Sludgeyy
@Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
- Comment on Eat the rich? 4 days ago:
One million seconds is 11.6 days
One billion seconds is 31.7 years
- Comment on Whoops 2 months ago:
That’s the whole difference between torx vs Phillips.
Theoretically, you should never break a screw shaft with Phillips because they are designed to cam out before enough torque is applied to break the shaft of the screw.
It’s supposed to be a feature
- Comment on Home maintenance 2 months ago:
Doesn’t even water filter it. 9/10
- Comment on iPod with custom shell, new screen, 512gb SSD, and a 30 day battery 2 months ago:
Probably just normal battery. Thing was massive and heavy
Unless you have the screen on constantly, the device doesn’t use much power other than sending a signal to headphones
- Comment on Which one are you? 3 months ago:
I was talking about Dewalt batteries to Milwaukee battery converter
- Comment on Which one are you? 3 months ago:
You can get battery converters
- Comment on Which one are you? 3 months ago:
Same company makes Ryobi as Milwaukee.
Yes Ryobi isn’t as good as Milwaukee, it’s their cheaper brand. But it is way better now than it was.
Not everyone needs to screw in a thousand screws into a deck everyday. Most people don’t even need an impact driver. Ryobi is perfectly fine for the majority of home owners.
- Comment on For my head canon, it doesn't 4 months ago:
- Comment on Mongolian. Like the barbecue. 4 months ago:
E should definitely be an A or even an O. Shouldn’t really have an E.
Rän-di-vü
TIL the pural for Rendezvous is Rendezvous. You just pronounce the S
- Comment on Help me remember a "back-to-back chaise longue" from TV or film 5 months ago:
Home library
When all your walls are filled with book shelves, but you don’t want a random couch in the middle of the room.
- Comment on The four houses dads belong to. 5 months ago:
Yes
Ryobi is fine
Other tools are better
Internet likes to put down Ryobi but it’s not as bad as they make it out to be.
My first power drill was Ryobi like 10+ years ago and still works to this day. I prefer using my Dewalt drill, it’s less clunky.
No one wants to be a “Ryobi Guy”. Especially behind a screen where you can say you have any tool you want.
Bosch makes my favorite hammer drill. My Makita sander works like a champ. I enjoy my Milwaukee packout toolbox.
People get stuck on brands. And while with tools there are differences, Ryobi works just fine.
I did burn out my Ryobi oscillating saw. But that’s the only Ryobi tool that has failed me and I have like a dozen of them. I really like my ryobi finish nailer.
- Comment on The four houses dads belong to. 5 months ago:
I have Dewalt/Ryobi battery tools
Ryobi usually lacks features
Take for example an oscillating saw
With my dewalt oscillating saw I can swap a blade or change the angle of the blade in 1 second because you just push down a lever. On the ryobi, you have to break out an allen wrench (which is stored in the tool) and loosen a bolt.
Someone that might use the saw once every blue moon might not care that much, but someone who uses it every day it is a big deal.
Also quality, Ryobi tools just feel cheaper.
I buy important tools in dewalt and less important tools in Ryobi. Like my small leaf blower is Ryobi. No need to pay extra for the dewalt one because it’s just for quickly blowing off my walkway or front porch steps. If I need to move a lot of stuff I use my gas backpack blower, which is also Ryobi. Only problem I’ve ever had with it is the cord snapped a couple times, I think it has to do with how it rubs the grommet. Replaced the last time with a more heavy duty cord and haven’t had a problem since. Always starts in less than 3 pulls and very powerful.
There are cons to Ryobi tools, but when looking at the top of the barrel tools the only con is usually the price.
- Comment on Is there a “proper“ way to say “6:05 AM”? 6 months ago:
55 to the hour
- Comment on prick 7 months ago:
I majored in accounting and business finance. But I’ve always thought of having two degrees. I could not have majored in business finance and have 1 degree. I don’t think you’re required to even have a minor some places.
- Comment on prick 7 months ago:
I had enough credits to get 3 degrees from my university in 4 years with a semester of community college too, but they said they only give out 2 main degrees or 1 main 2 minors.
- Comment on An EXTRA Hour! 7 months ago:
Are you trying to say businesses control everything?
If that was the case we’d say on DST always because businesses could use an extra hour of sunlight again in the winter as well.
- Comment on An EXTRA Hour! 7 months ago:
The idea that people like the extra hour of sunlight in the evening in the summer
- Comment on What Game Boy game do you love that you never hear anyone talk about? 8 months ago:
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Great game
- Comment on The summer is over, schools are back, and the data is in: ChatGPT is mainly a tool for cheating on homework. 9 months ago:
Disagree.
