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I'm using a faux leather case with a cover flap for my Blackberry KeyOne and today it broke after 6 years of use. The plastic part that holds the phone separated from the faux leather cover. Luckily a little bit of strong and flexible glue fixed it. I only had to scrub off the old and hardened glue beforehand. It's a sign that I need to look for a new smartphone, alongside the rather poor and aging battery.
about 15 days ago from web-
@adiwan My not-leather KeyOne case is mostly still together, but I've had to glue 2 or 3 keys back onto the phone, and my battery is probably no better than yours. Anything with a real keyboard available in Europe still?
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@scribus Sadly no. I'm occasionally looking for keyboard smartphones but they are an extinct breed. More extinct than phones with a headphone jack and with no stupid front camera notches or punch holes. I had a OnePlus Nord N30 on my radar until I saw the stupid punch hole and no OS feature updates (only 2 years of security updates). Also finding a decent-ish phone under 400€ AND that is satisfying my requirements is practically impossible for me.
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So I guess Biden declared today to be the day that all trans people rise from their graves or something?
about 16 days ago from web-
@scribus Rise from your grave after top surgery call that Altered Breast
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@thelastgherkin Damn I was looking for an Altered Beast reference and it was RIGHT THERE all along?!
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i'm rising from my grave on scary trans day to tell you horses are not real
about 15 days ago from web-
@liquidusmira This explains so much
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hello, is anyone active anymore?
about 15 days ago from web-
@xxxderpyhoovesfanxxx It's not entirely empty, but it's not lively like it once was
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Planted tomato and jalapeño seeds into some planters I bought today. 12 tomato, 8 jalapeño. I bet not everything will survive but I will see who will win the battle royale, not the Fortnite kind, the Beat Takeshi kind.
about 17 days ago from web-
@scribus It probably will. These species are of the generic and common kind. I think that they will survive and give me headaches when they outgrow their pots and spots where they are currently standing. If they all grow it'll be fine, even when they die I won't be sad. I see it as my dry run if I'm capable of taking care of them. My plan was to have a green house next year and plant a bunch of old and uncommon tomato species: yellow pear-shaped, deep purple, some with tiger stripes, some elongated egg-shaped, and other weird ones.
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@scribus Duly noted. The reports look promising so far when it comes to being an uncomplicated and tasty tomato. The plant grows up to 180cm and has super heavy fruits. The infrastructure to keep them up has to be built first for this mammoth. Up to 350g per tomato is crazy.
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I was doing some garden work today. Within an hour or two I managed to fill up the trash can for all the biodegradable garbage. I have to wait two weeks in order to continue cutting down the bushes. The weather will be bad anyway in the coming days, so I wouldn't do gardening anyway. If I am at the same point next time I'll probably have to ask a neighbor for using their trash can capacity.
about 20 days ago from web-
@adiwan Any way to get issued another one? Especially if you'll need to be doing a lot of work often.
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@scribus I could get a bigger one but the monthly costs are way higher. 120L (the one I have) costs 15€ a month and the next size up would be two of them for double the price. In average I overpay for the size I use. In Winter I barely used 1/5th of the capacity. From May to November the pickup frequency increases from once every two weeks to once a week. That will do basically the same without paying more. In this regard I have to wait a month. Being patient.
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There is a ton of talk from boomers that millenials and genz are social garbage. Yesterday I saw a pair of self-entitled 70-80 year olds (man and wife) packing out their shopping cart at a closed checkout line while the super market was clearly understaffed AND were demanding another checkout line to be opened and then saying (more to themselves) that they will go without paying.
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20 minutes later it is fixed. I fixed it temporarily with a zip tie and went to the hardware store to get the right screws and nuts. Obviously I bought more than I actually needed to fix that. What I learned is that I don't have enough screws and nuts.
about a month ago from web-
@scribus I bought a locking nut that has a ring of nylon in the threads. I hope it will hold. I don't want to use Loctite as I fear it'll make problems in the future with maintenance. I have enough replacements right now. Whenever it will happen again I'll definitely try using Loctite.
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My favorite mug that I own for about 25 years has finally cracked. The handle broke on its own from the handling and the temperature changes. The crack was relatively clean. I "fixed" it with super glue but I have little confidence that it'll hold more than a year and I think it'll show other crack in that time.
about a month ago from web-
@scribus The thought did occur to me. The break was quite clean. Also I got the thought after the glue has already set. I also imagined if the handle breaks completely off that I get myself a good chunk of hard wood and make a wooden mug handle and glue it to the mug with an epoxy glue. The wooden handle wouldn't be dishwasher safe however it will transfer less heat.
