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Best shitpost I've seen in a long while https://github.com/TodePond/DreamBerd

One of the most irritating plot tropes (often seen in video games, but not exclusive to them) is "resetting" the character in the middle of the story, taking away their tools, capabilities and everything else just to slowly give them back.

It is irritating because I already went through the "build up" phase in the early game and I don't really enjoy fighting mid-game bosses with a teaspoon.

Sure, it can be a dramatic plot twist, but after being used so many times it kind of loses its wow-effect.

My parents were worried that if I got into gaming I wouldn't do important stuff like studying. So they encouraged reading books instead. I got into gaming anyway eventually, but let me tell you, no video game ever caused me to ignore my responsibilities as much as some of the books have.

Can anyone recommend a mind-mapping application with the following features (in the order of importance):

• Available on mobile and desktop, with sync (not necessarily their own cloud, via Dropbox or Google Drive is fine).

• Open source.

• Ability to attach files (images, pdfs, so on).

• Full text search.

Finally, finished my second woodworking project, this time it’s a stand for various tablet-like electronics. Three slots are sized for a drawing tablet, a laptop and an iPad, lined with felt to avoid scratching screen surfaces.

Some lessons learned:

• Making straight, precise cuts is hard without a table saw, especially angled ones. Electric jigsaw was better than a handsaw, but still required a lot of post-processing with sandpaper to make different parts line up.

• Internet was right saying that using hand plain against the grain is a bad idea. I caused a lot of chipping at the edges that way.

• Internet was also right saying that hardwood is better for this type of project. Pine chips and dents very easily. I took a lot of care to avoid that and even so there are quite a few, if you know where to look. I used pine because that was the only thing I could pick up in a nearby store, but for the next time it might be worth going somewhere with a better choice.

• On a related note, 18mm thickness is really overkill for this purpose. It made the stand bulkier and heavier than it needs to be. I think something like 6mm plywood would’ve been much more appropriate.

• Drill + sanding drum turned out to be the best low-cost option for making things line up. Previously I tried orbital sander for that, but it really wasn’t good for removing any significant amount of material.

• Hi-Tack Fast tack glue worked really well for sticking felt to wood. It grabbed felt pretty well, but didn’t penetrate deep enough to make it hard or scratchy.

• I should look into better ways of joining the parts together. I kinda brute-forced my way with a lot of screws, but that’s not as elegant as I would like it to be.

• CAD drawing really helped to visualize and tweak the shape before committing to it.

• A laser printer is a heaven’s gift. Being able to print the part templates from the CAD made things soooo much easier.

All that said, I’m quite pleased with myself. Here’s the CAD model if anyone’s interested.

\#diy \#woodworking