I'm trying to wire up my new BL-Touch, and apparently, BL-Touch manufacturers don't care a single whit for wiring consistency. The order of my wires appears to be entirely unlike any other BL-Touch anyone else has ever written about.
At this point, I'm barely doing more than pulling them out and reconnecting them at random, in hopes one configuration will work. 😩
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At this point, I'm barely doing more than pulling them out and reconnecting them at random, in hopes one configuration will work. 😩
#3Dprinting
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A quick personal note: I've hung up my hat and stepped down from my role as @Null Signal Games' Community Manager so I can better devote my time to other priorities like my family. I'll still be part of the org, but in a smaller, less public-facing role. 🙂
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Boy howdy, do I not want to get a new car.
It’s Official: Cars Are Terrible at Privacy and Security
All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewedMozilla Foundation
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Some additions to this introduction since I first wrote it:
I'm an expecting dad! My wife and I are expecting our first kid in January.
I now have my amateur radio Technician license! Got it this summer and promptly did nothing with it because, well, see above re: upcoming life changes.
The games collective I mentioned above is now on the Fediverse! Check out @Null Signal Games to see what their charming, enigmatic, and humble Community Manager shares about Netrunner.
I'm an expecting dad! My wife and I are expecting our first kid in January.
I now have my amateur radio Technician license! Got it this summer and promptly did nothing with it because, well, see above re: upcoming life changes.
The games collective I mentioned above is now on the Fediverse! Check out @Null Signal Games to see what their charming, enigmatic, and humble Community Manager shares about Netrunner.
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As non-techy people are transitioning away from Twitter, I see them encountering the challenge of proving that the person who owns and runs an account is actually who they say they are. "Don't delete your Twitter account, or else someone else could take it and pretend to be you!"
It's prompting me to reflect on how we verify our identities online, what has been taken for granted in the age of consolidated social media. I'm hopeful this will lead to a new era of personal websites, at very least serving as online business cards. If my account isn't listed on my site, don't trust that it's me.
It's prompting me to reflect on how we verify our identities online, what has been taken for granted in the age of consolidated social media. I'm hopeful this will lead to a new era of personal websites, at very least serving as online business cards. If my account isn't listed on my site, don't trust that it's me.
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Mastodon, and perhaps other fedi software, also has a built-in way to verify that an outside website or account listed on the Mastodon profile belongs to the same person. And no need to pay $8/month for it either! (The website listing the Mastodon profile has about the same effect, but this saves a few extra clicks.)
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Oh, absolutely. Using the
rel="me" attribute is a pretty clever way to do "good-enough" verification.2 people like this
"if we don't heap shame and disproportionate punishments on our children, how will they ever learn that actions have consequences???"
I am so. sick. of this thinking. 😡
I am so. sick. of this thinking. 😡
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how. how do you look at a beautiful, curious baby exploring the world, who grows into an excited, eager (and, I'm sure, overwhelming) toddler, and think, "it is my job to break this person"
"how will they possibly function in this world if I do not humiliate and punish them"
I don't. get. it. HOW.
"how will they possibly function in this world if I do not humiliate and punish them"
I don't. get. it. HOW.
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Unless we challenge our own assumptions and beliefs and learn a different way of being and relating to those in our lives, I believe we simply perpetuate the normalized beliefs and behaviors in our own parenting that we heard and experienced growing up. To me, it looks like a mechanism by which generational traumas are passed down.
The ghouls continue to recreate their ghoulish world with the tools they learned as infants and children to feel loved and safe among those that raised them, in whatever ways a child learns. Until any of us have the space and support to question those tools and the beliefs they're built on, we live our adult lives dealing with the world using the problem solving abilities, motivations, and world view of our 5-year old self, +/- a few years.
The ghouls continue to recreate their ghoulish world with the tools they learned as infants and children to feel loved and safe among those that raised them, in whatever ways a child learns. Until any of us have the space and support to question those tools and the beliefs they're built on, we live our adult lives dealing with the world using the problem solving abilities, motivations, and world view of our 5-year old self, +/- a few years.
