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It definitely help for re-world modeling, getting things figured out in advance. In the Spring of 2024 I decided to finally build a utility trailer I've been thinking about for years, and I modeled the whole thing in OpenScad down to the wiring and generating material lists (and yes, we got it built and have been using it through this past Summer). The fact that you can't incrementally update variables makes some tasks stupidly difficult requiring a lot of needless redundancy, but I do like being able to write stuff out as code.

Maybe some day I'll try Build123 or something else, but most of my projects are things where I just need to whip out a quick model, so I don't want to deal with learning a whole new system at the same time. Case in point -- yesterday I picked up a keyboard fro the thrift store but realized it was missing one of the folding feet (this one has two different sized stacked feet that fold out from each other). Half an hour later I'm making my first print, and another 15 minutes I'm ready to test the second foot piece. And I could have done it faster if I didn't spend so much time capturing the details of the original feet. Point is, it's hard to change when most of your needs are quickly covered with the existing software.

I've been using openscad to create a dual-filament direct drive print head for my Ender 3. Got the whole thing printed but I have to run a couple more wires up the cable harness to control the new servo and read the filament runout sensor.

Honestly, are there any HDDs that can really reach 6gb/s speeds? I haven't seen any that could reach 3gb/s. My current array is all running on SATA-2 backplanes, but with 8 drives in the raid it clocks out at 460MB/s sustained (bytes, not bits). Considering my previous NAS could barely reach 70MB/s on a 6-disk array, I was quite pleased with the new setup.

I mean, my SUV is a 2004 and seems to be holding up pretty well. I give it full synthetic oil and take it off-road occasionally, so it gets a wide range of treatment. Maybe I'm just not as bothered as other people are by the occasional bit of maintenance. I just replaced the thermostat this Fall, which was certainly a lot harder than on the old car because this one is buried down along the side of the engine, but it was still a pretty simple job.

It was a '74 Pontiac LeMansthat I bought in 1987. And sorry, I did forget about one thing... I had to replace the transmission a couple times, but back then you could get them from a junkyard for cheap, and it only took a couple hours to replace. Probably would have lasted a lot longer if I'd taken the time to rebuild the clutches though. Of course it's not like you can drive any vehicle forever, there was the maintenance as things like bushings and alternators wore out. For this discussion though I don't count things that you have to do on any vehicle with 300k miles on it. Everything wears out eventually, and yeah even the motor was starting to smoke by that time.

That's what rich people are for -- to suffer for the benefit of the working class.

Never buy new. Let someone else deal with the frequent hassle of getting all the problems fixed "under warranty" while the lemons get sent to salvage. Give me the vehicles that survive. Case in point, I bought my first car for $500, drove it for 24 years, and the biggest age-related expense was rebuilding the front end for $600. I sold the car in 2011 for $1000. I bought my current SUV in 2009 and the biggest mechanical failures have been replacing the power steering pump and the 4WD short axles.

I had a friend who insisted he needed to spend all his money buying new cars. He tried to tell me how much money he was saving because the dealership was fixing all the problems for free. I pointed out that he had barely even driven his new car because it was spending more time at the dealership every week or two and he was constantly wasting his own time taking it back for yet another problem.

How to live forever. Oh wait...

If they weren't on X and were reading reality-based information, they would already know the entire world hates Trump's politics, and I certainly don't blame anyone for hating the entire US in general. Too many people here will gladly hate an entire country even when they had no say in choosing their leaders, so it's only fitting to see that attitude thrown back at us.

On the other hand, the exposure that all these Trump-supporting "influencers" are foreign bot accounts is hilarious, and I love that MAGA is finally being shown exactly who they've been listening to.

Your server needs to have a static IP address. Once you have that, and have your DNS service set up, then you should be able to update your domain(s) to point to the new DNS. This new server doesn't have to be your primary DNS entry for the domain(s), but it should be one of the first two entries. And that's pretty much all you need to get started.

One other consideration is setting up the master/slave status of your DNS servers so you only have to make updates in one spot (helpful to ensure everything stays in sync). This isn't a requirement, it just makes your life easier.

Ah ok, that makes sense they can sue later. Thanks!

I'm just wondering why the fine is only $10k? Something like this where you blow someone away for no reason, you should be forfeiting all of your possessions to their surviving family since the victim will no longer be earning an income to support them.