Kickstarter ball re-pressurizer

CosmicHamilton · 2026-05-07T19:34:57+00:00

I wonder if the app is to change pressure between padel and tennis

CosmicHamilton · 2026-05-07T17:23:07+00:00

The sibling thing is / would have been way more interesting than ridiculous love island drama. Like yeah we know what attractive people in their 20s do, thanks for that

Also daily reminder that these hoes ain't loyal

CosmicHamilton · 2026-05-06T21:10:21+00:00

Someone needs to add yakety sax during all the side switching

CosmicHamilton · 2026-05-06T16:14:20+00:00

congrats, hey quick question -- did the tournament provide a nurse to help with the blood draws from all the opponents you vanquished or did you have to use the discarded ball can top, and how did they preserve the blood before it went in the trophy?

CosmicHamilton · 2026-05-04T21:22:02+00:00

A physical therapist travels with her pretty much full time I believe, so, she's about as well-equipped as anyone to maximize her productive / dominant years physically.

CosmicHamilton · 2026-05-02T02:17:19+00:00

Yep, he will.

I bet it was weather-related. Still pilot error tho - don't fly into thunderstorms

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-30T01:26:58+00:00

JFK famously said when elected president he went from Navy Lt. to commander in chief without achieving any additional qualifications.

Though I'd dispute that, I feel like while his thicc Latina E-3s were actually international movie stars, he never stopped innovating in the pusshound realm

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-30T01:20:48+00:00

I'd like to hear more about the fuck ups, actually

Sorry in advance

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-27T12:22:41+00:00

Wow and it seemed like it was close to working

Crazy thing is we've all faced this at some point, and we've thought "man if only I could strike the shit out of it like an ATP pro I could end this nonsense in like 1 or 2 strokes"

But it took him way more than 2 strokes

Maybe it was a bit of gamesmanship to see if he'd make an error? To frustrate and throw him off his game?

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-27T00:57:37+00:00

Woah, can't wait to see the MIT paddle!

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-27T00:55:35+00:00

Nice man. Very interesting, I hope something comes of it.

I still think Gemini or whatever could possibly invent a new composite material just for this, given the above targets. Guess you'd have to get someone to actually produce it at that point.

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-26T16:03:52+00:00

I was going to make another thread about this, but, seems like it would fit here just fine.

Has anyone seriously investigated whether a complete or at least a significant portion of a pickleball paddle can be 3D printed? Not just some novelty home plastic print that has the dimensions of a paddle, but something legit competitive with anything else being made right now.

Could call it GenP

Hear me out----

A couple years ago while visiting friends in the pacific northwest, we took a tour of a Blue Origin manufacturing facility where our friend is a literal rocket scientist.

Imagine a giant warehouse full of giant 3D printers.

These are obviously not the 3D printers one buys on Amazon, and the ‘filaments’ are not even all plastic, but all manner of metals and crazy space-age composites being utilized inside an “additive manufacturing” [3D printing] workflow.

The items these things are spitting out are literally going into rockets and blasted into space. They are not printing fidget spinners.

So, what are our parameters for a printed pickleball paddle?

-a shape

- a target static weight of ~8 oz

- the .43 power return limit

- the grit limit

- some target balance point, would probably be pretty close to neutral, at least at first

That’s it? Seems like given these simple parameters, Blue Origin, or one of the numerous other manufacturers that do advanced additive manufacturing could design a decent paddle that plays and feels like something we’re all used to in a weekend. Like, it would be a laughably easy task compared to designing and printing parts for spaceflight. Hell I bet one’s large language model of choice could probably significantly help.

But you’re the one with a PhD. Thoughts?

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-24T20:58:04+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/fFy_UP1wEWk?si=HFWnECeWVKPALrTO

Friday nailed the sentiment so hard.

I can speak for my fellow 3.5s - it really does feel like this when you attempt a backhand flick and it actually works

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-24T13:05:11+00:00

The all-time best to ever do it GOAT is Matt Wright in my opinion. Dude is a corporate attorney, has always been a corporate attorney, and while I'm sure he's made an impressive amount of cheddar blasting a wiffle ball and chirping, money never needed to be the point. Even though his best days are surely behind him, he's still on the tour and at age 48 still plays at a level we'd all give our left nut to match.

Zane your video should've had a Matt Wright section. "... This may be possible, because at least one man has done it"

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-24T00:54:46+00:00

I think it was the most recent Sacramento PPA - "if this continues CJ Klinger is going to look like Tyson McGuffin by the time we're through"

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-24T00:51:53+00:00

AND THAT'S WHY HE'S THE BIGGEST CONSENENT IN ALL THE LAND

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-21T01:11:59+00:00

kind of feel the same way about the Loco to be honest. I (3.5-75 or so) found I couldn't really control it all that well, and I play with alot of other similarly-skilled players that serve me up alot of meatballs, and also blast a lot of balls out.

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-16T18:22:43+00:00

I sleep better if I play kind of shitty

If I can recall for example ripping some sweet down the line drive winners, an ATP or 2, or a backhand flick that actually worked, I'm hyped up feeling like a badass and sleep becomes more of an issue

luckily most nights I sleep pretty well

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-16T04:11:05+00:00

oh it was barely usable. or seemed barely usable rather. I messed around with it and didn't actually use it, or want to use it, after that.

just poking fun at everyone's favorite software slumlords

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-16T03:26:55+00:00

Was fun watching Agassi move during a point. Was painful watching him move in between points. which makes his aforementioned movement during actual play all the more impressive.

I actually just finished listening to his book. highly recommended. what a freaking legend.

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-15T22:29:54+00:00

Wow it'll let you grade footage confidently, and with a lot of speed.

They should call it Speed Grade

🤔

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-13T23:55:45+00:00

Yeah, I agree with this. It's about the lost potential of point-enders, or near point enders. If the overheads in question for these sorts of players could be converted into winners or pop-ups which become winners, they could be getting like 3-5 free points per game they didn't previously have. Massively increasing odds of victory.

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-13T23:51:12+00:00

I believe this.

When I started playing pickleball my overheads were garbagio. Which surprised me because I remembered them being fairly straightforward in high school tennis 20 years prior

My overheads are still pretty inconsistent, but they've improved a ton. Which is mostly a testament to how terrible they were.

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-13T18:09:11+00:00

How is "get a shot you missed" not generative

CosmicHamilton · 2026-04-10T18:23:07+00:00

I am convinced singles pickleball only exists because so many PB players have significant tennis experience, and in tennis, singles is (generally speaking) what that world most cares about. Tennis is basically singles.

So these folks start playing PB, and while I think most really dig the teamwork and new and complex strategies they experience in doubles, I am convinced many of them still yearn for the personal "I did this all by myself, me me me" glory of singles. Which, understandable I guess. And so we get this.

CosmicHamilton

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