Duallight

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[–] Duallight 4 points 3 weeks ago

Team Fortress 2 easily. Been playing since 2008. It scratches an itch that no other game can scratch. Ironically though, my second favorite fps game is also TF2 (Titan fall 2)

[–] Duallight 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You might be my favorite person on Lemmy, that is a ton of great information! Thanks!

[–] Duallight 2 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Yeah, that makes sense. Then the trim can be as flush as possible. We're looking to do LVP floors since they're waterproof and scratch resistant, which is pretty important when we have a dog who gets soaked every time he goes outside

[–] Duallight 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ooh that's a good point on damaging the floors. We're wanting to do LVP flooring, but we'll probably wait until everything else is done first. Probably will do floors then base boards, I like the idea of getting it as close as possible

 

Over the next year or so, we're looking to replace our wood floors, all the base boards, all interior & exterior doors, and door trim. Since the wife and I both work full time, we're thinking we'd focus on one at a time, and do it slowly over a few weekends and evenings. Is there an order that would make things easier? Like do floors before baseboards or vice versa? Is it even worth doing things one at a time?

[–] Duallight 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Woah, those are pricey but exactly what I'm looking for! I might have to bite the bullet and pick them up. Thanks!

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Duallight to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
 

The glossy dpad and ABXY buttons are too slick IMO. Does anyone know of good matte textured buttons? Preferably in just plain black but I'm not picky.

I did see the new extreme rate oled buttons but I haven't found anything describing their texture. Plus I'm not sold on clear buttons

[–] Duallight 3 points 1 month ago

Its not a stud, just a piece of fiber board screwed into place. Likely to be used as backing for a patch that never came. I'd just unscrew it and then swap to a double gang after cleaning up the hole

[–] Duallight 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its not a stud, its a piece of fiber board screwed into place. I'm guessing it was supposed to be backing for a patch that never happened. The double gang would be empty, just a blank wall plate, or half existing coax and half blank

[–] Duallight 2 points 1 month ago

Yup, it's impressive how bad it is. It's almost more work to be this bad lol. Its even worse if you notice that they didn't cover up the coax ports to paint, so it's entirely clogged up. If I wanted to use them, I would need to cut and re-terminate it.

[–] Duallight 4 points 1 month ago

Yup it's just a backer board there. Easy enough to remove to switch to a double gang, but also easy ish to clean up and patch it, if I don't texture

[–] Duallight 4 points 1 month ago

That looks like an easy option. Might not even have to remove the backer if it lines up right. We are planning on running ethernet but not here. It's the corner of the dining room so it would be useless

 

No idea what the story behind this is. It's a single gang coax box, and just a hole next to it. Looks like previous owner started to patch the drywall by putting the backer in but gave up.

[–] Duallight 1 points 1 month ago

Luckily it seems they didn't touch the actual plumbing too much, but the aesthetic things around the plumbing. Like the tile around the shower faucet handle was done poorly and there's gaps that need filling in. Or behind one remodeled sink they cut a huge hole in the drywall that's almost star shaped somehow. But the plumbing connections at least seem to be done correctly.

Good tips for the tools. I'm lucky enough to live by a tool library so I'm checking there for anything I don't have and I'll only use it once or twice.

[–] Duallight 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thanks for the advice! I imagine I'll get a better idea on what to scrap and start over after a few fixes. But I'll try and keep this in mind when planning. And double thanks for the channel recommendations! Looks like a lot of good content to binge :)

 

First time homeowner here. The house was previously owned by an investment firm who cut a lot of corners on renovations at some point. Does anyone have a good resource for fixing botch jobs? A lot of tutorials cover fixing or replacing things that were done properly before hand, and I don't want to spam forums with "How the he'll do I fix this monstrosity??"

 

My wife and I are quite shit at design but are pretty handy. We recently bought a house, and we want to make the backyard a great hang out spot, but have no idea how to make it look good. I contacted a local landscaper about just paying for a design/plan and we would just DIY it but they never called us back. Is this an okay thing to hire for? Or do landscapers usually want to do the work themselves?

 
 

I want to post my design on Printables but my scad file uses a threads library found here. Should I just add a comment above the "use" statement with a link on where to get the library?

 

My coiled cable likes to rotate which makes the coil messy. This little 3d print I made keeps it nice and tidy. Hope it helps anyone with similar issues. You can find the files here: https://www.printables.com/model/433584-coiled-cable-lockaligner

 

Meet Kronk! We adopted him ~3 years ago, after being given up on by 2 other families. When we adopted him, it was clear he was never socialized and is very reactive to other dogs and some people (Specifically men, which makes me wonder what kind of life he had as a pup). We've been working with a specialized Vet and Trainer for 2 years now, and he's on some anxiety meds. He's improved quite a bit, but he's also gotten quite protective of my wife. So while I can walk him with only small reactions, my wife cannot. He's very reactive and is a bite risk when someone gets close. And since he's a cutie black lab, everyone wants to get close to pet him even when he's actively snapping at them since they're "Good with dogs" 😑 Anyways, we found a place that does a 3 week board and train to work with aggression, but I'm not sure how effective they are. I don't think he's going to get much better with us, since we have to focus on safety instead of training. And since he's been given up on twice, I don't want him to think we're abandoning him since its a long program. Does anyone have experience with these type of training programs?

 

Looking for recommendations on a streaming box to connect my TV to plex. I have a lot of 4k blu ray rips averaging 80-100mbps and I'm struggling to find a client that can handle it. First I had a Roku, which had network bandwidth issues. So I moved to the new fire stick 4k max, which still buffers like crazy. I don't think its network related because its pulling 500mbps down, and my laptop (which pulls 300 down) can stream it just fine. So any recommendations on a tv streaming box? I've seen the Nvidia shield, and the Mecool KM2 plus deluxe but want to get some opinions before buying anything. Thanks!

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