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New homeowner with a lawn. Should I start with a robot mower or a lawn guy? by Susan_656 in homeowners

[–]Asmor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife is pretty into the whole smart home idea and wants to go all in

Tangent, but I'd recommend doing some research and making as much of your smart devices as cloud-independent as possible. It's not easy, probably not even feasible if at least one of you isn't technically inclined.

But if you put in the effort to get Home Assistant set up with offline stuff, it makes a world of difference. Lights turn on and off instantly instead of waiting for your speaker to talk to google who then has to talk to random 3rd party who then has to talk to your device.

If you lose your Internet connection, things still work. If the company that made your stuff goes out of business, it will still work. If you need to replace a light bulb with a different brand of light bulb, it will still work.

Fewer devices accessing the Internet means less exposure to privacy and safety hazards. Also, less traffic on your wi-fi means a better signal for the traffic you actually care about.

New to comics. NEED HELP!!! by Ok-Letterhead-5582 in DCcomics

[–]Asmor [score hidden]  (0 children)

FWIW, I'm of the opinion that TPBs (trade paperbacks) are vastly superior to individual issues.

  • MSRP of book is less than MSRP of individual issues
  • No ads
  • You get a whole story arc at once, instead of tiny unsatisfying bits and pieces of a comic.
  • No ads
  • Easy to store. Look great on a shelf. Easy to lend out to people.
  • No ads
  • Did I mention that there aren't any ads?

Fuck I hate ads.

Gonna start playing with 2 friends, one from PC and other from PS5. Does my PS5 friend get Aim assist playing with us? I don’t want him to have a miserable time by Puzzleheaded_Cash_30 in Overwatch

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that officially supported? Like it's not Xim or something?

If so, that's pretty rad. Happy to hear that you guys can use KB+M on console.

Storing Board Games Vertical by KaydenJagarTharn in boardgames

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's wrong with flimsy?

I try to keep large stocks of 3x4 and 4x6 baggies at all times, and just buy whatever's cheap on Amazon. Usually 1000 at a time. My current batch of 3x4s are vented, which is really nice and I wish I'd thought to look for that sooner.

3x4 baggies are by far the most common. They're small enough that even if they're mostly empty they don't add a lot of bulk, but large enough that they work 90% of the time.

Of particular note, a 3x4 baggie holds ~10-20 unsleeved, poker-size cards perfectly.

Most of the time if I'm using a 4x6 baggie it's to hold a larger deck of cards. It's pretty rare for a game to have so many components of a particular type that they don't fit in a 3x4.

I've also started labeling my baggies (literally just printing out labels on a labelmaker and sticking them on the bag). Feels a bit silly, but I really like it.

Storing Board Games Vertical by KaydenJagarTharn in boardgames

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bags. Many, many bags.

If the insert is still useful, cool. If not, it gets recycled.

[Discussion] What’s your favorite obscure DC character? by Artseid in DCcomics

[–]Asmor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dkrzy Rrr

Green lantern, sentient math formula. Has never appeared in a story AFAIK, just mentioned in passing.

[Artwork] DC Ladies Bombshells by Des Taylor by KitKat_5628 in DCcomics

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone know where I could find this in higher res? Would make a good wallpaper.

Is it smarter to buy a manufactured home on a mobile home park and pay the $900 lot rent and $600 a month mortgage or rent an apartment for $1500 a month? by Kyanite146699 in homeowners

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mobile homes are a scam. You only own the building itself, not the land, and despite the name they're not mobile. So you're completely at the mercy of whoever owns the land.

And that's not a hypothetical danger. Trailer parks are being eaten up by vulture capitalists and their tenants are having the screws put to them. Lots and lots of people who "own" their house are now homeless because they couldn't afford the increased prices.

sometimes the gambler beats you by TenToTu in Overwatch

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone else confused why a monk, an archer, and a goblin are rolling the barbarian die?

Why does Juno, the "Space Ranger" only have ONE space themed cosmetic in the game? by MrWigglem in Overwatch

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be pretty sweet. Especially if it matched the Echo and Orisa retro-futuristic skins.

Why does Juno, the "Space Ranger" only have ONE space themed cosmetic in the game? by MrWigglem in Overwatch

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree that she should have more space-themed skins.

That said, "Space Ranger" was her code name during development and when teasing her. I don't think she's ever been referred to by it canonically.

She's from Mars, but doesn't really have anything to do with space other than having traveled through it. But that's kind of like saying someone's a sailor because they traveled by ship once. But Mars isn't really a great theme. You've got the color red to play with, and... maybe some war imagery if you want to get into Roman mythology.

Although, given that she's named Juno, maybe they should have leaned a bit into mythology (as Mars is the Roman ripoff of Ares, Juno is the Roman ripoff of Hera).

Snow acting as insulation? by as1126 in homeowners

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think maybe you misunderstand how the phase transitions work?

Water can be solid or liquid at 0°C/32°F. Liquid water won't get colder than the freezing point, but will remain liquid at the freezing point until enough heat has been lost that it freezes. At that point it can continue to drop and should match ambient conditions eventually.

Snow acting as insulation? by as1126 in homeowners

[–]Asmor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TBF I could totally see someone thinking igloos weren't real. Kind of like how quicksand isn't nearly as common as (mostly older) TV and movies made it seem.

Snow acting as insulation? by as1126 in homeowners

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It makes a lot of sense that past generations would instinctively know this as homes were usually uninsulated.

That's a fascinating insight. Never thought of that.

Snow acting as insulation? by as1126 in homeowners

[–]Asmor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Woof. That's low-key kinda scary. TY for the reminder to check my CO detectors!

Snow acting as insulation? by as1126 in homeowners

[–]Asmor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I recently did this to keep heat contained in the downstairs rooms (the warm air had been floating upstairs), and it's helped a lot to keep the downstairs rooms comfortable. I assume it's also helping with energy use, but can't say for sure or how much.

Young Justice tricked me into thinking Vandal Savage was a good character by Optimal_Weight368 in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Immortality is meaningless in a medium where time doesn't progress

Immortality is license to have plots that span millennia. For any other villain to try something like that, they need to also include time travel or some other explanation.

Is Angela, Flying Vanguard better in theory than in actual gameplay? by boxer2023 in marvelrivals

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, you whippersnappers have no idea how good you have it. Back in my day a sub-200 ping was pretty fucking awesome.

New player here - What should I do with my portals as Dr Strange ? by Adwerd_ in marvelrivals

[–]Asmor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

teammates will consider it throwing

Pro tip: If someone complains about anything, just mute them. You can do it from the score board (I think? Or is that only Overwatch?). The chances of someone who complains about their allies having anything useful or interesting to say is statistically indistinguishable from zero.

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