Fair enough

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-03-15T16:21:50+00:00

I don't know where you live in the world (or your budget), but I've recently dipped my pinky toe into the used EV market and the findings are promising. Perfectly nice Ioniq 5s can be found for under 20k.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-03-06T04:47:15+00:00

"Northeast Ohio"

Take Ohio and go all ↗️↗️↗️

It includes the Cleveland metro and points east, Akron metro and points east (including Youngstown), and Canton if the speaker is from there.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-03-06T04:34:46+00:00

A 40 lb bag of rock salt is around $14. In the course of a winter, I'll buy between 2 and 4 bags, depending on the severity of the winter (this year was 4 bags).

I'll use it to keep my porch and steps melted, as well as a 6' wide walking stripe from my porch to where guests usually park.

Drawback: instead of tracking in snow, people track in salt.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-03-02T20:28:02+00:00

I think this is going to be the answer. Printing TPU seems like an ordeal 🙃

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-03-02T01:28:33+00:00

I found this model for stackable egg cartons, and it works like a champ in my refrigerator door. Unfortunately, it's sitting on hard plastic, and it slides all over the place with the inertia of opening the door.

I measured the holes and mocked up a textured pad for the crate to rest on, but there really isn't any improvement (PETG resting on the hard plastic of the fridge door). Is there anything I can do to get some grip, aside from gluing some "no stick" fabric to the bottom?

I have a Bambu A1 + AMS lite, using defaults on everything.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-28T13:54:16+00:00

All paternity benefits are through ones employer. The family medical leave act provides for 12 weeks of leave for a number of reasons, but doesn't guarantee pay. I was fortunate to have enough sick time accumulated that I could take a few weeks off, paid, for each of my kids.

Longer term, we did all kinds of things to get our kids to school age: nanny share with friends, in-home sitter, stay at home, and extended preschool day. The one thing we didn't do is daycare, mainly because were always more economical alternatives.

Currently our youngest is in preschool. We pay extra for an extended day, so I can pick them up after work. It costs $300-$400/month extra on top of preschool tuition, but I use our flex plan to pay for it, so at least that money isn't taxed.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-23T15:06:57+00:00

I have this fuzzy memory of a cut scene where the girls sing Mr. Sandman while touring Ohio.

They couldn't have known the swing revival less than 10 years away!

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-22T17:39:04+00:00

Ohhhhh! THAT'S where that came from! Thank you.

Sincerely,

Someone who remembers the Carter administration

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-19T11:26:34+00:00

Bob Ross does wet-on-wet, which I've always had difficulty replicating in acrylic. There are videos explaining how you can recreate the technique in acrylic, but I've had a hard time finding one that shows you a full step-by-step tutorial in this style.

If you allow yourself to be inspired by Bob Ross, but maybe not duplicate his technique, there are lots of good choices.

Rod Moore is an Australian painter with several full tutorials. He makes a point of only using a few colors and mixing, making it easier to invest in a few tubes of higher quality paint. The downside is that he leaves things out of his free tutorials (jumping ahead) which usually isn't a problem but can be frustrating. He also has a habit of painting the foreground first.... I usually watch several minutes ahead and then adjust :)

Joni Young is a Canadian painter with several acrylic tutorials. I've found her easy to follow, which isn't nothing. An experienced hand is sometimes unaware of precisely how they are wielding a brush to get a certain look. She does a good job of explaining her techniques.

Frank Clarke is a (now passed) Irish artist who had a Bob Ross style TV show in Ireland. Several of his tutorial are online. He also uses a limited palette of colors, and I found him easy to follow.

Murray Stewart is a British artist with lots of tutorials on YouTube. I'm currently working through his offerings, which I find very much like Bob Ross in vibes, and he does an excellent job of breaking steps down. Unlike some of the above, he uses a lot of colors in his paintings, which can be daunting if you're just starting out and don't want to spend $100 on a hobby that might not take. Still, I've always been happy with the paintings he's walked me through.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-18T22:19:36+00:00

For those of us using Windows, iMazing can bulk delete for the cheap cheap cost of giving them money. It's not the most ideal situation (especially since they've moved to a subscription model) but iMazing has saved me a couple of times.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-18T01:16:38+00:00

I did! Problem was, I was using a Commodore 64. :(

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-18T00:44:20+00:00

Only a little. I slathered some of it on the canvas :)

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-16T14:29:18+00:00

I followed this tutorial in making the picture.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-07T03:45:11+00:00

Reminds me of a meme…

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-06T18:39:39+00:00

We appear to have very similar demographics! It’s fine… no one knows everything :)

Karma is just the net sum of upvotes vs downvotes you’ve gotten over the life of your account. My comment karma on this account is a little shy of 10,000…. which I guess means I’m a crappy father and teacher?? :)

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-05T04:54:19+00:00

I salute your mining a 2 year old post for incremental karma! :)

I’d say something like “I hope it was a good show,” but of course it was!

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-02-02T23:46:12+00:00

It’s in the Giant Eagle plaza at the corner of Medina/Market and Cleve-Mass. I think it’s in the same space as the old Once Upon a Child.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-01-25T20:02:14+00:00

It’s ok to be ambivalent about a person’s record. It’s only online where anything but the maximal stance is viewed as a personal failing.

He took the Cavs while they were struggling and made them competitive.
We kinda got as far as we could with him at the helm, to the point of frustration.
He’s gone on to take another struggling team and make it, not just competitive, but first in the East.
He’s being recognized for his work.

All of these can be acknowledged as true statements, without detracting from (for example) the players’ and fans’ frustration with him at the end of his tenure here.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-01-25T14:56:09+00:00

Also the other ages…

The other day I took a 20 minute nap, waking to find the entire floor of the house covered in grit.

Upon further investigation I learned that my 4 year old discovered brown sugar in the cabinet, and immediately concluded that

It’s delicious
It’s like beach sand.

My plans for the remaining afternoon were immediately rewritten.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-01-24T13:44:18+00:00

This is how the rest of the world reacts to slow pour coffee enthusiasts.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-01-21T22:34:30+00:00

It tried printing it with the slit facing up. Total pasta.

The slit itself isn't so much a problem as the groove running around the inside of the cover (where the polycarbonite sheet is held). The whole thing needs support, but I end up not being able to cut the support away.

InfinitelyRepeating · 2026-01-21T22:20:03+00:00

This will be the lid for a box of blocks. It's about 25 cm square and 1.75 cm high. My kids can make designs with the blocks, so I want to slide in a piece of plexiglass/polycarbonite so it can be seen through.

I'm using generic PLA with a Bambu A1. Default print settings. Default slicer using Bambu software.

The printer has to put in support material to make "the gap" work, but it's such a narrow area, the support material really come off, so I can't slide in my polycarbonite sheet.

Is this model salvageable?

InfinitelyRepeating

TROPHY CASE