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Urgent advice needed!

My request is very time sensitive as I must get to the airport in less than 48 hours. I have never silicone cast anything before but I bought this kit to cast a gift for my long distance partner I am about to visit.... anyway, when removing the object from this mold a small piece broke off! (See pictures). I need to pour the silicone in asap, every store is now closed aside from 24hr convince shops. Any advice on how to fix this?

I see basically two approaches, repair the mold with something like toothpaste and flour, or cast the silicone and delicately trim it with a knife. Instinct is telling me not to cut into the silicone, but I have no idea what I'm doing.

Edit: Outcome I trimmed the problem areas (there were more) with a razor after casting the silicone. It came out okay, you can definitely see the repairs if you look but I would have had to trim some areas anyway.

u/Fun_Army2398 — 6 days ago

How to travel with one (1) bottle of wine?

I am about to take a flight where I happen to have an included checked bag that I don't need or want. I also make my own wine and would like to bring a bottle of my best to my friend I am visiting. The obvious solution is to check an additional bag, fill it with bubble wrap, and put the wine in there. But that is so much extra time and effort for a single bottle. I am wondering if you fine folks have any alternatives?

Edit:

Solutions provided

• Mail it

• Check it in a soft or disposable box/bag

• Decant it into 7x100ml bottles and carry on

Solution used: None, Chinese customs only allows commercially labeled alcohol. There is no way to bring my homemade wine.

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u/Fun_Army2398 — 12 days ago

Does Marx's analyse still apply to a subscription based economy?

It's been a long time since I've read through capital. I've been wondering how applicable is Marx's original analysis of commodities to the modern subscription based economics. Is the distinction irrelevant? Does it need to be looked at again? If new in depth analyses are being done, are there any notable examples?

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u/Fun_Army2398 — 18 days ago

Tattoo studios in China?

I am hoping to get a tattoo in China while I am there this autumn. On rednote I can find plenty of studios in Beijing but I am struggling to find studios in Shanghai and Jingdezhen where I will begin my trip. Can anyone recommend me methods of finding studios? Or is it really that uncommon outside of beijing?

Bonus: I'm looking to get a tattoo in the style of blue and white porcelain so if you happen to know a specific artist near Shanghai/Jingdezhen that does this you'd be my hero.

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u/Fun_Army2398 — 25 days ago
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What is floating in my mead?

I'll start by saying I don't think this is mould. This traditional used a very cloudy honey (Spanish Forest from Aldi). It had these whispy bits floating in primary and a TON of sediment after cold crashing. I was carful not to get either when racking so I've either done a bad job (a real possibility) or this new floating stuff was still dissolved when I bottled for aging about 2 weeks ago. The last photo compares this bottle to one I did at the same time of a different honey (Heather honey from a local). My questions are as follows:

* What the heck is it?

* I will remove it eventually, but should I open the bottle and remove it right away as more appears (because it might affect the flavour)? Or should I leave the bottle sealed and only remove it before serving?

* Is it safe to recycle the yeast (voss kviek) from this batch or should I consider it contaminated and start fresh?

Thanks for all the help!

u/Fun_Army2398 — 1 month ago
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Help understanding warnings/errors when dereferencing void pointers

SOLVED

I am very new to C and playing around with void pointers. I have a structure which will store a value, however the type of that value depends on other things so I have chosen to use a void pointer. When attempting to dereference this void pointer I either get the correct output but with a warning, or I get a segmentation fault, depending on how I go about it. I have included a simplified version of the issue here:


#include <stdio.h>


int main()

{

    // Simplification of the defective code

    struct myStruct

    {

        void * voidPtr;

    };

    struct myStruct s1;

    s1.voidPtr = (int *) 123;



    \*

    This works but gives the warning:

    format '%d' expects argument of type 'int', but. argument 2 has type 'int \*' \[-Wformat=\]i

    */

    printf("%d\n", (int *) s1.voidPtr);



    // This causes a segmentation fault

    printf("%d\n", *(int *) s1.voidPtr);



    return 0;

}

Any help understanding why it behaves this way would be greatly appreciated.

Solution

I thought the line

s1.voidPtr = (int *) 123;

Was assigning 123 as the value at the location of s1.voidPtr. However it has been pointed out that I was telling the pointer to point at address 123. What I needed to do was:

int x = 123;
s1.voidPtr = &x;

Thanks everyone who commented c:

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u/Fun_Army2398 — 1 month ago
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What is this in my mead?

I'm very new, doing some 1L batches of traditional using voss kviek, brew2bottle nutrient, and some different honeys available to me in my local supermarket; three of which are now cold crashing before racking.

This Spanish Forest honey had what I believe was a partially formed pelicle (cloudy wisps at the top about 2cm deep) before cold crashing and now that it's been in the fridge 24 hours it's got this huge mass of dark grainy stuff floating above the yeast cake.

My questions are:

What the heck is that?

Should I be worried?

If it doesn't settle, how do I rack this?

u/Fun_Army2398 — 2 months ago

Order of assembly and SBRs

I was watching an AK build video and a question came to me. Since an AK (and I'm sure many other firearms) can be fired without having a stock attached, must you build them from kits (or in the factory) in such an order that you do not accidentally create a SBR, or is their some legal grace given to firearms considered to be in assembly. I am not American so apologies if this is obvious to those more familiar with your laws.

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u/Fun_Army2398 — 3 months ago