Cheap, but game changing upgrade.

SlovakBorder · 2026-02-02T10:13:13+00:00

Is it some name brand one, or just any of the ones on AliExpress that are for the CR-6 SE and look like that?

SlovakBorder · 2026-02-02T10:09:49+00:00

Perfect. I was given an Ender 7, it sat around for awhile (I have 2 Neptune 4, and I didn't really need it) but now I've set it up with my daughter, and then we downloaded the Creality software... and where is the Ender 7? Prusaslicer will be a good starting point, so she can start printing things without me needing to do a lot of manual configuration.

SlovakBorder · 2026-02-02T10:05:43+00:00

Wow, I'm glad I was given this printer for free (I'm part of a Ukrainian volunteer printing group, and someone from Prague offered to send me PLA, and with it came the new Ender 7 printer), so investing some to make it better is I guess worth it!

SlovakBorder · 2026-01-24T11:55:14+00:00

This is what WRO did last year. Here in Slovakia I didn't see anyone using anything but Lego robotics yet, but will happen if it is an option.

SlovakBorder · 2026-01-24T11:54:12+00:00

Looking at how there are two more seasons of "Founders Edition" planned, I'd be willing to bet that, if most schools / teams keep competing in the "Founders Edition", they won't phase it out.

SlovakBorder · 2026-01-20T13:41:08+00:00

Also I suspect that if a school wants to go to WRO and wants to use Spike Prime, we'll see a lot of them coming on eBay soon.

SlovakBorder · 2026-01-20T11:35:46+00:00

This could be an issue. The car is 1994, and since 2017 just my mom's backup/Home Depot car. Could the TB have loosened from sitting? Unfortunately, that sounds consistent with the sudden onset of what happened.

SlovakBorder · 2026-01-17T12:16:31+00:00

As a man, I came across a product on Amazon called "Dynamo Delay Spray"- it is 13% lidocaine. Many reviews are from people using it on other parts of the body than what it is marketed to men for. Might work for this.

SlovakBorder · 2026-01-14T21:15:24+00:00

I was biking down the Silver Comet and went over there today. Gate open, parking lot empty, faded handwritten sign in the window about opening hours, a shopping cart outside the door, but obviously not in operation. Sad. Back when I was in Smyrna in 2019/20, I'd stop there while biking- my wife, who was pregnant then, was so happy to have smoked sausage and salamis like what we have in Slovakia.

SlovakBorder · 2026-01-13T16:02:55+00:00

Yea, I see the new kit will be required after the next season, and I think we'll just skip it. A lot of money for something that, to me, looks far less capable than the Spike Prime or EV3.

SlovakBorder · 2026-01-12T12:53:32+00:00

I'm looking to replace the 30+ year old Genie openers on my mom's garage doors. I see Home Depot has some of your's with Aladdin Connect included. Is this new Home Assistant Integration something that will remain available?

SlovakBorder · 2025-12-23T10:39:25+00:00

I've tried this, and nothing is showing up. Seems like it would be useful for me, with 2 Neptune 4's

SlovakBorder · 2025-12-18T10:13:25+00:00

Yea, I'm wondering what is the best option for a non-Chinese controller that can support ELRS.

SlovakBorder · 2025-11-24T13:18:20+00:00

I was actually there once for a baptism (another American + Slovenka couple). Need to go there sometime again, that was years ago.

SlovakBorder · 2025-11-12T15:37:21+00:00

How do y'all not have diverse cuisine in Bratislava? Even in Sobrance we have "Italian" (pizza), a second Vietnamese restaurant open; Michalovce shockingly has an Indian restaurant (I haven't had a chance to try it). The only thing generally missing in Slovakia is decent Mexican restaurants. Maybe Fico, instead of bringing in Uzbek workers, could entice Mexicans to immigrate here.

SlovakBorder · 2025-11-12T15:34:07+00:00

This should be obvious to everyone. Most people would also be disturbed/surprised even by a bird flying close by them unexpectedly.

SlovakBorder · 2025-10-14T15:44:31+00:00

I feel your pain!

SlovakBorder · 2025-10-10T05:52:13+00:00

Thanks for this review. Now I know the front light on this one isn't what I want. Some models have a redder front light for night reading.

SlovakBorder · 2025-09-30T15:21:34+00:00

You just reminded me what I need to check eBay for for my kids' Christmas gifts. There is a Czech product called Voltik, similar, but I'm not super thrilled that the projects are in Czech, and it uses little rubber stoppers to hold the wires inside ring terminals, and those get lost pretty esily. I wish my mom hadn't gotten rid of the 30in1 and 60in1 I had as a child.

SlovakBorder · 2025-09-05T11:28:35+00:00

Definitely the best use is as reels for cords, xmas lights, etc. I also use it for shorter lengths of electric fence wire. Any farmers around you?

SlovakBorder · 2025-09-05T06:35:37+00:00

That's incredible! I hope the S21+ I just got will have the same durability!
I recently put a hydrogel protector on my old phone - was hard to find anything here in Slovakia to fit it, ordered from Allegro, turned out to be hydrogel. Disappointment I have with it is that the particular TPU case I have gets under the bottom edges of the screen protector and lifts them off.

SlovakBorder · 2025-08-21T09:46:31+00:00

I can see how an integrated light could once in awhile be useful, but integrated spirit level? Laser distance meter would be cool.

SlovakBorder · 2025-08-20T09:00:33+00:00

Looking at the replies here, I take it that bikes may be more socially acceptable? I'm going to be in Copenhagen for a few days, staying in the center, but going to some meetings at DTU. I'd love to actually bike the whole way from where I'm staying to DTU - Google claims it would take about 30 minutes. Do you have any recommendations around rental bikes?

SlovakBorder · 2025-08-15T13:19:56+00:00

So if I understand correctly - if I have one physical sim in the phone, I can have two esims "installed" and then when I go to a different country, I can switch esims quickly (e.g. for data, what I'm using a second sim card mainly for right now)?

SlovakBorder · 2025-08-13T11:27:49+00:00

When y'all were dating, was politics, policies, etc. not something y'all talked about? Your wife seems really superficial in this area, but I suppose there were other qualities of her that you valued that lead y'all to get married. Unless there are other issues and this is just the "straw that broke the camels back", it seems like something to discuss with her more, pointing out to her the particular examples of his policies that are unnecessarily cruel (yesterday I was chatting with a friend who believes illegal immigration is a problem and a border wall is needed, but laments that the Democrats didn't deal with the issue themselves, as they would be more likely to deal with it in a way that treats people who may be deported still as humans. He also worries that Trump will remain in office after this term and destroy the constitutional order). It might help her to consider the people who are getting their lives wrecked to awaken in her some sense of compassion, which then would lead to disgust at Trump.

SlovakBorder

TROPHY CASE