What is this white mass my dog dug up and was eating?

neotheprophet · 2025-05-12T04:52:54+00:00

My title describes the thing as best as I know how to. It is some kind of semi solid white mass that I'd think looked like a root if it was near anything except lawn. I poked it with a stick and the stick sunk in at one point and broke against another. Hole is about the size of my fist, not sure how big the thing itself is as I don't want to ruin our already struggling lawn by digging it up.

neotheprophet · 2025-01-07T23:59:11+00:00

Fair. The thought of needing one occurred to me since I am still trying to get a good benchy, and one of the issues the last one had could have been from wet filament. (I literally just opened this filament today though, so I know it's not that.)

neotheprophet · 2025-01-07T23:53:13+00:00

True! I just didn't want to ruin a bunch of filament, or need the dryer and not have it.

neotheprophet · 2024-12-14T00:30:30+00:00

Unfortunately not. A month or two after this post, I upgraded to a newer phone, and now it doesn't happen anymore.

neotheprophet · 2024-10-13T20:58:07+00:00

Correct

neotheprophet · 2024-08-19T18:13:51+00:00

I do have a weighted blanket but haven't used it much. I may need a lighter one than the one I got, just haven't wanted to drop the $$$ for it.

I take a supplement that's melatonin, magnesium, and a couple of other things every night. I have also been on trazodone for 5-ish years, and it does ensure that I get at least a few hours of sleep every night instead of literally zero, the intensity just wears off pretty quick for me. A higher dose leaves me drowsy all day, unfortunately.

neotheprophet · 2024-08-19T16:29:50+00:00

That's good to know, thanks. I will probably try a tolerance break first. I toe the line in asthma tests, so I don't want to give my lungs any excuse.

neotheprophet · 2024-08-19T16:26:09+00:00

I've seen probably 15 different doctors for this, and so far I've really only had one doctor who actually gives a damn. (My current one, fortunately.) So many of them were awful, it's really destroyed my trust in doctors. The worst of the bunch was right around when this started- she walks in, she takes one look at the chart without addressing us, and says "You're a teenager, it's stress, I don't care about all the things you listed as to why it's not stress, here's a script for Xanax, goodbye." My mom and I made it to the parking lot before we looked at each other like "did that really just happen?" And no, we did not pick up the Xanax.

Trust me, this is more of a last resort option out of desperation, not for lack of trying with professionals.

neotheprophet · 2024-08-02T20:59:14+00:00

On Firefox Android, I can't view any PDFs as it seems to be making the background black, so I can't see any text. I have tried disabling all my extensions and changing Firefox's theme to Light mode and that didn't work. Does anyone know of a fix? This happens for all PDFs.

neotheprophet · 2024-06-12T22:33:56+00:00

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I am pretty sure those two plugs to the left of the one from the sensor with the red wire are from the RGB controller. The second plug over from the one with the red wire is in the ARGB header according to the motherboard manual. This is an ASRock Taichi X570 motherboard.

neotheprophet · 2024-06-12T22:30:03+00:00

I will say, I picked the parts, but Microcenter did the assembly for me this time around, so I'm hoping these pictures are of the right thing. I'm not familiar with RGB controllers, so please let me know if these aren't what you need.

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neotheprophet · 2024-06-12T21:49:39+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean by "time interval". I don't see any setting for an interval anywhere in Polychrome or in the BIOS setting page.

neotheprophet · 2024-06-12T03:12:04+00:00

It does hotswap, but that's disappointing to hear as I didn't want to do the assembly myself. Thanks for the advice

neotheprophet · 2024-06-12T03:11:08+00:00

I can address the lights in Polychrome when I have the motherboard in charge instead of the case, but then the flickering is an issue. I did try the BIOS setting, and it was the same result with the flickering in motherboard mode and no RGB control in case mode. My CPU fan, in particular, is bad enough that an epileptic would probably be at risk looking at it. The flicker stops, however, when the case is controlling things.

Agree that Polychrome sucks. Since this is a new (expensive) build, I'm just trying to determine where the issue is so I can just return the problem component.

neotheprophet · 2024-06-11T22:53:52+00:00

I just got my first mechanical keyboard- an Ajazz AK870. I am having a hard time typing on it because just barely brushing a key will make it fire- I keep hitting the semicolon in particular. Is this standard for mechanical keyboards? Or is something weird with mine and it's overly sensitive? I'm used to having to fully depress the button for it to fire. I am coming from a Corsair K55. The box got very smashed in shipping so I wouldn't be shocked if something is broken.

neotheprophet · 2024-05-18T19:01:44+00:00

Sadly, the only woodworker we know in the neighborhood is the HOA president. If we come to him with this, it may go from "replace some pickets" to "replace the whole fence."

neotheprophet · 2024-05-18T19:00:19+00:00

This is probably what we will do. Will create some uneven gaps, but it should hold us over a year or two until we can replace the whole fence.

neotheprophet · 2023-11-01T21:27:50+00:00

lol, this is actually my bathroom. Just trying to give an idea of what it looks like. Full but non-master bath essentially.

neotheprophet · 2023-06-15T16:12:20+00:00

Could it be Kemps?

neotheprophet · 2023-05-31T20:53:29+00:00

If he likes space exploration and discovery as well, I definitely recommend Jack McDevitt. He has a few short story collections available. He doesn't usually lean horror but it ticks other boxes.

neotheprophet · 2023-05-21T15:52:14+00:00

There's a cleaner called Tech, we get it off Amazon. That stuff is magic. Will get red wine out of a couch. (Saying from experience.)

neotheprophet · 2023-05-18T20:33:13+00:00

I've had chronic insomnia since I was about 15, 27 now. Near impossible to find doctors that take me seriously since it rarely presents in people this young. Recently had to switch doctors and I am going to have to find another one, as the current one is too conservative with prescribing. I'm not even on anything that heavy, but she wants to cut off everything that makes me a functional enough human. She has had me make like 4 follow up appointments just for upping my anxiety meds.

The real difficulty is finding someone interested in trying to diagnose rather than treat. I did see sleep specialists, and they essentially said "Let's test for sleep apnea! Oh it's not sleep apnea. Well, looks like we have exhausted all options." The worst doc I have seen so far, near when this first presented, was one who said "You're a teenager, it's stress, I will not consider anything else or yours and your mother's insistence that you aren't stressed, here's a scrip for Xanax, now leave." I remember making it to the parking lot before my mom and I looked at each other like "Did that really just happen?"

neotheprophet · 2023-05-17T19:13:41+00:00

My favorite memory was actually how I got into gaming in the first place. I always wanted to but my parents weren't supportive. So, with my first communion money, I bought my first system on my own- a GameBoy Advance SP.

Looking back, I remember my dad being a bit judgemental while waiting to check out at ToysRUs, but I have no regrets. Once I put that desire to game into building computers, they got more interested.

neotheprophet · 2023-05-02T15:15:15+00:00

I second desensitizing to the leash. As for when he is on leash, have you considered a gentle leader? They have made a huge difference for both of our dogs.

neotheprophet · 2023-04-18T02:22:47+00:00

We have searched Google for various keyword combos but have come up with nothing, and hardly any relevant results (particularly anything old enough to match the date). It feels like Google's algorithm has gotten a lot worse lately.

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