making the cube 180 instead of 360 was the biggest inspiration I took from Bar Cubes as I was already minimizing game pieces like tokens and counters and was concerned with reducing cognitive load.

Then the direction/inspiration changed again as I started to focus on (simple) draft all-stars that I personally loved drafting with. Territorial Hammerskull, Cloudkin Seer, Owlbear, Charging Strifeknight, etc.

After LOTS of scryfall searches (shout out to their oracle tags), and about ~30 playtesting events with friends/iterations, I finally feel as though I've got an official 1.0 list that's ready to share :)

After so many shifts in design intentions, I'm not even sure how to describe what my goal was/is at this point. But I do feel as though I've met that goal lol

Not all official limited environments contain all 10 color pairs, so for now Simple Cube only has enemy color gold cards and lands. Although people have definitely gone 3-0 with allied color pairs in playtesting.

I'd love to hear any suggestion you guys may have. Cheers!

P1-P1 picture for attention lol

u/wesley_the_boy — 4 months ago
▲ 47 r/mtgcube

Thoughts on my first two archetypes?

Hey gang, I made a post like a year ago about a Simple Cube that I had been working on. I ended up leaving the project on the backburner until recently, and now I'm looking for some feedback :)

I have a full 180 card list, but after just a short time playtesting it was clear that every draft would feel the same and that the cube would have very low replayability. The problem was my archetypes were laser focused. Tribal, even. Golgari Graveyard Elves, Boros Aggro Soldiers, Izzet Spellslinger Wizards, etc. None of the decks really wanted cards from the other decks, outside of removal. This meant there was almost zero tension over cards during the draft. Bleh

So I basically started over with a different mindset; I want there to be archetypes, but every card needs to be good on it's own. No more "Soldiers get +1/+1". So far I've only done Simic and Izzet but I wanted to see what other people thought before moving forward with the other guilds.

The attached picture explains my self imposed design limitations, which result in a low/mid power level.

Simic Flash

Izzet Spells

Cheers!

u/wesley_the_boy — 5 months ago