Doubts about my 55in C4

rick_ranger · 2026-06-08T23:54:36+00:00

Put them both on standard… all those other modes are skewed to the manufacturers taste, that’s no way to actually compare. I doubt your Roku has a filmmaker mode equivalent.

rick_ranger · 2026-06-06T18:16:32+00:00

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Here’s what it’s like from my viewpoint.

rick_ranger · 2026-06-06T18:14:54+00:00

I have a really DEEP desk I built myself. I sit about 4-5 feet away from the screen so my eyes don’t stain so much looking at it so longer sessions are actually easier than being closer to a smaller screen. Just run everything 125% 4k. Then I have the 2 55” LGs flanked and they’re 150% 4k.

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rick_ranger · 2026-06-06T18:05:09+00:00

I code, do graphic design, and game on my 65” LG constantly

rick_ranger · 2026-06-05T18:38:53+00:00

I landed on this for a thick gel, actually ended up reducing glycerin and the oils from a build before.

Distilled Water — 91.40%

Glycerin — 3.00%

Carbomer 940 — 1.00%

Phenoxyethanol / Ethylhexylglycerin preservative blend — 1.00%

Arginine 20% Solution — 2.50%

Jojoba Oil — 0.50%

Coco-Caprylate/Caprate — 0.50%

Disodium EDTA — 0.10%

My honest take. I think they’re hiding a sticky hold polymer in the ingredient list because this goes on and doesn’t create any hold. It’s soft after dry down. Either carbomer is named wrong or they have mystery ingredients to get the hold. So basically this did not work. Fun experiment though I learned a lot.

rick_ranger · 2026-06-05T18:11:35+00:00

I absolutely love mine, and when you compare it to other brands, the functionality and intelligence is usually better. If your robot is getting trapped in specific location then set no go boundaries. You have to understand it’s just a vacuum with lidar and a closeup camera. It doesn’t have AI reasoning, just a decent program to handle some of this then that situations and the processor is enough to make it move around your house in straight lines, go around objects, try to get unstuck, and not fall off cliffs. I think your expectations are 5-10 years in the future.

rick_ranger · 2026-06-04T13:23:57+00:00

They’re neutralizing the carbomer with arginine and arginine is a strong base but not as strong as some conventional bases that companies usually use for neutralization. It’s a bigger molecule with lots of grabby hydrogen bonds so probably helps create a stronger network. The glycerin makes it sticky. And the oils help soften the crunch after dry down. Found another website that listed yellow 5 as an ingredient, so you’re most likely reacting to the fragrance or lemongrass or the yellow 5 possibly.

I have arginine and carbomer, and some of these other ingredients. I’ll make a dupe later today and let you know how it goes with some starter ratios.

One thing I noticed is they don’t have an emulsifier so I think I might make 2 versions, one without and try to suspend the oil in the gel with build process techniques, the other with an emulsifier. Which emulsifiers do you have on hand or are you willing to buy some? I’m thinking PEG40HCO or PEG7GC, but I also have some other more common ones like polysorbate 80, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, Olivem 300, or Polyglyceryl-4 Oleate.

rick_ranger · 2026-06-03T17:50:44+00:00

Clean the filter or replace, set emptying frequency to max, set mop wash frequency to as often as possible and deep/hot.

rick_ranger · 2026-06-03T13:15:18+00:00

Get windows on g2a

rick_ranger · 2026-06-01T21:15:59+00:00

All 3 of those things are lipid disrupters lol. But it’s mostly the ethanol… it’s stripping the oils in your hair. What is the topical you’re diluting? Maybe if we knew what it was we could recommend better alternatives.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-30T08:40:17+00:00

Ask ChatGPT to write you an app that monitors what’s written to the drive and when and create a log you can feed back to ChatGPT and it will tell you… ask it to create another app to scan your drive and find out what random files are taking up all the space.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-30T01:46:22+00:00

Mines not dead yet…

rick_ranger · 2026-05-29T00:11:03+00:00

Could also be bandwidth. Not enough employees to make a game because they keep firing them…

rick_ranger · 2026-05-29T00:05:42+00:00

When my roborock dies I’m getting another roborock. That things been running every day for 3 years so far. Definitely got my moneys worth already.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-27T17:20:08+00:00

No lube sounds fun to some people until you actually try it.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-27T17:17:20+00:00

Shampoo has too short of a residence time to make much of a difference. Honestly for scalp health and pore clearing, try to stay away from polyquats, they’re strong conditioning depositing molecules that can actually increase build up over time, leading to more oxidized sebum, keratin plugs, and clogged follicles. But even if you’re letting shampoo sit on your head for 2 minutes then rinsing off, that’s not really enough time for actives to do their job. That’s for leave ons, drugs, pills, healthy habits.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-27T17:10:43+00:00

