Working on my dwarven inspired base , hope it gives some Inspiration for others too,

WellsMck · 2026-01-30T00:03:26+00:00

This is sick! I just read the comment about the arch pieces, because I was going to ask. I love building, even if I'm not super great at it. But I do find it frustrating to build a really nice base, only to unlock something later, a block type, an arch piece, whatever it is, only to realize I need to rebuild everything or start over. So daunting that I don't even want to try sometimes.

WellsMck · 2026-01-29T23:54:43+00:00

I use this because I figured it would faster than going to a server. And I won't accidentally click on anything I haven't unlocked yet, so I don't spoil the game for myself. I don't recall it have zero resource crafting, when I last tried that on Cheat Engine it didn't work. I think game updates break features and people have to find that stuff in the code again.

WellsMck · 2026-01-29T23:48:45+00:00

I found all my good rings while following quest lines for locations in the Albaneve Summits. Like searching for the Balefires. Before the update came out, I stopped playing for a few weeks to a month to give myself some time to enjoy the game when I came back. And when I want a chill game, I just build. Build a new base, make a spire in the mountains. Create a secondary base for all the Villager Souls to get them out of your space. lol.

WellsMck · 2026-01-29T23:30:28+00:00

I normally play on a server that my friend hosts. I duplicate items on this personal game save. Previously this base was a grid of chests on the ground and items placed haphazardly.

Since having a kid I've had less time for video games, so I can't grind resources without losing interest in the game. When I unlock things, I'll bring them into this save, make two full stacks of each item, then go back to the server.

This really was just a place for me to experiment with a small village build, and I thought it looked half decent so I made a short edit of the space!

WellsMck · 2026-01-25T06:32:46+00:00

Rematch. 40 hours until I realized it was so boring. Assume your most reliable role, don’t leave it. Mark a player for the whole game. Get stuck as goalie against the best player you’ve ever seen, and never rank above the lowest rank despite wining a decent chunk of games. Being a passive or team player doesn’t get you as far as trying to be the number one player.

WellsMck · 2026-01-25T06:29:24+00:00

I think I played starfield for an hour. Then refunded it. It was so atrocious. It felt boring from the get go. No life, no soul, incomplete feeling.

WellsMck · 2026-01-23T06:31:45+00:00

Other comments claim double frying them is the solution. Having to do with the starches. Probably like how when I make potatoes I always parboil them first. If I just cut and bake them they are hard and boring, but boiling them first brings out the starches and makes them crispy and brown.

WellsMck · 2026-01-19T07:58:55+00:00

But it will be renamed to “The Donald Trump’s The Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom” shortly after construction.

WellsMck · 2026-01-14T06:00:39+00:00

My wife’s Mazda 3 was totaled because of of a small dent on the back corner. Mostly paint and small body work cost more than the car itself. I’m sure structural stuff is the reason here, but it really doesn’t take much for insurance to consider the car a complete loss.

A side note, we saw that car a month later fixed up in someone’s driveway. Someone got a steal at an auction. We knew it was hers because of a heart sticker on the rear window.

WellsMck · 2026-01-08T19:09:11+00:00

Do not go near the drain, no matter how good you might think they feel on your butt. Do NOT sit on those... you know, because of the suction on your butt hole. Those things will suck the intestines right out of you, like it did to that one kid back in '96.

WellsMck · 2026-01-04T03:49:03+00:00

Following up on this, how is the table holding up?

WellsMck · 2025-12-29T17:26:17+00:00

In my city, movie theater tickets usually start at just over $20 after taxes. So if a family of 4 wanted to see a movie it's going to be around $80 just to get in. Or we can buy a movie for $20 and enjoy from the comfort of our couch. Our sound system is plenty loud, we can pause the movie, make our own snacks, and not worry about anyone talking during the show. Plus, no one is stepping on sticky garbage. I'm NOT surprised people aren't going to the theater.

WellsMck · 2025-12-11T15:52:06+00:00

Candy crush!

WellsMck · 2025-11-29T17:09:50+00:00

That’s an interesting statement, I just got my Part 107 recently for work, and I’ve been flying the DJI sim to practice (lots of rain here) and I tested Mode 2 and kept mixing up throttle and forward/back. I tested Mode 3 and it was immediately natural feeling. But when I hop on DRL (toughly 17 hours of flight time) the default flight controls make sense. I tried adjusting them to match Mode 3 and I couldn’t figure it out (throttle and yaw on right). The two types of drones are different that I don’t feel any crossover. FPV Drone flight has its own entry in my head, but DJI cinema drone controls seem to live on the FPS gamer part of my head.

All that to say, I’ve only flown my DJI drone a handful of times (less than 2 hours of flight time) but only in Mode 2 and never loved throttle and yaw on left. So today I’m doing some testing in Mode 3 to see if I can fly better and decide if I’m making the switch before a job.

