Jimbabwe
@Jimbabwe@lemmy.world
- Comment on Stop Wasting Pumpkins! 3 weeks ago:
Last year I placed two dozen or so pumpkins around my property and got up on the roof and started shootin with my AR until the neighbor called, claiming some maniac was on my roof shootin a gun so I went inside cuz that sounded pretty spooky smh can’t have nothin nice no more
- Comment on Microsoft maintains its own Windows debloat scripts on GitHub 4 weeks ago:
I’m not a huge fan of windows myself, but my dad buys a new desktop pc every few years when the previous one bloats itself to death. Is there an actively maintained version of this script somewhere that I can run for him next time I’m over there?
- Comment on What has gradually vanished from society over the past 20 years without many people noticing? 4 weeks ago:
Hope that we’ll fix global warming.
And training wheels on kid bikes. It’s all about the balance biking, baby!
- Comment on Designed this simple and easy to print cable holder 4 weeks ago:
Elegant!
- Comment on xkcd #2981: Slingshots 2 months ago:
Anything’s a sport if you’re sporty enough!
- Comment on Wearables linked to ‘pathologic’ heart disease symptom monitoring 3 months ago:
- Comment on I miss console ads being this weird 4 months ago:
Everything reminds me of her…
- Comment on Let's talk about Prusa Printables contests. It might need some fixing. 4 months ago:
I feel like you’re taking this all a bit too seriously. Here’s a suggestion: if you don’t think the contests are fun or worthwhile, don’t submit anything and don’t look at the winners and especially don’t print any of the submitted designs.
At first I was with you.
- You’re mad that the contest was moderated?
- Unsafe bath toys? That sounds bad. Your reason? Rubber bands and small parts? Okay well I don’t think that’s a problem if your kid is over the age of 3 or so. If less than 3, no reasonable parent would be leaving them unsupervised in the bath anyway.
- PLA is great for quick proof of concept and handles exposure to water just fine in lots of cases. User discretion isn’t an unreasonable ask. The 3D printing community is an intelligent group, typically. If you love the print but your PLA version failed after a while, print it using something else?
- Voters voted on the submissions they liked the most. Get over it.
- Voters voted on the submissions they liked the most. Get over it.
- Honestly I stopped reading. Something about a paid part integration that you got mad about because it’s heavily discounted and you can submit photos even if you don’t have one or something?
Anyway. I’ve been finished on the toilet for a while now. Gonna go sit on the porch and drink coffee and listen to the birds and never think about the terrible, terrible injustices with Prusa’s contests again.
p.s. I think the contests are awesome and I love how Prusa engages the community and gets people thinking about new ideas.
- Comment on Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency 6 months ago:
Oh, fuck right off. They’re not even close to the same. Biden isn’t perfect but his “bad” is a drop in the bucket compared to ole what’s-his-name.
- Comment on The Miraculous Medal I got and broke a while ago is now attached with rubber bands and strong knots instead of tiny folded pieces of paper looped througd the hole 6 months ago:
OP really staying true to the literal requirements of the community, and that’s all I have to say about that.
- Comment on Building DIY a smart doorbell but would appreciate some help with the power and wiring 6 months ago:
Awesome. You and @ch00f@lemmy.world are true OGs. Thanks (again)!
- Comment on Building DIY a smart doorbell but would appreciate some help with the power and wiring 6 months ago:
Awesome, thank you both. This is more complicated than I thought, so on the plus side I don’t feel as dumb as before.
Maybe i’ll just ditch the dinky chime I have and setup some alert automations or something. In that case, I could just connect the two chime wires to create a closed loop, then replace the transformer with a 120vac outlet plug, plug in a generic 120va -> 5vdc power supply, chop the two output wires from the power supply and connect them to the existing doorbell wires. And violá, 5vdc delivered right to the front door? Is this plan insane?
- Comment on Building DIY a smart doorbell but would appreciate some help with the power and wiring 6 months ago:
Oh, dang, maybe I can just buy their “relay module” thing and it will solve all my problems.
- Comment on Building DIY a smart doorbell but would appreciate some help with the power and wiring 6 months ago:
Hi, thanks for your reply. I didn’t see it because I was drawing up this awful diagram that I responded with to @ch00f with. Is that more or less what you’re describing, with the 18VAC -> 5VDC power supply being in that top ? box?
- Comment on Building DIY a smart doorbell but would appreciate some help with the power and wiring 6 months ago:
I couldn’t remember if it was AC or DC, but you’re almost certainly right that it’s stepped-down AC. I just went and checked and there’s no light on the button, so unfortunately no bonus parallel always-on power source to tap into. This is my dumb guess about how this all could work, but there are some question marks. Does this seem kinda correct though? Image
- Submitted 6 months ago to askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de | 12 comments
- Comment on How Would You Spend A Billion Dollars? 6 months ago:
Wild women and song
- Comment on Tell Borts I said "Hi" 7 months ago:
No, my sons are also named Borts.
- Comment on I still don't get why people spend money... there's tons of it for free 8 months ago:
A better example would have been patreon. I’ve never given money to an online content producer of any kind (except my monthly donation to Wikipedia), but if there’s one thing the internet is good at, it’s crowdfunding. Gofundme, patreon, onlyfans, twitch, kickstarter… it’s all the same.
- Comment on A mod that adds Fred Durst to Fallout: New Vegas, thought to be lost media, has been found 8 months ago:
Praise the lord Kramdar
- Comment on Fake news, fake penis... 9 months ago:
Nothing’s wrong with dildos, but it has to be pretty embarrassing to show the world that you read books
- Comment on ’Magic balls’ installed by drones may soon be revolutionizing the US power grid: 'Unrivaled quality at scale' 10 months ago:
Neat!
- Comment on One to beam up. Nope, just the one. 10 months ago:
Y’all I’m sorry my lemmy client (Memmy for iOS) somehow let me downvote this twice(!!). Both accidentally. And I upvoted it but it didn’t cancel the downvotes!! I ruined chrimmus 😭
- Comment on Best games that can be completed in under ten hours? 10 months ago:
Stray
- Comment on Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $148m over false election claims 11 months ago:
Imma go ahead and speculate that Rudy Giuliani doesn’t have $148 million dollars. Certainly not in seizable US assets, anyway.
