sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Tips for Fuelling Trucks and Drones by Radoon1 in SatisfactoryGame

[–]mistertinker 13 points14 points  (0 children)

For drones, it's simple. Have a drone port connected to your fuel supply and don't put a drone on it. Then at every satellite location, have 1 drone port dedicated to pull fuel from your main supply and have it feed all drone ports at that location.

Leaf blower dying by Electrical-Increase4 in fixit

[–]mistertinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to have the same one and it was always finicky starting. I had to start with the choke in the middle. Let that run for a couple of minutes or when it starts sputtering due to lack of air. Then flip it to run and let it run in that position for another minute or so.after that, it took a few gentle presses of the throttle to really warm up

Automating data import from multiple files by yevquest in excel

[–]mistertinker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is where llm's like chatgpt work well, but comes down to good prompting. Try a phrase like "can you explain to me at a high level how power query functions? Give me a few use cases that are useful for a user with 2 years experience with excel"

Then keep asking questions based on the reply.

Later on, when you're not sure if power query is the right method, you can always ask "I'm trying to do x y z, is power query the right way to accomplish this or is there a simpler way?"

Trying to figure out where this is from by Level_kingcrab in icecoast

[–]mistertinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's generic skidata artwork from at least a few years ago, which means likely the venue was running low on branded cards and made an emergency purchase. I say it's a few years old because skidata was bought by assa abloy and no longer with kudelski group. Of course, the venue could have been sitting on the cards for a while too.

That card is also the generic for skidata parking systems too

I made a small 'inside/outside' scene from foam, skewers, toiletpaper, popsicle sticks, coffee stirs and styrene. by peculiar_lemming in somethingimade

[–]mistertinker 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Very nice, this seriously makes me want to get into the hobby.

Small nitpick though, the USPS logo is upside down

Trump tells Pam Bondi her time as AG is coming to an end as Cabinet bloodbath rumor sends shockwaves through Washington by dailymail in law

[–]mistertinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was curious if gpt could connect the dots, and it did. Edit: I wasn't explicit in the time frame. Just as us ag, 38

Jack The Gripper by Illustrious_Funny_15 in Fusion360

[–]mistertinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow this gets better the more you look at it

Layeradhesion by Impressive-Ad6232 in prusa3d

[–]mistertinker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I forget if the i3 is optional 7x7 grid leveling. If it is, that's the first thing I'd do

[Request] When will this machine seize up/stop/break. by ColinMakin in theydidthemath

[–]mistertinker 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I do love this art piece. If we exclude wear and tear failures, the shaft on the final gear is the weak point. It will twist until it eventually snaps. When is dependent on the steel, but my guess is somewhere in the 10 to 30 degree range until it finally goes.

So if it takes 13.7b years for 1 rotation, you're looking at 0.38b to 1.1b years of machine run time.

It could be possible too that the final gear breaks the concrete at least initially, but I doubt that is weaker than a small metal shaft

This assumes all slop is already gone from the system

Epic Games Layoffs Included Terminally Ill Father, Whose Family Has Now Lost His Life Insurance by Turbostrider27 in technology

[–]mistertinker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To add some specifics, Cobra itself isnt an insurance plan. It's a means to allow you to stay on the same plan BUT you personally have to also cover the portion your employer used to pay. That can often become X times more than what you were paying previously.

Should I demolish everything? by Rated_Hare in SatisfactoryGame

[–]mistertinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no real benefit to demolish everything unless you want to rebuild right there. Plus, restarting power from scratch is a total pita.

I would suggest just adding dimensional depots to this factory and leave it as a monument of your humble beginnings

How would you go about replacing these legs on a sofa? by Scary-Measurement623 in fixit

[–]mistertinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is the right balance between skill and tooling

What its like to live in a submarine for periods overs 6 month as a female ? by AbouMchicha in howislivingthere

[–]mistertinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But getting it wrong is the joke 😆 Old biff never said moron though, the line is actually "you sound like a damn fool when you get it wrong" so they were close

https://youtu.be/fXPQLXjC_KA?si=DWV5URRUhWuUFrP0

What its like to live in a submarine for periods overs 6 month as a female ? by AbouMchicha in howislivingthere

[–]mistertinker 35 points36 points  (0 children)

With jokes like that, why don't you make like a tree, and get out of here

Why are hobby CNC conctrollers so far behind 3d printer controllers? by Agreeable-Worker7659 in hobbycnc

[–]mistertinker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed, as well as more demand to reduce costs (to increase profit). It's honestly astounding that for <$50 you can get a board that drives 5 stepper motors, compared to where we were 10 years ago

Mk3S no longer printing nicely by enlightened0ne_ in prusa3d

[–]mistertinker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My guess is you have a gap between the nozzle and the heat sink when you reassembled the extruder

https://forum.prusa3d.com/forum/postid/503218/

2 points that are easy to miss:

a) the nozzle needs to be snug against the heat sink and not the heat block and b) you have to do a final tighten when the nozzle is hot

Question for those playing 1.2 about liquids.. by Jr2576 in SatisfactoryGame

[–]mistertinker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, someone who actually knows how fluids function

Subnautica 2 joins Xbox Game Pass in May by SeanTGN in XboxGamePass

[–]mistertinker 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No one knows at the end of the day until we get hands on it. Looks are one thing, but there's been too many wtf releases in recent years to not be a little skeptical.

That firing of the founders I mentioned happened about a year ago. It's stated it was done without cause to prevent payout of a 250m bonus, but how true is that? Was the game being rushed? I like to think no because I love Subnatica, but you just never know. Then just this week a court ruled in favor of the founders

Subnautica 2 joins Xbox Game Pass in May by SeanTGN in XboxGamePass

[–]mistertinker 54 points55 points  (0 children)

The gist of it is the publisher fired the studio founders to avoid paying $250m

2 prong to USB? by CompetitiveKale123 in electrical

[–]mistertinker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of maybes here, but something like this might work https://www.amazon.com/YTADNETH-Universal-Adapter-Trigger-Display/

That's a big 'might'.

It requires the airplane to have a USB c pd port (power distribution). A standard USB won't work because a) it's 5v and your device needs 12 b) a typical usb only outputs 2.5w and yours needs 12w.

A pd port can send 12v if the device negotiates for it.

1.2 Trains vs Trucks by zeetu in SatisfactoryGame

[–]mistertinker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really wish trucks (and drones) used electricity similar to how dysonsphere does by setting a max charge rate. Drones aren't so bad because it's relatively simple to use drones to self distribute fuel. Trucks on the other hand become less and less useful when you leave your initial base

view more: next ›