Talk nerdy to me :D
A thing i love to nerd out about is kink, og how the community around it works. But thats fairly 18+ ^^"
shaving as a trans women (both facial and body)
Phillips Oneblade $50
intended for men with a beard, waterproof and lithium battery.
honestly a letdown in literally every way for me. Not a close shave at all and other electric ones do way better in that regard. Also not a lot of area for legs and doesn’t even give the smooth leg feeling >:(
Upside that there’s not really any chance for ingrown hairs, which means it’s pretty good for the pubic area. I don’t shave down there often though. (obligatory I am NOT the intended target for this product)face: 5/10
body: 1/10
pubic: 9/10ladyshave $18
this is intended for women’s leg hair. Not waterproof and takes 2 AA batteries.
pretty good actually. It’s wide and gets close enough for me. As advertised. I use on legs before IPL.
face: 3/10 (works in a pinch)
body: 7/10
pubic: 6/10men’s razors $?
I actually have a permanent scar on my thumb from when I was about 7 and messed with my dads in the shower lol
when I hit puberty I just used my dads old one with new heads, his ‘guidance’ was pretty unhelpful for me because I thought they were for legs too and got a bunch of red dots / nicks because of it especially because I was really shy about shaving and was too scared to ask for shaving cream. works well enough for what it’s intended for, though it’s annoying to setup and use. Use a women’s for body if you can.
face: 7/10 (with cream)
body: 3/10 (w/o cream)
pubic: 0/10 (w/o cream)Women’s razor $?
I don’t love wet shaving but this is pretty good!
also, ALWAYS get the Gillette Venus ones. I’ve tried other ones and they’re not as good and I always go back despite being more expensive.
gets clogged easy though.facial: why/10
body: 9/10
pubic: 7/10 (will get clogged)women’s whatever the fuck
I left the handle part at home but for body this is the BEST, but is pretty clunky and expensive. reallly smooth and is amazing. however I wish the handle part wasn’t just a big knub because it’s difficult to do under the knee and behind the back
facial: no/10
body: 10/10 🥰
pubic: 3/10flat edge razor $5
I got it on a DAMN cheap sale on Amazon, assume it’s like 15. It said it was a “small business” from the US but I really doubt that due to the marketing and and assume it’s just something from China.
Anyways, it works really well, too well. Even if you’re really careful you’ll feel a random stinging somewhere and look down and see blood. I feel like there’s a skill floor I just have to learn but I have better alternatives. REALLY cheap blades though, like 15-50 cents.I also threw it away because I would use the blades to selfharm (7 months clean except for an accident 🎉).
facial: x/10 (too risky for me)
body: 7/10
pubic: 2/10 (wayy too risky, don’t try)Braun 3 epilator $40
I lost it :<
this is a biblically accurate tweezer as my sister called it. She was too wimpy to use it and gave it to me. Lemme just say it HURTS the first time. Like on the floor crying hurts. Second time too. After a couple rounds it gets way better. However this one particularly doesn’t ways pull out the hairs and can if you push down too hard you’ll stop it which can be really annoying when you one hair that just won’t get out. It will also
also sometimes you’ll find ingrown hairs that you can’t get because it’s underneath the skin so I’ll get a craft razor blade and ever so slightly hook it and go in with tweezers to pull it out. This is where the self harm accident earlier came from lolbut in return 3 WEEKS OF NO HAIR!!
exfoliate before, then use, then rinse with cold water and use unscented moisturizer, next day use TendSkin.
if you don’t follow this to a T you’ll get hella ingrown hairs.face: no
body: 9/10
pubic: ok story time. one of my afab epilated their pubic area before having sex with their s/o and oh my God they regretted it SO bad. it hurt a TON. I imagine if you’re into pain it’ll work I guess??braun 5 IPL $300
got this for Christmas and was essentially my only product. You use it after shaving (not epilation) I haven’t been consistently using it because epilate mostly. Can’t give a good review.
Braun Epilator (iirc v7 or v8?) $80
still in mail 🥲
Nair
use mens. women’s ones suck and hardly do anything on amab hair. Also mens suck too, but it’s better.
