The history of raised panels

this is a surprisingly interesting video about why a lot of simple architecture and furniture (like doors) has “raised panels”

#electronics beings of Fedi, can you please tell me how to #repair this switch in my electric kettle? it looks like it’s been exposed to a lot of water (hot water leaked into the electronics of the kettle) and it’s rusted. the problem is that it doesn’t complete the circuit when it’s in the “on” position. I want to either disassemble and clean the rust off of it or just buy a replacement switch

but, I can’t even disconnect it from its electrical connectors. they look like you can just pull them off, but I’ve been pulling fairly hard and they won’t budge

so my questions are:

• how do I get the electrical connectors to disconnect?
• is there a way to disassemble this switch?
• should I even be messing with this, or should I just buy a new kettle?

based on a recent experience

turbonerd thought time: what would a completely, recursively modular operating system look like? and don’t say “linux”

by completely modular, I mean building the OS on a kernel that only exists to act as an interface between different components, standardizing basic operations and translating code and such. the kernel would also incorporate a basic set of hardware drivers, and all hardware would have to be built to interface with that kernel, so calls to any hardware would be standardized and universally compatible. the kernel doesn’t actually do anything on its own though, nothing ever calls the kernel itself for an operation, all calls just go through it. there are a few core parts it calls for as a minimum, and you plug in whatever you want to fill those core requirements, no matter how they operate, and the kernel unifies them and makes sure everything is seamlessly interoperable. of course, you then plug in whatever else you want, maybe with a hardcoded maximum limit to encourage developers to utilize or upgrade existing components as much as possible instead of just making new ones all the time

by recursively modular, I mean every individual component that plugs into the kernel is also made of different modules, and includes all past versions of itself as functionally separate parts that can be called and ran separately and even simultaneously. nothing loads unless it’s called, so the only resource cost of that should be storage, but it would result in effectively universal and infinite backwards compatibility and interoperability, since nothing is ever deprecated. this goes for hardware too, no hardware would ever become incompatible with future versions of the OS, even as new hardware gains new capabilities, because it’s all running through the same standard. since the kernel is the interface for these components, and components can’t interact with each other without going through the kernel, security patches would all be built into the kernel instead of each component, so all systems of all configurations would have the same baseline level of security and would always be safe on the internet

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Just a small PSA: Medical establishment notwithstanding, you do not need to Be Trans in order to try cross-sex hormone replacement therapy. If you're curious you can just try it and see how it makes you feel. You have a month or two before any permanent changes happen. (And if you're like me, it will not take that long to decide if you like it. It might not take more than a single dose.) Being able to do this is a critical expression of bodily autonomy.

Now, the medical establishment will gatekeep this from you because it's deeply transphobic and treats anything resembling medical transition as a dangerous last-resort at best and an unacceptable evil at worst. But again, it's a fundamental expression of bodily autonomy. Do not feel bad about exercising this if it's something you want to do. Even if you're just curious.

people will punch you into the shape that they want and then take that as proof that you were that shape all along

NEW GAME ENGINE ALERT!!!

Gaijin Entertainment, the creators of War Thunder, are creating a new game engine called EdenSpark. It will be #opensource and built on top their proven Dagor game engine.

https://gamefromscratch.com/gaijin-announce-new-open-source-game-engine-edenspark/

#gamedev #indiedev

new power item discovered: theobromine. the stuff in cocoa that gives you energy that isn’t caffeine

I hate dark chocolate, but I tried eating a little of it regularly for a while to see if it did anything like it does for others. unsurprisingly, it never had any effect on me, no food ever does, I need much higher than normal doses of anything to feel any effect whatsoever

but you can get theobromine in 400mg capsules, and over the past week, these things have seemed to give me just enough of an energy and alertness boost to make a noticeable improvement to my mood and motivation, and with zero downsides. unlike caffeine where I get no energy and all the downsides. the effects have also lasted far longer than caffeine ever did, even when it used to work on me

if this result stays consistent for the next two weeks, this will probably be the third best thing in my cabinet behind only vitamin D and magnesium. it’s not even expensive

PSA: for anyone who is troubleshooting their Windows 11 randomly switching to light mode every time they try to change it back to dark mode, that’s a bug in PowerToys:

github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/42386#issuecomment-3411381380

you need to disable a new feature called Light Switch which they accidentally enabled by default

# Project #Tit4Cat

I threw all my nsfw OC stuff in a gallery so it's more convenient for y'all 😉

One catch—if you click the link, then you're socially obligated to reply here with the most adorable picture you can find

To ensure plausible deniability for others, please post cute pics even if you didn't click the link

Wow so much plausible deniability!

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if anyone wants to watch RAMDER+ play random #4D games he found online, he’s currently live streaming that here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFI8Z1F-2w

edit: the stream is over now but you can still watch the recorded stream

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This time, we're headed off the topic of Oblivion and onto...oh, the effects of one of the Daedric princes of Oblivion on Tamrielic goings-on?

Succubard Gently Reads: [The Brothers of Darkness]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ta3DgLgY4A

Yup, it's the dark brotherhood, a group that stems from an earlier group who was born of a worship for Mephala The Dark Brotherhood quest-line is, as I hear it, a lot of people's favourites when it comes to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, from the way it's introduced to how it plays out, and it's often used as a barometer to measure other quest-lines up against, both in Oblivion and in other TES games.

Hopefully, you enjoy getting a bit of a look into the history of the organisation~

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Wow! My nude gallery has hit 13000 downloads now! 😳🤯

Speaking of which, I just added 20 photos to it.

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