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Printer hasn’t been working as good as it used to lately, so I figured I’d do some maintainance and replace the nozzle. Had no idea it had broken to this point! Amazing it kept chugging like this. #3DPrinting #X1Carbon #BambuLab #Maintenance

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

Overheard some veterans at breakfast this morning. They were convinced a whistleblower would soon expose all of Biden’s “crimes,” and that any pardon signed with an auto-pen was invalid. It made me sad, they were deep in the conspiracy theories. #Politics #Disinformation #Veterans

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I hated the dice used by The Royal Game of Ur, so I’m going to try casting sticks instead. 4 sticks will give me the same 0-4 possible values. I’ve never used these before, so it should be an interesting experence.

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Just finished printing a Royal Game of Ur set! Trying to convince my wife to play with me tonight. Let’s see if ancient Mesopotamian board games still hold up 👀 #RoyalGameOfUr #3DPrinting #BambuLabs #X1Carbon #BoardGames #GameNight #TabletopGaming #AncientGames

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

What’s with MAGA taking horse meds? Is it like the male version of a horse girl?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

My wife asked our daughter what she wanted to get me for Father’s Day. Her answer? A Sonic toy. That kid gets me. Absolute genius. #FathersDay #dadlife #parentingwin

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Printed Number 2! Thanks to his feet, 2 is able to stand up. My printer struggled a little with this one, but we got it done! #numberblocks #3DPrinting #Bambulabs #X1Carbon

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Our 8-week trial of Cursor and Windsurf is over. The results are conclusive: Windsurf is the preferred editor. Cursor brags about their “vibe coding”, and yeah, we believe them. It’s exactly why we don’t want to use it anymore. #devtools #editorwars #AIcoding

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When people say AI is only going to get better and better, I don’t think they’re wrong. But I also remember how folks in the ’80s thought Star Wars droids were just around the corner. It’s 2025 and we’re still very far from that kind of tech. Hype drives profit, not reality #AI #LLM #technostalgia

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 8 days ago • 10 comments

It’s wild how malls were such a cultural staple for most of my life, but now they’re basically gone. So when a sci-fi book set 500 years in the future casually mentions a mall, it feels more jarring than aliens or FTL. #scifi #nostalgia #malls #future #writingthoughts #books

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

All 4 data lines are wired and working. The switches control each bit, and the big red button toggles between red and green. LEDs are bright, crisp, and exactly how I hoped! Next up is flashing. #Electronics #LEDs #BreadboardBuild #LogicGates #3DPrintedPanel #SwitchesAndCircuits #HobbyElectronics

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Caught my daughter at my electronics bench, pulling random parts out of the breadboards. I think she’s testing me. “Can Dad still fix it with these components missing?” Challenge accepted, tiny chaos gremlin. #DadLife #MiniMaker #DebugMode

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Button switches the 4 bi-color LEDs between red and green. A toggle switch enables or disables the 555 blink signal. Next is to wire the 555 to blink the 4 LEDs. It’s looking good so far. 🥳 #electronics #breadboard #bicolorled #cd4001 #555timer

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Decided to edit my /etc/hosts file. These do not bring me joy, so they should fail.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Built a working AND gate from scratch using 3 NOR gates on a CD4001 chip. Took some debugging, but it now only lights the LED when both inputs are high. Learned a ton about CMOS quirks, floating inputs, and how to tame them. Feeling good! #electronics #breadboard #CMOS #logicgates #CD4001 #ANDgate

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

🧵1/7 I was watching a therapist play The Stanley Parable and something he said really hit me. He said being in the moment is a key to happiness, and it’s not the same as mindfulness. That surprised me, but the more he explained it, the more it made sense. #mentalhealth #presence

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

Had a few goofs, but the 555 timer is now cleanly toggling between LEDs without heating up! Turns out I had my NPN transistor backwards at first. Pro tip: the arrow should point to ground! #electronics #555timer #breadboard #beginnerprojects #transistors #makers

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

🧵1/3 I feel bad for anyone seriously trying to learn using AI. It’s not a good teacher. I tried to get ChatGPT to help me build a very simple circuit, and it couldn’t do it. Constant mistakes, backtracking, and trying to change what I wanted. #AI #ChatGPT #Learning

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Is it just me, or is Reddit kind of dying? I used to see fresh content every time I opened it. For months now, it’s the same posts over and over, even after refreshing. Feels like fewer people are posting or something’s broken. Anyone else notice this? #Reddit #SocialMedia #InternetCulture

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Welp, my old AirPods just broke, heard a pop mid-song and now they’re toast. That’s the second pair to die on me, and Apple Support costs as much as buying new ones. I’m done. No more AirPods for me. Back to regular Bluetooth headphones. #AirPods #Apple #Bluetooth #TechFail #PlannedObsolescence

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I don’t care how “advanced” or “amazing” your IDE is, if I can’t copy/paste in and out of it, I won’t use it. Not being able to copy and paste is a complete dealbreaker for me. Even VIM and Nano get this right so why can’t you? #WindSurf

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Woot! Just got a PNP and NPN transistor working together. When the signal is low (button open), the red LED lights. When it’s high (button closed), the blue LED lights. This is going to be key to getting my logic to drive dual-color LEDs. #electronics #breadboard #transistors

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Drink sales are up, snack sales are down. I have no idea what that says about the economy.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Who became the barefoot hero first, Carl or Randidly Ghosthound? Both stomp through apocalypse worlds barefoot and overpowered. Coincidence, or is this the new LitRPG dress code? #LitRPG #DungeonCrawlerCarl #Randidly #barefootmeta

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Another reorg at work. They are happening so often these days no one knows what’s going on anymore.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

3D Printed Ox designed by @kahlfrida.bsky.social

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Finally got my 555 timer circuit blinking cleanly. 1000µF cap + 10nF on pin 5 did the trick. Slow, satisfying LED flashes from pure hardware. 3.3V #electronics #555timer #breadboard #diy #hardwarehacking #maker #ledblinker #logiccircuits

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Took me days (ok, maybe weeks) to lay this out and solder it, but the button debounce board is finally done, and it works! Clean inputs, no glitches, and it’s all hardware. On to the next module. #electronics #diy #hardwarehacking #logiccircuits #debounce #soldering

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Just watched Princess and the Frog for the first time while caring for my sick daughter. Way better than I expected. Underrated gem, sad, soulful, and quietly anti-capitalist. Hits different as a parent. #PrincessAndTheFrog #Disney #Parenting #MoviesThatMatter #UnderratedGems

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments