What did you do today?

Soul_Est

SFF Guru
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Feb 12, 2016
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32 years on planet earth and just tried yoga for the first time....not as hard as people make it out to be but IDK if it is exactly what I was looking for. Years of weight lifting and some bad knees and ankles after the military mean that my flexibility and joints aren't the best and I was hoping to rejuvenate my body with this attempt of yoga. Jury is still out so I will stick with it for a couple weeks before passing final judgement.
Best to try it for a month to get past or deeper into the adjustment period. It takes time to stretch things out and make you more limber.
 

Biowarejak

Maker of Awesome | User 1615
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Mar 6, 2017
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HR do still work for the company and are tasked with smoothing things over. That will either be done in favour of you or your employer. Usually, it is the latter.
It's a policy violation on their end. Also, HR is handled externally for my store AFAIK
 

Phuncz

Lord of the Boards
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May 9, 2015
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Has he gone through the chain of command, HR, or labour board?
It's sort of an unspoken rule if I'm hearing it correctly. HR is probably somewhere centralized in the country and no union to speak of. So going against it seems to not have any possible positive outcome, it's much easier on the person to look for a new job.
 

EdZ

Virtual Realist
May 11, 2015
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Got in contact with the local SCUBA club to restart BSAC training. No longer a starving student, so working up to rebreather qualification is a more reasonable thing to do now. As is getting a fitted drysuit from the start (even in a thick wetsuit, diving in 2-10°C water is not much fun).
 

CC Ricers

Shrink Ray Wielder
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Nov 1, 2015
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I feel like I leveled up in car repairs, because I'm not much of a car handyman to begin with. I replaced an old car radiator fan with a new one, hopefully this one really works and I didn't waste money to only find out it was the temp sensor that was failing.

For a first thorough parts replacement job (that is more involved than replacing light bulbs) I didn't do so bad. Removing the parts needed to get to the fan is straightfoward. Most of the challenge was unscrewing the rusted bolts, nothing that a metric ratchet set and WD-40 couldn't fix.
 

GreatestUnKnown

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Dec 30, 2016
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Most of the challenge was unscrewing the rusted bolts, nothing that a metric ratchet set and WD-40 couldn't fix.
Penetrating oil and a "can o' man";)

I remember replacing a stuck thermostat in my old 83 Caprice by myself with a flashlight and hand tools on the side of the road in Arkansas feeling like a BA moonshiner LOL. In reality I probably looked like crazy meth head serial killer...

Was the fan never kicking on at all? @CC Ricers
 

EdZ

Virtual Realist
May 11, 2015
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VFR800, the front of the bike needs to come off. Granted it's only a a few pieces of light fairing, but that still a bit of a faff.

Got about 3/4 ton of cement and ballast lugged down the alley to the end of the garden, the base is laid out and mostly levelled.
Couldn't beat the rain, so pouring concrete will have to wait until tomorrow morning. Neighbours are throwing a barbecue, so a nice end to the day at least.

::Next day edit:: Got about 3 pours done before the water main for the street lost pressure. Guess it'll have to wait until next weekend.
 
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VegetableStu

Shrink Ray Wielder
Aug 18, 2016
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Went to both consumer electronics shows in my area. Nothing new. Not sure why I thought going there for anything other than getting a cheap(er) buy would be a good idea, but yeah I needed a walk anyway

Going to find out about the public 3D printer at the library tomorrow
 

Kmpkt

Innovation through Miniaturization
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Feb 1, 2016
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I watched Colorful release a new SFF AIO today. The product was okay, but the pole dancing booth babes immediately beforehand were the real show. Far and away the most jaw dropping thing I've seen at Computex, but not necessarily in a good way.
 

craigbru

Cramming big things in small boxes since 2006
Original poster
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Jul 2, 2015
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Dang it, the print was going so well... I think the silicone boot on my hot end caught the top layer and knocked the head over at some point (the head and body are printed individually). I woke up to spaghetti. Ah well, I'll give it another go this weekend. All in all, I'm in love with this printer!

 

craigbru

Cramming big things in small boxes since 2006
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Well, I tweaked a few Slic3r settings for the head reprint, and it went much better. A nice jump in print quality over the first print. I thought the settings were a nice compromise between speed and accuracy.

Whoops, please hold for updated pic tonight... I can't seem to locate it at the moment.
 
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