I really liked Tetris DS. The retro NES graphics and remixed music was a fantastic love letter to those old games, and the songs were pretty damn good to boot. It was also the version of Tetris I was best at, for some reason I was a lot better with the old, flat, firm DS Phat buttons more than any other console. I forgot what level I got to in Endless but it was probably over 500. Multiplayer was also a hoot, with powerups and you could play with 9 other people that didn’t even need the game to play. (Remember those days when you didn’t have to all have a copy of the game to play together? What a concept!)
The US’s latest attempt to chill speech online, KOSA-a bill to effectively force everyone to identify themselves to online platforms-is picking up steam and looking like it will pass the Senate.
I haven’t used an Android device since my last one, the Galaxy S8. Beautiful hardware, beautiful design, but it was plagued with animation stutters and dropped frames. I switched to an iPhone and an iPad around 6 years ago. And the animations were buttersmooth. It was almost unthinkable to achieve such a fluid interface on any...
The first thing I do on any new phone is go to developer options and turn all 3 animation settings to off. It’s a night and day difference. I’ve probably saved a collective hour of my life not waiting for animations lol
I have an Ender 3 S1 that I use every couple of months at this point because it’s just such a pain to use. I have to adjust the bed tramming and z offset and run auto bed leveling for every single print and often times that’s still not good enough....
You might have lost the lottery. I’ve printed 5 spools of parts with my work’s Ender 3 Pro without having to adjust the bed level after I first set it, and that doesn’t even have auto leveling.
Make sure your bed is clean, and make sure your gantry and frame is square when you assembled it. It might also be your type of filament or Z offset
I remember reading an article where the government and Google were able to read notifications and record them from every android device. I wonder if Graphene might have patched this problem, and if not, do they have any plans to do so?...
Not much, I’m already kinda germophobic so it was easy to treat every surface as dirty. And now that people stopped cleaning everything, it’s easy to see that everything IS dirty. Still haven’t caught it lol
I visited 3 stores looking for the pixels 7a. One of these stores (best buy) sells it at a 20% discount for only 2 weeks, brand new, 128 GB, so I may go for it to buy and nuke to install graphene OS, then relock it....
Hello! I own a 08 Acura TL that has an oil leak from a bad valve cover gasket. I took it to my mechanic for some other things, but also wanted a quote for a replacement. The number they gave me was too high for my liking, and I did some research and decided to attempt the replacement myself. The shop would’ve done a spark plug...
There’s a few things I would recommend to someone wrenching for the first time to save many headaches, all having to do with reassembly:
First, when reinstalling screws, turn them counter-clockwise until they “click” and fall down a little before turning clockwise to tighten. This ensures that the screw is lined up in the proper thread and won’t cross-thread.
Second, buy a cheap Harbor Freight torque wrench, for a valve cover you’ll probably just need a 1/4" flavor. Screws with a 8mm or 10mm head (M6 thread) often get torqued down to 80in/lbs and no more. This’ll avoid stripping the threads in the soft aluminum head, which will be a super expensive fix if you can’t do that yourself. In general I look up torque specs as much as I can to get a feel for how much I need to tighten a fastener.
Finally, finger tight all bolts first, and then go around again and tighten all bolts in a criss-cross pattern. Once you tighten one bolt, tighten the bolt farthest away, and repeat until all are tightened. This will prevent parts from warping and gaskets from deforming.
Good luck fam, wrenching is a fun and valuable skill. Be proud that you can do it!
I have noticed that some CAPTCHA pages, like Cloudflare’s, simply ask you to check a box to proceed. There is no clicking on traffic lights or entering characters. How does clicking on a check box tell them I am not a robot?
Hey Lemmy. I have a 2010 Toyota Camry with 150k miles. The front bumper’s bottom segment (maybe 2 inches) has a crack and the grill is out of place. Also, there’s a couple small scratches in the paint elsewhere. Would it be worth it to have the bumper repaired as well as the paint touched up before selling it? I was given a...
That’s cool and all and important for exposure, but what can I really do about it? It’s the ethereal algorithm and shitty companies gaming it for profit, with everyone else suffering because of it
Hello all, so something recently changed with the Google photos app on my pixel 6 and it’s automatically uploaded all my photos filled the space out and is now complaining angrily that I’ve used all the space....
