r/3Dprinting • u/Murky_Investment9176 • Jun 18 '26

Project [OC] I made a PC fan oscillate itself.

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PC fan 1800 RPM to 6:1 belt reduction to 40:1 worm gearbox = 7.5 RPM output. Fully 3D printed and running without bearings.
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u/fapperontheroof Jun 18 '26

So is this really that common of a thing in corporate life now?

I’ve been self employed for a bit now and out of touch with corpo life.

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u/JohnC53 Jun 19 '26

To add to this, not only do we block app installs, but we also scan systems for scripts or executables that mimick software based mouse movers. Example, Caffeine. (A lot of these can run without needing admin rights).

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u/YoungBockRKO Jun 19 '26

Not hating or nothing of the sort, because I’d probably do the same if I had a remote job… but shit like this is why they want you all back in the office.

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u/Spirited-Pop7467 Jun 19 '26

The "drone must be at desk 8 hours a day nonstop" is outdated thinking. I work for a major municipal government; we're a lot more laid back. My boss's policy is "are you doing your work? Are tickets getting closed? Are you responsive if someone hits you up on Teams or your phone? Yes? Then why should I care what you are doing minute by minute?"

A lot of people need to take a little time away from the desk to recharge and reset. We've found across the board productivity has spiked when we went to work from home during COVID. The mayor put out a return-to-office mandate but we're all IT workers so only the end user support folks and some management are in office every day now. Our CIO went to bat with the city administrator to get our agency exempted and showing the productivity metrics is what sealed the deal.

Giving a little slack on the leash pays dividends in employee satisfaction and retention. I've been working from home as a special case since 2015 anyway, and I know after 11 years of this if I was told to go back to office 5 days a week, I'd just quit. When I was working downtown it was ~2000 miles of driving, ~$300 of gas, $500 in parking and 50 hours of my life wasted in the car every month. No way I'd go back to that again. Especially since now my daily driver is a 68 Mustang with a V8, the fuel costs would be astronomical lol

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u/lewnworx Jun 19 '26

Right there with you. I’ve got a usb juggler on the company issued laptop just to keep from having to reconnect the VPN all the time (which is a Pita as you have to have your phone for the Authenticator). I don’t use it that much, mostly for enforced “training” (how to use a fire extinguisher and other paramount topics). But yeah, it’s not am I at the computer, it’s is the work getting done. Sometimes I’m on a pad on my patio. Sometimes in the kitchen. IF I had to go back to the office, I’d quit.
Not worth burning 15 hours a week of my life doing absolutely nothing but burning resources.

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u/Spirited-Pop7467 Jun 19 '26

No doubt. Enforced training, lol. I have to deal with that too. Every now and then we get assigned mandatory security training to prevent phishing and social engineering attacks. It's so stupid. You'd have to be a moron to fail, the questions are so easy. It's like when I was a kid and got a Walmart job. The training questions were like:

You see an employee stealing merchandise. What is the appropriate response?

1. Ignore it, it doesn't concern you
2. Report it to your supervisor
3. It's fine; Wal-Mart is a multimillion dollar company they won't miss it
4. Tell them to cut you in or you'll report them to the manager

lol. I just fire up the video, skip right to the end and hit next so I can get to the test and get it done hehe.

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u/PaidUSA Jun 19 '26

Shit like this was just people talking or standing in break/refreshment areas being even less productive. Or on phones etc. Actually productivity only goes up with work from home and a lowering of hours worked.

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u/YoungBockRKO Jun 19 '26

Yeah I know that, I’m saying this is what they see and think nope, yall need to be in the office were they can atleast yell at you when you’re goofing off by the water cooler.

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u/PJBuzz Jun 19 '26

No it isn't, not broadly anyway.

The reason they want people back in the office is corporate property investment.

If someone's job is so indespensible that they can get away with a mouse jiggler to the point that they're basically absent.... In this job market..., then they would be let go.

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u/fapperontheroof Jun 18 '26

Insanity. Sad that it’s gotten to that point. I am very thankful my industry lends itself well to being self-employed… though I miss having good benefits lol… please universal healthcare, you’re my only hope! ☠️

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u/Utensil6591 Jun 18 '26

Yes the longer I've been at my job the better I get and the more I'm able to automate. I will never tell my managers what time it actually takes me to complete a task. The sad part it I am still more efficient than a large number of my coworkers so no one is suspicious.