sylver_dragon
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- Comment on OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions 4 days ago:
My apologies, I was not familiar with the difference. I’m going to have to test this when I am back at my system. Looking at the docs, it does seem to be experimental in Linux. But it seems odd that it would turn off automagically.
- Comment on OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions 5 days ago:
That’s interesting. I’ve not had that sort of issue. On my phone (Android), my son’s laptop (Windows) and my desktop (Arch Linux) the NextCloud clients all sync perfectly and run at start up. Granted, knowing that the Linux landscape is fractured, I wouldn’t be overly surprised if the client had issues on some flavors of Linux.
- Comment on OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions 5 days ago:
If you are willing to self-host, I’ve found Nextcloud integrates well in Linux. I had been using it before I made the switch and it worked out just fine afterwards. I originally set it up to have a cloud-sync option for my phone, which didn’t mean passing everything through Google first. But, it also proved to be a handy way to sync files on my desktop as well.
It just shows up as another folder on my system and Libre Office is happy to work on files from there (with some permissions fiddling due to flatpak). - Comment on OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions 5 days ago:
Every new “feature” I hear about in Windows Privacy Invasion Goes to 11, the happier I am that I switched to Linux. It’s been mostly smooth and games have just worked. Though I know that much of that is because of Proton.
- Comment on The Chinese women turning to ChatGPT for AI boyfriends 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Does anyone print planter heads? 1 month ago:
I print these containers for my basement hydroponic plants.
My wife has also stolen several to use as traditional soil planters. - Comment on Over 10 years later 7 Days to Die is going to leave Early Access 2 months ago:
One of the more recent updates added in a lot of new Points of Interest and helped make the random maps less “WTF” and more reasonable. Though the replayability is down to personal preference. My wife and I will spin up a new world, play until we reach a point of “well, we’ve basically done everything” and then move on to a different game. And then come back to 7d2d when we want to scratch that “crafting, zombie survival, base defense” itch.
In a lot of ways, 7d2d is like a comfy sweater. It’s not going to ever be radically different; but, it’s nice to wear for a bit. Personally, I’d be all for getting the gang back together. Unless you are all so saturated in other games to play, why not relive the fun? I’m also a sucker for survival/crafting games and have a Steam library full of them. There are only a couple which I keep going back to, Valheim and 7d2d being the top two. So, YMMV, but I’d say it’s a fun enough game and the official release is a good excuse to kill some zombies together again.
- Comment on Over 10 years later 7 Days to Die is going to leave Early Access 2 months ago:
I guess Satan decided on a nice frozen makeover for Hell.
Joking aside, 7d2d has been one of my ongoing favorites since I bought it back in 2016. I’m glad to see them take this (long overdue) step.
- Comment on Baldur’s Gate 3 studio will likely bring their next game to early access again, but admit it’s not for every dev 2 months ago:
Based on DOS:2 and Baldur’s Gate 3…
- Comment on Why do 3D printer manufacturers not get the details right? e.g. rotation indicator on bed levelling wheels 2 months ago:
Building a 3D printer is easy. Getting the details right to build a great 3D printer is hard, as this is where most companies fail. Why?
Because 3d printers are becoming cheap commodities. Those little details cost money and most manufacturers aren’t willing to take the profit hit to do anything more than the bare minimum. It’s only ever going to get worse at the lower end of the cost spectrum and while higher end printers may get somewhat cheaper, most people won’t be able to afford that level of care. The majority of consumer level devices will continue to be just good enough to not get returned but always lacking in fit and finish.
- Comment on Elder scrolls 3 months ago:
I remember Windows XP coming out and we all mocked it as Windows but with an interface by Crayola. But I’d gladly have that Crayola interface back rather than the flat modern crap we have now.
- Comment on Any tip for printing TPU? 4 months ago:
For me, completely disabling retraction helped out a ton. It went from a stringy mess to mostly clean prints. Other than that, slow speeds and finding the right temperature for my printer/filament got my prints pretty nice.
- Comment on Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession 5 months ago:
Well, MS has been supporting paint.net for a while now. It’s kinda like MS Paint but not completely terrible.
- Comment on Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession 5 months ago:
You don’t want reasonably written, believable, factually dubious answers from your calculator?
- Comment on A tale of 2 casino ransomware attacks: One paid out, one did not - What can be learned from MGM's and Caesars' infosec moves 5 months ago:
Your choice of OS doesn’t help when your IAM provider’s tech support happily resets your admin passwords for the attacker.