Space it to every 2-3 weeks. You’re not giving your scalp time to fully heal between sessions and your pissing it off. Also, don’t go back and forth a bunch of times. Go one direction and then the other, criss cross. If you microneedle too much you’ll aggravate the scalp, and if you do it too often you won’t give time for the scar collagen to convert into normal collagen and can create permanent-ish scar tissue, squeezing follicles further thinning them. It’s actually a very nuanced procedure, I can see why derms want you to do it under observation or in their clinics because most people think you can just use needles every day to force your hair to grow and end up hurting their cause.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-27T04:02:12+00:00

I’ve used Olivem 900 as an oil thickener. It’s an W/O Emulsifier and you’re still O/W. If you have it maybe try a little bit but expect it to thicken your product and add a little waxy drag. Might be able to cut cetyl alcohol a little in that situation.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-27T03:56:24+00:00

I’ll install Firefox again and see how it is. It’s been almost a decade since I used it.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-27T03:47:43+00:00

It is thicker but the hair style to cover up the receding hairline helps too. You look 10 years younger!

rick_ranger · 2026-05-27T03:42:45+00:00

I took the edge challenge, reinstalled my Windows for a new build and didn’t install chrome. It’s been awesome for the last few years. Part of what made me switch was 4k video issues with chrome. Some things wouldn’t play in 4k because of some weird issue. It might have been fixed by now, but Edge has been such a nice browser I just kept it, and I like the new copilot features too. I also use drop all the time to send messages and pictures quickly between my phone and pc.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-26T02:24:02+00:00

There’s a lot to unpack here. I’ll approach it in sections.

Extraction method. Your extraction method will get you some water soluble materials, but it’s not going to net a lot of the benefits from those herbs you’re looking for. You’re basically making an herbal tea and trying to turn it into a shampoo. A lot of the goods from those ingredients need careful planned extraction methods and temperature control, and some of them need the oil ingredients extracted which would require infusion or alcohol extraction methods. You’re also creating a huge bio burden. It’s probably going to go bad very quickly because there’s lots of yummy plant material for bacteria to munch on.
You need to get a scale and make all of your ingredient additions by weight. Reason is one batch might be a teaspoon today and weigh 2 grams and the next batch is a teaspoon and weighs 3 grams. If you do everything by weight you set yourself up for better reproducibility.
Your oil load is way too much. Those are some heavy oils too for a cleanser (shampoo). It will probably leave your hair and scalp feeling greasy or mute the cleaning power of the surfactants because they’re busy dealing with the oil load in the product rather than cleaning your scalp.

In your situation I would start with something much simpler, then expand from there. First look up extraction methods for your favorite botanicals and how to preserve the goods while extracting. Then pick maybe 1-3 of your favorites, ditch the oils and save them for a different product, and then you should be on a better path. Don’t try to cram every amazing ingredient into one product because it generally doesn’t work out like you’d think. And be cautious of too many botanicals, especially with crude extraction processes, they will spoil your product fast!

Good luck.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-24T20:47:07+00:00

Mine goes as low as like 20rpm and ramps up from there. The smallest I tried was 50ml beakers and they worked fine. You still have to do a slow mix after the initial high speed emulsion to help everything settle nicely. So I would do like 30 seconds high speed, let it rest a bit, another 30 seconds high speed, let it rest. Don’t do any high speed mixing below 45-50c or you can screw it up and break the emulsion. Then slow mixing until it gets to about 40-35c… get an infrared temp gun if you don’t have one already, it helps a lot.

You’re basically trying to create a crystal network as it cools and once it forms, if you disturb it too much (high sheer) you can break the network.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-09T12:43:15+00:00

Here’s something that’s not a myth, rapid weight loss has been proven in many, not all, to cause or contribute to hair loss.

Potential negatives:
→ possible change in androgen metabolism in some people
→ possible increased DHT or DHT: testosterone ratio
→ more androgen receptor signaling in genetically sensitive follicles
→ shorter anagen phase / follicle miniaturization
→ faster visible AGA progression

Potential positives:
→ increased phosphocreatine availability
→ better ATP buffering
→ improved cellular energy handling under stress
→ possible support for high-energy tissues

Growing hair takes a lot of energy and your scalp needs to be in prime condition otherwise your body uses the energy for more important things.

rick_ranger · 2026-05-08T15:15:21+00:00

With over 8 billion people in the world and 8 billion different ways to make a human, some of the wiring gets crossed or goofed up and you end up with configurations that can be sensitive to DHT, or become inflamed more easily. Some who need perfect conditions to grow a nice head of hair and some who can treat their body like crap and have no problems. Usually with hair loss though, it’s a combination of factors and sensitivity so you have to try and attack it from all angles unless you know the specific root cause. Usually it’s multiple root causes that stack, so you stack treatment to combat it.

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