I'm looking for a nice, one night project for a stem youth group I work with and the Cataractapult would be a nice change of pace. But...

1. I don't support his politics or views.
2. 15 USD a piece is too expensive for just bare pcbs.
3. They aren't available anymore anyway.

If I had the files, I could just get a small pile of them made, have one for every kid and have enough left over for the club sell for fund raising.

For reference, this is what the Cataractapult is.

https://aveworkshop.myshopify.com/products/cataractapult-model-9000-retina-remover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSkLVv8q_rs

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Been a while since the last Nyanners/Ironmouse collab. It never seemed like they were feuding, but whatever exactly happened at Vshojo definitely put distance between the two's public appearances together.

I recently been made aware of certain things that suddenly made CC an option again, but after having been enrolled in this school for the past 20 years and being able to log into the system as recently as last month, they decided to revamp their systems and my enrollment wasn't transferred over even though it should have been.

I would have been taking classes last month, but I was trying to get details on an obscure program that took me a month of getting passed between different departments and I missed the cutoff for signing up for classes. I ended up in the exact department I started at btw.

I would be going to the next closest one, but it's the difference of a 5 minute drive and a 40 minute drive.

The first of Phase Connect's Gen1 3D debuts. Pippa recently commented that she received her files for her own 3D debut model, so everyone else should be coming along soon.

Susie has been putting out shorts and even had an appearance at New York Comic Con, but this is her first live stream.

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Top shelve collab for both of them. Many crashouts by Bri.

I run a youth stem club and we're getting real laptops donated to the club. None of that Chromebook nonsense. I'm creating a club distro based on Mint using Cubic and I want to include any of the software that we may frequently use. I'm looking for some recommendations for software.

This is what I got so far:

kicad syncthing vlc inkscape libreoffice arduino openarena freeciv blender

I'm also working on getting Fritzing installed.

Edit: These are all good suggestions. I'll get to work on a new version. Now I need to figure out how to change the default background from the command line.

I did 14 years in a public school system that pigeonholed me into the "remedial" track and I hated myself the whole time. When I got to high school, I decided to fix my situation and try for harder classes to to get myself away from the bullies and better prepare myself for the type of college I actually wanted to spend my time at. In short, I was first gaslighted into thinking I didn't want or deserve them, but when I pushed back, I was simply stonewalled. At one point, I thought if I couldn't negotiate into the regular classes, I could test into the honors. I took several placement tests and I was told, but not shown that I did not pass them and I would remain in the remedial classes.

Recently, I tried using something I though could be a loophole to get my diploma voided. I never actually took an art or foreign language which are requirements where I am. My school system refused, but when reviewing my records, the guidance counselor slipped up and mentioned that I had passed the honors placement tests. They refused to acknowledge that it was wrong to place me in remedial classes if I tested into honors.

"So just take community college."

After so so many years of being held to a lower standard, I couldn't do it anymore. Doing two years at a CC, then transferring wouldn't get me into the college I felt was worth the effort and even if it did, I would have poor foundational knowledge. I could probably pass the tests, but I wouldn't be finding any new solutions to anything I thought was actually important. And I have tried CC a few times. One time I tested out of the class I was going to use as a trial, so I never ended up going. Another time, among other things, I overheard the teacher in the hallway denigrating her students. It was a very early class and with my work schedule, it was easier for me to come in even earlier and check my email then. She didn't realize I was quietly sitting in the classroom while she shittalked in the hallway.

So apparently, there's no rules or mechanism in place stopping someone from retaking a class they already passed. After high school forbidding me from doing that and every four year college I looked at explicitly saying that if you take two years at a CC, you're forbidden from applying as a freshmen, I had assumed that certain classes were off limits to transfers. No one ever corrected me.

The only reason I found out was because a friend recommended I talk to his friend that worked in admissions of a good college and he gave me the benefit of the doubt on my motivation and goals. I still had to insist on certain parts of the discussion to get that info.

If I had known my high school hated me enough to lie about my test results, I would have transferred to a different high school.

If I had known that you could redo college classes at will, I would have done that 20 years ago.

I almost started this fall, but I missed the cutoff date because of a new sort of hell though. There's a state program that lets to earn a HS diploma with certain CC classes. I'm technically not eligible for the program, but I can still use the classes to rebuilt my foundation. No body knew what I was talking about and I got passed around 4 departments about 6 times before ending up 10 feet from where I started. I'd say it was kafkaesque, but maybe the movie Brazil is closer. Maybe I'll try for a winter session class before the spring sessions start.

Some background info to the legendary Ghost Stories dub.

I messaged the seller asking for the exact name of the connector, but they just reiterated the listing title. I need a two Metri Pack-150 connectors, but I can't find prewired ones and I'd rather not buy a 200USD kit.

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New Ask A Ninja. New Home Star Runner. *glances at politics

Feeling like it's the 2000's all of a sudden.