If you like this, Benn Jordan has a ton of incredibly good videos

• A half-decent soldering iron is way better than a super cheap soldering iron.

• Plan the build as much as you can, and then order all the parts at once. This way you’re not tied up waiting for parts to ship which kills momentum.

• Wires take up more space in an enclosure than you think.

• If you can order 3 of something for not much more money than 1. Do it. It’ll allow you to build up stock of things you use. That way when you get an idea, you’ll have parts on hand.

• Allow yourself to fail. Some ideas sound good but aren’t. It’s ok to abandon a project.

• Lean on the community. If you have an idea for a project, someone’s probably done it before. Look it up, see how they did it, learn from their mistakes. You can stand on the shoulders of giants and you absolutely should.

Not to discourage you but that is a super ambitious first project. If you want a good audio player but don’t want to spend a ton, I have the fiio snowsky echo. It’s super affordable, but surprisingly powerful. It drives my 250 ohm headphones without issue. No way you’re DIY’ing anything that good for its price. However if you want to DIY a music player just because you want to, absolutely go for it!

Several times, but there was a limit to how much I felt comfortable charging someone for 3d printed plastic

I do a lot of things for fun that I could theoretically make money from. I model and 3d print stuff, I woodwork, I make electronic projects, I’m a musician, and a software engineer.

Sometimes I’ll get people saying stuff like “you could sell XYZ”. I tried it. I had an Etsy store where I sold my 3d prints. It was successful. Too successful. I was working my day job and then spending most of my free time printing and sanding and painting and talking with customers and dealing with shipping.

Initially I thought how great to be able to spend all my free time doing something I enjoy. In the end i thought how dreadful it is to spend basically all of my time working.

It fucking sucked. I’m glad to have had that experience, but now I know It’s actually super important to have hobbies that are just hobbies.

My understanding of climate control systems is that it does only provide maximum heat or cool. There’s a temperature sensor in the cabin that tells the car when it’s at the right temperature, but until that point is hit, it is heating or cooling as much as it can.

The only difference between climate control and traditional a/c is it knows when to stop and when to turn on again

Librefox is a privacy focused fork of Firefox. And if what I use. I’ve also heard good things about waterfox

Install Linux to make a retro gaming machine?

I really like the uncle Ben’s tek theoretically.

Inject your spores or liquid culture into bags of microwavable brown rice (maybe 1cc per bag), snip the corner off and seal with micropore tape.

It’s already at an appropriate moisture content and is sterile.

Then spawn to bulk as normal.

Theoretically speaking, this is how I’d do it, and I’d have a lot of success with it. Although I don’t use the uncle Ben’s rice, i find it’s a bit too wet. Use a cheaper store brand, they’re a little drier and work perfectly.

https://www.curiousapemushrooms.com.au/unclebenstek

What was the migration like? I’ve been looking to get off Plex for a while now but like you say, haven’t had the time nor the energy.

Is it as simple as just installing it and pointing it at my NAS?

A&W is my personal favourite of hers, the production on that track is phenomenal.

Your criteria is a little confusing as another poster had said, but when I think romantic music, I think Portishead.

If you like Amy Winehouse as per your other comment, you might like Lana Del Rey?

Here in Australia, the fact that basically everyone has solar panels, combined with our aging infrastructure that can’t handle the exports, means feed-in-tariffs have dropped to basically nothing.

So it really is a use it during the day kind of mentality here.

Outside of daylight hours, we have the most expensive power in the world

One of the most frequently suggested beginner distros is Linux mint. It’s great, it’s stable, it’s what I use and while it’s not exactly cutting edge, or necessary the prettiest distro, it’s great for beginners and will feel pretty familiar coming from windows.

Pop_os! And bazzite are more “gaming focused” if that’s more your style, but I’ve never had an issue gaming with Linux mint.

Ultimately, it doesn’t really matter terribly much. Pick one, install it to a new drive and try it out. If you don’t like it, pick another one.

I would argue windows 11 is pretty much unusable regardless

What router do you have? I have the TP-Link Omada ER7212 and am not seeing this on the latest firmware

If you’re using your phone, definitely check out YouTube revanced. Or if on a tv check out Smart tube next. No ads, sponsor block baked in. It’s all the perks of premium (plus more) without the cons of supporting an evil company

Omg I’m not alone! This is hands down The most painful song I have ever had the misfortune of hearing

Happy by Pharell Williams.

Idk it just does something to me. I absolutely can’t stand it. It’s like nails on a chalkboard. No song comes even close to how much I hate that song

Google doing everything they can to anger everyone.

Any company that pushes this shit doesn’t deserve your money. Don’t buy their TVs.