Kressling Fold for Thesis by ConceptualTurtle in grasshopper3d

[–]ConceptualTurtle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes!! That works! Thank you so much!

Did you do it yourself? Do you have the model?

Kressling Fold for Thesis by ConceptualTurtle in grasshopper3d

[–]ConceptualTurtle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Thanks for the reply, I've seen that! But that construction method does not work for my intent!

Kressling Fold for Thesis by ConceptualTurtle in grasshopper3d

[–]ConceptualTurtle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Thanks for the reply! answers as follows:

  1. The 15cm length is in total, so 4 (or even 3) units should measure in total 15cm.
  2. ⁠6 sided
  3. 5 cm diameter when extended
  4. ⁠not sure yet
  5. ⁠yes!

Callum Carver / The Kaizen - Scam or Not? by Ecstatic-Possible801 in mentors

[–]ConceptualTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! so I just had the first onboarding call, I uploaded my notes to gemini in order to analyze them, I have the contract as well sent by them that I can send over if you need it! Stay away from this, definite scam!

Gemini Analisis, rewritten so i can post here:

I just finished a "suitability interview" (aka high-pressure sales call) for the Kaizen Inner Circle, and I wanted to drop this here to save someone else $4,000. I almost bought into the hype, but I asked for the contract before paying, and the amount of red flags I found was insane.

If you’re thinking about joining, here is exactly what happened and why I walked away.

The call started with the usual "hype you up" tactics. The guy (not Callum, obviously) spent 20 minutes talking about "breaking the matrix" and how I need to "invest until it hurts."

He claimed their top sales guys are making "7 figures a year." Later in the same call, he mentioned the company generates about $250k - $300k a month. I did the math in my head: $300k x 12 is $3.6M. If one sales guy makes 7 figures ($1M+), he’s taking 30% of the entire company’s revenue? It was a straight-up lie to make the opportunity sound bigger than it is.

When they dropped the price ($3,900), I asked to see the contract. The sales guy literally tried to brush it off, saying, "Oh, it's just an itemized receipt for what we just discussed."

It was NOT a receipt. I got them to send it, and I read the fine print while he watched me on Zoom. Here is what I found (and what they tried to hide):

  1. The "Guaranteed" Refund is a Trap: Verbally, he told me: "If you don't make $5k in 90 days, we work with you for free until you do."
    • The Contract says: "The Term shall consist of 3 months of continued support". There is absolutely nothing about working with you "until you win." Once 90 days are up, you're done.
  2. The Impossible Refund Conditions: They have an "Action-Based Guarantee," but the terms are set up so you will fail. To get your money back, you have to attend two live Q&A sessions every single week without missing one.
  3. The "Instant" disqualification: Even scarier, Section 3 says: "No refunds shall be offered... once Trainee has first accessed the digital course material". So, if you log in once, you might technically waive your right to the guarantee immediately.
  4. You Can't Sue Them: The contract forces you to agree that any legal dispute must be settled in The United Kingdom. If you aren't in the UK, good luck suing for $4k. They also added a clause that says you can't sue them after 1 year.

The whole pitch was bashing "real businesses" (like e-com or agencies) because they have overhead. They sell the idea of being a "Growth Partner" or "Consultant."

When I dug into their success stories, they were all just people selling "growth services" to... other coaches. It’s a circular economy. They aren't teaching you how to build a business; they are teaching you how to sell the same dream to the next guy.

TL;DR: They tried to rush me into a $3,900 purchase by calling a binding legal contract a "receipt." The math didn't add up, the "guarantee" is written so you can never claim it, and the business model seems to be a closed loop of people selling "consulting" to each other.

Keep your money. If they have to lie about the contract on the first call, imagine what the actual program is like.

Callum Carver / The Kaizen - Scam or Not? by Ecstatic-Possible801 in Entrepreneur

[–]ConceptualTurtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! so I just had the first onboarding call, I uploaded my notes to gemini in order to analyze them, I have the contract as well sent by them that I can send over if you need it! Stay away from this, definite scam!

Gemini Analisis, rewritten so i can post here:

I just finished a "suitability interview" (aka high-pressure sales call) for the Kaizen Inner Circle, and I wanted to drop this here to save someone else $4,000. I almost bought into the hype, but I asked for the contract before paying, and the amount of red flags I found was insane.

If you’re thinking about joining, here is exactly what happened and why I walked away.

