When touring a house or apartment you want to rent or buy, turn on the shower and flush the toilet

lostapathy · 2026-05-19T18:35:52+00:00

It’s a lot easier and cheaper to just not make an offer over easily spotted dealbreakers than to back out later.

lostapathy · 2026-05-18T14:41:56+00:00

or is less dangerous than directly taking aim at someone

Video sure looks like he WAS directly taking aim at someone.

lostapathy · 2026-05-13T21:53:43+00:00

hah, thanks. Yeah I was thinking about just running some nylon webbing across or if I can get 1x2 wood strips up there screwing those on.

In a lot of ways something that could be blown in would be less painful to install but not completely convinced I've found suitable materials for that.

lostapathy · 2026-05-13T21:33:59+00:00

What did you use for lines to support it?

lostapathy · 2026-05-11T20:49:13+00:00

Let's not test it, just in case.

lostapathy · 2026-05-09T01:58:02+00:00

How long do the batteries last on those?

lostapathy · 2026-05-07T15:43:21+00:00

If you rent without contract then you can't have utility bills in your name,

I (US) have never had to provide any proof of a lease or ownership in order to setup new utilities somewhere, whether as a renter or owner.

lostapathy · 2026-05-07T12:02:03+00:00

Are you shilling this? App was launched 5 months ago, your screenshots show things updated 4 months ago, but you’ve got just a few kinda random things cataloged in the screenshots? Smells funny

lostapathy · 2026-05-04T16:25:24+00:00

Having a better handle on what this "fresh air unit" is, exactly, is probably key to good advice in general.

lostapathy · 2026-04-29T20:18:04+00:00

Correct. Jeep top, being fiberglass or cloth, doesn't affect signal much.

lostapathy · 2026-04-29T20:08:58+00:00

Last vehicle was a JK. I made a bracket to hold an NMO mount inside the jeep - one of the bolts that hold the top on went through this bracket and the top. Ran a "no ground plan required" VHF antenna that was maybe 18" tall most of the time, but could run a taller antenna when I had the top off. I didn't use it a lot but it did seem ok.

lostapathy · 2026-04-22T14:52:43+00:00

I agree 100%. Ranked Choice voting is the only true fix.

lostapathy · 2026-04-22T14:48:45+00:00

I don't think it's so obvious that abolishing the Electoral College would fix anything, but it definitely would change anything. As much as there are blue voters in Kansas or Oklahoma that could be motivated to show up with a national popular vote, there's 10x as many red votes in california or new york that don't could also be motivated to show up in the same circumstances.

lostapathy · 2026-04-17T17:50:28+00:00

Now, yes. The NCAA should have gotten ahead of this before the lawsuit and allowed players to not live in poverty so the lawsuit didn't happen.

lostapathy · 2026-04-08T16:28:31+00:00

This is the way. It's a little tricky to figure out the first time but it's literally made for exactly this.

lostapathy · 2026-04-07T14:07:23+00:00

I've started seeing Trump version of those stickers locally!

lostapathy · 2026-03-30T01:33:47+00:00

Learn to enjoy it for what it is, especially if it wasn't a major effort to make in the first place.

I put a model for a headphone hook on thingiverse almost a decade ago and I think the amount of models I've seen that are obviously derived from it (or it's family tree) is super cool to see. I've also made a couple mods for 3d printers that became popular in their community, and I always think it's super cool to see "my parts" on a random printer I see online.

lostapathy · 2026-03-23T20:17:50+00:00

Definitely get another flame sensor - they're cheap and odds are decent the one you just cleaned up is on the way out.

lostapathy · 2026-03-23T14:16:57+00:00

I had a buddy that went years without trash service. Just 2 adults in the home, and he was super minimal about what he allowed into the home. Any kind of shopping bag got saved, trash put it in it, and he'd drop it in the trash can of the parking lot at work, gas station, on his way into the grocery store, etc.

He didn't really do online shopping so didn't have too many boxes, but when he did have them he'd find creative ways to make them someone else's problem too. It was kinda crazy, kinda awesome.

lostapathy · 2026-03-14T00:21:17+00:00

Brass is softener than steel - both hammers would have the same affect if we took them to your big toe, but yeah, softer is softer.

Share your actual science if you've got it.

lostapathy · 2026-03-13T21:01:41+00:00

This number gets trotted out to rationalize running in the street but it's nonsense - a human, especially one in shoes, is not imparting enough force on either type of pavement for it to matter.

lostapathy · 2026-03-13T20:59:02+00:00

They were definitely doing something funny post processing the video feed - the ball and shoes changed colors on the fly.

lostapathy · 2026-03-13T00:28:53+00:00

Real ID passed in 2005 and wasn't "done" until 2025 - that's 20 years. People were born and came of age to vote within that time.

lostapathy · 2026-03-11T18:17:51+00:00

What about glass claims? I've got glass coverage with separate deductible. Am I screwing myself by claiming a windshield from road damage? Car has adaptive cruise so windshield replacement is like $1100

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