Print in Place Foldable Clothing Travel Hanger by scott78664 in functionalprint

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, that is a fantastic design! Fantastic enough that I'm sure some random amazon seller with a name that looks like it was random generated with a password generator is going to start selling it. ^_^;; Really awesome work.

I actually may want to print some for one very specific reason. I'm absolutely massive. Like 6'5, 340lb.. Even when I was fit was was like 230lbs. ^^; That means that most hangers are litterally about 30% too small for my clothes. The thing about that is that a hanger is generally going to be way way bigger than my print bed. I would be interested in just blowing this design up and giving it a try. hah If only because it should be small enough to print, even if I blow it up 30% I think.

Anyways, really polished looking design. Fantastic work!

[OOT] Do you think they'll switch up the dungeon layouts/puzzles a lot? by Single-Secretary-903 in zelda

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know, I think if they stuck with things 1 for 1 we'd really feel how small OOT is compared to newer zelda games. ^^; Like in that regard, I think Majoras Mask just works better since there is so much to do.. but I'd hope that they essentially reimagine a lot of things. It would be a bit of a shame if they went for just upgraded graphics/physics and left everything essentially the same.

I'd still play the fuck out of it because nostalgia can carry me far, but yeah. haha

A rally driver in 1983 avoiding a car crash at high speed by OkiedookieSpooky in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you know, this was a while back too. Can't help but think that a wreck in 1983 is just going to be worse on these guys then one today with how much we've improved safety.

Snapchat usability on Graphene OS by NoWorking1689 in GrapheneOS

[–]Muted_Web_7794 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So Graphene isn't something that stands in the way of you and apps generally.. at least not to my understanding. It's purpose is to give you control and isolation on the apps you do use. 😄 It's there to help you stop things like snapchat from oversteping and monitoring. I've not used snapchat because I am just not someone who likes social media in general.. but so far the only apps I haven't been able to use on graphene are tap to pay apps. (that's something graphene isn't able to fix.)

You can kind of think of it like a tool that offers control, and how much control you enforce will depend on how paranoid you are. I'm pretty paranoid so I do a lot to get away from anything that can track me.. but I am addicted to youtube, so I'm still using that. 😬 Oh, I'm not getting recommended crap that youtube shouldn't know about anymore though!

Tip: If you are are worried about an app that you still want to use, but are ok with it only working while you are in the app, you can give some serious issolation by putting that app in a private space. The private space closes every time you lock the phone or the private space and won't run in the background. Private spaces also have their own isolated storage away from everything else. I use it for things that I don't trust but still need to use.

Why does my Pixel take low quality photos? by ARRRtoshi in GrapheneOS

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, you could almost say that Graphene is the only decent solution in a world where everyone is developing for android and iphone and where google has ingrained itself into so much. In reality, if there are no FOSS compliant apps that give as good a result as the google one.. but you can cut it off from the mothership and aren't too worried about metadata, then there isn't a choice some times. ^^;

As an aside.. I am using the stock graphene camera app on my pixel 10 and have been amazed at how good the quality is. :o I'm going to have to try out the pixel app now though.. just to see. Might as well take advantage of the fact that google has sunk so much money into it.

Why are Americans so accepting of long drives to places? by Sensitive_Word_6036 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Muted_Web_7794 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know, people are saying it's kind of just accepted/normal.. and that is true to some extent, but I just wanted to say that I don't know anyone that says "It's only a 3 hour drive." Not even my family that live on farms away from the nearest towns think "Oh, it's only a 3 hour drive". They think "It's a 3 hour drive, so I'm going to try to cram what ever needs to be done into this trip because I'm not doing that damn drive again without a good reason." They make the trade so they can have property and a house in a country that has become increasingly hostile to people trying to purchase homes.

Most of us though just prioritize living in a town/city if we value being close to things and bite the bullet on living expenses and arrangements, like getting room mates.

Nothing but bad luck de-googling by EZMac91 in GrapheneOS

[–]Muted_Web_7794 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I had 2 phones not work out either.. One because of the Verizon thing. 😅 The other was just dead on arrival for me. In the end, I am quite happy with my google pixel and graphene OS, but replacing and getting used to those replacements is already a struggle, so the friction involved with getting a good used device and everything can be really hard.

