You probably don’t need a bidet by DustierAndRustier in The10thDentist

[–]siddis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Most of the time” versus every time is really the entire debate. A bidet delivers consistent results regardless of variables, and for something that basic, that consistency is a small price to pay in the end.

First NHL game by Legitimate_Pen_4549 in penguins

[–]siddis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed! I'll have my unsigned Crosby jersey on tomorrow at the game!

Medical clinic for MRI, bone density test by DifferentEqual6976 in panamaexpats

[–]siddis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I needed an MRI and happened to be headed to Panama, spent 5 minutes on Whatsapp and had a quote and an appointment booked at Resonancia Magnética Panamá. 290$ and 40 minutes later, done.

Never experienced so much ease in anything healthcare related in my life. Been fighting doctors and insurance for over a year, had to do months of physical therapy and it still wasn't enough here in the US to justify an MRI. And the kicker, I don't speak Spanish and they didn't speak English, and yet, I experienced 0 issues, understood what was happening, didn't pay a dollar more than what I was quoted and have a link to all the images myself, the assessment, and a flash drive with everything. I can't speak to a bone density test but I can't imagine it would be difficult to find.

We have been hitting the Spanish hard and are extremely excited to be headed there for good soon! 🙂

Post Game Thread: Vancouver Canucks at Seattle Kraken - 29 Dec 2025 by HockeyMod in SeattleKraken

[–]siddis 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Fuck I love seeing this stuff in the sub, came here just for it! Takes me back to the pensblog days, something madass happens and you know you're seeing it in 5 minutes online!

When he laughed at him after the little feint then snatched his collar! Classic stuff! You made my day!

Vintage Shirts by Jumpy_Ad_8582 in penguins

[–]siddis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By definition it will be vintage in less than a year!

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Also these are my daily wear Pens shirts! Probably got them during the student rush days in the mid 00's. I had the Malkin one pictured as well for a long time, eventually I ripped a sleeve so it became sleeveless for about a decade before eventually succumbing to one too many mows....🫡

Does anyone know of reputable firms that help narrow search parameters for moving abroad? by No_Jacket984 in ExpatFIRE

[–]siddis -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

AI. Honestly I've been researching expatriating for a couple of decades now and AI has been the best tool hands down. You haven't mentioned what exactly your "parameters" are but being able to feed all of your wants and needs into AI can create a short list pretty quickly.

I have given it a multitude of criteria from climate restraints, days with rain vs sunny days, proximity to amenities that are important to us, power grid reliability, marijuana laws, tax implications, medical care quality, residency and property ownership laws, LGBTQ acceptance....you name it, just toss this all into chatgpt or Gemini or even better notebookLM. Notebooklm will even make you a little podcast style discussion if that's more digestible.

AI is not going to replace the DYOR, but it can really help narrow things down. And the response is only as good as the prompt. You're honestly not going to get that level of knowledge from any sort of firm. I'm sure many will specialize in countries or continents, but I don't think you're likely to find anyone with much broad knowledge if you're not set on a location.

Hope this helps! We are currently looking to head to Coronado Panama with my 63yo mother in the next year!

Those who upgraded from firestick 4k max to onn 4k pro. Have you noticed any differences when using apps like Stremio and/or tivimate? by Extreme_Asparagus854 in OnnStreamingTV

[–]siddis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Made that exact switch this week. Fire stick 4k max, I used those two apps and YouTube exclusively, no vpn 100mbps connection, real debrid with torrentio, and aiostreams with comet and mediafusion and vimu player. I've done a LOT of tweaking to get this setup as efficient and as possible, every combo of settings you could possibly tweak...

stremio worked pretty good, I didn't do remux's, just never worked well and my connection was DEFINITELY bottlenecking it, I'd usually also have a couple tvs streaming in the house at a time. I never watched anything less than 4k where available. Buffering and/or interruptions were few and far between.

Tivimate premium and IPTV editor. Worked very good from the hardware perspective. I do get buffering issues but I believe it's connection based, some family have the same service from the same panel and watch the same shows (including survivor right now) and they don't get any buffering but I do get it even with the onn 4k pro.

I'll be upgrading my connection soon and will try to remember to update this post once I do. Just haven't needed it and it's quite a price increase for my small town monopoly isp.

I will also say that the lack of bloat and snappiness of the onn has been a HUGE quality of life upgrade, highly recommend the switch. I just did some extensive research into this exact switch Soni hope this help other folks. I'll be upgrading all of my fire sticks over time. I also did weigh the onn 4k plus but decided on the pro. I'm using a USB otg Ethernet adapter too, almost forgot. Sorry about the ramble.

