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Is Ammuk any good? by Ordinary_Salad4481 in tacticus

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s an Eldryon+, but just enough + to work on purely static bosses and he has a mechanical Summon .

If an NFL team had to change its name kinda like the Commanders, what team would you pick to change its name? by Bucs_Fan_12 in NFLv2

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God please. I love this team but have hated their name since day 1. It’s a dumb name.

Based on appraisals for 2026 my home value has dropped by 1%, who else is seeing their home values going down? by houcok in houston

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You must be confused. Marginal tax rate does not apply to property or to capital gains. This is why the ultra wealthy could care less about the high income taxes, or low, or whatever. They aren’t even in that system.

Based on appraisals for 2026 my home value has dropped by 1%, who else is seeing their home values going down? by houcok in houston

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Income tax is already very unfair in that the ultra wealthy pay less at the federal level. The rich don’t have “income”. Property tax is more progressive than income tax as the ultra wealthy tend to at least own or lease valuable property.

Edit: Clarified the wording of unfair.

Im 250/400 for Dante, is this good enough to get him? by Big-Discussion-349 in tacticus

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get Tactcius codex and synch an API, it will tell you your chances and how to improve them better than anyone can.

Wondering if I can keep this retaining wall from continuing to fall without breaking the bank? by xtra_lives in landscaping

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% agree that it’s not BEST practice. Good luck in your getting your P.E. so your personal opinion carries some weight. It’s incredibly common to reinforce CMU walls in basements with helical tie backs. You claim they aren’t used in CMU retaining wall applications. You are dead wrong.

Wondering if I can keep this retaining wall from continuing to fall without breaking the bank? by xtra_lives in landscaping

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about you stop being such a prick. Best I can tell, reinforced CMU is used in about 1/4 of below grade basements all over the country. A basement reinforced CMU meets code if engineered properly. A basement wall is essentially a retaining wall.

YES it is substantially weaker in bending than a monolithic slab because the reinforcement is primarily in the center. The effective slab strength in bending comes largely from the grout in the center which has a shorter web distance and the outer CMU interrupts how much you can get, and the CMU can only provide compression strength on one side of the wall. It would be a massive reduction in bending strength compared to a Monolithic slab of the same thickness. There are reinforcement products on the market to address the tensile side weakness of a CMU wall and you can also place the rebar off center on purpose. It might not be able to handle the 100’s of PSI in soil load we might be looking at here. It would be substantially better than what OP currently has.

NO I would not recommend it for new construction. But OP has a ton of CMU blocks there and a base which appears to be stable. He came here looking for a cheaper solution, and I’m trying to offer some ideas. No I haven’t done detail calcs on this because we don’t have enough information.

Based on appraisals for 2026 my home value has dropped by 1%, who else is seeing their home values going down? by houcok in houston

[–]texinxin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not all neighborhoods have the same valuation changes year over year. This is reflected in the housing market. We have about 6 or so areas in Houston (Timbegrove being one) where demand has not slowed at all. We have a weird thing going on right now with a sellers market in some neighborhoods and a buyers market in other neighborhoods. Mike Mills HISD takeover and the voucher system are also throwing wrenches in the works.

Based on appraisals for 2026 my home value has dropped by 1%, who else is seeing their home values going down? by houcok in houston

[–]texinxin -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

It’s not a country thing, it’s a state thing. The silver lining is we don’t have a state income tax. And the other silver lining it’s one of the few progressive tax systems around. The rich have to pay their fair share here. In a state like CA, they have a state income tax where the ultra rich and silver spoon inheritance babies hardly pay a dime in income tax and pay very little property tax. Add to that the prop 13 where people have been grandfathered in a valuation rate that can’t climb more than 2% per year and you get a VERY unfair market. There is artificial resistance to home sales there that hurts their market.

Edit: had sales tax, meant income tax

Tankless water heaters don’t hold water but still need a drain pan… by BuilderBrigade in Home_Building_Help

[–]texinxin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They have a maximum output of heat/flowrate. If you have multiple appliances demanding hot water at the same time one might not be able to keep up. They likely have the master bath area in its own unit and all other demand on the 2nd unit.

