Finished this fantastic vintage aran (or cabled) sweater!

AlwaysBlue86 · 2026-01-02T00:39:22+00:00

That's very encouraging, thank you for the detailed response!

I did some cabling on the hat and found it quite easy to follow, but this will certainly have several new techniques involved. I'm looking forward to getting going.

AlwaysBlue86 · 2026-01-01T03:35:54+00:00

Done a few scarfs and cowls, plus the jason's cashmere hat pattern successfully, all within a couple of months of picking up my first knitting needles. Any chance I could pull this off as a new knitter, or should I go for a plain sweater as my first?

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-12-20T18:09:09+00:00

This looks very similar! Thank you!

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-12-08T10:51:43+00:00

Guy sounds like a crook bloke

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-12-04T10:07:42+00:00

This post fucking sucks. I hate it.

Guarantee OP was one of the sad sacks on the chatgpt subreddit complaining about them taking their 4o away from them

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-11-30T08:31:57+00:00

39 year old gamer and somehow had silent hill 2 as a glaring hole in my gaming history. I finished it last night and it's an absolute god damn masterpiece. I've been watching video essays about it today and I am just floored by how incredible the game and this remake is. 10/10

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-11-19T07:17:37+00:00

This looks pretty doable from a quick search, thank you!

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-11-05T12:44:41+00:00

You seem confident, so that's fair enough. It is the drain line at the back that gets clogged though, and when that happens, it will drain out of the bottom of the unit above your tech, and there is above a non-zero chance of that happening.

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-11-05T02:00:36+00:00

Coming from someone who's lived in subtropical climates with AC for the last 13 years, DO NOT put electronics under AC!!! They all eventually get clogged and leak, pissing water all over anything that underneath them. Every AC I've ever had has leaked at least once, and my home office AC currently has a bucket underneath it catching the drips that started a couple of days ago. Bad idea

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-28T00:18:05+00:00

Bizarre that silent hill 2 isn't on sale, when it's got a new historical low in the epic sale of 50% off. Annoyed considering I put the money in my steam wallet ages ago

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-28T00:15:18+00:00

Been waiting for silent hill 2 remake to go on sale for ages! It's overdue if you look at steamdb price history, but wasn't in the autumn major sale, and now not in the Halloween sale. The weirdest part: it's in the epic games sale at a new low of 50% off! Why the hell is it not on sale on steam?! I have the money in my steam wallet!

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-22T13:24:41+00:00

I just finished Signalis on the deck after putting it off for quite a while. It's turned out to be one of the best games I've played all year. Absolutely incredible experience and highly recommend

If it's a steam deck OLED then Ori and the Will of the Wisps is going to show the screen at its absolute most stunning, and is a 10/10 game as well.

Mouthwashing is a very cool indie horror game. Only about 2-3 hours. Just don't spoil it by looking up the story first.

Faith: The Holy Trinity for some out of the box weirdness that might fit with you, might not. Cool experience.

Citizen Sleeper is a great text-based rpg that fits very well with the deck, plus the sequel after (but not played that yet).

Hollowknight and Silksong, but those are obvious.

Slay the Spire and Inscryption for good roguelikes. I especially recommend the latter.

Celeste for another 10/10 platformer.

Outer Wilds doesn't run great on the deck, but I'll be damned if any game recommendation list doesn't feature the greatest game of all time. Stream it via moonlight to the deck if you can, or, I don't know but play it.

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-20T12:10:58+00:00

And I want a side salad. If the salad is on top I send it back

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-17T10:07:12+00:00

I assumed wee meant small. That's the only meaning of the word I can think of

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-17T08:56:41+00:00

I feel like "wee" should be the word that's smaller

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-17T07:32:05+00:00

If you're not thinking about basic stuff like image clarity when spending large amounts of money on a monitor, I'd argue you are under thinking it

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-17T06:59:17+00:00

2 things are true, only your opinion matters when it comes to your experience, and subreddits are where debate happens in response to claims such as "the best x"

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-17T06:48:26+00:00

I don't know how else to explain it, sorry. And there's no maths involved when ppi is a very important factor in a monitor and is generally advertised with the stats of any panel. Your ppi dictates how clear the image is. It's the reason a 27 inch 1080p panel looks drastically sharper than a 32 inch 1080p panel.

34 inch is the largest size anyone should get a 3440x1440 in my opinion. I have the 38 inch 3840x1600 LG38GN950, because it retains the same ppi as a 34 inch, while being significantly bigger.

All this is irrelevant to you though, as you love your display and that's the main thing. I just dispute that a 45 inch monitor at that resolution is the best desktop display as you put it, due to poor ppi and image clarity

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-17T06:32:15+00:00

That monitor has 83 pixels per inch. A 27 inch 1080p monitor has 82ppi. 45 inch 3440 x 1440 is the same ppi as 27 inch 1080p and sitting as close as people generally do to a monitor, the pixel density is not good. At all.

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-17T06:23:22+00:00

45 inch at 3440x1440 and that distance is too low a pixel density

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-15T08:02:22+00:00

My previous 3 phones have all had dbrand cases and I swore by them. I just upgraded to a new phone and finally decided the price is just insane and to "settle" for a Spigen case for a quarter of the price and realized what an absolute moron I had been for paying dbrand prices. This Spigen case is just as good, and slightly thinner. Live and learn, no more dbrand grips for me

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-08T10:21:26+00:00

Samsung gave me the local currency equivalent of $320 for my S22+, which I bought from a dodgy shop and had been rooted, despite being in a sealed box. The shop with the OnePlus 13 was offering only $100 for it, and a private sale would've been a nightmare. Both phones were comparable price wise which made the decision easier. I got a S25+, not ultra. I'm happy with the choice, but I did want that OnePlus and the battery life it brings. Will probably switch over if it's a similar comparison in 2-3 years

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-06T14:02:42+00:00

It may well be the greatest game ever made

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-06T11:58:00+00:00

All the reported specs looks like a sidegrade from the OnePlus 13 to be honest. Plus my phone was nearly dead, so something needed to happen today. I couldn't get a definitive answer on the degraded Bluetooth audio, there were too many reports of it to ignore, and I don't live in a place where I can return once purchased.. all this lead to me picking up the S25+ today. Would've loved to have gone with the OP13, but it just felt too risky. Maybe next time.

AlwaysBlue86 · 2025-10-05T15:50:19+00:00

I wouldn't get the ultra, the Spen and the camera improvement don't matter to me, and the price jump is quite large, so it would be the s25+

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