Why does the wifi on my laptop cut off when my neighbor is home?
Context:
I am using wifi and a bluetooth mouse with my laptop. The two mostly behave with each other, although the wifi bandwidth drops by about 50% when my bluetooth mouse is connected. I can't use the trackpad because the build quality of my laptop is so shit that it (literally) falls out if I look at it wrong.
Anyway, when my neighbor comes home from work the wifi drops to dialup speeds. Sometimes it gets so slow that I may as well not have wifi at all. It appears to be the fault of her phone. Whenever she pulls up in her driveway, her phone tries to connect to my laptop via bluetooth and a message pops up on my screen prompting me to enter a six digit code somewhere. Then, almost like clockwork, my wifi cuts out.
It's probably something to do with 2.4ghz/5ghz signal interference but I can't find anywhere in XFCE's UI to configure such things.
I don't know where I'm going with this. I'm not really asking for help.
Context:
I am using wifi and a bluetooth mouse with my laptop. The two mostly behave with each other, although the wifi bandwidth drops by about 50% when my bluetooth mouse is connected. I can't use the trackpad because the build quality of my laptop is so shit that it (literally) falls out if I look at it wrong.
Anyway, when my neighbor comes home from work the wifi drops to dialup speeds. Sometimes it gets so slow that I may as well not have wifi at all. It appears to be the fault of her phone. Whenever she pulls up in her driveway, her phone tries to connect to my laptop via bluetooth and a message pops up on my screen prompting me to enter a six digit code somewhere. Then, almost like clockwork, my wifi cuts out.
It's probably something to do with 2.4ghz/5ghz signal interference but I can't find anywhere in XFCE's UI to configure such things.
I don't know where I'm going with this. I'm not really asking for help.
My favorite filament company has shut down. The company in question is Printbed, here's their website: https://printbed.com
There was just something different about their colors. I can't put my finger on it, but even their basic color offerings were simply more vibrant than everybody else on the market. Their neon pink was particularly gorgeous with it being so bright it hurt to look at in direct sunlight. I will particularly miss their black cherry and bahama blue as well.
Their spools were also wound almost as good as Prusament's too.
They also sold a couple interesting composite blends. One of which being Acryblend, a mixture of PLA and PMMA (acrylic). This composite material had an absolutely beautiful surface finish and it's sad to see it no longer available.
Pic related, all my spools of filament from them.
There was just something different about their colors. I can't put my finger on it, but even their basic color offerings were simply more vibrant than everybody else on the market. Their neon pink was particularly gorgeous with it being so bright it hurt to look at in direct sunlight. I will particularly miss their black cherry and bahama blue as well.
Their spools were also wound almost as good as Prusament's too.
They also sold a couple interesting composite blends. One of which being Acryblend, a mixture of PLA and PMMA (acrylic). This composite material had an absolutely beautiful surface finish and it's sad to see it no longer available.
Pic related, all my spools of filament from them.
Can someone who knows Romanian help translate something for me?
Rest in Peace Josh Saunders, AKA KingKobraJFS. You were always one of my favorite lolcows, despite me not following you very closely.
To honor his passing, I have mixed together an absolutely disgusting drink: 7-up, MSG and tobacco bitters. I was out of bacon bits so I had to improvise a bit. Mixing a disgusting cocktail is what his father requested us to do and I don't see anything more fitting.
To honor his passing, I have mixed together an absolutely disgusting drink: 7-up, MSG and tobacco bitters. I was out of bacon bits so I had to improvise a bit. Mixing a disgusting cocktail is what his father requested us to do and I don't see anything more fitting.
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All three batteries alkaline batteries leaked on this thing I made about six years ago. Not only this, but they all leaked out of BOTH ENDS! How on earth does this even happen?
Well, regardless, it's interesting that the anode side corroded everything blue whereas the cathode side corroded everything white and crusty.
This gizmo was the first PCB I had ever designed. It is a sort of tester that would let me compare all the different colors of LEDs that were available at the time. It was sort of an academic exercise so I could get used to KiCAD at the time. Anyway, I happened to have an exact spare of the battery holder in my junk bin so I was able to replace it and get it up and running again!
Well, regardless, it's interesting that the anode side corroded everything blue whereas the cathode side corroded everything white and crusty.
This gizmo was the first PCB I had ever designed. It is a sort of tester that would let me compare all the different colors of LEDs that were available at the time. It was sort of an academic exercise so I could get used to KiCAD at the time. Anyway, I happened to have an exact spare of the battery holder in my junk bin so I was able to replace it and get it up and running again!
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Hello again.
I have almost finalized the list of polymers and the list of solvents I wish to test with my vapor polisher.
The columns on this spreadsheet represent the solvent I am going vaporize and the rows represent the polymers that are going to be exposed.
Note that I have left out ABS and Nylon 6. This is because ABS already sucks at chemical resistance and I feel Nylon 6 will behave similarly enough to Nylon 12 that it's not worth me spending 80$ on a spool just to run for these tests.
If you have any ideas as to what other solvents or what other polymers I should test, please let me know. I cannot test anything that requires a printing temp higher than 290c. That is just what my machines max out at. I will not work with any solvents that are carcinogenic or stupidly toxic (like formaldehyde, for example)
I have almost finalized the list of polymers and the list of solvents I wish to test with my vapor polisher.
The columns on this spreadsheet represent the solvent I am going vaporize and the rows represent the polymers that are going to be exposed.
Note that I have left out ABS and Nylon 6. This is because ABS already sucks at chemical resistance and I feel Nylon 6 will behave similarly enough to Nylon 12 that it's not worth me spending 80$ on a spool just to run for these tests.
If you have any ideas as to what other solvents or what other polymers I should test, please let me know. I cannot test anything that requires a printing temp higher than 290c. That is just what my machines max out at. I will not work with any solvents that are carcinogenic or stupidly toxic (like formaldehyde, for example)
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I just pulled off the most gigabrained move ever. I got some pure polycarbonate filament, but it would not stick to the buildplate under any circumstances. So I got another brand of PC which has some additives that make it more easily printable.
I used the lower-temp PC as a raft for the higher-temp pure PC, which are red and blue. Somewhat miraculously this produced my best Calidragon yet. Even his chin came out perfect!
The filaments are 3dxtech ezPC and Gizmodorks PC, in red and blue respectively.
I used the lower-temp PC as a raft for the higher-temp pure PC, which are red and blue. Somewhat miraculously this produced my best Calidragon yet. Even his chin came out perfect!
The filaments are 3dxtech ezPC and Gizmodorks PC, in red and blue respectively.
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