Nmill11b

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[–] Nmill11b 2 points 7 months ago

Natto. Literally the worst, IMO. Even a good number of Japanese folks don't like it.

[–] Nmill11b 1 points 9 months ago

I'm sure the overall reason is stochastic, with other concurrent contributing factors, but writing off what is generally considered to be the main reason for an acute change in educational metrics (which coincides pretty spot on with am abrupt interruption in home life and school life) doesnt seem reasonable. I haven't heard anything besides the pandemic, being the main driving force for the acute change in educational metrics. Raising a child and reading to them is different than directed education. I value the time I have with my children and read to them daily. This is very different (but complimentary to) than what they would get at some sort of structured pre-k.

This is one of those situations if your looking at the "why," you have to use judgment. All of the data is of course, retrospective, which is not as good as a prospective stuff such as a randomized controlled trial (which it would, of course be unethical to perform). When thinking about stuff like this, I like to point people out to a peer-reviewed systematic review that shows parachute is not associated with survival when jumping out of airplanes (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300808/). The point is, we can't always clinically study some thing in the best possible way because it's either impractical or unethical, and sometimes you just have to use your best judgement unless/until something more concrete comes to light. We cannot, ethically, do an experiment where we recreate many of the conditions at the start of the pandemic and to conduct an RCT that this drastically affect education (including early education and development).

That being said, I do agree that we should do what we can as parents to raise them, read, help educate, teach good life skills and help instill positive personality traits. I do agree that screen time, distractions, and overall pace of life have been a contributing factor to this for many years, and no-doubt, have played a role at least in the background during this acute decline.

[–] Nmill11b 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm sorry, this seems a bit disconnected with the reality of actively working and simultaneously taking care of children. If you are working from home, there may be absolutely no or very little time to give quality instruction to children. Anecdotally, at the start of the pandemic, I was in a surgical residency. My specialty (otolaryngology) was locked down pretty hard across the nation, so I actually was at home a lot during the start of the pandemic, as there was a big scare about risk with routine ENT encounters and surgery. My wife worked in HR and was totally working from home.

For the first two months, I did most of the child care despite being in a busy surgical residency. Our children were about a year old and required a lot of active watching and caring for them. My wife may have been able to step away and change diapers and feed (sometimes she would be tied up). There was certainly no time to give quality education.

To give quality rearing and education to children while working would essentially be the equivalent of working two jobs. Working from home does not necessarily mean you log on, sit at home, and then go about your day as you like (i know some may have been able to do that, for better or worse). I'm not sure why you are insisting that parents taking on this extra burden while working (from home or not) is an unreasonable explanation for this.

[–] Nmill11b 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks! I'll at it when I get time. I really hadn't heard of other sites besides thingiverse, and I am yet unaware of any nuances, issues or controversies about it.

[–] Nmill11b 2 points 9 months ago

If it breaks I will try to print out of petg. I may have to print somewhere else, because the printers I have access to I'm only allowed to print PLA AFAIK. I'm hoping the skin (besides looking cool - it's an xray image of the phone) also reinforces and buffers any impact/fall.

[–] Nmill11b 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, the 15w charging is only iPhone, and fast charging doesn't seem to work -- i think because of overheating mostly from my experience. This current setup the charger is closer to my phone than other setups, so I may try it, maybe it fast charging will work, but I don't have my hopes up.

Hopefully with Qi2 these android users are natively included.

Edit: fast charging still doesn't work with magsafe

 

I posted here a bit ago with zero 3d printing experience. You guys helped me mash this case together. I printed it, attached it to my phone, and it seems to work. It has a magnetic ring that I bought from quadlock, but it fits in the case, so it effective has both quadlock and magsafe capabilities. I reinforced the attachment points with 3m transfer tape, and it is solid.

My next project to print (which someone already has made) is a mod to convert the quadlock bicycle mount into a wireless charger.

Thanks all!

I'm very happy to see this community seems to be thriving here, and im impressed with how many people quickly engaged me with ideas on how to mash two things together. I've abstained from the old site since last May time-frame, and I'm honestly happy with the quality of interactions I've had here.

[–] Nmill11b 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I printed it and attached the mag quad ring. https://www.thingiverse.com/make:1141679

It is very secure with the 3m transfer tape (snapped on pretty good without it, but i want to make sure its solid) l, and honestly works much better than my previous magsafe setup (oh snap 3.0). Wireless charging works fantastic, doesn't interfere with pen (when there aren't any magnetic accessories attached), and surprisingly wireless power share works.

