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  • To fill up the meter you must place 3 kibbles treats per floof. I don't make the rules just enforce them.

  • Custom Summer watch
  • I saw your other post about using a 3D printer to tone transfer and ill say it: looks fucking rad dude. Great execution. Great aesthetic pic.

  • rabbit data breach: all r1 responses ever given can be downloaded
  • Im legitimately eating popcorn right now I'm so ready for this saga to be talked about all next week on tech YT.

  • Dr Disrespect Admits To 'Inappropriate' Messages With Minor: 'I'm No Fucking Predator Or Pedophile'
  • I think they kept it on the low because they don't want people realizing that they're viewing the contents of their whispers, even if you have no reasonable expectation of privacy.

  • ‘Too many old people’: A rural Pa. town reckons with population loss
  • Its the water - its turning the freaking frogs gay

  • Pet donkey found 'living best life' with elk, five years after escape
  • This is the type of news I like to hear about lmao. Going to refer to everyting as a wild burro now

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  • Oh weird, I didn't change any of my settings but it must have flipped off when I tried logging back in.

    Thanks! Ill keep my stupid question up for others in case.

  • Vote Scores Not Showing

    Hi there,

    It seems that my midwest.social account has stopped showing the upvote count on posts and comments sometime over the last few days. My Lemmy.world and lemm.ee accounts show them fine still.

    Ive tried logging out and back in and still no dice.

    Anyone else having this bug?

    Samsung Galaxy S24, latest play store build.

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    STRAY | Coming to Nintendo Switch
  • Hmmmm yeah I'm torn on this one. Id put stray into a category where visuals are actually important and I much prefer to play it at 4k than on my Steam Deck. Normally Im 100% gameplay over everything.

    But it doesn't look awful they did a great job working with switch hardware.

    Overall I'm happy more people get to play Stray, its the first game my non gaming girlfriend saw videos of and wanted me to buy it for her. And like a lot of people, she probably wouldn't even notice if it was running at 1440 vs 720.

    Orange kitty go purrrr

  • For those who lurk on Reddit - my ad-free, open source Reddit viewer RDX is an iPhone app now
  • Hey, this is really cool and seems to be pretty stable for me. Im sure a lot of people into sports would be glad to have this

  • Which websites do you visit daily that you think others should know about?
  • Js13k is such a cool find! The top few games are really good for what they claim to be what de hec

  • It's almost the week-end, what are you guys going to play?
  • Damn up to Trine 5, better dive back in

  • It's almost the week-end, what are you guys going to play?
  • Elden Ring FINALLY clicked for me. I bought it on launch (not very patient of me, and I recognized it as a "great" game but for a variety of reasons just wasn't for me. Im replaying it like a lot of people have been and I actually specced my person correctly and its a lot more fun now. Maybe I can experiment with other eventually but a balanced build has been so nice.

    SKALD is also high on my list.

  • Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America ‘Can’t Be Compromised’
  • Ummmm... what the fuck, dude said it outloud. Wanting to so blantatly disregard the first amendment is gross.

    Ive rewritten the third line of my comment like 12 times, this is just dumbfounding I cant do any better than this.

    The fuck do we do about this?

  • Knitted Navigator
  • This is so cute

  • headphones @lemmy.world TheBest @midwest.social
    onn (Walmart Brand) Bone Conducting Headphones

    So I had a $50 burning a whole in my pocket after a week of my ears being particularly sore after wearing my earbuds while working. Ive seen some reviews and looked into a few sets on Amazon, so I was aware there were different styles and such.

    But during a stoned Walmart trip I saw the title product on the shelf and said fuck it.

    Spent all day doing house projects with them on. The little bone conducting bits sit just in front of your tiny inner ear flap and the band kind of just floats behind your head? I have long hair currently so this was mitigated by throwing a ponytail on, but also didn't seem too uncomfrtable when my hair was down. Running would be a problem with them if your longer hair was down, to give an idea of the stability.

    Bass from music was lacking, and above like 80% volume they still get louder, but you can also hear the vibration motor working overtime lol. I knew this going in so it isn't a dealbreaker for me, I want to primarily use these for audiobooks and podcasts.

    Would love to hear some thoughts on the tech in general if you don't have any on these specifics ones!

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    China installs world’s 1st 18 MW wind turbine, to power 36,000 homes/yr
  • I can picture the equipment procurement meeting perfectly based on this description, good analysis

  • Top news app caught sharing “entirely false” AI-generated news
  • Reading this I'm just.... tired.

    Maybe it can hallucinate some happy stories for me.

  • Do you use both a personal desktop and laptop?
  • Gaming PC is in the living room for gaming and media center.

    Laptop in my office up stairs for programming and I use Steam Remote Play for games that require keybmouse. Its nice because I can just unplug it from my dock and head downstairs with it if I want to browse on the couch.

    I have a tablet too, but that's used solely for movies, YouTube, or when I'm DMing because the footprint is smaller.

  • GOP governor says June is about understanding & accepting homophobes
  • The right to hold a bigotted opinion should NOT superceed my right of self expression. You want to be a homophobe? Fine, but keep it to your fucking self and let's the gays exist.

