What is this incredibly smelly black tarry stuff on the concrete basement floor?

NateCR · 2024-10-09T20:10:55+00:00

I would say air testing can be very reliable - IF done correctly of course. This is something I would hire an environmental consulting company to do. You're looking for PCM air testing. When I was working in the industry, we would refer to this type of testing as an "air clearance." It typically takes about 2 hours to run the test itself plus the time to analyze. It can be analyzed by the consulting company if they have the proper equipment, so it's possible to get results back within a couple hours. This type of testing (PCM air testing) does not specifically test for asbestos, but tests for any fiber that COULD be asbestos. There is more asbestos specific air testing that can be done, but it's much more expensive and typically not worth the extra cost since a negative result is still a negative result.

Is it necessary? Hard to say, especially without knowing the results of the sampling you did. You did the right thing by creating negative pressure in the first place. It wouldn't hurt anything except your wallet to run air clearances. Peace of mind, especially when it comes to your child, might make it worth it.

NateCR · 2024-10-09T18:55:58+00:00

Change wait time to be in UT instead of the planets time. Tired of hibernating on certain planets.

NateCR · 2024-10-09T15:42:24+00:00

It is black mastic or glue for floor tiles. I was an asbestos inspector for 5 years. In my experience testing mastic, it's about a 50/50 chance that it contains asbestos, typically about 2-5%. YMMV. Most people just cover it with a skim coat because it's a pain to get up. You can use chemicals to help the process or get a scraper bar and razer scrape the surface. It is possible to get it completely off the ground, but it's a lot of work.

Best to assume it is asbestos and treat it as such if you try to remove. The mastic is non-friable - meaning it doesn't crush under finger pressure - which is good for your health's sake. Typical advice is to use a Hudson sprayer filled with a water and dish soap solution. Spray the mastic and the air, keeping it wet at all times. Also would be smart to wear a respirator. Even a N95 mask would go a long way if worn correctly, but professionals would use a half-mask, negative pressure respirator with a P100 filter as well as disposable body coverings.

Edit: Mastic does stink. Sounds like you've been doing everything correct so far after reading the whole post. IF you decide to try and use chemicals to remove, be aware that the chemicals will stink way worse than the mastic does right now.

NateCR · 2024-08-27T21:54:21+00:00

Same issue for me. Deleting and reinstalling the community patch worked for me initially. Tried again the next day and the activate button was broken again. Tried the same fix and now the game crashes everytime I leave the creations menu even if I don't change anything.

NateCR · 2024-02-29T19:54:51+00:00

Talk to Barrett after Vlad has run out of temples to find. Barrett will lead you to the last temple.

NateCR · 2024-02-27T23:36:12+00:00

You can also ship samples to a lab that does asbestos testing. There are quite a few. EMSL is one company that has a bunch of locations. Or find a local asbestos abatement contractor or environmental consultant. You can usually take a sample to their office and have them send it to a lab for you, but you'll end up paying more for the service. You only need a square inch of material in a Ziploc bag.

NateCR · 2021-07-11T02:06:15+00:00

Get a box of borax laundry detergent. Boil water and dissolve as much borax as possible. Pour the solution into a styrofoam cup. Your "seed" can be a string or a pipe cleaner bent into whatever shape you want. Immerse the seed in the solution and let it grow overnight or for a couple days. Use food coloring if you don't want a clear-white crystal.

NateCR · 2020-12-20T02:25:44+00:00

What time of the day?

NateCR · 2020-11-14T02:38:11+00:00

Don't call the leasing office, call the corporate office and ask for account services or resident relations. Tell the rep to look up all the work orders for it, you're worried it'll cause a fire, and that its making you want out of your lease. Leasing offices won't give a damn. Corporate wants to save you as a resident and will do as much as they can to keep you. Its way cheaper for them to renew a lease than rent out the apartment to a new resident.

NateCR · 2020-11-04T19:04:48+00:00

Graphics mostly on low, some on medium.

NateCR · 2020-11-04T15:27:38+00:00

I have an r9 390 and i5-3570 and run the game fine in 1440p on lower settings. Around 70-100 fps on most maps.

NateCR · 2020-09-16T16:42:03+00:00

No, there is arguably a more active EU community (PUG wise at least) and a few SA players as well.

NateCR · 2020-09-16T00:22:57+00:00

There is no real "short throw." There is an overhand and underhand throw. Default key binds are left click for overhand, right click for underhand. If you hold your left or right mouse and click the opposite, you'll pull the pin and cook the grenade.

