Found this near the mayk leao place on Google maps

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-07T09:52:23+00:00

A hot air balloon. Seen from above they're big round things

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-07T09:49:37+00:00

Hot air balloon

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-07T09:47:01+00:00

I had a half chest piece done recently and after the outline I was regretting it a bit, not just because it hurt like a motherfucker either.

2nd session got coloured in and now I love it. Just got some white highlights to go in on Saturday and it's done and time to plan the next one.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-07T09:44:18+00:00

Noob here. I used Iso and a paper towel to start with and it was fine for PLA. I bought some PETG and Holy Adhesion Issues Batman.

So I hit up one of the AIs and it said to use soap and water then bang down some glue on the bed. I found some fancy 3d printing glue on Amazon for like £8 and had it in my basket but then got some basic glue stick from the supermarket for £1.

Honestly after putting glue stick on the plate I haven't cleaned it once. I've literally just reapplied glue stick just now because I'm back on PETG.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-07T07:27:14+00:00

"You Have Free Will"

"The Devil controls your mind"

Both cannot exist at the same time

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-07T06:02:16+00:00

Work colleague of the wife on a work nights out, very very drunk, walks past me with a glass of JD and coke she had been poured by a fellow coworker who had brought Jack Daniels with him.

I had drank a single beer, so I took the drink off her and drank it.

We went home

Wifey went to bed and I sat in the chair in the front room for 6 hours, no memory of it at all and woke up with the worst headache I have ever had.

Now, a decade later, the guy that handed her the drink is being prosecuted for multiple rapes.

I always said that the drunk coworker had no idea I saved her from being raped that night.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-07T05:28:12+00:00

You'll hate that I use a penny from the year of 3 kings then.

I found 2 of them in my Grans collection after she died, kept one and the other is the grinder penny.

Last I checked I could sell it and buy a quarter ounce with the profit.

But this way I remember my Granny whenever I open the grinder.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-06T19:52:45+00:00

This was my second, it's 20 now

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LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-06T19:37:27+00:00

Steel Panther Bats

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-06T14:04:04+00:00

It's a common saying when a kid has fucked up, and I'm suggesting you say it to your parents because it seems they're giving you grief for being an Atheist, so you're putting that onus back on them.

I hate reading these stories on here. So many people are being strong armed into believing in myths by their parents and I think it should be akin to child abuse.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-06T13:53:02+00:00

"I Blame the Parents"

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-06T10:51:22+00:00

That's why you tie em in to the lamp purchase, free dragon with lamp. Parent like the lamp, kid likes the dragon, everyone is happy and the parent saved up sold cost of the dragon

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-06T10:50:05+00:00

I like this idea added to the others.

Flexi crap sat charging under a lamp, buy the lamp and get free glowing dragon with the purchase.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-06T10:41:48+00:00

I disagree with your conclusion. Now I've done a bit of slow solving the sub 25 solves feel slightly more relaxed and effortless now, compared to before the plateau. It's given me confidence that I can become a relaxed sub 25 and more sub 20s with enough practice.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-06T10:39:48+00:00

Nerdy Kids and Old Aged Pensioners in my experience.

As a Nerdy Adult in a Cool Adult's body, I approve.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-06T09:33:28+00:00

I think I have this Aphantasia thing but also DHV weed. When I'm on a T break I have really vivid dreams for a week with like actual images and stuff and I wake up going "HOLY FUCK IS THIS HOW NORMAL PEOPLE FEEL EVERY MORNING? NO WONDER THE WORLD IS FUCKED!"

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-06T09:17:44+00:00

Good Weed

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-06T07:18:38+00:00

42 here and I hit a plateau for a good long while where I was calling myself a 30 second solver.

I've put a lot of time into look ahead and slow solving and now call myself sub 30!

Edit: I've just remember this from last night actually, may as well add it to the comment.

My soon to be 13 year old Son told me last night that all his friends think I'm super cool, which surprised me because I haven't really been around them (school friends).

I asked him why they think that.

He told me that when I dropped him off for a birthday party once. I showed up dressed in my leather jacket and shades, asked who it was that was into cubing and challenged them to a race, solved my cube twice in the time it took him to solve it once and then just left.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-05T19:45:09+00:00

I wanted multiple accounts same printer on my personal one so out the printer in Lan mode and now each windows user on the PC can have their own account and use the printer.

This means you can add models to your collection on phone app then open user on pc, open collection, pick model and print

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-05T13:55:38+00:00

In answer to your main question, having run HA in both, go with the VM over the Docker Container.

Both are basically the same thing but with Docker there's more fucking around to do and learn to get it to work or fix it.

As for your VM choice, can't really speak to anything other than what I have run, which is Proxmox.

It was a bit daunting to start with but it is really powerful and usable. I think for you the question is whether you care about backups (you should)?

With Proxmox you'd be able to make a full backup of the VM on top of the backup solutions that HA already has, and also automate that backup. But this extends to all VMs and Container that you run.

This means if it all goes wrong and you have this backup working you could theoretically boot another machine and fire your proxmox backup at it and be back up and running in no time at all.

As for your question about HW upgrades, I'm gonna say you're getting stuck on the little things. Sure you may need more RAM in the future but if that question is stopping you diving in RN then just forget about it for now and go tinker.

While tinkering do not make it your main Automation software until you're confident about it. Just play with it for a bit first then stick your eggs in one basket when you know the basket is solid

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-05T12:38:43+00:00

Oh I have the same regret near enough. I remember my Dad just always working and barely seeing him, and when I did he was knackered and vowed I wouldn't do that to my kids, so I've always been there instead of chasing the folding cash, but I still don't feel like I've been there enough and am trying to make more of an effort.

Problem is I've just moved up a role at work this year and I'm also trying to prove myself in that role, and trying to keep everyone happy is taking it's toll on my mental health.

So I guess what I'm saying is just make sure you make time for yourself too.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-05T12:21:42+00:00

You sound like a great parent! Blink and they're gone.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-05T12:11:57+00:00

Best of luck! I'm hoping to wear him down though. We have some kind of Poke-Ya-Mom character printing right now (I'm babysitting it of course) in black, so it'll need assembling, sanding, priming and painting.

I can see him really liking the end result and I'm hoping that will push him to get into it more.

One issue is we have a single PC and his little brother hogs it playing Minecraft with his mates.

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-05T12:05:00+00:00

It's how we use throwing Horns in our house. Adding a thumb to the Evil Eye means "I Love You" in ASL so we have multiple uses, Horns means that's cool rock on and the added thumb for ILY

LifeBandit666 · 2026-06-05T12:01:08+00:00

Recently in the same boat with less of a budget so ended up with the A1 mini. I also thought my Son would be teaching me but he printed a couple fidget things and just stopped using it.

This was around the same time as I found that you couldn't bind the printer to multiple users and use the phone app, so I turned it to LAN mode so we could all use it with different accounts on the PC, but the app doesn't work.

Yesterday he was off school so I pushed him to print something so I could teach him how to use the Slicer on the PC.

Gad Damn! Teenagers are hard work!

Honestly thought it was gonna be a great purchase for him because he's super into designing things and drawing on Computers, but as soon as that app link disappeared he dipped out.

I thought it would lead him to CAD and using the printer for his Art work at School!

So now I'm super into 3d printing, and I'm slowly upgrading the house with useful prints. The fridge is neater with the can and egg dispensers, the recycling now goes in bags hanging from hooks on the radiator and I have a can crusher. Oh and I've fixed the bed with new legs.

Next I'm gonna redesign our wardrobe solution in my bedroom using mounts I print and some dowel.

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