You are on Mint, so it is more of a Long Term Support LTS distro. The thing to understand is why LTS actually exists in the first place. The underlying reason for LTS kernels is so that anyone can create a server that is connected to the internet and uses simple high level scripts to connect software and do useful stuff. Many types of software are constantly in a state of flux that break backwards compatibility. Actively developed software in the open source world often stays up to date with the latest packages. Other distros like Fedora or Arch stay up to date in the latest software. If you write a script on a server that runs one of these distros it will likely require regular maintenance. If you write the same script on a LTS kernel distro, your script is likely to work the same for years without any need for intervention. In this LTS arrangement, kernel maintainers are committed to back porting any security patches required for the packages they include in the distro. Some of these packages may already have their own independent commitment to never breaking backwards compatibility. These will still get updated regularly in a LTS distro.

So the choices the Mint packagers are making are centered around LTS like stability. Many of the packages may be outdated especially in the glue and obscure edge case software in the native software repository. You may need to manually add sources to get newer versions in the package manager.

This fundamental understanding of what a LTS kernel means is key to understanding Mint overall, and by extension the reason most distros exist; they all have a niche purpose.

That is just a worn out chain TBH. Velodrome track cyclists – where the big guys race bicycles at top levels – regularly post in the 2500 - 3000 watts range for race events.

When a chain starts to get gritty-greasy it is either time to take it off an wash it properly or replace it. Generally, that greasy state is from junk mixing with the oil to form something like a congealed grease. It is bad bad for this to happen. In heavy equipment like excavators, loaders, and bulldozers, this congealed junk in bearings is a big problem. If oil or grease is thought of like milk, this state is like congealed spoiled milk. It does not create a film to separate metal on metal contact and that causes grinding and failures like this.

One other common mistake people make is wiping a chain to service it, or using one of those stupid chain washer brush tools. The issue is that the chain consists of peg like pins and an outer free spinning roller over each pin. The chain may seem dirty on the outside, but what you see is not what matters. What really matters is the condition of what is under each roller. No matter what you do, pushing grit into the roller’s clearance is far worse than the appearance on the outside. The outside becomes a problem when you go to oil the chain and some grit floats into the roller clearance.

When working in a bike shop with a proper fluid parts washing station, one learns the difference quite clearly. When a chain is scrubbed using hot solvent and submerging it, the chain can be completely cleaned effectively inside and out. Doing this regularly at around 600 mile intervals tripled the life of my chains when I worked in bike shops.

You can still achieve the same basic thing at home. Just use acetone in a soda bottle. Put the lid on and shake a whole bunch. Then let it settle before removing the chain. Alternatively, just replace chains when they get super dirty like this.

Lastly, there are some super cheap Chinese bike chains that are shipped without proper grease; yes, most chains start with a very light grease. I believe those ship with some kind of assembly lube like how industrial equipment parts are shipped. Assembly lube is not an actual endurance lube. It is for preventing basic galling and preventing oxidation. Those chains break super easily. I snapped one in Under 1k miles even with regular high end chain lube.

The way your broke, it was likely in a shuttle position between cassette cogs when you applied a lot of power. The chain is slightly twisted in that transition and could have sheared plates like this. It doesn’t appear to have snapped. I’m not sure how a snap would feel on a powered bike. On road, you’ll be at the peak of the down stroke on one leg when a chain snaps, and it is so much force and weight distribution letting go instantly that you’re lucky if you do not go over the bars or fight the ground. It isn’t intuitive just how much force a roadie’s legs are actually putting down until they break a chain. Those are not fun.

I have several PTC heaters too. The post is really just an example of a straightforward application. I would actually like to try building complex automation using mostly simple base materials and where time is not the primary constraint. Like what complexity is possible using only an automotive battery, a small solar panel array and household recycled waste. Like one idea is to make simple composite tiles from cardboard, rice/wheat glue, and aluminum soda cans. So the quest would be to create a machine that only needs a rough stack of random cardboard, a container of discarded cans, some rice or wheat + water, and something like old thrift store silverware/cutlery or any source of recycled cheap steel.

