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  1. I don't like resin 3D-printing. It's so messy and slimy and gets everywhere.

    about 7 months ago from web
    • @adiwan Does it at least look anything like the sci fi cyborg bath kind of Ghost in the Shell type scene that I already know in my heart it doesn't?

      about 7 months ago in context
    • @scribus I own the first Elegoo Mars SLA 3D printer. It uses an array of UV LEDs that shines through an LCD that masks the areas that exposes the UV-curing resin. That is below the resin VAT that has a very sturdy, slightly flexible and transparent bottom. The actual model that is 3D-printed is attached to a parallel platform that moves up (and down) such that the exposed resin is at the defined layer height. Sadly it's not that cool-looking. It needs about an hour of print time until the printed model can be seen while printing. It's also a source of my anger as a failed print takes that time to be detected.

      about 7 months ago in context
  2. No gorram wonder why my employer's former CEO got (allegedly) murdered

    about 7 months ago from web
  3. I don't understand the pricing of used Raspberry Pi. They either cost exactly as much as new or they cost even more. All I want is to connect my 3D printers to my network as cheap as possible.

    about 7 months ago from web
  4. Then again, to be fair, I remember next to nothing about Urban Legend, and I guess he was deleted from Phone Booth so I've really only seen three movies with him (American Psycho being the last)

    about 7 months ago from web
    • @scribus I've seen American Psycho, Phone Booth, Bladerunner 2049, and Morbius. So my count is the same. Morbius was the only film I deliberately watched to see Leto and even my pretty low expectations were somehow challenged by his bizzarre acting. Besides that everyone was idiotic in that film.

      about 7 months ago in context
  5. I suppose it's ultimately a good thing that my local food bank has enough volunteers that it's actually kind of challenging to schedule a volunteer shift, right? That means people are actually helping, yes?? Not that they're critically underfunded to the point where they can't even afford free labor, right???

    about 8 months ago from web
  6. The kid I grew up across the street from and knew for 35 years just died last week of an asthma attack, he wasn't even 40

    about 8 months ago from web
  7. Sure is neat how America makes you choose your health coverage three months before you know if your medicine is covered by that plan or not, real good system (for cherrying the masses in their asses)

    about 8 months ago from web
  8. Imagine file type names always have the name of the main implementer's family name. Instead of GIF it'd be Wilhite. People sending Whilite's to each other for entertainment.

    about 8 months ago from web
  9. In an alternative universe file extensions aren't at the end but at the beginning, like instead of "picture.jpg" it's "jpg.picture".

    about 8 months ago from web
  10. The battle is on! http://rainbowdash.net/url/876745

    about 8 months ago from web
  11. Well I got a 35 on the Autism Quotient test https://embrace-autism.com/autism-assessments/

    about 8 months ago from web
  12. And also I thought I was linking to a page that explained the scoring lol

    about 8 months ago from web
  13. Pulled the trigger on an Ichiban Kasuga costume for Halloween since work is letting us dress up. Never done a proper cosplay before so let’s see how this goes.

    about 8 months ago from web
  14. I need non glow in the dark hot glue

    about 8 months ago from web
  15. At my work they want to push Copilot and ChatGPT on us. All people who are participating need to fill out a questionnaire and answer what's been done with AI and if it were effective or not. I'm hesitant to participate and rate negatively everything.

    about 8 months ago from web
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    • @scribus I have seen articles about that today. I spoke today with a colleague (is a graphic (3D) designer and UX designer) who vibe-codes prototypes. During our talk he showed what he made and was altering things during our call. It was wild how Cursor messes things up and needs constant supervision. I mean it's impressive that someone with no coding experience achieved that but crutches can only go so far until they create other pain points.

      about 8 months ago in context
    • @adiwan I literally today sat down at my work computer to find an article from corporate about using generative AI to increase productivity. I work in a grocery store, man.

      about 8 months ago in context
    • @zeldatra "Chat *G*rand intellectual *P*roperty *T*heft, give me ideas how to get a promotion and screw over the company without them noticing."

      about 8 months ago in context
  16. Animation was good, the visuals not my cup of tea. It wasn't thaaat bad technically but it has a lot of what I don't gel with. I get adventure films and mystery but in Flow it is getting me on my nerves as nothing appears to be explained or wanted to be explained and all the characters' motivations and inner thoughts can only be guessed by the actions, because they are animals but with some human-like cognitive abilities. It's frustrating me on a deeper level in regards of story telling.

    about 8 months ago from web
  17. Unpopular opinion: Flow, the animated film sucks. If you're a vibes or animal person, it might be something. It's just some animals roaming the land and escaping rising waters.

    about 8 months ago from web
  18. Is 11 the worst Windows since ME?

