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throw3e98

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    Comment #47026795

    Reading between the lines, this is corporate-speak for "this is a terminable offense for the employees involved." It's a holiday weekend in the US so they may need to wait for offi…

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    Comment #47026777

    This is a US holiday weekend and lots of people are going to be on weekend vacations. Check back on Wednesday.

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    Comment #47025985

    Right, textiles are much bigger than fashion - bedding, furniture upholstery, curtains, some types of shelter, practical items like footwear, protective equipment, medical equipmen…

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    Comment #47025801

    And in pre-industrial societies, peasants (almost entirely women, ranging from children to the elderly) commonly spent around 100 hours of labor to produce a single square yard of …

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    Comment #46882517

    Great software still exists, in spaces where capital doesn't choose the priorities. We're rapidly reaching the point where almost every piece of desktop software most people actual…

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    Comment #46882477

    > The only usable part a plastic 3D printer will make for you is the receiver this hasn't been true for like 5 years now

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    Comment #46882107

    > On our project, it's still useless because it can't use the semantic search in the IDE. Zed's ACP seems to be a good solution to this - when using it, claude code has access to t…

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    Comment #46881947

    I knew someone who was involved in an investigation (the company and person was the victim not the target of the investigation), their work laptop got placed into a legal hold, the…

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    Comment #46881835

    > because you still can't get the other parts that aren't printed Every part except the firing pin is now printable (you can print quite strong carbon-fiber reinforced parts at hom…

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    Comment #46881769

    > Get grass roots support for it. You know that line from the Mandalorian, "Weapons are part of my religion"? That is true in the most literal possible sense for a large portion of…

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    Comment #46881763

    Guns can be made out of simple geometric shapes like tubes, blocks, and simple machines like levers and springs. There is mathematically no way to distinguish a gun part from a par…

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    Comment #46881717

    I haven't printed a full firearm but I've printed some replacement/ergonomic parts for my legally purchased firearms. And there are people printing guns - you don't hear about it b…

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    Comment #46757637

    I use Wipr 2. You throw $5 at the dev and you never have ads on any iOS device again.

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    Comment #46337662

    Maybe that makes sense for a single-machine application where you also control the hardware. But for a networked/distributed system, or software that runs on the user's hardware, t…

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    Comment #46337584

    Yes, it's very common when dealing with smaller businesses that don't have great legal compliance to get a court order forcing production of documents

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    Comment #46310591

    I take it you are unfamiliar with the legal process of "discovery" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_(law)

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    Comment #46307508

    No, it's like a nightclub, except full of anime characters and furries and other wacky avatars. Look it up on youtube.

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    Comment #46303730

    Most of the time my time spend operating my A1 Mini is... maybe 2-3 minutes per plate? Drag and drop into Bambu Studio, run the slicer, send the job to the printer, come back in 4 …

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    Comment #46303575

    My experience is that a lot of dads are getting into these hobby at around the same time their kids are also the age for it. It's something to spend time with the family, as well a…

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    Comment #46303546

    This site isn't about Warhammer, that's an entirely separate hobby. Warhammer figures are much larger (around 1:56, but the characters are mostly superhumans and monsters, so in pr…

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    Comment #46303524

    Also great for casual players, or printing basic models to playtest with before committing to purchasing a higher quality model or print.

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    Comment #46303497

    I can easily find 4kg for $40-45 online, or if I am patient I can grab 1kg for $10-12 on sale. You may be looking at more advanced materials like carbon fiber or fiberglass reinfor…

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    Comment #46303480

    Yeah a lot of my friends legitimately enjoy the art of making or modifying models in Blender, and the science of testing different print profiles, materials and processes.

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    Comment #46303440

    Most people I know buy STL files from MyMiniFactory because the cost of the STLs is already a tiny fraction of the price of buying models at the local store. We spend more on the p…

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    Comment #46303410

    0.10 per figure is a order of magnitude+ overestimate. The paint will cost significantly more than the plastic.