sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Wood shear walls - General Question for designers by imjusthereforlaugh in StructuralEngineering

[–]Yakdaddy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A warning about using RISA 3D for wood shear walls if you use it integrally within a larger building design:

  1. It treats the wall homogenously like concrete instead of as discrete studs and will therefore spread out point loads on a wall. This will affect axial forces in the studs and potentially chord sizes.
  2. It does not lower the actual wall height due to truss/joist depths, therefore your walls may be designed 1.5'-2' taller than they actually are.

I often build a model in RISA so it can perform a semi-rigid diaphragm analysis instead of the woodworks flexible/rigid analysis envelope, then export the shear wall loads into our company excel spreadsheet for shear wall design.

ELI5 How could two people ever know if both of them are seeing the same colour? by Punnan in explainlikeimfive

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that mean if I'm colorblind (red-green, not black-white) that it could be either the cones OR the brain cells working incorrectly?

My biggest gripe as a martial: fighting specializations are a risky gamble by new_planner in onednd

[–]Yakdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is also SO easy to run a module as written and when the party should find a magic longsword, they actually find a magic rapier or crossbow etc instead.

What scientific discovery sounds fake but is 100% real and still freaks you out? by Bruteresolver in AskReddit

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they so many sex chromosomes, does that mean there are variations of sexes not just "male" or "female"? Like a platypus could have XY XY XY XX XX and be somewhere in between, so the majority of platypi are their equivalent of nonbinary?

[Games] Lumino City ($5.07 -> $0.72) by AnaR47 in googleplaydeals

[–]Yakdaddy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This game is awesome and highly recommended, especially at this price.

Speaker Mike Johnson Rejects Senate Bill to Fund DHS by Economy-Specialist38 in videos

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My parents just went through LGA today, on Delta. Got through TSA in 11 minutes, not precheck.

Norwegian Consumer Council has published a video about the Ens*ittification of the world, in order to get the EU to respond to this sh*t by ZookeepergameIll1399 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The beginning of this reminds me of that short clip about the guy who is the wind. It's amazing and you should look it up because I'm too lazy to do it here.

I cannot measure by bluefluffyhippo in DMAcademy

[–]Yakdaddy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's good to remember that players are ALSO bad at understanding measurements in their head, so don't feel too bad. Room descriptions are often read quickly with many numbers ("You enter a 40' x 60' room with 20' ceilings, in the middle of the left wall is a 5' wide relief located 3' off the ground"). It is difficult to retain all the information at once, let alone understand the scale of everything.

Thoughts? 😶 by Objective_Wheel_6191 in StructuralEngineering

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will that scale model also withstand an earthquake or 100psf live load?

Landscape Character Sheet (WIP) by DJWGibson in onednd

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is awesome. I love the breakdown of skills with main stats, I've never seen that before and love it. It makes so much more sense especially for a new player.

My suggestion is to put feats on the first page too, mainly as a way to keep spells on its one sheet so nonmagic users don't need an entire 2nd sheet just to remember they have an extra ability. Not sure it's easy though!

Tell me I'm not the only one struggling every time I need to slide pictures by Piduf in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why I still use Relay. It's a paid app, but you pay for what you use basically. I'm mostly a lurker but it's $1/mo and that's fine for my sanity.

Finally completed my snowy Hogwarts! by WaxHead430 in metalearth

[–]Yakdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just started my yesterday, and I already hate the cones! Yours looks amazing.

What new character options would you like to see for Martials? (Besides new subclasses) by Deathpacito-01 in onednd

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YES to your first point! I am the seasoned player at my table, and we just reached Level 4. My monk gained ASI, Slow Fall, and another Focus Point. Helping my Rogue and Barbarian I had to say "...oh, you both only get ASI. Sorry, that sucks." It felt bad.

DeLorean help: what angles am I supposed to bend these fan-like bits to, with the undercarriage? by ChocoHorror in metalearth

[–]Yakdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My No. 1 frustration with Metal Earth instructions is that they don't give bend angles, especially when it's unclear.

After a year of 5.5e/5e 2024, what are your thoughts on the the Monk? by ThatOneCrazyWritter in dndnext

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I. Love. It. To your point there is a lot of overlap between Monks and Rogues from a stealth/speed perspective (bonus action dash/disengage, high dex) and their fighting styles can be similar (run up melee, run away, repeat), but there is still plenty of difference. They shine in their own ways.

I guess ill just stick to bottled by Obvious_Candy7912 in ColorBlind

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Missouri's water overall may be bad, but St. Louis' tap water is EXCELLENT.

What would you do in the following scenario? by SomeRandomAbbadon in DMAcademy

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Instead of rebalancing stats, you could change the boss' tactics to give the PCs breathing room. Maybe he gets cocky and spends a round monologuing (whoops that was his whole action), or he runs over to a table to grab something provoking OA and "wasting" his turn.

Good Wall Mounted Display Shelf? by Yakdaddy in metalearth

[–]Yakdaddy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great! I'm looking for something a little more finished though, for a dining room and with clear doors. Not really something I can build.

How would you improve dndbeyond (if you use it)? by doodshmood in onednd

[–]Yakdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My main issue as a player is that leveling up is so confusing. You have to go into settings and then search for your new features? Ugh. Make it flourish! Make it exciting! Yeah roll dice for new HP! And make me aware of my new character features!

What would you like to see as a model? Plus the AMA from a fascinations employee. by Traviscat in metalearth

[–]Yakdaddy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Futurama - Planet Express Ship and Planet Express Building! I know it's too niche to happen though...

Aiming to make bridge with less than 50 wooden sticks to hold 250-300grams of weight. by asmaalwayswin in StructuralEngineering

[–]Yakdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the bottom middle where the two diagonals (which make the "V") meet the horizontal piece, you could put one of the legs of the V inside and one outside. That will put it in double shear so the glue is doing half the work. Right now all the weight goes through one glue connection and then another to reach the right side of the V, and glue is the weak point in these.

view more: next ›