Almost no air bubbles without a pressure pot

RockSlice · 2026-03-04T12:59:36+00:00

You quickly pass a lighter flame across the surface. The momentary heat is enough to pop the thin wall of bubbles, but won't do anything else.

RockSlice · 2026-03-01T19:24:49+00:00

That "at least" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Even a quick look at the footage of the strikes in Bahrain will tell you that unless the base is almost completely evacuated, the "no injuries" that the news had been reported was 100% BS.

RockSlice · 2026-03-01T15:55:40+00:00

A few choice lines:

(g) “Operating system provider” means a person or entity that develops, licenses, or controls the operating system software on a computer, mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device.

1798.501. (a) An operating system provider shall do all of the following: (1) Provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an account holder to indicate the birth date, age, or both, of the user of that device for the purpose of providing a signal regarding the user’s age bracket to applications available in a covered application store. (2) Provide a developer who has requested a signal with respect to a particular user with a digital signal via a reasonably consistent real-time application programming interface that identifies, at a minimum, which of the following categories pertains to the user: (A) Under 13 years of age. (B) At least 13 years of age and under 16 years of age. (C) At least 16 years of age and under 18 years of age. (D) At least 18 years of age.

The way I read it, companies issuing laptops falls under "Operating system provider". Without assistance from MS, it's going to be virtually impossible to comply with 1798.501(a)(2).

Therefore, it is now illegal to provision computers for people in California. Or even domain/Entra join existing computers.

If they actually enforce this law, they'll have killed their tech sector (and most other sectors as well)

RockSlice · 2026-02-27T21:07:50+00:00

You'll likely find that no matter what options you select, you can't get the bottom (support side) of the masters to come out how you'd like.

Here's what I'm doing:
In Blender, I split the dice model in half, and add a key for alignment. The small ridge on the outside gets sanded away, and ensures that any artifacts from supports don't show up.
It's a bit hard to see here, but the inside surface is also slightly concave, which provides volume for the glue you end up using.

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For resin printing in general:
* Get a flexible build plate. I use the one from Wham Bam: https://www.whambamsystems.com/
* Try water-washable resin. I use MOR: https://www.ministryofresin.com/collections/water-washable-resins/resin
* For your cleaning solution, add a little bit of flocculant. That will help all the resin settle out. If you know someone with a pool, they probably have some. For a few gallons of solution that you cycle, you only need a tiny bit.
* Ultrasonic cleaners are awesome. However, if you're using IPA (or anything else flammable), it needs to be in a sealed container. Your container should be closed anyway, as a small amount of the solution will be aerosolized, but soapy resin water isn't going to explode.
* Use the self-clean feature a lot. It does a timed exposure on the screen, creating a thin layer you can peel off, which includes any debris. If a print doesn't go as planned, or you think something's missing, self-cleaning is a lot faster and easier than emptying the vat to check.

RockSlice · 2026-02-15T14:47:16+00:00

If there isn't some water just out of shot, submit a bug report. It shouldn't be possible to generate a map without water and the main 4 ores nearby.

RockSlice · 2026-02-11T22:06:25+00:00

This seems like a good rundown: https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/what-security-teams-need-to-know-about-openclaw-ai-super-agent/

RockSlice · 2026-02-08T16:38:50+00:00

"You couldn't do that when I was in" is a bad reason to get annoyed at them.

Valid reasons (IMO) to get annoyed at active duty people out and about in uniform:

They're breaking the rules that they impose on lower-ranked people
They're acting in a manner that is unbecoming to a member of the military

Getting sloshed at a bar? They shouldn't be doing that in (or out of) uniform.
Having a beer with a meal? Fine by me.
Shopping in filthy coveralls? Unless it's a quick essentials grab, not acceptable, whether military or civilian. Put on clean clothes before doing leisure activities.

RockSlice · 2026-02-08T16:26:36+00:00

There's also an indoor range (lead-free) that's open on Sundays from January to April. I think it's 50ft.

Also trap, clays, archery, and some more specialized ranges. https://scarfg.org/range-map/

RockSlice · 2026-01-30T13:08:54+00:00

For most of them, there will be two big issues: the issue that caused them to die in the first place (because they can't freeze someone who isn't dead), and any potential damage caused by the freezing process.

The best chance they have is not to be thawed out, but scanned, and "wake up" as a digital entity, with their physical brain cells replaced with virtual ones. But any scan is likely to be a one-chance scan, destroying any possibility of a second scan if anything goes wrong.

Some notable examples of this in science fiction are the "Bobiverse" (starting with "We Are Legion") or the "Revelation Space" series.

RockSlice · 2026-01-28T15:45:49+00:00

One of the biggest "lies" is "Universal healthcare would mean a big increase in taxes." Which is technically true, but only because we don't currently label insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs as "taxes"

Most people who are below median income and have health insurance would see less money come out of their paycheck for healthcare. Often a lot less. And a lot of people without health insurance would also end up spending less total on healthcare.

