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- Comment on 7,818 titles on Steam disclose generative AI usage, or 7% of Steam's total library of 114,126 games, up from ~1,000 titles in April 2024 1 day ago:
Not sure, but I would suspect that AI output would likely be very similar to procedural generation output in that it will need some massaging before it can be used as a final asset.
- Comment on 7,818 titles on Steam disclose generative AI usage, or 7% of Steam's total library of 114,126 games, up from ~1,000 titles in April 2024 1 day ago:
Procedural generation of content in games is by no means a new thing. Even if the end state isn’t completely procedurally generated, odds are a version of the asset was initially and a human touched it up as necessary. When you’re talking about large asset sets (open world and/or large maps, tons of textures, lots of weapons, etc) odds are they weren’t all 100% hand made. Could you imagine making the topology map and placing things like trees in something like RDR2?
That’s not to say all this automation is necessary a good thing. It almost feels like we’re slowly chugging through a second industrial revolution, but this time for white collar workers. I know that I tell myself that I would rather spend my time solving problems vs doing “menial” work and have written a ton of automation to remove menial work from my job. I do wonder if problem solving will become at least somewhat menial in the future.
- Comment on Say Hello to the World's Largest Hard Drive, a Massive 36TB Seagate 3 days ago:
Check the post title ;)
- Comment on Budget-friendly Sovol SV08 Max redefines large-format 3D printing with Insane 700 mm/s speeds 2 weeks ago:
For ACM - like aluminium honeycomb?
ACM is more of a sandwich. Aluminum, plastic, aluminum.
I have a boring old klicky. It works very for me 🤷
- Comment on Your TV Is Spying On You 3 weeks ago:
We probably have the same model - the one with the big oval stand. Every once in a while I wish it was OLED and/or higher resolution, but it’s not worth the expensive or all the modern “features” such as these.
- Comment on Budget-friendly Sovol SV08 Max redefines large-format 3D printing with Insane 700 mm/s speeds 3 weeks ago:
I personally am pretty happy with my 2.4, although I would suggest skipping the cable chains and going to an umbilical. I went the nitehawk route. If you’re going to be printing ASA or ABS add an under bed carbon filter and bedfans. I would also suggest skipping to ACM panels if you plan on big ASA/ABS prints.
If you dig through my comments you can see me talking about it. Mechanical bed leveling, that actually squares the gantary to the bed, and Z calibration make for very consistent first layers.
- Comment on Budget-friendly Sovol SV08 Max redefines large-format 3D printing with Insane 700 mm/s speeds 3 weeks ago:
$1,200 is Voron and RatRig territory. Vorons cap out at 350 mm^3 for build volume and 500mm^3 rat rigs are $1,550. I agree that plenty of folks are probably over buy on printers, but if you want this kind of build volume the price seems reasonable - especially for a printer that ships assembled. Personally, I went the Voron route and if I wanted a larger printer I would probably either just make my 350mm taller or go the RatRig route.
That said, high velocity on a large format printer isn’t that useful for big prints IMO. You’re probably going be running a bigger nozzle and laying down wide/tall extrusions, which means you’re probably going to be limited by how fast your extruder can melt plastic. That’s the case on my Voron with a Rapido HF with “only” a 0.6mm nozzle, 0.8mm extrusion widths, and 0.3mm layer heights.
- Comment on New God tier filament for me 4 weeks ago:
These units are somewhat silly IMO. It all comes down to volumetric flow. Big nozzle + thick extrusions + thick layers would probably mean needing to print slower than that speed due to the ability of a hot end to melt the filament.
/ someone who has been mm^3/s constrained for a while now
- Comment on Keeping Snap And Crackle Under Control With Prunt Printer Firmware 4 weeks ago:
For quite some time now, Marlin has been the firmware of choice for any kind of custom 3D printer, with only Klipper offering some serious competition in the open-source world
Confused Voron noises
- Comment on (Phalaenopsis-) Orchid repotting advice needed 4 weeks ago:
That seems like a lot of damage for one week, but I guess anything is possible.
In general, plants don’t like sudden changes to their environment. That’s why you should gradually introduce indoor plants to sunlight if you move them outdoors - you’ll give them sunburn. I suspect the same is true for roots. I keep my orchids in bark and let them dry out some between waterings. I suspect if their roots were suddenly moist 24/7 they wouldn’t be too happy about it.
I hate to link reddit, but more info found here
- Comment on How do I go about using/having printed purchased files off Etsy? How safe is it? 4 weeks ago:
1 and 5: Either should be fine, especially if the seller is reputable and has reviews. Many sells will have a store on multiple sites, but in some cases people will resell other people’s work. See if you can track down the original creator to support them 2: I suspect everyone will want STLs they won’t have to do any processing on. What do I mean? Well, I could give you a STL for a piece that’s massively too large and would need to be split into pieces or a different STL that will be impossible to print well. I suspect print services won’t want to deal with this, will charge for it, and/or you might not be happy with the final outcome 3: If you’re paying someone to print the parts, they will likely have larger format printers. However, this might cost some $$ 5: It depends how thick the designs are and how strong you want them to be (more perimeters = stronger), but keep in mind that you’re also paying for machine time and potentially processing (eg surface finishing, support removal, etc). To get a feel for a quote without buying this design, find some cosplay armor on something like printables and use that for quotes
- Comment on New Court Order in Stratasys v. Bambu Lab Lawsuit 5 weeks ago:
I had no idea this was even going on, so that’s a potential plus.
