• Qwel@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    1 hour ago

    A blank 10cm by 10cm square piece of aluminium. About 2 cm thick

    I think I wanted to know how it felt. Like, the vibe of aluminium

  • BootLoop@sh.itjust.works
    29·
    9 hours ago

    I always dreamed of having a fast food pop machine in my house as a kid. It took me about a year of owning a SodaStream as an adult to realize that I do own a slower and smaller scale pop machine and I can make as much pop as I want.

      • Taldan@lemmy.world
        15·
        4 hours ago

        Yeah, it tastes pretty different. It’s either the carbonation or the fact each SodaStream is haunted by the thousands of people killed and displaced for settlers to put a factory in the West Bank. 50/50 on which is a bigger factor

      • BootLoop@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        3 hours ago

        A little bit. The carbonation and syrup amount changes each time you make it. But overall it’s the same idea.

      • BakedCatboy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        If you want it to taste as close to identical as possible, you can usually find name brand bag in box syrups if you search around. So I guess in theory you should be able to get the same taste as real fountain soda. Idk how that compares to bottled though. I had a box of dr pepper syrup which made great tasting dr pepper.

  • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    8 hours ago

    Despite the site screaming left and right that one should not count on a proper keyboard’s worth of keycaps at all, much LESS a matching set, and despite years of forum and reddit posts declaring their underwhelming nature, I still bought a 5-pound (2.27kg) sack of random keycaps from Signature Plastics in Washington state.

    I just have to know, and I’m kind of unironically looking forward to sorting them like so many Lego bricks. I may even get a few that are useful for my projects.

    • batmaniam@lemmy.world
      7·
      8 hours ago

      Surely there’s enough for a macro pad in there? It’s like the makers version of a scratch off lotto ticket lmfao

      • wjrii@lemmy.world
        6·
        7 hours ago

        Most likely, yes. I think most people do end up finding one or two smaller boards’ worth of “unicorn barf,” which is to say everything is the right shape and 95-99% have the right thing written on them, but the colors are totally random and visually jarring. I also have a few ideas that might benefit from some of the weirder caps, (like a big square that uses four keybaord switches… people seem to end up with some of those) and occasionally you’ll land on something that someone in the hobby actually does need and you can help them out. A lot of it is simply indulging a certain need to examine and categorize.

        • Obi@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          3 hours ago

          I mean if you’re into mechs I can see how that could come in handy for spares if anything, or just fucking around. Depends on the price though if you’re paying anywhere close to normal price then it’s probably not worth it, if it’s like 10% of the price then sure why not.

  • FancyLad @lemmy.world
    4·
    7 hours ago

    Self-balancing electric vehicle gang! I have a VESC onewheel build and it’s the best waste of money ever.

      • FancyLad @lemmy.world
        3·
        5 hours ago

        You can do a vesc conversion on the cheap, there are kits out there. I spent two years amassing parts for my build and it made me feel like Tony Stark putting it together (and it worked).