My favorite irony of all of this is that it’s very possible to build a 3D printer from scratch (hell that’s how the hobby got started in the first place) with open source software that never talks to the Internet. It’s more work, but not to the extent that it’d stop anybody determined.

I’m not super fond of SAFE either

waterfall wearing a festive and extremely expensive Agile mask.

Is exactly the experience I had in my last two shops.

I’m partial to Jetbrains IDEs

That’s pretty awesome! I don’t think it’s there anymore, but there used to be an xkcd shop where you could buy signed prints. One of my favorite positions is a print of Compiling that my sibling bought me.

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Hey, that’s pretty cool! I’d be super curious to see how other materials outside of pla (not particularly great for long term outdoor use) or tpu fare, especially with tools like metal printers becoming slightly more accessible.

Also, it might be worth cross posting to [email protected], it’s always nice to see cool and bleeding edge use cases for the technology.

I watched a lot of PBS growing up and was always fond of Cyberchase, but I think that show has something of a cult following (plus it’s somehow still running). I have yet to meet anyone else who remembers my all time favorite George Shrinks though- childhood me was fascinated by the idea of being able to experience the world from the perspective of being 3in tall (probably something to do with being small enough to literally live in a palace made of lego lol).

Kind of. Some of the newer models use chip identification and refuse to print if they think the toner is out. The L3765CDW has been something of a nightmare…

Reminds me a bit of this comic:

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I do like the idea of putting some sort of identifier in the post title, so I created a new post for discussion.

All the cutters I’ve seen mostly rely on the printer’s physical movement to drive the cutting blade, rather than a servo. Technically there’s the SnappingTurtle, by the same guy who made the BoxTurtle project, which appears to be closer to what you’re looking for, but unfortunately isn’t available yet.

That said, maybe take a look at the BoxTurtle project/ discord? Part of the project is the FilamATrix tool head, which is a mechanically activated cutter. There’s also the AT4 tool head and the crossbow filament cutter (which you might be able to adapt to your old printer if you didn’t want to do a full tool head conversion).

The term sandy-blonde also came to mind:

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I tend to keep a fair bit of my stuff clipped to my belt loops, not quite as streamlined and elegant as cramming everything in a pocket, but much easier to tell when something is missing (and far less likely to beat up my phone).

Front left pocket: wallet, multitool (Nextool s11)

Front left belt loop: noise cancelling earbuds (Sony WF-1000XM5)

Front right pocket: phone (pixel 9 pro xl)

Front right belt loop: keys

Hip right belt loop: work badge (when applicable)

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Way to summit it up

If it helps, I like Ellis’ guide for tuning my printers.

That’s the direction I’m moving my lab in. Plus a bit of supplemental markdown to keep track of which guides I’m referencing (and which parts can be ignored because I baked it into the terrafom). It’s really nice to know that as long as I tweak the terraform for changes, I don’t have to worry about forgetting what I changed.

Dungeon Crawler Carl has to be one of my top two favorite reads in the last year (I’d give it the top spot, but Red Rising was also really good)! It’s a struggle to convey just what makes it so good, but it’s been a fantastic ride. I can’t wait for the next book in May!

Currently slogging my way though the late game (or at least I was until more pressing things came up), there’s some slight automation towards the mid game that helps a bit, but the grind doesn’t really go away. Mostly due to the fact that you end up spending Faith/ corpses/ gold way faster than you can get them. I find myself in a waiting pattern fairly often- there’s still things to do, but progress on major quests feels super slow (and almost unrewarding). The DLC is mostly regarded as filler, but if you’re a completionist (or like what they offer), it’s not awful at the current sale price.

Note: there are achievements that are gated behind having the DLCs if that’s your thing.

It’s not strictly a bad game, but I’d almost rather play Stardew for the farming/ story or Factorio for the automation.