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I've never met someone who thinks casino dice are less random.  But yes, many players are very defensive of their dice. And you're absolutely right about the logistics and cost of providing dice. Though it would be cool if a tournament provided dice and you got to keep them afterwards.
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Nutsngum posted:Sorry but I still dont understand the issue with this one. He replaced the existing cells with replacements.. soldered everything properly I assume and rebuilt it using the same case. How is that dangerous as long as he was competent in all his connections? My dad (an electrical engineer) tried to rebuild a battery pack, and it worked. Until he put it on the charger... The battery pack charged up (I assume), then started smoking, then it blew up and flung pieces of plastic 30 feet across the room.
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Master Twig posted:I've never met someone who thinks casino dice are less random. It's not that they aren't, it's that the difference between any old dice and precision casino dice for the purposes of shooting lasers at orks is completely negligible, it's nearly just a rounding error. And yet there's dozens of youtube videos and blog posts proving that you should only use precision razor edged casino dice and never let anyone else touch them.
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Aug 13, 2014 23:25
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Darth Freddy posted:This just made me throw up a little, not even at my most stoned ever would I think thats a good idea. Yeah, I don't really get how it's even considered a "hack". They go through all of the regular steps, take nice photos, and then go "OOOOp! Better make this lovely and disgusting somehow... DORITOS!"
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Aug 13, 2014 23:29
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ShrimpToast posted:Also:  has me halfway between  and  .quote:Pretend you're a master sushi roller by using the ice cube tray as a mold.
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Aug 13, 2014 23:32
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ShrimpToast posted:Yeah, I don't really get how it's even considered a "hack". They go through all of the regular steps, take nice photos, and then go "OOOOp! Better make this lovely and disgusting somehow... DORITOS!" When we are calling "rolling chicken in crushed doritos" a "hack", the word has officially lost all meaning.
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Aug 13, 2014 23:34
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Ishamael posted:When we are calling "rolling chicken in crushed doritos" a "hack", the word has officially lost all meaning. Well it's just retreated back to an older meaning. Only a total hack would serve dorito chicken. Also eating dorito chicken would probably make you hack up your dignity in a blaze of orange powdered shame.
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toxicsunset posted:It would be really funny if someone found a stupid "life hack" for how to make your wife and kids not leave you haha, and posted it here. like if they thought you were a bad father and husband and were going to leave you Poldarn posted:Yeah I need to know this too. Uh, for a friend. Well, a, eh, friend of mine found himself in a similar situation, and, eh, well, it involved a sharp machete. Let me tell you, that cheating bitch met one hell of a lifehack! 
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I was talking about a few of these with a cooworker so he went on youtube and looked up some stuff and found this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6DZQxXRZps The best thing about the videos is the old Soviet propaganda posters behind him. I particularly like the hack that makes your shoes look like poo poo and dump a liter of water on the floor! Also don't wear pants when you put your potatos in the dishwasher!\ Who the gently caress folds a fitted sheet?
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kinmik posted:Half of these aren't bad, like freezing poo poo to prolong its usefulness, like the buttermilk. This, on the other hand Yeah, some of them are definitely useful ideas, but I figured there were enough silly ones to just post the link. The herbs in frozen olive oil seemed pretty gross to me. Also I don't really get the chocolate strawberries. Why put them in an ice cube tray instead of just dipping them if you have the chocolate melted anyway?
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twistedmentat posted:I was talking about a few of these with a cooworker so he went on youtube and looked up some stuff and found this guy That guy's a loon. One of his "hacks" (also the only one I've watched) was a DIY air conditioner that was basically a bucket with tubes sticking out and a fan on top blowing into the bucket to shoot out melting dry ice to cool the room. Yes, it would most likely work in cooling down the room but I hope you don't mind asphyxiating from the carbon dioxide slowly but surely filling up your room.
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ChaosArgate posted:That guy's a loon. One of his "hacks" (also the only one I've watched) was a DIY air conditioner that was basically a bucket with tubes sticking out and a fan on top blowing into the bucket to shoot out melting dry ice to cool the room. Yes, it would most likely work in cooling down the room but I hope you don't mind asphyxiating from the carbon dioxide slowly but surely filling up your room. I've seen that a few times. Do people think that dry ice is literally just a fancy kind of frozen water? Do they not know it's literally frozen C02?
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twistedmentat posted:I've seen that a few times. Do people think that dry ice is literally just a fancy kind of frozen water? Do they not know it's literally frozen C02? I learned something today
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twistedmentat posted:I've seen that a few times. Do people think that dry ice is literally just a fancy kind of frozen water? Do they not know it's literally frozen C02? Fun fact, when shipping dry ice(there's a bunch of regulations to stop people from dying), make sure the box can 'breathe'. If you seal it up entirely with tape, especially something like a Styrofoam cooler, it WILL explode during transit.
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Re: Doritos chicken. If you're frying fish, crushed up salt and vinegar chips are actually a really delicious sub for breading. So good.
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Toriori posted:Re: Doritos chicken. If you're frying fish, crushed up salt and vinegar chips are actually a really delicious sub for breading. So good. That does sound good. Still gonna salt them to hell and drown em in malt vinegar after cooking.
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It's a hack because it combines seasoning, breading and oil in one step. You can bake them in the oven and the grease in the chips will make them end up as though they'd been fried.
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Put it on reddit, we'll split the upvotes 
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Lamech posted:Put it on reddit, we'll split the upvotes Not in black and white Impact, will be ignored.
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So good.
