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wjrii

@ wjrii @kbin.social

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  • What's a candy that's practically crack for you?

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  • Costco used to (still does?) sell these tubs of chocolate covered caramel macadamia nut clusters. Literally food of the diabetic gods. I had to stop buying them because they were expensive AF and disappeared way too quickly.

  • The Biggest Box Office Bombs of 2023

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  • It was better than Crystal Skull because it didn't quite so explicitly sci-fi the magic, the set pieces were a little better, and Helena was less annoying than Mutt, but both movies are sort of equally useless, and openly depressed Indy was VERY depressing. The character always had some undiagnosed mental health issues pushing him towards unhealthy risk-taking, but Mangold's Indy just made me sad.

  • Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others

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  • King Charles III said his thoughts and prayers were with the family of the young victim, and he saluted the courage of emergency workers, Buckingham Palace said.

    "King Charles III" still sounds so weird to me. The last story I ran across with his name in it was about either Ireland or Scotland, I can't remember which, and it took me longer than I care to admit to realize it wasn't some sly Jacobite comment.

  • Had this aluminum plate laser cut a few months back and hand-wired it with Box Navies and a RPi Pico, and oiled oak for the sides. I missed my numpad, though, so I used my own laser cutter and made an

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  • @RustyNova

    I’m not sure where it will live long term, but “southpaw” numpads are definitely a thing. They allow for mousing while doing data entry, and they mitigate one of the reasons some people do without numpads by allowing the shoulders to stay more neutral when the mouse is close to the right edge of the keyboard.

  • Mechanical Keyboards @kbin.social
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Had this aluminum plate laser cut a few months back and hand-wired it with Box Navies and a RPi Pico, and oiled oak for the sides. I missed my numpad, though, so I used my own laser cutter and made an

  • What's the best pun name you've ever heard?

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  • Don't you mean Annie Mail?

  • Our ancestors may have kept foxes as pets long before domestic dogs came on the scene

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  • A fox of the same species was found in a much older grave in another part of Argentina nearly a decade ago. It may also have been a pet but its diet was not analysed.

    As usual, it's more the article (and especially the headline) than the science. Here is the Abstract of the study.

    It's much more about the specific burial and the inferences that can be reasonably drawn about South America before the introduction of dogs from the north 5k years ago. It references multiple burials with non-dog canids from across time periods in S.A., including at least one from about 4k years ago, as well as many other remains scattered in with human burials. It seems to build on existing theorizing that pre-Columbian practices might have changed more slowly than post. Then there are the statistical arguments. If you occasionally find a fox in human burials, based on the number of human burials you didn't find, you can feel pretty confident that there were more foxes buried with humans.

  • Fantastic illustration of the pyramids and surrounds at the height of Egypt's power

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  • Don’t forget THIS view.

  • Do the "Ernest needs to add more maintainers to KBin!" comments remind anyone else of the xz social engineering malarkey?

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  • Yes, there is some similarity. You're not wrong.

    However, it's much more likely to be due to the common experience of solo devs whose projects blow up than it is about bad actors on kbin.

    If you're so inclined, you can always check the profiles of those who were pushing for it and particularly those who were volunteering; the boehs.org link should supply some helpful red flags to look for. Ernest would be wise to check IP activity and even ask for IRL credentials of those he would consider giving any real level of access to. Beyond that, it's firmly in the realm of "mildly interesting."

  • Enshittification Continues: Discord to begin showing advertisements on it's free platform

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  • I'm kinda sad to see it enshittify, for gamers and for those who find it fits their actual collaboration use case, but I also really hate the number forum-format communities that Discord has displaced or prevented from coalescing. Discoverability on Discord is terrible, as is having help available long term, as well as older advice and other content that helps newbies get the culture of a community. Even where the functionality exists, the general "real time" transitory feel of it reduces the quality of content and encourages people to be dicks, since it will all scroll by or be forgotten (if streaming) in a few moments anyway.

    Horses for courses, and my old-ass X-ennial self thinks Discord has been pressed into service on a lot of courses where it's terrible.

  • Got a new windows 98 gaming PC, and boi she's huge!!

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  • Ha! I used it TWICE!

    Also, to OP, that definitely wouldn't have come OEM on a PC that shipped with Win 98.

  • Would you think of words that you don't know, ending with "phile" as something sexual (or negative)?

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  • Mine are the remnants of a vacuum cleaner power cord. There's a lot of copper there, and a lot of rubber between them.

  • The Affinity and Canva Pledge

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  • This all feels a lot like any low- or mid-range CAD suite that gets acquired by Autodesk, Siemens, or PTC. Promise enough to avoid a revolt, but start eroding with the next release.

    The educational licensing for lock-in is also par for the course. It can be done well (Rhino 3D is legendary for letting small-shop designers use their cheap edu license forever, even commercially), but generally it's just there to maintain the supply of baby drafters and get subscriptions from employers.

  • Keycap sets for numpad

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  • Well, those are standard MX compatible switches. No big deal to find keycaps, but selection of numpad-only sets is more limited. Any idea what you want, style wise? Do you only want GMK or Signature Plastics or Drop, or are random sets and clones from Amazon/AliExpress okay?

    Some of the higher end stuff will sell numpad only, generally for way less than the base kit (to wit...), but a really cheap set will cost the same for the full set, or even potentially a good bit less if you go bargain hunting and aren't picky.

  • Clemson sues ACC

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  • Anything that results in less Dabo Swinney in the world is probably not entirely bad.

