JesseNight

I see. And yeah makes sense prices aren't great, they have to cover costs and make profit too. Pretty much the price for the convenience of not having to document & photograph your sets, put them up for sale, and spend time dealing with contacts or meetings. Would always sell myself, though not sure if that even works on BL... It doesn't seem aimed towards people with only an occasional Lego yard sale.

Personally I would never send stuff and get paid later. I think nobody really would. That's a big risk, and if anything goes bad, good luck getting it back.

I think in the end most people (but correct me if I'm wrong) just care about it being there, and sticking... no matter how. In which case I'd rather opt for the more reliable method of it depending on a flag per user in the forum database, rather than on cookies.

I clear my cookies frequently because it adds up pretty fast. Not weekly ofc but at least a few times a year. Depends a bit on what sorta stuff I'm working on. The choice between a button or not would probably depend on whether there's people who do actually like to switch more often. Btw what should I think about when you speak of an "implemented dark mode" in the software? What would it be more than just a dark theme?

While I appreciate a dark mode, such a button has little value to me. Because I will switch it one time, hope the setting will be stored in my account rather than a cookie, and will never look back. I don't know if there's people who actually switch it around more often.

That's partly because people always search for others to blame instead of taking responsibility. For example when a child is exposed to wrong content, parents don't take responsibility for it but point fingers at the hosting platform that let it happen. That results in serious investments being made in automated security and detection processes, something the smaller platforms don't have the resources for. Therefore only the few biggest survive. And once the competition is all gone they can do whatever they want.

There are always open back doors and there always have been. But obviously that is not a reason to open any more. Exceptions can be made on centralized domains like Jim said, but assuming PeerTube works with a network of peers, that's probably not working. P2p networks do have risks, 1 peer spreading malicious content can affect a lot of peers in the long run. Don't get me wrong, I'm no Youtube fan anymore either with how commercial it's gone under Google but it's still considered the most used reliable video source. There are more though, that still work with centralized hosting. On your last paragraph, it'd be a lot of work to keep up. People run websites like this as a hobby aside from other activities. Having done this many years myself in the past, I know work can stack up fast with regular software updates, keeping up with security breaches, managing content, managing & communicating with staff, and all the stuff that comes with it. It may be a hobby to someone in a hackerspace to be active working on that, but probably not in a Lego community (no offense ofcourse!) ;-)

I think it will be required for PeerTube to have direct video links to support this rather than going through alternative domains (like in this case "interhacker.space") because the links will have to be recognized through the domain name, therefore that needs to be universal and recognizable. I'm not even sure which is the original PeerTube site. If I google it, I get results from "Peertube.tv" to "Peer.tube", but they look slightly different so might not even be the same?

I always had a love/hate thing with 4 studs wide vehicles (not that 6 wide was any better). It made no sense to me for only 1 person to fit in a car and I couldn't help being bugged by that, even as a young kid already.

Sure, I'll be around! Busy times with the holidays but I'll be around either way.

Photoshop is something I can most definitely do. My html/css skills are very limited and outdated, and I don't know how much time I'll have to brush up on that since it's been a long time since I've used that. So I cannot make any promises on that one. I probably can still understand it if I see it, but not make something from scratch anymore at this point. @aFrInaTi0n I love how customized Pirates section is, I'm sure it's possible with just the right adjustments to fit that into a dark theme. It'll just need the right adjustments and I can probably try something on the graphic part. I'll have a look at it soon, just might not be until after Christmas.

Ngl I hated the original Renegade. But this one seems quite nice. I'm not a fan of asymmetrical designs but I am happy to see the base frame being symmetrical, so I might just order extra parts and put 2 cockpits on it (Deep Freeze Defender style). Unlike the original, this one has plenty of space to do that.

I had no idea there were multiple themes. Would really love to see a dark theme though, white backgrounds give me a horrible headache and third party apps forcing dark mode aren't always working well with every website. If I can somehow contribute to making that happen I would be happy to (25 years Photoshop experience can be useful).

