FuglyDuck
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
- Comment on How do I keep a brand new one of these mats from wanting to keep curling up on the ends? 6 hours ago:
These things usually are stored rolled up, and they curl when new because of that.
Usually they’ll lay flat in their own inside of a week. I have seen people hasten that with a heatgun or small portable room heater- just enough to warm it a bit.
I’ve also seen people melt them trying that.
- Comment on I'll do it 2 days ago:
Somebody get that bird a baggie!
- Comment on Why are americans taking health advice from a former heroin addict ? 2 days ago:
I dunno. I think it’s really too bad they melted down the demon core. I’d probably trust him to run a supercriticality experiment all on his own.
- Comment on Why are americans taking health advice from a former heroin addict ? 2 days ago:
Most of us aren’t.
The ones that are, are already so far down the rabbit hole they wouldn’t recognize reality anyway.
- Comment on My country's police just busted a dangerous 3d printed weapons manufacturer. 3 days ago:
So, I’m going to preface this with a quick reminder that once deployed, a folding knife is going to cause the same kind of wounds as a fixed bladed of similar size and shape. and example for this is the Benchmade Adamas family. They have a folding knife, an auto-opening folding knife and a paracord wrapped skeleton-grip (with paracord,) fixed bladed knife.
Once deployed, the knives are all going to do about the same in a fight. And the two folding knives- the auto, and the manual knife- are going to function basically identically. In Minnesota, the only one of these that’s illegal to carry is the auto. The only reason that’s illegal to carry is because of perception. (the same perception as switchblades.) There’s no practical reason that auto-opening knives are any more likely to be used in some kind of crime than manual-opening folders.
Back in the early fifties, switchblades were frequently used by youth gangs (west side story, for example,) or rough-and-tumble types (especially in cowboy or war movies,) as a sort of visual code to indicate they were of rather dubious character. eventually that became associated with black guys being villains, because hollywood never met a trope it didn’t like. even when the villain was white, or whatever, that was broadly overlooked by popular culture.
It was outlawed in '58 largely because people perceived it at the weapon of choice by black men. it had nothing to do at all with knives themselves being particularly dangerous. or even all that common, really.
the same is true of asian martial arts movies and balisongs. (which is ridiculous. the only thing a bali should be used for is as a slightly more exciting fidgit spinner. Sorry.)
Or brass knuckles (relating to the italian mafia and irish mob. hollywood gave those to the enforcers.)
This isn’t to say that maybe knives and brass knuckles and things shouldn’t be regulated. But outside of “Knives larger than x length”, and the occasional feature like double edges or spear points (Which are bad for general use, and usually purely for a weapon, not a tool); there’s always some other reason for it being outlawed… and generally that reason is that “the wrong people” are using them.
- Comment on My country's police just busted a dangerous 3d printed weapons manufacturer. 3 days ago:
and many jurisdictions have laws written by people who don’t have a frooking clue and are simply reacting to a knife being associated with whatever out-group happens to exist at the time.
- Comment on My country's police just busted a dangerous 3d printed weapons manufacturer. 3 days ago:
maybe instead go to the wikipedia page for ‘Gravity Knife’
or just read my comment more fully. Gravity knives don’t have switches. or buttons. If you’re considering the hinge mechanism that allows a gravity knife to operate, then practically any folder is a “switch blade” and that’s just not true.
from the wiki I linked:
A gravity knife is a knife with a blade contained in its handle, which opens its blade through the force of gravity. This mechanism of opening is fundamentally different from the switchblade…
Even in gravity knives that appear to be opened by a switch or buttons… all that button is doing is unlocking the blade to allow it to be deployed or retracted. If simply having a button or switch or something is all it takes to be a switchblade, then this classic gem would also be a switchblade.
- Comment on My country's police just busted a dangerous 3d printed weapons manufacturer. 3 days ago:
Just to be pedantic, gravity knives aren’t switchblades.
They have a blade that slides freely (and under the force of gravity.) the grip is basically a hinged nutcracker that, when closed, traps the sliding blade either deployed or retracted.
In any case, they’re no more dangerous than your standard folding knives of the same general proportions.
The illegality of certain knives (switch blades, gravity knives, balisongs, etc) are largely not based on the danger or actual use of those knives as weapons.
In the US it’s usually reactionary and racism.
- Comment on Why do some car lovers oppose bike infrastructure, when more bikes would mean fewer cars on the road? 4 days ago:
Cyclists being stupid is why i want them segregated from me. And pedestrians, too.
Like. No. If we never cross paths, they can’t be idiots and bolt out of a blind corner and get turned into a red smear, and send me to jail.
- Comment on HONK 4 days ago:
- Comment on What's the cure to doomerism? 5 days ago:
I feel like doomerism is what happens when people don’t have the power to change the systemic problems they see.
Like 18+thousand people were marching yesterday. Peaceful protest. It was lovely.
Today, BPC/ICE just killed another person in minneapolis for the sole reason that that person stepped up to keep them from brutalizing a woman whose sole offense was being in the area.
- Comment on How can we convince Trump voters to NOT vote for Trump (or Vance) in the 2026 midterms and the 2028 election? 1 week ago:
Its speculated that Trump is obsessed with greenland because he thinks its huge due to map distortion on mercator map projections. A way to show how dumb this is indirectly would be to give out free globes.
Tech bros pulling Stephen Miller’s puppet strings want greenland’s minerals.
Also just a side note, Greenland is roughly 3 times the size of texas. It’s not exactly “small”, even if mercator maps do make it look significantly larger than it is. (comparably to africa, lol.)
- Comment on How did Zohran Mamdani win conservative voters over without using the terms "socialism", "communism" or "capitalism"? 1 week ago:
Basically, he focused on needs for NYers.
-childcare, busing for kids, rent controls.
