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beka valentine
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a dyke who hacks on things. she/xey/ey.

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similarly, in the 1960s, airplane engine throttles had ball shaped knobs, and if you wanted to push the engines to high speed, you'd push the balls all the way forward against the wall dials, hence "balls to the wall"
December 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
the earliest known instances of "balls out" is used in reference to centrifugal governors on steam engines, which maintain a specific engine speed. the governor spins a pair of balls which rise higher the faster it spins, and thus pinches off more fuel, maintaining speed
December 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
learned how to make screw threads and splines in OpenSCAD and used that to build a depthing tool inspired by ClickSpring's depthing tool

now I can learn how to make clocks :)
December 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
figuring out how to make good multi-layered laser cut parts using registration pins. ill probably make a video about it soon :)
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
a more typical comparison is this: the two point rectangle tool. in Fusion 360, it's just as informative as the move/copy tool is. but in FreeCAD? good luck!
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
compare that to FreeCAD's move tool tooltip. this is.. not great. it's fine I guess. slightly confusing. but this is also the best you'll get
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
if you open up a new sketch in either of them, and have to learn what the different tools do, in Fusion 360 it's surprisingly easy. consider this tooltip that pops up when you hover over the Move/Copy button in the tool bar:
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
but if you go to this video now, you can't find my comment at all. weird!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QOU...

well, I thought so, anyway. so I looked in my YT comment history (support.google.com/youtube/answ...)

and this is what I found
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
YouTube comments are DEEPLY broken and I have the evidence to prove it

two days ago I commented on a Utopian Scholastic montage music video:
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
i noticed this after opening up a Kodak Brownie 2 movie camera that I bought recently and seeing the inside of the film cover's lip
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
i made another two, with half the sugar and no oil (and a vegan egg wash) but the crumb is the same:
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
just made this bread and gosh
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
i got into Starfleet Academy, and this is the book you gotta study
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
which is why the palantir logo is an org on a plinth

bsky.app/profile/kayi...
October 29, 2025 at 6:36 AM
what is any of this? who knows! but its a fuckin vibe
October 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
you cant make a guy like this anymore
October 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
i mean goodness, look at this guy
October 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
my loom's jacquard mechanism is working in full scale now! 20 heddles! ahaha :)

caution: loud noises
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
latest version of my jacquard mechanism, driven by a stepper motor, faster and more reliable and now programmable! :)
October 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
heres a dollar, buy yourself a sense of humor, kid
September 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM