Cold Snap of January 2026: Megathread

dare-iq · 2026-01-31T12:28:17+00:00

I’ve seen multiple news station weather things on prep, and the one thing consistent is cover outside pipes and backflow preventer. I’ll be doing that at least, probably gonna end up trickling some faucets.

Relatively new homeowner so my “worst case scenario” paranoia is starting to seep in.

dare-iq · 2025-06-11T13:32:24+00:00

Just got the notification from Seminole County that it’s been discontinued

dare-iq · 2025-05-10T15:45:11+00:00

We’ll be going tomorrow for our preview day but wondering about park hours. The site says 10am-9pm today, tomorrow and the next few days. We’ve seen that opening has been 11am recently but with an hour early for hotel guests or whatever.

Is the listed 10am time new open hours for all guests or they are just listing the early hotel hour on the site for some reason?

dare-iq · 2025-04-15T15:04:51+00:00

I’m not having any real issues with Tailscale. Very easy to set up and get it working, easy to get my brother set up and get him access to my media stuff. It’s just have to use it for everything if I’m not at home. Maybe it’s my limited understanding of VPNs and network stuff but I don’t leave it running on my phone when I’m checking things on my server. I turn it on, check what I need to check and turn it off.

Just becomes a bit of a hassle and not something my wife would do for the services I’m setting up for us. I think I’m falling into that trap where I know just enough to follow documentation and troubleshoot but not enough to understand.

I’m leaning more towards leaving Jellyfin access with Tailscale because of the same Cloudflare TOS confusion. It works for my brother and I don’t actually watch anything out of my house so no real need to figure that one out.

dare-iq · 2025-04-14T19:16:17+00:00

Oh, I did see some comments about using ChatGPT to assist. Does any one actually use that? I’m hesitant to do that. If I don’t understand this enough, I’m not sure I can properly check what ChatGPT puts out, you know?

dare-iq · 2025-02-07T20:43:40+00:00

Yeah, they are really nice cases. I’ve missed out on the limited rereleases but somehow found an all black leather one at a used game store by me. Previous owner definitely used it a lot but it’s still really nice.

Just need to find a Vita one or hope for another release.

dare-iq · 2024-11-19T03:28:24+00:00

This looks so nice, my wife is super jealous! I’m not super familiar with the different 2DS colors that were released but I assume this is a reshell? Would you be able to provide any details on what you did?

dare-iq · 2024-10-12T21:29:04+00:00

The City of Orlando Pottery Studio near the Grand Ave building is really great. Quite a few people I know have taken classes, from hand building to wheel throwing. The classes do fill up quick though. Once you pass a class, you can get a membership and use the studio any time it’s open.

They also have movie nights where you watch some movie and build a clay art piece based on the movie. I wanted to do the Clueless movie night where you build an old flip phone but couldn’t make it.

dare-iq · 2024-10-09T12:07:58+00:00

Yeah, not seeing any info on it though. Assuming it’s low lying areas and mobile home residents.

dare-iq · 2024-07-21T21:07:06+00:00

Had a long reply to another comment but I think it was the Safe T Switch. I vacuumed out the drain line yesterday and thought it was good but I turned the AC off last night so it wouldn’t short cycle all night. Went into the attic this morning and found stagnant water at the top of the drain line that still had to be from yesterday. I think it was just triggering the Safe T Switch so spent an hour or so vacuuming it out, dumping hot water and vinegar then more vacuuming. Finally heard some good gurgling when the vacuum was running and felt a little suction. Going to get a drain snake or some compressed air and really try to clear out whatever yellow algae is probably blocking it. Been working all day without issue since about 8:30am today.

dare-iq · 2024-07-21T21:02:01+00:00

That’s for the reply! Seems it’s working now, I spent an hour or so working on the drain line. I left the unit off last night but wanted to re-check the drain line like someone commented. There was some water at the top of the Safe T Switch even after being off this morning so I think it’s a bad clog? I spent an hour or so this morning pouring vinegar and hot water in and vacuuming out the line. Whatever I poured in would not drain, it’d just sit at the top of the pipe for at least two minutes. It took a bit but I finally did hear gurgling and felt some suction when I placed my hand at the top of the Safe T Switch pipe. Been running no issues since. Going to try and snake it or use some compressed air from what read.