Also watch anything with him out and about. Like. He’s very genuine where most politicians have that “photo op smile.”
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 1 week ago:
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 1 week ago:
I’d be curious about your recipe.
I already have a few go-tos though. (Have you ever tried using sourdough discard in waffles? I got the idea from KAF, And they’re amazing
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 1 week ago:
Brioche is definitely for toast/french toast/samdwhiches.
I’ve only seen big loves like that for restaurants though.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Man, I hope he failed.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Well.
You see. J-douche up there? He likes ‘em young and thinks every guy does, too.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
To be fair, they did say “biological job”
So I’d go with Rosalind Franklin who was 30ish when she did the X-ray diffusion thing and found dna was molecular.
Or Barbara McClintock, 46, work on “jumping genes”.
;)
- Comment on Does anyone else feel like "analog" stuff is more "tangible"? 1 week ago:
And computers.
- Comment on Why did I feel so hungry today for no reason? 1 week ago:
This is really a conversation you should have with a doctor, and not randos on the internet.
But there’s a few things- you seem to have a massive carb load (the fried rice), can make you drowsy (even if the rice is a low glycemic carb, enough is still going to spike your blood sugar.)
Your body then responds by producing insulin, which reduces blood sugars, if blood sugar shot up quickly, the body works to bring it back into balance quickly.
Which, 13 hours later led to low blood sugar and wanting to eat something.
The reason you need to talk with a doctor is because none of us are going to adequately diagnose anything wrong (and it could be more than a potential for diabetes or being prediabetic.)
With your mention of your father that is a risk factor so it might be a good idea to check anyhow.
The dizziness is an indication of low blood sugars, by the way. Which a can of soda is a frequent form of first-care.
13+ hours is a long time to go without some kind of food intake (or drinks.), though, so you may want to take a look at your eating habits if it’s a regular occurrence and doctors don’t see anything alarming.
- Comment on Priming and sealing a painted print 1 week ago:
So… if it’s something that’s going to set on a shelf or something like a wh figurine, you don’t need to prime with acrylic or enamel.
If it’s something that’s going the handled (like say, a cosplay prop,) your mileage will vary.
I’d recommend printing off small test parts to see how the paint cures and such. I use small shot-glass-size vase mode prints. (Any one the vases will work, but I suggest anything with more complex contours and a few hard edges.)
Then they get double use as a glue pot when I’m doing glueups with barges cement or similar adhesives (and painting too.)
If you find you do need primer… the stuff I’ve found to work best is rustoleum filler-primer. (Yes. The spray can.) you’ll lose surface details, since it’s designed to fill that in, but makes a wonderful foundation.
Also scuff the surface with a coarse sand paper before you do anything else. This will give whatever base layer you’re using a bit more to bite into.
- Comment on Priming and sealing a painted print 1 week ago:
It’s also important to note that things like rub n buff and metallic paints lose their metallic finish if you use most clear coats on them.
Iirc there’s some kinds of clear coat that are fine, but it’s like one product/brand.
- Comment on How do you Sand Coloured PETG without loosing the Colour? Are there any Methods to Preserve or Regain the Colour? 2 weeks ago:
i;ve never used pressurized vapor baths, for anything. I’d certainly stay away from pressurized vapor baths using heated solvents that are also rather flammable (that’s… got some exciting possibilities that I would let my worst enemy do first.) I’d use picture glass (or cheap ikea mirrors.) to build up a box. set it up outside where the vapors aren’t a problem.
alternatively, a cheap-ass-fuck stock pot with a glass lid will also work fine, but don’t seal it… and certainly don’t use it for food when you’re done.
as for if it should boil, it’s boinling point is about 80 deg. C, so if you’re seeing boiling, you either have somewhat impure MEK (which is fine,) or your temp measurement is off. It should still put enough vapor into the box that you can see it working though… it’ll just work faster.
- Comment on How do you Sand Coloured PETG without loosing the Colour? Are there any Methods to Preserve or Regain the Colour? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve not used MEK personally, all of my petg parts are structural. What I’m seeing online says 60-80c.
What I’d do is kick it up by 5c and swap in failed test prints and see how that changes things. Maybe also “priming” the chamber with a heat gun so the air is also warm. (Do this before placing the MEK!)
- Comment on How do you Sand Coloured PETG without loosing the Colour? Are there any Methods to Preserve or Regain the Colour? 2 weeks ago:
an MEK vapor bath would likely give you a smooth finish. But, Uhm, personally the raw print is probably preferable as MEK is some nasty shit. (not so nasty you can’t buy it at your local big box hardware store, but it’s not something you can just pour into a kitchen pot and be safe around.)
- Comment on If I publish my memoir and wrote about every bad thing people did to hurt me while the people mentioned are still alive, how much trouble could I get in? 2 weeks ago:
and sometimes, they still are used appropriately, and still end up with a ruined life.
if the other side has fuck-you money and you don’t have fuck-you money, guess what their strategy is going to be?
- Comment on If I publish my memoir and wrote about every bad thing people did to hurt me while the people mentioned are still alive, how much trouble could I get in? 2 weeks ago:
You did just help, though.
Ironic.
- Comment on If I publish my memoir and wrote about every bad thing people did to hurt me while the people mentioned are still alive, how much trouble could I get in? 2 weeks ago:
It isn’t even necessary a question of who’d win.
You can tell the absolute truth and technically “win” all the defamation lawsuits you want, and still lose.
- Comment on How do I improve the overhangs on my Artillery Genius? 3 weeks ago:
Very few printers are going to be able to do 90 degree overhangs even close to nicely. Bridging? Sure. With significant overhangs, it’s always going to wiggle a bit until you get some more layers.
If OP weren’t using this to get as close as possible, I’d say the answer was organic supports coming in from the bed.
