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Security software developer, fledgling Maker, and pedant. Trying to become a better person than I was yesterday. He/him/his

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StillIRise1963, to random
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The nerve of charging someone almost $100K a year for college and withholding diplomas for protesting is a motherfucking outrage.

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 wonder if they can sue to recover tuition

MLE_online, to random
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I got home around 1 am after last night's performance and saw that someone had put a desk/table with nice metal legs and an oak top out on the street.

I've been needing a new desk, so I dragged it home.

I went out and looked at it this morning and the top is not oak. It is bamboo. It's bamboo stamped with a fake oak wood grain pattern. lol. I'll still use it though.

ferrix,
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@MLE_online I was skeptical of that color combo but I should have just believed

heidilifeldman, to SantaFe
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Voted in today, a place where the Democratic primary determines some of the ultimate races. One race really struck me as emblematic of the future, assuming constitutional democracy survives in the U.S. 1/

ferrix,
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@heidilifeldman further, I wonder whether we'll end up as a defacto single (center right) party system. With extremists remaining on the right, and fed-up liberals forming a new splinter on the left and coalescing with some of the super left ideological folk that already don't fit.

With both poles unable to stand each other or the center right, and unable to muster enough votes to do anything on a national scale.

MLE_online, to random
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AliExpress continues having the wildest clothing

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ferrix,
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@MLE_online is the horse light in the clothing section or is there a separate one for horse lighting

heidilifeldman, to random
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#Alito has no shame. It isn’t just that he refuses to recuse himself from #Jan6 cases before the Supreme Court — it’s his arrogant assertion that he can assess how a “reasonable person” would view his involvement. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/29/justice-alito-rejects-recuse-flags-jan-6-cases/ 73895356007/ 1/ #JudicialEthics #RuleOfLaw

ferrix,
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@heidilifeldman the worst part is how he says it's his DUTY NOT to recuse. And coincidentally he is the only one on earth who can measure his duty

MLE_online, to random
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This building was built in 1996. This panel looks like it's from 1966.

ferrix,
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@MLE_online if SPARE ever goes on...

MLE_online, to random
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Someone in my neighborhood threw away a whole set of lockers, so I guess I have to own lockers now

ferrix,
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@MLE_online will Lettuce still like them?

StillIRise1963, to random
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I think I may have overindulged last night.🤕

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 every 5 years older I get takes twice as long to recover or heal from anything

StillIRise1963, to random
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Why is everyone pretending Donald didn’t already sell all the best secrets.

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 that's what I don't understand: everyone is treating these documents like discrete things, but ever since xeroxes we have been able to make essentially perfect copies, secretly, infinitely, forever. There's no such thing as "returning" a document anymore.

MLE_online, to random
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Being needy this morning. Blocking the keyboard. Blocking progress on the crossword puzzle

ferrix,
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@MLE_online on the contrary, providing convenient access to the cat in each situation

StillIRise1963, to random
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If people had dental care, they’d have better health at large.

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 I used to not understand why dental care was so expensive and seen as sort of "optional" / additional vs other healthcare.

Someone then explained to me that our society values being able to judge ppl's teeth as a class marker. Minor ashamed I never realized before.

StillIRise1963, to random
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If you listen to Donald Trump, YOU HAVE NO HOPE.

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 I can't wait until I never have to think about that guy ever again. I know the work won't be over, but I'm still looking forward to it

North, to random
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My oxikit-style PSA oxygen concentrator is finished, and it looks appropriately serious. I'll start writing up part 2 of the blog post soon, and then when I finish my torch manifold, I'll be making a video for the YouTube channel.

Side view of the contraption from the previous picture.
Rear view

ferrix,
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@North hyperspace pirate-level

MLE_online, to random
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I made myself a little maker's mark stamp for ceramics class -- finally now when there's only a couple of weeks left in the semester

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ferrix,
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@MLE_online in the distant future on antiques road show the expert's eyes light up as they spot this mark

MLE_online, to random
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Just the necessities tonight

ferrix,
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@MLE_online @JamesAkers I wish medium porters would be a fad.

ferrix, to random
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Cc @geekmomprojects and @Jorvon_Moss https://universeodon.com/@breakingtaps/112446595717613619

MLE_online, to random
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He's hiding in my overgrown garden planter

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ferrix,
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@MLE_online happiest I've ever seen a cat outside of a box

chris_gammell, to random
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I know the answer is "whenever the power company says is cheapest", but from a mental model perspective: is it better to plug in the car to charge on a sunny day where solar is generating excess capacity (on other roofs, not mine)...or better when the overall grid utilization is low, like in the middle of the night?

ferrix,
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@chris_gammell if it was your solar then day, because it takes load off the grid and you probably couldn't sell your excess electrons for as much as grid ones cost. But since it's not your solar, then night, because if you have variable pricing it will be cheap then when load is low.

MLE_online, to random
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One of my classmates is applying for colleges, and she was complaining that she got waitlisted for UCLA. "It's unfair," she said. "I should be allowed in through legacy admissions. My grandpa and dad went to UCLA."

I said I thought the idea of legacy admissions is unfair. She agreed that they kind of are, but said it's still wrong of UCLA to not let her in when her dad and grandpa went there.

ferrix,
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@MLE_online "I agree it's wrong but let's still do it" is a tidy summary of neoliberalism

Daojoan, to random
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The conservative paradox is a desperate need to be seen as both powerful dominators and persecuted victims.

ferrix,
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@Daojoan it resolves when you realize they always want to feel like the main character

MLE_online, to random
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Ceramics class!

I finished building my ring jug and I started on an abstract piece of pipes

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ferrix,
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@MLE_online drink coffee from the ring jug while eating a donut shaped like a mug

charliejane, to random
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You know what would make me interested in another Tron movie? If they got a kick-ass trans composer to do the soundtrack again

ferrix,
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@charliejane Trons.

jasoncoon, to random
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I've had this 6x6x6 L3D Cube for years. I finally decided it was time to dust if off and replace the built-in controller with a #PixelBlaze by @wizard!

Photo of the bottom black PCB of the L3D cube. A PixelBlaze Pico is secured in an empty spot, with the antenna near the edge, with red, blue, and black wires running from it to the main control PCB.
A closeup photo of the black PCB with the first LED's data in (DIN) pin labeled with blue masking tape. A blue wire is soldered onto the DIN pin. The resistor FB2 has been removed to sever the connection between the built-in controller and the first LED's DIN pin.
A closeup photo of the black PCB with a black GND wire soldered to the micro USB GND pad, and a red 5V wire soldered to a diode.

ferrix,
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@jasoncoon @wizard ooh, can you make it hold a color pattern inertially steady as the exterior is rotated?

ferrix,
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@jasoncoon @wizard I think you're right, you could make it weeble to orient the pattern up/down though

MLE_online, to random
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I found a piece of junk (a smashed dog kennel) and I'm going to make it into something useful

ferrix,
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@MLE_online that went great!

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