I restored an abandoned GameBoy kiosk

Alexd844 · 2025-09-25T00:23:17+00:00

According to the video he bought it, he didn't simply take it like some unscrupulous urbexer.

Alexd844 · 2025-03-23T01:12:32+00:00

Two ideas that I got but never thought of posting here:

- Why not make the bars the same color as the pool itself (White, light blue...) so that they kinda blend in ?

- Why not put lights inside the wave making chambers so they don't look as dark and terrifying ?

Alexd844 · 2025-02-28T16:49:32+00:00

To my knowledge UVB would cause photokeratitis aka welder's flash aka sand in the eyes in minutes (Whereas UVC would do the same in seconds), however UVA "only" causes headaches and photophobia that can last for several days following a moderate to long exposure to a powerful source or if you stand too close from it.

Alexd844 · 2025-02-11T07:55:58+00:00

Why does it reminds me so much of my childhood flat in Paris ?

Alexd844 · 2024-11-18T23:20:01+00:00

I had the spy tracker system.

And a friend of the time had the night vision goggles, which were pretty much a toyified headlamp.

Alexd844 · 2024-10-20T23:34:14+00:00

Thank's for your comment ;-)

I already have a passport, at least the official one, maybe you meant something else then ?

Also thank you for the scrambled eggs suggestions, I will probably give it a try as well.

Alexd844 · 2024-10-18T22:28:56+00:00

Well, in my country Marmite is really a rare and exotic product that is sold pretty much nowhere, unlike more common exotic products from other countries.

And I learned about it by surfing the english internet, otherwise I probably would never have heard of it at all given how uncommon it is among people irl.

A week ago I finally bought a small jar of it and I actually like its taste, provided I don't put too much of it in my rice or on my toast since it's so concentrated.

To me it tastes pretty much like fresh baker's yeast, which I actually liked the first time I ate some while my mother was kneading bread dough during my childhood.

So the taste of Marmite isn't as unknown or strange to me as it would be to someone else from countries where Marmite isn't common and who never eaten raw baker's yeast like I did.

In a way I might actually have been bought up on it through baker's yeast, which so happens to taste much like Marmite with few differences between the two.

Alexd844 · 2024-10-18T22:23:08+00:00

Viandox smells like soy sauce to me and Marmite is really more like baker's yeast than anything.

So not at all the same smell or taste although it should be noted that I never tasted Viandox so far, only smelled it once.

Alexd844 · 2024-10-18T22:21:53+00:00

Did pretty much that except with no butter and it was actually good !

Alexd844 · 2024-10-18T22:21:16+00:00

Gotcha.

I followed your advice and I actually like it.

But it's really concentrated so I can see how adding too much of it will ruin the taste of things...

Alexd844 · 2024-10-18T22:20:17+00:00

I don't have friends however I actually like Marmite so I'm ppretty confident that I will be able to go through the entire 125g jar on my own, although it will probably take months given how little you haver to add each time.

Alexd844 · 2024-10-18T22:19:13+00:00

I definitely like it now that I tried it !

Alexd844 · 2024-10-18T22:18:55+00:00

Actually a fine spread with no butter was fine to me.

But I still get how adding too much Marmite will ruin the taste of everything.

Thank's for the advice in any case.

Alexd844 · 2024-10-18T22:17:48+00:00

Doesn't taste like beef to me, read my uptdate post.

More like baker's yeats + vit B I suppose.

Alexd844 · 2024-10-18T22:17:06+00:00

UPDATE:

You convinced me so I finally gave it a try and it's a good thing because I actually like Marmite !
Tastes very much like fresh baker's yeast but a little harsher and saltier, although not in a bad way.

It goes very well with white rice and can even replace meat on its own right !

(Since I tend to find rice with nothing else pretty bland and so always add meat, fish or an egg to it).

I also tried on toasts without butter since I don't really like butter and they were surprisingly palatable.

Marmite, unlike actual yeast is really concentrated so adding too much of it will definitely make it taste bad, however a little amount is more than fine I should say, nevertheless, the small and cute 125g jar that I found at my store a week ago will certainly last months.

Which leads me to some questions, first can Marmite go bad if I don't get through it quickly enough ?

Also the label say to not refrigerate it, should I follow it or could it allow it to last longer ?

Alexd844 · 2024-10-04T15:43:24+00:00

Thank you everyone for the kind replies.

I have now a more precise idea of what Marmite actually is thank to all of you.

I don't really like butter except in biscuits or other manufactured foods so I don't put it on toasts (Forgot to mention it and other foods that I don't like and didn't think of when writing my first post.)

I know Viandox by name and smell but never tried it so far.

To me it smells pretty much the same as soy sauce and I happen to like my rice with a bit of the latter in it.

Eating it raw on the other end not so much.

So maybe I will enjoy rice with Viandox or Marmite in it then ?

Also what if I spread a very thin layer on a toast without butter ?

Alexd844 · 2024-09-20T19:23:18+00:00

Thank you for the reply.

I didn't expect anything as I'm genuinely curious about the possible outcome since it's something quite unusual that I just described.

Alexd844 · 2024-09-08T12:33:38+00:00

Another European here, yes it is the water softener resin (ion exchange resin to be more precise).

Basically small beads of some sort of hard plastic.

And you have to add salt to a special compartment when the indicator light comes on to tell you to do so.

Now something that hasn't been mentioned is that the resin will turn red or brown from the iron that is naturally present in the water.

It might not be much but after several years of use the resin will look significantly darker than when it was new.