I’m most curious about a mindset like in situ resource utilization. So how might a machine manage power to maintain itself, like sharpening its own tools and maintaining itself as much as possible to take simple inputs and create a required output.

The nichrome wire is interesting for its broad range of applications, except for how to form it in situ. Like if you had a robotic arm and nichrome wire on mars and all you need to do is make a heater for a special shape of object, it would likely still be a large challenge… Unless there is some easy methodology for forming the heater wire.

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Calling it buying is the problem. It is proprietary internet connected garbage. It is a rental you paid buyer money for. No one owns a Tesla. No Tesla is for sale, and neither is any car that runs proprietary internet connect software. Someone else ultimately controls it. That person is the real owner. Primitive idiots struggle to understand this exceptionally simple concept. Terms and conditions are you selling your rights as a citizen willing to become a slave to someone else. It isn’t normal. It exists because people are not smart enough to say no and stand up for themselves. I don’t rent one of these shit cars, or watch TV with terms and conditions, or run shitty operating systems, or stalkerware whore myself to bezos’ camera on the front of my home as a doorbell. None of this is actually normal. It’s fools selling their rights as citizens in a democracy for peanuts and IOUs.

I’ve seen a project that used a 72v meanwell that wasn’t but like 6-8 amps and an Arduino class controller with an old Cartesian gantry 3d printer. IIRC that was posted on hackaday within the last year but I don’t recall if it was fully documented.

There used to be a guy online selling old public domain and self published machine shop books like the old DIY gingery lathe shaper and mill plans and books. IIRC that had some kind of weird analog EDM plans that used a bucket of water and electrodes to create a large resistor or something odd like that.

From what I have seen in the past, EDM is not actually like HV plasma or high current like welding. The electrode is super close but not touching and the process is fairly slow. It is more like an HHO generator setup but an order of magnitude more focused on a point source. I know a coin can be used as an example. If the coin the the electrode, the face can be machined into something like the stamping die for a minting run.

I think it would be a cool process to integrate into 3d printed jigs and automation. Plus I like winding transformers and building power supplies out of junk.

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Exercise. A long bike ride somewhere new is best. Or push my limits, like go ride a couple hundred miles just because and do it in a loop where I don’t see the same thing twice. Take a selfie somewhere unexpected and post it somewhere as bragging rights. One day, when you can no longer do those things, the pictures will matter to you a whole whole lot when all you can do is a short routine. If you are at all able, use the lows as a catalyst to plant your flag and push your boundaries. This will absolutely invert these moments in time where, with age, these memories will become high points in your life through the rose tinted glasses of hindsight. You’ll never recall the reason you felt low but you will own your remarkable accomplishments for life. Over time your past lows stop compounding at the edge of memory. If you make such endeavors a part of your identity, lows may totally invert and become the motivation to get out and ride. Most cyclist roadies I know are driven by this mechanism. Exercise is the largest and most readily available, self accessible source of endorphins. Ultimately we are all chemistry, so don’t hesitate to alter the reactions experiment with better ingredients.

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I stop my internal nagging pressure to do whatever thing I’ve been trying to achieve. It seems minor but I just let the natural momentum build back up to where I may or may not want to continue the project.

I have lots of interests that are more passive and ongoing, but my actual physical projects are physically and mentally taxing, plus I have chronic health crap to deal with. It has been challenging to learn how to curb my curiosity just right to avoid taking on a new big project, playing with passive interests, and letting myself have the time needed to get interested in the last project again and try and finish it. It is hard having become a tenth as productive as I once was. I’m still not great at it, but I’m getting better about staying focused on one large overall project at a time. So much of the feelings are entirely driven from within in ways that may only become clear when all external human interaction is removed. That has been my experience.

11.5 years mostly in bed so far here

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Where do I get Epstein List 3d printer filament?
Anyone know how to design underage bullets? eliGPT5

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