Asklemmyvladmech 5 days ago • 100%
It sounds like they moved into a neighborhood with an HOA that had an opt in pool and a two tier fee based on usage, and y’all changed that after the fact and are holding the smaller percent who don’t care about the pool hostage. This is part of why no one likes HOAs.
Prior to the pool retrofit could folks still move in and choose whether or not to pay for/use the pool?
vladmech 6 days ago • 94%
Wait so for the folks that didn’t care about the pool, their dues went up 3.5x so far, soon to be 4.5x, for something they didn’t want or use, and you’re surprised they’re not paying? That’s some entitlement right there…
Newsvladmech 2 weeks ago • 92%
Dang. You got ‘em.
vladmech 3 weeks ago • 100%
Don’t try to BS your way through answers; if you don’t know, let them know that but also tell them how you’d go about getting that information.
Games
[OpenCritic] Tactical Breach Wizards Reviews (86 Top Critic Average 100% Critics Recommend)
vladmech 1 month ago • 100%
Played through the demo and I can’t wait for the full release.
Technology
Sonos considers relaunching its old app
vladmech 1 month ago • 100%
They really should. The longer this junk is out the more likely I am to sell my speakers and find a less jank solution.
Games
Space Marine 2 settled on 3-player co-op because having 4 lore-accurate 40K marines made it too much of 'a massacre'
vladmech 1 month ago • 100%
To be fair, you have to have a small fortune in figures anyway haha
Ask Lemmyvladmech 1 month ago • 66%
I’ve been ride or die Spotify basically since they release in North America, and have had a family plan going for years with my wife, a house account, and then my sister and my parents on it, and it was great, but they’ve become such turds about their family plan. Yes fine, my sister and parents don’t live with me so if your IP flag shows up and you want to email them to have them confirm their address, that’s whatever. But they emailed my wife, and when she didn’t reply in a week they dropped her from my account and noted that she couldn’t rejoin it and that was a bridge too far for me.
I’ve been paying for Apple+ or whatever it is for a while for the two of us but liked Spotify enough that the now $20ish a month was worth it, but this pushed me to migrate all our playlists over to Apple and just use the service we were already paying for. I can’t understand why Spotify would be such butts about it because I easily would have gone up to $30/month to cover my family but now they’re getting nothing from me.
Dungeons and Dragons
D&D 2024 PHB's Big Accessibility Issues
vladmech 1 month ago • 100%
I started a Pathfinder game because I wanted to get away from D&D, and because two friends really got into Dimension20 stuff and wanted to give RPGs a try. I was digging the rules a lot but they're watching 6-8 hours of D&D content a week and playing PF2E every couple of weeks, and it was just a huge disconnect for them. With Abomination Vaults getting a 5e release, it just seems easier to make the switch back to something my players are more comfortable with.
Now to convince my cousin he wants to run a PF2E game so I can get that bard life going.
Imaginary Cosmere
[Rhythm of War] Kholinar city by Romain Kurdi
vladmech 1 month ago • 100%
Oh man I hadn’t even thought about how much official art we’ll get from the RPG
Mildly Infuriating
Meanwhile in California
vladmech 2 months ago • 100%
That’s about $6.85/gallon then, ouch. At least you have functional public transit overall unlike California.
Curated Tumblr
How to become irresistible
vladmech 2 months ago • 100%
Always a risk that airsick lowlanders may not like it though
WetShaving
Patent time: Shaving brush with interchangeable bristles
vladmech 2 months ago • 100%
Just wild all around because my dish washing brush does basically this with a simple threaded post/hole. This really comes across as wanting to get you in that sweet money draining walled garden, yeah.
Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly
People living alone and cohabitation growing.
vladmech 2 months ago • 100%
That’s really interesting that married, no kids has stayed pretty flat across the board.
Funny
Technology
Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app
vladmech 3 months ago • 100%
It doesn’t have gif searching though which is so annoying.
