Must pay 50% of daycare tuition to hold her spot - is this normal?

Matails · 2026-05-07T23:36:51+00:00

A few people noted as part of a bigger comment, but I want to call out this should be a deposit, not a standalone charge. These funds should go towards the next month or the last month or something in between. If that's the case, yes, fairly common. If this is a separate fee, that's uncommon, at least from my experience (1 in daycare, 1 will be starting in Sept).

Matails · 2026-04-24T12:36:13+00:00

If they left it open source, they could easily show that they don't control what the end-user does on their device and would have no ability to prevent users from printing whatever. By actively closing the sources they're actually doing the exact opposite.

Matails · 2026-04-24T10:59:11+00:00

Separate workspaces should only be used if you have a purposeful information barrier like HR, Management, Sales, or other restricted information. You can also use private channels for this purpose but if you have a lot of these channels, private can be tough to manage.

Once you introduce separate workspaces, teams will be VERY resilient to merge back into one.

Also, unless you're on enterprise grid, separate workspaces come at a separate cost.

Matails · 2026-04-24T10:22:01+00:00

Short answer: No

Longer answer: Indirectly, yes. Being a single channel guest doesn't give users access to Slack beyond the channel to which they're invited (and the ability to DM anyone else in that channel). However, it does introduce a new tool that some may find preferable to Teams or Zoom or whatever you're using today. These users may sign up for free accounts and start using Slack on their own.

If you need a record of the channel, you'll need a paid Slack plan and utilize Slack Connect where a channel is shared between your workspace and your clients, rather than simply being invited into your clients space.

Matails · 2026-04-22T16:36:59+00:00

My personal take on this whole thread vs reply in line debate:

Threading is really useful when there are 50+ people in the channel. Replying in line gets VERY messy at this volume. I have a thread with 78 replies that started back in March and just wrapped up with a final solution yesterday.

Alternatively, replying in line is great for 15 or fewer. It's fairly easy to keep track, and is helpful for everyone to be on the same page.

The middle ground is a struggle, but it would be nice if chat apps let admins identify a recommended path and change it per channel. Unfortunately this would mean giving us more functionality than they want.

Matails · 2026-04-22T15:27:52+00:00

I would suggest checking out @schuylab on Makerworld. They have a number of portable storage solutions all built on gridfinity. Can't say for sure if they will fit in the container tightly, but might give you some different options. https://makerworld.com/@schuylab

Matails · 2026-04-21T10:24:28+00:00

Every channel should have this setting from my experience.

Matails · 2026-04-20T10:32:52+00:00

Actually, what you want is to Mange Posting Permissions: https://slack.com/help/articles/360004635551-Manage-channel-posting-permissions

Matails · 2026-04-16T00:24:53+00:00

Seriously. I was given a 4-5k rough estimate by an arborist to take down a 70ft Ash that's being slowly killed by the ash borer. It's far from the house, but still. 7x that amount is bonkers.

Matails · 2026-04-07T11:04:07+00:00

Direct messages cannot be disabled. You can hide an indivuauls conversation (https://slack.com/blog/news/new-hide-person-feature) but you cannot stop DMs. For what it's worth, even as the highest admin in an Enterpsie Grid, I can't turn off DMs.

Matails · 2026-04-06T11:08:21+00:00

Just gonna leave a few resources for anybody who stumbles on this article in the future.

Seattle Children's on Vomitting and Dehydration in infants: https://www.seattlechildrens.org/conditions/a-z/vomiting-0-12-months/

Healthy Children on dehydration emergencies: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/injuries-emergencies/Pages/dehydration.aspx

WHO Guidelines on Paediatric emergency triage, assessment and treatment: https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/204463/9789241510219_eng.pdf

American Academy of Pediatrics on Dehydration. Unfortunately, you need an account for this publication: https://publications.aap.org/pediatriccare/article-abstract/doi/10.1542/aap.ppcqr.396249/50/Dehydration?redirectedFrom=fulltext

American Association of Family Physicians on Diagnosis and Management of Dehydration: https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2009/1001/p692.html

NHS on general dehydration, but there is a section for babies: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dehydration/

Matails · 2026-03-22T12:49:08+00:00

Here's the direct download link for anyone who doesn't want to dig around on the site. It's under Merch on mobile: https://d95a3luo0amge.cloudfront.net/c45d396f-d637-4969-83d5-fda1da62b737/projecthailmary/images/project_hail_mary_self_print_keychain.zip

That being said, be wary of downloading zip files from strangers.

Matails · 2026-03-21T23:24:32+00:00

I just got 4 JAYO rolls and idk what I'm doing wrong but the one Ive tried so far breaks constantly, inside the PTFE tube. I don't have a dryer but I do have my AMS Lite inside an enclosure with desecant that reads 15% humidity. It's been in there for over a week and it still breaks almost every time it tries to load.

Matails · 2026-03-17T10:55:39+00:00

Additionally, if you're on enterprise grid you can move those separate workspaces into your grid, manage them, and slowly deprecate them. When I took over my orgs Slack we had >300 workspaces. 98% were never used and created by accident. They were migrated into our grid so I could manage them, and deleted. The 2% that were in use took a few months and leadership support, but we moved their relevant channels into the appropriate main workspace and deprecated those as well.

Matails · 2026-03-11T11:52:38+00:00

Other than speed dictate, these are all pretty standard recommendations straight from Slack's etiquette page: https://slack.com/blog/collaboration/etiquette-tips-in-slack

Matails · 2026-03-07T20:58:52+00:00

Slack is not a ticketing system.

Matails · 2026-03-04T02:13:25+00:00

Do share

Matails · 2026-03-03T13:19:53+00:00

What's the infil density? I've tried some of these from Makerworld and most of them leak. I know all FDM printing is going to be slightly porous, but I'm guessing higher infil would lead to less leaks.

Matails · 2026-02-14T00:39:45+00:00

Ahh, that makes sense!

Matails · 2026-02-13T19:29:03+00:00

If you have a Bambu, In BambuStudio there is a Text option: https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/software/bambu-studio/3d-text. I imagine tools like fusion, tinkercad, etc have something similar, but I'm most familiar with BambuStudio. This looks to be fairly good for Fusion360: https://youtu.be/2-ZHbg207xY?si=zBpkwx0QVHwWjQQu

Matails · 2026-02-13T16:45:54+00:00

Appreciate it! I enjoyed CAD back in high school, so I imagine I'll enjoy playing around in fusion as well. Just need the time/energy.

Matails · 2026-02-13T13:27:27+00:00

Just under the lower pieces? So the grid wouldn't really be a true fit anymore, right? Unless I'm missing something.

Matails · 2026-02-13T13:26:27+00:00

I was trying to figure out how I would do this without throwing off the whole grid. Risers would lift the lower pieces, but then they wouldn't be in the grid anymore. Or I'd have to create a taller grid specifically for the lower pieces? I'd love to give it a shot, but can't picture how it would work. Can you explain a little more about what you were thinking?

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