Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by swampthinker on Friday April 28, 2023 @03:30PM
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I cannot believe that username was available.
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by matheusmoreira on Friday April 28, 2023 @09:09PM
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Such a shame it's a throwaway. They should keep it!
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by fuzzfactor on Saturday April 29, 2023 @09:11AM
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>I cannot believe that username was available.
Have you seen anything hornier?
>Such a shame it's a throwaway. They should keep it!
I expect he'll come again.
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by parasti on Friday April 28, 2023 @03:43PM
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Finding bugs must be unpleasant.
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by stavros on Friday April 28, 2023 @04:39PM
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Nah, there are no bugs if you wash it after every use.
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by jagged-chisel on Friday April 28, 2023 @05:12PM
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Gross >.<
Hilarious, but gross
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by UncleEntity on Friday April 28, 2023 @03:49PM
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Just to toss one out there…
You need a fitness tracker and some machine learning to really get your freak on.
Sorry, too tired to come up with a good robot innuendo.
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by shsbdncudx on Friday April 28, 2023 @03:54PM
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They do say you should scratch your own itch
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by trollied on Friday April 28, 2023 @04:04PM
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Does it have Apple Health integration?
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by kilroy123 on Friday April 28, 2023 @06:21PM
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You can't leave us hanging like that. No pictures of this thing?
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by alden5 on Friday April 28, 2023 @08:58PM
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mr. fancypants here with the silent tmc2209 driver lol
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by short_throw on Saturday April 29, 2023 @01:30AM
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He should switch to some a4988s so the machine can moan back.
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by kristopolous on Saturday April 29, 2023 @04:53AM
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Commercialize it
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by cripblip on Saturday April 29, 2023 @09:58AM
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Dude, you have to write this up!
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
by Kye on Sunday April 30, 2023 @01:39PM
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There's a tool you might like: https://buttplug.io/
I built a custom smart motorized masturbator.
It borrows from 3D printer design, and has a NEMA 17 stepper motor driving a 2GT belt loop around a short length of 2020 extrusion to slide a carriage along a linear rail. The carriage has attachment points that I've put clamps on, that close around a fleshlight-style sheath. There's a brace at the business end that you put around the base of the penis and it keeps everything aligned.
All the parts are custom-designed and 3d printed.
It has an outboard control box that contains:
The simple UI allows full control over the motion: The controls also allow control over the secondary vibrators for intensity, rhythm, and duty cycle.It's been evolving for a couple years now and it works brilliantly!