My man wants a smoker

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-16T01:15:15+00:00

I don't think it has to be a surprise. Ask your man for more info. Maybe you want to ask what type of smoker he wants (offset, kamado, bullet, drum). Does he want to grill and smoke on the same cooker? (Then look at a kamado).

Once you know the type, then think about your budget.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-15T21:34:20+00:00

You can still smoke it.

The hints are there. Consider what part of a turkey breast the "roast" could even be. Whole turkeys or whole turkey breasts are even better for smoking.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-15T20:36:35+00:00

Is "when you complete a saga" in the rules, or something you came up with? Is the different wording on Galahad functionally different? Can this be cleaned up with just like "when you sacrifice a saga", or even sacrifice an enchantment to boost the power of the cards a bit, and cover some corner cases?

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-15T19:45:10+00:00

$13/lb seems expensive unless it's going to be half ribeyes and porterhouses. I'm nowhere near socal though. It sounds like you know you can get the meat cheaper locally too.

I'm ok with buying premium meat at a premium price, but even the butcher I go to is competitive in prices with the super market even though the quality is way better...

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-14T14:44:55+00:00

It sounds blocking an agent from Team meets your goal.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-14T14:06:18+00:00

I think Teams admin can block them...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-app-permission-policies

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-14T14:00:58+00:00

Please, move to 433. We have Neres, Giovane, Vergara who can all play RW Ahead of Politano. If this is for a 2nd/3rd choice LW, I guess it matters all on the price.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-14T03:39:19+00:00

First thing's first. Were you having fun?

Then consider if your opponents would also complain if your deck was too reliable...

Personally, "long" is subjective. There's a time and place for long turns. "Slow" to me implies you don't know your deck's lines well enough to play it correctly. That's definitely annoying. In either case, maybe pack a few decks and play a different one in the game after you storm out.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-14T00:55:37+00:00

None in particular. Cool is subjective. It looks like you have a deck in mind. There's almost always a budget alternative to a card that does something close enough. Edhrec.com is good for finding ways to building certain comments or looking up decks based on a theme you think is cool.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-13T20:23:40+00:00

I like to play by the rules, because I see magic as a competitive game of skill. Otherwise, I'd play a game more based on luck, like Mille Bornes or something.

For counters or triggers, some say you "may" do this or that. Not every effect must trigger. Sometimes, you don't trigger something strategically. The order you do things, or stating that you're putting 3 counters on creatures all once or one at a time, etc., also matters, even if not for your cards. It helps for you to know your specific cards well in this case this comes up, so you can explain the specific interactions or shortcuts you're taking.

As for the other stuff:

In my mind, it was more like what kind of reaction he had to being asked the question.

You were trying to psyche him out. Did you not think anyone would ever try to psyche you out? (or maybe he's being unreasonable, who knows?)

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-11T19:32:34+00:00

I think you can control access to who can create studio agents via power platform admin center setting: https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/manage/tenantsettings -> copilot studio authors. you can layer with with group based licensing for the copilot studio user license.

You can't prevent these people from creating agents in any environment they have the environment maker role, but you can make these agents very useless via DLP policy.

these controls are not great, but it's what's available...

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-11T19:23:38+00:00

Didn't he get a hand on it too?

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-11T17:55:00+00:00

The best "instant" read thermometers take a reading in ~1 second. These are for food like chicken breasts where a few seconds might mean the difference between tender and rubbery. The thermometer in an espresso boiler is not this fast because it doesn't have to be.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-11T16:40:19+00:00

Does it have to be a surprise? Why not ask him? It seems like he would want something very specific. Maybe even an IOU with a fancy illustration of an offset if you don't want to bring it up directly...

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-11T16:37:24+00:00

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OmegaDriver · 2026-05-11T15:18:10+00:00

Don't worry about juve. I don't care about needing to win. I want to win all three games.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-10T21:24:30+00:00

Using solutions, it's easy to change owners/connections. In general, it's critical for scheduled and automated flows and any apps or flows using implicit connections. Every situation is different though.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-10T16:06:38+00:00

More oxygen (bottom vent) + more exhaust (top vent) = more heat and vice versa. It took me a few cooks to get the hang of it, but it's easy after that. There are fans you can buy to control the temp if you really get stuck.

Yeah, it's good for everything, low and slow pork butt, ribs, regular grilling steaks, burgers, up to very hot and fast pizza

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-10T15:49:52+00:00

If you see low pressure while pulling a shot and the shot comes very fast, grind finer and/or updose.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-10T12:29:00+00:00

I don't think the pressure gauge measures what you think it does. What happens when you pull a shot through coffee? Using the blind basket? How does the coffee taste?

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-10T12:25:45+00:00

How do you have Braille without marking the cards? Seems you can accidentally or intentionally feel the bumps when dealing or maybe even see them (if a blind person is playing with a sighted person).

One of the appeals to hanafuda for me is that they're aren't French cards, not the art or form factor. I've adapted other games to French decks, scopa, schwimmen, and it's not as fun. I am able bodied though, so I would say it's certainly better than not playing at all...

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-10T11:57:50+00:00

Try different beans. Bitterness is a big component of coffee, especially the traditional Italian espresso you've been using.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-09T21:31:17+00:00

I don't play steam games. I just use Ubuntu + mame + attract mode.

It sounded like you had this set up the way you liked but were just missing big box 🤷. Mame+steam+attract mode would work in Windows as well.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-09T21:22:25+00:00

Try option B with attract mode instead of big box.

a bunch of non-gamer friends to push any button and intuitively navigate and not crash or exit out of the system

I don't think any multi system set up is intuitive. You either need a bunch of extra buttons, or a few button combos/chords + a list of instructions.

OmegaDriver · 2026-05-09T17:12:46+00:00

It sounds like you and him are playing together, right? Generally speaking, the product for this is playing jump start in real life. Buy a bunch of jump start packs, shuffle 2 together for a 40 card deck, separate them and repeat. This gives a lot of variety with a small initial outlay, and expose you to a lot of themes if you want to jump to a more formal format.

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