Games
Rest in Peace, Wii U: Nintendo bids an even more-final farewell to its dead console after finally running out of the parts needed to fix them
vladmech 3 months ago • 100%
Right? I’ll never understand why they don’t go with Super Wii or Wii Advanced, as those were established “hey here’s the next gen of this system” names.
vladmech 3 months ago • 100%
“Ushered in by the police” CNN is a failed news organization for allowing this to be said unchallenged
Feminismvladmech 3 months ago • 100%
This was a really cool read, thank you for sharing it!
politics
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions: "This is a really big deal"
vladmech 3 months ago • 100%
Stopping the use of a word that’s hit Kleenex level of saturation is a bigger deal than overturning 175 thousand bullshit convictions? That’s a hot take
Privacyvladmech 3 months ago • 100%
Haha okay
vladmech 3 months ago • 100%
You….want them to be able to sell out in the future?
3DPrinting
Just switched from a K1M to a P1S and it's night and day
vladmech 3 months ago • 100%
Totally get it and that’s why I’d gone with Creality initially, but then I kept having issues and my BIL and coworker both picked up P1Ss and it just worked and that’s apparently the cutover point for my moral stance haha
3DPrinting
Just switched from a K1M to a P1S and it's night and day
vladmech 3 months ago • 100%
It’s not like I even have anything planned that needs the extra space, but going from 12x12 to 10x10 was a bit of a shock haha
3DPrinting
Just switched from a K1M to a P1S and it's night and day
vladmech 3 months ago • 100%
Comparison of the two, green is the P1S and red is the K1M, and you can see the lumps and funky first layer that I couldn't get tightened up. As an added benefit with the AMS now, I can do the dates with a flush dual color easily, instead of my prior method of a manual filament swap and negative space for the characters to show the first color.
I mostly loved my K1 Max but could not get the x-axis dialed in properly, so any time I tried to print anything with a circle it would come out a bit lumpy. I'd sold my CR-10 and upgraded because I was tired of the constant tinkering and just wanted a tool that, while it will need maintenance and the like, would mostly just do what I wanted. Also my BIL got a P1S and I was hugely envious of the AMS system haha. Luckily a buddy was looking to upgrade as well and is buying my K1M off me so I ordered a P1S and just got it set up today and.....it's just working and I'm so happy. Benchys between the two look about the same, although the textured build plate gives a nice bottom layer, but I printed a couple trinkets my wife likes to hand out at Disneyland and it's just night and day better quality. I'm sure I got a bit unlucky with the K1M and lucky with the P1S but it was amazing just printing stuff and it came out fine the first time.
memesvladmech 4 months ago • 100%
Plug for !detrashed@lemmy.world - come show off your detrashing!
Edit: adjusted link
World News
Temperatures in Pakistan cross 52 degrees Celsius — that’s more than 125°F
vladmech 4 months ago • 100%
Comes through as a gif for me on Voyager app fwiw
Marvel Studios
Hugh Jackman ‘Really Thought’ Wolverine Was Done, Then He Joined ‘Deadpool 3’ Without Telling His Agent: ‘By the Way, I’ve Just Committed to a Movie’
vladmech 4 months ago • 100%
Aww man, you didn’t have to shit on the community on your way out the door; it could have been such a graceful see-ya. 😕
Marvel Studios
Hugh Jackman ‘Really Thought’ Wolverine Was Done, Then He Joined ‘Deadpool 3’ Without Telling His Agent: ‘By the Way, I’ve Just Committed to a Movie’
vladmech 4 months ago • 100%
This may not be the community for you 😂
vladmech 4 months ago • 100%
That’s super fair and a trend I could agree with. I’m tentatively optimistic from rumors that the Switch 2 will be fully backward compatible and have a shared virtual store, which has been such a sore spot for me compared to how Xbox runs it. Fingers crossed for more competition though!
Edit: also, thank you for the detailed response, I appreciated it!
vladmech 4 months ago • 100%
The Switch has sold over 140 million units, the third highest selling console of all time, and unlike most every other one out there was turning a profit on every unit instead of being a loss leader. Why would Nintendo think about going software only with those kind of numbers in their pocket?
Off My Chest
I was awarded my 3 gallon award today for blood donations.
vladmech 4 months ago • 100%
Just a pin for 1-4 gallons, and then random shirts and windbreakers here and there!
Off My Chest
I was awarded my 3 gallon award today for blood donations.
vladmech 4 months ago • 100%
Oh man that’s rad! I got a little pin….