Phillips 5d electric
(I have it IRL, my cats just laying down next to me and id wake her up) for me it’s the GOAT of facial hair. Used it for years and absolutely love it. It just works. My use case for facial hair is pretty odd because I just have long sideburns that go down to the jawbone and some random ones under my chin. For my pretty uncommon use case it is AMAZING. Can’t really recommend it for others but if you just have long sideburns get this 100%
in conclusion
I epilate and as it’s growing in I use the chunky one for now the back to the Gillette Venus once my heads are gone.
If I’m IPL-ing I either use a Gillette Venus or ladyshave.if anyone else has done this with skincare products let me know, I have some questions :)
Impressive deep dive!
Radio transmitting. Its a quite large rabbit hole. Right now i upload some data of ships i receive with a small setup and earn a test crypto currency.
But you can do loads and loads of things, rtl-sdr.com is a nice cheap start.
Oh and locally running AI models. (Via GPT4All) Insane how far we are.
Locally running AI models is interesting to me - do you have any recommended links or tutorials where to start?
(I looked into radio transmitting a couple month ago but it was way too overwhelming and I settled for a different hobby lol)
ollama is the usual one, they have install instructions on their GitHub i think, and a model repository, etc
You can run something on your cpu if you don’t care about speed, or on your gpu although you can’t run any more intelligent model without a decent amount of vram
For models to use, I recommend checking out the qwen distilled versions of deepseek r1
Like i said, look into GPT4All. At least for text gen. Open source and really simple. Download, install, choose a model (for mediocre laptops 4-8B ones are a good size) and chat.
For radios, there are some cheap beginner devices as starting point. Look for the rtl-sdr blog v4 usb dongle for about 40€. You can receive ~1-1700mHz with it, which are loads of interesting frequencies. You can buy a 30€ quansheng uv k5 or uv k6 (which is the same model somehow) with custom rom for a great handheld vhf/uhf radio. You can buy a 30€ SI4732 based ATS-Mini as “world receiver” also with custom roms like hjberndt’s.
You could invest some more and get a flipper zero for around 250€ which is a neat tamagochi like IT-Swiss-Army-Knife.
Or a portapack H4M (the new cliffort heath version for the best hackrf one clone) for about 200€. Its the “big brother” of the flipper zero with fascinating capabilities like scanning surrounding ships and planes.
Dont forget proper antennas which can escalate quickly.
Several things, but for a while it’s been stand pipes. They’re everywhere, and fun to find and point out on buildings. On vacations I like to get my picture by them and my kids laugh when I stop to check them out. Eventually I want to make a parody song about them.
As in plumbing vents or piezometers?
As in wet/dry systems to get water into builds for firefighting.
Watches bro!
Digital watches are fine & the battery operated ones are cool too, God speed to them, but I’m talking about the Analogue ones.
Specifically Automatic ones.
Fucking piece of assembled metal parts and it will go all tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick on its own from the moment you put it on your wrist.
It’ll continue to show you the proper time. Some will also tell you what day of the week it is or what’s the date. Heck, I’ve got one that tells me the day, date, month AND the moon phase!
On top of this, these nuggets are built such, that they will last longer than your poor ass on this planet, still blingy and going tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick.
You know those make Seikos and Citizen? Those mfs put bloody gps AND solar IN.A.FUCKING.WRIST.WATCH!
Why you ask?
So that when your dumb ass gives up on adjusting to the local time after you get off the plane in a different time zone, it will do it for you. That shit is too posh for your fumbly fingers to try to set the correct time, so it says, “Hold on, let me look at the sky real quick and I will set the day,date & time myself, you are too dazed and hungover. Please save your filthy fingers for your disgusting Doritos.”
You know the best part? They look more gorgeous than Kate Winslet’s porcelain titties embellished with a diamond neck piece.
It’ll cost less than your monthly groceries. Don’t miss out bro, get one.\I used to. I had a small collection that was stolen from me and I never replaced any.
Watch tax.
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The one I had before. I gave this one to my Pops coz his wasn’t working well.
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The one that I’m currently wearing.
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Entrance videos for wrestlers. I hate when it’s just static text with their name.
how does this make you feel?
https://youtu.be/uaOZX1pQn3Y
Cats. I probably argue too much with people about the “correct” descriptions of coat colors/patterns, as I really like learning about the genetics behind them. Lots of other cat related stuff too, such as diet & training/behavior.