- Comment on My outer walls are printing fine, but my infills are super wispy 6 months ago:
Do give the settings a once over. I had some really weird printing problems when Cura got set to a 2.8mm filament setting. And I really have no idea how it got changed. Prints got much better when I found and fixed that.
- Comment on My outer walls are printing fine, but my infills are super wispy 6 months ago:
A couple thoughts:
Overall this looks like under-extrusion, I’d try a few things:- Check the flow rate in your slicer. Make sure it didn’t get bumped down by accident.
- Check the filament diameter in the slicer. This getting set wrong can cause all kinds of headaches.
- Slow down the print. The extuder may not be able to push plastic fast enough to keep up with what you are trying to do.
- Raise the tool temperature. The plastic may not be melted enough to flow well.
- Check for a clogged nozzle. Try doing a cold pull to clear the nozzle. Google “cold pull” for good instructions on how to do one.
- Watch for the extruder slipping while printing. If the extruder has worn, it’s teeth may not be engaging the filament well and not pushing it as expected.
- Try different filament. Maybe you have a bad batch and it’s just giving you problems.
- Replace the nozzle. They do wear out and start causing funny problems.
- Comment on The process of mass-producing LED Signboards with 3D printers in Korea 6 months ago:
Put really cool LED tape on that I would love to have the source for
This stuff is available from Amazon and probably cheaper on Aliexpress. I have a roll of white LEDs with a sticky backing, which is a lot like the stuff used in the video. I also recently ordered this stuff which is a UVA LED with a sticky backing. My plan being to try and pair it with glow in the dark PLA to get a nice glow effect.
- Comment on FormFutura demo showing their v2 of master spool 7 months ago:
Neat, but it seems like a “good enough” solution shows up near the end of the video right next to the new solution: cardboard spools. But hey, the more options the better, so good on them for offering this.
- Comment on “AI took my job, literally”—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to AI translator 9 months ago:
History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.
What we are seeing is very similar to what it must have been like for folks seeing machines take over and greatly simplify labor intensive tasks during the Industrial Revolution. Textile mills moved from hundreds of laborers making cloth on hand driven looms to machines churning out fabrics at a blistering pace. The short term effect was a major problem for those laborers who were displaced with a long term effect of creating a more efficient economy, with cheaper products for everyone and most people benefiting from a higher standard of living.This sort of disruption happened again as computers took off. The Digital Revolution displaced many office workers. Many manual processes were replaced with digital sensors, switches and machines. For example, it was no longer necessary to have huge floors in an office building where typists manually copied documents. Again, a large number of workers suffered a major short term impact, but the long term outcome has been a net positive for society.
And things got disrupted again with the rise of the internet. Having lived through this one personally, the echoes of it are quite clear. The Internet disrupted a lot of existing systems. The rise of internet commerce was the death knell of brick and mortar businesses. The Internet was going to replace everything from banking to schooling. And ya, it caused a lot of job loss at all the stores it drove out of business. And it did drive stores out of business and continues to do so.
I suspect that, in 50 years or so, we’ll look back at this time as the beginning of the “AI Revolution”, and see it as an overall net positive. That isn’t to say that there won’t be people negatively impacted by the change. Writers and artists are very obvious casualties. Many other workers will find their jobs affected by AI as well. However, it’s also worth noting that we are nowhere near strong, general purpose AI. And what AI is likely to become, for now, is a tool to increase the productivity of professionals. It will mean that fewer people are needed to perform a task. But, there will still be a need for people to oversee the and direct the AI. The Industrial Revolution wasn’t the end of the world, neither was the Digital Revolution or the Internet Revolution. The AI Revolution won’t be the end of the world either.
- Comment on What is your must have hardware for your finished prints? (Screws, magnets, etc.) 10 months ago:
I have a box of 8mm round x 3mm thick neodymium magnets and a box of 8mm round x 1mm thick neodymium magnets. Originally, I got the 3mm thick ones for a print I got of thingiverse and then the 1mm thick ones for some stuff I waned to do. Overall, I use the 1mm thick ones more. But the 3mm ones are nice when I want a solid connection. That they are 8mm in diameter is probably less important than just having standard sizes I can design around. So, I’d say have some standard magnets you can design around. The exact sizes are probably less important; but, knowing you have them, you can plan for them.