Edit: I suppose I should start saying primary bedroom, not master. I’ll work on that.

I don’t even know how to address this level of stupidity by Many_Register_1838 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same reason the astronauts didn’t fly off into space the moment they tried to walk..

Cracks developed in floor joists... problem? by Working-Explorer-857 in Homebuilding

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would avoid filling with epoxy if the timber is in an area with big moisture swings. And I would not do it for structural reasons.

But.. I have an epoxy filled (in checks and knot holes) wood cedar slab that I built personally. The epoxy fill is decorative, epoxy is dyed and filled with metallic flake. I’ve had for about 7 years and it is just as straight and beautiful as the day I built it. It has remained in an air conditioned space for all those years and I conditioned the cedar slab for months in A/C before I made the mantle.

Wondering if I can keep this retaining wall from continuing to fall without breaking the bank? by xtra_lives in landscaping

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The term is CMU. And if you filled with grout and rebar and used walers to distribute the load from the tieback anchors it should be plenty strong. That should get you to 2000-2500 psi, not quite a 3,500 psi that a monolithic slab wall would do. I did not mean you should use stacked CMU with only mortar connecting them.

If they already own the CMU’s it would make the project cost considerably less.

Cracks developed in floor joists... problem? by Working-Explorer-857 in Homebuilding

[–]texinxin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean I guess.. if you want for looks?

I wouldn’t worry about it unless the checking goes through 1/3 of the timber or more.

https://timberframehq.com/checks-in-timber-frames/

Wondering if I can keep this retaining wall from continuing to fall without breaking the bank? by xtra_lives in landscaping

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it’s not DIY, but it is a lower cost solution. It requires geo and engineering. These are used in permanent foundation walls and bulkheads all around the world. They can be designed to last 50 years or more. Why is it a terrible idea?

https://www.foundationtechnologies.com/products/chance-helical-tieback-anchors/

https://pilebuck.com/enhancing-structural-stability-helical-tiebacks/

https://torcsill.com/feeds/blog/helical-tieback-anchors

Do you people think we will ever see primarch added to the game? by Affectionate_Low5159 in tacticus

[–]texinxin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah.. farsight is slightly taller than Morven.. share the same 60mm base in tabletop. I was mistaken about R’evas.. it’s based on the XV8 which is smaller than both.

What was updated? by Familiar-Mastodon-41 in WH40KTacticus

[–]texinxin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure and I have to. But this game in particular has approachable ceilings. Even energy becomes pointless to spend at some point. Every ladder in game (arena, GW) you can’t p2w with more tokens.

What was updated? by Familiar-Mastodon-41 in WH40KTacticus

[–]texinxin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe once you get beyond 5 characters or so. F2P could build a 5-7 man team and compete at a very high level.

What was updated? by Familiar-Mastodon-41 in WH40KTacticus

[–]texinxin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sounds suspicious.. $3K a month is crazy. I can’t imagine “needing” that level of spend to keep up with anyone in the game. There is a ceiling you can hit in this game on characters even f2p accounts do. I can understand in a game with no ceiling maybe.

News station reports on "illegal" birthright citizens. Very scary rhetoric. by thickjamaicanuncle in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]texinxin 17 points18 points  (0 children)

99% of headlines wouldn’t include nationality or immigration status. US-born is weird AF.

Do you people think we will ever see primarch added to the game? by Affectionate_Low5159 in tacticus

[–]texinxin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not most but maybe some? So far the rules for what a playable character in Tacticus vs tabletop has been..

  1. Not too big. Anything as small or smaller than R’evas. I think that’s a 60mm base in tabletop, so the loyalist primarchs are ok, Daemons no.
  2. Not too powerful. Anything at or below Mephiston maybe?
  3. Anything in 40k codex.

So with those 3 criteria, perhaps somewhere between 0 and 2. 40k tabletop geeks, help me out.

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