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adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 10m

Helped my neighbour to cut off some thick bushes with my chainsaw. He's older and was doing it with a jig saw. The chainsaw did it within a few minutes instead of a whole day.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 1d

I was toying with the idea for way too long to purchase used parts to assemble a Prusa MK3S. Like the heatbed, PSU, extruder gears, and print sheet put the costs above what some people want for the whole printer. Frames, displays are plenty to find as people upgraded to MK4 and CoreOne.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 1d

At my work they want to push Copilot and ChatGPT on us. All people who are participating need to fill out a questionnaire and answer what's been done with AI and if it were effective or not. I'm hesitant to participate and rate negatively everything.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 2d

Unpopular opinion: I don't like the animated film "Flow". I also don't like "Homeward Bound". Animals roaming the land is not interesting enough to me and I'm not a person who is getting a lot of vibes. Animation and visuals are fine. Maybe I'm just old and jaded for this kind of stuff.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 2d

Who could have thought that an old and worn-down part might be problematic as in adding more resistance and more wear and tear on other parts like the chain? This is how the old sprocket looks. After the change it's a difference like night and day, somehow surprisingly.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 3d

I imagined changing the sprocket of a Shimano Nexus hub gear would be more difficult. I mean it was tedious but after a short look on a video it wasn't that bad. The cable pull mechanism and the removal of the security clip to the sprocket were definitely tricky. Took me about half an hour.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 4d

I cannot count how many times I disassembled TV remotes for my parents in order to clean them because the rubber has decided to disintegrate and release an oily substance. This time it's one of my own remotes that I own since 2017 and use daily. My SNES controller rubber contacts never did that.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 5d

Got myself a really fine and smooth operating caliper at the flea market for just 9€. I had to clean it as it was gummed up with grime but it is better than the cheap one I bought new. This one has a number engraved on the back but doesn't bother me much. This one costs new about 35€. Great deal!

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 7d

Printed and mounted. I think it turned out pretty neat. I had to drill the screw hole at the bottom a bit because of a mismeasurement but it is not worth a new print for that. Way cheaper than buying the original chain guard.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 8d

I'm surprised that I have gone so fast through my bike chain. I didn't bike that much in the last year and yet the chain is at its end of life and has been stretched to the end of its maximum tolerance (120,5mm over 10 chain links).

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 8d

Against my own best judgment I have 3D-modeled my chain guard and I am printing it despite having a replacement installed. Sadly my printers are too small. None of them fit an object of 50cm of length and thus I had to split the guard in the middle and need to glue the halves together.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 9d

I've finally changed my broken bike chain guard with a new one that I have bought years ago. The new one needed a 3D-print of a ring to close a gap around the pedals. Because of the poor fit, need for modifications, and hole drilling, and the old one was "good enough" it have made me delay that.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 14d

I made some crispy apple slices by dehydrating. I weighted the apples before and after dehydration. That batch went from 540g to 72g. Apples are 86% water!

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 15d

I am looking for older and used 3d printers and mostly for Prusa printers. It's funny to me seeing photos of the stats on the display with run times of 30 days. Dude... My printers run almost all the time. 30 days are nothing to me. It's almost new.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 17d

My mother's smartphone died today and we had to panic-buy a new one. She has also witnessed the horror of not having backups. All her stored phone numbers are gone.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 18d

Almost had a hot blob of death situation. I didn't torqued the nozzle right. I had noticed some weird blobby spots on my top layers. I thought it was the filament accumulating but it came from the side of the silicone sock. It took me an hour cleaning and reassembling everything properly this time.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 19d

I bought a year ago a fruit dryer I intended to use it as a filament dryer but didn't go so far to modify it. Today I used it like intended and sliced a few apples to dry them. My thought was to use it at least once the "right" way until modifying it irreversibly. Now my home smells like of apples.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 20d

I just used the Hilbert curve pattern as the top layer of a print and I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised. It's not smooth but it does a damn good job hiding extrusion lines like fuzzy skin for the walls. Combined with a textured built plate it's the perfect trio to make a thing look finished.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 21d

I predict that in the next 10 years the next UI gimmick will be to use the front camera (phone) or webcam (laptop/PC) to gather an environment map for reflections on UI elements.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 26d

It's quite the sight to see old cell phones in an old box. It is a bigger sight when there is a bulge on the back from the swelling battery. Thankfully they did not burst and went up in flames. I guess after so much time and self-discharge the little bit of energy could barely start any fire.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 28d

I really hate all parcel services that aren't DHL. I had huge problems with DPD, Hermes, GLS, UPS, FedEx... This time DPD screwed up my order of 3D printer replacement parts and just decided out of nowhere to send the packet all over Germany and declare to send it back to the seller. WTF man.

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adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 29d

Aah... Not only was the heater cartridge dodgy but also the "thermal model" had to be calibrated. Never thought about that. My old Ender 3 never had anything sophisticated like that.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · 29d

One of my Prusa printers had strange temperature drops. Not really consistent. Turns out the heater cartridge cable near the cartridge was very loose and hanged by a few wire strands. It did mostly contact but I could easily pull it out. So I guess upon some movements it just couldn't deliver power.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · Sep 24

In the same breath I'd like to say that it's sad to see Rikiya's and Nakahara's original models being replaced. They have been fan favorites for good reason, even though Rikiya got a little bit on the nerves with his constant "aniki" shouting.

adiwan.bsky.social @adiwan.bsky.social · Sep 24

I'm excited for RGG's Yakuza Kiwami 3 and the Mine Gaiden game. Not expected Mine having a game of his own. At this point anything is possible like a gaiden game with the Pocket Circuit Fighter as main character managing events and doing pocket circuit races.

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