sneekee_snek_17 4d ago • 100%
I hope the very much not serious tone came across in my post, so I wouldn't say it bothers me.
I do find interesting, though, because the outcomes of actions are definitely what I focus on more, as a general rule
sneekee_snek_17 4d ago • 100%
Lol I know utilitarianism is not the answer, but that's the most concise way to say that the vast majority of my thought processes are outcome-oriented
Also, it was kinda necessary to use utilitarianism to get the direct opposites in there for comedic effect. Makes it punchy
Thesis My personal moral philosophy is a garbled mess. Premise 1 I am, as any college student who has taken one or two philosophy classes is, a dyed-in-the-wool utilitarian. Premise 2 When my wife is annoyed by something I did, or forgot to do, I invariably argue that my motives were pure and, thus, should be free of blame. Conclusion Premise 1 posits that I adhere to a utilitarian ethical framework. Premise 2 posits that I argue against being blamed for my actions from a deontological perspective. Thus, I am a wishy-washy yahoo who uses whichever moral philosophy is convenient at the moment; QED.
sneekee_snek_17 2w ago • 100%
That's a good one, that's my mom's favorite. I also like the twice-fed sweet levain recipe from FWSY, I've always gotten great oven spring from that one.
I just like tartine the most because the dough feels the best during the process and the flavor at the end is excellent
sneekee_snek_17 2w ago • 100%
What recipe do you use? My favorite is the tartine country loaf
sneekee_snek_17 2w ago • 100%
What's ozempic face?
sneekee_snek_17 4w ago • 100%
I'm completely unfamiliar with this, can you elaborate?
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
You may or may not be interested to hear that I took your warning to heart and I'm now planning on using an actual DC power supply, coupled with either a resistive or inductive ballast which will also be designed for that purpose.
I'm sure the original plan is easily workable for someone with training or education, but for an amateur, it was too far outside the box to find reliable information and feel confident in it
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
Well now you have to
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
Caution noted, I appreciate the effort either way
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
After reading more, it seems like I'm simply looking for a choke that limits current to 1ish amps
I'll probably be cranking up the current after I get it working, but this is a second step from the light bulb
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
This is, hopefully, going to be functioning as a current- limiting ballast for a solid state tesla coil. So I need the 1.1A it draws, but not the motor.
I just wasn't sure if that 1.1A would stay constant if it was just the primary coil, without the motor.
I agree it's a weird question, but it's because the instructions I'm following are very vague about what to use as a ballast. The guy says to test the circuit with an incandescent bulb, then use a hair dryer, toaster, or other household implement that draws a couple/few amps. I'm trying to figure out the bare minimum of components from a device that will still draw current
Title pretty much says it all. I'm trying to find a current limiting ballast for a solid state tesla coil, and this has the right size and current draw, but I'd like to eliminate the motor screaming, if possible. Thoughts?
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
The only name for them
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
The withdrawal from Afghanistan is the the most genuine "the buck stops here", that I can remember. He ripped off the bandaid and it was the right call
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
You're looking for your car, but you're all turned around.
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
And if for some reason, in your frontier scenario, you have plywood and bracing material, you could go with a rammed earth structure!
I just learned about rammed earth and got a few books about it, it's so fucking cool. I want to build a house with it now, so my great great great great great grandkids can inherit it
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
I'm not proud of it, but I got like six little, ~2", brass-plated L-brackets from home depot and attached them along the long sides.
It's not ideal because TECHNICALLY wood movement could be an issue, but movement with the grain is minimal, and I needed to just get the thing done so I risked it. No issues yet and it has been in my basement (which has pretty significant humidity swings) for probably a year now.
Also, but a dumb question, I reached this exact point in the build, when I had a frame and a top and was like........well now what?
