• Buglefingers@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 day ago

    Reno the place I just bought. I move in in 5ish weeks. Need to finish the ceiling, redo the floors, reno the bathroom and kitchen space.

    Its only ~500sqft but I’ve zero reno experience really

      • PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz
        4·
        2 days ago

        Bingo! It’s an app which fetches videos from multiple sources like Youtube, Odysee, Rumble, Twitch, Kik, etc etc, and you can also select which sources would you want to search from and in which priority order. For example if an X youtuber also uploads his videos on Odysee and you prefer that source more, then that video will be shown from Odysee in your feed.

  • toomanypancakes@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    19·
    3 days ago

    I need to do dishes and make dinner, and I’m avoiding that by posting on lemmy.

    Or another example, I’ve needed to replace my washing machine for a couple months now, but I’ve just been going to the laundromat and avoiding doing any research. I have no excuse for that one, I just need to get on it.

      • toomanypancakes@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        I’m going with a GE one, it had to be under 33.5" tall to fit so the options were a bit limited. I’m hoping it’ll be good lol

        • aramis87@fedia.io
          4·
          3 days ago

          If you’re in the Philly area with our weird basements that don’t fit standard washers, we all get Speed Queen washers. Good luck with your GE, though!

          • toomanypancakes@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            2·
            3 days ago

            So I’m an idiot and I totally forgot what we were talking about, that’s the dishwasher I’m replacing, oops.

            Speed queen is an idea, that’s what the laundromat uses. I might look into that, thanks!

      • wjrii@lemmy.world
        5·
        3 days ago

        Those only detect actual cancer. Getting the butt probe can also find ulcers and pre-cancerous polyps.

      • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
        1·
        3 days ago

        These are not the same thing. Yearly health checks in Japan usually collect two stool samples. I actually was ordered to get a colonoscopy because of the results of those tests to look for things.

  • urata@lemmy.world
    8·
    3 days ago

    Figure out what’s wrong with my car. Taking it to a shop is probably too expensive and figuring it out myself is too daunting of a task. It sometimes dies when I’m slowing to a stop, and I have to put it in park and restart it. Sometimes it’s hard to start and then the tachometer stays at zero even though the engine is running.

    • mysticpickle@lemmy.ca
      5·
      3 days ago

      Had the same exact problem with my car. When I slowed down the car taking a turn or at a stop light it would lose power and shut off.

      Chances are very good the throttle body just needs to be cleaned. This as I discovered is one of the most common causes of this problem.

      Basically it’s the valve that opens and closes to feed air into the engine. When you press the accelerator the throttle body opens up and when you take your foot off of it it starts to close. After awhile, gunk blocks the edges of the opening so the engine doesn’t get enough air to make the little explosions that move the pistons.

      Take off a few covers and detach a few hoses to get to the throttle body, spray throttle body cleaner and scrub the edges of the throttle body clean and the car was good as new.

      You can do this yourself for the cost of a can of throttle body cleaner and some basic tools like old toothbrushes/rags, channel lock pliers, socket wrenches and screwdrivers. Even if you don’t have the tools you can borrow some for free at your local O’Reilly, AutoZone, or whatever car parts shop you got in your area. Just tell them what you need, leave your credit card with them and they’ll return it to you when you’re done with the tools.

      Search YouTube for “clean throttle body <insert year model make of your car>” and you will find a ton of videos showing you step by step how to do it.

      Just an example:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDnb8luAkQw

      I’m a guy that doesn’t even know how to change my own oil and I was able to do it in about an hour my first time after getting the supplies and watching the video along the way.

      Don’t be intimidated this stuff is waaaaay easier to do than you might think and it’ll save you a huge wad of dough and give you peace of mind :o

    • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
      1·
      2 days ago

      I had something intermittent like this, and it turned out that I had a cracked distributor cap. It turned out to be a stupidly easy repair, and not a very expensive part.

      Edit: this was a car as ancient as I am. I’m not sure modern cars even have that part, anymore.

    • TheKracken@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 days ago

      I’d add some fuel injector cleaner. The fuel injectors might be gummed up and when it gets to low rpm it starves the engine of fuel.

    • aramis87@fedia.io
      3·
      3 days ago

      Surely there’s a mechanics advice community here somewhere? They could at least get you started on troubleshooting.

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    Taxes. I had a handful of stock events last year, and it’s always a massive pain to try to transcribe the values in the forms they give you into the tax tools.

  • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
    4·
    3 days ago

    Maintenance (already paid for) on both my motorcycle and car. I don’t want to drive a motorcycle in the snow, but I have to use it before time runs out (it’s +/- 3 months, I think). The car is due in April. I’m delaying making the reservations until next week when I get the results from some medical tests and get others done to figure out WTF is wrong with my body.