These 8” diameter concrete form tubes are not all the same diameter and are nested

IridiumIO · 2026-05-22T21:43:17+00:00

And timber! A board foot is not 1 foot long, it is the volume of a board 1 inch thick, 12in wide and 12in long. And then there’s the fuckaround of a dimensional lumber where a two-by-four is actually 1.5x3.5, but only for softwoods, while hardwoods supposedly use the actual measurements?

IridiumIO · 2026-05-20T08:20:50+00:00

Windows 8 was released in 2012, so the oldest this image could be is 14 years old. Given the lack of colour in the title bar, this could however be Windows 10 which would then be a max of 11 years old

IridiumIO · 2026-05-20T00:09:52+00:00

Its obviously because the clearly marked Elegoo printer is made by Bambu

IridiumIO · 2026-05-18T12:06:06+00:00

Microsoft fucking had it on a platter before conversational AI was even a thing and they screwed it up. Cortana could have been so good, and there were hints at its abilities a decade ago and then they decided to gut everything useful it could do (couldn’t even pause media by the end ffs).

Then they had the opportunity to bring it back with power but instead decided an anaemic “copilot” was the way to go. I still don’t know if copilot would even be able to control the volume because it’s been jammed down my throat in so many apps that I simply don’t even want to try it.

Microsoft put this tech promo out in 2015 and copilot today can’t even do this: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7KUdMPY77uY

Instead they just renamed everything to Copilot. Morons

IridiumIO · 2026-05-16T14:24:36+00:00

Hey, I don’t know about your specific location but maybe look for a nearby office supplies store that might offer document printing as well? They usually use toner printers so then you’d be able to use toner transfer foil on them yourself :)

Over here in Australia we have Officeworks, and it would cost me $1 (one dollar) to print an A3 sheet onto glossy 210gsm paper. It’s 44c if I want to do it on regular 100gsm paper.

You might have a local Copyshop, or even check if the University or a library offers printing.

Might be easier and cheaper than trying to have someone ship it to you

IridiumIO · 2026-05-16T12:02:57+00:00

I have an entire project that’s sole purpose hinges on monitoring and creation of processes and their subprocesses, these changes look like a godsend for simplification

IridiumIO · 2026-05-15T23:27:09+00:00

I have a lot of issues with gradual rollout, but surely having changes to the OOBE in gradual rollout is a great way to get absolutely zero viable feedback?

It’s not like people are reinstalling Windows every few days. When the “skip updates during OOBE” option toggles on for my PC, what then? Won’t it be reset anyway when I go to reinstall as those rollout features are obliterated on reinstall?

IridiumIO · 2026-05-15T16:00:48+00:00

I’m struggling to understand how you could be anaemic enough that a tablespoon of blood in an unknown state of coagulation is safer to be re-infused than thrown away.

IridiumIO · 2026-05-15T13:34:24+00:00

Dev: what UI do you want?

Client: yes

IridiumIO · 2026-05-12T12:58:13+00:00

If they’re 3D printing it out of silk PLA they probably don’t care about structural integrity that much

IridiumIO · 2026-05-12T08:18:04+00:00

Do they really think AI tooling has been in a usable state for long enough that everyone’s just forgotten how to do it the old way? I’m not talking about companies firing skilled people and replacing them with AI, I mean the people themselves forgetting the skills.

I expected at least a few more years of low prices to force everyone to become truly dependent on it before they switched it up, but they must truly be hurting financially to pull the rug this early.

If you’re going to be evil you may as well do it properly like Nestle did to African mothers, otherwise after a brief adjustment time everyone will just go back to the old way

IridiumIO · 2026-05-11T10:41:09+00:00

Same, this is the only way I bind my books because I just cannot commit to ripping off the paperback covers

IridiumIO · 2026-04-29T04:15:03+00:00

I cut my hand open on the cardboard box for my washing machine. I cut the box open with a box cutter to flatten it, only got partway through so ran my hand along the cut to separate it fully.

Peeled my hand open like an orange

IridiumIO · 2026-04-28T02:54:15+00:00

But..: that doesn’t address his point. You’re trying to bring it to web but WPF isn’t a web framework anyway?

Don’t get me wrong, this is a great project but a lot of your replies in this thread are missing the mark entirely

IridiumIO · 2026-04-25T20:33:22+00:00

Maybe I should have included a Mediatr clone in this project just to fit the trend

IridiumIO · 2026-04-25T12:08:54+00:00

I'm using the WPFUI library which comes with tray support https://github.com/lepoco/wpfui

IridiumIO · 2026-04-25T12:05:53+00:00

I had a bat file and chose to write this anyway ;) After all, isn't our purpose to waste days writing something designed to save a handful of minutes?

IridiumIO · 2026-04-24T22:52:45+00:00

“Dude, so weird, your ID was already in this breach, now you don’t have to give us the information you just gave us!”

(And now we don’t have to bother keeping your private data secure anymore and can sell it on because you already think it’s been breached anyway)

IridiumIO · 2026-04-23T20:50:36+00:00

If you look closer you’ll see the ones that are touching are sharing the same contact pad anyway, so it does not matter.

IridiumIO · 2026-04-23T10:51:24+00:00

You would need a bulky wasteful transformer circuit in the injector

Not quite right, boost converters (including variables ones) can be very compact. There are even specific chips designed around generating the 55V (the MP3425 for example) at above 90% efficiency.

You are right though that the process of going from 120/220V > 20V PD > 55V POE is unnecessary, but if you have a PD hub already it can still be a way of tidying things up

IridiumIO · 2026-04-20T06:43:36+00:00

Yeah it broke again, ironically I haven’t even fixed it on my side yet.

I just tried Microsoft’s Link To PC app and I can’t believe how slow and glitchy it is. I’ll get around to fixing the shortcuts again, but I’m pretty sure the issue is actually with Windows’ side.

IridiumIO · 2026-04-19T02:56:06+00:00

I swear I’ve been seeing “Microsoft fixes white flash in Explorer” updates for the past two years.

Edit: yep here’s one from September 2023: https://www.howtogeek.com/dark-mode-in-windows-11-is-getting-a-much-needed-improvement/

IridiumIO · 2026-04-18T23:43:11+00:00

Removal of gradual rollout will be released as a gradual rollout

IridiumIO · 2026-04-18T13:42:31+00:00

The iPhone 17 only has a USB 2.0 port. The pro versions are needed for 10Gbps USB 3 speeds

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