FearTheCron

@FearTheCron@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New York Bill Would Require a Criminal Background Check to Buy a 3D Printer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Hehe, I just grabbed the number off wolfram alpha’s size comparison. Wouldn’t surprise me if they are wrong, not sure where they scrape the data from. Anyway, my point stands, six microns is still stupidly small. Some dust or hair on the cutting edge and your precision is now out the window.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New York Bill Would Require a Criminal Background Check to Buy a 3D Printer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  six microns

  Given that human chromosomes are on the order of 5 to 10 microns, I am thinking this export regulation doesn’t apply to the hobby market. This is “use the machine in a clean room” level precision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your preferred fitness tracker/smartwatch?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Gadgetbridge looks cool. I wish I had known about this before buying a Fitbit. I wonder how hard it would be to add support.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the proper way to get rid of books?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It probably also depends on the book. I have tons of outdated books on obscure topics within engineering, science, and computing. I doubt anyone would check out my 1995 book on the Vi text editor from a library. Although, if I’m lucky, perhaps it could be a collectors item some day. In reality, I’m probably going to just say “thank you for helping me so many years ago” and respectfully recycle the book.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Data privacy: how to counter the "I have nothing to hide" argument?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  A bit more historic, but still very relevant. The FBI used surveillance in repeated attempts to discredit Martin Luther King JR. It’s chilling how they used the information they gathered to try to get rid of MLK any way they could. They were even trying to use information they gathered to convince him to commit suicide.