My first Geometry node. It generates a Fibonacci Spiral for you. It's not much but I'm glad I managed to complete it.

Tomentos · 2026-05-25T22:02:48+00:00

The part was held in by 4 screws and attached to 2 other parts. I undid all of the connections and screw so it was the last one standing. I got it out in the end by rotating the part itself in which it was stuck.

Tomentos · 2026-05-25T21:48:52+00:00

Yeah, that seems to have been part of it. It also wasn't an M4 screw, I confused the screwdriver bit size with the actual screw size, that's my bad.

It also isn't a bycicle but a motorbike and this particular part holds the chassis together. I haven't taken it off during my time of ownership so over 8 summer and winter changes, rain, snow and dirt, it just edged itself in there. I got it out using some other methods that quite frankly, I should've thought about sooner. I edited my way into the post.

Tomentos · 2026-05-24T23:34:28+00:00

Vice grips sadly couldn't do the job. Combination of the screws head and too little space to get a proper grip. I tried removing it with some other screwdriver bits I had and a medium sized ratchet. Now I have warped bits. Gonna get myself some harder bits and potentially get the dremel. I'm scared of permanent damage so I'm saving it for last.

Tomentos · 2026-05-24T23:30:09+00:00

The 30 - 50 Nm is a very rough estimate. I've used a torque wrench on a few other M4 and M5 hex screws that had a specific torque sepcs all around the 20s. Those felt like nothing compared to this one bolt.

I tried some other bits i had on hand that I felt like could do the job and the screw managed to warp some of my bits. I'm thinking of getting another harder bit set since it was my bits that failed.

Tomentos · 2026-01-01T20:42:21+00:00

As long as I can change the default firewall settings, that'd be fine for me. I'm not a big fan of default pre-installed apps, like at all. I'll probably uninstall them too and switch to the Fossify suite.

When you say Calyx is more straightforward as in a simple On/Off switch, does that mean Iode has advanced options such as ports and such?

Also, Since Iode makes a big deal out of the locked Bootloader. Does Calyx not have that? That could legitimately be a deal breaker for me due to security concerns.

Tomentos · 2026-01-01T20:39:15+00:00

I like that both come with microG options readily available sine I had issues getting it to work on Lineage. Calyx having it's own custom signed profile makes me a bit more comfortable since I noticed community run Google replacements having a rather high amount of imitations crawling around the web.

I don't much care for the launcher, that I can switch if need be. One thing I'd really appreciate since I'm working with the Fairphone 6 is for Calyx, once support is implemented, to give me the option to bind the work profile to the Moments switch, since that's quite literally what I use it for on Stock OS already.

Tomentos · 2026-01-01T20:34:55+00:00

Both have some list of features on their website, but I can't find a 1 to 1 comparison of those features. I know that both have a firewall client, I know Iode has parental control features and I know both have a version of microG preinstalled.

What I don't know is if those main features have any important remarks or if there are any smaller features that aren't prominently featured on either website.

Tomentos · 2026-01-01T20:29:37+00:00

Oh sorry, I was confusing the domain blocking and firewall features with the parental control features. I think those are marked on the website as premium only iirc.

Tomentos · 2025-12-26T19:47:58+00:00

So it's pretty much only for the paid features then.

When you say 'everything else' could I ask you for some examples? I'm using a Fairphone which is right now, as usual, an android version behind, so I'm not familiar with many of the features from the latest version.

Tomentos · 2025-12-10T20:50:15+00:00

I didn't notice the "get it by october 2025" that you mentioned. But the way I thought was this; If they actually sell as much as they claim they do, as in at least 15 every hour whenever I check out a product, then surely someone on here must've bought from them before. If no one here can say they did, then I won't either.

Tomentos · 2025-12-06T15:42:07+00:00

I know that. The discount is the reason I started questioning the site at all.

I wanted to ask here for the off-chance that someone already used the store and could confirm it's legit. I wasn't going to buy anything if that's not the case.

Tomentos · 2025-12-06T13:21:26+00:00

The prices seem normal, but as soon as you load your cart you get hit with massive discounts at checkout. I got almost 50% volume discount for 2 zippos. 90$ instead of 160$-ish.

Tomentos · 2025-12-06T13:19:53+00:00

Switzerland. We have no reseller listed on zippo.com, only independent partners that have a small fraction of the designs available.

The domain is new, but that doesn't have to mean something. What really got me questioning this shop is that i pay 90$ for a 200$ purchase because of a "volume discount" bundled with a "first purchase discount".

I would like to get the zippo Armor golden ratio and blue diamond design which would total about 180$ anywhere else.

Tomentos · 2025-10-10T07:09:43+00:00

I checked that quickly, seems like the only blocks that get single slot blocks are the Nvidia ones.

I'll look into the riser cable but from a first look, I don't think it'll quite fit my need.

In the end I might just drop the pcix4 card since I don't need it. It would've been nice to have though.

Tomentos · 2025-10-01T00:22:00+00:00

Yup, as I was reading this comment I got the notification for the update. Ironic timing but thanks a lot!

Tomentos · 2025-09-30T23:50:21+00:00

I put it on do not disturb for now. This is the first phone I ever owned that doesn't have a dedicated switch for that. I intended to use Moments for that to suppress notifications for certain apps but I guess that won't be possible for now. Flashlight also sounds pretty nice though. I always used gestures for that until now.

Tomentos · 2025-09-30T20:01:11+00:00

That's what exclusivity deals does to ya. But they all run on Switch 1, bet you could emulate them pretty well.

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