the16bitgamer
@the16bitgamer@programming.dev
- Comment on Recommended 3d printer models? 1 week ago:
A 3D printer is a tool first and foremost.
These days outside of poorly designed fire hazards any model you can get will be good.
For my two cents avoid the following traps.
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all plastic construction. Looks nice but assume you will need to service it at some point.
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no spare parts available. Basically go on Amazon and type “print bed for model of printer” and if you find nothing it’s not getting parts or service.
What to get then. Brands are fickle so these are the features I look for.
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thermal run away protection. If it doesn’t have the run away yourself.
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heated bed. Helps with adhesion
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removable build plate. Easy service and since the build plate is consumable good to have
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auto bed leveling. It’s not 2018 and manual leveling is a waste of time.
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direct drive extruders. Bowden isn’t bad but if you want consistency direct drive really helps
Brands I would recommend is Creatily since it’s a good budget machine (do research first their naming is crap) and Prusa since most machines are based off of theirs.
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- Comment on Stop Skeletons from Fighting got 16 Player Faceball working on Gameboy 3 weeks ago:
Nope, dasie chaining multiple link cables. Apparently 4 player adapters only work with 4
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to retrogaming@lemmy.world | 6 comments
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 4 weeks ago:
Born in the mid 90s in Canada. You guys should’ve seen the state of book fairs in Canada. It was easier to pay via cheque than credit card.
- Comment on Designing a replacement IO plate for my GameCube 5 weeks ago:
Yes Flippy Drive (fixed the og post). Ahh gotta love Apple’s auto correct
- Submitted 5 weeks ago to 3dprinting@lemmy.world | 7 comments
- Comment on Your all-time favorite game? Let's discuss the best options! 5 weeks ago:
With endless replay. Rollercoaster Tycoon 1&2. Shout out to Open RCT (sim city 3000 is a close second)
Console favourite- The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening
Sound track - Chrono Trigger
That long play (where you forget what you were doing if you put the game down) - Metroid Fusion/Prime
Pokemon - Emerald or Soul Silver depending on my mood.
- Comment on Wanted to make my own charger for my Garmin Watch. 1 month ago:
Thank you, if you do want to see my models, they are on Printables here: www.printables.com/@16bitvirtual
- Comment on Wanted to make my own charger for my Garmin Watch. 1 month ago:
Normally I would, but the models is partially corrupt, it doesn’t print right, and it only works with larger Garmin. So I am not uploading it
- Comment on Wanted to make my own charger for my Garmin Watch. 1 month ago:
Amazon it’s a right angle to Garmin connector. In hindsight I probably could’ve got the charging puck instead
- Comment on In Response to Amazon preventing to download books you bought: Some DRM free bookstores and publishers 1 month ago:
If you are into light novels the publisher JNovel Club sells their books DRM free from their website
- Submitted 1 month ago to 3dprinting@lemmy.world | 8 comments
- Comment on What is the best looking retro console or PC? 1 month ago:
Humm, for PCs I’d have to say iMac
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For game consoles it’s a hard debate between the GameBoy Pocket or the GameBoy Micro. One is the essence of a GameBoy shrunken down to a power efficent and usable design. While the other is the smallest you can make a console while still having it usable.
- Comment on Why do most Americans use an iPhone? 2 months ago:
Because an iPhone isn’t “that” expensive when you buy it on a plan. I mean it’s only $38 CAD for the new iPhone 6e on a Contract. That’s with my paycheque to paycheque budget. /s
Though honestly that’s the mind set of these users. Sure they are literally paying $100+ CAD more than MSRP. But to them since it includes the data it’s a good deal.
Now bellow is my view as a guy who manages and orgs fleet of Samsung phone, developed apps for both Android and iOS, and is the defacto IT guy for my family.
I think the lean towards iPhones comes from budget Android being crap, and peer pressure from those around them. Get a cheap A series Samsung or a Budget Acer and you are just asking for a slow and buggy experience where the mic will just stop working after 2 years. Or it’s running Android One.
Even an older iPhone like the 6s is still supported by many apps. Plus since it once had flagship specs. The soc has more power and runs better than anything new from Android. It’s the same logic that if you get an older iPad for the same price as a new Fire Tablet the iPad will be better than a fire tablet.
The solution is to get a more expensive Android. But once you get to the price point of a Samsung S series, you might as well get an iPhone. The price is comparable, and you don’t loose out on features like the App Store (google play is a steaming pile in comparison). Plus iMessage and FaceTime is seamless and Airdrop “just works”.
My relative had Android for years and struggled to use them. I finally convinced one of them to use an iPhone XR by the time the 14 was coming out, and now my Nan is texting and doing FaceTime. They could’ve done this before with the budget Android their carrier gave them. But the work Apple did to make it feel intuitive is brilliant. In fact because of the confidence boost from the iPhone, she’s even gotten herself an iPad to do her crossword puzzles.