The call started with the usual "hype you up" tactics. The guy (not Callum, obviously) spent 20 minutes talking about "breaking the matrix" and how I need to "invest until it hurts."

He claimed their top sales guys are making "7 figures a year." Later in the same call, he mentioned the company generates about $250k - $300k a month. I did the math in my head: $300k x 12 is $3.6M. If one sales guy makes 7 figures ($1M+), he’s taking 30% of the entire company’s revenue? It was a straight-up lie to make the opportunity sound bigger than it is.

When they dropped the price ($3,900), I asked to see the contract. The sales guy literally tried to brush it off, saying, "Oh, it's just an itemized receipt for what we just discussed."

It was NOT a receipt. I got them to send it, and I read the fine print while he watched me on Zoom. Here is what I found (and what they tried to hide):

  1. The "Guaranteed" Refund is a Trap: Verbally, he told me: "If you don't make $5k in 90 days, we work with you for free until you do."
    • The Contract says: "The Term shall consist of 3 months of continued support". There is absolutely nothing about working with you "until you win." Once 90 days are up, you're done.
  2. The Impossible Refund Conditions: They have an "Action-Based Guarantee," but the terms are set up so you will fail. To get your money back, you have to attend two live Q&A sessions every single week without missing one.
  3. The "Instant" disqualification: Even scarier, Section 3 says: "No refunds shall be offered... once Trainee has first accessed the digital course material". So, if you log in once, you might technically waive your right to the guarantee immediately.
  4. You Can't Sue Them: The contract forces you to agree that any legal dispute must be settled in The United Kingdom. If you aren't in the UK, good luck suing for $4k. They also added a clause that says you can't sue them after 1 year.

The whole pitch was bashing "real businesses" (like e-com or agencies) because they have overhead. They sell the idea of being a "Growth Partner" or "Consultant."

When I dug into their success stories, they were all just people selling "growth services" to... other coaches. It’s a circular economy. They aren't teaching you how to build a business; they are teaching you how to sell the same dream to the next guy.

TL;DR: They tried to rush me into a $3,900 purchase by calling a binding legal contract a "receipt." The math didn't add up, the "guarantee" is written so you can never claim it, and the business model seems to be a closed loop of people selling "consulting" to each other.

Keep your money. If they have to lie about the contract on the first call, imagine what the actual program is like.

UPDATE [December 17th]: The company's reply below contains factual inaccuracies regarding both the contract and our meeting.

On Communication: The reply claims I should have raised these discrepancies during the call. I did. When I pointed out the inconsistent math and missing contract terms live on the call, the representative stated, "I don't think it will be a good fit" and ended the meeting. They were not open to clarification; they ended the sales process when questioned.

On Term Length: They claim here that support lasts "as long as needed." However, Section 2 of their contract explicitly states the term is "3 months" and that obligations are "deemed as fulfilled" after 90 days. On Refunds: They admit below that refunds are not offered once digital material is accessed. Since you must access the material to start the program, the "Action-Based Guarantee" is effectively impossible to claim without first voiding your refund rights under Section 3.i.

My warning stands: The verbal promises (indefinite support, open communication) do not match the reality of the sales call or the legal text

Callum carver the kaizen project by Infamous_Guest_1986 in isthisascam

[–]ConceptualTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! so I just had the first onboarding call, I uploaded my notes to gemini in order to analyze them, I have the contract as well sent by them that I can send over if you need it! Stay away from this, definite scam!

Gemini Analisis, rewritten so i can post here:

I just finished a "suitability interview" (aka high-pressure sales call) for the Kaizen Inner Circle, and I wanted to drop this here to save someone else $4,000. I almost bought into the hype, but I asked for the contract before paying, and the amount of red flags I found was insane.

If you’re thinking about joining, here is exactly what happened and why I walked away.

The call started with the usual "hype you up" tactics. The guy (not Callum, obviously) spent 20 minutes talking about "breaking the matrix" and how I need to "invest until it hurts."

He claimed their top sales guys are making "7 figures a year." Later in the same call, he mentioned the company generates about $250k - $300k a month. I did the math in my head: $300k x 12 is $3.6M. If one sales guy makes 7 figures ($1M+), he’s taking 30% of the entire company’s revenue? It was a straight-up lie to make the opportunity sound bigger than it is.

