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Comment on What is the truth about risks and benefits of seed oils? in ~food
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Comment on What's the oldest tech you use, and why do you still use it? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentThey’re seriously tanky and still plenty capable even by modern standards. If only everything held together and retained its utility over time as well…They’re seriously tanky and still plenty capable even by modern standards. If only everything held together and retained its utility over time as well…
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentI think most people with any technical inclination coming from proprietary OSes are probably going to be annoyed with the age of Debian’s packages, especially if they continue to use those OSes...I think most people with any technical inclination coming from proprietary OSes are probably going to be annoyed with the age of Debian’s packages, especially if they continue to use those OSes alongside Linux. It’s weird for a single machine to be stuck in the past.
Haven’t seriously used SUSE in ages but Fedora has been solid with packages that are new-enough.
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Comment on What keeps you up at night? in ~talk
ButteredToast LinkA confluence of responsibilities and personal desires. As things currently stand, I’m the only person in my immediate family who’s managed to come to thrive financially, which means I’m also the...A confluence of responsibilities and personal desires.
As things currently stand, I’m the only person in my immediate family who’s managed to come to thrive financially, which means I’m also the only one who can act as substantial support in times of need, as well as my family’s only chance to break free from generational poverty. I’m not rich and can still be knocked on my ass by a particularly disastrous chain of events, but I have enough resources that if I play my cards right I might be able to at some point down the road (5-10+ years from now) start a living trust to fund my siblings’ kids’ school and things like that.
This is in conflict with my personal goals, though. I’m now past the midpoint of my 30s and am feeling the clock ticking more every day. The window of opportunity to find a partner and start a family is starting to close, and that’s terrifying. Biologically I’m in not as bad of a situation as someone with a uterus would be, but I want to have some youth left by the time my kids become fully formed people, ya know? It’s something I wanted to ideally do at some point between 28-32 but that’s not how things played out. I’d also like to move abroad, which complicates these plans further.
Ideally, I’d like to do both of these things but I’m worried that I’ll be forced to choose, and it’s not a fun choice. I don’t think my family would hold it against me if I chose to prioritize myself, but if I don’t lift them up who will? Am I going to be able to live with not having been there when I could’ve been?
It really just makes me wish I could subtract a good 10-15 years from my age.
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Comment on Any other 3D Printers here? in ~hobbies
ButteredToast Link ParentWill keep the bit about replies in mind going forward, I had no idea. Finding the right balance of new threads to necropost replies is maybe one of the more challenging parts of participating in...Will keep the bit about replies in mind going forward, I had no idea. Finding the right balance of new threads to necropost replies is maybe one of the more challenging parts of participating in online communities, it’s different everywhere.
Even if the only improvements to FDM printing in the next decade are incremental improvements in speed, volume, and price that’ll still have significant impact. Those are the exact sorts of improvements that bring new people in.
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Comment on Any other 3D Printers here? in ~hobbies
ButteredToast LinkThought it might be a better idea to resurrect this thread rather than start a new one. I’m a newbie to all of this. During the Black Friday sales last year, I bought a Bambu A1. It’s my first 3D...Thought it might be a better idea to resurrect this thread rather than start a new one.
I’m a newbie to all of this. During the Black Friday sales last year, I bought a Bambu A1. It’s my first 3D printer. I’d been interested for years, but the cost always seemed difficult to justify.
I was too busy to do anything with it for the first month or two but finally got around to setting it up, and since then have printed quite a number of practical things, including several IKEA SKADIS pegboard mounts, a clip on drink tray for an IKEA POANG chair, wall covers for cables coming out of a networking cabinet, a smart doorbell mount, and a little round puck for wall mounting a globe lamp designed to sit on a shelf among other things. Several of these things are designs of my own.