Which obvi not why I do it, but yours is way cooler haha
vladmech 4 months ago • 44%
So edgy, wow.
Gamesvladmech 5 months ago • 100%
Whelp, this decided my evening plans for me!
Metal Memes
Dungeon Synth
vladmech 5 months ago • 100%
Hey this is great, and exactly the kind of vibe I’m looking for while reading fantasy novels, thanks for the rec!
Technology
Elon Musk goes ‘absolutely hard core’ in another round of Tesla layoffs
vladmech 5 months ago • 88%
We had a 3 and even though Musk was already an asshole idiot, we ended up swapping it out for a Y instead of another EV because the network is leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else. If they screw this up + keep opening it up to other manufacturers (which they should, that’s a good thing) I don’t see anyone our next cars being a Tesla.
Gaming
Helldivers 2 patch makes life hellish indeed for smaller parties, but also makes maps more fun to explore
vladmech 5 months ago • 100%
It sounds like it’s the recharge, not the fire. So still 3 seconds to charge, but then you have to wait an additional 5 seconds after firing before it’s ready again.
Wizardsvladmech 5 months ago • 100%
Getting heavy Gauntlet vibes with the character color choices.
Gardeningvladmech 5 months ago • 100%
So I have 18 seedlings right now and was going to get another six, so I could have 12 in each mini-plot. Do you think it would be better to move the first plot around a bit and have two sets of 3x3?
I knew it was a larger model but didn't realize how much larger until I got one of the legs together.
Hoping someone has an idea on this! I’ve been making little Disney trinkets for my wife to hand out when we go to Disneyland, and feedback has been positive enough that I thought I’d try a little Etsy store to make some filament money. Initially I added it into my base template in TinkerCAD but it kept coming out real bad, so I’ve been trying adding the text within Creality Print, and usually it looks pretty good but it can be wildly inconsistent. The top two are from a batch of five where I set one up and then duplicated it. The middle two are from a batch of eleven, all duplicated from the first five that looked nice, and then the bottom two are that same batch of five that I tried printing a second time and it turned out way worse. Any idea on why it varies so much and what I could do to resolve it?
Does anyone have a brand of PLA they like that offers refillable spools? I'm digging Overture and Elegoo using cardboard spools but if I could get/print a refillable one and buy just the filament itself going forward that would be an even nicer solution.
It was down to the wire but got my 9x9 done for the year! It was an eclectic mix of games this year and there were some that I wish I'd played more often just didn't make the time. Quick thoughts on them all: 1) The Crew - Really fun, starts out getting you in the groove and feeling smart about your team and your choices and then quickly ramps up. I'd like to be able to play it with the same people a bit more often as too many times there'd be one or more first timer and we'd start from mission one for them to get in the groove. 2) Dungeon Rush - A super quick and fun reaction/slap game. Great to start or end an evening of board games. 3) Frosthaven - Huge, complex, ridiculous in it's scope. Love this game so much and can't wait until our next session in a few days when we should have our first retirement. 4) No Thanks - chill and great to play while hanging out at a bar. Some of the funniest on purpose or inadvertent hate drafting you can get. 5) Sequence - My wife loves this one and I haven't really been a fan, but we've been playing it more 1v1 recently and I think it shines a lot more that way versus as a group game. Still not my favorite but it's grown on me a lot this year. 6) Space Base - One of our favorite games, year after year. Still my top roll and collect card game. 7) Taverns of Tiefenthal - A great follow up to another of our favorite games, Quacks of Quedlenberg, and one that was initially a "yeah, this is pretty fun" but really shines as you add more modules in. The expansion especially took it to the next level I feel. 8) Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West - This was a very pleasant surprise for me. TTR has always been a 'eh it's fine' game for me but my wife loves all of them, and I love legacy games, so I jumped on this for her when it released. It's so much fun, full stop. Takes the TTR mechanics and does some really interesting stuff with them, and every game is adding something fun and new. Big recommend. 9) Whirling Witchcraft - Another good quick game that has a great engine building while screwing your neighbor mechanic. Honorable mentions: 1) Aoens End Legacy of Gravehold - Got seven plays in and it's hard but so fun. Hoping we can finish this one up in 2024. 2) Twilight Imperium - by hours my most played game this year, but that's because the four games of it added up to more than 10 games of Frosthaven. So much planning to get a game of it going but nothing really hits like it for ridiculous scope.