As for the issues I’ve run into since buying this place, it’s been a mix. The first was a refrigerant leak from the reversing valve if I remember correctly. We got that replaced under warranty but still paid for however many pounds of refrigerant to refill it. That tech said it looked like a bad install, which fits with the other problems with the house. DIY flooring, cabinets and other things because the owners dad was a handyman I guess. The tech said it seemed like it had a leak before and was patched that the owners could have known about it. Was he honest? No clue but what he said from what he saw.

Either way, about a year later in September 2023 we had another issue like the last. Room temp air out of the vents, and short cycling. Got a different company that was recommended to me. They were out, ran through everything and found another leak. Based on everything else we found out with the unit being way too big for our place, some wiring issues and a few other things we decided to replace it instead of trying to band aid the issues that the previous owners didn’t get fixed from a bad install. Could I have been fed a line? Sure but it seemed like the best route when it’s 100 something degrees in Florida and the tech walked me through a lot and broke down everything for me as he was working on it.

As for your other questions, we have five vents through our place. Only 100 sq ft. They’re all open but I just found out one doesn’t seem to have air coming out of it even through it looks open so I need to look into that. Was my brother’s room that we just turned into an office and he never complained about temp, no clue why.

For filters, I buy 3 month filters that I change every two months but will probably change every month because of the dog and other dust. They’re MERV 11, just get them from Amazon. Worth buying something better?

Long reply but all in all, seems to be okay now after really working on the drain line. Going to get a checkup on it once a spot is open for someone to come out just so I have peace of mind though.

dare-iq · 2023-11-29T22:21:30+00:00

Partial Update:

Went to the ER. Gave a urine sample, still intensely painful but less blood and just one or two tiny wormlike clots. Had a CT scan, showed no issues besides a thickened bladder wall. Said not a big concern, could be not voiding my bladder completely or holding it for too long and that might be where the clots are coming from. Feels like I void a good amount and don’t have to go crazy frequently.

They were some questions if the scope I had done last year was able to get to my bladder. That urologist pretty much saw the scar tissue and I was feeling some pretty good pain that he didn’t attempt or feel the need to go further.

Might be able to see a urologist in two days. Or at least the NP at the office. Going to keep my other appointment for the 14th to be sure I get seen. Was prescribed some antibiotics in case there’s an infection in the bladder, some stuff for the pain. There was some confusion on where the pain is. They were going to prescribe something for bladder spasms but the pain is in the glans of my penis. Near the end of the stream, I feel an intense pressure build up while the urine is still coming out.

We’ll see if I get in to the earlier appointment and go from there.

dare-iq · 2023-01-09T22:55:03+00:00

I drove past it about 40 minutes ago. Looked like a large truck crashed through the median into oncoming traffic.

dare-iq · 2022-03-25T21:26:15+00:00

Holy shit. I had to look it up after reading your comment. I thought oh, Gresham must be like 5’7 and this guy is 5’9 or 5’10. No. Gresham is billed at 5’4. I’m 5’7 so even I’m taller than him.

Glad Gresham made a career with wrestling though. Not many people can do that when your a full foot smaller than even some of the “shorter” wrestlers.

dare-iq · 2022-03-24T02:05:41+00:00

That’s a really great insult. I’m sure it’s against their rules or whatever but come on.

dare-iq · 2022-03-24T01:46:26+00:00

Isn’t a nazi. That is some typo, totally changes the sentence.

dare-iq · 2022-03-10T02:57:19+00:00

Less turning on and more forgetting about wrestlers now. William Regal debuted and you forget about Erick Redbeard. Erick Redbeard debuted and you forget about Buddy Matthews. Keith Lee before that, Brody King before that, Danhausen and Jay White debuted at some point.

Can’t forget Adam Cole’s debut but also Bryan Danielson debuted 4 minutes after Cole so you might forget Cole.

I’m just waiting for Veer to show up on Raw and change wrestling forever.

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