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BMitch

Jul 24, 2024 18:23

I know better than to try that after that last time with the blowtorch.

BMitch

Jul 23, 2024 19:22

@JourneymanGeek Indeed, there's a lot that needs to be done. But I'm back to watching from the cheap seats.

BMitch

Jul 23, 2024 15:19

/me finally figured out how to unbolt the mod hat. I think they used thread lock on those things.

BMitch

Jun 14, 2024 14:00

@Criggie lmao. That almost feels like malicious compliance.

BMitch

Apr 11, 2024 17:32

It could always be policies that don't update with new hardware: mastodon.social/@nixCraft/112084612189308888

BMitch

Apr 10, 2024 20:17

This is the way.

BMitch

Mar 11, 2024 14:23

@Criggie Closed and reopened twice now. lol. I don't think anyone running the site is listening to the community anymore.

BMitch

Mar 4, 2024 14:49

Yeah, I hear you. It's hard to watch.

BMitch

Mar 1, 2024 15:20

/me resists the urge to flag the post as "not a question"

BMitch

Feb 27, 2024 19:59

BMitch

Feb 27, 2024 19:54

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Q: Degraded Stack Exchange network performance on February 27th?

Subject should say it all, but overall the Stack Exchange network has been very laggy (so far) all day today, February 27th. I am connecting from Brooklyn, NY, USA is happening on my home ISP connection (Spectrum) as well as my cell service provider (T-Mobile). I am not using a VPN of any kind; d...

BMitch

Feb 27, 2024 19:52

SE is having issues today (or at least was for me this morning)

BMitch

Feb 5, 2024 14:33

I'd say home water heater problem diagnosis and repair is on topic.

BMitch

Feb 5, 2024 14:31

@bertieb Immersion heater in a tank... is that a tank like an aquarium or the home water heater?

BMitch

Jan 31, 2024 17:48

"Thank you for calling, for the anger management hotline, please press ########...."

BMitch

Jan 21, 2024 15:20

My standard procedure with my battery charger is to jumper the positive terminal of a good battery to a bad one to get the charge high enough that the charger will recognize it. But I do that with the charger unplugged.

BMitch

Jan 19, 2024 13:36

If the site is blocked for you, that might explain the failed image embedding.

BMitch

Jan 18, 2024 15:00

@FreeMan I'm pretty sure it was a joke. The linked picture is of a post. (ba-dum-tss)

BMitch

Jan 17, 2024 16:16

@Criggie you jinxed it. :D

BMitch

Jan 17, 2024 16:15

@FreeMan He's a mod on bicycles.SE, but the diamond follows you on the chats. We haven't added any new ones on DIY in a while, but it may be due.

BMitch

Jan 16, 2024 00:46

"I'm seeing stars" in this chat. :D

BMitch

Jan 16, 2024 00:45

Similar, I really wish there was a switch to perform activities without the mod diamond. Binding actions can be way too powerful sometimes.

BMitch

Jan 15, 2024 15:16

I added the status-review tag on the post per the linked instructions. Hopefully that is all we need to do.

BMitch

Sep 29, 2023 13:59

@Criggie I'm annoyed that people keep calling in the mods to delete the jokes. There were some good ones, including the imperial / metric joke that I wanted to make.

BMitch

Jan 16, 2023 01:51

"What? They asked for a switched outlet"

BMitch

Jan 3, 2023 21:16

Only place I've seen feet on a countertop before was a boat, and there it was by necessity (tiny cabin), not by choice.

BMitch

Dec 4, 2022 20:07

I've got the tire changing kit, a multi-tool for all the hex nuts and screw drivers, a change of batteries (for the lights), but I didn't have an extra shifter cable that day. Fortunately where I ride, worst case would be a bit of a walk followed by a Lyft pickup.

BMitch

Dec 4, 2022 16:38

Wow, that's definitely more broken than mine was. I just had a cable snap on me, which made for a much slower ride home in low gear.

BMitch

Dec 4, 2022 01:06

@Criggie are you fine tuning it with the barrel nut (usually plastic, and easy to turn by hand) that's between the shifter and cable? I didn't even realize it existed until well after a repair of my own.

BMitch

Sep 7, 2022 13:04

@MiG nuked. Thank you.

BMitch

Sep 1, 2022 12:36

@MiG Got it, thank you!

BMitch

Jul 19, 2022 16:31

@Criggie I think we know the reason for the high electric bill now

BMitch

Jul 15, 2022 18:16

Changing that behavior would be a meta.SE question, but it has a couple downsides: people may be less likely to flag as spam, and others may abuse the flag to harass (at least until a mod shows up and eventually suspends them for malicious flags).

BMitch

Jul 15, 2022 18:14

The community can eventually delete the post with enough spam flags, and then the mods don't see it unless someone calls it out or we go looking. Otherwise, one flag does get it in our queue, but it's still visible for others.

BMitch

Jul 15, 2022 13:48

I nuked the user, probably a minute before Niall came to do the same :)

BMitch

Jul 15, 2022 13:48

Looks like no one reviewed it in the Close votes queue.

BMitch

Jul 6, 2022 14:22

@MiG Thanks. It's destroyed over here now. The community was so good at flagging it that the Community Bot killed the post and cleared the mod queue before the mods had a chance to notice.

BMitch

Feb 24, 2022 02:23

But a good one

BMitch

Feb 24, 2022 02:22

Lol!

BMitch

Feb 24, 2022 01:49

I'm placing bets that the neighbor with the trampoline in the backyard was sad to see them go.

BMitch

Feb 24, 2022 01:42

I can only imagine the neighbors have opinions about the previous owner moving out.

BMitch

Feb 24, 2022 01:24

And a quick google has the internet confirming what I suspected but didn't want to say out loud. All that lighting, plus the nice kitchen and bathrooms, strongly suggested videos of an adult nature being made there.

BMitch

Feb 24, 2022 00:56

I'm trying to decide if the original owner was OCD about plugs, or if it was really a call center crammed into a house.

BMitch

Feb 24, 2022 00:55

It came up in a request to cleanup some comments here, and I didn't want to lose the joy.

BMitch

Feb 24, 2022 00:52

I really wish there was a public comment section on this website: rightmove.co.uk/properties/65826048#/…

BMitch

Feb 2, 2022 20:38

I'm looking at how it appears the roof continues into that room.

BMitch

Feb 2, 2022 14:19

Is this how you fix a leaking roof?

BMitch

Feb 2, 2022 14:19

BMitch

Dec 22, 2021 14:25

Doh. At least they aligned the screw up/down to look pretty. An attempt was made.

BMitch

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