Rucking, lifting, Wing Chun, Star Citizen, Stoicism (the og version). I try not to monologue too much on them but it takes restraint.
I feel like this would be an appropriate place to monologue a bit.
Aztecs.
Mixtec-Pueblo culture before European contact was vibrant, dynamic, and layered. It was reflected by its surrounding cultures of K’iche’ (Mayan), Chichimeca, Iréchikwa (Purepecha), and Otomi. Their books look like comics painted on accordions. I’ve been to Teotihuacan so I’ve seen the massive pyramids the peoples of the valley built millennia ago. I’ve read about how cities were planned and zoned then built with stone and you can still witness the logic behind those decisions today. The comida is good too.
I wish I was smart so I could learn Spanish easier.
On the words of Hernan Cortés: “Su casa es mi casa.”
Jokes aside, I am positive a Game of Thrones or Vikings-like tv show based on the birth of the Mexicas, then the expansion with finally the fall of the Aztecs would be brutally fantastic.
I always look at the Mexican flag in awe for what it really means and how it became.
Any books that you would recommend but aren’t academic?
Jokes aside, I am positive a Game of Thrones or Vikings-like tv show based on the birth of the Mexicas, then the expansion with finally the fall of the Aztecs would be brutally fantastic.
It’s a cartoon but there’s Onyx Equinox which is pretty cool and plays in mesoamerica.
Onyx Equinox mentioned!! One of my favorite shows for that reason. I wish more media used Mesoamerican history and myths, they are awesome.
Just wish it wasn’t in development hell…
I wish more media used Mesoamerican history and myths, they are awesome.
Here’s one more:
It’s fully available on youtube.
Any books that you would recommend
Oh absolutely I got a mini library of…
aren’t academic
Nope.
“Aztec” by Gary Jennings.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/aztec-gary-jennings/784861bf1a137811?ean=9780765317506&next=t
It’s a novel about coming of the Spanish.
I had to read it when I came across an article the author wrote. He wanted a word for ‘orange.’ He wanted to book to sound authentic, and the Americas didn’t have oranges. He ended up using jacinth
Thanks, that one I had it on my wishlist.
Enjoy. He did a few follow ups, but the first is the best.
Mechanics in nature.
There’s a protein that’s basically a tiny little mobile suite that literally walks along microtubules.
Some bacteria propel themselves with a literal electric motor.
Your ears are more something that belongs under the dashboard of a helicopter than something growing organically… they can literally detect an air-pressure change caused by a pin dropping on the other side of the room, by allowing that pressure to beat on a drum connected to a chain of bones that transmit pressure into a little snail that squirts little jets of fluid over a tiny little field of grass stuck to the inside of the snail shell, and depending on how much grass wiggles, it sends a jolt over to your brain as an interpretation of pitch. AND IT DOESN’T STOP THERE! Connected to that snail are three little hula-hoops made of bone, each oriented to a different plane, and also filled with tiny grass and fluid; and when you move your head along that specific plane, the tiny grass wiggles and that’s how your brain knows which way you’re moving / gives you a perception of balance.
There’s a type of grasshopper with gears in its legs.
I love this shit.
Speaking of interesting sensing capabilities there’s also the sea turtles that can detect magnetic fields, although I don’t think people understand the actual mechanical parts yet
yeah, that’s pretty interesting. I would also argue that genetics and the way that information is processed and organized in the body is pretty interesting.
and what’s also cool is that the body has such a consistent spatial layout. I.e. you could think that since genetics produce proteins, they only do a biochemical reaction, but not a mechanical reaction. Then what causes the geometric layout of the body to be so consistently shaped?
Aperiodic tilings! Just a couple of years ago someone discovered a single tile (down from the set of ~20000 that was first used to prove that aperiodic tiling was even possible) that can completely cover an infinite plane without ever falling into a repeating pattern.