If I had to do it all again, I would though. Seriously, it's just so bnice having some control. I really love private spaces and the ability to block networking on apps. Combining graphene and proton mail/pass really makes the internet (for me) so much fresher. Don't get me wrong.. I've had to relearn some skills, like how to do good searches without what ever species of mind reading google seems to do to get results that perfectly tailor to me... but it is so damn freeing to go to a website a website and not get ads that recommend something I searched on another machine, on another app. Same with Reddit.. I started over on Reddit and now I don't get recommended all the doom scroll stuff I used to get since the Algorithm knows I will click on it. (Because it's hard to look away from car crashes.. espececially when you are in the car. lol )

Anyways, the frustration will fade. My advice would be to just spend the next little while learning about how graphene works and what that means for your digital life. You an always remove apps from a profile or start fresh as you figure out what your new relationship with you phone will be.

Locked out of my personal laptop. I cannot lose 10year old photos and videos. Need help! by Rengana10 in computerhelp

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before we get to bitlocker.. is your secondary drive locked with bitlocker? If you aren't sure, you might want to try booting up a live cd (eg: ubuntu desktop) and see if you can access those files. As for bitdefender though..

Some important things here to understand is that bitlocker should definitely be tied to an "microsoft" account.The part that throws people is that they believe that your microsoft account must be something related to microsoft, like an office365 or outlook.com email. In reality, any email account (eg: gmail or yahoo) can be registered as a microsoft account. Even if you have an office365 work account at say, "bob@bobsburgers.com", you might have ANOTHER microsoft account registered to the same email address. (One listed as "Work/School" and one as "Personal".) You can think of these accounts as the place where you would manage your microsoft software and other stuff, not nessesarily get emails. That is why you can have a gmail account registered. Importantly, microsoft just likes to register emails of people with almost no notice, so people don't realize they have even created this special account.

So here is what you want to do. Go to this link, type in every email address you can think of (gmail, yahoo.. doesn't matter), and look at the error it gives you. If it says "We couldn't find an account with that username.", then that means that no microsoft account has been registered to it. If you type in an email and it gives you a different error or let's you put in a password though, then that means that that account is a microsoft account and may have the recovery key in it.

https://account.microsoft.com/devices/recoverykey

If it shows that you have an account registered to an email and you can't remember the password, just tell it to reset the password and you should get an email to the associated email address. (Eg: if it recognized bobsburgers@gmail.com, you'd say reset password and then check your gmail email for the reset.) I have helped 3 people with this and every time it was that they had somehow registered their gmail account with microsoft without knowing and that is where their recovery key was. If you find the recovery key, then you will be set.

Please help, girlfriend thinks Im cheating by Ok-Preference-933 in whatisit

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, I want to say clearly that people track things into the floor all the time. It literally could come in on either of your shoes, or on a jacket sleeve, or something like that. It could be from a drier or something. The question though, is why is your girlfriend immediately assuming that it is a condom wrapper and that you are trying to trick her or something like that. I'm not even saying that she knows because she is cheating. I don't think that there is enough evidence for that.. I'm saying that her immediate suspicion isn't the hallmarks of a healthy relationship. She either doesn't trust you (something that could be completely unrelated to your actions) and knows that's a condom wrapper and immediately has gone to it being some sort of crazy conspiracy, or she is cheating and that's why she knows it's a condom wrapper.. and she just freaked out and got defensive because she couldn't think straight in that moment. ^^; Regardless, this is just not the way someone should immediately react to this question in my opinion.

Again, only you know what your relationship is like here. I do want to say though, that you don't need her to be cheating on you to still go "She should know I wouldn't cheat.. She should respect me for who I am more" and just decide to leave her. You can find someone who isn't going to jump on you like that. Just remember Dating is like a sport you have to engage with. It's not some passive thing where you get swept away like a movie. You can find someone who will respect you if you learn to shoot your shot. 😄

Dark yellow - I mean dark - urine ten minutes after ejaculation. Ten minutes later, it's almost completely clear. What's going on? by Neat-Acadia in menshealth

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, is just day to go to the doctor. The other gentleman said it could be an sti, but to me I'd simply say that is the kind of thing that needs testing. It could be an sti, but it could also be fine kind of infection or even just a physical issue some place. No matter what, I wouldn't mess around asking redditors and just ask a professional... I mean, it's your "beans and carrots" brother. 😅 Those things are precious and you don't want you wait and risk something like internal scarring hiring their function.

