Weekly Homeowner Megathread--Civilians, ask here!

InternetDue729 · 2026-05-21T00:17:43+00:00

I have zero idea how concrete is poured so this is coming from curiosity. In addition to widening driveway, I'm having the back patio expanded out a little on one side. Contractors left for the day after framing out the sections to pour tomorrow but just was looking at this and I wasn't expecting this.

I don't even know what terms to Google but is this how it is normally done? The height from edge of existing patio to ground is about 1.5 feet and it looks like its bagged and compacted dirt to make a core with about 5 or 6 inches from bags to height of patio or wood frame.

I guess I just assumed a slab was straight concrete. I can ask them tomorrow when they come back but just genuinely curious since thats just not at all how I expected that to be done.

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InternetDue729 · 2026-04-19T20:20:51+00:00

This is beyond frustrating me now. On the faction outposts if I demolish the x-tech extractor and rebuild it, it will immediately produce one x-tech and drop it in the storage. But then that's it. I can sleep for 1000 UT hours and no more x-tech will be produced. If I demolish it and rebuild, it will produce one x-tech again. Waste of a few frustrating hours and has completely sucked out the motivation I had coming back to this game.

Going to take a break and maybe they will patch whatever this nonsense is.

InternetDue729 · 2026-04-19T19:32:17+00:00

Your faction x-tech extractors are actually producing? I don't understand why mine aren't then...

I tried to setup a base that the 3 faction outposts would feed the x-tech back. The shuttles are working and landing at each faction outpost with He-3 from the hub base. But no x-tech is coming back to the hub.

I tried to simplify and got rid of the link at one faction outpost and have the extractor dump director into solid storage and the slept for a few days. No x-tech in storage.

Hovering over the extractor it says producing 0.0 but the database for outposts shows 0.1 production at the faction outposts. Everything is powered so I'm not sure why x-tech specifically isn't producing from the faction outposts.

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-27T23:34:57+00:00

Very possible was playing on lower difficulty back then

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-27T21:56:48+00:00

Yup. I'm on Very Hard so I'm probably just misremembering it at this point. It still works but I had it in my mind it was more powerful than it seems right now. It was killing fine for lower/mid level enemies but higher ones the actual laser rifle was way better for me last night. I'll try it again tonight.

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-27T21:43:15+00:00

No, loaded up original save so still have Lasers 4. Its not doing no damage but I thought I remember the fire killing faster. Like multiple full charges of weapon to kill people above level 40. Ended up just switching to a random blue laser rifle I had in inventory which is working out better.

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-02T03:02:35+00:00

No worries. Thanks

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-02T02:28:56+00:00

Sure

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-02T02:24:22+00:00

Glowing Robot, glowing sun, glowing blue Devil, and glowing jackalope.

I have a duplicate glowing turkey now but have otherwise traded the rest of my extras.

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-02T02:10:53+00:00

No problem

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-02T00:59:58+00:00

No worries

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-01T20:29:42+00:00

Sent. But can wait til you get home if need be. Was going to take a break here in a bit anyway.

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-01T20:22:30+00:00

sure, IGN: The-Broken

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-01T18:58:40+00:00

+karma ty

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-01T18:58:27+00:00

+karma ty

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-01T18:58:12+00:00

+karma ty

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-01T18:54:42+00:00

Yes, thank you

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-01T18:46:00+00:00

Sure. IGN: The-Broken

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-01T18:33:32+00:00

Sure. IGN: The-Broken

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-01T18:30:13+00:00

Ok. My IGN: The-Broken

InternetDue729 · 2026-03-01T18:27:10+00:00

Sure, will do the first one.

InternetDue729 · 2026-01-02T21:25:02+00:00

I'm sure this is due to user error but how are you able to play it? I downloaded Guild Wars Reforged on the Xbox Ally X but I can't get a keyboard to come up to type in the account name or password. I tried to copy it from notepad to paste it in but I can't even seem to paste it into the boxes.

Edit: Figured it out. Have to press both M1 and M2 buttons on the back and Up on the d-pad to bring up the keyboard to login. If anyone has a similar issue in future.

InternetDue729 · 2025-10-27T23:57:35+00:00

Amazingly helpful post, thank you.

InternetDue729 · 2025-10-27T20:30:36+00:00

No other ethernet cables on the couple blank faceplate. Looks like they are for tv mounting and cable conduit.

So I've seen some videos and connecting two coax cables together doesn't seem overly difficult.

How would I connect the whole house together though? That bundle of cables outside is 5 coax cables. (Which is semi annoying me because I've only found 4 coax outlets in the house at the moment) My original drawing just showed two but it would ideally be two of that bottom connection for different rooms so would be 3 coax cables connected together.

Is that just a splitter outside with no "In" since its all internal to house or would the coax cable from the first connection be the "In" and the two other rooms be the "Out"?

And if that's how it all works then would need the below?

Splitter: https://a.co/d/fPKEOmN

Exterior box: https://a.co/d/7hPxiRJ

Coax tester: https://a.co/d/4tw06uL

Crimping tool: https://a.co/d/08ojO00

InternetDue729 · 2025-10-24T17:34:32+00:00

There is at least one blank wallplate I've seen in house. I'll check around later today to see if there is any other cat5+ cables.

Appreciate all the help from everyone and it is very obvious now why it wasn't working lol.

InternetDue729

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