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- Comment on In light of recent events, I'm really starting to wonder about Reddit, /u/MaxwellHill, and Aaron... 4 days ago:
Oh, I don’t doubt you are correct about that. I’m not trying to say that there isn’t any coordination. The GOP is definitely and completely overrun with extremists that openly work together to implement plans like project 2025. But we are also at the terminal stages of this disease and the patient is on life support.
Project 2025 is a perfect example of what I am talking about. It was supposed to be a secret agenda that flopped right out into the open almost as soon as they are done writing it. In a healthy society it would have been attacked and overwhelmed from multiple directions in the same uncoordinated way that a virus or bacteria would be dealt with. But instead, the infection has reached a point where 1/3 of the nation decided that it wasn’t their problem, and another 1/3 was actively helping the infection. We are at that point in the covid infection where the body is now harming itself. - Comment on In light of recent events, I'm really starting to wonder about Reddit, /u/MaxwellHill, and Aaron... 4 days ago:
I don’t think you need some big coordinated Illuminati-type group to explain what’s going on. It’s way more realistic to see bad actors as behaving like bacteria or viruses. They don’t sit in secret meetings plotting everything. They just act independently in ways that benefit themselves, and the harmful effects add up on their own. Bacteria don’t plan. They find weaknesses, take advantage of them, multiply, and adapt when something stops them. They’re not masterminds. They’re just opportunistic. One person finds a loophole, another copies it, someone else builds on it, and suddenly you have a whole system bending in a bad direction without anyone actually coordinating it.
And this is where billionaires fit in. Realistically the traits that get you to billionaire status are usually closer to aggressive mutations in an ecosystem. Not kindness or wisdom, more like: ruthlessness, willingness to exploit gaps, willingness to push harm outward while collecting gains.
Once someone becomes a billionaire, their resources act like a multiplier. A normal bad actor is one germ. A billionaire is the same germ with unlimited food, a weakened immune system around them, and the ability to reshape the environment to favor their own growth.
And then you get a feedback loop. The more safeguards and regulations get weakened, the easier it is for aggressive “strains” like this to emerge. Those new billionaires then use their wealth to weaken safeguards even more. Each round speeds up the next. It’s basically the same dynamic as a compromised immune system getting overwhelmed by infections that would normally be manageable.
But most of all, there’s no way you’re going to get that many extreme narcissists to work together nicely and follow some long term plan.
- Comment on Orca Slicer sometimes doesn't Z-Hop 5 days ago:
So Prusa does zhop, but orca doesn’t? That’s interesting…
Does it act any different between classic and arachne?
Are Prusa and Orca orienting the object on the plate exactly the same? Like maybe one is turned 30° more than the other… - Comment on I never understood what it was people did on Twitter. I understand it even less now that it is X. 6 days ago:
But what if I hated Elon before he was involved in politics?
- Comment on Crappy filament? 1 week ago:
I wonder if the end of the spool got annealed somehow? Maybe while being spooled? Or if it was at the end of a run it could have spent too much time in the extruder?
- Comment on Edible Wood 2 weeks ago:
Justice Kavanaugh, getting a little bored just sitting around doing nothing on the Supreme Court? Decided if you’re going to be shoving things in your butt anyways you might as well film it and put it on YouTube?
- Comment on 3D design software for 3d printing? 2 weeks ago:
FreeCAD is a great program for people who know cad. But it’s an awful place to start learning. I know first hand because that is what I tried to do too.
FreeCAD has 2 major issues.
The first is stability. As long as you do stuff the “right way”, it’s pretty stable, but FreeCAD is really powerful and has at least 5 different ways you can do anything, and as a beginner you will constantly find yourself going down rabbit holes that only lead to doom.
The second big issue is documentation. It suffers from both too much documentation and not enough at the same time. The program has seen a massive amount of development over the last several years. When you search for how to do something you will often find a dozen instructions and videos on how to do something, but they will all be for older versions of the program. However, due to the fast pace of developments and improvements to the program there will be nothing about how to do something in the program as a current stands and it will be just different enough that the old instructions don’t work anymore. I do strongly recommend that you download and install FreeCAD. There will definitely end up being things that you will want to try that can only be done in FreeCAD, but you really don’t want to start learning the basics there.The other thing to know is that designing an object is only your first step. You then have to slice it and print it. Unfortunately, there is a fair amount to learn there too. Wall thickness, nozzle sizes, support structure, material strengths, ect. are going to require some learning of their own, so throwing FreeCAD on top of that is just cruel.
