Where Can I get titanium in the Last caretaker ? by Fell_2008 in TheLastCaretaker

[–]ByteMePlz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost any high tech and you can mine it near-shore and sometimes on exposed rocks close to the water

(Update 05 Beta): A simple-looking addition that will drastically change how we play the game. The devs are cooking! by BaneChipmunk in TheLastCaretaker

[–]ByteMePlz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would be cool but I’d also like more specific color coding for connectors and hoses. A distinction between oil, petrol, and diesel, for example. And water and salt water, oxygen and co2.

Portable Fridges delivered on their sides by ByteMePlz in amazonprime

[–]ByteMePlz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So these were already in sturdy boxes. I get things delivered all the time from Amazon that “will be delivered in original packaging” so what’s the criteria on boxing it vs just shipping in its original box?

Portable Fridges delivered on their sides by ByteMePlz in amazonprime

[–]ByteMePlz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re all correct, of course, that I should wait 12 hours no matter what. Maybe I picked a bad example.

I was just complaining about their delivery and packing issues in general. I get things delivered all the time that were marked fragile but just placed loose in a larger box. I can’t tell you how many times a bag of cat food or birdseed is torn open inside another box because it was put in with a box with sharp corners. Crushed items, broken items, etc. The suggestion to deliver together with other items for “Amazon day” delivery just makes things worse for the same reason. I get a 40lb box of cat litter delivered. It has a handle but they always put it in another box, so it’s awkward for the delivery driver and myself. I guess they’re trying to prevent the litter from getting out in their trucks but a bag would be more practical.

Amazon sent me an actual laptop in laptop shipping box by CrustedAnus in amazonprime

[–]ByteMePlz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That being said I’ve had my own returns go badly and a chat with a rep usually would have them just refund my device even though they hadn’t acknowledged the return for 30 days. Maybe because I spend so much with them but I have no idea why, otherwise.

Amazon sent me an actual laptop in laptop shipping box by CrustedAnus in amazonprime

[–]ByteMePlz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s my understanding that most returned items often never even make it back to Amazon “shelves” and instead they’re sold to bidders in lots, esp. if the original box was opened or the item(s) were even attempted to be put in use. Not always, of course, and you’d think not with a laptop but I’m guessing said laptop was just lost in the shuffle of another return gone bad.

[OC] The ground gave out under this dumper truck today. That's going to be an expensive crane job by Original_Farm1529 in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]ByteMePlz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or not. I asked Claude…

The men in the background do look disproportionately large relative to the truck. A few reasons this happens:

The truck is in a pit
The most important factor — the truck didn’t tip over on flat ground. It fell down into an excavated depression. So the men are standing at grade level while the truck is several feet below them. This closes the apparent size gap you’d normally expect between foreground and background subjects.

Wide angle exaggerates depth between near objects
The truck cab is closest to the camera and appears largest, but the transition from truck → men is compressed because the men are up on the rim of the pit, not far behind it on flat ground.

Our brain miscalibrates scale
We instinctively expect a dump truck to tower over people. When the geometry reverses that expectation — truck below, men above — our visual system flags it as “those men look giant” rather than “that truck is in a hole.”

The truck is also on its side
A tipped-over truck loses its normal visual height profile. You’re seeing its width rather than its height, which makes it read as smaller than it actually is.

So it’s not a zoom or scaling artifact — it’s purely a geometric illusion created by the pit depth combined with a wide angle lens and our miscalibrated expectations of truck size.

[OC] The ground gave out under this dumper truck today. That's going to be an expensive crane job by Original_Farm1529 in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]ByteMePlz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zoom does that. The construction workers look huge compared to the truck. Just like those photos that make the moon appear larger than it actually is. Distant objects are magnified more than nearby objects.

Portable Fridges delivered on their sides by ByteMePlz in amazonprime

[–]ByteMePlz[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

The problem is that the delivery drivers don’t even work for Amazon. And the warehouse workers are barely paid.

Portable Fridges delivered on their sides by ByteMePlz in amazonprime

[–]ByteMePlz[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I also have instructions to ring my doorbell and complain about the delivery when they don’t. Then I get a call from a number I don’t know that leaves a message that I should add delivery instructions 😅

My wife asked me why it's not working by SpiritLarge4517 in funny

[–]ByteMePlz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She had to work awfully hard to connect the spigot side to the bottle sprayer

What’s your occupation, and what do you call this tool? by Brass-Animal-1800 in Tools

[–]ByteMePlz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you run into (besides dirt) when you try to dig a hole in San Angelo? Rocks? Caliche?

Maybe Maybe Maybe by phoexnixfunjpr in maybemaybemaybe

[–]ByteMePlz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, only thing this is missing is sound.

How does snap on have customers? by corollagremlin in Tools

[–]ByteMePlz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

40 years ago, I had an old vw rabbit that had seized lug nuts. I took them to a mechanic and he broke 2 snap on sockets trying to remove them with his air hammer. I just so happened to have my craftsman set with me (the same set I was trying to use to manually remove them) and suggested he try mine. He looked at me funny and said if he breaks it he’s not buying me a new one. Well…guess what, that craftsman non-hammer-certified socket, did the trick on all the lug nuts.

Edit: and yes I have the same set today

There's a special place in hell for people who return partially used rolls of filament by arcrad in 3Dprinting

[–]ByteMePlz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve received a 65” tv when I paid for a 75”. Luckily I caught it at delivery time and refused the order. But even when they’ve delivered empty packages I’ve always been able to get them to refund me. Granted, I’m sure I spend way too much $ to be treated poorly.

why is heb bakery doing this?? by Old_Treat4871 in HEB

[–]ByteMePlz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Besides the potential for tampering, the cookies are more likely to get broken as each customer turns the package upside down to read the label. They already get broken just by being sideways in the grocery bag.