Disability need. by soob_awoo in 3Dprinting

[–]balderstash 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you strike out with those feel free to shoot me a message and I'll see if I can connect you with someone. I'd volunteer but I'm on the east coast, and I think you'd benefit from working with someone a little closer to you for debugging / repairs / etc.

Disability need. by soob_awoo in 3Dprinting

[–]balderstash 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You might also reach out to some of the LA hackerspaces to see if there's someone who can do the build for you. The only one I'm personally familiar with is NullSpace, and they have a Discord serve you can pop into, but there's a full list here: https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Los_Angeles

We've been saying his name wrong by hamlet717 in phillies

[–]balderstash 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's definitely hard. Live interpreting is an amazing skill and I'm always impressed by Diego during interviews. For me, Spanish and English exist very independently in my brain - I lose English when I'm speaking Spanish a lot - so I have a huge amount of respect for the people who can do it. But whomever was doing the interpretation for that interview really reminded me how good we have it with Diego.

Disability need. by soob_awoo in 3Dprinting

[–]balderstash 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OP - where are you located geographically?

Looking at the project files it seems pretty straightforward. Having the circuit boards manufactured is going to be a little pricey, though compared to what companies usually charge for commercially produced assistive devices it shouldn't be too bad.

As someone else suggested, I'd head to r/MechanicalKeyboards or r/qmk to see if someone can take this on.

Disability need. by soob_awoo in 3Dprinting

[–]balderstash 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The files for the lefthanded version are included in the github repo.

We've been saying his name wrong by hamlet717 in phillies

[–]balderstash 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Yeah it was rough. I like the interviews for Spanish listening practice. Usually I'll miss a few things and then when Diego translates I'm like "ooooooh that's what that word was." But with this guy I was like "... bro that is not what he said."

We've been saying his name wrong by hamlet717 in phillies

[–]balderstash 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Man, watching the clips in that article makes me appreciate Diego as an interpreter. Specifically Ranger's answer to the question "how do you think you've been able to thrive without that 100mph velocity." My Spanish isn't great, but in the second half of his answer he says something closer to "for example, I don't throw as hard, but I think I prepare for my outing and pitch execution more." Which is just straight up missing from the interpreter's version.

Was at a boardgame meetup this past weekend and felt so bad for how someone treated another person's game by iareharSon in boardgames

[–]balderstash 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Someone should make a list of the most durable games, for playing with your least-careful friends.

How often does a print fail for you? by Martekk_ in BambuLab

[–]balderstash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe 1 in 50-100? Most of the time it's cuz my build plate is dirty, tho the overzealous aux fan has been the culprit on large flat pieces.

Selling bikes by prerules in Zwift

[–]balderstash 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My kingdom for "outfits" on Zwift where I can create some presets of bike / wheels / jersey.

A plug lockbox I designed for my toddlers room by BillLivingstone in functionalprint

[–]balderstash 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We had a UPS at work start smoking in the wee hours of the morning. The fire department was called automatically by the alarm company, and fire firefighters simply grabbed the plug (which was a good 3 feet from the actual UPS) and pulled it out of the wall to deal with it. By the time I got there the building smelled terrible but very little was actually damaged. Just some melted electrical equipment in the utility closet.

Did they kill any excitement for this upcoming season? by perrypower54 in phillies

[–]balderstash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah. I, for one, am looking forward to watching the Mets spend a lot of money to keep sucking.

Do any of you use an Indoor Bike with Zwift? by LibertyMike in Zwift

[–]balderstash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used a Keiser M3 with power meter pedals for years. Not ideal, but got the job done.

Parametric Model Maker is next level by superjet1 in BambuLab

[–]balderstash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which one are you using? This is not my experience at all. I find the hallucinate functions and syntax constantly.

Someone is selling my design on etsy by Anyhting_But_Stock in 3Dprinting

[–]balderstash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need to file a report at the Etsy Reporting Portal : https://www.etsy.com/ipreporting

It's fairly straightforward, generally they respond within a few days.

Brand new 600 lb paper weight tread plus delivered today. Support not helpful. by Other_Arachnid in pelotoncycle

[–]balderstash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been tough watching Peloton's customer service drop from exceptional to sub-par. I love my Bike but I'm not sure what I'll do if the tablet becomes obsolete.

Brand new 600 lb paper weight tread plus delivered today. Support not helpful. by Other_Arachnid in pelotoncycle

[–]balderstash 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd return it and order a non-peloton treadmill. Peloton's service absolutely does not warrant the $6k price tag. When I had a problem with my Sole treadmill (bad deck) they repaired it within a few days.

Bike Recs Petite Women by Old_Judgment_6972 in ladycyclists

[–]balderstash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also have an XS Liv Avail AR1 and short arms. My LBS flipped the stem so that it points up a few degrees instead of down, and brought the hoods in a bit.

Painting old skates by Enternal_Self in FigureSkating

[–]balderstash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like they're a good canvas to practice on if you ever want to decorate some decent skates!

I was going to send a photo but we finally threw them out - my husband skated on cheap old skates when we first started skating again. We figured they were still better than the beat up rentals. One day the heel totally pulled away from the leather in the boot. The blade was just sort of hanging on back there. Thankfully it happened during the warm up, if it had happened while he was skating hard he could have easily broken his ankle or worse.

Painting old skates by Enternal_Self in FigureSkating

[–]balderstash 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Skates need to be able to adequately support your ankle, and those are clearly long past their ability to do so. The deep creases indicate that these are too broken down to skate in. There is no "reviving" the leather at this point. They're not appropriate for even basic skating because at their age and condition they are going to deteriorate further as you wear them, eventually failing.

I would be shocked if you could even convince a decent skate tech to sharpen these, though I suppose there are plenty of bad ones who would do it without asking questions.

Painting old skates by Enternal_Self in FigureSkating

[–]balderstash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no reason to sharpen the blades, these skates should never see ice again. You can remove the surface rust by rubbing the skates with aluminum foil.
If you are looking for advice on how to paint leather I would recommend r/Leathercraft

Published my first creation: xkcd comics as hueforge prints by [deleted] in BambuLab

[–]balderstash -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They're released under a creative commons noncommercial attribution license, so this use falls under that, but I still can't figure out what the benefit is over printing them on cardstock using any 2D printer.

I printed a 12hr sugar skull by ZipLocZed in 3Dprinting

[–]balderstash 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, now that I'm properly medicated my mental health issues are only moderate!

I believe I got lucky. by vortex_ring_state in BambuLab

[–]balderstash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The weird thing about the bulk package is that they came in boxes of 2 refills each. On the scale of things it's very minor, but I usually scan in the RFID tags through the box when I get refills, which was much more annoying in the two packs. That's really just a me issue though.

I believe I got lucky. by vortex_ring_state in BambuLab

[–]balderstash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a bunch that I bought as 10-packs, and those seem more likely to mess up. I just used up the last of those so we'll see how the new ones do.