You can get all the practice you need during school hours.
Maybe we should stop learning about the Ming dynasty and memorizing the Canterbury tales if we needed more time for math practice.
- Comment on For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories? 9 months ago:
Type in your settings search bar “Swipe down for Notification Panel”
There should be a setting to turn on
- Comment on For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories? 9 months ago:
According to the A32 5g user manual it is possible to turn on the feature.
- Comment on For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories? 9 months ago:
Settings, Display, Home Screen, Swipe Down for Notification Panel
I would have thought every Samsung device had it
- Comment on For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories? 9 months ago:
S22+
I can drag my thumb down anywhere on my home screen to bring down the notifications. Then notifications are in bottom 2/3 of screen.
There is hardly a reason I need to reach the top 1/3 of my phone
Something like typing in a URL in a web browser
But that small inconvenience where I have to shift my hand isn’t worth me losing a big screen
I can still do everything one handed
- Comment on For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories? 9 months ago:
My girlfriend loves her iPhone mini
She has small baby hands
I can curl my fingers over the tops of hers if we matched up hands
Mini feels so small in my hands and I don’t know if it’s just the different keyboard, but I can’t type on it very well
So I could even see that as a downside of me going to a smaller phone
- Comment on For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories? 9 months ago:
I have a s22+
I always get told I have piano fingers
I used to use a popsocket, but I switched to a phone wallet
Back, Home, and Recent tabs are all on the bottom with a simple swipe up.
I keep my phone resting on my pinky
With it like that, my thumb can reach 2/3 of the way to the top.
Placing my pinky under the phone, I can reach my thumb to the top left corner.
Most of the time, I never need to reach up there
But as for typing, I typed this whole thing one handed
I enjoy the big screen
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
Getting a new card will temporarily drop your score a few points.
If you’re like me that charges everything to a credit card, then you need a lot of available credit to keep the credit utilization low. You want it below 10%.
High credit utilization is going to drop your score more than opening a new card.
Say I have 1 card that has 15k limit. If I spend 10k on it. I have a 66% credit utilization. My score would be horrible.
Now, if I get 7 cards and each have 15k limits. If I spend 10k on them then I have less than a 10% credit utilization and my score would be good.
Can I get 1 or 2 cards that have credit limit of 105k. Yes. But I have found increasing limit is harder than getting a new card.
With a new card you can get 0% apr which is free borrowing of money for 12 to 15 months.
You can get a welcome bonus which are usually very good.
And you can set it up so that you might be getting more rewards like 5% cash back on dinning or other things that another card might not give.
Getting more cards has it’s advantages
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
I’ve always found it difficult to increase the credit limit on cards I have had.
My first card started at 400, and then after a while, I finally got approved for a credit line increase, and it went to 1000.
A couple of months later, I opened a new bank account and got their credit card. I had like a 15k credit line at the start.
I’ve never asked for a credit line increase again
However, add on some more cards, and now I have a hefty credit line
The best thing about getting a new card is the rewards and perks.
For example, I just got a new card with 0% apr for 15 months. I get to borrow money conveniently for over a year while making interest on it. I get to keep my money in my investment portfolio while making interest the whole year.
More cards with higher credit lines means I can spend more during that 15 months while not affecting my credit score. It keeps credit utilization low.
Yeah, credit cards are easy to abuse. You should always be able to pay off a credit card if need be. You shouldn’t be overspending. Emergencies unfortunately happen, but unless you have the money, you shouldn’t be swiping the card. Treating is like a debit card is the best policy.
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
My credit score is over 800 and I have 8 cards plus some store ones.
Getting more cards helps your credit score in the long run
No you don’t have to have a lot of cards to get a good credit score
But it does help
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
You want a ton of cards to get good credit
5% is a lot bigger than 1%
Rewards add up
- Comment on Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet 9 months ago:
You missed the point of what I was saying
2 tb flash drives are expensive but exist
Pigeon could carry 4 tb in 2 flash drives worth of weight.
But simply 3 1 tb drives a pigeon can carry so they did that.
If they had to transfer 5 tb of data to win. 3 2 tb drives would have worked.
This article just states that a pigeon can carry 3 1 tb drives and deliver it faster than gigabit internet.
They didn’t need to push the envelope anymore
So yes they calculated that the pigeon could carry 3 drives and that 3 tb was all that was needed to carry to win.
But they didn’t set up the experiment to favor the pigeon. They set it up to prove it could be done that way.