  • My boyfriends girl best friend
  • Agreed, it may help to reframe this not as a competition for your boyfriends attention but maybe rather as meeting her will expand your friend group? I don't think its weird for my partner to text with my friends, so maybe its worth it to see her, spend some time with her, and get to know a person your partner highly values.

    Definitely an optimistic viewpoint, but one that's lead to my personal happiness with my partner.

  • Question: How does one open source their stuff?

    Hey there.

    Im working on a project for some software I want in the world. But I'm such a hobbyist that I've never thought of publishing any of my projects, but after doing so much work in it I kind of want other to have access to it after I feel its ready.

    Whats the process of distribution? I guess I typically use github when interacting with FOSS community, but its still confusing for me to navigate as an end user sometimes, let alone being an uploader.

    FWIW its simply a few python modules and other supporting txt and jsons. Targeting mostly Windows because that's what I use.

    Thanks! (If this isn't the right place to ask please let me know!)

    Edit: there are a bunch of great comments here! To clarify, I want to get it functional and somewhat bug free then fully upload everything so someone can see my idea and do it better. So I think I'm going to go with unlicense, because I don't really care about getting credit or getting contributions necessarily. Thanks all!

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    Elegoo Neptune Pro 4 - Failed Print Help [SOLVED]

    I just sent this email over to elegoo official, so either way I'll update this post with their response for a community reference point:

    "Hello, I'm having issues with my Elegoo Neptune Pro 4. I've tried following the official documentation and other resources to help fix my issue to no avail, so I am reaching out as a last ditch effort.

    My issue mainly pertains to PLA prints consistently being ruined partway during printing after a few months of use and operation.

    Specifically, my print will successfully complete the first few layers. Then, at some point, the print will somehow 'grab' or 'catch' the print base and drag it around the print bed, ruining the print and causing a large build up of filament at my hotend. This then requires cleaning.

    From what I have seen, this can be caused by issues with the print bed not being clean or the temperature of the bed in relation to the fan speed. For example, having a low fan utilization at the beginning, then ramping up later in the print is supposed to help this issue. However any fixes I tried returned null results.

    Some background info, I purchased the printer on preorder and received it in September 2023. I have kept up with maintenance. Namely, keeping stepper motor tracks cleaned and greased properly, belts tightened, the print bed is wiped down with 90% ISO alcohol between prints. I have replaced the hot-end when I first started experiencing print issues, and again during the troubleshooting process to further diagnose the problem.   My Z offset seemingly is "correct". I followed the mfg instructions closely, and before this issue, my prints were coming out beautifully.

    Print Settings: Using Elegoo brand PLA 1kg filament rolls. Default Elegoo Cura print settings applied for temperature, speed, fan speed, nozzle size, etc. Supports or No supports didn't make a difference during my troubleshooting. Brim printing mode is my default.

    For the 4-5 months that I've had the Neptune Pro 4 has been absolutely amazing. Fantastic quality, consistent, very easy to use and maintain. The issues I'm experiencing are beyond annoying and I can't seem to figure it out myself.

    Is this issue known? What are the recommended solutions?"

    • Let me know if any of you have experienced something similar to this and how you addressed it!

    EDIT: This is likely solved. There are many issues that can contribute to this issue but TLDR quadrouple check your z offsets. Read the thread for other good info.

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    I just want to say thank you to Midwest.Social

    (Feel free to remove if not allowed)

    I may be preaching to the choir , but I just wanted to say THANK YOU to the instance moderators and owners.

    I really appreciate the welcoming attitude that a lot of our threads hold. I really like the freedom of expression we can have, as well as the disagrements that have helped broaden my worldview. I love that this is slightly more currated to our location in the world, it really helps connect local news with the people that might miss it if you're only scrolling the large social media networks or countrywide news outlets.

    I am definitely biased and might be unaware of some problems, but to me the content and members here actually make me want to participate in the conversation.

    So uh... yeah. Thank you.

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    cute dogs, cats, and other animals @lemmy.ml TheBest @midwest.social
    I can't work under these *fluffy* conditions
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    The New 8bitdo Retro Keyboard shipped early. Small-ish Male Hand for scale.

    I can try to answer any questions, but it doesn't seem like the 8bitdo Ultimate software is availible for download yet. Im not big into mechanical keyboards, this is actually my first, so I don't have much direct comparison experience to other keyboards.

    but the buttons are big and f u n.

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    Minnesota @midwest.social TheBest @midwest.social
    www.startribune.com Anoka to debut state's first social district, allowing patrons to walk around town while drinking

    The north metro suburb gained legislative approval to pilot the program, which starts Wednesday and runs through Oct. 7.

    Anoka to debut state's first social district, allowing patrons to walk around town while drinking

    Sounds fun.

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    Husky Lab Mix chilling on the river

    A mostly brown and white dog sitting on a boat with the river, trees, and bright blue skies behind him. Mostly husky features with hints of lab.

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    cute dogs, cats, and other animals @lemmy.ml TheBest @midwest.social
    New shelter kitty cuddling up to her new older brother!

    So freaking adorable. Its been a little over a month, and she finally feels comfortable enough to come to my old man and pass out. Of course he's THRILLED about having a new bff. His face everytime she rubs against him is pure cheese.

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