On this day, 4 years ago the site was first launched (then a day later the first post made), Formed from chapotraphouse remnants, the old admins decided to make a site using Lemmy as its base. Originally called chapo.chat, Hexbear has grown into one of the biggest instances in the lemmyverse.
Despite various sitewide struggle sessions, wrecker incursions from other forums and federation drama, Hexbear has keep growing strong in its 4th year, now with 4 megathreads, over 4 million comments, 300k posts and much more.
Its being great running the general megathread for a bit over 3 years, since i took over i have tried to get it mostly in time and just one unlike during the old times, i like to think i have done a decent job, plus i have also added a bit of reading material to them so you nerds can learn from them and i like to think you have been reading them 
, its also nice to see the new megathreads how they have slowing grown up to the size to the old general mega in the time of the old admins.
dont have much else to say so have a good day nerd. also
Whats has been your favorite post/event from last year (july 2023-july 2024)?
I wont lie, all the fedidrama has been fun to read, especially when libs wander here
Megathreads and spaces to hang out:
- 📀 Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube
- 🔥 Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread
- ⚔ Come talk in the New Weekly PoC thread
- ✨ Talk with fellow Trans comrades in the New Weekly Trans thread
reminders:
- 💚 You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
- 💙 Hexbear’s algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
- 💜 Sorting by new you nerd
- 🌈 If you ever want to make your own megathread, you can reserve a spot here nerd
- 🐶 Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog
Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):
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Theory:
Also 24 hours after this is posted the admins are closing the site for a day, sorry
I'm working on a water cooling thing, and it seems there's a teeny tiny leak between two aluminum bits that are tightly screwed together. I will never have any reason to unscrew them. What's a good way to seal this up? Can I just run some super glue along the crack?
Can you take it apart and put it back together with Teflon tape on the threads? That's what it's for, sealing threads.
How hot is it going to get? Cyanoacrylate super glue is not really watertight since it contracts a lot when it dries, I would try some kind of epoxy first.
Pretty damn hot. It's a 3d printer hotend. Just a pinprick little spot on the seam, only leaks when the pump is active. Need to find a fix that won't prevent this part from fitting in it's tight space.
Don't they make like jb weld for car engines? I figure that ought to hold