PlasticExistence
@PlasticExistence@lemmy.world
- Comment on Hot take: 3D printing toys kinda sucks 1 day ago:
I’m currently printing parts for a Voron on a Prusa MK3S. The fact that I can make another printer using a printer is still such a cool concept.
- Comment on Is it wrong that i would like to start a small 3d print business? 2 days ago:
I was a homebrewer for many years, and a huge portion of us wanted to go pro or did.
Most weren’t prepared for what it meant to turn a hobby into a profession. It’s a really good way to turn something you love into a chore.
Printers are now closer to appliances than custom machines, and there are no shortage of them available.
So no, you’re not wrong to want to start a business. You would be facing a tough market though.
- Comment on Hot take: 3D printing toys kinda sucks 2 days ago:
I agree, but with exceptions. More complicated projects made of several separate parts (especially ones not 100% 3D printed) can be hella cool.
Heat set screw inserts, embedded hardware (nuts, magnets, springs), electronics, etc. can all be used to create toys that can’t be purchased.
- Comment on Well, I mean they probably... Maybe they... 3 days ago:
It varies based on what population it represents. For Americans that works out to a metric fuckton
- Comment on Sovol SV08 or Prusa MK4S 3 days ago:
How do you feel about building a printer?
The SV08 is basically a Voron 2.4, and while I think that it’s not bad for the money, for close to the same amount you can buy a Formbot 2.4R2 350mm kit.
A standard Voron 2.4 build will be easier to add a tool changer to compared to a SV08 (efforts are ongoing though). It runs mainline Klipper, which will also open up a myriad of other options. The Voron is much more of a project though.
- Comment on Well, I mean they probably... Maybe they... 3 days ago:
I use metric for 3D modeling and 3D printing. It’s a much better system than Imperial.
The USA actually did try to switch once, but as with everything we do, it was a half-assed attempt that didn’t stick.
- Comment on Thoughts?? 6 days ago:
Current version of Excel stripped out a macro I made to make a specific task easier. It didn’t just block it from running. It refused to let me even see it anymore.
LibreOffice allowed me to see it again so I could re-implement it temporarily. I love how often Microsoft’s own tools can’t do what FOSS can with Microsoft files.
- Comment on You can still enable uBlock Origin in Chrome, here is how 1 week ago:
Orion browser on iOS supports Firefox and Chrome plugins. It’s relatively new still, but I’ve been using it without any issue with uBO
- Comment on Review for Retroid Pocket Mini V2 2 weeks ago:
I’m sorry that my asshole government and Trump’s nonsense trade war deprioritized you receiving your replacement screen. I don’t want him or his administration anywhere but in prison.
- Comment on What are the games you played in your youth that you still play today? 2 weeks ago:
I’ll let my wife know that someone finally does!
- Comment on What are the games you played in your youth that you still play today? 3 weeks ago:
Have you tried playing on a lower difficulty level?
- Comment on Microsoft's real problem was never PlayStation 3 weeks ago:
Consoles live and die by their exclusives. Xbox hasn’t had the draw that Sony and Nintendo have.
Gamepass is still a good deal, but I wouldn’t buy a console for it.
- Comment on How to dry silica gel 3 weeks ago:
This is the only way I’ve been successful with a microwave dry. For a standard 1000-1100 watt microwave, drop the power down to 20%.
I normally toss them into my food dehydrator while I’m drying filament rolls though so I don’t need another step.
- Comment on Trying to pick a printer 3 weeks ago:
I think I like what I see out of the Qidi brand, but I don’t have any experience with them.
I would be interested in a review post from you should you decide to go that way.
- Comment on Trying to pick a printer 3 weeks ago:
If you haven’t made a decision yet, Formbot has 350mm Voron 2.4 kits back in stock. They ship from Czech Republic or China.
The Sovol SV08 is a good option too if you don’t feel like building from scratch.
- Comment on The emulator that lets you play NES games in 3D has left early access on Steam 3 weeks ago:
You’re okay by me!
- Comment on The emulator that lets you play NES games in 3D has left early access on Steam 3 weeks ago:
The Bleem case is a separate issue from creating a backup copy protected by DRM
- Comment on The emulator that lets you play NES games in 3D has left early access on Steam 4 weeks ago:
The law is all about those technicalities.
