empireOfLove2

empireOfLove2, 2 hours ago

not even a hot take. the only people who seem to hate ubuntu are the hardcore linux nerds who like custom building kernels and shit- which, honestly, more power to them, but i have the big dumb and want click button make work.

Admittedly I don’t really like how they’re handling packages these days, it’s a bit messy with the whole snap vs flatpak vs apt thing, but whatever.

I currently run ubuntu alongside my windows install just because I needed linux to experiment with AI models, and the only AMD drivers that work for ROCm support are Ubuntu only (packages are permanently dependency-broken on other distros).

empireOfLove2, 1 day ago

you are now banned from lemmygrad.ml

empireOfLove2, 4 hours ago

Just exist for a while, if you’re a reasonable person in a comment thread, chances are you’ll get preemptively banned anyway!

empireOfLove2, 4 hours ago

let’s also not forget that they tend to infect all other connected instances too, there’s a high number on .ml that are basically Hexbear satellite offices where almost every single commenter is a hb user.

empireOfLove2, 3 hours ago (edited 3 hours ago)

It’s funny how butthurt they always get about the simplest shit. It’s kinda hilarious.

Their instance has always been blocked on my end since the second lemmy added the instance block feature, but since that only gets rid of posts, my individual user block list has grown to about 40 hb users by now. Life gets better every time I add one to it. I hopped over there for a second and saw them gloating about banning you from their instance like it was some huge win. And then shitting on db0 because they’re “not real pirates” because they… don’t support dictatorships or something? Lol wtf?

Do not ever try to reason with them because you are burning your breath. I am surprised you have tolerated them this long. Quite literally, the only thing that can ever be done with hardcore radical trolls is blocking or defederating. Removing their voice always hurts them the most, because their only source of energy is controversy.

I think the rest of us reasonable folk really love what you do here db0. This has been by far the most stable, cleanest instance I’ve been on so far, and i’ve tried 3 or 4 of them. don’t let the assholes try and pull you down for not kowtowing to their weird ideology. Keep it up!

Edit: And as expected, the downvote brigade is monitoring this post, lol.

empireOfLove2, 3 hours ago (edited 2 hours ago)

There are a lot of dickheads, but a lot fewer of them intentionally reach outside their instance to harass other people. The problem arises when the originating instance’s mods/admins take no action to control their brigadiers.

empireOfLove2, 3 hours ago

It is a reasonable sentiment, but unfortunately it has to be dealt with if hb is gonna keep triggering said drama, because it’s a common recurring theme across multiple instances.

empireOfLove2, 3 hours ago

HB doesn’t want to defederate because they lose more of their power as trolls and propagandists if they do.

empireOfLove2, 2 days ago

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/024/965/well.jpg

empireOfLove2, 4 days ago

If its just for her, I don’t really care what content I host for family unless it straight up nazi/gay hate shit. New age “found christian” movies are massive yuck, but innocuous otherwise. She’s gonna consume them regardless of whether you host them or not.

Move it to its own library, make sure to rip in low quality (480p low bitrate) so you’re not spending too much disk space in her, and let it be. It’s not worth driving a rift in the family over.

empireOfLove2, 5 days ago

If they used Google maps, Niantic would have to pay Google. That’s no Bueno. Why pay for content critical to your apps success when you could just freeload on volunteers work instead?

empireOfLove2, 5 days ago

Generally speaking yes, with bigger nozzles and higher flow rates you will need slightly higher temps- the conduction rate thru the nozzle to the plastic is constant, but you are heating up more plastic and need more energy (thus, higher temps).
You will then also need more part cooling fan as there is more plastic bulk to be cooling.

230 is much much too low for ASA, that stuff is a bit picky. Try 250.

empireOfLove2, 5 days ago

Yeah. ASA basically acts like ABS when printing for the most part, it does need temps to be a tiny bit higher but mechanically everything else is almost entirely the same.

empireOfLove2, 5 days ago

Even 250 is a bit low for that high of a volume. Are you running a brass nozzle or a hardened/stainless steel nozzle? Steel nozzles will require even more hotend temp due to their low conduction rates. Eg, with the stainless nozzles on a Bambu P1S, I have to run ASA at around 260/262 for higher print speeds.

If stringing is a problem consider increasing the speed of your filament retraction (not distance) You may also want to turn off z-hop. Sounds wild I know, but it does help- by not lifting the nozzle during a rapid move, it “wipes” the nozzle clean as it moves off the part and reduces stringing. Realistically you shouldn’t use z-hop at all unless you have a part with a very small cross section that keeps falling over when the nozzle wipes across it. Which ofc, the big print I see in the photo looks like it will have zero stability problems, lol.

empireOfLove2, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago)

Most annoyingly, it always recommends Fandom’s Wiki above better alternative wiki sites.

use Indie Wiki Buddy extension to get rid of fandom.
getindie.wiki

empireOfLove2, 6 days ago

That works too, but indie buddy works better because it gives you a direct link to the proper indie wiki page in search results rather than just blocking Fandom and leaving you with nothing.

empireOfLove2, 5 days ago

Hmm. Has it updated, and have you allowed it the correct site permissions? Every once in a while it’ll ask you to update the site modification permissions.

I’ve had zero issues with it on Firefox and DDG. May vary on other browsers and search engines though.

empireOfLove2, 6 days ago

This just in: tool developed by company who makes money from ad spending tries its best to spend as much as possible on ads regardless of effectiveness… more at 11.

empireOfLove2, 6 days ago

Based

empireOfLove2, 6 days ago

As long as it’s the .world world news and not the .ml world news yeah

empireOfLove2, 6 days ago

Calling them in support of communism is overstretching the truth even. They’re really just run by tankies who operate in support of Russia and China’s dictatorships and dont give a shit about economic policy. I got banned from there for saying Ukraine defending themselves was right… they called me a nazi supporter LMAO.

empireOfLove2, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago)

Their demands aren’t legitimized, only deferred.

I’ve been through exactly this situation when my university refused to negotitate with unionized faculty and drove the faculty to go on strike. The students tried to hold the board accountable for the absolute shitstorm they unleashed by 10+ years of gross mismanagement leading to this strike, but they had them get off the picket line and instead present their demands and concerns at a board meeting- where the board then ignored everything students said, told them “this isn’t your place to be speaking”, kicked them out, and went on for the last 4 additional years doing whatever the fuck they want.

Trust me, this tells other colleges nothing more than “let them talk so they shut up and get off the news”. That’s all any of them want. Board of Trustees are there to enrich themselves and do not exist to serve students.

empireOfLove2, 6 days ago

that might be a little too tinfoil hat for my taste

empireOfLove2, 6 days ago

You always pay more for rent- because mortgage payments aren’t just lost to the void, they become equity value that you can then get back out by selling later, less cost of interest. The “real” cost of your house payment in a net-value sense is only the interest, actually.

empireOfLove2, 6 days ago (edited 2 days ago)

Thank you, I appreciate it. I do try where I can. Especially locally, currently working to get rid of a super corrupt mega libertarian republican by primarying him with a more rational candidate that can actually be talked to.