The use of “aperiodic” is somewhat loose here compared to what I would expect. Like… I can instantly see several places with the same pattern just on that small sample…
Aperiodic, in this sense, doesn’t mean that there aren’t any bits that repeat. In fact, if you pick any patch of tiles of any arbitrary size, that patch will be repeated infinitely many times. What it means to be aperiodic is that if you slide the whole tiling over so that one of the patches aligns with the repeated bit, there will still be something outside the patch that doesn’t align. Compare that with, say, a repeating grid of squares, where if you slide one square onto a different square then everything lines up, all the way to infinity; it’s impossible to tell that it’s been slid over.
Neat!
New discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics, and quantum physics.
Please nerd out. I want to knowwwwww
Check out the Rubin Observatory! I’ve been to a few astronomy talks recently that have discussed it, it’s incredible the amount of new discoveries it’s expected to make in the coming years.
How do you think AI can best contribute to these? Can advanced paternity recognition be helpful for spectrum analysis? Can it be used for closed loop control of the many variables inside a fusion reactor? What do you think about 3i?
advanced paternity recognition
Maury intensifies
How do you think AI can best contribute to these?
AI is a generic term for a number of different things. Most people these days seem to use it referring to LLMs and automated image or video generation. I don’t think either of those is likely to contribute a ton until they mature a lot more. Having said that, machine learning is already being used in a lot of these fields. For example, automated systems using machine learning are being used to find new information about variable stars from old stellar images. We’ve been taking pictures of the stars for more than a century. No human team could ever hope to go through all those images looking for changes in stars over all that time but a computer can.
Can advanced paternity recognition be helpful for spectrum analysis? Can it be used for closed loop control of the many variables inside a fusion reactor?
No idea on this one. This is a little too much on the engineering side of things. I geek out more on the theory side.
What do you think about 3i?
ATLAS/3i? I think it’s frankly amazing that we’ve detected three interstellar objects passing through our solar system in the last 8 years or so. Interstellar visitors must be extremely common for use to spot so many in such a short period of time.
Arduino, ESP32, smart home automation. I could talk for hours. I’ve started to get into PCB design this year, and I’ve had a lot of fun with it!
Which esp32? There are so much options nowdays!
The ESP32-S3 has become my standard goto device. If power usage is an issue, the ESP32-C3 is a great option. And the ESP32-C6 opens up Thread capabilities. I recently picked up a device with an ESP32-P4 that I’m wanting to play around with some more.
Have you done any Thread/Zigbee with an esp32? I cannot wait to get a C6 to test it!
Here’s the guide I’ve used. Super easy to do in ESPHome. I’ve only tested it, but it seems to work very well.
https://smarthomescene.com/guides/how-to-create-thread-devices-with-esphome/
If only the C6 was actually supported correct everywhere…
Where can I learn how to link different tech through HA? Insteon switch to flip a wifi bulb. Z Wave switch to open the Shelly relay for the garage door. ZigBee water sensor trips insteon siren. Etc. Is that all YAML? Is the Ecobee thermostat worth it?
Just install HA and try it out! It’s a lot easier to do than you might think. Every vendor or connection type has its own Integration. Most integrations can be set up through the UI very easily. I have dozens of integrations.
And the automations have had a lot of work the last few years. They are getting much easier to set up in the UI without having to worry about code or yaml.
The integrations are working. I just don’t know how to cross link them…
Here’s an example. The first picture is part of the UI configuration for this automation. The second picture show the yaml that was generated from this. Utility Room Occupancy is a Zigbee door sensor. When it turns on (the door opens), it triggers the Utility Room Lights on. The light is actually a WiFi LED bulb. The rest of the script turns the light off when the door closes.
What’s beautiful about Home Assistant is that it just creates devices that look identical no matter what integration you’re using. A light is a light no matter how you interact with it.
I really appreciate the help. But you lost me at step zero. What ui configuration for what automation? How do I get THERE?
Oh, goddamn it, this is gonna take a while.
- Code. Like, I actually get real pleasure from seeing elegant and well-structured code. I have no idea why, but I’ll almost start salivating at particularly beautiful code.
- Anime. Yeah, I’m a walking stereotype, a software developer who likes anime. But have you seen Frieren? It’s so goddamn good.
- Philosophy. No, not bullshit continental philosophy. I’m talking real philosophy. Analytic philosophy. Distilled and legitimately useful logic. Which of course leads me to…
- Science. My YouTube feed is full of fascinating deep-dives into esoteric mathematical and scientific topics. Fuck yeah.
