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3h ago
inMy rain gutter pulled away from the house in a storm last week
Ugh, rotten fascia is the worst. Like @kelly.charlie said, you really gotta replace that wood or any new hangers will just pull right out again.
15h ago
inA friend pointed out my overwatering killed a whole tray of heirloom tomato seedlings
Totally feel you on the dry air thing. My last place had a heater that sucked all the moisture out. I started sticking my finger in the soil every single day, like actually down to the first knuckle. If it felt dry that deep, I'd give them a light drink from the bottom. A cheap humidity tray with some pebbles and water under the pots helped a ton too.
21h ago
inI finally figured out why my tent was always damp inside
But what if the wind is actually the bigger problem? A super tight fly can stop the tent from collapsing in a real storm, and that matters more than a bit of dampness. I've had gear get soaked from flapping fabric pulling in rain sideways, which is way worse than condensation. Sometimes the old advice sticks around because it works when conditions get bad, right?
1d ago
inHeads up on stacking software, the free one I tried totally blew out my stars
Yeah that's the classic over-stretched core... happened to me on M31 last year. The free method that saved me was doing a two-pass stretch in Siril. Do your first stretch just to get the faint stuff, then mask out the bright core completely with a circle. Run the stretch again on just the masked outer parts, then combine the layers. It keeps the core from blowing out into a white blob.
1d ago
inQuestion about using a thermal camera versus a multimeter for finding shorts
Remember when we just used our hands?