Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

The latest edition to my office is a vintage Warmink wall clock from the 1960s I got as a gift. Unlike the vintage alarm clock I tried in my office before, this has a quiet and slow tick, and a pleasant chime on the hour and half hour. Plus it tracks moon phases!

I will likely be spending the next few weeks adjusting the pendulum and minute hand so it keeps perfect time. #vintage #clocks

@kirschner I finally got a chance to sit down and read Ada & Zangemann and I enjoyed it! I thought it was a cute story overall, and appropriate for the age groups it is targeting.

I also appreciated how it took a traditional children's morality tale format and modernized it with practical hardware/software ethics in a relatable way, but not in a way that made you feel preached to or talked down to. Would recommend!

@hacks4pancakes @Viss Maxoak (the company that makes the Bluetti Viss mentioned before) does make a smaller capacity model that is similar to what you want to replace: https://www.amazon.com/MAXOAK-50000mAh-Portable-Charger-External/dp/B00YP823NA/

Unclear whether it meets FAA regulations though. I think 185Wh might go above carry-on regulations.

@hacks4pancakes @Viss One advantage your device has over some of the devices we are recommending is that your device meets FAA regs for carry-on. Is that a requirement you'd have for a replacement?

@Viss @hacks4pancakes Yeah for that you'd have to bump up to the Delta Pro line, which is heavy enough they added wheels.

@Viss @hacks4pancakes Before you pull the trigger on a Bluetti, do a compare/contrast with the Ecoflow line. I've been really pleased with my Delta and River to power my camper van. The Delta can pull in 1kw AC to recharge from zero very quickly.

@hacks4pancakes I like the ecoflow gear. Their River line would work on the smaller end, and they go up in capacity and capabilities from there. I use an Ecoflow Delta as my main power source in my camper van, and a River as the backup. Both recharge very fast, which is one of the benefits of them over some competitors.

@whack Our society has spent decades teaching people to nurture their self-interest. It is now core to our culture. There is the obvious consumer side of it, but also the subtler good-intentioned focus on self-esteem/self-care, even though people naturally are selfish and need cultural prodding to resist that urge.

That said, I do see evidence the pendulum is swinging toward focus on the good of the group vs. the self, but it might take time (generations?) for that to take hold.

Thank you everyone for all of your great suggestions. It seems the consensus is to try out Tinkercad first so that's what I will do.

@Dteaj Thank you!

@Dteaj @faziarizvi @weaving @fiberarts It turned out OK in the end.

@Dteaj @faziarizvi @weaving @fiberarts This was part of the issue--I was using up warp thread leftover from another project, so between that and the need for fringe I didn't have many inches to spare for this particular project (and barely enough extra warp yarn for the floating selvedges!)

I prefer having extra warp when I can spare it, because in addition to samples at the beginning, I like the ability to experiment at the end of a project. This project wouldn't allow it.

@Dteaj @faziarizvi @weaving @fiberarts In my case I had already started weaving a few inches, so I had to undo the work I had already done to incorporate the floating selvedges.

Hello 3D printing and CAD folks, I would like some advice:

I want to introduce my 10-year-old son to simple 3D modeling and CAD so he could design objects to send to our 3D printer. I am looking for software that is easy to use, even if functionality is limited, FOSS if possible. I have no CAD skills myself, and opening FreeCAD for the first time was pretty intimidating. I would also prefer something GUI/mouse-based, not declarative (ie not OpenSCAD).

#3dprinting

@whack Free fire wood for next year!

Beer Update: It's alive! The first few days the beer was perfectly still with no sign of life (the yeast were reproducing), but now a week in you can see bubbles on the top and the airlock is bubbling away. This means the yeast is alive and happily converting sugars into alcohol and CO2.

This is a lager yeast so it will hang out more at the bottom of the container compared to ale yeasts. In a few weeks they will run out of food and settle to the bottom.

#brewing #happybrewyear #beer

Walking through Universal Studios seeing a lot of Harry Potter scarves. I guess I am getting some confidence as a weaver (and even a machine knitter) because after inspecting one up close in a shop my first thought was "oh, I could make something better than that easily..." #weaving #knitting #machineknitting

@Wildbill I'll be there!

@shawnp0wers A recent sermon on joy I heard suggested the opposite of joy wasn't sadness/depression but hopelessness. The idea was that joy can coexist with, for instance, grief.