- Tabletop RPGs. Surprisingly, not a huge D&D fan, though it can certainly be fun. These days, I’m much more into story-focused systems, like Fate or Blades in the Dark. Most people I mention that to have never heard of either.
- Science fiction and fantasy. I mean, are you surprised at this point?
- Writing science fiction and fantasy. I mean, are you surprised at this point?
- Politics. Less so nowadays, since our political system is falling apart and we’re being overrun by fascism, but I still do enjoy a meaty policy discussion.
That’s a good list for starters.
I’m running a Roll20 campaign for 7 players who are gearing up for a fight with a human who can change size at will.
This is set in the One Piece universe, I assume you’re familiar with it.
I want them to control a giant mecha to fight him on “equal” terms as a final fight.
Got any good RPG systems that might help with that?
Have a lot of players and they are good about following homebrew rules - and I expect this to be a one time mech fight.
I’ll probably add a mechanic for someone to “pilot” the mech and use their Devil Fruit/Haki to affect the entire mech as a full action that gives some sort of stat bonus.
Also btw I love Frieren. It’s so good! The manga is also incredible. Dandadan is fantastic too, and along with TTGL, has inspired this boss fight for me.
Who is the most criminally under appreciated philosopher/author and why is it Ursula LeGuinn?
Ha! My glob, she was so amazing. I had the opportunity to attend a reading she did from The Lathe of Heaven years ago, and I was struck anew not only by her creativity, but by the philosophical ideas underpinning it. A lot of people think The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas is her most philosophical work, but I actually found what Lathe had to say about control, obedience, and power incredibly compelling.
Agree. AND. Left Hand of Darkness. Dispossessed.
Adventure Time fan as well?
I like it, but I don’t nerd out about it.
Go read Joanna Russ.
imho she writes rings around the popular woman.
I will. Thank you.
You might be interested in a video game called The Last Sovereign. I discovered it during the recent fiasco around payment processors trying to block lewd stuff, but the nsfw visuals can be turned off if you’re not into that. It’s a very serviceable RPG with turn based combat that is well balanced and engaging. But I’m recommending it because you said philosophy and it’s basically a series of Platonic dialogues between characters discussing life, the nature of man, morality, ethics, sexuality, power, and much more. I’m pleasantly surprised at how often I find myself deeply invested in the conversations. I think the writer(s) must’ve needed an outlet for their philosophical musings and chose this quirky “lewd” RPG as the medium.
I’ll check it out. I’m very much interested in video games that delve into deep topics that way. Have you ever encountered The Talos Principle series? Fantastic games that do surprisingly accessible treatises on philosophical topics while forcing you to think through pretty mind-blowing puzzles. Highly recommended.
What is your relationship with Tolkien and his corpus?
I’ve read Lord of the Rings a few times. And The Hobbit. And his lesser-known works (e.g., Leaf by Niggle, which is just great). And The Silmarillion. And The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (which, honestly, isn’t his best). And I know what an Istari is (and why Gandalf, being a lesser Ainur, is actually so much more than a mere “wizard”). And I know that while they changed the line from “you cannot pass” to “you shall not pass” for dramatic purposes in the movie, the original line subtly says a whole hell of a lot more about who and what Gandalf is and why the Balrog should have actually been shitting itself.
So you might say I’m passingly familiar with it.
What is a good ruleset for a table that absolutely refuses to read more than an index card of rules but will follow the lead of the referee? Freeform, story-forward, ages 14 to 65? Swords and magic.
Unrelated, what do you think about the various versions of Traveller?
Oh, you need Fate Accelerated. Six stats, five descriptive phrases that define your character (one of which is your character’s “trouble,” giving the GM automatic story hooks) and a smattering of stunts your character can perform, and off you go!
Regarding Traveller, I’ve never had the stomach for it. Me and a group once sat down to create characters, and discovered it was so rules-heavy that by the end of two sessions dedicated to character creation, we still didn’t know for sure that we’d done any of the characters correctly.
Korean cooking, specifically their use of fermented and preserved food and how it relates to their climate of very hot summers and very cold winters and also their history as tributary state to Ming China and later under Japanese occupation.
