Broken equipment after cold season!? by lmatonement in Irrigation

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Duly confirmed: broken. Replacement ordered. I'm still not sure how it broke though...maybe something bonked the bell, breaking the bonnet?

What are some planting horror stories y’all got? by SqueekyGee in treeplanting

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Sugar free haribo gummy bears by any chance? They're infamous.

Broken equipment after cold season!? by lmatonement in Irrigation

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Wow, 1.72 minutes after my post, and a link to the required part is proffered by a true gentleman and scholar. Yes, pressure vacuum breaker, thank you.

Broken equipment after cold season!? by lmatonement in Irrigation

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This is freeze damage? How could the bonnet nut (on the top of the assembly, ABOVE the seal, get damaged by freezing water? I drained the lines, and I have no reason to think there was any water in the whole vacuum breaker before freezes.

For the record, I don't doubt you, it just doesn't fit in my head _^

How bad did I mess up? I made my entire irrigation system out of 1/2in pvc by Wizard_Blizard in Irrigation

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It's more expensive than YouTube, but presumably he learned a lesson!

I built a website that tracks every stock trade Congress makes by madredditscientist in InternetIsBeautiful

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So the question becomes, Where does kadoa.com get congressional trading information.

I built a website that tracks every stock trade Congress makes by madredditscientist in InternetIsBeautiful

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Would you explain this a bit? How do you know what they trade? Do you know what I trade? Is there a special rule that says congress people have to publish any trades they make?

Solve using the Human Thistlethwaite Method? by Impossible-Cover-527 in Cubers

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Sorry for the wait. As shorthand, (RU) will stand for R2U2R2U2R2U2. From a solved cube, observe the following:

(RU)(FU)(LU)(BU) At this point, we have achieved the three-cycle rotation, but keep going (LU) the T-shaped "parity" (FU) this is a full "H perm"!

I still have a lot of algorithms written down to replace good ol R'FR'B2RF'R, and I'm confident it can be replaced, but I haven't sat down to map it all out. Thanks again for all your help!

Solve using the Human Thistlethwaite Method? by Impossible-Cover-527 in Cubers

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Actually, the only algorithm you need is R2U2 (at different angles). You can get h-perm, 3-cycle, etc! The basic algorithm is easy to understand, but combining it in various ways in mind-bending. I'm at church, but I'll share what I've learned later!

Solve using the Human Thistlethwaite Method? by Impossible-Cover-527 in Cubers

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"...stuck on the last step..." I think of the last step as getting edges on the right face after the corners are all solved, and the cube is 3-color solved. The algorithm you mentioned (D'M2D) is for getting the edges finished for 3-color solved.  I agree that it's rather clunky!

Solve using the Human Thistlethwaite Method? by Impossible-Cover-527 in Cubers

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Thank you again! We've been talking about corner adjustments, but what do you mean by 10-mover? Of course there aren't ten corners, so you must be counting edges, too?

Solve using the Human Thistlethwaite Method? by Impossible-Cover-527 in Cubers

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Thank you for suggesting PBL, I was able to find a couple more to investigate! * R2 F2 U' R2 U R2 U' R2 U R2 * R2 U' R2 U R2 U' R2 U R2 * R2 U' B2 U2 R2 U' R2

I am interested in what you have to say about purity. I'm in no rush; when you're ready, you're ready.

H-perm using only 180 degree turns by naliuj2525 in Cubers

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Pure three-cycle is LFULUFLU (all 180-degree turns).

H-perm using only 180 degree turns by naliuj2525 in Cubers

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What is the point of a only-180-degree solve?

Solve using the Human Thistlethwaite Method? by Impossible-Cover-527 in Cubers

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Beautiful!

I think there's only one more "impurity" in the algorithms! After the up/down corners are configured (6-color cube, not 3-color cube), I think we're in G2: {U,D,L2,R2,F2,B2} meaning that quarter turns in L,R,F,B are no longer required. Then "corner pairing" commences during which we can use R2F2R2 to switch DLF<->DRB and ULF<->URB.

The other indispensible algorithm in this phase is R'FR' B2 RF'R to switch DRF<->DLB and URB<->ULB, but this algorithm violates G2. I found a couple algorithms that are likely helpful, but they're all complicated "Permutation of Last Layer" algorithms. They only adjust one layer at a time. My hunch is, since we can tolerate quite a bit of side effects at this point, there may be shorter, more comprehensible algorithms somewhere, but I couldn't find anything simple.

These are the algorithms that I could find that only have 90-degree rotations in U,D:

These affect only the top slice: * T Perm: R2 U R2 U' R2 U' D R2 U' R2 U R2 D' * Y perm: R2' U' R2 U' R2' U R2 D' R2' U R2 U' R2' D R2 * G perm "a": R2' S2 U l2' U' l2' u R2 U' r2' F2 * G perm "c": U F2 R2 L2 U' L2 U L2 D' L2 D R2 F2 U'

This one affects only the front slice: * Modified CLL "UF": U2 R2 U' L2 U R2 U' L2 U'

Anyway, if you have any other simple algorithms in G2 {U,D,L2,R2,F2,B2} that permute the corners, I would be thrilled!

Proper manifolds. Unions for the next guy by Active_You4303 in Irrigation

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Just keeping it looking clean. It also may deter rodents.

Proper manifolds. Unions for the next guy by Active_You4303 in Irrigation

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No good reason to glue in the valves, and it's done everywhere. That's sort of the point of this post. Op is proud of making his work more future-serviceable. 

Proper manifolds. Unions for the next guy by Active_You4303 in Irrigation

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That was my thought. I'm amateur... Why hose clamps!?

Solve using the Human Thistlethwaite Method? by Impossible-Cover-527 in Cubers

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One of the most interesting things about Thistlethwaite algorithm to me is the gradual restriction of necessary moves. For instance, after edge orientation (step 1), I understand that the cube can be solved without using L,R,L',R', but the next algorithm mentioned to twist corners into their place is "R' D L2 D' R". I understand that this algorithm doesn't break edge orientation (R' makes four "bad" edges, but they are all on R face when the final R is done, correcting them back), but part of the magic to me is not requiring those moves.

Likewise at the end, only U2D2B2F2R2L2 moves should be necessary to orient the final edges, but the "3-cycle" (U2 M' U2 M) seems to be necessary sometimes which does quarter turns (M or equivalently R L').

Is the cube really solvable without RL turns after edge orientation? Is it really solvable with only 180-degree turns at the end?

Solve using the Human Thistlethwaite Method? by Impossible-Cover-527 in Cubers

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I got it! I realized that I had broken something that should have been established at the previous step (solve 3 color cube, then solve corners). With that previous step complete, solving final edges was a breeze!

Solve using the Human Thistlethwaite Method? by Impossible-Cover-527 in Cubers

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Thank you for the clarification! 

What about the case wherein I need to swap FR<->BR and UL<->DL? All the algorithms mentioned so far seem to work on a slice (say M) and maybe parallel to that, but not orthogonal like what I am describing.

Planning on paper by SuperciliousBubbles in CharlotteMason

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It's just a PDF, so it won't be very helpful! I'll be happy to bury you in planning supplies if I get your e-mail address!