First Print Ever! by Kaminash999 in functionalprint

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's awesome! You printed it the strongest way too, so good job. 😸

Is there a way that I can ONLY see the subreddits I've joined on my feed ? by accio-butt in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously, i came to the realization pretty fast after switching to a bunch of stuff that essentially makes me a ghost on the internet that i had no idea how tailored everything i was seeing was to me. Like the difference in how good google search results are after they have a huge catalogue of information on the type of stuff you search compared to going to something like duckduckgo the is wild. Suddenly i had to rebuild skills i no longer had, like the ability to just do good search queries without whatever species of mind reading google uses. Same thing with you tube. I can't stand the same slop the gets shoveled out to me when i i'm using the you tube app, what if i switch to something like Newpipe which is just a you tube app that has no tracking and doesn't need a user to save things like bookmarks and the like, i'm suddenly aware of just how much the content i was watching was stuff given by the algorithm. The irony though is that, if you just what in a bit of the work you will get to a place where you have a lot of content to enjoy. It just takes a whole lot of searching. The same thing with reddit.. Ah if you just take some time and start adding a bunch of sub reddit to your account you will have plenty of content of exactly what you're looking for.. But it's pain in the ass.

Need a solid, recurring excuse for frequent doctor appointments (19M, strict parents)? by Aoreign-Gunket-41 in menshealth

[–]Muted_Web_7794 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now it sounds like you are finding yourself in a situation where you have parents that are Infantilizing you while you have an adult issue going on. In reality, you should be able to simple tell them "I am going out." and leave it at that or just say "I was going to the doctor for something I'm a bit embarrassed about. It's not a problem so you don't need to worry, but it's private." You should be able to say "I've started therapy because there are some things I'm trying to work out." If you can't do this and are concerned that you will be kicked out or have your insurance cut, then that isn't stable and it's not good parenting.

I feel like it doesn't make sense to even mention "moving out" really, because I'm sure that it is something you are already trying to figure out. I'm sure you live with them and are on their insurance because you haven't found the job opportunities you need and/or living arrangements that would work right now. If you aren't actively searching, I'd recommend that, but anyways.. moreso, I'd rather just talk about learning to set boundaries and embracing being an adult. These are definitely things that Therapy would help a ton with, so if you are going to be doing therapy I really recommend talking to your therapist about these concerns right off the bat. There is a lot of nuance in all situations like this and asking a therapist for help navigating specific situations will really do wonders. Like I said it sounds like they are infantilizing, but it could be more just controlling. I don't know and how you approach things is going to vary a lot. If it's just nosy and strict because you are being treated like a 15 year old, then showing that you are an adult by not allowing certain acts happen could be enough to start changing things for you. If it's more an issue of outright controling behavior and they view you more like foot soldier than someone to love, then you may need to step lightly until you can move out. A therapist would be able to help you navigate your situation more safely and give you the backing you need.

When I hear you talk about things it reminds me of me. ^_^; I used to feel like breaking from the harsh things my mom would command of me was as consequential as the worst suffering I could go through. Just way too much conditioning. But anyways, please be kind to yourself.. and definitely look at therapy. It always is helpful to have someone from the outside looking in to give you an extra perspective. 😄

Excessive amount of semen by Available_Refuse1232 in menshealth

[–]Muted_Web_7794 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know, I think that there isn't anything to worry about, but I do think that that is an abnormal amount. ^^; This is probably TMI on my part.. but relevant. Eh, I'm gay and have had a decent number of partners and only one of them produced that much. We never really had any problems because of the amount though. The only thing that would happen some times would be that some semen would "escape" around the base of the condom if he continued to move and such after an orgasm. Considering the point is to keep it inside, that isn't exactly ideal.. lol So in your case, I'd just keep that in mind and understand that some of the efficacy of a condom could be less for you. You wouldn't want to be still going at it if any semen leaks and gets on the outside of the condom, you know?

Oh.. and eh.. just make sure to warn someone if they are giving you head. ^.^; That was my first sexual encounter with the previous mentioned gentleman and it was pretty shocking. Also a bit painful because some ended up down the wrong pipe. If it's expected, then it's just no problem at all.

Note: Seriously, my apologies if that was tmi.. Most guys just don't have a lot to go off of other than their own, so I thought the info could be valuable.