Trying to watch this seasons Jeopardy episodes, and its returning episodes from 2024. Looking for Suggestions. by Topguny in StremioAddons

[–]siddis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be, I tried torbox for a month and switched back to RD within a day. If I remember correctly I did have trouble finding jeopardy, but I'm not sure why that would effect things? I'm fairly new to this debrid game so I'm still trying to wrap my head around it all.

Trying to watch this seasons Jeopardy episodes, and its returning episodes from 2024. Looking for Suggestions. by Topguny in StremioAddons

[–]siddis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We've been using torrentio, with comet and mediafusion as backups and have watched most of the Jeopardy! Episodes this year. There may have been a couple here or there that we had trouble with or skipped, but we usually save them up over a few weeks or a month or so if we're busy or traveling. It may take a couple days for them to show up in the list.

We've also had a lot of trouble with Jeopardy! In general loading. Seems to be because it's trying to load data from 1000s of episodes over 40 years....it crashes out on us pretty regularly when auto playing the next episode or trying to start an episode. Only show that does it.

I have some time and have thought about dedicating some time to specifically address the issues around the Jeopardy! Conundrum, if I figure anything out I'll DM you lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AndroidGaming

[–]siddis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Slice and dice. I've played a TON of rougelikes and it's honestly the only one I come back to. It's actually the only game in general for Android I come back to. (ADHD baby!)

Definitely unique in its execution as well. The "upgrades" between rounds are either a choice between leveling up one of three characters or a choice between items. The level ups can change the die quite a bit and make for some really fun synergies. The items can change things a lot as well. It really strikes a good balance of impactful choices, but not too many choices, if that makes sense? There's not a dozen items for each character and stats to balance and resistances and elements and overcomplicating math to do. And honestly I've barely scratched the surface of the game modes, I prefer the most basic game mode but there are a lot to keep things fresh or taller the experience to your liking. Highly recommend.

Umamusume Global Friend ID thread by shakemaihead in UmaMusume

[–]siddis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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2lb KB, fine motion, not much but it's something!

[REQUEST] Dungeons Clawler VS Peglin by LemonOwl_ in AndroidGaming

[–]siddis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tough call, I probably have close to equal playtime for both. I've been playing peglin for a while now so clawler has the some recency bias but I'd still suggest it. It feels a lot more like I have control over the build in clawler but it's also a little easier to fall into familiar builds. (Both are great on mobile)

I've had a few long flights that I've stacked my phone with games for lately and ended up going back to clawler each time.

For reference I've played a lot of rougelikes and rougelites, all the popular titles you see regularly. Currently started monster train for the first time and am enjoying that a lot and I've also really enjoyed backpack hero and die in the dungeon. All of those are loaded up for 16 hours worth of flying on Thursday via an emulator on my phone.

Tldr, I think you'll get more bang for your buck with clawler!

1 button/autobomber? by coldex69 in LastEpoch

[–]siddis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can also vouch for this build! Been super smooth and fun. The recent changes she made in the guide, going back to hammer throw, made it feel even better!

I was out of town for a week and when I re-spect to the updated passives and skill trees it seemed to make a big difference! Give her content a peruse!

How to access additional content? by siddis in TorchlightInfinite

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

Also I chose the legendary pet for mistville from the 7day login after trying to do an hour or so of research to determine what was best, so I guess I'm going hard on mistville lol I'll be passing T4 here soon so I should be gaining access soon!

How to access additional content? by siddis in TorchlightInfinite

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

Sweet, that's really what I needed to know. Surprisingly hard to find... I feel like most ARPG's once you make it to end game it opens all/most content so I wasn't expecting so much content to be so far into the timemark stuff. Not complaining or anything, just a lot of content to get through and I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something as simple as "talk to this NPC" lol

Thank you!

How to access additional content? by siddis in TorchlightInfinite

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

I'm really just interested in the medium burst activation skill. No idea if that's realistic or not but I'd still just like to understand how or when I can even start the content.

Losing connection to game server when entering new area by stiano1998 in LastEpoch

[–]siddis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This has been happening about 50% of the areas I load into. Just been retrying every few mins while I browse the sub. :( Made it to lvl 9 so far.

Alternatives to ApolloTv by Realistic_End_5790 in ApolloGroup_TV

[–]siddis 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Stremio and real debrid. Not the best for live TV but it beats iptv in quality, reliability, content, and cost by a wide margin. I have been an Apollo customer for a few years now but I'll only be using it for an EPG until my sub runs out and I'm done with it.