Mehrunes_Laser

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[–] Mehrunes_Laser@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

Burgerland has fallen. liberty-weeping

[–] Mehrunes_Laser@hexbear.net 13 points 10 months ago

My husband and his family is Sicilian. They embarrass me so much when we go out and eat together. They are so loud hahaha

[–] Mehrunes_Laser@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Poor impulse control" but like "shit human being" instead.

[–] Mehrunes_Laser@hexbear.net 56 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Why is every drawing Ben does somehow weirdly horny? Pete has a pretty flat ass so I'm not sure why he drew him with that dump truck. Unless it's a play on his last name or something.

[–] Mehrunes_Laser@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't remember the surgeries but I do remember visiting the hospital in Chicago a few times as a kid. Really cool place, I remember having a lot of fun there, in between getting X-rays.

[–] Mehrunes_Laser@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

That's awesome! Super lucky too. Like, what are chances? For me it was pretty standard. My family Dr gave us a referral to them, and they took the case. I don't remember any of the surgeries since they all happened before I was 2.

[–] Mehrunes_Laser@hexbear.net 29 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I've had people tell me that to my face before.

[–] Mehrunes_Laser@hexbear.net 44 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Fun fact: at the risk of doxxing myself, I can walk today because of the free surgeries I got as an infant from the Shriners. I was born with some pretty fucked up legs, and the Shriners did a lot of work to make them mostly right.

[–] Mehrunes_Laser@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They deleted the post hahaha

[–] Mehrunes_Laser@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago

I banned owls a few days ago when you banned leftism. You haven't unbanned leftism so owls are still banned.

[–] Mehrunes_Laser@hexbear.net 26 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Looks like it's getting absolutely ratioed now. Some great comments in there.

 

These flashy fuckers are 1.5 meters tall and have these beautiful bright orange flowers on them. The species is "Lilium Lancifolium" or "tiger lilies". The previous owner of our house planted tons of them around the yard and now each year they come back.

 

It also functions as a portable Gameboy cartridge player. kelly

 

I found this channel a few weeks ago and now I want to start doing watch repair. Lord help me I don't need a new hobby.

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:sicko-laser:

 

I guess I know what my next big project is going to be. By the time I get one built, the software/slicers will probably be much better. I already have a few steppers and belts, so all I need to do is print the files and assemble it.

Although I think I'd modify it slightly for my use. I think I'd build it on a stand alone base/plate. That way I can temporarily attach it on my printbed.

 

I like to play flight sims, and a rudder pedal is a pretty important accessory to me. The problem is that the ones that are available to purchase are either prohibitively expensive or they're designed to be thrown away when they fail.

Well, after throwing away my second set of pedals, I decided to design my own. Serviceability is my primary design consideration. Having to change out a potentiometer every couple hundred hours of use is a non-issue if the process to do so takes 10 mins from start to finish.

The pedals operate as an accessory to the throttle controler (TWCS T.1600M) that was part of the set the original pedals came with. The throttle has a rj12 connection on it that allows it to connect several additional axis's. So I'm just feeding the potentiometer directly into that jack, letting the throttle controler figure it out, and then assigning it an axis in game. I will eventually replace the throttle interface with my own onboard Arduino controller but that's a different project for a different day.

I originally tried to use a small rotational dampener I scavenged from an industrial cabinet that had soft close drawers. But it didn't give me enough resistance, so I added the cheapest motorcycle steering dampener I could find. Now it has great feel. The only drawback is that it doesn't self center, but that's a feature since I primarily fly helicopters.

The parts bill was around $70~

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Are millions of years of evolution keeping you from taking your pet snake for a walk?

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