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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • I mean, “to 3d print a wall” is a massive, bordering on disingenuous, understatement of what’s happening there. They’re replacing all of the construction work of framing and finishing all of the walls of the house, interior and exterior, plus attaching them and insulating them, with a single step.

    My point is if you want to make a good argument against LLMs, your metaphor should not have such an easy argument against it at the ready.



  • This is confirmation bias, you know it’s possible so you’re discounting downsides.

    Yes, a connector can fit in the watch, but the internal footprint of the connector is comparatively huge. All the other components of the watch would need to be designed to fit around a large connector essentially directly in the middle of the device internals.

    If that’s really important to you, more power to you. I don’t have an issue with it existing. I do have a bit of a problem with pretending that compromises aren’t being made in features to accommodate it.

    A standardized magnetic pogo pin connector would meet my needs quite a bit better, personally.



  • FWIW I wouldn’t do dish soap like all the time, I only go to it when IPA isn’t doing the job. Come to think of it, since I switched to 99% IPA I haven’t needed to use dish soap at all; doesn’t seem to leave behind that residue.

    As always, experimenting is the key. If you’ve eliminated wet filament, z-offset calibration, nozzle clogs, nozzle heat, bed heat, bed cleaning, model issues (e.g., low surface area needing brims), and filament feeding issues… that PLA may just hate you.



  • It kills me that this take is so hard to find online.

    Did I think calling the main branch “master” was offensive before this controversy? No, I’d never even considered it.

    Does switching to calling it “main” impact me, like… at all? Also no. It’s like the lowest effort change to make.

    If I can make my industry more welcoming to a more diverse group of people, that is a solid victory and way more important than the name of my primary git branch.






  • Yeah, my state just enacted a “bell-to-bell” ban on cell phones in schools for my kids. I absolutely support a ban on phones in class (so long as the school is providing necessary tech to educate with) but banning between class just ignores that phones are an important part of how kids socialize and ripping it away cold-turkey can’t be healthy.

    Edit: also, I gave my kids phones primarily so they could contact me in an emergency, and I am very much not ok with the state telling me they can’t have the phone in their backpack.