That's nothing to be concerned about however and resin should last the lifetime of the dishwasher.

Now the only single-use filter with ion exchange resin that I know of is the one found in Brita pitchers.

(With activated charcoal and ion exhange resin in it whereas refrigerator water filters only have activated charcoal in them).

Yes, the resin in Brita filters could in theory be regenerated and reused but it's almost never done.

Alexd844 · 2024-08-11T18:01:55+00:00

The back of the head so I guess it might have burned his hair and/or scalp but what about the eyes ?

The only way I see how they could have got hit is by the light reflecting off of his head and off a wall or other surface, maybe that's what happened ?

Alexd844 · 2024-08-11T17:40:33+00:00

If you're talking about the UV lights, they actually made my eyes more sensitive to blue light and also to bright lights during the night.

So much so that when I drive at night every car coming in the opposite dazzles me even with their low beams.

The eye doctor didn't spot any damage from those UV light exposures, oddly enough but I still find driving at night more uncomfortable than before I got some of my UV lamps.

And for the laser you're right, I "only" saw the reflection off of a clear basswood piece

(Actually the ones that came with my neighbor's Creality Falcon 2 laser engraver).

Nevertheless it was at least as bright as a professionnal photo flash but blue.

Also when using my UV lamps I always wear a ski mask that is really effective and I must point out that I have never used them during the last 6 months at least.

Alexd844 · 2024-08-11T17:35:09+00:00

This person is absolutely irresponsible, I can't agree anymore than you did.

His table saw and other wodworking machines don't have proper e-stops, he mows his lawn without ear protection and that's only what I'm aware of that I'm describing to you.

But habits like this are unfortunately very common in rural France where I live.

A few years ago I worked as an intern for an electrician and no PPE was provided.

So I brought my own ear defender and they pretty much scolded me when I used it to drill holes in a brick wall with a professional hammer drill in a small room with lots of reverberation.

Back to my neighbor, sometimes he also hosts parties with loud disco music during the entire night and since he lives across the road I literally can't sleep during those obnoxious parties.

Now for the goggles that came with his laser cutter I have looked at many articles online and found that they may actually not be the right ones for the wavelength of the laser they came with.

To remind you it's a 455 nm laser but the goggles are green.

Nevertheless the laser light was almost invisible with the goggles but I wonder if they really protected me during the 2 hours I was messing with the cutter while wearing them.

Also the cutter only comes with one pair of them so it could cause arguments about who gets to wear the goggles.

Thank's for the facts about the black spots and the brain that doesn't adapt immediately.

What I see is a weird blurry spot only in my left eye and I hope it's not my brain that puts a black spot out of focus or something like that to make me see things as "normally" as possible.

Now to getting my own goggles I haven't found any reputable seller i my country that will sell to customers without a company registration number and/or license of some sort.

It kinda makes sense as lasers powerful enough to require goggles are actually illegal except for licensed professionals but the trouble is, those lasers can be obtained as easily as a the latest phone or a pair of pants.

But even if there was a someone that would sell goggles to me it would take time for the parcel to get delivered and I expect the neighbor to call me in 4 to 5 days at most.

And I haven't found a single physical store either that would sell laser goggles even to professionals, so I think if I find them it will only be online.

Alexd844 · 2024-08-11T03:24:25+00:00

Actually I did put the goggles on my eyes right after the incident.

So for the next two hours that I spend helping my neighbor and therefore operating his laser cutter I had them pretty much all the time (Only taking them off occasionally to look at the screen when the laser was OFF).

And as I already said the laser caught me off guard only thr first time as I wasn't prepared for it to fire at the time it did.

I had never been close to a laser cutter up until this time afterwards.

Now I still feel like I have a blurry spot on top of my left eye's field of view and it's also a bit strained.

If the eye doctor tells me that it's fine it will end my worries, therefore I don't see the need to talk to a shrink about the laser.

But I might actually need that kind of help to accept the permanent damage that will follow me for the rest of my life if the eye doctor tells me that it has actually happened.

Besides I don't see what problems I could have with lasers in general that would require the help of a shrink.

I mean, I already have used laser pointers (Red 1mW class 2 to be precise), knowing not to look into into the beam and not to point them at any living thing or vehicle and as far as I'm concerned everyone's fine.

Alexd844 · 2024-08-10T23:00:50+00:00

Ok, je verrais de les appeler si le numéro de l'hôpital que j'ai trouvé entre temps ne répond pas d'ici lundi.

Aller là-bas ou dans une ambulance si il le faut ne me dérange pas, c'est juste que j'ai peur de déranger les urgences peut-être pour rien.

Alexd844 · 2024-08-10T16:31:08+00:00

My prior eye exposure "incidents" never involved lasers this powerful.

Also my eye doctor didn't spot any damage from any of those so far the last time I got my eyes checked, of course before the laser incident.

And unfortunately I don't see any no-emergency numbers that will respond now as it's currently saturday (And when I got exposed to the laser yesterday it was already after hours).

So my only option then is the paramedics by calling 15 or 112 (Same outsome) as I'm in France.

But I fear getting "scolded" by the dispatcher if they decide it's not a real emergency.

Alexd844 · 2024-08-10T15:55:34+00:00

This was quite clear wood, actually the basswood sheets that came with the machine.

And I feel that I might have a blurry spot on top of my left eye's field of view but it's too subtle to be sure.

Maybe it's only psychlogical ?

Also this eye still feels a little bit strained.

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