I strongly recommend starting with something insanely basic like tinkercad. It will limit what you can create to a certain extent, but you will be able to quickly produce some models that are not complete garbage, that won’t cause the slicer to commit seppuku, and that might actually print without causing your printer to shit itself, and have some success with right away.
Once you hit the limits of tinkercad you can then begin trying out the different CAD programs to see what makes the most sense to you. OnShape was the next step for me, but you should really just give them all a try to see what works for you.
Also, as a beginner, the online nature of many programs is actually a big advantage. Being able to switch from my work computer to my home computer instantly has been really nice. I even use the OnShape app on my phone occasionally. You’re not going to be doing any kind of complex development on the app, but it’s cool to be able to pull it up and do some basic stuff while you are stuck in a doctor’s office or at your in-laws for the holidays.
Plus, your initial designs are going to be hot garbage anyways, so it’s not like you have to worry about somebody stealing your ideas just because the free version makes your projects public.When I got my first 3D printer I had tons of ideas that I wanted to turn into 3D prints. But it took me months to even get to the point where I could print out things of my own design that weren’t garbage.
- Comment on With how shitty some Christians are, you really have to wonder if Lucifer or Satan is truly "evil" 2 weeks ago:
Wait, are you saying that Amazon is actually Satan?
- Comment on Piping mouse 3 weeks ago:
Tell me you have never had a pet bird without telling me you have never had a pet bird. If any animal were to ever be into bdsm, it’s going to be birds.
- Comment on CNC 3 weeks ago:
I find that aluminum is the best medium for trial and error because even though it is somewhat expensive, it’s easy on the bits. And that is important regardless of the bulk material costs.
Dude your CNC sessions are totally out of hand if you are having to buying aluminum in bulk. Just get yourself some shibari ropes and a blind fold if you want to take your time and make it an extended session.
- Comment on mercy merci 3 weeks ago:
Ya, we used to have more of the little fat slow white ones (orb weavers I think) around when I was a kid, and other than cobwebs all over the place, they never gave us trouble. I generally try not to mess with them though, or I’ll do a catch and release. But between the Brown Recluse bite I got as a teenager that took almost an entire year to heal and the other non-poisionous bites I have gotten while asleep or watching tv that take 6 weeks to heal, it’s insta-death if any others are found inside my house.
I just realized that I am a spider racist. White and yellow get the gentle touch, but black and brown are going down. - Comment on mercy merci 3 weeks ago:
Not all spiders are buddies who will just keep to their website and kill pests. Many are aggressive roaming hunters that just go around biting shit to see if it is edible. And that includes you just sleep or sitting still.
Also, even the nonvenomous spiders have some seriously bad oral hygiene and carry bacteria that causes deep infectious wounds that take months to heal.
Even with all that, if they were just slow or stupid I might take the time to catch and release, but given that the majority are stupid fast, and/or actively trying to leap at me… they gotta die.
Having said that I don’t fuck with them outside, especially the banana spiders, because banana spiders are instantly easy to identify and aren’t interested in starting trouble. - Comment on If it works it works 4 weeks ago:
Yes except swap the function and variable names.
- Comment on Has anyone sold or otherwise handed off their 3d printing business? 4 weeks ago:
I fully understand that feeling. Of course there’s nothing that says you won’t be able to start it up again at a later date. 3d printing is seeing a seismic shift right now with cheap and reliable multi-tool systems showing up, by the time the economy recovers, efficient, fast, multi-color, and multi-filament will be the norm. And with some of the more industrial plastics and even metals available through specialty printing services, I think we were already going to see a bloodbath amongst the smaller printing services out there no matter what. So maybe right now isn’t the worst time to dip out of the market anyway. I would suggest that you take this time to hone your design skills or focus on the more niche aspects of the market. You got the opportunity to learn and sample the market while money was gushing into it market, but it was a bubble that was never going to last. So, now you have the choice to take what you have learned and find something sustainable, or just run the other way and do something different.