Back for another round of beef stroganoff because we share prepped with a friend last time and didn’t end up with as much as we’d like haha. Also trying out [this chicken stew recipient ](https://www.servingdumplings.com/recipes/middle-eastern-chicken-stew-with-white-beans/) and it tastes great but the beans kind of fell apart in it. So it’s hearty but I want to give it another try eventually to see about keeping them more bean-like.
Only got a brief chance to look through stuff before heading to work, but just seeing the changes Deathguard got with Spread the Sickness getting a massive buff, and LoV got with Ruthless Efficiency have my hyped to dig into everything. [Balance Datasheet here](https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Nk2f50GmwNJyHJ5R.pdf) [Points updated here](https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/qqKTEzqYOX5Z84sH.pdf) [and Rules Commentary updated here, as well](https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/z4s1GbINmCU4NGXs.pdf)
Came across this fix for an issue apparently a decent number of people with especially the i5-6600K are having where the game will freeze for a few seconds every couple of minutes. Get an app called Battle Encoder Shirase, run it, target starfield.exe, and set your CPU limit to -8%. I tried it out and didn't get a single freeze for the hour I played after testing!
Only did breakfast prep this week as we have built up a good backlog of frozen meals that we’ll work through. Made breakfast burritos with eggs, hash browns, cheese, and then half bacon and half sausage. We didn’t do a tortilla check before hand though and ran out, so made some breakfast bowls too!
We had a friend join us this week and she doesn’t eat beef or pork so we made up soyrizo breakfast burritos and turkey stroganoff!
We have a little free library out front and someone ding dong dashed this + a bag of books at our house this afternoon. Have to imagine it’s a teen who’s parent saw how many books were on the shelf and doesn’t realize I have a whole bookcase in the garage full of stuff to rotate in that I never have space for haha
Only did two items because while we go through all our breakfast items, we’re building up a backlog of frozen stuff. Plus the Shepard’s pie made so. Much. Had these, plus another three, and still have a 9x9 to split out in the fridge.
It works well right now because our puppy still wants to sniff everything possible so I have more time to snag stuff. Trying to keep the park by our house a bit more trash free!
Spaghetti, curry over rice, and cold oatmeal are a go! Also we may have made a bit too much spaghetti…
Wonder if they had a tiny allocation. Normally I'd just get from GW instead but at $200 a pop, 15% off plus another 15% off coupon makes it worth the wait.
After finally getting everyone online and characters built tonight, we played for way too long before trying to save and ran into a bug which apparently a decent number of people are having. Probably worth just turning off cloud sync for now as we just lost a couple hours of playtime (and learned which person in our group shouldn't be the host and in charge of frequent saving.) https://www.ign.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-cant-save-bug 
Wish we could have preloaded but fingers crossed, Steam seems to be hanging on!
Took less time than we expected, especially factoring in we would have been cooking at least dinner already so expanding that wasn’t bad. I’m excited to save a bit of money, not have to worry about what’s for lunch, and get some time back during our weekday nights!
Pretty wild. When they announced Primaris this is what I thought they were going to do, but then after two full editions of old/new marines living together I'd assumed they'd given up on that idea. So many classics are heading out...
I love it so much, this looks fantastic!
Hey all! My wife and I got a puppy a few months ago and I was curious your thoughts on how much she should dictate her walk. She's about 6 months old now and 2/3 German Shepard so she's already a big girl and will happily go on hour+ walks, but sometimes when we're doing random around the blocks walks she'll grab the leash in her mouth and want to take herself home. For example this morning we did one long block circle and I was planning to go past our street and walk for at least 30 minutes, but at 12 minutes in we passed our street, she snagged the leash, and indicated heavily that she wanted to go home. We walked the five houses with the leash in her mouth the whole time and got up to our front door before dropping it and sitting down. I don't mind in theory, but I'm worried she won't be getting enough exercise. Is this something I should trust her on, or should I plan more to do larger circles out so she doesn't have the opportunity to try and make this choice? This is my first dog since I was a kid, 20+ years ago, so I'm not super up on everything yet.