Dull Men's Club

1849 readers

160 users here now

An unofficial chapter of the popular Dull Men's Club.

1. Relevant commentary on your own dull life. Posts should be about your own dull, lived experience. This is our most important rule. Direct questions, random thoughts, comment baiting, advice seeking, many uses of "discuss" rarely comply with this rule.

2. Original, Fresh, Meaningful Content.

3. Avoid repetitive topics.

4. This is not a search engine
Use a search engine, a tradesperson, Reddit, friends, a specialist Facebook group, apps, Wikipedia, an AI chat, a reverse image search etc. to answer simple questions or identify objects. Also see rule 1, “comment baiting”.

There are a number of content specific communities with subject matter experts who can help you.

Some other communities to consider before posting:

5. Keep it dull. If it puts us to sleep, it’s on the right track. Examples of likely not dull: jokes, gross stuff (including toes), politics, religion, royalty, illness or injury, killing things for fun, or promotional content. Feel free to post these elsewhere.

6. No hate speech, sexism, or bullying No sexism, hate speech, degrading or excessively foul language, or other harmful language. No othering or dehumanizing of anyone or negativity towards any gender identity.

7. Proofread before posting. Use good grammar and punctuation. Avoid useless phrases. Some examples: - starting a post with "So" - starting a post with pointless phrases, like "I hope this is allowed" or “this is my first post” Only share good quality, cropped images. Do not share screenshots of images; share the original image.

founded 3 months ago

MODERATORS

PriorityMotif

Cleaned my computer mouse (self.dull_mens_club)

submitted 1 day ago by BigMikeInAustin to c/dull_mens_club

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Started on one computer mouse needing a new AA battery. Then re-glued the foot pad that had fallen off and was making it rock. While vigorously testing the other foot pads, they came off, and so I ended up re-gluing them all.

Then went one to another mouse and started to clean some dust in the corners of it. Turned out the dust was enough that I had an excuse to take it apart. Then there was enough random tiny fibers/hairs that I couldn't get off that I went to use the air compressor to really get it clean. And re-glued the feet pads here, because, why not.

With as much as I take apart my computer mice, it causes the factory sticky tape to fail. So I actually cut out an access whole where the foot pad covers the hidden screws. And then I can use gel super glue to keep the foot pads down fully without curling.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Pronell 10 points 1 day ago (14 children)

I use trackballs, never got the hang of mice. They're superior for everything except gaming, in my experience.

First person (or fast paced) anything on a trackball leads to repetitive stress injury.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Go team trackball!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (8 children)

I'm still using my herd of M570s, is the M575 any good? The MX Ergo is a mistake; it's nice how it tips over but the ball is at the wrong angle and the rubberized coating perished so the surface feels like pus now.

[–] Pronell 1 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

This is the one I went with. It's close in design to the M570 but better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Ooooh, might tempt me away from the m575...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

intrigued trackball user noises. What's the coating on that thing like? Like the best case scenario is hard plastic, a rubberized coating either perishes or tears or something.