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pierrenick, to 3dmodeling
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Say I wanted to do (for ), which software should I go for? Maker, selling some stuff. Parametric is a must.

I use which is great but getting pricier ($300/year). My subscription is up for renewal and I’m on the fence. I don’t know if I want to get into because I don’t trust Autodesk (free for <$1000 profit, $680/year otherwise).

Oddly enough, has a maker version now ($48/year for <$2000 profit, a bajillion otherwise).

Anything else?

drts,
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@ottaross @pierrenick the CADSketcher addon makes Blender parametric via Solidwork/Inventor-style sketches for 0$

or whatever money you are ready to contribute to both Blender and the add-on to support their development

https://github.com/hlorus/CAD_Sketcher

kate, to random
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    drts,
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    @kate OMG LOL

    brianokken, to random
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    drts,
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    @brianokken another trick: if you have kids, encourage them to work in a restaurant (ideally a non fast food one) for a few years as their first job. They will learn valuable cooking skills (as well as organization, timing, accountability, and of the satisfaction of hard work) all of which they will use for the rest of their life to feed themselves and their own family and might even be able to cook for you when you grow old :]

    kate, to random
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    drts,
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    @kate @Clare It's a shame you guys can't play golf while you wait though. Does that includes mini golf? :]

    metin, to mastodon
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    Just discovered that most of the people I was following over at Bluesky haven't been active there in months, sometimes many months.

    I've got a hunch that Bluesky is not going to be the Twitter successor they hope for. 🤔

    There's this platform called Mastodon though… 😉👍

    #mastodon #fediverse #SocialMedia #bluesky #social #media #online #communication

    drts,
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    @BartV @metin Open source software, open protocols, open minds, OPEN EVERYTHING NOW! :partyparrot:

    CakesOfPan, to random
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    Coworkers and I were cracking up over how we hate certain email closings like "Best" and "Warmly," so we tested out some alternatives:
    "Moistly"
    "Indifferently"
    "Relentlessly"
    "With gravest concern"
    I know there are some brilliant ones out there. Tell me your best ones.

    drts,
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    @CakesOfPan

    Digitally,

    or

    GNU/Linuxly

    grumpygamer, to random
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    "Just be very careful of the game-design equivalent of having produced Schindler’s list, and then someone pipes up and says ‘couldn’t it be a bit more upbeat’? All entertainment should be driven by the emotional force of a single creator. Anything else risks becoming mediocre."

    https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2024/02/21/emotional-game-design/

    drts,
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    @grumpygamer

    This is why there is only one director per movie,
    one maestro per orchestra and one general contractor per construction project: Mixing to focus on two or more visions makes all of them appear blurry

    johanpeitz, to pixelart
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    Gave the UI of my dungeon keeper project an overhaul. And added quests to guide new players.

    video/mp4

    drts,
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    @johanpeitz

    Can't wait to experience your interpretation of DK! (Dungeon PICOpper? eheheh)

    Hope you still have a few bytes available to implement a way to let us "motivate" (aka slap) the imps :]

    grumpygamer, to random
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    NASA uses 3.141592653589793 for the value of Pi in all calculations. "The calculated circumference of a 30-billion-mile (48-billion-kilometer) diameter circle would be wrong by less one centimeter."

    https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2016/3/16/how-many-decimals-of-pi-do-we-really-need/

    drts,
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    @grumpygamer So, in a few thousand years, when we are an interplanetary and intergalaxy species and when some expensive spaceship crash-land on a gigantic planet faraway from here because of that one centimeter discrepency, someone can misquote the NASA guy in a "Bill Gates"-style meme saying "15 decimals of PI ought to be enough for everybody" :blobcatshrug: :]

    brianokken, to random
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    @brianokken

    I saw a lot of innappropriate content in my feed, nothing coming from your account tho... :D

    LibrarianRA, to mastodon
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    Celebrating 1 year here with you all after leaving the bird site. Thank you for enjoying this content and participating ! To another great year here on
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    drts,
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    @LibrarianRA keep it up, we love you Retro Librerian! :ablobcatheartsqueeze:

    drts, to random
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    @johanpeitz

    Grabbed the bundle during last month's sale.