I’m impressed by the quality of the prints. With the right filaments, layer lines are barely even visible. Bambu’s matte PLA filament is particularly good in this regard. Polymaker PolyLite PLA Pro prints quite nicely too and is considerably more tough, though its semi-glossy finish doesn’t hide print lines as well. Have yet to try PETG, but I have a spool of white Bambu PETG-HF and Overture clear PETG which I have in mind for a couple of projects.
The tech is really just incredible, though. It’s insane to take an idea from a CAD model to a real physical object by pressing a button and waiting an hour or two. I can’t even imagine how it will have developed in another 5-10 years.
As a side note, if anybody wants a cheap, sturdy table for their printer that’s big enough to also accommodate one of those tent-style enclosures without also being needlessly large, this one has been serving me well. Wouldn’t have mentioned it, but I had a surprisingly difficult time finding a small metal frame table.
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Comment on Ploopy Classic 2 open source trackball in ~tech
ButteredToast LinkIts shape looks quite like something one might see sold commercially, but the print finish as photographed really drags down the impression it gives. Not that it matters that much but it’d feel...Its shape looks quite like something one might see sold commercially, but the print finish as photographed really drags down the impression it gives. Not that it matters that much but it’d feel somewhat out of place sitting on a desk next to e.g. an anodized aluminum mech keyboard.
With my own prints I’ve noticed that printing with filaments that have a matte finish make for notably more professional looking results, and I’d bet that applies here too. To my admittedly limited knowledge though, it’s mainly PLA filament that’s sold with matte finish options but Ploopy’s are likely printed mostly in PETG for durability reasons.
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Comment on If you had to buy a car today, what would you buy? in ~transport
ButteredToast Link ParentKeis are such cool, practical little vehicles even if they aren’t safe by US road standards. If it weren't for import regulations I’d be tempted to try importing something like a Nissan/Mitsubishi...Keis are such cool, practical little vehicles even if they aren’t safe by US road standards. If it weren't for import regulations I’d be tempted to try importing something like a Nissan/Mitsubishi Sakura which is an electric Kei. It’d be plenty for typical suburban use cases.
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentI mean if we’re talking meeting the needs of the average individual, a lightweight Linux on a decent mid-2015 laptop with an SSD and 16GB or RAM is more than adequate. The only reason I wouldn’t...I mean if we’re talking meeting the needs of the average individual, a lightweight Linux on a decent mid-2015 laptop with an SSD and 16GB or RAM is more than adequate. The only reason I wouldn’t say the same about a machine of the same vintage with 8GB of RAM is due to how darned heavy browsers and web apps have become.
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentI’ll take Linux over Windows in most situations any day. As far as costs go, it depends. For desktops costs can be lower, though as long as you don’t have need for a lot of RAM the base model Mac...I’ll take Linux over Windows in most situations any day.
As far as costs go, it depends. For desktops costs can be lower, though as long as you don’t have need for a lot of RAM the base model Mac mini packs a lot of punch for a low price. For laptops, if you want anything with a high level of build quality and/or battery life and doesn’t cut too many corners, you’re looking at options that cost as much or more than MacBooks do. Everything below the US$800-1k line has some kind of major deficiency, which has been frustrating when shopping for something MacBook-adjacent yet Linux friendly.
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentDesktop Linux has a hit of a horseshoe thing going on, where people with the most basic needs on one end and people who live in the command line on the other are both very well served. It’s mostly...Desktop Linux has a hit of a horseshoe thing going on, where people with the most basic needs on one end and people who live in the command line on the other are both very well served. It’s mostly those of us falling somewhere in between who run into problems.
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Comment on Why I recommend against Brave in ~tech
ButteredToast (edited )Link ParentThere is one critical difference between Trident/EdgeHTML (as used in IE and originally Edge) and Ladybird/Servo, though: the former were hard-tethered to Microsoft platforms. That alone basically...There is one critical difference between Trident/EdgeHTML (as used in IE and originally Edge) and Ladybird/Servo, though: the former were hard-tethered to Microsoft platforms. That alone basically sealed the engine’s fate as a niche oddity, not being able to run on Android, Apple platforms, or Linux.