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
I DRANK EVERY DAY FOR YEARS BECAUSE I WAS UNHAPPY WITH MYSELF AND MY LIFE, THEN I HIT ROCK BOTTOM, BUCKLED DOWN, MADE SOME NECESSARY FUCKN CHANGES, BEEN SOBER FIVE YEARS, AND NOW I'M HAPPILY MARRIED WITH A BABY BOY IN A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE
LIFE IS FUCKING GOOD
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
I thought the 70% was recommended because it helps maintain membrane fluidity or something like that
sneekee_snek_17 2mo ago • 100%
I just had a thought, if I've got a laptop charger or similar brick that supplies 5A DC, do you think there's any reason that wouldn't work?
I'm using an instructable as reference for a project and it says to use anything available that draws 5-10A as a ballast. Examples were a hair dryer, I thin toaster, and also an incandescent bulb as a test article. I don't quite understand include any of those things in the circuit. Is it as simple as ripping the guts or if a hair dryer to get to the heating element and writing it in with the exposed leads? Any general information on ballasts that aren't for florescent lighting would be very helpful
So the lone LED in the middle, with two resistors, is going to be on all the time, as a night light to the night light. If the rest of the LEDs are on a switch, will I have to run two completely separate wires for the single LED, isolating it on its own circuit? I'm tentatively planning on doing that, using heat shrink or something like that to tidy up the wires, then use two DC barrel jacks to connect each set of wires to the board. Are there any potential problems with this plan?
So after doing some analysis of human factors (asked my lovely wife what she prefers), I decided to ditch the PIR sensor and just go with a switch. This is just the current state of the board, I'm gonna rip apart an old router to get the barrel jack, then put this thing in an enclosure of some sort and call it day. I'm also putting one LED with I think a 3k resistor that'll be on all the time as a night light to the night light, so you can find the switch
I've been waiting so patiently all year, hoping the plant in my backyard was butterfly weed. It probably isn't, but I found this little guy in my front yard a couple days ago!
But if I want the LEDs to actually be bright, I probably need to use the sensor to activate a relay, right?   I know this is basic as shit, but I'm having a blast Update: first trial with the planned number of LEDs and pillow stuffing, looks fantastic! 
I've got the appropriate amount of light for my microscope ring light, but now I need to put it all in an enclosure of some sort. If I don't have a custom board to solder these to, what are my best options for connecting these she mounting them into something? If this is too vague, please let me know if I can clarify
I've got my work cut out for me, there's a decent amount of flattening needed on a few strips, and the planer I have access to is abut rough around the edges, so not all the joints are perfect, but it's alright overall. Once it's flattened and cleaned up, the remaining aesthetic flourishes are to use walnut/sapele to put an edge around it or just cap the ends, then ease the edges and router handles into the ends. I was looking at the boos block website, and they offer the option to put the finger grooves in the middle or in the bottom edge and I really like the functionality of having them on the bottom
First off, boy did I underestimate how much wood a butcher block cutting board this size (approx. 15×20×2) would end up using. The joints also aren't perfect, but I don't have the time or energy for perfection at the moment, this one is kind of a functional proof of concept. I'm going to give it to a friend of mine, but I've been upfront that it will not be perfect. The next one, that will be made from the same beam, but MUCH cleaner, straighter-grained wood, will be more precise, more consistent color, probably marginally stronger because of the grain, just better in every way But this only took two days and like three hours of work to go from a massive, rough-cut hunk of maple to this, so I'm pleased with it 
I got a microscope at auction a few weeks ago for a great price, only issue is the lights are super dim. I decided to make some supplementary lighting for it, this was my first little proof-of-concept, to show myself that all the formulas I learned back in physics really work and that I can put together simple stuff without destroying any components, and while understanding what I'm doing. Next will be to rerun the numbers with 5V from a wall wart, then maybe start working on a housing for everything. It's been years since I tinkered with electronics and I forgot how much fun it is, I'm having a blast! That's about all really, I'm super excited about baby's first breadboard and I'm just happy to be here! Also, if anyone sees something that is a safety hazard, please let me know Also also: *Technically* these aren't the correct resistors, they're allowing ~26 milliamps across the LEDs, when they're rated for 20, but I'm here for a good time not a long time
So I just picked up this 12"×6"×10' maple beam at an auction today and had to chop off two feet of it to fit it in my car. I'm thinking of making a couple end-grain carving boards for friends with what was cut off. I'm tentatively thinking of just slicing it into 2" cookies and gluing them together, but I've never seen a cutting board like this that wasn't a collection of like 1" pieces glued together. Is there any reason not to use larger pieces when gluing up a cutting board? Thanks in advance 
In a couple days, I'll be the proud new owner of a big-ass maple mantle and 22 square feet of olive, which I've never worked with before I'm tossing around the idea of using the olive for a table top, but that's far from certain, as I haven't seen any of it in person yet. What experience do y'all have with olive and what do you recommend?
