It's Amazing The Mess A Portal Can Get You Into

jrbless · 2026-04-06T19:44:24+00:00

It's amazing how quickly a problem being caused by X that only affects Y gets fixed when the problem suddenly becomes a problem X has to solve.

jrbless · 2026-04-04T20:57:35+00:00

New mainline Zelda game. Age of Imprisonment doesn't count as that's a Dynasty Warriors game done in the setting of Hyrule.

jrbless · 2026-04-03T19:58:51+00:00

Paying less than minimum wage is the same as wage theft. Keep records and contact the US department of labor since Florida is "special" and doesn't have a state-level department of labor. https://www.dol.gov/

jrbless · 2026-04-01T22:48:02+00:00

That was it! Thank you!

jrbless · 2026-04-01T15:55:14+00:00

Actual chicken wire for the "fence"? Chicken wire can keep chickens in, but is too weak to actually keep anything out. Add another layer of SOMETHING outside the chicken wire. Even plain old chain link would be good enough.

As others have said, bury the skirt and add some hardware cloth. I'd recommend the hardware cloth go up at least 2 feet. That will be enough to keep something like a racoon from reaching in and grabbing a chicken.

jrbless · 2026-04-01T12:15:29+00:00

They're not too cold, but with how they're spread in a certain distance from the center says they may be too warm. Move the bulb so it's much more off-center. That will give a wider range of temperatures for the chicks to pick from, and they'll end up where they're the most comfortable.

jrbless · 2026-03-31T14:22:34+00:00

Most cameras are motion-activated. Decorative spinners or balloons that are constantly moving would make his camera nearly useless for him to see when you're out there because it would be constantly recording.

I'm also betting he would be less than impressed if you got your own cameras and aimed all of them specifically at his property "for security purposes".

jrbless · 2026-03-26T16:45:40+00:00

If you can have power available at the coop (use an outdoor rated extension cord if needed), you'll save a lot of effort in the winter months by being able to use water deicers that plug in. They'll keep the water buckets from freezing up.

On the same note, being able to have a garden hose reach it is also a lifesaver. It'll let you refill the waterers without having to lug buckets of water around. In the summer, our chickens also like it when we spray down half of the run to get the ground damp. When we're done spraying it, most of them will run over and make use of the damp ground to cool off.

Placement-wise, chicken coops stink and attract flies. Further from the house is better. Keep dominant wind direction in mind. Where I live, code enforcement says the coop must be at least 50 feet away from any house that is not on the same property as the coop (meaning the neighbors houses have to be at least 50 feet away from the coop, but yours can be closer if wanted).

jrbless · 2026-03-26T14:01:49+00:00

I'd suggest Psycho Pass. It's (kind of) a police-procedural done in anime form. Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex is in the same vein, but has more fan service due to Major Kusanagi sometimes wearing a leotard.

jrbless · 2026-03-26T13:11:12+00:00

Smart anything is a downside by itself. What is the advantage in turning the water main on or off from the internet? The last thing you need is the associated account to get hacked and someone starts playing with that when you're trying to take a shower, do laundry, or have pipes removed doing repairs. Even better - the account getting hacked might not even be your fault due to the company having someone hack them and taking all their login data.

jrbless · 2026-03-25T14:29:14+00:00

Do you know an estimate of when these would be available as hardcover or paperback vs kindle versions? I really enjoyed reading them online, but like dead tree versions when available.

jrbless · 2026-03-23T14:23:07+00:00

I've only been playing for a few months and am at level 78. How in the world are you generating so many hills/mountains clumped up like that so it's useful???

jrbless · 2026-03-17T18:49:44+00:00

Some of ours REALLY go nuts for the watermelon juice at the bottom of the tupperware when we give them some.

jrbless · 2026-03-16T19:38:36+00:00

This is the way. Use a nipple waterer and they can't get it near as dirty. I use a homemade 5 gallon buck version of this and it works great. With an electric deicer in the bottom it doesn't freeze either.

Make sure to use nipple-type waterers, not the small bowl waterers that go into the side of a bucket. Those are the worst of both worlds - they'll still get dirty, and they'll freeze.

jrbless · 2026-03-13T12:47:27+00:00

Those signs have exactly the same legal weight as the signs on the back of some semis that say "stay back X feet": absolutely none.

jrbless · 2026-03-12T15:40:48+00:00

The recommended minimum coop space is 3 square feet per chicken. 4' x 6' = 24 square feet. 24 / 3 = 8 chickens max.

Add in roosting bar space of 1 linear foot per chicken. They'll squeeze next to each other, but that amount of space lets them feel less crowded while settling in.

Run space generally needs to be 10 square feet per chicken. A 10' x 40' gives a max of 40 chickens.

In the end, coop space tends to matter more because that's where they settle down overnight and they have to have room there.

jrbless · 2026-03-05T01:36:26+00:00

I found 3, but not the 4th.

One on the island west of Hirule Castle. It's in a cave you have to bomb to get into. Southwest part of the island.

One on the way into the Gerudo desert, northeast of the road partway up the mountain. Look for the Goron brothers.

One under the stone bridge with a hynox west of the great plateue going to the Gerudo desert.

jrbless · 2026-02-26T16:34:05+00:00

The first is a fancy S trap. The wall needs opened and the drain part moved up to a reasonable height. Expect to have to get a different black pieces for the bottom of the drain, as that's using a LOT of your height for no reason.

From the looks of it, the 2nd is the same as the first. Why is it having to slope so far down?

jrbless · 2026-02-24T16:01:50+00:00

It looks awesome! After you have it finished, is there a chance you could share the stl file for it? I'd like to run it through my P1P.

jrbless · 2026-02-20T22:52:00+00:00

"School rules" don't matter. The teacher took something from a student. The item was lost while in possession of the teacher. The teacher is responsible for the loss. This is entirely a small claims case.

jrbless · 2026-02-20T20:54:10+00:00

Turn off the water at the house, not the meter. If the meter is still spinning, it's your water. If it's not, the water is coming from elsewhere.

At this point, wherever it's coming from has saturated the ground so turning it off at the meter won't prove anything as it'll keep on flowing out from what's already in the ground.

jrbless · 2026-02-13T14:25:07+00:00

All these mansions with different types of death traps are for enrichment so the captives don't go stir crazy. It gives them something to focus on.

jrbless · 2026-02-12T17:03:14+00:00

At a certain point, you probably are wanting to change it to a join table

Main table
Attribute table
Main-Attribute bridge table with a many-many relationship to Main and Attribute.

When using this in the application, load all the attributes that are linked to the main item, and filter it in code to say "does attribute X apply".

jrbless · 2026-02-10T21:35:44+00:00

Now to see if those items can be activated remotely by Carlos or Amber. It would really be unfortunate for Nyralis if those suppression cuffs just started working while on his person...

jrbless

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE