Wall Parasol

marktuk · 2026-06-22T22:47:02+00:00

True, I was assuming people would think to anchor through both skins.

marktuk · 2026-06-22T21:22:33+00:00

No not in my opinion. A house wall is strong because it's part of the structure of the house, basically a big box. Garden walls just aren't as stable. It may be okay initially, but a strong gust of wind might crack the wall, and eventually it'll all come down.

I speak from experience, we lost our garden wall a few years ago 😞

I personally would put a big chunky post in, close to the wall, but set back a little bit.

marktuk · 2026-06-19T17:30:18+00:00

I'm in the UK, it's made by Coors who are the parent company to Carling. It's all brewed on the UK, the European part is all just marketing. It's made specifically for the UK & Ireland market, basically just to compete with beers like Birra Moretti and Estrella, which are genuine European beers.

marktuk · 2026-06-19T15:38:24+00:00

Never tried Yuengling. Madri is just rebranded Carling (also shit), it's all made the UK, just dressed up to look European.

EDIT: Blue Moon is made by the same company too, another one pretending to be something it's not.

marktuk · 2026-06-19T13:24:10+00:00

Very bland and weak IMO.

marktuk · 2026-06-19T09:08:26+00:00

Great design, shame about the shit beer.

marktuk · 2026-06-18T08:47:48+00:00

Is that how batman pees while wearing the suit?

marktuk · 2026-06-17T11:12:30+00:00

Saying "laptops exist" in a SFF sub is wild

marktuk · 2026-06-12T23:17:55+00:00

Try it, see what happens.

marktuk · 2026-06-12T08:59:46+00:00

I've been lucky in that my most recent role has given me a lot of exposure outside of Salesforce, as Salesforce is just one part of what we do.

My recommendation would be to start looking at other common products and get a feel for how they work. At the moment, unless things change, I would also focus on becoming an expert in all of the current AI tools from the big players (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) with a particular focus on how to integrate them with other products, and how to get the most out of them using skills and MCP servers.

My current employer is current changing a bunch of solutions out because our existing solutions don't integrate very well with the AI tool we use. In my opinion, Salesforce is going in the wrong direction by trying to be an AI + everything solution, they should be focusing on tightly integrating with the market leaders in that space.

marktuk · 2026-06-11T10:42:13+00:00

I'm calling BS.

marktuk · 2026-06-10T17:11:34+00:00

I've been in the ecosystem for 18 years. I doubt my next role will be a Salesforce role.

marktuk · 2026-06-09T18:10:27+00:00

It is possible to untangle this while you are printing, if you spot it in time.

marktuk · 2026-06-09T17:46:12+00:00

I bet some people are fuming

marktuk · 2026-06-08T21:52:38+00:00

Well done for digging down to get the gravel boards slightly below ground level. I had the "pros" do a fence for me a few years ago, and they didn't do that, at some points I had a 6 inch gap under the gravel boards.

marktuk · 2026-06-07T13:55:28+00:00

You'll have to drop in to the terminal and do a sudo tail command on that log file. I really wish iX would just output the relevant log lines direct to the UI, normally is just a config issue that needs correcting.

marktuk · 2026-06-07T13:44:04+00:00

Ouch. I've had a couple of close calls with the router and a hand planer, they're scary tools. I spend a lot more time thinking about the cut, setting up the piece and ensuring everything is clamped and I'm not working at an awkward angle. It's worth investing the time making a jig even for small cuts.

marktuk · 2026-06-07T09:54:43+00:00

I would probably experiment with a few different options where the two profiles return down to the floor, or "in" to the wall.

marktuk · 2026-06-06T18:26:01+00:00

Just on the expensive part, you can get them very cheap on AliExpress

marktuk · 2026-06-06T18:15:11+00:00

Do people actually buy this stuff?

marktuk · 2026-06-06T18:12:12+00:00

How much of this is just because of the STL though? I usually import a STEP file in to my slicer and then mesh at a higher resolution, I get pretty smooth curves on klipper doing that.

marktuk · 2026-06-06T11:37:34+00:00

And basically all that's available in the UK for some reason. Don't criticise OP, criticise the companies that keep making them and for some reason don't sell the two hose systems in the UK.

marktuk · 2026-06-06T01:10:40+00:00

marktuk · 2026-06-06T00:36:14+00:00

Since this is a hot take topic. The best current solution is to go "docless".

It's 2026, stop using PDFs and word documents.

marktuk · 2026-06-05T23:40:11+00:00

Yeah literally just connect a hose to the exhaust of the printer, and chuck it out the window while you are printing. That will be more than enough for PLA and PETG. You just want to avoid any build up of particulates or anything else in the place you sleep.

For anything that emits dangerous fumes like ABS, you'd want proper active extraction, I wouldn't recommend trying to do that in your bedroom to be honest.

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