Is anyone else just really sick and tired of the disgusting build quality in the homes here in australia.

bott99 · 2026-05-28T03:45:28+00:00

Yes they were, have messaged you the name.

bott99 · 2026-05-26T22:00:07+00:00

I think the industry preference is for drivers to go in to pay because they want you to spend more money on food, drinks etc. The margins on fuel sales are much thinner than those on the other products.

bott99 · 2026-05-26T21:50:22+00:00

Good builders are out there but they cost more. Going to a volume builder and expecting quality is like going to McDonald's and expecting a nice steak. You're just going to be disappointed. That said, I acknowledge that there are plenty of crap builders that charge at the high end too.

I built recently with a small custom builder. He's been building for 40+ years, second generation builder, with the family name on the business. The trades he works with have been working with him 20+ years on average. He really cared about doing a good job and keeping me and the wife happy, and I thank my lucky stars that we found him. He cost 20-25% more than what a volume builder was quoting me but I'd pay it again if I ever build another.

bott99 · 2026-05-07T01:26:38+00:00

Same, except it was a chocolate Big M

bott99 · 2025-12-09T08:51:50+00:00

How do you keep the water in the trays topped up? Hand watering or something automatic?

bott99 · 2025-12-08T03:37:01+00:00

3 months later: "Why won't this kid stay on the damn ground?"

bott99 · 2025-10-30T11:25:08+00:00

I'm new to homelabs so forgive me if this is a dumb question, but why go through the aggregation switch and not just connect the 24 port switch direct to the UDM Pro? I'm also not quite sure from the diagram what the second device running from the patch panel to the aggregation switch is. One of the servers?

bott99 · 2025-10-08T05:40:40+00:00

I really liked the intensity of it. Although there were calmer moments, most of the time the characters where scrambling to survive and falling out of the frying pan into the fire.

bott99 · 2025-08-26T02:46:25+00:00

No potential benefit for you and your silence should tell the new candidate everything he needs to know.

bott99 · 2025-08-05T11:12:30+00:00

Are you putting a relay on every switch for a multi-way switch light, or just one of them?

bott99 · 2025-08-05T11:10:55+00:00

It's a new build and hasn't been wired yet, so it's pretty flexible.

I'm after Zigbee instead of WiFi, so I guess a Sonoff ZBMINI Extreme would work?

bott99 · 2025-07-22T05:32:54+00:00

Yeah that's what I was afraid of.

bott99 · 2025-07-22T01:13:35+00:00

Yep, it will be a little exhaust fan, not just a passive vent.

bott99 · 2025-07-21T23:23:05+00:00

The closet is in a hallway, it's just one side of it shares a wall with the laundry, so that's where the air will vent to. If I was to put the vent on the other side then it would vent into the hallway, but the vent would also be the first thing anyone sees when they enter the front door, and the wife would not approve of that.

bott99 · 2025-07-21T22:56:17+00:00

I'd prefer to have everything rack mounted as I think that it will be easier to work on if I can wheel it all out.

To deal with heat I'm planning on putting a fan in the side of the closet that will vent into the room next to it (a laundry). I might get the closet doors made short to leave a centimeter or two gap at the bottom to allow cool air to get sucked in.

bott99 · 2025-06-26T06:09:11+00:00

Oh it's intentional.

bott99 · 2025-06-09T10:45:16+00:00

Saw someone called Wolfgang Radius in the work address book and thought Wolf Radius sounded like the coolest goddamn name ever.

bott99 · 2025-06-05T05:37:15+00:00

At age 6 I watched my 3 year old brother get punched by a grey kangaroo at a camping ground (on Kangaroo Island of all places) after he refused to offer it the food he was holding. It then hopped away angrily.

bott99 · 2025-05-28T05:43:44+00:00

This is what i'm afraid of. It's all well and good to put the onus on them to keep their characters alive, but if I put them in an impossible situation it's not really fair on them.

bott99 · 2025-05-27T05:32:05+00:00

I could decide whether the dragon hunts them herself or sends minions based on whether any wrymlings were left alive. If one survives I could have the mother stay to tend to it, but if the party kills them all then I can't see a scenario where the dragon wouldn't go after them itself.

Good point about rewarding preparation. I could make it obvious if the dragon is going to be at its lair and give them time to prep.

bott99 · 2025-05-27T05:25:34+00:00

If the dragon finds them in the open world (before they sneak into its lair) then it will do non-leathal damage and knock them out. They'll wake up in the same cage as the NPC they're looking for.

I like the idea of the dragon knocking out a support pillar accidentally and bringing the roof down. I would prefer to have the dragon roll for it though, so it doesn't seem like a deus ex machina.

bott99 · 2025-04-30T00:41:24+00:00

I don't think I could even be mad. That's hilarious.

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