[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that is a pattern I've seen. I grew up having to troubleshoot stuff offline just to get a modem on PC to work on dialup to get to a BBS or CompuServe or editing mods for computer games, whereas my Mac friends were mostly playing with artistic programs on Mac. I also used artistic software on PC but that too required more skill. I don't recall seeing them deal with a command line interface whereas most of my earliest games ran in DOS.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I'd actually recommend the opposite. Unless you're a DIY hobbyist who loves taking everything apart and you don't want to print immediately upon receiving it, it's worth it to buy the prebuilt Prusa. There are so many many steps in assembling a MK4S that there are that many steps to get something wrong. Better pay a few hundred extra to get one that has been assembled by a more experienced person. And I say that as a makerspace coordinator who works with a lot of 3D printers.

Assembly teaches you how incredibly complicated the assembly is. I've adjusted pre-assembled printers with minor inconvenience. But the first one you put together can take more than the estimated 6-8 hours.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

The beak is larger and curved, so more like a raven's beak than a crow.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Could I cut up my wish into just wiping parts of a few songs? Like the march tune from Tears of a Clown, the electronic watch alarm in Rock the Casbah, and the chopsticks part of Blinded by the Light.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I've been using black ink Pilot Rolling Ball Precise v5 extra fine pens for about 25 years, back to when the body was gray instead of black. They write well, can have a nice crisp scratching sound when used on the right paper, the body is a good weight, easy to spin in your fingers when you're bored in a meeting, the cold feel of the metal clip is nice for some reason.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

(Why did my autocorrect suggest Hadrian’s chicken?)

The history they taught you in school was wrong. The wall was built to keep out the chicken.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Without consent, it would definitely be unethical.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

It's been a long while since I read it, but the one thing I remember is the idea that you should let people talk about themselves and they'll like you for it.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

The Loner's Unaffiliated Disassociation.

Motto: "No members allowed."

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it can be controversial. Best not to plant it near a foundation. There are few in a mostly empty field near where I live and another few in a park where the trees are spread out.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

They don't make them like they never used to...

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