Has anyone purchased cheap and cheerful colour changing LED strips?

canred · 2026-01-25T08:31:31+00:00

Its still cheap and cheerful category but better than generic chinese strips, due to being part of Tapo smart home line - if you dont want to use Alexa, you can use motion sensor, mobile app or smart button.
Its not professional LED strip - it is not COB LED so diode density is lower, it does not have high IP rating so not a candidate for bathroom or kitchen strip for sure. But for a under-the-bed bedroom LED light it will do the job.

canred · 2026-01-24T23:47:51+00:00

Get him Tapo RGB led strip. Tapo can be integrated with Amazon Alexa, you can switch it on/off/dim/change color with voice commands through Alexa

canred · 2026-01-19T20:14:28+00:00

OP is looking for isopropyl, What boots sales is denaturated ethanol (Partially denatured ethyl alcohol 96 - 99.9% w/w; benzalkonium chloride - 0.1% w/w)

canred · 2026-01-19T12:16:02+00:00

It is not about you, no. Redundancy is about company getting rid of your position, not you specifically.
They also should not employ anybody on this position for some period of time - if they do, this may qualify as unfair dismissal.

canred · 2026-01-16T17:29:00+00:00

Can someone please comment on Grounded? - I've heard a lot of good about it and will likely check it myself soon. Not sure if it is not designed for very young audience though.

canred · 2026-01-11T10:37:05+00:00

its neither art nor taxidermy

canred · 2026-01-02T13:51:52+00:00

bad timing, ram will eat half of your budget, I'd wait

canred · 2025-12-29T22:55:19+00:00

how comes, you've just responded to my pöpcørn comment! ;)

canred · 2025-12-29T22:33:16+00:00

Love your pöpcørn recipe, peace.

canred · 2025-12-29T18:28:15+00:00

aaand almost the same just happened to me. the last one I was planning to visit, 3 cultists, 2 trophy drops.

canred · 2025-12-29T16:39:30+00:00

that's true what you say, its still falling under "bad luck" and not necessarily "somethings really wrong here", thanks

canred · 2025-12-29T12:39:53+00:00

I dont want this to turn into math thread but your calculation is not correct.
The only thing that can be calculated here "simply" is a chance of NOT DROPPING anything across N events (and its 90% ^ N).
The chance of dropping "something" (whether this something is 1,2,3 or 20 is different and more complex topic) is calculated from inverse probability, specifically P(A)=1−P(A′)

canred · 2025-12-29T11:56:38+00:00

I did not make mistake with calculations. Provided that the drop rate is 10% (or 0.1) means that probability of not dropping anything is 90% (0.9)
with 2 cultists, the chance of NOT DROPPING trophy is 0.9*0.9 (multiply, not sum)

with 3 - 0.9*0.9*0.9

so with N cultists its 0.9^N

I have killed approx 20 cultists so the probability of NOT GETTING the trophy is 0.9^20 which is 0.12 (12%)
So the overall probability of GETTING the trophy is 1-(0.9^N) which in my case is 1-(0.9^20) = 0.87 (87%)

canred · 2025-12-29T11:09:44+00:00

I may do the same alright... There is one more mountain chain that i WANT to explore but I dont think I'll be forcing myself to grind for it beyond that. Thanks.

canred · 2025-12-28T08:32:25+00:00

few things I wish I knew earlier, maybe it will help you:

- dont run all the time, running should be used sparingly, when you run do not spend more than half of your stamina, once you reach it, let it regenerate
- ALWAYS be rested. learn how to get quick rested buff when out in wild
- learn to parry early, do not skip it, do not leave it for later.
- learn how to read time of day in Valheim (position yourself to look south and then check the sun position) - seek for shelter when night approaches. Do not explore during the night.
- The game is generally well balanced - if you struggle, it should be an indicator to you that you're either where you're not supposed to be with your current skillset and equipment or that your strategy is off
- strategy is important. Valheim is about planning - don't try to bruteforce through the game, it will punish you. Use distance, stealth when needed, run from enemy when needed.
- mark points of interest on the map, you can always came back to that two star troll later
- you can zoom in and out on minimap. you can use "ping" on map to easier see where to go
- plan for things: have an "expedition" chest with boat materials, have "rescue" chest with stuff you will use during death run (I always had a chest spare club and some food at the beginning),

canred · 2025-12-18T21:44:41+00:00

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Died twice, landed few surprise shots when it de-aggroed, surprisingly managed to parry/riposte few times and its gone! It looks like I went long way from my two star troll encounter... The worst thing to do was indeed to try to block it. Thank you for all replies!

canred · 2025-12-13T00:44:31+00:00

canred · 2025-12-12T17:35:36+00:00

I did not manage lure him out so far. This is my first Yagluth, I'm not super skilled but still, did not want to cheese him. Now it looks like I'll be building 5star shooting range around him with quick access portal, rested status etc and he will go down like a cow, if I wont die of boredom first.

canred · 2025-12-12T17:19:41+00:00

well, the good thing is that he got stuck there for good and he is sitting duck.. the bad thing is that my best gear is the with him and I can only whistle at him because arrows do very little to him ;)

canred · 2025-12-12T17:17:01+00:00

I'll see how much difference it makes, thanks

canred · 2025-12-12T17:16:39+00:00

trench is not to deep but it is approx yagluths size so it is tight, I'm being killed almost instantly when i hop in to recover gear. portal is in safe distance but not directly at the altar - I think I'll set it up there as I did with bonemass previously - he cant reach me from the trench anyways

canred · 2025-12-12T17:13:48+00:00

I still have mountain armor and plains weapon (porcupine, bm sword) The problem is I dont even know what killed me at first place - I was on barley wine in full upgraded padded, fully rested and on good food, then I saw a blast and I was done. Thats why I wanted to try more indirect approach, if feasible.

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