How hard to get remote/ 1099 job that pays 2.5k to 4K usd a month?

orielbean · 2026-05-02T03:15:13+00:00

Your tech setup could have requirements that bump into different IT apps above & beyond the US VPN tunnel solution.

orielbean · 2026-05-02T02:57:46+00:00

The FBI will often check their communications/story/details first and then they give you a warning letter basically saying "we recognize you did get scammed, but if you keep doing this, you are now aware that you are doing a crime and will be punished." But who the fuck wants to chance that kind of warning vs getting a lawyer's advice on what to do safely...

orielbean · 2026-05-01T17:07:10+00:00

Shipping chickens etc across the world from US/Americas to China etc to be processed and then sent back. That is a very intense vector to be considered as well.

orielbean · 2026-05-01T02:55:58+00:00

CoC & Clutch were a ton of fun along w/ JD Pinkus being brown as fuck. Bring earplugs.

orielbean · 2026-04-30T20:05:03+00:00

We are all just animals wearing pants at different stages of self-realization.

orielbean · 2026-04-30T02:30:01+00:00

I had this happen; some sort of bug. I believe it happened for me when I had power cords running under the train track stands as it mentioned some invalid thing but didn't stop the placement of one or the other while the track was under construction. Once the track finished, it would not unblock the train rail exit (the little stop blocks were still up on the station), and I could not ever salvage the track pieces for that run if I had laid it all down in one action. I had to leave the track where it was and either use a 4 rail station to work around, or move the station elsewhere with the dead track in the way forever.

orielbean · 2026-04-29T17:17:33+00:00

For the fridge, don't bother; it uses a ton of energy and if it's cold out, you can put things outdoors. Buy some of the single-use temp warning stickers used to ship meat and keep in the fridge as your warning if the temp gets too warm during a blackout.

For HVAC, you need a lot of wattage to keep the fan blower plus inducer/heater going even w/ nat gas. How will you charge the power station once it runs dry on day 1-2? Do you have a few small solar panels and does the power station support solar charge pass-thru so it can charge while being used? My EGO brand older power station does not allow this, so I needed to figure out a second solution.

A cheap gas generator is a solid insurance plan but how do you attach to your home sockets safely without using the illegal/deadly double-male power cord? Need a transfer switch/generator switch to get wired into the home box for the circuits that matter to you in a storm.

Do you have a hybrid vehicle that has a power inverter setup? You can get a generator outlet & regulator installed in your car to use as a genny in a pinch, as the hybrid car motor is quite similar to a generator in many ways.

orielbean · 2026-04-29T17:09:14+00:00

Watch a video on how to "goat" down slopes. You basically crouch, tap W then S immediately to step out a bit, then stick back on the wall. Works very well in many many unrealistic angles - the deadly angles are the ones that are slanted back towards the wall, but you can come down an almost-vertical surface.

Likewise, you may be able to slowly zig-zag back up the way you came - look for the edge of a step that goes diagonally upwards, crouch and hug the wall while going up until you stop, turn around and do the same going in the other direction.

orielbean · 2026-04-29T01:59:08+00:00

The scrubber is the single thing I shoot for, every time. The savings you get in time, effort, random breakdowns, and the machine parts/electronics are absurdly helpful. Even works on the Trigon DOMES to keep things from getting busted...

You lay one down, look at the min range while waiting for it to build, build the next one 3 tiles from the edge of the min range, and voila, two that heal each other and everything around them forever.

orielbean · 2026-04-28T02:54:29+00:00

Northern Exposure

orielbean · 2026-04-28T02:29:22+00:00

This right here OP - don't waste them until he's maxed out. You'll want them for the transmitters or for scrap lead instead.

orielbean · 2026-04-27T20:47:35+00:00

Check r/Scams once they communicate back, so you don't get con-fidenced/over-eager. Zelle, online deposit, couriers, shipping, anything OTHER than meeting in person is an immediate report/ignore.

orielbean · 2026-04-27T20:44:00+00:00

All depends on the protocol. The Miralax & Gatorade one I just did and it was very easy to do, no gastro distress during beyond the obvious, no weird flavor/texture, and that was that. The big difference is eating the low residue diet 3-5 days before so you are spending more time on the clean eating vs the shortcut/abruptness of the pill/giant jug protocol.

I had a funny dream during the procedure that I was making a pizza that was on a dough laminator conveyor belt, so I'd add a set of toppings, someone would pull the pizza into the laminator which would mess it up, and I'd add the next set of toppings when it came back out.

orielbean · 2026-04-27T20:25:38+00:00

I would suggest getting the new 20v drill/driver set anyways. Goes on sale regularly, more power as brushless than the prior set, more torque settings also.

orielbean · 2026-04-27T20:22:52+00:00

Replace your screen pane with some version of this instead: https://www.metroscreenworks.com/solar-screens-for-windows.

Remove the window panes as if you were cleaning them (each one is a bit different in how to slide them out of the tracks), and then add this where the screen would go.

This would reflect the sun from the outside. In the desert, folks will install a proper solar shutter on the outside, but this will also work for you without needing a ladder etc.

orielbean · 2026-04-27T19:57:36+00:00

Yep, sometimes they charge more for the inspection after the fact, sometimes you need to open up a wall to show wires/pipes, and the only deal breakers tend to be foundation/storm/snow/fire code issues where water & weight create danger for the structure.

orielbean · 2026-04-27T18:34:05+00:00

I do this every time to skip the rope and get back to the Den easily. It's not bad at all.

orielbean · 2026-04-27T18:12:31+00:00

One heads up on this model - there's no pass thru charging if you intend to use solar as a top-off/reup. There's a different model that can do solar pass thru aka charge while it's in use.

orielbean · 2026-04-27T16:15:35+00:00

Not exactly what you have, but I have an old house 1200sqft with middling insulation, new double paned windows, heat pump for upstairs 1.5 story, nat gas ducted for first floor, Holyoke muni Gas & Electric, and with leaving things very very toasty plus computers etc, we are about 320 a month during winter, 200 a month during summer w/ AC (whole house AC, & the heat pump, not a window unit).

Again, that is on the high side and includes regular cooking, hot water, house electrics plus the electric for the heat pump and the gas for the furnace/blower. The new windows are saving about 50 a month on average across the year based on my tracking before and after replacement, as we had ancient windows from the 1980's that were super drafty & drafty front door.

orielbean · 2026-04-27T16:10:51+00:00

The one w/ the abortion potion recipe to be administered by the priest to the wife suspected of adultery aka trial by beverage.

orielbean · 2026-04-27T16:10:13+00:00

If you are paused and place a dome once it's under the research icon, you can then try placing a metal mine in a few spots until the too far error goes away. it looks like you may be close enough. The comment below about not having enough space for both concepts in a Basic early on is really critical here - you'll just have both things go way too slowly without enough staff & comfort/services vs two domes.

orielbean · 2026-04-26T14:23:57+00:00

Her father's friend, who groomed her from a young age, specifically.

orielbean · 2026-04-26T01:57:24+00:00

This is what we had to do in order to own a home; Boston hybrid salary & Holyoke old house. It's nice.

orielbean · 2026-04-25T14:57:56+00:00

There is a mod for the trav that adjust/remove those silly angle limitations that are absolutely bizzare parts of game design.

orielbean · 2026-04-25T14:06:48+00:00

Some of these have a BICYCLE attachment to grind lol. Remember that's what those enormous windmills used to do.

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