I know nothing about extended star wars lore but figured his appearance was from the dark side. Maybe it was covered or heavily alluded to in the movies? It’s been a while
Racism, sexism and all the various other “hate these people” isms and phobias are arguably methods for expressing and rationalizing anger. And they’re bad. But what’s a good way?
I have aldready tried candyman and bloody mary (i said their names three time in front of a mirror correct me if i’m wrong) anything else i can try ?...
Apart from blow up printers, the one scariest thing for me about a slicer is losing settings. You spend hours getting your printer dialed in, specific profiles per material and then…...
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Let's discuss: Tetris (beehaw.org)
The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!...
Kids Online Safety Act gains enough supporters to pass the Senate (www.theverge.com)
The US’s latest attempt to chill speech online, KOSA-a bill to effectively force everyone to identify themselves to online platforms-is picking up steam and looking like it will pass the Senate.
Android users who have a keen eye for design and detail, how is the whole stutter/lag situation? Esp. after a few years of use?
I haven’t used an Android device since my last one, the Galaxy S8. Beautiful hardware, beautiful design, but it was plagued with animation stutters and dropped frames. I switched to an iPhone and an iPad around 6 years ago. And the animations were buttersmooth. It was almost unthinkable to achieve such a fluid interface on any...
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Why does my printer suck so much?
I have an Ender 3 S1 that I use every couple of months at this point because it’s just such a pain to use. I have to adjust the bed tramming and z offset and run auto bed leveling for every single print and often times that’s still not good enough....
Does Graphene OS maintain the privacy of notifications from being recorded by third parties?
I remember reading an article where the government and Google were able to read notifications and record them from every android device. I wonder if Graphene might have patched this problem, and if not, do they have any plans to do so?...
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how do I make sure the pixels 7a I buy is completely relockable, including bootloader, on non-stock software?
I visited 3 stores looking for the pixels 7a. One of these stores (best buy) sells it at a 20% discount for only 2 weeks, brand new, 128 GB, so I may go for it to buy and nuke to install graphene OS, then relock it....
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Ask Cars: Valve cover gasket replacement
Hello! I own a 08 Acura TL that has an oil leak from a bad valve cover gasket. I took it to my mechanic for some other things, but also wanted a quote for a replacement. The number they gave me was too high for my liking, and I did some research and decided to attempt the replacement myself. The shop would’ve done a spark plug...
How do CAPTCHAs work without giving you a challenge task?
I have noticed that some CAPTCHA pages, like Cloudflare’s, simply ask you to check a box to proceed. There is no clicking on traffic lights or entering characters. How does clicking on a check box tell them I am not a robot?
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Ask Cars: Body Repair Before Resell?
Hey Lemmy. I have a 2010 Toyota Camry with 150k miles. The front bumper’s bottom segment (maybe 2 inches) has a crack and the grill is out of place. Also, there’s a couple small scratches in the paint elsewhere. Would it be worth it to have the bumper repaired as well as the paint touched up before selling it? I was given a...
How Google is killing independent sites like ours (housefresh.com)
[help] Turn off Google Photo Backup
Hello all, so something recently changed with the Google photos app on my pixel 6 and it’s automatically uploaded all my photos filled the space out and is now complaining angrily that I’ve used all the space....
Embracer CEO says layoffs are "something that everyone needs to get through" (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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So this is how democracy dies ... (files.mastodon.online)
What is a good, healthy, unhurtful, socially positive way to express anger?
Racism, sexism and all the various other “hate these people” isms and phobias are arguably methods for expressing and rationalizing anger. And they’re bad. But what’s a good way?
Hi so i am trying some shit for fun like summoning any kind of entities.Read tge about and if you can do answer my question ?
I have aldready tried candyman and bloody mary (i said their names three time in front of a mirror correct me if i’m wrong) anything else i can try ?...
Anti-doom-and-gloom post
I was writing this out on my local !letstalkaboutgames and realised I was basically making a patient gamers post, so here’s a copy and paste:...
Rant: Cura did the one thing a slicer shouldn't do
Apart from blow up printers, the one scariest thing for me about a slicer is losing settings. You spend hours getting your printer dialed in, specific profiles per material and then…...