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  Can anyone identify this air #compressor? It fell of a forklift ~15 years ago and the motor was smashed so it was quite cheap and I replaced some parts over the years. The previous owner replaced the air tank. Now the remaining part is the compressor unit itself which now has a blown gasket between inlet and outlet. That thing is a beast and great for sand blasting. Unfortunately the unit is unlabeled so I have to fabricate a new gasket if I can't find a readymade one... #askfedi #wo...

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  Put "for free" banana boxes full of various stuff near the sidewalk. Working good quality stuff, various new paint cans, acceptable quality hand tools etc. 1 hour later some clever person stole the "for free" signs (just paper) and left a broken stripped kids bike with one wheel on the side walk. Next time I'll put up a sign "only take away free stuff. Don't steal this sign. Dont steal the banana box. Dont put your trash in public spa...

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  @jnl a) taking advantage of overproduction: foodsharing or toogoodtogo or similar ; We barely buy bread anymore as there is so much excess stuff over here - sometimes a whole minivan full of food, and that's already after the food bank took what they need. b) shop selection: shopping at the farmers market or small local shops (e.g. bread mix from local mill), cutting out the middleman. Its not always cheaper but the quality is way better and the money stays local vs. to big corp grocery...

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  Of course, at some point in the 2000s a designer at #renault decided that a flat roof rack is practical but not looking nice. So they curved it by 15mm (7.5mm on each side). My "new" 1983 vintage roof box is not curved on the bottom side. It got steel tubing and a sturdy zigzag pattern on the bottom. It. Will. Not. Bend. And that's fine. So to mount it in 2026 I need spacers. And as we live in the future™ now I just fired up #freecad and let the #3dprinter do the work...

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  Ok, so I noticed that all the pros mark their #scaffolding with some unique stripe pattern, color or logo... With the power of #3dprinting a stencil and some vintage orange spray paint (FCKW free!) I decided to follow this trend and mark my scaffolding. There is only one obvious choice for this... #halflife #blackmesa @847

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  Apparently its really hard to describe issues with things (e.g. computers/software) in a way that the person reading it knows what's going on and can give helpful feedback. E.g. just now I received a text message from my gf: "I need help, the virtual machine does not start" And I immediately wrote back: "what exactly are you doing? clicking where? do you get any error message?" (I was thinking maybe the last kernel update did not trigger a rebuild of...

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  I killed my #fairphone3 charging electronics by accidentally placing it on a cheap power supply that apparently coupled magnetically to some components on the phones main board. I noticed this as the power supply turned off as soon as I placed the #fp3 on top. It took a day for me to realize that the #fairphone does not charge anymore. In other words expect "filmed on a potato" picture quality from me and my 14 y/o backup phone in the next days. #emc #emv #electromagnetic #el...

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  Looks like today is #surprise #bunday ? This little fella was found at 10PM a few km away from the next town sitting in the middle of a bicycle path. With low survival rate out there, it was decided that the right thing to do is to make this our problem. He/she decided to fight a bit, but finally was captured with the help of a towel. As you hopefully know, a towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker - and accidental bunny rescuer - can have. The little bunny...

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  Finally found a time slot to swap the winter and summer car tires 🙈 It's July, a Sunday afternoon and 31°C.

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  Liebe #Fahrradbubble, welches #Pedelec mit #Bosch #Powerpack Akkusystem (nicht Gepäckträger) empfiehlt ihr einer ~160cm großen Rentnerin für längere mehrtägige Touren, aber auch für Einkäufe im Dorf? Das Rad muss zum "Parkplatz" 4 Stufen hoch/runter. Sie hat ihre Kompetenzen absolut nicht im technischen Bereich, d.h. ich würde zu Nabenschaltung/Riemen tendieren, einfach weil da weniger schief gehen kann. Das bisherige ~30 Jahre alte 26" KTM Radel ist sehr leicht (Alu, Magnesium,...