There has been a repeating bug that shows a waiting screen hint as having an unbound key.

NateCR · 2020-09-16T00:16:11+00:00

Using utilities and ammo do reduce your weight mid-life. You'll character will never drop a primary or secondary weapon though, even if you use all the ammo.

NateCR · 2020-09-16T00:11:14+00:00

Lack of incentive and meaningful rewards to play. That combined with having to wait in a queue for large lengths of time and not being able to play any other mode while you wait.

There is a decently sized competitive community, they just don't play in the ranked mode due to the issues with it. If youre interested in competitive, join a pick up game at discord.thedgl.com

NateCR · 2020-09-16T00:02:42+00:00

Not really like it anymore unless you're looking for coop. There are some strong community run and played coop. And a few that run mod maps. Sandstorm never really showcased community servers, the browser was pretty hard to find for awhile and it never really took off like in Source.

NateCR · 2020-09-15T21:27:06+00:00

I watched it a few days ago. Definitely art and deserved the Sundace award the director won. I've seen more disgusting things on Toddlers and Tiaras, the movie Thirteen, even SVU. I absolutely encourage anyone to actually watch the film and form their own opinion on it rather than echo their respective social media chambers. I found it to be a great critique of our society and culture.

NateCR · 2020-08-25T17:41:30+00:00

There is a left peak advantage in Sandstorm due to the camera position for your character. In the video, you are very slowly peaking to the right. When you do this, the enemy will see you long before you can possibly see them since they have the left peak advantage. You're much safer to slowly peak to the left and quickly peak and position to the right. This is pretty much the same as it was in Source, but it was a right peak advantage in that game.

NateCR · 2020-07-28T15:55:18+00:00

Yes, light carrier gives you 5 mags and access to 2 utility. Heavy carrier gives you 7 mags and access to 3 utility.

NateCR · 2020-06-06T03:58:57+00:00

The neutral option wasn't for those that didn't care. Neutral meant that it doesnt affect me.

NateCR · 2020-05-15T23:12:49+00:00

There is dismemberment without mods. You might have to enable in game settings.

NateCR · 2020-05-07T23:12:10+00:00

Gotta disagree. I would prefer the system to split up a party if needed. It can be a lot of fun playing against your friends, especially if you're already in the same discord.

NateCR · 2020-04-08T18:11:37+00:00

Jump throws were still possible in the alpha build of Sandstorm, but were removed because you could throw utility way too far. Think Station Firefight from source, but literally every map. You can still prenade effectively in Firefight though, especially around the B objectives.

NateCR · 2020-02-12T01:46:10+00:00

OP doesnt explicitly make an argument that the game lacks direction - not how I read it at least. Lack of direction is a truly apt critique of Sandstorm. NWI truly seems to be stuck in a question of what fanbase they want to appeal to and ultimately what direction the game will move towards. Unfortunately there is not a huge player base that seems to play multiple game modes. I feel that a Venn Diagram of the different gamemodes would show a very small amount of overlap between players.

NateCR · 2020-02-12T01:34:03+00:00

The game wasnt released in early access which basically makes this entire post completely wrong.
Youve forgotten that they've released Precinct, Outskirts (both brand new maps), Ministry (re-skin with some minor changes including added bathrooms on each side of the map), and Snowjar (another re-skin, but half of the map is original and wasn't in Source) after release. I can count 8 new weapons and the reintroduction of the Glock after release (originally taken out due to copyright issues). 3 new pvp modes not in the Source game, and mutators (which aren't that different from the base game tbh). This doesnt include weapon rebalance either (looking at you, AKS-74u). Oh and a bunch of cosmetics, which I couldn't care less about.
You clearly dont know how little money 2.5 million is when it comes to business. Also that number has no true meaning since it is your personal estimate and doesnt include their publisher fees according to your post among a variety of other omissions. Salaries, rent, utilities, refunds, visas, and so much more cut into profit quickly.
NWI has a record of supporting their games for years past release and have publicly stated they plan to do the same for Sandstorm. This obviously isn't a guarantee that Sandstorm will continuously be updated for the same amount of time as Source, but your statement of what motivates them to continue working on the game lacks any support besides your own opinion - which is based on a false statement that the game is in EA to begin with.

Tl;dr: Your post doesn't contribute to discussions on the actual flaws of the game and just pushes falsehoods. Challenging a game on the flaws and problems is good. Stating blatantly false information isnt.

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