finalarbiter

Nice, the default file types isn’t a deal breaker for me. I’ll have to give it a shot! I’ve been testing debian on my laptop before changing my desktop over. Hadn’t found a good solution for a handful of my windows-only programs yet but this seems like it might do the trick.

Winboat looks really interesting. How does it compare to just using WinApps? It seems like it’s basically just doing the heavy lifting for setting programs up, yeah?

A framerate changing from low to high can be a problem in games where the physics engine is tied to framerate. This is less common nowadays, but there are a lot of older games that have an issue when played at higher than 30 or so fps.

Where there a will to enshittify, there’s a way.

They could weave dependencies in such a manner as to prevent other critical stuff from running without it, or straight up build it into something that would prevent the system from running properly if you remove it.

Of course, they’d lose the vast majority of their userbase, but short term profit line must go up according to the idiots with MBAs.

Edit: fixed a typo

Yes, it’s fuckin yummy

I think it has more to do with expanded computing resources allowing for devs to skip optimizing their code since it is no longer absolutely necessary to get something useable.

It’s only a layer line if it’s parallel to the bed, otherwise it’s just sparkling print artefacts.

Machine screws / bolts with a # sign are sized by gauge, not the major diameter of the screw. The gauge system for screws is weird and dumb, but we still use it for small stuff.

Per fastener direct, gauge can be converted to diameter using the following formula:

Diameter (inches) = 0.060 + (Gauge number × 0.013)

A #6 machine screw has a 9/64" or 0.138" (approx 3.6mm for our metric friends) major diameter and is offered in standard pitches of 32, 40, 48, and 80 threads per inch (At least, that’s what McMaster Carr stocks. The 80tpi is likely for a specialty application.).

I’m fairly certain that the unified screw spec stops around 3 or 4" , so 6" is well into custom/non-standard sizing.

Then why bother commenting?

Did the Leaf come from the factory with a 50mi range? That’s whack, I remember seeing an eGolf with like 75mi while I was car shopping last year and couldn’t believe that would work for anyone who drives any appreciable amount of time or distance.

The car I ended up with (2021 Polestar 2) has a nominal ~230mi range and that still feels pretty low compared to newer vehicles with 300+mi ranges.

I don’t see how someone else changing their last name has any appreciable effect on my life. If it makes them happy, I guess I’d be happy for them?

Either going for food or playing board/video games together!

A calendar is not an inventory management system.

Idk, not sure I really want to live in a post-apocalyptic world. Life is already hard enough as is.

That’s exactly where I learned about it! They ran it as a worldbuilding tool for the Ethersea campaign.

How does half a pickup truck compare to a large boulder the size of a small boulder?

Not exactly what you’re looking for, but this reminds me of The Quiet Year:

The Quiet Year is a map game. You define the struggles of a community living after the collapse of civilization, and attempt to build something good within their quiet year. Every decision and every action is set against a backdrop of dwindling time and rising concern.

The game is played using a deck of cards – each of the 52 cards corresponds to a week during the quiet year. Each card triggers certain events – bringing bad news, good omens, project delays and sudden changes in luck. At the end of the quiet year, the Frost Shepherds will come, ending the game.

The game occupies a niche somewhere between a ttrpg and a board game.

Interesting. Seems like a natural next step from the recent color mixing features Bambu/Orca slicers (I assume if it isn’t already in Orca, it will be soon).

Dassault too. Solidworks runs like a dumpster fire and the backwards incompatibility is a daily frustration for me. Their ham-fisted attempt to pivot to online products is so divorced from the reality of how their products get used that it’s abundantly clear no engineers were consulted when defining the new product.

The situation would be laughable if any of the alternatives weren’t also garbage in their own unique ways. Solidworks is only dominant because it’s the least shitty, not because it’s good.

How so?