u/UsedDragon
So RECF has cobbled together their own game and manual now...and it's largely the same as VEX has already released. I think we all knew that was coming. RECF had to do something.
Where do you and your teams stand? What do we think EPs will do? Will we see a schism in our areas, where teams split and go either direction, or even compete in both arenas if available?
So I'm an HVAC contractor and a rabid fan of Ecobee thermostats. Installed my first one in 2009, and have been using them with great success ever since.
Today, I sent my guys out to do a final on a large renovation project...three systems, four thermostats, a steam humidifier on the primary system. Should be a piece of cake.
I get a call, my guy says that the Ecobees EBSTAT-7 series that he has don't have Y2 or W2 stage terminals on the backplate, and that they're only single stage capable. Huh, I think...that's odd. I ordered these stats after checking the model number against the literature to be sure they were multistage compatible.
I send him to go buy four new Ecobees, lose an hour
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/trump-copper-tariffs-investigation
Who remembers the last time copper went sky-high? Manufacturers almost entirely switched to aluminum coils, which were leaky as hell. I wonder what's next. Polypropylene? Ha.
Price increases for GWP refrigerant switch, tariff increases on steel and aluminum. Looks like copper is next, boys!
I have noticed in the last two weeks that I have been unable to connect to my LUBA 1 5000 remotely via the app when I'm out on the road. Prior to this issue, I could open the app, enter map, and start mowing after connecting to the bot from just about anywhere.
Now, I'll attempt the same thing and try to connect, but it doesn't work - I'll get a 'Request Timeout' notification and that will repeat regardless of retries, logging out of the app, or rebooting phone.
I have noticed that I can turn off Wi-Fi and BT on my phone while sitting at home, and access the bot on cellular network...and LUBA is close enough to the house to have a fair Wi-Fi signal itself.
So, the question: is LUBA's rem
Looks like there's another tech platform out there that's looking to bundle ownership with automated sales and growth tools. Sounds a great deal like Nexstar's marketing campaign used to. Anybody run into one of the 'affiliate' companies from this new group yet?
https://www.achrnews.com/articles/154324-hvac-contractors-need-to-adapt-to-repair-market
So I was one of the local supply houses today, and there were two guys from one of the big private-equity-owned-sell-your-soul companies at the counter, asking if anybody was hiring.
"they're getting real big on selling at every single call"...
"If you don't bring back at least two leads a day, the service manager starts talking about cutting your hours"...
So, I ask a few basic tech questions anybody with half a brain should know. Refrigerant cycling, dual fuel applications, residential control syst
So I was at my local HD today picking up some odds and ends for a client's plumbing repair job, and figured I'd pick up a faucet for my outdoor kitchen project at home.
I get back to the plumbing section, grab the small parts I need...and head over to the faucets. Spend a little time looking at price and style, figure out which one I like, and go hunting on the lower shelves to find it.
It's wrapped in three (!!!) different security cables, one of which is threaded through the shelving wire.
At this point, I notice that any faucet worth over 100 bucks is similarly tied up.
So I walk to the middle aisle, see no orange aprons. Into the main plumbing section...no orange aprons. I head to el
Happy Easter, all!
Quick background: we have a broody, bought six fertilized eggs, made the swap Sunday night three weeks ago while everybody was sleeping. She's been on them ever since,.
So today's hatch day. We opened the chicken door at 530a like usual. The chicks must have started hatching about 8a this morning - went out to the coop again at 830a to find the first chick near death, lying in the middle of the coop. Didn't make it. Figured I'd grab an old towel to put over the nesting box where the broody is to hopefully deter the others from trying to pester her.
Got back, found a second chick on the floor with a pretty torn up neck and head, also didn't make it.
So I chased everybod
Hi all! First time poster, forgive me if I'm rehashing something that's already well known. Only been playing for about two weeks.
My caravan of five colonists is on a trip to fulfill a quest to provide 25 normal+ tuques for a reward of a psychic shock lance, 500-something silver, and an excellent recon helmet.
I load them up with 300 pemmican for a 3.2 day trek to the Pact of Histan colony nearby. Also sent along three dromedaries loaded with a bunch of stuff to sell, plus 300 hay for them to eat.
My caravan makes it there with no issues. I satisfy the quest requirements, sell the bulk of my extra stuff, improve relations, and make a tidy profit. I even score some Lucy for the level 1
