@SebastianM6L I had a spare spool ready to go in case it did run out, but it had 5 wraps to go with 20 minutes left. I had to babysit it while trying to get ready to leave, but I couldn’t leave because I knew it would run out if I did.
@jsnell It made me so happy that you picked Radiodread in the 2000’s album draft, even if it was in the Bring Out Your Dead round.
I often put that album on when I get off an airplane and listen while walking to baggage claim and waiting for my luggage. It just puts me in a good headspace.
As a mostly self-taught player of guitar, mandolin, and bass, I kind of wish I’d learned scales long ago. I will say that learning bass has made me learn where all of the notes are better, which has actually made me a better guitar player. I can usually pick things up by ear, and I can watch what others are playing to follow along. After almost 25 years of playing, the theory is kicking in, and I’ve got a nice positive feedback loop between instruments.
There’s nothing quite like getting home from a bike ride and walking in the door just as the sky opens up with rain. Especially when you spent the last 20 minutes in the red trying to outrun those threatening clouds.
My point was that it's another case, not of "providing service for money" but "providing service for money at a quality so low and pricepoint that is just barely cheaper than what it costs you to do it yourself".
Its a question of what you expect from other businesses.
And that line seems to be "barely functional".
How they operate a business that way, idk, but it seems to work.
@bmaxv My biggest gripe with modern business is nobody having anything in inventory. It’s all “Just in time” delivery. They all think every company is a John Deere or CAT that buys things by the thousands and plans a year’s worth of production. I’d wager more customers have the one-off demand. If a supplier tells me they don’t have what I need in stock, I generally move on right away.
Continuing my #3dprinting of the logos of my favorite teams, the next installment is the #Akron Rubber Ducks minor league baseball team. When I bought the hat last year, I knew I needed to do something with the logo because it really pops.
I fired up #inkscape to make a SVG and #freecad to make the model from that SVG. It took a little planning on the heights for the different colors since I only have one extruder. Turned out great!
@M4x Thank you! Yes, I had to manually change the filament each time. I would need a maxed-out PrusaXL to have enough extruders for automatic filament changes.
I’m certainly not afraid to repair things in my house, but a fix that I thought would be “easy” on my dryer has turned into an entire drum replacement. There is a felt seal/bearing on each end of the drum. It’s glued onto the drum… The front seal split and got inside the drum, twisting itself around clothes that were in there. A new drum will be here in a week, but this seems like an unnecessarily-costly-to-repair design. It’s only 4 years old ffs.
@mcdanlj I will say that I already had to replace the door catch on this dryer. I’m just glad I can get parts and it’s serviceable, even if I t took a little bit to figure out how to get it apart.
My dad is a huge fan of YouTube. He listens to so much music on there even though I pay for Spotify for him. Today, he was telling me about something he saw in a video about repairing an overhead garage door and how it helped him fix his own door. While that's not surprising by itself, what caught me off guard was that he didn't refer to what he watched as a video, but as a "YouTube". He's like: "Just type in 'garage door bottom board repair' and you get 20 YouTubes about it." 😂