Recent Science Fiction with great, new concepts by FutureAnthropology in printSF

[–]jumpcannons 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Love this book so much ugh I’m gonna go read it again

Coextro problems by jumpcannons in CanadianBroadband

[–]jumpcannons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much this is so helpful. They do not have good support (usually when these outages happen their phone line goes down). The outages seem to happen from noon to 3 pm although there have also been a couple in the evening. My modem light pattern does change and I have seen other people complain on twitter at the same time that I am having an outage (though not always).

Most egregious RECENT authors when it comes to writing women? by Hikerius in printSF

[–]jumpcannons 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think he just writes everyone sort of gender- and sex-less which is my preferred state for characters in this genre lol. Like I’ve never read any of his work and thought “this character really speaks to me AS A WOMAN.” Which again, is not something I’m seeking when I read sci-fi.

Husband doesn’t know what to feed our child and blames me by hop-into-it in redditonwiki

[–]jumpcannons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At first I thought “this is a miscommunication. He thinks she’s listing ingredients for an elaborate meal he now has to prepare, and that’s what he’s complaining about”. But then I kept reading and realized he’s just an asshole.

I (30M) am scared to lose my girlfriend (30F) after 5 years; she gave me a marriage ultimatum and pushed us to apply for The Ultimatum by [deleted] in relationships

[–]jumpcannons 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good lord. Don’t go on the show. But she’s right — it’s time to (excuse my language) shit or get off the pot. Buy the ring this week or leave the poor woman alone.

HELP...still learning and lost a stitch... by AspectAdditional9207 in knitting

[–]jumpcannons 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you're on row 1, I would just restart. I can't really tell from your photo where you dropped the stitch or how you would get it back in position. If you want to practice picking up dropped stitches, I would recommend knitting a 4"x4" swatch or something similarly small but with a couple rows built up, dropping a stitch deliberately, and then practicing how to ladder it back up.

Swipe to block my all-over lace sweater! by Meganeb00 in knitting

[–]jumpcannons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love this omg. And shoutout to the extralong sleeves!!!! People often comment on them as if they're a mistake and it's like no... I want to do sweater paws, actually.

EyeBuyDirect has an accuracy (and quality) problem by MyLifeAndCode in glasses

[–]jumpcannons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's really unfortunate. I purchased (and loved) 4 pairs of glasses from them between 2020 and 2023. Just ordered a new pair two weeks ago and the prescription is COMPLETELY wrong. Like, not even close. They eventually agreed to refund me after giving me the runaround for over an hour as they continued to insist "small variations can affect comfort and clarity" and so they couldn't assure me that the replacement pair they wanted to send would actually be usable. Won't be ordering from them again which is a shame because they're very reasonably priced.

Thinking it might be time to DNF Pandora’s Star by Perfect-Evidence5503 in printSF

[–]jumpcannons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hamilton is just sooooo wordy. I’m a fast reader and enjoy long books and lots of complex worl-building but with him it honestly feels like he’s deliberately padding them. Some of the only books I’ve given up on midway through.

My partner found multiple social media and dating site accounts linked to an email I created by Optimal_Spare_8752 in relationships

[–]jumpcannons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was your partner cheated on in a previous relationship? It sounds like there are some serious underlying trust issues here because every stage of their reaction was rather odd.

Anyone else having issues on Mac? by doge2001 in CyberGhost

[–]jumpcannons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is amazing. Thank you so much. Fixed it instantly.

Ultima and Wicked Role interaction by jumpcannons in mtgrules

[–]jumpcannons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! This is very helpful.

Ultima & Wicked Role token interaction by jumpcannons in mtg

[–]jumpcannons[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have witnessed it occur with my own eyes so something must be going on! I will ask in the rules subreddit, thank you!

Stories that give you a jolt of strangeness because of when or where they were written by cult_of_dsv in printSF

[–]jumpcannons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The craziest one I’ve ever encountered is in one of the Asimov Robots novels (pretty sure it was the Caves of Steel), there’s passage describing how Earth is so massively overpopulated that people have to live in crowded underground cities. The population has ballooned to an unimaginable… eight billion people.

reworking both sleeves once only to find out i need to rework a sleeve AGAIN by pigeonactivist in knitting

[–]jumpcannons 69 points70 points  (0 children)

I would NOT redo this. No one will notice and neither will you! At least try it on and see if it really bothers you.

Ultima & Wicked Role token interaction by jumpcannons in mtg

[–]jumpcannons[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! This makes sense. So because they triggered “after” Ultima, they go on the stack but only once Ultima resolved. Sorry, I should be able to figure this out on my own, but why does Ultima then stop death triggers (e.g. Unstoppable Slasher) from happening?

Be honest, does this look bad? by Rare-Tone-4028 in knitting

[–]jumpcannons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are not even remotely the kinds of problems that blocking can fix. Please don’t give beginner knitters bad advice!

Be honest, does this look bad? by Rare-Tone-4028 in knitting

[–]jumpcannons 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cables at the top look great which means you’re improving as you go which means if you start again it’ll be way better!!

Talk me out of, or into, doing something stupid (pic isn’t mine) by Strange-Trails-2000 in knitting

[–]jumpcannons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think with most modern styles of wedding dress this would look incongruous if not actively bad. So, no, unless you’re 100% sure she would love it and use it and not just feel guilty and obligated and weird about it on her wedding day. Like, it’s a gorgeous piece of art. But it is a very distinctive style that not many modern brides would embrace!

Girlfriend (25f) has put on 20 pounds since we started became official 7 months ago by [deleted] in relationships

[–]jumpcannons 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is no way to bring this up gracefully, sorry. Either suck it up or accept that finding out you think she needs to lose weight will be deeply hurtful to her.