I don’t agree with any of that noise around the DMCA for the record. I feel like we effectively lost our right to archival copies.
On a PC, what you said about copying the DRM along with the data is largely true. It is possible sometimes to copy the DRM and reproduce the image with the DRM intact. It also might not be depending upon the copy protection mechanism. Commercial video DVDs used to employ tricks with the storage sector that made it almost impossible to properly copy by a standard computer disc drive. You could get around this with additional program like AnyDVD, but that was only available for sale outside the USA because of the fact that it allowed you to bypass DRM.
And like you said, the content can be encrypted. Decrypting it is, IIRC, considered bypassing DRM - at least in the USA.
Again, I don’t agree that this is how things should be, but the legality of emulation is complicated depending upon what we’re talking about emulating.
- Comment on The emulator that lets you play NES games in 3D has left early access on Steam 4 weeks ago:
I would be interested in that case if you find it. I spend a lot of time thinking about emulation and the surrounding stuff.
- Comment on The emulator that lets you play NES games in 3D has left early access on Steam 4 weeks ago:
The emulation itself is legal, assuming you’re not using any copyrighted code, BIOS, etc. to make work.
The backup copy of your game that you need can be made legally as well, but in the USA, if the source contains a form of DRM, then you cannot legally make a copy.
- Comment on The emulator that lets you play NES games in 3D has left early access on Steam 4 weeks ago:
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201
In the USA, it is illegal to make a backup copy of any of your media when the original contains any form of DRM.
On any media where DRM wasn’t used, you’re okay to create a backup copy.
The law is different everywhere though.
- Comment on is there is any Lemmy server that care about privacy(does not require email), Does not impose limits on community posts like my current instance and does not have high amount of restrictions? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t dislike the Adam’s Family nor the Munsters, but I have blocked both communities because they each had a ton of submissions on the same day, and they were dominating my feed.
There’s nothing wrong with slowly submitting content. Submitting too much, too quickly makes it hard to distinguish from spam.
Just my opinion. I understand that you are looking to build something, and therefore you probably disagree on submission frequency.
- Comment on Were people happier in the past? 5 weeks ago:
I have this thought experiment I have been running in my head for years now. Don’t read too much into this, it’s just daydreaming.
Essentially, this existence is something that can be experienced from some higher dimension where other beings live. For whatever reason, they choose to enter our dimension and live a full life here before waking back up in their own.
Assuming the ‘me’ that exists here at least resembles the ‘Me’ in that higher dimension, why would I choose to come to this part of human history?
The answer is that I came to witness the height of human civilization and technology before that same technology ends humanity.
</daydream>
I sincerely hope I’m wrong about that, but the curses of this age have yet to be truly felt in my opinion.
You’re a history buff. Do you think that humanity has ever dealt with a greater concentration of wealth and power?
- Comment on 3D Printed Home Server – 6 Bay ZimaBoard NAS : 6 Steps (with Pictures) 5 weeks ago:
Very cool. Looks professional!
I printed a seven bay case, but for 3.5”spinning rust instead of SSDs. It was an ambitious thing to print when I had just started printing. It took something like 300 hours of printing and 4 spools of filament (inflated due to reprints).
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
There’s no meaningful difference in the eyes of the law
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
You’re suggesting he kidnaps a minor?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Exceptionally bad advice
- Comment on I "found" this brick today on my walk home. I'ma keep it. Maybe put googlie eyes on it. Name it Brichard. 1 month ago:
I do not, but I’ve built fireplaces from brick. I can appreciate them more than your average person
- Comment on I "found" this brick today on my walk home. I'ma keep it. Maybe put googlie eyes on it. Name it Brichard. 1 month ago:
- Comment on 3D Printing A Modular Guitar Means It Can Look Like Whatever You Want 1 month ago:
Yeah they can get ugly there. It’s been a pissing contest for decades on just about every post. I do remember a time where people were just helpful and passionate about hardware hacking, but the web has an incredible amount of people on it now compared to how many were online when Hack A Day started 30-odd years ago