Yeah that'd be this one (instructions available online only):

It's no longer a leak since it's up on the official Lego website now: 10355 Blacktron Renegade! Priced at $100, releasing Jan 1 for insiders and Jan 4 for everyone else. https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/blacktron-renegade-10355

I see them starting around 30 Eur new and 14 Eur used on BL so it's not so bad. You could try to find your own workaround or just go with the original exhaust.

No. This was more than a decade ago, it probably didn't even exist yet at the time. Back then it was a matter of either building it yourself or use a website host that offered the service as part of the plan, rather than specialized web services for this. Times have changed and it's all become a lot easier now, but I have no experience with Patreon myself I'm afraid.

That would be awesome! I think the number of people willing to sub might end up paying the bills for a few years on relatively short notice, nobody likes ads but supporting a good cause is a whole different story! (as a small note on subscription plans, it's probably best to have both monthly and yearly payment options available, I've seen it on sites where I was an admin that there's usually demand for both)

Not much to add to what's been said. Using RB to manage my collection, and using just my hands to sort my bricks.

Did that idea ever get worked on to offer some sort of adfree subscription? I remember it was talked about by someone to Jim a few months ago, and I bet many people would love to support EB directly and get an adfree experience.

Agreeing with MAB, avoiding is better than solving later. Depending on your kids' age, it could be a way to teach them responsibility while you're at it. For example set a day in the week you're going to be cleaning, and warn them to collect and store their bricks the day before if they don't want to risk losing them. If they don't heed the warning, confront them with consequences (for example pick up a brick or two you know they're going to miss and store them somewhere so they will feel the loss, even if only for a moment). To your actual question about vacuum cleaner models, I have no answer. If you generally have a very clean place (never wearing outside shoes inside, no pets, frequent cleaning) maybe a filter could help. But yeah anything that can remove dirt can and will remove small bricks as well I'm afraid.

When composing a message, the most right side button on the top bar of the message window is a Preview function, so you can easily check if it works before posting.

I think that's dark tan...? [edit] Oh sorry, I actually read too quick and missed the part where you said you're colorblind. As for the yellow, to me they mostly look the same aside from very minimal color variation.

I agree that we've probably all heard the talk about stickers more than enough times already, and statistics can be easily found for those who care. I do care about opinions about the product itself when it's about specifics, and well explained and shown what the good and the bad really are. That's for me a main reason to watch reviews. Very true. I think too many people dream of living from making content they love, only to find out later it's either just a dream, or a short lived career. Just like television in the old days, only a few people really make it in the scene, and only a very few manage to make it a lifetime career. And one has to be willing to expand their territory because they can't stick to the same thing forever. Even those with an interest will eventually get bored of it if it offers nothing new. That's sadly something that businesses are well aware of and exploit big time. Plenty of Youtubers are eager to make money or get free products, and to a business that's very cheap advertisement that reaches a lot of people if they're big enough on the platform. Fans look up to their favorite YTers, they wanna have stuff they show off or even stuff they see them using on stream. For this exact reason I've always kept hobbies and work strictly separated. I admire people who manage to make their hobby their job AND still enjoy it, but I know for me it would kill the hobby. Even making money with a hobby already has that effect for me, that's why I don't do hobby activities for others aside from family and close friends. Oh yeah... And how many of us are bored of the repetitive "Like and subscribe and turn on notifications!" call on almost every video these days? I know I am. I subscribe and like if I want to, and I will NEVER turn on notifications because it would drive me insane. Oh don't get me started on that... Reminds me of the time a friend of mine started streaming something new and for a short while gained a lot of following. Suddenly "hanging out with friends" became reality TV with dozens of people licking their boots, or wanting nothing more than being killed by their idol on camera (in a competitive game). That's not fun, and to me it took away what friendly competition always had been between us before that time.

Better stock up on spare tires if you gonna keep drifting Looks fun, and awesome that it has enough power to do that!