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@scribus https://i.imgur.com/JhifvYa.jpeg This is my before/after image of the repair
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“Are you better off now than when people were dying by the thousand and unemployment was at 10% and there were riots in the streets every other day” like yeah I think most people are
about a month ago from web -
This toon is ten minutes and is fully PG in content, might be the first time I’ve done something so long and so tame in about eight years
about a month ago from web -
I am dissatisfied with the way x candidate has handled y issue, so I will be voting for his opponent who has promised to handle it even worse
about 2 months ago from web -
if anybody's wondering what the worst thing i've ever animated is, it's that
about 2 months ago from web-
@zeldatra I guess if a rising tide lifts all boats then a crashing wave could do little different
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It has been finished!
https://www.tumblr.com/adiwan/743211519247089664/i-finished-a-set-of-magnetic-unown-alphabet-tilesabout 2 months ago from web-
@scribus Haha. For this one-off it took me about 8 hours. As a fresh owner of a house there is much to do to fix up this old clunker. I also got this same suggestion from my friends to make this as a side hustle. But to be honest: I rather invest the time to make something for my friends than for complete strangers.
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The live-action Avatar The Last Airbender is pretty decent. I only watched the first episode so far.
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I bought a tool for splicing 3d printer filament. It's difficult as hell. I bought it so I can use up all those "too much to throw away but too short to print anything usable" spools. The main problem is that I end up having a splice that is way too thick to fit through the PTFE tube that will definitely end up as a print failure. At this point I think it is a operator failure than a failure of the tool. I give it more tries until I throw it into the corner.
about 2 months ago from web-
@scribus I think too. Also I have the suspicion that the tool I bought is kind of flawed in both handling and execution https://i.imgur.com/rWLHU0z.jpeg It is made such that you put one end into the area with the Teflon sleeve and the other end to the metal hole. Both ends are then heated by a flame (candle, lighter) for a couple seconds and then pulled into the Teflon area and there the ends are pushed together while the plastic is hot. After it has cooled down the screws are loosened and the tool can be removed. The hole in the Teflon area is about 2mm in diameter while the plastic filament is 1.75mm. Ideally the hole should be the same or close in size. Either way pushing the filament into the hole while it's melted is hard as the filament itself tends to naturally curl because it has been wound up on a spool before and hand-straightening is not really easy or effective enough. I need to shave off the extra bulge back to 1.75mm in order to prevent clogs. Wasn't expensive tough.
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A group of dudes stole $2000 in merchandise in a single night at my store, and my dumbass hothead of a cart pusher threw hands. They came in again last night and brought mace. Now I kind of wanna wear goggles tonight in case they come in again but at this rate if they discover I’m immune to mace they’ll bring a gun tomorrow.
about 2 months ago from web-
@scribus my current plan is to stand around door and watch it so I can at least say I did something when they review cameras, ain’t getting close to these psychos though. My hero complex doesn’t run THAT strong.
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@zeldatra Isn't it the point to call the police? Or when you see them again to call for help (police/security...).
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@adiwan I do that too, but the cops in this county are mega slow. You call, they take 45 minutes to show up.
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Was at my tax guy. I'll gonna get 80€ back!
about 3 months ago from web-
@scribus It would be more if I didn't had the tax guy and did it by myself but it's a piece of mind worth the loss. Cannot tell how much time it saves me. It took me half an hour getting through all my papers, optimize some little things, berating me not having enough expenses as I didn't reach a threshold for a bigger tax payback, and getting it ready to send to the tax office.
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Pokemon is loved by most. Palworld is a the new kid on the block. I am a Sujimon connoisseur.
about 3 months ago from web-
@scribus At this point it has become a footnote in history and lost any kind of cultural significance beyond furry porn. There were a few films in the cinema but they were purely driven by nostalgia. I haven't seen any child wearing any kind of Digimon T-shirt or alike in a very very very long while. Also the name only pops up in conjunction with: "Do you remember Digimon?". Digimon can be considered functionally dead from my point of view. My interest in Digimon died somewhere in the first third of the Digimon Tamers TV Series and it was not big before.
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More forbidden cookies https://64.media.tumblr.com/6e4358980dd6c02305160c8d32a32aa3/599ec872b0366322-6e/s2048x3072/f284b69621c3fec3b321fb2ba5fbb839bd5ec8ba.jpg
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Tying braces is trickier than anticipated. I worked up to a technique that is fine, especially handling the extra piece of string. Had it known that it would be such a hassle I'd take the ones with belts and buckles.
about 3 months ago from web-
@adiwan I found some one-handed shoe tying methods that might help, think it was actually on some disability-related site. I use one where you tie one end of the string to the uppermost eyehole so you just pull to tighten and kind of finagle it around at the wrist into a knot
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I bought myself very cheap and simple black leather bracers (~15€), the type that tie only with a string. I intent to wear them next time the roads are slippery in order to prevent scratches on my arm, as my jacket didn't do anything to prevent that. These bracers slide constantly up and down as it is really difficult to put tension on the string and it is easy to overdo it for a comfortable and tight fit.
about 3 months ago from web-
@adiwan Research I should have done earlier say that is normal that they slide and don't fit right away. Either they have to be worn long enough that they mold to the arm shape and create more friction area, or some cloth or else is worn under the bracers, or the bracers are tied/sewn to the worn shirt.