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im pooping! posted:Fun fact, when shipping dry ice(there's a bunch of regulations to stop people from dying), make sure the box can 'breathe'. If you seal it up entirely with tape, especially something like a Styrofoam cooler, it WILL explode during transit. I observed this happen once. It was controlled in a science lab, but the teacher put some dry ice in a cheapass Styrofoam container and taped it shut. About 10 minutes later, it came apart at all its seems. it was pretty interesting.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWhtkkOYoxo
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cowboythreespeech posted:So good. With Chips.
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twistedmentat posted:Who the gently caress folds a fitted sheet? Someone owns more than one.
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Toriori posted:Re: Doritos chicken. If you're frying fish, crushed up salt and vinegar chips are actually a really delicious sub for breading. So good. chips as a fry base are nothing new. Back in the day old cookbooks will usually have you use corn flakes to the same effect. Recently the gf and I experimented and found that the relatively new "cheesy garlic bread" lays chips make for an awesome fried chicken crust--better than the chips on their own by a bit.
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PYF Really Stupid Butt crack
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twistedmentat posted:I observed this happen once. It was controlled in a science lab, but the teacher put some dry ice in a cheapass Styrofoam container and taped it shut. About 10 minutes later, it came apart at all its seems. it was pretty interesting. Liquid nitrogen containers are the same way. The tanks even have a couple oh poo poo valves that'll blow at certain psi. Else you'd get a rocket. So life hack: disable safety valves to make a rocket to lay siege to your
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ShrimpToast posted:Ice cube tray hacks quote:
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DemeaninDemon posted:Liquid nitrogen containers are the same way. The tanks even have a couple oh poo poo valves that'll blow at certain psi. Else you'd get a rocket. Those "oh poo poo" valves exist on co2 tanks as well. You know, the ones used for paintball? It really sucks if it pops. Being temporarily blind and deaf with paintballs flying around you loving blows.
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Freezing cookie dough works if you want to make in bulk, but not necessarily bake them all at once. Certain doughs work fine being frozen in a log shape and then sliced, but others work best when frozen in individual portions. If you have the room in your freezer, you can just do it on a baking tray, but if you don't, ice cube trays are pretty much the perfect size for individual portions. Not really sure what the point of freezing wine is, though. Cut out the serving over ice part of kalimotxo?
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AngryRobotsInc posted:Freezing cookie dough works if you want to make in bulk, but not necessarily bake them all at once. Certain doughs work fine being frozen in a log shape and then sliced, but others work best when frozen in individual portions. If you have the room in your freezer, you can just do it on a baking tray, but if you don't, ice cube trays are pretty much the perfect size for individual portions. Freeze your left over wine so you can make wine cubes for when you next serve wine! In summary, loving dumb.
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If you forgot to chill your wine, you can pop in some wine ice cubes and not water down your wine. That's a great hack if the only thing you know about wine is NEEDS TO BE CHILL. Also, the whole freezing alcohol bit, not that easy to achieve in a home setting.
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Buttonhead posted:My dad (an electrical engineer) tried to rebuild a battery pack, and it worked. Until he put it on the charger... The battery pack charged up (I assume), then started smoking, then it blew up and flung pieces of plastic 30 feet across the room. Did he use the wrong rated batteries or something? Just seems to me that effectively identical cells should be perfectly safe.
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twistedmentat posted:I was talking about a few of these with a cooworker so he went on youtube and looked up some stuff and found this guy He also cheats on his hacks, sometimes subtly, sometimes very obviously.
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Nutsngum posted:Did he use the wrong rated batteries or something? Just seems to me that effectively identical cells should be perfectly safe. I think it's more about having the correct regulators and a tripping mechanism that stops it from charging once its completely recharged. Otherwise, it's just going to keep going, the excess charge is going to start turning into more and more heat, your living room burns down.
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I think the wine cubes are for using in cooking. I could see me throwing a couple in the spag bol for instance instead of opening a fresh bottle to add some. The only problem is I never seem to have any left over wine. 
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monkeytennis posted:I think the wine cubes are for using in cooking. I could see me throwing a couple in the spag bol for instance instead of opening a fresh bottle to add some. The only problem is I never seem to have any left over wine. Put an entire bottle in the freezer, then take it out and smash it on the counter. Boom, you'll be holding the world's largest wine cube. Also floor glass.
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DemeaninDemon posted:Liquid nitrogen containers are the same way. The tanks even have a couple oh poo poo valves that'll blow at certain psi. Else you'd get a rocket. On Mythbusters, they took this principal, and put a little bit of liquid nitrogen in a standard 2-liter soda bottle and closed it (then got the hell out of there). When it exploded, it didn't do very much physical damage, but if you were close to it when it went off, you'd probably have permanent hearing loss it was so loud. A sonic bomb if you will.
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SomeJazzyRat posted:Put an entire bottle in the freezer, then take it out and smash it on the counter. Boom, you'll be holding the world's largest wine cube. Also floor glass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZIWuMoWlCo
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Memento posted:I think it's more about having the correct regulators and a tripping mechanism that stops it from charging once its completely recharged. Otherwise, it's just going to keep going, the excess charge is going to start turning into more and more heat, your living room burns down. Yep. If you disassemble the pack carefully, are 100% certain that the new cells are identical to the old ones, know how to solder things (the guy in this hack didn't protect the cells from the heat while he soldered the tabs, which isn't good), and reassemble the entire thing exactly as it was when you opened it up (i.e. no extra parts left over), you should be okay, but I'd still keep an eye on it while it charged and unplug it when it was done. I've replaced cells in smaller stuff like videogame controllers and netbook batteries with no issue, but never a power tool. I think I'd rather just buy a new battery pack and be confident that it won't burn the house down. That, and they come with warranties--if my dumbass attempt to save a few bucks melted my charger or ruined my drill, I'd be poo poo out of luck.
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