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@BESW reminds me of Doom

1:30 AM

@GreySage The salt test is... not great. It only tests for literal weight imbalances, while a lot of unfair dice are unfair because of unevenly tumbled edges that the salt test doesn't catch.

The salt test is necessary but not sufficient as a fairness evaluation: it can tell you your die is unfair, but it can't tell you your die is fair.

But can it tell if you're die wants to go to the fair?

1:58 AM

@nitsua60 One of the most ingenious and useful, yet basic, inventions I've ever seen: I saw a circular saw whose power plug has a light-up picture of a circular saw on it. You just always know which plug it is.

nitsua60

@JoelHarmon OMG genius!

I wish all power plugs were like that

We have a coffee, microwave, toaster, rice cooker and a food processor all in the same are with two available outlets

I use painter's tape and a sharpie to make tags.

Also other stuff gets put there sometimes to get plugged in

It would be nice not to have to do the wire shuffle just to know what I am unplugging

@BESW u r smart

I am surprised more plugs are not made with light up indicators like that really

It seems like such a good idea

2:16 AM

@BESW Maybe I use the wrong kind of tape or marker, but I find those smear too easily, and don't work great on thinner cords.

Don't put the tape along the cord like a sticker.

user15026

@BESW I do it like little flags, that works

@BESW wrapping around to make a stick-out label slides along the cord.

Right. Stick-out labels.

Double-long so you can stick the sticky side against the other sticky side.

user15026

I use that green painters tape stuff, I don't find it slides

2:17 AM

Perhaps I just need better tape, then.

Masking tape or painter's tape, either works fine.

@Ash green?

user15026

@trogdor Yeah, it's green

I think ours is blue

user15026

Looks like masking tape but green

2:19 AM

Yeah same stuff

frogtape.com

Just ours is blue,... Not sure why

I don't have experience comparing the two, but I suspect the frogtape is the green one you've used, Ash.

Mk,... Seriously never seen green, I always thought all of it was blue

Green blew my mind

And it's just tape XD

DIY.SE would probably know better, but I always figured the bright blue color was because it's likely to contrast with any wall or trim color you'd choose.

user15026

2:21 AM

@JoelHarmon I used the dollar store version of that I think :P

Painter's tape comes in several different colors, because you kinda want to make sure it stands out against the paint.

user15026

I think it's also a little less adhesive than normal tape so you can peel it better

I think we use 3M Scotch brand.

@Ash It's definitely designed not to leave a glue residue on a latex or oil paint surface

@BESW it's strange, I guess it's because I never buy that stuff, I just have helped my father paint the house about half a dozen times

And it was always blue tape

2:25 AM

Yeah, I've most commonly seen painter's tape in blue. But you'll find a couple other colors at the store.

We've got a light green and a blue.

That one was me,... The phone is off the hook this time XD

Use 'em for labeling mostly so different colors are handy.

Fair enough

I've found that electrical tape usually comes in multi-colored packs, which is handy

Hmm

Not all of it apparently

The stuff I have used was never sitting next to any other colors of tape

Well maybe the clear stuff and the black duck tape but nothing else

To be fair we did a lot of white painting

And some beige

There wasn't much call for non blue tape

I guess

Errr you said electrical

I missed that detail

SmokeDetector

4:08 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted website in body, body starts with title and ends in URL: Kara Keto The truth about 3 by alkamalao on rpg.SE (@doppelgreener)

dot_Sp0T

9:39 AM

Helloooooooo; Anyone in here that plays or has played the 2016 edition of Traveller ?

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@dot_Sp0T I'm gonna pin that to the star board so other folks will see it when they come in.

dot_Sp0T

@BESW thank you very very much

My pleasure. I look forward to reading the conversations about a game I don't know much about!

doppelgreener

@BESW that's fantastic