Brutkey

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Should I design and print my own water line quick disconnects?
No. 🙅

Will I design and print my own water line quick disconnects?
Yes. 💯

Will I regret this decision?
Mmmmaybe? 🤔

#vanBuild

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This builder knows how to make low shorty camper vans! So many small details that make a huge difference day to day.
https://youtu.be/a2wQpXTWpFE

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Today I experimented with a Yankee screwdriver when I would normally use a power drill. It was quiet, relatively light, didn't take much more time in the wood I used, and I suspect I had better control and placement of the initial cuts. It was, of course, more muscle work and if I had to drill many holes in harder wood it could be a problem. Today I was using a number of other tools and occasionally pre-drilling for screws so it was fine.
Maybe I should put together a light manual tool belt for the kind of furniture work I do right now. For me, power tools are too heavy to wear.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_screwdriver

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As many times as my cheap earbuds have fallen out of my head, I am stunned they haven't landed in a machine, viscous material, time portal, or smol dog teefs. I don't particularly care for these buds* so it's mildly annoying that they continue to survive.

* Raycon Everyday Earbuds with oversensitive touch controls, disappearing battery life, and midling range. 2/5 stars

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I'm a basic lumberist but still I confidently recommend the GlüBot as a significant quality of life upgrade for glue-ups. Good bang for not many bucks.
I also like those little silicone star-nosed mole looking brushes but that's mostly because smudging glue with my fingertip gives me the screaming jimjams.

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The hardware and system software teams were world-class but whoo boy did the C-suite fuck up every other aspect of that effort.
What if Zuck was somehow punted out of the picture and his replacement was capable and had a grip on reality? That would be something.
https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-reality-vr-layoffs

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Seeing the many weak-sauce humanoid mechatronics at CES and recalling the mechatronic dog era, I hope someone takes a cue from Survival Research Labs and makes scary af mechatronic big cats for the home.

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Groggy morning thought: How could the existence of good+open HW mechatronic arms combined with good+FOSS vision systems change the calculus of surface mount vs through-hole components? How would it change the calculus of PCBs vs printed organic shapes holding circuitry?

I'm thinking along the line of how HTTP 1.0 took off partly because it was human readable. Worse is better.

(please assume that I understand how modern large fab lines are built and run as well as the many existing projects like OpenPNP, Opulo, etc)

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Hey, #forkiverse folks. Welcome to the fediverse! 👋
Since every instance has its own administrators and moderation rules, it's a good idea to be kind but also to report and block randos who aren't nice. That's how this all hangs together and it mostly limits the cesspool to instances where they're into cess... or pools? I don't know what they do over there. 😹

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I currently use a thumb-controlled trackball next to my keeb but this kinda-open device could fit nicely below for a reduction in arm sweep. Bonus: I could use whichever thumb is more convenient, ambithumbterous style.
https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/01/08/keychrons-nape-pro-turns-your-mechanical-keyboard-into-a-laptop-style-trackball-rig-hands-on-at-ces-2026/