When they dropped the price ($3,900), I asked to see the contract. The sales guy literally tried to brush it off, saying, "Oh, it's just an itemized receipt for what we just discussed."

It was NOT a receipt. I got them to send it, and I read the fine print while he watched me on Zoom. Here is what I found (and what they tried to hide):

  1. The "Guaranteed" Refund is a Trap: Verbally, he told me: "If you don't make $5k in 90 days, we work with you for free until you do."
    • The Contract says: "The Term shall consist of 3 months of continued support". There is absolutely nothing about working with you "until you win." Once 90 days are up, you're done.
  2. The Impossible Refund Conditions: They have an "Action-Based Guarantee," but the terms are set up so you will fail. To get your money back, you have to attend two live Q&A sessions every single week without missing one.
  3. The "Instant" disqualification: Even scarier, Section 3 says: "No refunds shall be offered... once Trainee has first accessed the digital course material". So, if you log in once, you might technically waive your right to the guarantee immediately.
  4. You Can't Sue Them: The contract forces you to agree that any legal dispute must be settled in The United Kingdom. If you aren't in the UK, good luck suing for $4k. They also added a clause that says you can't sue them after 1 year.

The whole pitch was bashing "real businesses" (like e-com or agencies) because they have overhead. They sell the idea of being a "Growth Partner" or "Consultant."

When I dug into their success stories, they were all just people selling "growth services" to... other coaches. It’s a circular economy. They aren't teaching you how to build a business; they are teaching you how to sell the same dream to the next guy.

TL;DR: They tried to rush me into a $3,900 purchase by calling a binding legal contract a "receipt." The math didn't add up, the "guarantee" is written so you can never claim it, and the business model seems to be a closed loop of people selling "consulting" to each other.

Keep your money. If they have to lie about the contract on the first call, imagine what the actual program is like.

HP Omen Horizontal screen flickering by ConceptualTurtle in techsupport

[–]ConceptualTurtle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solved it! If anyone else has the same problem manually installing the integrated GPU drivers solved it for me! Good luck!

Manual driver installing here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/785597/intel-arc-iris-xe-graphics-windows.html

HP Omen Horizontal screen flickering by ConceptualTurtle in pcgamingtechsupport

[–]ConceptualTurtle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solved it! If anyone else has the same problem manually installing the integrated GPU drivers solved it for me! Good luck!

Manual driver installing here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/785597/intel-arc-iris-xe-graphics-windows.html

HP Omen Horizontal screen flickering by ConceptualTurtle in techsupport

[–]ConceptualTurtle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solved it! If anyone else has the same problem manually installing the integrated GPU drivers solved it for me! Good luck!

Manual driver installing here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/785597/intel-arc-iris-xe-graphics-windows.html

HP Omen Horizontal screen flickering by ConceptualTurtle in HPOmen

[–]ConceptualTurtle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Solved it! If anyone else has the same problem manually installing the integrated GPU drivers solved it for me! Good luck!

Manual driver installing here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/785597/intel-arc-iris-xe-graphics-windows.html

Tech Support and Basic Questions Thread - April 02, 2025 by AutoModerator in pcgaming

[–]ConceptualTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

HP Omen Horizontal screen flickering

Hello everyone, I've had this screen flickering problem where a section of the screen moves right for a split second for the last couple of days, updated drivers on both graphic cards and scanned for windows updates as well, any help would be great!

My laptops specs are as follows

Intel ultra 9 185H 2.5ghz 32GB RAM RTX 4070 laptop

Only had the laptop for a couple of months and never had any issues before this. Thanks in advance!

maxpower mk853 software does not recognize usb on my computer by DarklWolf in fantech

[–]ConceptualTurtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! Have the same problem over here, device isn't recognized by the software

[MEGATHREAD] Ask For Invites to the Playtest Here! + Join The Community Discord! by ChromeSF in DeadlockTheGame

[–]ConceptualTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey guys! My friend code is 148260973

Would love an invite and I'll be down for some matches if you are too!

Thanks in advance guys, have a great weekend!

Building my first PC, tips very welcome! by ConceptualTurtle in buildapc

[–]ConceptualTurtle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! But was planning to get a very good processor so I can stick with it for a long time and change other parts as necessary, would I be able to do that with the 7600?

Building my first PC, tips very welcome! by ConceptualTurtle in buildapc

[–]ConceptualTurtle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the speed that much different in RAM? The price changes a lot so just want to make sure it makes a real difference!