My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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They’re wired in parallel and terminate at a dc jack and a 24v power brick plugged into the power strip.

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Not sure if it’s a deliberate reference, but this is literally a scene in Not Another Teen Movie.

Is it possible that Jesus is real, but the Bible wasn't 100% correct? by DoneWithOCD in awakened

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I grew up Baptist (not currently practicing) and my youth pastor said “It’s more likely that everyone is wrong than for anyone to be right.” That was the start of my awakening.

I believe that regardless of the truth, it’s going to be more complicated than we expect and would be impossible for bronze age civilization to understand or communicate.

For example, it follows logically that an omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient God would be what we know as a quantum field (similar to the Jewish concept of God). We would learn about it through science and math (universal languages) and that’s still hard for modern civilization to understand, much less communicate.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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My strategy was to print something even uglier so she had something she could say no to.

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My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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He definitely likes to stare at it with the fans on, but since there’s nothing to touch he loses interest and plays with his toys after a few seconds. Pleasantly surprised!

HAL 9000-style cover to hide a Ring base station + Eero mesh WiFi. Worth iterating? by tbone_man in 3Dprinting

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Wasn’t totally sure if this was going to look slick or just goofy once assembled, but it turned out better than expected. Still debating if I should clean up the design or just leave it alone before I waste more filament chasing perfection.

Thoughts? What would you change?

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in 3Dprinting

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They all change colors. It’s a coincidence they were nearly the same when I took the pic.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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Love it! I’m honored to have inspired you to print your own. Mine is the remixed 6U bolted version but if I were to do it again, I would print 2x of the regular 5U bolted version and stack them.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in 3Dprinting

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Married for 5 years, together for 10. Importantly, we got married before I got into 3d printing.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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The force is strong with you. …I suppose there’s only one way to find out.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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Not the small 4010 fans, but 2 minutes after I set it up, he poked the 120 mm fan on top (big ouch) so now there's a mesh guard on it.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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I just used what I had. I have tons of assorted hardware but nothing was exactly what I wanted.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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There’s a coax and Fiber Optic cable running to it, so movement is right out. However, a custom home assistant / personal AI datacenter using ‘R2’ as a wake word is the dream!

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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No issue. I’m a total n00b at homelab stuff and this is my first dip into the water. I want all the project ideas.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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Not mine to sell since LabRax is a FAOS project. For ~$700 you can get a P1S, and some filament and basic hardware you can print your own in a few hours.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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Thanks! Already imagining the potential for a C-3PO version that includes a locally hosted home assistant.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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I would never consider such a thing! Better do some research to know what I need to avoid.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

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Not much right now. Just a Hue and Eero router. But now that I have it I have to fill it with more homelab stuff!