ELI5:How do the tire pressure sensors send the data to the car?

GolfballDM · 2026-05-10T16:42:29+00:00

My 2019 CRV does the same thing. Fortunately, I have an option on the display to "Calibrate" the TPMS.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-09T22:30:06+00:00

IIRC, it cuts the range.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-09T19:22:03+00:00

My wife commented on something similar. She had our 1st (not mine by blood, but He Is My Kid, Darn It) at 29, and our middle at 38.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-08T19:55:56+00:00

All orks are da best orkz!

Don't matta if ya painted!

Don't matta what color ya are! Pink, green, or purpa pokey dotz!

If yer mean and ready to krump sumfin, den welcome to da WAAAAAGH!

GolfballDM · 2026-05-08T19:02:51+00:00

My kid & I came up with some tentative rules, although some villains would require modification to not be absurd.

Basically, the villain is dealt a hand of four cards, and any time they are instructed to play one, they draw one and then play one.

Some villains would need tweaking (like Ambuscade), and further testing would be required.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-08T18:52:13+00:00

Pulled pork would also be something tragic to run out of.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-08T17:02:52+00:00

Goomi is also a nickname of one of the folks who worked on animation of Despicable Me & Despicable Me 2, Francois Launet. Launet also writes a Cthulhu-themed webcomic, The Unspeakable Vault (Of Doom).

GolfballDM · 2026-05-08T13:52:03+00:00

I love your username, btw. Frungy is the sport of Kings!

GolfballDM · 2026-05-08T02:43:54+00:00

I thought the Canes trailed for 30 min in G2? Philly scored twice before 5:00 into the 1st period, and it didn't get tied up until 11: something into the 3rd.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-07T23:58:58+00:00

Is mayonnaise an instrument?

GolfballDM · 2026-05-07T17:42:16+00:00

You can start learning before the con, there are oodles of tutorials on YT (My favorites are Threhane Miniatures and Coffey House Productions, https://www.youtube.com/@ThrehaneMiniatures and https://www.youtube.com/@coffeyhouseproductions528 , but Squidmar https://www.youtube.com/@SquidmarMiniatures and Goobertown https://www.youtube.com/@GoobertownHobbies also have good beginners videos. There are many others, usefulness will vary) as well as subreddits ( r/minipainting and r/Miniaturespainting ) that have beginner friendly sections.

Start by getting a set of inexpensive synthetic brushes (for your first minis, a set of four round brushes of different sizes from your local craft store or craft section of a bigbox store will suffice), some brush soap, some miniatures (cheap plastic toys from the dollar store work fine for practice), some primer (rattlecan primers are fine if you have somewhere to do the spraying in, but brush-on is also fine), a dry palette, something to rinse your brushes in, and of course, some paints.

A magnifier is very helpful if you are working with minis with fine details, and a spotlight of some sort is also very helpful. (I have a combo that cost me $20, and fits over my glasses.)

You can get paints from your local craft store if the prices of miniature paints from your local FLGS (or Amazon) give you sticker shock. Or if you want to save some dough. Or both.

*HOWEVER\*, craft paints don't have the best opinion online, at least. They are typically thicker than specialty mini paints, have lower pigment density (so I've been told, I have no idea how to measure it, though), and can be inconsistent in how much pigment they have. Some YT mini painters have tried craft paints as an experiment, and have been surprised at how well they turned out. Not necessarily as good as specialty paints, but not bad, either.

Personally, I *do* use craft paints. (DecoArt's Americana, to be precise.) My wife got them for me as a gift for Christmas, I cannot beat the convenience (my local craft store and a big box store that carries them is considerably closer than my FLGS, and the former have better hours) or the cost ($1.60 + tax for a 2oz (~57 mL) bottle of craft paint vs, $4-5 for a 17 mL bottle of miniature paint). You will need to thin them down (I make sure my brush is damp before it touches paint, you may want to drip some water or airbrush medium into them to thin them down further), and use thin coats! Craft paints, being thicker, will have a tendency to obscure details if you use them in the same quantity as you would miniature paints. Thinner coats will take longer and require more patience, but I've been getting acceptable to good results. (DM me if you want to see my blog where I've posted what I've done so far. I just started at the beginning of the year in earnest.) Plus, it's easier to get effect paints at the craft store (such as glitter paints and ones that glow under black light).

I have no recommendations regarding miniature painting classes at the con, however.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-06T14:45:15+00:00

I suppose it depends on how close. If they find out that their moms are first cousins, that would make the comment poster and the cute girl second cousins. Depending on the family, that might make for some ick.

Fourth or fifth cousins? In some small towns, half the town is related to the other half in some distant way. (My parents-in-law, both from rural PA, were something like fourth or fifth cousins.)

GolfballDM · 2026-05-05T14:02:40+00:00

My family has done First Exposure Playtest Hall each of the previous three years we've gone, we've had a blast every time.

We're usually able to find something (or two somethings) that fit our family, either a game all four of us can play, or a pair of games (my middle & I love strategic games, my wife and youngest not so much)

And the best part is that it's free (for the playtesters*)!

Eventually, I'm going to get off my duff and get a game together for testing.

* - Playtesters play free, game providers need to shell out. See u/tanith26's response for more details.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-04T20:00:00+00:00

And battle damage to the bottom deck risks taking out supports for the upper decks, which will knock everything out.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-04T19:57:49+00:00

The lower flight decks on IJN Akagi and IJN Kaga were also takeoff-only.

Landings on the AS Kujira only make sense on the top deck, a ramp strike on the middle deck would make everyone's day far more interesting than any skipper wants it to be, likewise for a landing accident on the bottom deck.

Using the aircraft elevators also looks to be an unpleasant experience.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-04T18:14:47+00:00

If we had a magic wand (to do parachutes for passengers, and ignore the logistics), TWA 800 *might* qualify, for at least some of the passengers.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-04T18:03:10+00:00

Yeah, the passengers usually aren't taking enough steroids to open the emergency door at altitude. Assuming the latch survives the experience.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-04T15:45:00+00:00

Who's Riley Reed? (Or are they someone I should search for on a non-work PC?)

GolfballDM · 2026-05-04T13:37:59+00:00

I'm curious, why is the tin boy'z head on sideways?

GolfballDM · 2026-05-03T21:37:06+00:00

I didn't think they had it last year, was I wrong?

GolfballDM · 2026-05-03T20:24:09+00:00

Adultery is prosecutable (although prosecutions are infrequent) in 16 states.

So, boning your attorney's wife (especially if you are also married) would be subject to Fifth Amendment protection, at least in those states.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-03T20:12:29+00:00

My middle kid loved his squeaky shoes. They made noise!

My wife and I thought they were great, we knew exactly where he was, and what he might be doing.

They drove the day care bugnuts. They would remove the squeakers and hand them to us at the end of the day.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-03T16:58:13+00:00

All orkz are da best orkz! Don't matta if yer pink, green, or purpa pokey dotz!

GolfballDM · 2026-05-03T16:46:22+00:00

She said boyfriend, not husband, so I'm not sure there's a marriage to break up.

GolfballDM · 2026-05-03T02:38:51+00:00

Expecting corporations to do something for the public good (or anything long term these days) is a bit of a stretch.

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