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I got OpenRCT2 working on my Deck. I can now play Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 in bed.
No human has ever known this level of luxury.
No human has ever known this level of luxury.
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I don't have time to get into it right now, but I really want to talk about how disappointed I am by how Wizards of the Coast did New Phyrexia dirty in Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) and March of the Machine.
"You mean how they dispatched the Praetors with nary an afterthought?"
Yes but also the utter Bowdlerization of New Phyrexia and the replacement of body horror ("Oh fuck, that's awful, I would never want that to happen to me,") with grotesque horror ("Oh fuck, that's unsettling, I never want that thing to catch me"). The New Phyrexia of ONE was utterly neutered compared to its initial debut, which drives me up a wall, because original New Phyrexia and the Praetors was, hands-down, one of my favorite bits of antagonist worldbuilding in any fictional universe ever, precisely because it was so unflinchingly horrific.
And don't get me started on the fucking apple-red drapery that's everywhere in ONE. Give me some fucking sinew, you cowards.
#MTG
"You mean how they dispatched the Praetors with nary an afterthought?"
Yes but also the utter Bowdlerization of New Phyrexia and the replacement of body horror ("Oh fuck, that's awful, I would never want that to happen to me,") with grotesque horror ("Oh fuck, that's unsettling, I never want that thing to catch me"). The New Phyrexia of ONE was utterly neutered compared to its initial debut, which drives me up a wall, because original New Phyrexia and the Praetors was, hands-down, one of my favorite bits of antagonist worldbuilding in any fictional universe ever, precisely because it was so unflinchingly horrific.
And don't get me started on the fucking apple-red drapery that's everywhere in ONE. Give me some fucking sinew, you cowards.
#MTG
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Just got back from Oppenheimer, and god, the more I think about it and talk about it, the more it unfolds to me.
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This is totally a film that reflects just as much on its director as on its subject. I honestly don't know how you possibly read or analyze it without taking into account the kind of artist Nolan is.
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babe, wake up, new indictment just dropped
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The latest #Netrunner set, The Automata Initiative, is out now, and once again, I'm excited that creative suggestions I made are going to be printed on actual cards. Me! I got to shape some of these cards! 🤯
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Maybe it would be gauche to describe all my contributions in detail, so I'll instead speak broadly about some of my pride points:
For this set, I wrote at least four pieces of flavor text, named a card that replaces a tournament staple, and drew flavor text inspiration from one of my favorite poems.
For this set, I wrote at least four pieces of flavor text, named a card that replaces a tournament staple, and drew flavor text inspiration from one of my favorite poems.
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I'm looking at #WordPress themes in preparation for building a professional website, and... jeeeez, there are just so few themes now that aren't gated behind a premium subscription. Especially those that support WordPress's new Full Site Editing feature.
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I'd say this is unbelievable, but it's more like the opposite.
Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.Reuters
When I one day step away from my Community Manager position for Null Signal Games, I'm going to really miss being able to drop cheeky, imperceptible teasers in innocuous comments.
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Today's #3Dprinting fail. It was good when I went to bed, but it looks like at a certain layer, it started having extrusion issues. Unfortunate, too, because that means a narrow bridge that was held up only by supports was weak and not cohesive, so when I started tearing out the supports, it frayed and broke.
It's so consistent at that height and above, I wonder if there's a mechanical issue interfering with the filament feed...
It's so consistent at that height and above, I wonder if there's a mechanical issue interfering with the filament feed...
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Make sure that it isn't a blocked nozzle! It's counter-intuitive that a nozzle blockage allows filament flow to be fine when you start a print and then at some consistent point decide "no more filament for you" but it's happened to me multiple times...
Interesting! This is my first print with a new nozzle, so this would be a good thing to check. Thanks!
