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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 2h

exactly!!

seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 2h

I can kinda understand subscription costs for a business, esp if one wants to keep getting support and/or updates. But when you just wanna play around and make things it's The Worst; gimme a price scale that reflects the fact I'm not making any money off the use of the software 🙃

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 2h

Wish I could buy a software once; I'd pay a pretty large sum for a fusion equivalent if I only had to do it once

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 2h

I don't love f360's hobbyist license hoops and their willingness to change the terms on a whim, but it's definitely the best of the choices, imo

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 2h

There's definitely a point where you're fighting the software with f360, but it's significantly further along the skill/complexity curve and at that point you probably have the toolset to put up a fight

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 2h

I think the only "normal" CAD that's on par with fusion is onshape and its free version forces you to make every file 100% public which... is Bad.

(the abnormal option is openscad, which seems good but also not at all what I would like to do)

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 2h

Freecad is... fine, up to a point. It can't handle much complexity before changing a parameter breaks everything due to points shifting for bizarre reasons. It also has to have things *super* explicit whereas fusion is way more forgiving (and intuitive!)

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 3h

yes ha ha ha yes

(first of the two reasons I still use windows)

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 1d

IME a spool that breaks a lot is a spool that hasn't been in a consistent environment. Not sure if you can save a brittle spool like you can a wet spool, tho

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 1d

I think that's basically what multi-material addons do--they have drive gears up near each spool in the bank and you can set it up so if the printer senses no more filament it uses the next spool... Probably wouldn't be hard to tell it to use the same spool if you knew it was a bad roll

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 1d

Those double-jointed elbows using a towball in a full size ball,,,,

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 12d

brand new as in "there will be 26 letters all told plus ampersand if we're feeling spicy" or brand new as in "this is the letter 'ged'"

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 19d

Is this the Best way to do things? For me, I think so!

it uh. Sure does seem to grate against external expectations tho.

seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 19d

I instinctively take great pleasure in setting up the dominoes or building a trap for my opponent (for the record: often this is also me) or preparing my mind/body and letting that make a result. So I try to not let the desired outcome be so central that I lose sight of the pleasure of the journey

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 19d

literally exactly what I was thinking about after I sent that 😅

I think I'm always gonna spend more time thinking about things, and that means when I do the thing, it takes less time. I try not to quantify what "less time" actually means tho cuz that cycles back into "what is enough"

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 19d

...and if the answer is "no", I can hopefully ask/address what I can do to meet or subvert them.

I have a complicated relationship with expectations so this is all a lot to tease out 😬

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 19d

I often try to interrogate who/where the standard of "enough" is coming from--is it someone else's expectations? The expectations I learned as a kid? The expectations I had when I was at life scenario no. X?--then hopefully I can go from there to "can these expectations change?"...

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 21d

Everything I have read says they're entirely available and no one is having issues getting one (I can't comment on current supply, but I was able to buy one on release at the second store I visited, no pre-order)

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 25d

My woe every time I do anything cool; I should be allowed an extra arm as a treat

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · 25d

Yes. Every time is Perfect

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · Sep 17

Last time I looked at this I also looked at those funky little ceramic caltrop thingies as the abrasive vs a sand--iirc my research was showing they'd remove layer lines quicker, which would reduce the amount taken off edges

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · Sep 17

I've seen quite a few printable tumblers (all the rotational variety) and they usually use glass jars for the chamber 🤷 Pretty sure the vibrational one my FiL has for cleaning/reusing rifle casings is plastic, but no idea the variety.

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · Sep 16

yeah!!

it's an incredibly cute slice of life; well worth coming back to again and again

seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · Sep 16

eyyy yotsuba

I think that one would be really interesting to read in Japanese--the translator's notes plus spelling choices peel back just enough to make me go, "wait tell me more"

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seth @esoterictriangle.bsky.social · Sep 12

oop, sent too fast; I could see this being part of the reason, but it seems a petty one to be the sole reason, esp given how they seem more OK around this with all the hollow single stud parts they make now

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