I'm comfortable putting it on my bike at this point; however, I am going to put a skin on the case -- I don't like the blue alone, and I'm not sure how well PLA alone holds up to a drop.

[–] Nmill11b 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is just a screenshot... Here's the STL https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6354529. I have 3M trasnfer tape that I'll use to hold it only my phone, which is basically the same sort of stuff that holds my current Spigen phone case on my phone. I'm not sure I'd trust a plastic case on this phone without some sort of adhesive the way the phone is designed. This is essentially just half the case for the back of the folding phone (The front portion, which is made by Spigen, hold the s-pen, which I use somewhat regularly). Hopefullly this prints well and actually works well as far as locking onto quadlock mounts and magsafe with charging working (I use magsafe charging and accessories currently with an adapater -- I would expect this to work better since it'd be thinner than my current setup.

[–] Nmill11b 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, I'll let you know how it works once I actually make it.

I'm not that concerned about the case sticking to my phone, as long as the dimensions are right,. I have this very thin double-sided 3m adhesive (ACIT 3M 468 MP, Double-Sided Transfer, 5 Sheets (10'') https://a.co/d/4F0DrF3) - it's essentially the same thing that is in random consumer product made to stick to walls, phones, etc. I actually have it holding my current magsafe adapter to my phone (I moved it from a different case) and it's pretty solid.

Now-- my fingers are crossed that it holds to the mount well AND the mag ring works and charges well.

 

The folks in 3d printing helped me out greatly with this, and I was able to mash this together today. I haven't printed or tested it yet, but it's designed to be used with the quad mag ring. I'm going to use some very thin and strong 3m adhesive tape I have to ensure it is secure to the phone, and use for a quadlock mount on the bike if it actually works.

Perhaps this niche case will be useful for someone else?

 

I'm glad that this is an active community, and the advice the other day was really helpful. Once I figured out how to make other shapes to delete/ subtract, merge, I was able to do this easier. I made this draft in Windows 3D builder, it seemed to be pretty easy to manipulate shapes. We'll see how this goes as far as printing and what not.

We'll see how printing goes and if this case actually works.

I have a few MakerBot-brand printers I can use, I'm not sure the models. One of them is slightly larger enclosed in glass, and I'm told it's temperature controlled, the others are smaller, and they are open. I know the only filament I'm allowed to use with these ones is PLA.

[–] Nmill11b 2 points 10 months ago

I love this. This would make it easier. I can use the exact same cone to "cut" the case. I'll also be able to perfectly center the cone on the mag quad adapter (not sure if the stl has is 100% centered or not, but this way I can get it perfect.

I'll play with this. Probably won't have time for a few days, my days are busy. I tried using sphere deletion in blender yesterday, and it was a bit tough since it was my first time using any 3d design software.

I think this is probably the best suggestion for how to accomplish this, and I'll be able to focus on doing it soon.

[–] Nmill11b 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks- I'll check it out! I liked how simple TinkerCAD felt, and was hoping to use it, if I can, that'd be awesome

 

Hello, thanks in advance for any help. I have a little project I am trying to do-- I would like to merge a "Mag quadsafe universal adapter" with a Galaxy Fold 3 case. I have both STLs and i began playing with blender yesterday, and it's possibly a little above my head.

What it seems like the steps are from my (peprhaps simplistic) point of view:

  • trim the openings on mag quad adapter to fit the camera lens and side buttons when it is perfectly centered on the case.
  • delete a square the exact size of the magsafe quadlock adapter that is perfectly centered on the back of the phone case
  • put the current model from the mag quad stl in thus square

The only thing I've been able to accomplish thus far is centering the mag quad adapter on top of the case. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to trim in to fit the camera and side button openings....

Any help is greatly appreciated, even if it's just a starting point.

 

I have an orbi rbr50 with vowel firmware. I am abroad, but use openvpn to connect to nordvpn to connect via the united states.

Whenever I restart my router my configuration folder for open VPN gets deleted and I have to redo everything. AFAIK this is not supposed to happen. Anyone familiar with voxel firmware/orbi, that could potentially give me some insight for troubleshooting?

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