NaibofTabr

Yeah but the current build of libvegs has some conflicts with libfruit, so if you need to use both you have to build libvegs in a different directory and then simlink it in /lib.

Yeah, this is a loss for user privacy.

im14andthisisdeep

It’s their property, they don’t owe it to anybody. There’s nothing sketchy about this.

It’s likely that they always intended to release CAD models, but it took time to clean them all up and get them in order. Usually you don’t want to make a public release with your original working files because they’re messy and would cause more confusion in your user community than benefits.

I think it’s worse when they say they found a solution and include a link which is now dead.

With Google dropping its archive I feel like dead links are going to be more and more common.

Technically the US measurement system is metric since the Mendenhall Order of 1893 reestablished all customary units as conversion factors of metric units. In 1933 the ASA redefined the inch to be exactly 25.4mm, following the lead of the British Standards Institution in 1930 (precision was increasingly important for manufacturing, and the previous value of 25.40005mm had become impractical). The international yard and pound were officially adopted by the US National Bereau of Standards (now NIST) in 1959, the Metric Conversion Act was passed in 1975, and finally EO 12770 (1991) required all agencies of the executive branch to transition to metric units.

So, from one point of view we’ve been transitioning to metric since 1893 and it’s still not done. From another, the inch is just a metric unit as its length is officially defined in millimeters (all customary units are now based on SI units), therefore the conversion is complete.

Oh yeah, I find that it’s easier to get fine control of the outcome in SuperSlicer because it’s less refined. User-friendly features are nice when you’re getting started but a hindrance when you have more experience. I tried to use Cura awhile back and it felt like the Fisher-Price version of a slicer. SuperSlicer is probably less accessible overall, but it doesn’t hide controls from me.

Slic3r -> PrusaSlicer -> SuperSlicer

Government subsidies work for getting new technologies out of the prototype stage and into practical deployment. Solar and wind are both good demonstrations.

Right… data security…

No one should trust this man with any of their personal information, ever.

Unfortunately you are feeding the data machine just by interacting with their platforms. Even if what you give them is garbage, they still get who, when, where, and how.

Big tech knows where you work. Big tech knows how much money you make, where you keep it, and how you spend it.

Big tech knows who your friends are. Big tech knows where your family lives.

Big tech knows when you’re sleeping. Big tech knows when you’re awake.

Big tech knows what you had for lunch on Tuesday of last week.

Big tech has a camera in your home. Big tech has a microphone in your home.

If a person behaved the way that these technology companies do, we would label that person a stalker. But somehow when it’s being done by a corporation for profit that makes it OK.

I’ve been following Naomi for several years, and I’m convinced that she’s the kind of functional genius that the world needs more of. I really don’t understand why she hasn’t had better reception and support from the US maker community and tech press. I think the way she’s been treated is a combination of envy, sexism and racism/jingoism.

I think the 3D printing community should be more aware of her situation, so I’ve cross-posted this to !3dprinting@lemmy.ml and !3DPrinting@lemmy.world

Sh.itdoesnt.work