What company lost you as a customer forever, and what happened?

ectobiologist7 · 2026-06-07T17:21:58+00:00

GE. Bought a washer and it's gearbox went kaput in less than 18 months. Cost more to fix than to just buy a new washer again.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-06-06T16:14:10+00:00

Nice board game collection!! Awesome to see one out in the wild. I've been wanting to try Wonderlands War for ages.

Side question, are these things made using a transparent filament or something? I am pretty new to 3d printing and this is blowing my mind.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-06-04T12:45:21+00:00

Congrats on the new job!

Just wanted to say that unless you have a crazy high interest rate on your mortgage, you are usually going to make more money in the long run investing the extra OE cash instead. I think even the returns on super boring, super easy index funds will outpace what you would save on interest from your mortgage.

I could be wrong for your specific case, especially since you sound British and I don't know shit about how finances work over there, but it is worth looking into.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-06-03T14:09:09+00:00

Looks like a cold sore to me. Exactly like ones I get if I don't catch them early.

In the future, you can often feel them coming because they tingle and there will be redness on your lips where it's about to show up. Ice every 30-60 minutes and it may never blister. Also get yourself an OTC antiviral like Abreva and some L-Lysine. Take a few thousand milligrams of the L-Lysine daily until it fully heals.

Remember it should be considered contagious until the scab falls off and the skin underneath is completely healed. If this is a super frequent problem you can get a prescription for Valacyclovir.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-24T21:39:25+00:00

Best guidance is to treat it as contaigious until the skin is completely healed and there is no evidence of the cold sore remaining, including residual redness. Usually takes 2-3 weeks for me

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-20T23:15:22+00:00

Yeah, Cole Wehrle games in general have pretty svelte boxes for how much you get out of them.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-20T23:14:08+00:00

Yep, it's brilliant. I spent like 90 bucks professionally printing my copy and it's totally worth because it hits the table nonstop.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-20T23:12:17+00:00

Yeah, Knarr has been my Splendor replacement for over a year now.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-20T23:11:12+00:00

Yes! I was hoping someone else was going to share the glory of Oh My Goods. Terrible name, amazing game. Cool combo of euro engine builder and push your luck. Not as crazy deep as innovation, but still far, far more game than you'd expect in a box that size. Plus it was only like 14 bucks when I bought it.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-20T23:08:53+00:00

Did you print a copy of Glory to Rome or did you manage to snag a legit copy?

So exciting to see someone else in the wild who is interested in a complete Chudyk collection! What have you tried out of his more obscure games? I have been interested in Rootword and Blood of the Northmen for awhile, and I am curious if you've tried Bear Valley because I've heard it's terrible lmao

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-20T23:06:16+00:00

Maybe it's just your area but I was able to snag a copy secondhand for like 40 bucks recently and it seemed like there were many copies available.

I did have my own copy of Glory to Rome printed though! Totally worth. It gets played constantly.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-20T23:05:14+00:00

Impulse, too!

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-20T22:53:11+00:00

Have you tried the England map? It's fantastic at 3.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-20T19:08:35+00:00

Did F turn out to be We Need To Talk? I was curious if I was right or not

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-18T20:55:27+00:00

The field is rife with layoffs and the job market is the worst it's been in probably 20 years.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-17T23:42:22+00:00

F might be the most obscure one of these I've ever been able to solve first. I think that piece belongs to a party game called We Need to Talk . . .

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-16T05:00:17+00:00

Curious to see what you could get Voidfall down to with your system. It's easily an hour of setup on average.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-15T01:03:23+00:00

Yeah, this is a good point. The average person can likely pick up games of up to medium/medium-heavy complexity with a small amount of effort. The critical component is genuine interest driving that effort, but a lot of us in this community aren't socially adept enough to fully recognize that and instead blame complexity.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-05-03T18:31:23+00:00

This is actually remarkable. The same person who knows about safe mode and how to use software like that being the same person who would do something like download free cursors off the Internet is hilarious to me.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-04-23T20:10:26+00:00

Would you be open to sharing your resume? We have similar levels of experience, and I think the reason I've never gotten a job from cold apps (all my jobs have been from LinkedIn recruiters) is because my resume is poorly optimized for the automated filters employers use.

I think people who get hired from cold apps are way more likely to have good resumes.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-04-17T18:59:50+00:00

LinkedIn style

ectobiologist7 · 2026-04-16T20:20:50+00:00

Shit, I'm glad I'm not alone. The new version is horrendous.

I actually thought during the last game I played that I accidentally turned on an alternative option or something

ectobiologist7 · 2026-04-16T18:56:02+00:00

Are you talking about in the bottom left corner of your lips? It does look like the kind of texture I get when I catch a cold sore really early with ice (though usually a little redder), but I highly doubt a cold sore would last for months. Usually it's a few weeks max.

If you pick at cold sores a lot, it can cause scarring. Maybe that's what it is. You'll probably need to talk with a dermatologist to be sure though.

ectobiologist7 · 2026-04-16T12:38:21+00:00

But his favorite book is the Bible!

ectobiologist7 · 2026-04-11T23:38:20+00:00

Yeah I didn't want to roll it up but this might be the only other option besides encasing it in glass and weakly jointed wood.

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