Thanks for the kind words!

And yes, I designed this in a vacuum, but it is actually a common machinists jack, it seems. Minus a few neat features I saw around the web (like a lock screw component) it’s a 1:1 match for functionality.

Like you, I have a love for projects and tools that are shared across different fields. Mostly due to my ADHD, I have a slew of hobbies that focus around mechanical engineering, chemistry and biology. It’s extremely cost effective to commingle different hobbies, actually. My 3D printing and CAD work is universal, my collection of chemistry glass is used for rando chemistry things as well as mycology. All of my fittings, connectors and electronic components are also universal… etc. etc.

As requested: https://www.printables.com/model/926491-anti-sag-gpu-stand-aka-machinists-jack

I’ll get it shared tomorrow. It’s designed after a bottle jack but is completely threaded to allow for adjustment and doesn’t have any of the handle components, obviously.

Yeah. I got one and it’s a beast. I had to design and print a support for its ass to keep it from sagging.

(I am just going into the basics, so ignore gross errors.)

It just fakes a cell tower. Because of the nature of how modern radios work, a phone will likely connect to the strongest signal it detects. The stingray acts as a “man in the middle” and relays the phone signal to an actual tower as if it was the original phone making the call. As it relays the call, the operator can listen in.

It’s akin to answering a call, making a call on another phone and then holding the two phones together.

(MITM attacks on HTTPS connections are similar, but there are some nuances with how the connection is decrypted and the re-encrypted.)

Size is relative and our perception of time (and the way we measure it) requires us to use numbers so large, most people can’t really visualize at the scales we are talking about.

Off the top of your head, can you visualize how much space 10 billion apples would take up? Sure, you could calculate it, but it’s likely not something you could instantly visualize in your head.

Honestly, I don’t know how to solve for that problem.

I have a stock of 99% IPA already that I use for cleaning the bed of my regular 3D printer, electronics cleaning and for drying things coming out of my ultrasonic cleaner. (I can use salt to drop any water out of IPA, actually.)

With resin 3D printing, my washer uses about a gallon of IPA and it will get super dirty after a while. For that particular case, it’s just going to be more efficient to clean the IPA and reuse it until it needs to be distilled. (Wishing the parts in stages will help reduce IPA use, actually. Water washable resin is an option, but I would rather not dump that water down the drain or hassle with hazmat disposal, when applicable.)

Most US Navy ships have had CIWS systems since the 70s and have had many upgrades to their tracking systems since then. The US Army adopted the LPWS (C-RAM) which is basically a portable CIWS for land use. (The Russian version of the CIWS is called a Kortik.)

It wouldn’t surprise me if there are already CIWS-type systems for commercial ships operating in hazardous zones.

I have had the pleasure of standing next to a few CIWS systems during live fire testing and it’s quite the experience.

I don’t remember them backing it publicly either. However, there are plenty of farmers in TX that absolutely love wind power and all the extra income.

Wut?

There are both callouts. I just thought that one was kinda cute.

It’s much easier now as all you need to do is sit and wait for a drone and you never need to leave your trench.

Ok, that is funny. However, this little nugget will help me sleep at night:

we failed to observe any differences in personal gun ownership between men who have and have not attempted penis enlargement

Well, that spider is in for a hell of a ride.

People actually bought these? Lulz.

Nah, this is not really a tech support community, but whatever. (Unless it is a tech support community? I always thought pcmasterrace was supposed to be a hair on the sarcastic side.)

It looks like a self-signed cert that is on your DSL modem (The subdomain was ‘dsldevice’…) and I am guessing you are trying to use the web interface for your modem?

If you aren’t making a connection to that device (which would have an IP address in 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x or 172.16.x.x) and you are trying to browse to an external site, then:

1. There is no internet connection and your device is injecting a local address for an external DNS query to give you a hint that you need to fix yo’ shit or
2. Your device is super old and cannot handle HTTPS correctly. (Unlikely)
3. Your DSL device is hijacked and is doing an MTM attack on a HTTPS connection. (Highly unlikely, but you never know.)

Do regular web sites work correctly, or does this happen regardless of the site you are attempting to browse to?

It’s actually a good change, IMHO. You can just click directly on page 10 for anything that might be related to your original search.

That’s going to suck for Australia when over half the country secedes.