Stratasys filed the two lawsuits against Bambu Lab in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, in August 2024. The company claims that Bambu Lab’s X1C, X1E, P1S, P1P, A1, and A1 mini 3D printers violate ten of its patents. These patents cover common 3D printing features, including purge towers, heated build plates, tool head force detection, and networking capabilities.
I had heard that Stratasys was a bit of a patent troll, but some of those claims are news to me.
- Comment on 3D Printer Simulator could take the guesswork out of printing — Virtual 3D printer mirrors physical machine's quirks, like stringing, supports multi-color printing 5 weeks ago:
Can confirm, klipper does this too. Sincerely, someone who had a few thermistor related wire breaks.
- Comment on 3D Printer Simulator could take the guesswork out of printing — Virtual 3D printer mirrors physical machine's quirks, like stringing, supports multi-color printing 5 weeks ago:
Adding encoders to your steppers, or buying stepper motors with built in encoders, can help a lot but it’s not a cheap solution. It can also be a bit bulky, so packaging them a printer not designed for them can be tricky.
- Comment on Threaded Insert Press Is 100% 3D Printed 5 weeks ago:
I also free hand. Every once in a while I wish they were more perfectly square, but then I realize I don’t actually care enough to print a fixture and have to deal with attaching/detaching my Weller.
- Comment on Is a Voron 3D printer worth it?? 1 month ago:
I suggest checking out this post. I have quite a few replies about the voron experience.
TL;DR - agree that a Voron can be a start and walk away printer. Building it will take some time, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing but know what you’re getting into. It will take some configuration and tuning to get it printing, but the Voron initial setup guide and Ellis’s print tuning guide are very easy to follow.
- Comment on Canadian Wildfires signal major L over the United States 1 month ago:
I was wondering why our clear skies the past few days looked like they had a layer of lake effect cloud cover. This also explains that.
- Comment on I designed and made a thing! 1 month ago:
Nice work!
One of the interesting things about modeling and then printing replacement parts is figuring out which features matter (like shaft diameters and spacing in this design) and which you can take some liberties with to make printing easier. For example, for the part on the left you may have been able to add tapered feature to the rod insider to let you print the part standing on the flat bit on the far left without any supports. Another possibility might be trying to get the part to lie lengthwise by modifying the cylinder some as arced parts have deceivingly big overhangs. Perhaps you could give it a small flat spot.
- Comment on Certain dishes like Curries and fried rice keep getting better with age, until they don't. 1 month ago:
Lead with a shower then have a clean bath?
- Comment on WHERE ARE MY PRECISION SCREWDRIVERS 1 month ago:
You’re right that phillips screws are prone to cam out if theres a size mismatch, but it doesn’t stop there. Apply too much torque or have a misshapen screw head or bit and you’re out of luck.
- Comment on 3D Print ABS Without A Screaming Hot Bed 1 month ago:
The challenge with ASA and ABS re:warping is chamber temps, not so much bed temperature. Both shrink pretty significantly compared to PLA and if your chamber is too cool and/or your print is too big or has difficult geometry you’re going to be in for a rough time.
- Comment on I designed and made a thing! 1 month ago:
I’ve lived at this latitude in a couple different states. From what I’ve experienced, the climate in the mid west is similar to that of PA, NY, NJ, CT, RI, etc. Snowfall changes vary radically based on your proximity to a lake and generally speaking anything west of PA is super flat.
To me, the nice thing about SE MI is it the size of the metro and the quantity of things to do within it. The people are also a bit more friendly than the east coast, which is nice too.
- Comment on I designed and made a thing! 1 month ago:
The fence is about 6.5 feet tall and seems to keep deer out pretty well. Our garden is near a creek that deer like to walk along, but I’ve never caught a deer in our garden if I remember to put all the gates on.
- Comment on I designed and made a thing! 1 month ago:
Printing things at a 45 degree angle is a magic cheat code for tons of overhangs. It can also help give your prints more resolution as most designs tend to not care if the “tall” layers are diagonally oriented.
- Comment on I designed and made a thing! 1 month ago:
This is ASA. I’ve had some PLA+ parts that have been outside for 7-8 years and are holding up really well. The old books were PETG and were still in pretty good shape after 3 full seasons and had to flex pretty often.
Granted, I live in SE MI so our sun isn’t super duper intense.
And totally agree, once you get in the mode of “I can print something to make this better” you start finding more and more things to make.
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- Comment on Interesting freckles on an orchid flower 1 month ago:
It’s just the one flower, so I’m not going to worry about it. The plant does get hosed down from time to time, so it could be water droplet sunburn.
The colors are probably off because the plant was horribly backlit for the photo, so I did some quick/dirty phone image manipulation to have the flowers be less muted.
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- Comment on If you had $1500 to spend 1 month ago:
I would send them an email. Depending on which kit you’re talking about they could probably figure something out or give you an ETA.
- Comment on In 2025, Apple still makes it hard to play your own MP3s, so I wrote my own app 1 month ago:
There are some Linux users with iPhones, perhaps that’s what they meant?
