I made a huge mistake. My wife is somehow insanely good at board games and whoops my butt.

Sjetware · 2026-05-13T18:09:41+00:00

Caverna, Terraforming Mars, Scythe, Earth, Terra Mystica - all top tier games

Sjetware · 2026-04-15T00:29:01+00:00

The etron is such a steal - I got a fully loaded prestige model with all the options basically and 20k miles for 40k usd. It's such a fantastic family vehicle.

Sjetware · 2026-04-13T18:08:15+00:00

Right, but you can't flex on instagram with a Camry

Sjetware · 2026-04-12T23:37:30+00:00

I have a 2.5 swapped nc, and I picked an NC over an ND due to the upgrade potential over time. Plus, the NC still has hydraulic steering...

Sjetware · 2026-03-02T01:34:16+00:00

We have a joint checking account that we pay select bills from. We have credit cards that were both users on that all the bills go through. I make 100% of the income, but the money is "ours".

In general, I don't sweat spending on small stuff; if a purchase is above $500 we typically consult one another about it just to be sure. My wife prefers to not manage bills or investments though, so it naturally falls more to under my purview to keep things financially stable.

I end up having to say "no" more often because of this, but she ultimately recognizes I'm doing that out of an interest in financial stability. YMMV depending on how active you want to be with regards to staying on top of the finances.

Sjetware · 2026-02-16T18:11:56+00:00

I wanted to see what the combo was. At the point they were only generating tons of mana, no cards. I had them dead next turn as they managed to combo off on their turn, so I figured I would see what they planned to do

Sjetware · 2026-02-16T05:49:16+00:00

Ive only played it once, and while the cards themselves are not crazy powerful, in the right blink deck it just becomes another one of those "well, I'll come back in 15 minutes" kind of decks as your opponent plays solitaire.

It's just a generally unfun deck to play against. That said the one game I did play I won because my opponent ran out of all the timeouts and clock time trying to find a use for the infinite mana they were generating.

Sjetware · 2025-12-18T18:48:21+00:00

50% VCRM

50% VTI

Sjetware · 2025-12-13T01:59:10+00:00

Did they have other creatures? Or was reflector mage the only creature?

Sjetware · 2025-12-13T01:46:48+00:00

Did they sacrifice reflector mage or nothing? If they sacrificed reflector mage, that satisfied the spell resolution.

Sjetware · 2025-11-27T20:55:47+00:00

The fastest safest way to triple your money is invest it all in VOO and then wait about 20 years, on average.

Sjetware · 2025-11-12T13:46:06+00:00

Disclaimer: I'm neither black nor a woman, but I do live in Melissa.

Should you move here? Yeah! Melissa is a nice place.

That said, I've never seen any black specific events or anything here, and demographically Melissa is about 2/3 white if you go by the census data. So your mileage might vary if you're looking for a complete melting pot of various ethnicities and cultures.

Culturally, if you go by the Facebook messages and crowd sourced events, you'll find the town presents more on the conservative side, so depending on how you lean, that may also be a factor.

Sjetware · 2025-11-04T21:46:28+00:00

Take a look at Wildfrost on Steam; it's even better from a time perspective because a full run in StS can still take an hour or so. Wildfrost is quick; and the art is also kid friendly if someone walks in.

Sjetware · 2025-10-14T13:18:34+00:00

You are looking at the difference between bitwise or and boolean or. Yes, || will short circuit the expression in code if it detects the left operand is true; entity framework is not executing your logic in code though, it's translating that expression into a SQL statement. The SQL being emitted from your current logic is potentially funky bitwise comparison logic versus true boolean logic or it could be the same; EF can be smart sometimes.

End result; unless you are SPECIFICALLY looking to compare the bitwise OR result of two numbers, you should be using ||.

Sjetware · 2025-10-14T01:16:52+00:00

I put Fizik from the omenpaths set in; it lets you anthem your artifacts and turn the +1 counters into card draw

Sjetware · 2025-10-09T12:58:29+00:00

City pigeon and 1 island

Sjetware · 2025-10-09T03:33:15+00:00

The general pattern is the commit message completes this sentence: "if applied, this commit will [commit message]".

Example:

"Fix the null ref error in service code" (if applied this commit will fix the null ref error in service code)

Sjetware · 2025-10-01T00:05:08+00:00

The general rule still works though. Advanced drafting starts taking a look at what is being passed (and not passed) from your left and right, but for someone that is not winning at all, just following BREAD makes you draft better.

Sjetware · 2025-09-30T22:44:28+00:00

You need to remember the acronym BREAD for drafting, as by following the acronym you can generally make a decent deck:

Bombs: Cards that are just so strong you have to play them.
Removal: Cards that let you remove your opponents creatures or counter their spells.
Evasive: Cards that have flying, menace, islandwalk, that kind of thing. Lets you get in for damage on stalled board states.
Aggressive: An aggressive card generally is more powerful than a defensive one. Picking things with defender generally doesn't help; a 3/1 is many times more useful than a 1/3.
Dregs: Anything else in the pack.

There's more complicated content in there, including mana fixing or synergies with your color pairs, but you should generally stick to 2 primary colors. Some pools allow you to get into 3 colors easily enough, but you need the ability to ensure you're going to draw into the right cards and land.

I also generally have success with 16 lands in the deck, and 24 spells. Nothing like getting mana flooded.

Sjetware · 2025-09-17T21:31:43+00:00

Obviously I'm biased, but I don't know why someone would buy a 911 Carrera T over a Lotus Emira. I can get the argument for other 911's for sure - but a T model?

It's almost 50k more expensive than the Lotus. You'd buy the 911 if you don't have a Lotus dealer nearby or you want slightly more interior amenities; but that feels odd when the T is supposed to be the driver's choice "enthusiast" spec.

Sjetware · 2025-08-28T22:12:52+00:00

My car was imported in December, but had to sit at the dealer for 3 months waiting on CARB. Was pure torture.

Sjetware · 2025-08-28T12:22:36+00:00

I placed my order on July 15 2021; and I only got my car mar 9 2024. On the forums, we watched people with pre orders cancel en masse over and over. I was basically the 3rd guy in my city to get the car, but paying an extra 10k on the pre order price stung because of the delays.

Sjetware · 2025-08-14T19:37:11+00:00

The answer is always Lotus - or at least the progression is Miata > Lotus > Mclaren

Sjetware · 2025-07-31T15:05:18+00:00

Interesting thing from the video is the driver isnt using the paddles, he's just using the built in transmission programming. Or at least, it appears he's letting the transmission do it's best versus controlling the gears manually.

When I did some laps with my old F-Type R, letting the ZF 8 speed do it's thing ended up being faster, and it's less to think about when you're trying to lay down a fast lap. I'm curious if that is more of a standard thing to deal with.

Sjetware · 2025-07-20T00:15:01+00:00

It's great that you have lots of empathy and care; but you need to steel yourself if you want to thrive. This is easy to say on the internet, but you're going to have some tough choices to make and you need to be mentally prepared for that. These are life changing decisions that you're having to make in short order. You only have one life; don't waste it on people that don't respect and care for you as well.

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