▲ 2 r/TeslaModelY
Seat ventilation -- how do you like it?
Every summer as I sweat I swear my next car will have seat ventilation. What is the experience with the ventilation in Model Y? Does it make a difference?
u/very_moist_raccoon — 3 days ago
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▲ 1 r/enyaq
Seat ventilation -- how do you like it?
Every summer as I sweat I swear my next car will have seat ventilation. Those who have it in your Enyaq (only available in L&K, if I'm not mistaken) -- what is the experience?
u/very_moist_raccoon — 3 days ago
▲ 2 r/Safari
Persistent "Touch ID to AutoFIll"
Each time after using Safari I get this prompt in my Macbooks Touchbar. It stays there even when I close all tabs.
Should I be worried? Because I am worried.
u/very_moist_raccoon — 9 days ago
▲ 2 r/masonry
Tree roots pushing out brick wall/fence pillars. Can I save both?
Hi everyone,
I’m dealing with a structural issue on a property and would appreciate some professional insight.
The setup: I have a boundary fence consisting of a brick base (retaining/stem wall) with brick pillars. Between the pillars, there are horizontal wooden planks. Right next to the wall, there is a mature tree. I know it shouldn’t have been planted that close, but it’s there now, and I’d really like to keep it if possible.
The problem:
- Root Pressure: The tree roots are clearly pushing against the foundation/base of the wall, forcing it outwards toward the street.
- Cracking: The brickwork is cracked in several places due to this movement.
- Leaning Pillars: The pillars closest to the tree are no longer plumb. Using my phone’s level, they show a tilt of about 3 degrees (leaning at roughly 87°).
The dilemma: If I simply demolish and rebuild the wall exactly as it is, the roots will likely cause the same damage again within a few years.
My questions for the experts:
- Are there any masonry "workarounds" that allow for root growth? (e.g., creating a bridge in the foundation or using a different structural design for that specific section?)
- Is a 3-degree tilt considered "imminent failure" for a brick pillar, or is there a way to stabilize it without a full teardown?
- Has anyone successfully used "root barriers" in combination with a rebuilt wall to prevent a repeat of this?
I’m looking for a solution that is realistic. If the only real answer is "it's the tree or the wall," I need to know that, but I'm hoping for some creative engineering/masonry ideas.
Thanks in advance!
u/very_moist_raccoon — 10 days ago
▲ 3 r/Safari
Ok, this is a bit of a rant. I really don't understand how this passed QA in Apple, a company so famous for UX design. I use compact tabs in Safari. They work fine. Apart from this.
Each tab has a non-clickable padding, meaning I hover my mouse over the tab, click, and nothing happens. I have to move the cursor towards the middle of the tab to be able to switch the tabs.
Can this be solved?
u/very_moist_raccoon — 24 days ago
▲ 1 r/CR_200B
So, the saga of my dumpster-printer continues. Afrter installing a new (original) hotend and a PEI plate (amazing!), I've spent a whole day printing stuff. Turned out great, apart from a bit of stringing that wasn't there before with the old hotend. But not a problem.
During the last two prints (about halfway in the print), my display stopped responding -- once it was totally dead, the other time it displayed a Creality logo and booting animation in a loop. Luckily the printing continued and finished successfully.
I've had the boot loop before during actual boot, resolved it by power cycling the machine. Obviously not something I can do during the print.
I haven't messed with firmware at all.
I wonder if it is a sign of the display dying or of it is a slicer issue. In the last two prints I switched from Cura to PrusaSlicer. Could there be something in the settings that causes the display to act up?
Or possibly an SD card problem? The printer doesn't always read the card on the first try.
My free printer has cost me about 35 USD so far. Still happy. But I don't think I'll be investing much more before it goes back to the dumpster. Prints are great, though.
u/very_moist_raccoon — 28 days ago
▲ 3 r/CR_200B
So I litteraly saved this printer from the dumpster. To my surprise, it seems to work just fine -- I just finished printing the benchy.
I have some questions though, as this is my first 3D printer:
- What is the right procedure to switch the printer off? Do I just wait until it's done, let it cool down and flip the hardware switch to off?
- Loading the filament -- I heated up the printer head, threaded it in past the wheel and then used the load functionality, increasing the step by 100mm. This took ages and I didn't know how to stop the loading once filament started coming out. Is the proper way to do it by hand as far as it goes and then do the last bit slowly, 10mm at a time?
- Fans. There are two settings for fans in the menu, one turns on what seems to be additional fan next to the printer head, the other one vents the box. When do I use these? Are they for cooling down?
- LED lights -- same story as fans, can this be turned on only while not printing? It'd be nice to have the lights while printing is ongoing. But not a big deal.
- Calibration -- my first layer didn't stick properly. I did notice when calibrating the bed that the middle seems to be lower than the corners. I guess I need to raise the bed a little, especially since I'm printing small things that start in the middle?
Thank you in advance for helping me out!
u/very_moist_raccoon — 1 month ago