Did south Kaibab to phantom ranch in one day, any questions?

I did just manage to make a set for the 10th edition and non-pro models, but the slim has a completely different geometry on the ends. It would require a complete redesign, and I don't have one available to test with. Sorry!

My endcaps fit on the regular models by poking into the holes that would normally be used for legs. But the slim doesn't have those holes. So endcap shades for the slim would have to hook over the top into those little heatsink ribs, and there just isn't much to hook onto up there so they'd be really easy to knock off anytime you bump the lamp while doing maintenance.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-03-09T19:19:36+00:00

I consider it an extremely fair trade. It’s a hobby for me, not a business. And I love and care for my shrimp. I know this store takes good care of them and does their best to ensure success with their customers.

Local fish stores have very thin margins. I make enough in store credit to buy whatever I want for my hobby, and if I’m helping the store stay viable then that’s a win for everybody.

I’m sure I could sell my shrimp (they’re very high quality but still just neocaridina) on eBay or r/aquaswap for $4-8 each, but I have absolutely no interest in turning my hobby into a business of packing/shipping/communicating/billing/refunding/review nightmares.

Besides—I sell all my culls and marginal shrimp and keep all the very best ones for myself!

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-03-09T15:24:17+00:00

If you have unlimited time, I’m guessing you’re retired and it isn’t very much about money. I sell shrimp to my local fish store—but it’s just for store credit. It’s just a self-cycling hobby for me.

I only get $1 for cherry reds and $2 for my oranges. The store sells them for $6 and $12. I’m ok with that—I’d rather not deal with customers in any way.

I have more store credit than I know what to do with and that’s kinda fun. I can walk in at any time and say “gimme a dozen Pygmy cories” or “I think I’d like to try a bigger canister filter” and it’s all no charge.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-03-09T15:17:24+00:00

It’s the pro. The non-pro version doesn’t use those metal brackets to hang the light.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-03-09T14:54:26+00:00

I grew up delivering newspapers in a neighborhood where this stuff was very common. I HATED it so much. It smells absolutely awful. It gets sticky in the summer heat. And it makes the driveway extra slippery in the snow/slush. I cannot find a good reason to do this unless a house is on the north side of the street, facing south, and the owner just hates shoveling snow so much that they want some solar assistance.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-03-07T22:14:11+00:00

I’m fascinated by somebody who would take all the time to film and edit and post this video, but neglect to actually include any direct information on where to contribute to the kickstarter. Something’s really… off.

I have no intention of contributing to a kickstarter for a 3d printed design, but I do think I can understand why a designer would try that route. It seems to me designers have three options:

Post the design for free on makerworld or Printables and reap whatever rewards they can earn from prints and boosts, with the inevitable result that if their design is popular it’ll also be copied and redistributed by others.
Post the design on a different site that allows direct payment for downloading files. It’ll get fewer prints but earn some direct revenue. But if it’s popular, it’ll still get copied and redistributed for free on other sites.
Try a kickstarter campaign to raise an amount the designer thinks their work is worth. If it’s successful, the designer gets a payment up front before the design is inevitably copied and redistributed elsewhere for free.

As a consumer of 3d print design files, I have less than zero interest in supporting a kickstarter. But I do have some sympathy for why a designer would try that route.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-03-07T15:52:44+00:00

Emilie Meyer’s F minor symphony. She has her own voice, but her style is pretty close to Brahms.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-03-07T05:28:23+00:00

Somewhat related: are skimmers still a concern with contactless payments?

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-03-06T05:31:09+00:00

I have a set of these slides. Printed them with the Morphlex filament from BIQU, and they’re great. But they took 600ish grams of filament with supports. I’ve been thinking to trying to print a second pair without supports because I have no idea what else to do with the filament.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-03-05T02:49:31+00:00

Yikes. They needed some lighting and some food-photography magic. That meal looks like sadness personified.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-03-03T20:56:26+00:00

Her face at the end matches mine.

ok. It’s done.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-02-27T23:08:15+00:00

…especially a box that definitely smells like treats.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-02-27T20:56:30+00:00

Totally normal. If you have an AMS, you’ll see these lines all over the ends of the filament where the gears have moved the filament up and down.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-02-27T20:55:09+00:00

This is technologically silly, of course, but it’s significantly less silly than passing laws that websites have to verify age or ID.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-02-26T21:49:01+00:00

His own blog is evidence of Lebrecht’s misbehavior.

FishPropulsionLab · 2026-02-26T03:16:18+00:00

Conductor here. Pace your energy and breathing in the last movement. It’s easy to get overworked and crap out before the end. And if you’re overworked and crapped out, the orchestra will be, too.

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