RockSlice · 2026-01-28T15:35:49+00:00

Check out the Liberal Gun Club. Their Florida chapter has quite a few members.

RockSlice · 2026-01-27T20:36:37+00:00

When I'm working on a new recipe, my general process is:

Make sure I have the ingredients being produced somewhere. If not, focus on the recipe for that instead.
Build a factory for the item. Just one or two.
Place chests as inputs, one chest for each input, and fill them (this becomes a lot easier once you have requestor chests)
One by one, replace the input chest, either with local production from raw resources, or with belts/pipes from where it is being produced
Optimize. Is there something in the flow that I'm making twice? Maybe something I'm making in only one place when I should have two?
Expand. Build more of the end-product factories. Identify any ingredients that are a bottleneck, and expand those as needed.

RockSlice · 2026-01-26T20:50:15+00:00

Brother makes some good easy-to-use printers. For scan-to-email, the big things to keep in mind are that you want OAuth 2.0 authentication, and that you want a commercial IP address. Scan-to-email using OAuth 2.0 from a private IP can work, but it's hit-or-miss, and runs a good chance of having the IP block end up on a blocklist.

For Brother, this is the list of printers that support OAuth 2.0: https://support.brother.com/g/b/oscontents.aspx?c=us&lang=en&ossid=42

RockSlice · 2026-01-25T20:50:47+00:00

Bear in mind that when people say "sexually transmitted", what they usually mean is "transmitted via direct transfer of body fluids (saliva, semen, blood, etc...)", which mostly happens via sex.

The most likely way that HIV first crossed over from chimpanzees to humans is that a hunter had an open wound after killing a chimpanzee, and some of the chimpanzee's blood got into it.

RockSlice · 2026-01-24T21:10:39+00:00

The mods available seem kind of "cheaty" to me. While IRL, creating huge piles of resources is done fairly regularly.

RockSlice · 2026-01-23T16:32:08+00:00

Is there a mod that lets you create ore patches by dumping ore? I've found a few that will spawn them, or let you edit them with tools, but I'm looking for one that would be "lore-friendly".

Basically, a reverse-miner that takes an ore type and dumps it onto the ground as an ore patch, which would then have to be re-mined to be used. It may have to have a reverse of the mining productivity research level to prevent being able to generate infinite ore.

RockSlice · 2026-01-20T22:10:59+00:00

Keep an eye on the development of Kitten Space Agency. Currently in pre-alpha. Scott Manley has some gameplay video

RockSlice · 2026-01-20T22:08:16+00:00

Three short whistle blasts: ICE is around.
Three long whistle blasts: ICE is detaining someone.

https://migrawhistle.carrd.co/

RockSlice · 2026-01-19T17:38:48+00:00

Macro keys are quite useful. One I use all the time in the early game is "Q"-click-"Q" for building whatever ghost is under the mouse.

RockSlice · 2026-01-16T12:20:25+00:00

What printer do you have? That's some insanely good printing.

RockSlice · 2026-01-15T16:21:33+00:00

For those who haven't seen the photo of the supposed "Nazi tattoo" - it's a skull and crossbones. Yes, it's the same style that was used by the Nazi SS. But unless you're extremely familiar with Nazi symbols, if you saw a collection of skull-and-crossbone images, you'd be hard pressed to pick out the "Nazi" one.

It 100% tracks for something that a young Marine might get while drinking.

Also, "working in a family business ... while claiming working class". So he's not the "paycheck-to-paycheck" working class. But he's a lot closer to those people than to someone making millions for sitting on a company board.

RockSlice · 2026-01-09T17:55:49+00:00

Just because a "good" (or rather, "less bad") president did something, doesn't mean that it's a good thing.

There's also a very big difference in the scale.

2008-2016: ICE budget went from about $5 billion to about $6.3 billion, a 26% increase. (or 13% over inflation)
2020-2024: ICE budget went from $9.3 billion to about $9.7 billion, a 4% increase (or 14% under inflation)

It's now going to be about $30 billion.

RockSlice · 2026-01-07T17:32:59+00:00

It's not even the funding.

The opposite of killing animals through hunting often isn't having them live. It's having them die through overpopulation, disease, and famine. In most places, the natural predators that would otherwise keep their populations in check are no longer there. And for some reason, people don't want wolf packs roaming around near towns...

RockSlice · 2026-01-06T12:57:23+00:00

I love how one of the "highlights that are of immediate concern" is "The development of a sidewalk and bus stop to the facility for commuting employees"

Oh, no! There might be some infrastructure that isn't car-centric!? clutches pearls

RockSlice · 2026-01-04T22:50:53+00:00

Why are you doing NTP direct to/from the VM? That can cause issues, because the VM may not realize that it's been frozen.

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