EchoCranium

joined 3 years ago
[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 hours ago

The biggest and best Ugly American ever

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Used to be ice cream, is now called something like "frozen dairy dessert". Their strawberry ice cream used to be really great: milk, cream, sugar, egg, strawberry. That's it. Now it's a couple dozen weird ingredients that they can't call ice cream, and it's awful.

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

West Wing was a decent series. Portrayed an administration of people who weren't perfect, but tried to do the right things.

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

9/11 happened here because our government has spent over a century interfering and intentionally destroying the stability of other nations. In Central America, South America, the Middle East, and parts of Asia, pretty much every country within those regions has been damaged by our imposing sanctions or regime change. Yes, it's astounding that it took so long for someone to find a way to strike back at us here at home, and not that it finally happened.

Don't attribute to conspiracy theories what comes down to greed and sociopathy. People profited off the tragedy not because they performed some clandestine bullshit, but because they were always ready to take advantage of just such a situation. The ghouls will never let a good tragedy go to waste.

 

Keller, who co-founded the celebrated band in 1986, had been battling cancer of the esophagus

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago

Alternative facts

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Every network on this half of the planet could have broadcast it, still wasn't going to watch.

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I was thinking about using an engraving pen to etch PEDO across Trump's face. I would be fine with putting those back out into circulation.

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Windows knows when it's on an external drive. The installer would insist Windows could only be installed on an internal drive, so I would have to swap out one of the SSD's on the motherboard with the drive I intended to use. After it was done, I'd switch it out to an external case with a USB-C connection. Might boot up a dozen times, more or less, then crap out. At least it never did anything to screw up the Linux drives, but they're ext4 formatted, so Windows won't recognize them.

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was installing Win10 Pro to a SSD that I would stick in an external case. Would work, for a while, but eventually would get an error and would be unable to boot, or repair it. Windows seems to be designed to know when it's installed on an external drive, and to hose itself out of spite. I gave up after the fourth time, resigned to the fact I just had to find an alternative CAD software package that I could access from Linux.

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I saw that article a while back, and thought the lasers would be handy on cameras. You can buy 1064nm IR spotting lasers but they are rather expensive. A 1 watt model will be about $1000.

[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

They were definitely great when I sent them a used ProAm I had bought. Supposed to convert it over to a ProLight version, but I think they sent me a pretty much new marker, didn't recognize any "old" parts on it. Haven't played in years, but still have it stored away.

 

Estes is offering a $40 kit so you can print your own model rocket parts. Loved building models as a kid, might be fun to do again.

 

For those of you running your printers from a Linux PC, what slicer software works for you? I switched from Windows to Kubuntu about 6 weeks ago. Had been using Orca for about 2 years, but the Linux version doesn't fully function for me. The build plate preview and functions are just a blank page. Trying to link a 3d printer causes Orca to crash. From comments online, there are plenty of people with the same issue and no resolution yet, using various Linux distros. So is anyone having luck with a slicer program using Linux, Wayland, and a nvidia graphics card?

Update 07Aug25: so far seen that Orca does not work with the latest versions of Kubuntu (25.04) nor Ubuntu (25.04). That's trying both flatpack and app image. Installed Mint Cinnamon 22.1 (based off Ubuntu 24.04), and Orca partly runs from a flatpack install. The build plate image and features do show up rather than a blank page, which is a start. Unfortunately trying to link my printer by IP address causes the software to crash after I click on the Device tab. Now Orca won't reopen without immediately freezing up, then crashing after about 20 seconds. I think I read about a workaround on Discord for this, need to find that discussion. Downloaded Prusa, just need to try that as well when I can get back to this. Cura refuses to connect to my printer at all so far. It's been revamped to align with Ultimaker printers, changed a lot from when I used it a couple years ago. I don't think it likes my Klipper setup. May work if I went back to stock Creality firmware, but I have no desire to do that.

Update 09AUG25: Right now running the LTS version of Ubuntu (24.04.3) and Orca is usable. Installed using the flatpak. Like under Mint, I can get a visible buildplate and work with a model under the Prepare and Preview tabs. I entered the IP address for the printer under Hostname (using Octo/Klipper for Type since I'm on Klipper) and can upload files to the printer. So long as I don't touch the Device tab in Orca, it doesn't crash or lock up. Access the printer through the web interface, just put the printer IP address into Firefox and can run from there. So, I have something that works at the moment. Thanks everyone for suggestions, it helped point me toward something workable!

 

So, found out the hard way that you can't apply heat to neodymium magnets. Had 16 magnets to press into a print (tool holder). Thought since the soldering pen I use for inserting threaded nuts into prints works so well, I would use it for this too. And it did work well, but now all the magnets are not magnets any more. Yup, heat will demagnetize them. Part is useless, so had to trash it. Found out something new, but wish I had heard about this beforehand.

 

Don Hertzfeldt's final student film, BILLY'S BALLOON was shot on 16mm at UC Santa Barbara in 1998. It was nominated for the Short Film Palm D'Or at the Canne...

 

Sounds like he's doing ok.

 

I love that having a 3d printer means you can create custom parts when you need them. I wanted a set of leveling brackets for a router table insert. Sketched up something in Solid Edge, sent it to the printer and a few hours later I have what I need. Nothing complex but functional. Used PETG on this set.

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When you roll a 1 on the Stealth check.

 

I was looking at the settings for Connect, hit "Save Settings" before closing, and now some of my phone's default colors have changed. I have lime green and mint for random text in different applications. Using a Google Pixel 7 Pro. Anyone else notice this?

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