Ladybird and Servo on the other hand make portability a chief goal. Additionally, they aim to be highly embedding-friendly like WebKit is, the lack of which has turned out to be a severe weakness for Gecko.
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentA/B testing and using UI as branding (thus requiring full redesigns when branding changes) are big drivers of this and it wouldn’t hurt my feelings a bit if both fell out of popularity.A/B testing and using UI as branding (thus requiring full redesigns when branding changes) are big drivers of this and it wouldn’t hurt my feelings a bit if both fell out of popularity.
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentI’d say it just goes to show just how variable experiences are between users. Everybody’s usage patterns, hardware, etc are a unique combination that make for a wide gamut of results. Someone else...I’d say it just goes to show just how variable experiences are between users. Everybody’s usage patterns, hardware, etc are a unique combination that make for a wide gamut of results. Someone else might trigger behaviors in just a few minutes of usage that I wouldn’t in years, and vice versa.
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Comment on If you had to buy a car today, what would you buy? in ~transport
ButteredToast Link ParentI’m sure there are similarities between the two, but I’m not sure what they are exactly. It’s on a different platform and positioned significantly upmarket from the Leaf, though. I’ve not had...I’m sure there are similarities between the two, but I’m not sure what they are exactly. It’s on a different platform and positioned significantly upmarket from the Leaf, though.
I’ve not had trouble out of it in the time I’ve had it (knock on wood) but I wouldn’t expect a lot to go wrong during the lease period on any new vehicle.
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentThat experience is almost exactly mine when trying to use Linux as my primary work OS, sans having to pay for anything. Very little behaves the way I want out of the box and no amount of...That experience is almost exactly mine when trying to use Linux as my primary work OS, sans having to pay for anything. Very little behaves the way I want out of the box and no amount of installation or configuration seems to fix it. So I know the feeling, but for a different reason haha.
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentAhh ok. Yeah, cell networks are needlessly restrictive, no argument there.Ahh ok. Yeah, cell networks are needlessly restrictive, no argument there.
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentAre they really conflating Linux and Android? To me it reads like the author was intending, “Linux and Android, as opposed to macOS and iOS”, or in other words, “I’m glad there’s alternatives to...Are they really conflating Linux and Android? To me it reads like the author was intending, “Linux and Android, as opposed to macOS and iOS”, or in other words, “I’m glad there’s alternatives to Apple’s computers and mobile devices, but they’re not for me” rather than saying that Linux and Android are the same thing.
As far as breaking after updates, in my experience it varies a lot between distros and hardware. I have a laptop that’s consistently solid under Fedora for example, but my dual booting desktop with an Nvidia card has a bit more of a spotty history, and I’ve definitely seen Arch break after a big pile of backlogged updates.
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentWhile I’m supportive of the DMA (in principle, some bits of implementation are dodgy), I have little confidence that it will move the needle at all in terms of competition in the mobile OS space....While I’m supportive of the DMA (in principle, some bits of implementation are dodgy), I have little confidence that it will move the needle at all in terms of competition in the mobile OS space. That ship sailed when Microsoft shot itself in the foot by allowing warring internal factions to reboot the Windows Mobile dev story multiple times in a short timeframe.
It will bring more flexibility to the incumbents but that’s not nearly as good as having a proper third or fourth option.
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentDoesn’t necessarily need to be universally easier or more intuitive, just different, and iOS is still a good deal different from Android. It’s also the only other option if Android doesn’t do it...Doesn’t necessarily need to be universally easier or more intuitive, just different, and iOS is still a good deal different from Android. It’s also the only other option if Android doesn’t do it for you.
It’s a bummer that as a whole, frying things isn’t the most healthy. It’s quick and easy way to cook foods and make them tasty without dirtying a lot of dishes. Fresh veggies are good and all but sometimes you gotta add some fat and caramelization.