I can personally tell you that having the market you are in ever so slowly shrink and die under you while you try to squeeze just a bit more out of its husk all the while feeling trapped because you have employees and customers depending on you… it’s fucking brutal. My family and I are doing well these days, but I can only imagine how much better I would have been doing if I had just called it quits much earlier.
- Comment on Has anyone sold or otherwise handed off their 3d printing business? 4 weeks ago:
Everyone is bracing for the economic free fall that is going to be the next 5 years. We are still at the upper end and it’s only going to get worse under this administration.
So, I have no doubt that people just aren’t spending money on the kinds of things that they were even just last year. I wish I had something better to tell you, but it is going to be a while before we see people having the money to spend on custom designing anything. As the previous poster pointed out, you need to either decide to get rid of stuff and then sell it like you want it gone, or accept that now it is just a hobby that basically paid for itself. - Comment on Smells Great 4 weeks ago:
Ya, it’s all a big lie brought to you by billionaire dragons. They’re just trying to get you to wrap yourself in a tasty garnish so that they get a nice citrus flavor once they are done roasting you.
- Comment on Phrases like “I am here” or “Are you here yet?” are used today more than in the past because of cellphones. 4 weeks ago:
“Sorry, my butt called you.”
- Comment on Beards are technically face pubes 4 weeks ago:
Nice face pubes, dickhead!
I now have a new insult ready and loaded.
- Comment on Investors are making up the highest share of homebuyers in 5 years 5 weeks ago:
Ouch, so it is an assigned housing situation where the government gets to decide where and how you live…
- Comment on THE CRAZY PILLS 5 weeks ago:
I completely agree if we’re talking about some bros at a kegger, but if it might instead possibly be the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services reporting to the President of the United States and the rest of his Cabinet during a Cabinet meeting, then no. In that case the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services should be able to communicate health related matters better than a drunken frat bro.
- Comment on Investors are making up the highest share of homebuyers in 5 years 5 weeks ago:
So, is the community forced to purchase the house if someone moves out? Or is it more of a renting situation and you never actually own your home, you just rent it from the community and when you move you lose all effort and time you have put into improving your home?
All you have to do is look at the military “on base” housing to see how bad places can get if you never own anything. And I am not really sure that I would want to live in an apartment situation my entire life. I already think things like “eminent domain” are bullshit, but I can’t even conceive of how truly dystopian it would be to have your housing controlled by the government and whatever whacko managed to claw their way into power most recently. - Comment on Investors are making up the highest share of homebuyers in 5 years 1 month ago:
So, if I am going to college and I am sick of living in a dorm, i would have to buy a house to live off campus?
Or I get a job offer in another city or state, I have to buy a place to live before I even get to find out if I want to stay long term? - Comment on Big Brother just got an upgrade. Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored... 1 month ago:
Would the police do anything about it even if you had 100% irrefutable proof of who did it? Would you settle for Amazon displaying to those 385 people in your town that sort of look like the thief ads for tools that would make it easier to break into your home?
- Comment on Modern batteries are great! 1 month ago:
It hums the notes to the company jingle every time you orgasm.
- Comment on Fell off the horizon into a black hole 1 month ago:
It’s just not carbonated.
- Comment on Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is not the definition of insanity. It's the definition of practice. 1 month ago:
People also understand degrees of meaning and hyperbole. The fact that you seem to think that my response was a comeback shows exactly why you are struggling with this entire argument.
- Comment on Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is not the definition of insanity. It's the definition of practice. 1 month ago:
Every time I go to the park, I’m able to knock balls right out the park with my favorite bat. Am I more likely to get a career in major league baseball or arrested for animal cruelty?
Your argument is on par with arguing that because you saw an article about people playing base that you think we should arrest everyone in the stadium for animal cruelty. - Comment on Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is not the definition of insanity. It's the definition of practice. 1 month ago:
If your results are different, then by definition what you did was not exactly the same.
- Comment on A sausage is meat in an intestinal casing so when you have anal sex with someone you turn them into a you sausage. 1 month ago:
I spent my entire teen years and a good portion of my 20s pounding it daily, often multiple times a day.
- Comment on Elon musk is a pedophile 1 month ago:
Of course they do, that’s exactly what the billionaires are paying for. Those highly paid PR teams have this shit down to a science.