@Spencer Unfortunately, it is not showing for me: https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/display/d8230ed6-1364-ac9b-1926-984298680254
The abstract tag appears to be incompatible with links added via Friendica attachment, then. 🤔
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Tepache fermentation number 3 has begun!
This time, I'm using a lid with an airlock, and I've put a plastic bag with water in it inside the jar to keep the fruit submerged. I'm hoping those two steps help prevent the mold I got in batch 2.
I also added a single dried chile de árbol for a bit of heat.
Fingers crossed for a tasty drink in a couple days!
#fermentation
This time, I'm using a lid with an airlock, and I've put a plastic bag with water in it inside the jar to keep the fruit submerged. I'm hoping those two steps help prevent the mold I got in batch 2.
I also added a single dried chile de árbol for a bit of heat.
Fingers crossed for a tasty drink in a couple days!
#fermentation
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I didn't have "Friendica is a dangerous platform because you can hyperlink text" on my bingo card for the day, but here we are anyway, I suppose…
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Do any #DigitalArchive type folks have strategies for mirroring content from a MediaWiki? The online RPG Kingdom of Loathing has a near-comprehensive fan-run wiki, and I dread the day when it goes under. I'd love to make a mirror for backup purposes.
#archival #DigitalArchiving
#archival #DigitalArchiving
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#fermentation wizards: How might having my tepache in an open-top container versus a closed-with-airlock container for the primary ferment affect the results, if at all? So far, I've only used open tops, and that's yielded one good batch and one moldy one, though I suspect there might have been some other reasons for the mold on batch #2.
I also realized that I had left some peels above the water line, which certainly didn't do me any favors, mold-wise. 😖
Beginner's mistake!
Beginner's mistake!
I'm certain someone has done this, but I really want to make a #zine / blog post series sharing knowledge about how to do a bunch of little #DIY projects. Change an outlet. Bake a loaf of bread. Make beer, or a shrub. Change your car's oil.
Never anything huge, and not a dedicated Guide to Self Reliance or anything, just a bunch of little accessible projects that can help a person feel more knowledgeable and capable, and to take that knowledge and skill back to their own community.
Never anything huge, and not a dedicated Guide to Self Reliance or anything, just a bunch of little accessible projects that can help a person feel more knowledgeable and capable, and to take that knowledge and skill back to their own community.
A couple months ago, I stopped using my #3Dprinter (an Ender 3 Pro) because filament had started leaking from behind the nozzle, leading to a huge mass of misplaced filament (and, of course, a failed print).
I pulled the hotend sock off, heated the printer, and tried to brush off the filament and its residue, but I haven't yet replaced the nozzle or the hotend sock. My printer has just been out-of-commission because my mind is stuck on "How do I finish this job properly?"
Does anyone have advice for thoroughly cleaning a hotend after a leak like this? Or replacing a nozzle? I'm sure I could look it up, but I'm hoping to hack my brain here with a bit of social interaction: maybe if people tell me directly how to get the printer back in working order, I'll follow through and do it.
#3Dprinting
I pulled the hotend sock off, heated the printer, and tried to brush off the filament and its residue, but I haven't yet replaced the nozzle or the hotend sock. My printer has just been out-of-commission because my mind is stuck on "How do I finish this job properly?"
Does anyone have advice for thoroughly cleaning a hotend after a leak like this? Or replacing a nozzle? I'm sure I could look it up, but I'm hoping to hack my brain here with a bit of social interaction: maybe if people tell me directly how to get the printer back in working order, I'll follow through and do it.
#3Dprinting
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Heat it up and pull out the filament from the PTFE tube then remove the nozzle Clean off the heater and nozzle socket With the heater block on install the new nozzle then back it off a quarter turn Let it cool Now you have to level the bed and set your z offset
Lots of fire or a small amount of $$. Either way when you get all the plastic and mating surfaces clean (heat break and nozzle) do a hot tighten of the nozzle. Which means heat up to around printing temps and torque it a bit holding the block with some pliers.
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