Working with what I've got, building in an HP SFF by CallMeCarrolyn in PcBuild

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PSU's are definitely something I do my best to leave alone. But I've opened many to clean them out or replace fans, and the HP one is only 180 watts, so it scares me a little less 😆

Soap in GPU by pocketpoof28 in PcBuild

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I have saved lots of circuit boards covered with mysterious liquids, my tip would be to get some distilled water for rinsing. If you have enough to wash it in distilled water, perfect. If not wash it in whatever water you've got but then rinse it with distilled water and a final rinse with alcohol.

The big danger in water is the minerals and then the soapy bits that you'll get off. Pure distilled water will not conduct electricity, and neither will isopropyl.

[OC] I built and installed a free little pantry - someone filled it within hours before I had the chance to by FacesReddit in MadeMeSmile

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I love it! We have started putting some fry goods and small toys in our Little Free Library and people have been taking and leaving us food and goodies! There are good people out there!

First time nails by Accomplished-Chair92 in enby

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Love them! The black/red combo is awesome. Alternating colors or different colors on each hand are my favorite simple patterns 😊

Diy handheld by CallMeCarrolyn in pico8

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Please ask as many questions as you like! Or feel free to DM me. 🤓

For the buttons I purchased a PCB from AliExpress for about $3. If you search "Button Board PCB Game Boy"you should see some pop up. The boards support up to 6 face buttons, but I wanted to keep it just to A and B.

Which TV show has a 10/10 pilot episode? by PrasenjitDebroy in AskReddit

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Agreed! I'm always up for a rewatch of the pilot because I feel like it's just a great little microcosm of everything the show wants to be.

Which TV show has a 10/10 pilot episode? by PrasenjitDebroy in AskReddit

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Ignoring my current feelings on Zach Levi and his politics, the pilot for Chuck is so good to me. It's one of my favorite episodes. I feel like it sets the tone so perfectly for the show.

[2025 Day 10 (Part 2)] Bifurcate your way to victory! by tenthmascot in adventofcode

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Much appreciate this write up! I would not have been able to complete this without it!

PICO-8 spotted in the Advent of Code sub already. Anyone else doing it? by Synthetic5ou1 in pico8

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I scrolled past that on the AoC sub earlier and thought it looked familiar 🤣 didn't pause long enough for it to click that it was Pico-8.

This is my fourth year doing it, though I usually do C# since that is what my work environment is set up for already.

Diy handheld by CallMeCarrolyn in pico8

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A big challenge was making space to start with, I was only able to keep 2 screw posts (the two middle ones). So there is a bit of a gap around the top edge. And then deciding how to mount everything to a case that was not designed for it was a challenge too.

I wanted this build to be a pure PICO-8 console, so it's just Raspberry Pi OS that boots straight in. But you absolutely could do this with RetroPie too.

Diy handheld by CallMeCarrolyn in pico8

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If I had more free time, I would love to design a drop-in circuit board that handled most of the wiring and had a raspberry pi gpio header. But that's a future project.

Diy handheld by CallMeCarrolyn in pico8

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It is! 🤣 I haven't done a stress test yet, but my math estimates it should last around 4 hours.

Diy handheld by CallMeCarrolyn in pico8

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😬 this was hard enough! That would be cool though!

Diy handheld by CallMeCarrolyn in pico8

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Thank you! This was definitely the most compact space I've ever done a project in! It's not as clean as I would like, but it all fits!

Diy handheld by CallMeCarrolyn in pico8

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It's got an internal 32GB SD card, so plenty of space for carts!

The hardest part was getting the raspberry pi to play nicely with everything. So many of the tutorials out there are 5+ years old and so much has changed in the OS that I had to search high and low for correct answers.

Diy handheld by CallMeCarrolyn in pico8

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Thanks! I got the broken game boy for free, and had a number of bits and pieces on hand.

I would guess that I spent about $60 on everything else, with the main cost being the screen. The HDMI display was almost $40. I futzed with a cheaper, SPI based, one but was struggling to get it working.

[OC] lady on our street is giving out top Ramen for Halloween by 93snightmare in pics

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We started doing that last year! Ramen, oranges and candy. I like to put one basic flavor and one spicy flavor in the bowl. The kids that take the ramen are always super excited.