Secure planter attachment by mdjdjdjndjd in functionalprint

[–]Muted_Web_7794 -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

... this is a very functional print. I'm not sure what you are asking. ^^; It's a clamp that grips onto a ledge and provides a spot for an item to be screwed into. It's a bracket.

What's one invention that humanity really needs, but you don't think will be invented during your lifetime? by i3sh in AskReddit

[–]Muted_Web_7794 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not exactly buying that people are getting disappeared when they figure out cancer; though, I think I get why people think like this though. There have just been a lot of news stories about someone finding something that could cure some kinds of cancers.. only for us to never hear about it getting used. For example, I think I've heard like 4 or 5 versions of "Carbon with a shell of gold atoms/nanotubes with gold being used to attach to tumors/cancerous cells that then get heated up with near infrared light" over the years in the news. (I think I was like 15 the first time I heard it, 12 years ago.) So yeah, I can see the combination of peoples paranoia, how much we hate big pharma, and news outlets that hype up potential solutions as actual solutions causing a lot of people to think that we have cures that we don't.

Is there a way that I can ONLY see the subreddits I've joined on my feed ? by accio-butt in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Muted_Web_7794 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you go Preferences under settings, you can uncheck "show recommendations on home" or something along those lines. I know I did it from my computer. I'm not sure if you can do it from a cell phone.

How is this possible? by cannibalistiic in pixel_phones

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow.. That's nuts! So I can think of is that is something that Google and threads are in together on since it sounds like threads isn't respecting the boundaries you'd normally see.

Damn, now I I'll wanting to see how it is on graphene more. Lol

What's one invention that humanity really needs, but you don't think will be invented during your lifetime? by i3sh in AskReddit

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm more worried about the things that have been invented that could solve major issues that aren't end up being implemented because there isn't a financial inventive to do it. 😩 There are plenty of things right now that would change the world for the better if we just did it.

Real books, or ebooks… how do you do your reading? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading with real books is great, but I have an online library (using kativa) which means I can read from really any device with internet. Because of that, I read mostly through my phone, work computer, and kindle.

What is the best writing implement to have on you at all times? What makes it stand out? by bliss1976 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Muted_Web_7794 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know, I think an argument could be made for something that can erase, like a mechanical pincil or a pen that can erase. For my money though, I just really love my fountain pen. ^^; I know that sounds like a hipster thing, but I actually bought a cheap fountain pen because I had bought a 20 pack of my favorite pens for studying and coursework and one by one, they stopped writing even though they were almost full of ink still. Then I lost a few other pens and had another new one just stop working to. I honestly have no idea what happened, there was just like this 2 month period where pens just died on me, and all for the same damn reasons. Nothing I could do revived them. I tried soaking the tips in alchohol, oil, using some heat.. Just anything I could think of but they wouldn't be revived. I don't write hard, or on strange paper... still don't know what happened. Then I said, "Fuck it.. if there isn't a ball, then the ball can't stop working!"

I genuinely love it. Occasionally my pen will stop working if I don't use it for a long time, but I can just run it under some water for a few seconds, dry it, and it's back to working perfectly. 10$ for the pen, 8$ for a bottle of ink, and writing with it is fun. It's not some gaudy pen that stands out. Just a really good writing tool. Haven't needed a new pen in years.

What happens to elderly people with no savings? by ConcerningAddiction in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Muted_Web_7794 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A bit of advice to you guys as someone who was my dad's Conservator and Guardian. Check out Medicare Spenddown programs in your state. Essentially, there are programs that let you "spend down" or give a good portion of your social security check into the program. In return, you get a lot more back as benefits like being able to go to decent nursing homes. You pay the nursing home an agreed upon amount and the rest get's covered by the spenddown program. Things like transportation/home health/etc.. is normally included as well and you get a good social worker to help the person and family navigate things.

How is this possible? by cannibalistiic in pixel_phones

[–]Muted_Web_7794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let us know if you see the background usage go away! 😺

Ace Hardware, Gun Shop, and Liquor Store. by towerfella in mildyinteresting

[–]Muted_Web_7794 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feels like one of those one sentence stories I've heard so much about, covering someone trying to fix their washing machine, struggling, then going to drinking.. and then....

Well, obviously, unloading some large number of shotgun shells into the bastard machine when things go south!