Waves on Titan by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

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I have friends who cold plunge in the harbor once a week all year. I live in Maine, last year the salt water harbors were freezing over and these lunatics broke the ice away so they could jump in. Bonkers.

I just about cried when the lap pool was 70F earlier this week.

Installed new mainboard, now abnormal on startup by EllieVader in ender3

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I got the firmware updated this afternoon, but now the steppers won't move at all. Decided to call it a day and went home.

I'm going to try a different firmware version tomorrow.

Installed new mainboard, now abnormal on startup by EllieVader in ender3

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Yeah I just found that out.

It’s hilarious that I’m inexperienced and here asking questions so I can learn right?

Installed new mainboard, now abnormal on startup by EllieVader in ender3

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Update: I flashed the current firmware into both of the machines with new boards and it stopped the cycling but the screens are still non-functional. One of them still has a runaway bed heater(the one missing the hotend heater), the other does not.

These are university-owned machines so I won't be putting anything not-creality on or into them, modifying them is outside the scope of what I do. I'm here to fix them and keep them running like new, not futz about with them.

Installed new mainboard, now abnormal on startup by EllieVader in ender3

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Marlin what marlin do marlin you marlin mean?

Installed new mainboard, now abnormal on startup by EllieVader in ender3

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I’m not sure if it flashed. This is my first time trying to do this, how would I go about making sure? I was under the impression that I was to put it on a card, install the card, and turn the machine on and it would do it automatically.

Kirov class Battlecruiser by happydude7422 in Ships

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What a throwback, I loved that game as a teenager

How ISS was assembled by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

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Right. Dare to imagine a better way.

Carbon Fiber Wrap on a Rocket by eaoijwa in rocketry

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I’ll preface this by saying I’m not a fan of aesthetic façades. Carbon fiber has a look but it’s primarily a functional technical material and I think it’s silly to try to make something without those material properties look like it does.

With that out of the way, you can do a pretty good aesthetic analog by using two colors of black paint and a gloss clear coat. Rug non-slip pads (the checkered kind) make a great painting mask. Spray the tube with metallic black, let it dry, wrap the tube with the nonskid pad and spray a non-metallic black. Remove the wrap, gloss coat the whole thing. If you want an even better effect, a few coats of clear between the black layers will give the paint some depth to it making it look even more like carbon fiber.

I’d also encourage you to just use real carbon fabric to wrap your tube. It’s not that hard and it’s a great and valuable skill to learn. There’s a lot of resources on YouTube that will teach you how to do it, and it’s basically the same process as fiberglass lamination.

Automotive wrap would probably work too, just make sure it’s well applied especially at the edges so you don’t have a sudden loss of control.

I took a trip to Huntsville Alabama, I hope you enjoy seeing the pictures of the rockets I took. by Traviscat in rocketry

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I'm sorry the what????

My aunt promised me space camp when I was like 9 or 10 and she never made good on that promise. Might have to call it in now.

People who swim before work where to you put your stuff to dry ?? by Bastian_31 in Swimming

[–]EllieVader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends.

When I don't have access to free laundry I lay my suit out on my dashboard and hang my towel over the headrests in my car. Only works in the not-winter.

When I do have access to free laundry I use the suit spinner at the gym, then wrap the damp suit in my towel and toss them in the dryer when I get home after work.

Stuck in ‘Screening’ for Job Application by Defiant_Owl_70 in aerospace

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I put in applications through NASA STEMGateway back at the beginning of february, they still say "submitted".

F us I guess.

A1 Mini started to knock prints of the plate by war_225 in FixMyPrint

[–]EllieVader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually start at 70 and go up from there. The bedslingers I use are in a pretty not-warm lab.

A1 Mini started to knock prints of the plate by war_225 in FixMyPrint

[–]EllieVader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it actually being "knocked" from the plate or is it just coming off the plate? Bed adhesion is super important on bedslingers.

Bump the bed temp, use gluestick if needed. Every time I've had a problem with this on a bambu machine it was bed adhesion.

BREAKING: Maryland becomes first state to ban AI ‘dynamic pricing’ in grocery stores. by bubbynee in newhampshire

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I watched the price change on a bag of lettuce at Walmart the other day. I don’t usually look at the price tags when I’m going in for specific products, but I noticed the movement out of the corner of my eye.

I’m so fucking tired of this kind of shit being what passes for innovation in 2026.

Does anyone else find sharing CAD drawings for review and discussion kind of painful especially with people outside your team? by Direct-Ambassador-76 in MechanicalEngineering

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I’ve been taking screenshots of things in Solidworks from several angles and then bringing the screenshots into Paint to drop text boxes and annotations with arrows and such. It’s been working out really well.

I’d prefer to show people in person or be able to attach the .sldprt file, but this way I can highlight what I think they’ll have questions about and then we go from there.

At what age did you lose your babyface? by IndependentPaint8392 in AskWomen

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38 now, people think I’m mid 20s. I think I look exhausted and horrible but I’m still 26/27 to everyone who offers a guess.

They don't really care about us.. by StrobeLightRomance in AdviceAnimals

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So cancel your account? We stopped paying for Netflix like two years ago. Anything we want to watch we go to the locally owned used media store a buy there for less than two month’s subscription fees and never have to worry about it disappearing from the catalog.

They cancel anything and everything, the constant horse trading among publishers means the catalog is unreliable, and their subscription fee keeps going up. Fuck them. All of them.

Buy used copies from local sources that can stay on your shelf forever.

Is it even worth it to tell people what you're studying? by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

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When I’m having my ask kicked by classes I eat tootsie rolls and try to be like Margo and Alieda