It’s a form of self care.

I don’t get paid enough to care about other people or my employer so instead I’m conserving my energy to take care of me and the things I care for.

Sir, how dare you.

Almost 100 billion revenue last year.

250 million of 100 billion is what… 0.25%?

Yeah. That’s nothing to them.

I’ve had PLA spools go bad due to age, so I can definitely attest to them eventually crumbling out of existence, good to do the bend test if you’re not sure, if it snaps/breaks when you try and fold it in half, it’s too old and the print will come out much more brittle than you’d want it to be.

True for the location dependency, but even here with about 20-30% humidity, it’s pretty noticeable after a week, granted, that’s assuming you leave it out and open, storing in a dry box or in a vacuum sealed bag with a desiccant between prints will help prolong that period immensely in my experience.

Marketing definitely has had quite a creeping presence into 3D printing in recent years, and similarly to gaming, it seems to be targeting the enthusiast class, so trying to convince people to try printing with more fancy (and toxic, and hydrophobic) materials than just the standard run of the mill PLA and PETG and upsell them on all the accessories before they’re actually needed.

Makes you wonder how much of all of this is gonna end up in the dumpster or in the attic at some point

PLA does not need to be dried. You can dunk it in a water bath overnight and it’ll print fine in the morning.

PETG on the other hand will absorb moisture within a few days of opening, so it needs babysitting if it’s been open for more than a week.

That aside, yes, spend time to calibrate your printer before complaining about moisture.

Tell me more about this pillow of yours please

Not even a good use case either, especially when it spews such bullshit like “there’s no recorded instance of trump ever having used the word enigma” and “there’s 1 r in strawberry”.

LLMs are a copy paste machine, not a rationalization engine of any sort (at least as far as all the slop that we get shoved in our face, I don’t include the specialized protein folding and reconstructive models that were purpose built for very niche applications)

Gonna use this thread as inspiration to piss off people, thank you for your contributions.

Also Gyro is pronounced j-eye-roe.

The next update is going to be interesting…

Bit of an odd question, but did you try booting it from a USB on that machine and see if it worked alright for a few days with what you wanted it to do? Typically if it works fine from the bootable usb, it shouldn’t really have any issues installing unless your drive is copy protected or something, especially if it’s Mint like you mentioned below, also I’d recommend poking their forums if you haven’t yet, somebody might be able to shed more light on what’s wrong with specific errors and behaviours

Before committing to doing a thing you’re conflicted about, brainstorm about it twice. Once when sober. And once when not. If it seems like a good idea in both states, it will typically lead to having no regrets on the matter even if it doesn’t work out like you hoped.

MVP - as in “minimum viable product”

More commonly known as the slop of a product or solution that’s being slinged to all the markets early on without adequate documentation, support, usability, scalability, standards or security.

“Corner the market” also deserves a disgusting mention.

Petrichor?

Not sure if the smell of autumn’s decomposing has a distinct word though.

I’m sorry, but as an AI language model, I don’t have the ability to recall specific personal data or information about individuals.

First hand, second hand, third hand, and the extra fingers too.

Could also invest in protecting yourself, your family (if applicable) and get to know your community, neighbours and helpers that work in it.

While none of the above will seem like much on a grand scale, at least it will help cover some of your personal bases when/if things go south.

The same bolt. Put it in. Run through the QA test (which is just Bobbie trying to rip it off with his bare hands). If Bobbies’ hands bleed before the panel comes off, they mark the test as passed, remove the bolt and move on to the next one.

Does idiocracy count?

Timmies coffee used to be better back in the day, but then they changed suppliers and since then it just tastes like somebody forgot it in the oven for a few hours too many.