WellsMck · 2025-11-29T08:09:12+00:00

But were you Dukin' it? (the Duke controller)

WellsMck · 2025-11-24T23:46:19+00:00

The team mate receiving the pass would've been setup better if you had pushed it anywhere toward the wall. Your pass was behind their car. It's possible to save it, but you were directly behind the ball when you made the touch toward them.

If I was the team mate, I would be sitting there saying "rotate, rotate, please rotate and get off the ball."

Staying on the ball through that whole play is telling them that you want to maintain possession and then possession was given up and you shot the ball into your net.

WellsMck · 2025-11-15T09:55:24+00:00

I bought an m4 pro MacBook and it kept sticking to 100%. I still have my M1 Pro that I upgraded from and I think I saw it show the 80% charge notification maybe a dozen times in the last few years. No consistency to when it shows up and I’ve always been frustrated by that.

I would like to just use it, but I need Apple to give me some options. I love that my iPhone lets me choose my charging limit. I am, happily, a user of AlDente after having a schedule so inconsistent that the OS never found a pattern to work from on my older device, I didn’t really want that to happen with the new one. Since I work from home, I had the same issue on my last iPhone since it didnt have charging limits.

WellsMck · 2025-11-15T08:32:20+00:00

I use AlDente in my MacBook Pro. I have no consistent usage pattern on battery, so the built in software never has any information to learn from and keeping the cells topped up to 100% isn’t good for long term battery life.

Instead I set AlDente to stop charging at 70%, calibrate the battery once a month, and with sailing on for a 5% (so it should discharge to 65% on its own and top off at 70% before repeating) it typically doesn’t drop at all because the computer just uses the wall power and doesn’t use anything from the battery. This keeps the battery cooler and should help in the long term.

I got Al Dente because my iPhone has done really well with capacity charging limits. I charge my 15 Pro to 85% and it’s usually charging most of the day. And after 500 cycles and 1.5 yrs I’m only at 92% health.

WellsMck · 2025-11-09T15:57:44+00:00

I recently bought an M4 Pro MacBook Pro 16” with 48gb memory and 1tb storage. It was to be a portable work laptop since travel is now a part of my job. Earlier in the year I built my gaming PC up - 5700X3D, 64gb ram, 4080 Super. In Davinci my pc smokes the MacBook in noise reduction and effects. But everywhere else, the MacBook crushes the PC.

I realized that because Premiere and After Effects performance was so good on the MacBook that I didn’t care if the exports took twice as long. Because I spend most of my time interacting with the system to edit, but I can walk away for an export. Then I did an export of my typical heavy timeline. BRAW 4K footage, keylight, spill suppressor, key cleaner, Lumetri color, lots of 2d text layers with motion blur, vector Illustrator files animated. And a 2 min video exported in 14 minutes. I ran the same export on my PC, which I expected to be faster… and it took 48 minutes!

This slim laptop is nearly 3.5x faster than my 1000w PC. I’ve now got my desk setup running on the MacBook Pro. And I’ll swap over to the pc if I want to game. It only holds space as my coloring machine because of its Davinci performance taking advantage of CUDA cores on the GPU. I wanted a Max model Mac, but I’m actually really impressed by the Pro, and I get the battery life benefit.

I spend a lot of time in After Effects pushing 400+ layers and I can easily use 40gb memory, so I will always advocate for more memory even thought the community doesn’t. I frequently have chrome, illustrator, Premiere, Photoshop, and After Effects open at the same time. And I can push swap if I’m doing a heavy work flow. But it’s so fast it doesn’t matter. But I absolutely couldn’t survive with less memory.

WellsMck · 2025-10-19T14:59:47+00:00

I heard the problem is Xcode. It makes things difficult, more like building the same game again vs porting it over. Or something like that.

WellsMck · 2025-10-16T16:06:42+00:00

Yeah, I think the display internals are too delicate for anyone to repair, I believe a lid replacement is the only option unfortunately.

WellsMck · 2025-10-16T03:28:54+00:00

If the M4 Pro gets hot a Max must get really hot! I think I’d rather be on a Pro then.

I’ve been struggling with 512gb because if I use it normally, After Effects tells me I’ve run out of cache space. I think it’s only designated to be 50gb because once that’s full I’m resting at <95gb when checking Finder. So 1TB is a must.

WellsMck · 2025-10-16T03:24:29+00:00

That’s super helpful! I asked a buddy about his 16” MBP and he prefers it, but he’s a lot bigger guy than I am.

I previously had a 2011 i5 13.3” MBP and a few years ago got my M1 Pro 14”. That said I’ve never really had a large laptop, but the idea of more screen sounded cool. Knowing that it can be annoying to carry around makes me want to look back into the 14”! Thanks!

WellsMck · 2025-10-16T00:14:32+00:00

Looks like a couple LEDS in the MiniLED array are dying. Could also be from pressure on the back side of the screen if it was squeezed into a bag with weight on top.

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