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@adiwan I got a pair of leather bracers for LARP, they definitely have seemed to fit better over time. I usually have the sleeves of my puffy shirt tucked into them, so that probably helps, too, but I also mostly only do it that way because the inner side of the eyehole brass thingies that you run the lace through are irritating directly on my arm
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@scribus As a 100 % T-shirt wearer I feel that what you mean. Right now it's the rough side of the leather that feels a little scratchy as well as the stitching.
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Dudes... An empty high caliber military ammunition box is cheaper than a flimsy tin box of similar size. I cannot comprehend.
about 3 months ago from web-
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Gonna assemble myself a first-aid box. I have the feeling that all the ready-to-go purchasable ones are lacking in material and actually useful bandages. Also the ones with any number of pieces in the title are even more scummy as they count every single safety pin and other useless small piece. I want middle to big band-aids. Furthermore I don't need a hard plastic case or yet another nylon zip bag. For my car I need one of those ready-to-go ones that are mandated but that is a different thing.
about 3 months ago from web-
@scribus second this, I switched to them a while ago. I haven't really gotten a chance to use them aside from a few small cuts here and there (which is a positive I suppose) but my experience with them has been positive.
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OK... The birthday present was a huge success. It was received very well. Too well... To my dismay I got a request to make Unown tiles (from the 3rd Pokemon movie) for their birthday.
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It's weird when acronyms have overlapping meaning. For example POS. I read it as Point Of Sales but the Internet abbreviates Piece Of Fluffle Puff that way. When the cashier is an asshole both can be applied.
about 3 months ago from web -
For a birthday gift for a friend, and a small pokemaniac, I crafted a Mew stone carving (from the first Pokemon movie) out of polymer clay. I used Adobe Illustrator to trace a screenshot and 3D-printed a cookie cutter and stamped it into the polymer clay and added additional stone texture with a ball of aluminium foil. After baking it at 130°C (266°F) for 40 minutes I used the crappiest acrylic paint I own. It did the job but the paint is darkening so much when dry that they turn almost black. With a liberal amount of white and other brighter paint (yellow, orange, red) I got to the end eventually. https://i.imgur.com/D7Nsjy5.jpg
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I just ordered a pack of blank ID cards. i want to use them as mini dry erase whiteboards for notes inspired by https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5772876 However I want to put magnets on the back so I can place and reorganize these notes on my whiteboard. I could write directly on the whiteboard but I'm quickly annoyed on how any bigger change needs to redrawn and thus rarely used. This is an effort to get more organized.
about 3 months ago from web -
Hope everyone checked their kids’ champagne glasses for razor blades
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AI image generation is dangerously addicting. It's like a loot box where one hope to get a good image or the perfect image. I've spent too much time yesterday generating portrait images for preparing to my D&D adventure. Also Bing's Dall-E has a content filter that makes it a little bit more tricky to make grotesque images. For example I wanted to create a fleshy and bloody amalgam of unicorn body parts that assemble into one giant and colossal unicorn. The background is that the heroes have defeated the wizard that used unicorns and their blood to fuse animals together. However the remnants of that magic and unicorn blood and the disposed bodies were tossed into the sewers and spread through the rivers. Now they have to "clean up" the whole mess and be some kind of Ghostbusters but with bloody unicorn blobs with veiny tendrils instead of ghosts.
about 4 months ago from web-
@scribus Of course. The sewers will have gelatinous cubes with unicorn giblets and ordinary slimes. I also take a monster called "Malleable" from Tome of Beasts 2 from Kobold Press. This monster is somewhat a slime but it can merge from smaller parts to a bigger and more powerful monster. The smaller ones will foreshadow the gigantic one. It is also psychic has the urge to grow bigger and merge with other flesh. It'll be a good challenge for my hyper-efficient D&D group.
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@adiwan Oh heck, you always see the slime that divides when attacked; not sure how often I've seen slimes combine!
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@scribus Yeah. That's why I immediately gravitated towards that. I wanted to use them in my last adventure but my players avoided getting into the sewers. The Malleables can also be split voluntarily or upon receiving 20hp of damage from a single attack. https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/malleable-moderate/ https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/malleable-major/ https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/malleable-minor/
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