    about 8 months ago from web
  19. Another batch of dried apple slices finished. I made them thin and dried them crispy for 10 hours at 70°C. It's funny to see how much they shrink during the process. From barely fitting on the drying racks to occupying half the area.

    about 8 months ago from web
  20. So far the worst thing about this job is having to poop on somebody else's schedule

    about 8 months ago from web
  21. My mother's smartphone died today and we had to panic-buy a new one. She has also witnessed the horror of not having backups. All her stored phone numbers are gone.

    about 9 months ago from web
  22. I bought a year ago a fruit dryer to make, for example, dried apple slices. I intended to use it as a filament dryer but didn't go so far to modify it, even if it is simple. However today I used it for its intended use and sliced a hand full of apples to dry them. My thought was to use it at least once the "right" way until I modify it irreversibly. Now my home smells like of warm apples.

    about 9 months ago from web
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    • @scribus In my limited time I learned that it depends on many factors how well the dried apple slices will be. I have some that are crispy as a potato chip and some are more gummy while some are lost a lot of flavor. From the time and temperature to the thickness and position in the food dehydrator and the kind of apple. In general most of the apple pieces that I tasted were good, saying as someone who is not really liking dried fruits, but the mixed results partially enforce my stand towards dried fruits. The taste of fresh apple still beats all of that 100 times. The effort and time and energy in my opinion is a little too much for the results I got.

      about 9 months ago in context
    • @adiwan So just a scented candle next time, then?

      about 9 months ago in context
    • @scribus Scented candles are the worst. Whenever I happen to be in a home decoration store and walk by the candle aisle I have to gag. The natural odor of food is way more pleasant (not including cinnamon, cherries, and strawberries).

      about 9 months ago in context
  23. RGG actually did it.... The game fans are screaming about because they were screaming about it for other reasons. Kiwami 3.

    about 9 months ago from web
  24. It’s kinda hard to celebrate being put up for promotion when the context behind it is that the opening was created because the last guy was sexually harassing customers

    about 9 months ago from web
  25. New WFH job has me using Teams for the first time ever and it made me reflect back on my long feud with Microsoft. I thought it was hyperbole when I told the class it's been 30 years. I realized, that would make me 12. Did I really give a batcave about operating systems when I was 12?! But then I remembered that would have been 1995, when Windows 95 was the first time I was encountering being in a situation where I have more impressive CPU and RAM specs but can't run the damn software because we're still on 3.11.

    about 9 months ago from web
    • @scribus MS Teams is in the weird space of being good enough and suck. I'm using it for years and the most annoying it can get is when you have to use it across organizations. There is no unified view and you have to switch accounts any time to view a notification. The era of Win 3.11 and 95 was really weird. I had DOS, 3.11, and 95 software at the same time and had to have a parallel installation of 95 and 3.11. Scanner software in 3.11, photo editing in 95, games in DOS.

      about 9 months ago in context
  26. If only I had the pull to make # trend online....

    about 9 months ago from web
  27. Job had it gorram easy

    about 9 months ago from web
    • @scribus Got the job you were interviewed to recently?

      about 9 months ago in context
    • @adiwan Well, yes; and - I briefly thought I'd lost it before even starting, too! We have termites at the house. The job is work-from-home. I cannot leave for a fumigation in my first month! But there's an alternative treatment that can hold them off until work will allow me three days away. And then, that post, I had meant "Job" like the proper-noun Bible Guy because HAHA here I am thinking I got pre-cherryed for no reason other than God likes torturing his Sims. But I guess it's OK. But I also feel like crap because I panicked and got shouty and hit the walls and scared the cat and dog.

      about 9 months ago in context
    • @scribus Congrats and BIG OOF. I know exactly what you're getting through. One good thing happens and 10 bad follow on its heels. Termites on the other hand seem to be like a biblical plague in comparison.

      about 9 months ago in context
  28. Official RGG Summit prediction: they’re skipping Yakuza Kiwami 3, going straight to Dead Souls

    about 9 months ago from web
    • @zeldatra At this point they are rather remaking 1 and 2 again but with the RPG mechanics from 7 and 8 than overhauling 3. Realistically I see them showing some new footage from Stranger Than Heaven. Maybe they'll announce a new Gaiden game. A Gaiden game with Saejima as protagonist would be the most probable one if any. Personally I would like one with Akiyama and Hana-Chan.

      about 9 months ago in context
  29. Well that's a neat piece of old animation history that's new to me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG6mqAwGnY8

    about 10 months ago from web
  30. Finally my new smartphone arrived, the Xperia 10 VI, for 250€. 100€ less than I tried to order in May. Now I'm transferring all my data. Only hassle is that I can't use my old SD card because it wants to format it. Have a spare one and it is fine.

    about 10 months ago from web