MxRemy

@MxRemy@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I made a custom arcade stick⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Clickable link: !arcadesticks@lemmy.world

  Mostly so i can use it myself without having to navigate away from this post to sub the community hehe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wafrn (tumblr alternative with fediverse and bluesky support) has started using an alternate relay; this means that they depend on none of bluesky's infrastructure to work.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As a non-techy person, I was under the impression from lots of fedi folks that it would either cost a fortune or otherwise be quite impractical to completely divorce ATProto from bluesky itself. However, as a WAFRN enjoyer, Gabbo seems to really know what he's doing, and he actually prefers ATProto over AP... What's the actual deal here?? Is it easier than expected somehow?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polypropylene as a filament - lost in tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well unfortunately, since we live on a burning down planet, that's not a factor that can be conscionably reconsidered...

  On the other hand, we also work with post-consumer recycled PLA, PA-CF, HIPS, and PETg, and none of them seem to behave appreciably worse than their virgin counterparts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polypropylene as a filament - lost in tech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh you're not wrong lol, that's true!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polypropylene as a filament - lost in tech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I print in recycled PP-GF (glass fiber polypropylene) reclaimed from fishing nets at work sometimes, and the tape trick only half works for me. It sticks to the tape just fine but the tape doesn't stick to the glass bed... Based on this, maybe we just need better tape! The PP-specfic MagiGoo barely helps at all. Also, one would think the glass fiber would make it warp less but it absolutely hasn't lol.

  Maybe on paper this stuff isn't super toxic, but mine produces easily one of the worst chemical smells of any filament we've used, for some reason.

  Anyway, once you do get it to print successfully, it really is totally indestructible. Try to find post-consumer recycled stuff though, as hard as that is to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Volumetric 3D Printing Is REALLY FAST⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, afaik even the typical SLA resin is "safe" in the sense that when it's completely cured, it's non-toxic (for now). But that doesn't help with the eventual degradation and microplastics, unfortunately. Also, people are wayyyyyyyy more careless with the uncured stuff and the fumes than they ought to be...

  As far as the dental stuff is concerned, I have no idea if it's actually different and in what way. My guess is, either it must be the same, or else it's just so expensive that nobody sells it for the hobbyist market. If you find out different I'd love to know, a chance to sustainably resin print would be awesome!

  However, if you look into this, watch out for the massive amount of greenwashing in this industry. They're doing stuff like selling the same old resin and calling it "eco friendly" or w/e just because they've like thrown some seaweed filler in it. Lying about the dangers, all sorts of stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Volumetric 3D Printing Is REALLY FAST⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This will be very exciting, when/if they ever perfect a photopolymer resin that is formaldehyde free, doesn't depend on fossil fuel byproducts, and doesn't degrade into some of the worst micorplastics out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your go-to sites to find free 3D files to print?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now that it's a thing, I always try checking the public Manyfold instance first! Do those federate here yet? Prolly something like @q8vfvg1f7m3k@3dprint.social ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Karma Wyrm(3D printed soft bait fishing mold)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ooh neat! Does any old filament work for silicone molding? I could imagine for some it might like stick or be harder to remove

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Karma Wyrm(3D printed soft bait fishing mold)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is really cool! What kinda plastic are you filling the molds with? I don't know much about fishing lures

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just received an email from feddit.online saying they've geoblocked UK IPs due to the Online Safety Act⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Uhh totally unrelated but... how hard is it to get fedi platforms working over the alt internets, like tor/i2p/ipfs/etc? I'm sure somebody somewhere must be working on that, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I 3D modeled the Sage of sixth paths double sided Shakujo.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing to add, just wanted to say this is awesome lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hot take: 3D printing toys kinda sucks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In advance, I always plan to at least make them from biodegradable PHA so I'm not contributing to micro plastics. But also I hate wasting my precious PHA on it, because the stuff is so hard to get lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hot take: 3D printing toys kinda sucks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeahhhh, the makerspace I work at gets constant requests for these kinda things and it irritates me to no end... Totally feel your frustration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seed Swap – for trading seeds with others⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Whoa this is awesome. There are soooo many obscure seeds I'd like to get, but that aren't buyable! Definitely joining.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fediverse alternative for Tiktok?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In addition to Loops, there was also Vidzy and Goldfish, but I don't think they still exist?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wafrn: a tumblr clone that federates with fedi and now also has opt in native bluesky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I love WAFRN so much 😭

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moire/Vernier Radius Gauge⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I definitely agree lol, that's why I teach people how in the local library makerspace. We've a really nice Mitutoyo accurate down to 0.02mm!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moire/Vernier Radius Gauge⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From a big vernier caliper fan, this RULES!! 😍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Federated 3D print files (Manyfold)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This rules, can't wait to see how federation works!! It seems like each project shows up in the fediverse as an actor? Like for example this project: @3dc33whtlsnx@3dprint.social

  I kind of naively thought they'd show up as posts or something. Maybe what this means is, all the subcontent of thd project show up as posts instead? If so, that seems pretty neat! Like potentially the 3d files themselves federate out as posts?

  Not sure why I'm wildly speculating when all this is surely documented somewhere lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best place for a community alternative to Facebook group?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can from Mastodon! Not sure from Pixelfed but it seems probable? With mastodon it's something like... you just @ mention the community, and have one separate line at the top to become the post title? I think?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best place for a community alternative to Facebook group?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It does have groups! And they're even interoperable with Lemmy/PieFed/Mbin groups. The experience is definitely very Facebook like, and there are themes that make it even more so.

  On the other hand, every instance I've ever been on has run into serious lag issues and/or collapsed entirely... Hoping that's not universal or else gets fixed soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sites to post laser files?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does Manyfold support SVGs/etc? It seems awesome but it might be self-host only, not sure there are any public instances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Friendica's marketing is terrible.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While i definitely agree, none of this is a deal breaker for me. What is a deal breaker is this: I am on my third Friendica account now because the first 2 instances both started struggling and then collapsed. The one I'm on now is suddenly running very slow, just like the first 2 before the end. It seems to me like maybe they're kinda hard to run?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm always soooo excited for native fediverse apps, because PWAs are annoying in a bunch of ways. But then it actually happens, and I remember that none of the cool themes will be in there 😅

  This is still AWESOME though!! I think that's what was holding a lotttttt of people off, waiting for an app

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toolhead part cooling design⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That's definitely more how like laser cutters and cnc mills do it right? Although maybe that's more for removing debris than cooling. Seems like a good idea, unless it's too much pressure and starts deflecting the plastic while it's still molten.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting closer to a working 3d printed pleated filter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This project is awesome, great job! I get what you mean about the whole "quadruple the price and effort" thing, but stuff like this is so important. Whatever technology enables the current air filter industry to make their stuff so cheap is likely some proprietary BS that doesn't even work at small scales anyway, right? So if/when we ever lose access to that, we'll need stuff like this to fill the gap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sustainable 3D Prints With Decomposable Filaments⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We use it very regularly in our makerspace, although yeah like you say, the supply and color availability is lacking unfortunately. Fingers crossed it gets better as more people show an interest in it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sustainable 3D Prints With Decomposable Filaments⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ohh this probably makes more sense in places other than where I live. Nothing here gets recycled at all unfortunately... Were the larger objects unable to be recycled otherwise?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sustainable 3D Prints With Decomposable Filaments⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This doesn't strike me as particularly sustainable at all? It just makes the object come apart into smaller objects, right? But they're still objects and still made of the same material they would've been otherwise... Just switch to PHA, it's actually for real compostable and more sustainably produced as well.