This is my first piece of furniture with hand-cut mortise-and-tenon joinery. It's far from perfect, but I managed to hide most of the imperfections inside the frame. I finished it with 50/50 beeswax and mineral oil. I think the table top and long aprons are cherry, with two strips of what may be oak in the table top? It was in the miscellaneous pile at my community workshop, so your guys is as good as mine. The legs and short apron are sapele, which is probably my favorite wood when it's finished, it's unbelievably lustrous in person. Happy to answer an questions, otherwise, I just wanted to share the first thing I've ever made that I didn't finish and immediately tear apart all the mistakes I made, I'm genuinely pleased with this one!
A little carpet adhesive, a few staples, a handful of small brackets, and it's almost complete! Overall, it's solid as a rock and has enough mass to keep it stable without anchoring it to any walls. Only things left are a ramp from ground level to the second story across the front and potentially a hammock somewhere(I'm struggling to see where i could put one without compromising some other useful part of the tree). Thoughts are welcome!
I've been watching this guy for a couple weeks now, he's visibly growing, which is cool to see, I've never observed one specific spider over a period of time
I've got a 3 week-old newborn. During the day there are plenty of adorable moments and easy times. But it's the middle of the fucking night, he strategically waited until I was switching diapers to piss on me and all over, then was flailing his arms and pushing the bottle out of his mouth even though he was very hungry, then shit his GODDAMN BRAINS OUT while eating, then after I burped him and cleaned him up and got him in new clothes and swaddled and put him down, he fucking screamed until I picked him up again. Like, I've given him everything his tiny little brain and body could need. That coupled with the strategic shitting and pissing to require the absolute maximum amount of work from me. The vent here, I guess, is that I fucking hate this. I loved my life with my wife and now we have next to zero intimacy(not sex, obviously, but even our normal physical touch). We have zero time for each other, one is tending the baby, while the other is desperately trying to keep up with cleaning bottles and keeping the house passably clean and there is no time for anything. I would never let any of what I just said affect how I interact with the baby, but I'm fucking sick of having literally zero independence and I miss my wife (her being in the same bed and next to me most of the day makes it worse somehow). Fuck. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk. Check out The Oatmeal, they've got a comic about having kids that's painfully applicable.
None of our numerous store-bought cat trees were ever large enough for our 16lb boy, so I grabbed an old area rug and plywood scraps I had and took matters into my own hands. It's about 70% compete, I'm gonna add at least a platform on top of the post, and my partner wanted a cat hammock, so I gotta figure out where/how to incorporate that. Lemmy know what you think!
I've been hoping all year that this plant was going to be a huge, beautiful butterfly weed bunch, but after seeing actual butterfly weed on a field trip for my field botany class, this doesn't appear to be butterfly weed after all. Any ideas what it is?
I finally upgraded my desk and I want to have appropriately clean cable management. I would need probably 4 of the option shown here, and that's unnecessarily expensive, so I'm hoping yall have some ideas. Also, ideally they wouldn't be out in the open, since I've got a nibbly cat.