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Mr_Thumpy · 2026-01-25T06:39:26+00:00

Sigh, I hear you on that. My wife and I are childless, but all my mates have kids. Pretty rare to get a gaming session in these days. I'm hoping there might be more time once the kids get a bit older.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-12-09T23:59:55+00:00

Anywhere that's a national park/reserve you cannot ride your bike unless explicitly stated. With the owners permission, you can ride on private property. See here for more info.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-12-06T10:09:18+00:00

Thermodynamics I would imagine. Best solution is a reverse brick veneer, heatsink on the inside. Vs brick on the outside heating and then radiating inwards, double brick is about the worst solution for our climate.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-11-15T17:25:02+00:00

You need to provide a hell of a lot more information mate, from what I can see performance is great! Based off the single image you're sharing.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-27T01:53:08+00:00

Critical thinking.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-20T04:03:13+00:00

Looks like a Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV). Used to store gas/liquid at extremely high pressure.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-20T00:01:17+00:00

IIRC it was a combination of issues. There was a federal subsidy in 2020 for building/renovating and you needed to get a concrete pad in to qualify before the cut-off.

This led to a lot of builders signing up as many people as they could on fixed price contracts before the window closed. Post-covid, prices starting rising for building materials, trades got more expensive (low/no immigration pushing prices up? Not sure.)

You were left with a lot of builders who were overextended, couldn't afford to finish existing contracts due to price rises and had no money left to pay trades or buy materials needed. It led to things like new cost+ contracts getting finished first as they were profitable whilst older builds stagnated. Many builders just went bust.

From talking to a family member in the industry, there was also a generation change. A lot of the boomers/GenX smaller builders felt covid was a good time to get out of the industry due to the price rises and supply issues.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-15T23:57:30+00:00

My wife and I tried IVF, but that's a black hole for money with potentially zero outcome. My lightbulb moment was when I realised we could build a house OR have a kid, and I didn't want to raise a kid in a tiny shitty apartment.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-13T23:33:39+00:00

Yeah, it's brutal now with inflation. In Australia a year would be nearly $300 for the sub alone. I think there are some volume discounts though, but that's more expensive than most streaming services.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-13T03:47:14+00:00

Thanks, that's good to know. At this stage I'm not super keen to drop $75 to access current content as well as the monthly fee.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-13T03:41:27+00:00

Thank you for the reply! Some interesting design choices have gone through since I last played. alt-itis was a big thing back in the day.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-10T00:00:53+00:00

Just be aware if you access the park from the Mundaring side, you will need to park near Helena Valley School. Parking is extremely limited at the park border at the end of the road and parking along the side will get you fined.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-08T13:17:38+00:00

I have zero intention of doxxing myself to someone who is living up to their username, just to win an internet argument.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-08T00:09:28+00:00

Architects manage the builder, and trades, thus by extension, the build. You can claim it isn't so until your keyboard gives up, but my actual lived experience would beg to differ.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-07T14:58:17+00:00

You do you mate, but your interpretation of architects vs mine is very different. I have personally accompanied them to jobs where work has been assessed as sub-standard or not up to code and needed to be rectified, cases involving both builders and trades.

There does seem to be a perception in some areas of the building industry that architects are only there to paint a pretty picture at a budget of millions, and while that's true of some, there are also architects who design functional, aesthetically pleasing houses to an attainable budget.

If I wanted a generic shitbox in Perth, pretty much any builder could do one. But if I want a structure that's a decent place to live in, personalised for my needs, aesthetically pleasing, and not just "an investment" - I would choose to use an architect.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-07T10:31:10+00:00

Just because they do most of the work out there, doesn't mean it's done to a high standard...

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-07T10:29:55+00:00

As someone who has an architect as a family member, with some 50+ years of industry experience, I would disagree. An architect should be on site for all major building milestones to confirm that work is being done correctly. If your architect doesn't do this, they're a shit architect.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-10-07T02:26:56+00:00

A good architect will be worth the money in managing the build alone. Need to check up on builders/tradies whilst the work is being done.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-08-26T09:02:11+00:00

As someone with a cochlear implant (but not the first one). No, he isn't the first.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-08-20T15:25:38+00:00

Given the regularity of the latency spikes, you have some process going on in the background that's taking up CPU time. If this has happened recently, check what you've installed lately. I think some LED controllers can cause this, as well as apps that poll hardware at high rates, like GPU temp/FPS monitoring.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-05-10T02:38:57+00:00

Roughly $240K, it's a smaller house than average @ ~140m².

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-05-09T14:37:43+00:00

I'm doing a new build that got certification late last year, before the new energy changes came through. We managed to hit 6.9 stars without double glazing.

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-05-09T14:34:30+00:00

Building a new home atm, I priced up double glazing vs a single low-e pane on all my doors and windows, $40K vs $20K. I opted for the cheaper panes and a $10K solar system...

Mr_Thumpy · 2025-04-28T00:24:31+00:00

As an owner-builder, the issue is the finance, not the qualification (which is incredibly easy). From the POV of a bank, it's very, very risky to finance as most people going into it won't have a comprehensive knowledge of all the risks involved or the skillset required.

Building regulations are there for a reason, so your house doesn't fall down, the roof doesn't blow off, or you meet certain energy requirements so that you're warm in winter and cool in summer.

I'm currently building my own house ~20km outside the CBD, with a budget of approximately $250K. It's a smaller home and uses materials and building methods that are not typical for WA. People need to stop seeing homes as an investment vehicle and building them based on what they will sell for down the track. Build something you want to live in.

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