On top of that, unlike Apple. There is no guarantee that if you pay more for you Android that I’ll keep getting support. Most phones struggle to offer more than 2 years. And with the fiasco around the Pixel 4 battery, it’s hard to believe the biggest players “promises”. Compare that to Apple and while the promise 7 years, realistically it can be 10 years.
For me the reason I swapped over was the Play Store being hot garbage. And the disgusting amount of uninstallable bloat on it. I tried for years to install custom ROMs and midrange Chinese phones to get around it. While it works, I grew tired of the work required just to keep my phone up to date. And the loss of built in features since I was going u official. Like the loss of 2/3 cameras in the app (trying to find a cracked gcamera which enables both is a chore), and contactless pay (evolution x worked sometime, and locked me out other time).
Don’t get me wrong iOS isn’t better than Android. I miss my headphone jack, FDroid, side loading my own apps, the ease of adding custom ringtones, and custom launcher. Oh and being able to use 3rd party web browsers that aren’t skins of Safari (WebKit). But when updates come through I’m not concerned. My contactless pay works. Ad blocking is possible and I can’t complain about the cameras.
- Comment on Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books 2 months ago:
Good news is that there are alternative ways to download these books from Amazon for backup purposes. It’s not as straightforward but it’s doable.
That said I will be refusing to buy from any storefront that doesn’t offer a way to download my books. Even adobe digital editions is a viable alternative.
- Comment on Autodesk Fusion 360 is moving it's cloud storage to Fusion Hub. Upgrading is Mandatory 2 months ago:
From the sounds of it, better collaboration and sharing of projects.
- Comment on Autodesk Fusion 360 is moving it's cloud storage to Fusion Hub. Upgrading is Mandatory 2 months ago:
Cloud storage for Autodesk Fusion 360 from the looks of it. TBH it’s hard to even google.
- Comment on Autodesk Fusion 360 is moving it's cloud storage to Fusion Hub. Upgrading is Mandatory 2 months ago:
My solution to this was to back up all my projects so I have a local copy, and move to FreeCAD. I’m tired of Autodesk changing the deal every year or so.
- Autodesk Fusion 360 is moving it's cloud storage to Fusion Hub. Upgrading is Mandatorywww.autodesk.com ↗Submitted 2 months ago to 3dprinting@lemmy.world | 27 comments
- Comment on Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3? 2 months ago:
I read the manual for my cars radio. It has a max file size limit of like 256 songs or so per folder. But it can also accept 256 folders.
So if your cars is anything like mine you can probably play your songs just by splitting them up into more folders.
- Comment on What do you regard as retro? 2 months ago:
I had this discussion (read argument) back on reddit a while back. And it’s about 15 to 20 years or at the time people were calling PS1/N64 Retro during the PS3 era.
By my math systems like the PS3 and Xbox 360 are now “retro”, at least for some kids. I defiantly feel dated when some kid shows up on a PSP thread going on about their Dad’s old PSP. And it’s weird to think that the Vita and 3DS are about to fall into that camp.
- Comment on DOOM® CAPTCHA 3 months ago:
Works in Safari
- Submitted 5 months ago to 3dprinting@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Comment on As a word of caution for those buying physical used games on Bluray, check the disc for holes. 5 months ago:
BluRay is just a data format. PS3 games are just encrypted, which means with a modded PS3 you can back it up.
Same process in order to play it on RCPS3
- Comment on As a word of caution for those buying physical used games on Bluray, check the disc for holes. 5 months ago:
PS2/PS1 throw it into a DVD player Ron a PC and rip it.
PS3 you’d need to homebrew it. Same process to get the files ready to play on RCPS3
- Comment on As a word of caution for those buying physical used games on Bluray, check the disc for holes. 5 months ago:
lol, now that sounds fun.
- Comment on As a word of caution for those buying physical used games on Bluray, check the disc for holes. 5 months ago:
This is a game from 2007, I doubt there are new/replacement discs. That said it appears to be functional so we’ll see.
- As a word of caution for those buying physical used games on Bluray, check the disc for holes.programming.dev ↗Submitted 5 months ago to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works | 21 comments
- Comment on Added LED's to a clear bag 6 months ago:
I made a update to the main post, but I will update here too.
They were good, but the quality of the bags themselves were obviously cheap, and one of the two bag I tailored up, broke down on the lower strap loop. I probably could return it, but it might just be easier to sew back down.
The LEDs though were a godsend. The event I went was a night and at night finding people was so, so easy. We split up and try to find each other again, just look for the person with the glowing bag. It also was bright enough that I was able to see the specific color of candy I wanted in my bag, and illuminate friends for photos.
Making more bags if we go again so everyone has one.
- Comment on Added LED's to a clear bag 6 months ago:
The remote is IR, so it’s facing up so the receiver can see it. That said I don’t think it’ll work when the bag is full. It’s in the front pocket for easy access.