    Just got to play it a few days ago and finished Shadowking yesterday.

    Figured I'd give Outbreak a go tonight and got to the chopper but since I was almost invincible, I figured I'd just stay around the chopper for a while and just rake in the chits.

    Got a bit too greedy it would seem :D

    drts,
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    @johanpeitz your games are loads of fun btw, keep up the great work!

    jeffowski, to random
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    Throwback 📸: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper

    drts,
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    @jeffowski The real

    grumpygamer, (edited ) to random
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    If you could do something kind of shitty to other people and make a lot of money and if you got caught the worse that would happen is you'd have to stop. Would you do it?

    drts,
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    @grumpygamer

    "We do this all the time, we're consultants :)"

    • The Consultants
    grumpygamer, to random
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    Sad I wasn't on the list, either one would have been fine.

    https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/

    drts,
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    @grumpygamer @Liquidream this young man is clearly a cereal killer!

    grumpygamer, to random
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    Well, 58% of people want me to wallow in despair. 24% want me to finish Skeleton Key. I'm going to Whidbey Island this weekend and I'll take the book along and give it a final try.

    drts,
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    @grumpygamer You didn't say you would abide to the result of your poll (like Space Karen) so screw despair and just relax, everyone says life is short so might as well enjoy it shrug

    danielalbu, to random
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    📅 25 years ago today, Dune 2000 was released!

    💾 Dune 2000 was released by Westwood Studios on September 4th, 1998!

    drts,
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    @danielalbu

    One of my favorite along with Dune 2! Just a glance at the cover and I could hear:

    "Construction complete" & "Unit ready"

    I still listen to the soundtrack every now and then

    grumpygamer, to random
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    Seems legit.

    drts,
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    @grumpygamer I shall call him GUIDbrush :]

    gamingonlinux, to random
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    What is an actually controversial Linux opinion you hold?

    drts,
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    @gamingonlinux That native package managers should be only used for system packages and AppImages be used for user apps because snaps and flatpaks creates more problems than they solve? :]

    liztai, to random
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    As an ethnic Chinese... anti-China rants wear you out eventually.
    It is the land of my ancestors after all, and it hurts to see people not understanding my culture.
    I usually dont engage in such posts. But today it just felt a bit much. I want to yell at people to stop rattling their sabers cos as a South East Asian, it is scary to see the citizens of US so anti-China. Do you know what's going to happen to us if war is sparked in this region?

    drts,
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    @scottkillen @liztai Agreed that the only sensible position is not anti-China nor is it pro-China, it's anti-war. The only game where nobody wins and everybody loose.

    grumpygamer, to random
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    When I started making games I used a .txt file as a todo list, then I moved to Trello, after that I used Notion and now I'm back to .txt files. I crave simplicity.

    drts,
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    @grumpygamer

    • [X] Create to-do list in text editor but using markdown so it looks pretty when I use the right looking glass
    drts,
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    @paintedsky @abban @grumpygamer In case anyone is looking to replace Notion with an open source alternative that runs local (sqlite db) or that you can self-host: Focalboard by Mattermost is not a 1:1 Notion replacement yet but it's getting there

    https://www.focalboard.com/

    lcamtuf, to random

    Shopping for an air hose on Amazon today. Can't decide between POHIR, Hromee, Bzsunway, Beaquicy, and Lifynste. They all seem like trustworthy brands.

    drts,
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    @lcamtuf if youbare to go for reputable brands, might as well ditch Amazon, they are all at 78% off on Alibaba atm

    Sheril, to random
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    Let’s stop interviewing celebs with uninformed opinions & no healthcare training about vaccines.

    drts,
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    @Sheril let's stop reading journalists that do such interviews instead :]

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