  • How many times have you pooped your pants as an adult? What were the situations you were in when that happened?

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  • Twice that I recall, both while at least mildly ill. Once, in law school, I was late to class and had an assigned seat in the middle of a row, so I was not keen to draw further attention to myself, but I had a rumbly tummy and the bowel wants what it wants. Eventually, despite what felt to me like truly heroic efforts, I did in fact excuse myself, only to find that floor's bathroom was closed. going down a flight of stairs does things to your regular clenching pressure, and by the time I made it to the toilet, "slug of poo" had made its way into my boxers. Damage to the undies was surprisingly mild, but I went ahead and called it a day for the rest of my classes, as I had skipped many times for far less legitimate reasons.

    The other time I was just home with the shits and didn't quite make it once. Afterwards I moved my "I'm sick" nest a lot closer to the bathroom for the rest of the day.

  • What’s caught your interest lately?

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  • Any tips on the offending glasses? I live in the path of totality, and I don't want to blind my kid.

  • What’s caught your interest lately?

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  • Because I can? LOL.

    I do try to make to make boards with layouts that are slightly unique from anything I could buy, just to lie to myself and pretend that I "have to" make them. Latest kick, which simplifies construction in a couple of ways, is making boards that have no key wider than 1.75 "regular" ones. Means I have more real estate to play with and don't need the notoriously noisy "stabilizer" hardware.

    The kind of soldering you do with a handwire is also sort of relaxing, like tying fishing flies, except you burn your finger every once in a while.

  • What’s caught your interest lately?

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  • Yes, that's probably about perfect. There are a few human deaths, occasionally with a fair amount of blood, though it's fairly stylized, and part of the lore involves the banal commonness of resurrection spells, so I doubt it would be too traumatizing for a teen. The rest of the gore is non-humans and often almost more like a particularly unflinching cooking show.

    There's only a little bit of "nudity," and it's thoroughly PG-13. Then the character interactions and themes are pretty gentle overall, though I guess there's some realpolitik trouble brewing with some of the supporting characters.

  • What’s caught your interest lately?

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  • Well put, and you have a well-chosen user name. :-)

  • College Football @fanaticus.social
    wjrii @kbin.social

    As college football's elite is engulfed in a power struggle, G5 left just trying to survive: 'We are a farm system'

    sports.yahoo.com /as-college-footballs-elite-is-engulfed-in-a-power-struggle-g5-left-just-trying-to-survive-we-are-a-farm-system-140058685.html
  • Mechanical Keyboards @kbin.social
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Just finished up this one. No-stabilizers, handwired custom 98% layout. 3D printed case and feet, plate laser cut from 3.2mm Masonite, blank XDA laser dye-subbed in a Josefin Sans Medium font. Not

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Finished my DIY keyboard with printed case, feet, and RPi Pico "caddy". Keycaps are not 3d printed, but the labels were DIY from my laser.

  • Mechanical Keyboards @lemmy.ml
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Finished the DIY build. Handwired, NO STABS, 3D printed case and feet, lasercut plates, Box Jades, and (kinda "meh") laser dye-sub XDA keycaps.

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    wjrii @kbin.social

    FreeCAD, Ondsel and Prusa Save FOSDEM!

    blog.freecad.org /2024/02/08/freecad-ondsel-and-prusa-save-fosdem/
  • Mechanical Keyboards @lemmy.ml
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Stabilizers? Where we're going, we don't need stabilizers. (in progress build)

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Finished the 3D printed case for the keyboard layout I cut on my laser (project still in progress).

  • College Football @fanaticus.social
    wjrii @kbin.social

    SEC, Big Ten 'advisory group' stands as coded threat to NCAA: Figure it out, or we'll go off ourselves

    www.cbssports.com /college-football/news/sec-big-ten-advisory-group-stands-as-coded-threat-to-ncaa-figure-it-out-or-well-go-off-ourselves/
  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    wjrii @kbin.social

    A weirdo tries some major CAD suites, but also a bunch of half-baked bizarre free CAD program out there...

  • College Football @fanaticus.social
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Farewell to Another College Football Season

  • Mechanical Keyboards @kbin.social
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Trying out this Mastodon/Microblog thing. Had a customized TKL keyboard plate laser cut, 3D printed and painted a case, hand wired the switches, and added keycaps. [Geekhack link](https://geekhack.org

  • Mechanical Keyboards @lemmy.ml
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Used up the last of 3 Retro-inflected aluminum plates I had made. This one has a 3D printed case.

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    wjrii @kbin.social

    3D printed keyboard case, feet, and cable grommet.

  • College Football @fanaticus.social
    wjrii @kbin.social

    SEC Shorts - The Big 10 beats the SEC

  • Mechanical Keyboards @lemmy.ml
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Handwired family reunion. It's like the tech-geek version of being an old man tying fishing flies in the basement.

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Designed and printed a case for the aluminum keyboard plate I had made a while back.

  • College Football @fanaticus.social
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Mizzou's Eli Drinkwitz makes case for changing college football's December schedule

    sports.yahoo.com /mizzous-eli-drinkwitz-makes-case-214123685.html
  • College Football @fanaticus.social
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Florida State has sued the ACC, setting the stage for a fight to leave over revenue concerns

    www.nbcsports.com /college-football/news/florida-state-has-sued-the-acc-setting-the-stage-for-a-fight-to-leave-over-revenue-concerns
  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    wjrii @kbin.social

    Designed and printed an air assist nozzle for my laser cutter.