I looked into this a while back and gave up.

I didn’t find any (good) models I wouldn’t have to pay for, but some of the paid STL sites had sets available for really reasonable prices, so that wasn’t really a blocker.

But FDM is basically incapable of printing any interesting models. Even if you’re printing good layers, most interesting models aren’t geometrically compatible with how an FDM model prints. You can print with supports, but removing supports from such thin, fragile bits of a model is nigh impossible without doing damage.

I went as far as shopping around for a resin printer, but I didn’t like all the ventilation cautions I read. Adding a printer is one thing, but having a well ventilated area that overlaps with where I’d want a printer was an unsolveable problem in my home.

If you just want to give it a try, grab a model off Thingiverse and see how your printer does. If you can get a piece you’d be happy to proceed with painting, that might be worth a few more iterations to see if it’s workable for your setup.

Episode III: somehow Anakin jumped straight to child murdering evil. Twice that we know of.

Episode VI: somehow ewoks were the lynchpin to take down the whole fucking Empire.

Episode IX: somehow Palpatine returned!

Yep, checks out.

I don’t think poop jokes resonate very well on any of the Lemmy communities I’ve seen.

Also, if you’re accidentally pooping your pants so hard that it falls down your pant leg and onto the floor, you may want to consider getting a medical opinion or at least doing some pelvic floor exercises. That’s concerning.

Better yet, there’s sites that have filters you can set. So you set the wattage filter to 60w and then…. no fucking results. But if you clear the filter, there’s lots of results, because it turns out their entire inventory has a wattage of “n/a”.

I know people who will vote the conservative ticket solely because they’re still mad about the BC NDP of the 90s having a bunch of scandals. The “never NDP” crowd are a mirror of the “never Liberal”/“never Conservative” crowd.

When people make up their minds on something and build up a bunch of emotional insulation around it, they’re never going to budge on their position. Their egos can’t allow it. It’s like a slightly less pathetic version of the polarization in US federal politics.

This makes sense if you relabel the BC Conservatives on that graph as BC Liberals. It’s really just a story about the Liberals.

The BC Liberals were one of the major BC political parties. Despite the name, they had no relationship with the federal Liberal party. The BC party was significantly more to the right compared to the federal party. As a result, they captured a ton of centre and almost all of the right-leaning votes. This went on for decades.

Once the BC Liberals got defeated by the NDP, some weird stuff started happening. First they renamed their party from the BC Liberal Party to the BC United Party. This is almost certainly only because Justin Trudeau’s approval rating started sliding, and the BC party wanted to avoid getting a bad rep by name association.

Then they discovered that their existing leadership was actually super unlikable, and MLAs started declaring they would run as independents. Some outright declared for the BC Conservatives (who were, up until this point, a fringe party that didn’t win seats). That created some momentum and more MLAs started jumping ship.

BC United finally collapsed a couple of weeks ago. The party is effectively dead and I don’t think they’re even trying to win any seats next time around.

The situation is analogous to a local burger shop getting bought out and replaced by a Wendy’s. You could ask why Wendy’s is all of a sudden so popular, but the answer has less to do with Wendy’s being popular and more to do with them serving similar food as a previous burger joint, and since they’re in the same location, the same customers keep coming in.

I don’t think companies understand that the words “we will make a one time exception for you as a courtesy” is the magic incantation to ensure that customer never returns.

I got that from Staples last week because they did me a real solid by refunding my online order they cancelled instead of going to a store with ID and the invoice and original credit card. Who the fuck goes to a physical store to get a refund on an online order the company themselves cancelled?!

It sounds like MBA word salad. “We’re adding AI to the phone system somehow”.

Not exactly what you’re asking, but it’s also worth checking your local library. Some of them grant their cardholders access to external sources that might overlap with what you’re after.

Of course they’re not interfering. The last time they did that with the railway, it cost them their supply and confidence deal with the NDP. If they do it again, do they think the Cons and the NDP will hold back on a confidence vote?

Is your government really worth whatever you’re personally getting from industry CEOs?

“If the two parties are unable to reach an agreement, we will begin drafting legislation to re-nationalize the company”

lol. They’re promoting their employee shuttle. Classic Felon.

My mom has always written Alta when addressing mail. I wonder if it’s an older convention that’s still clinging on for some people. I’ve used AB my whole life.

Weirdly enough, Biden.

Trudeau said his government is more focused on tackling the affordability crisis and climate change.

Ok, well those have been catastrophic problems for at least 30 years. How much focus time is needed before any action is taken?

“Please state the nature of the transportation urgency.”

Did you put regular detergent in a high efficiency washer?

I don’t get it.

No from me.

Having diverse opinions is great. Having more communities is also great.

Having legions of badly behaved assholes everywhere is NOT worth the trade off to get a popular gaming and vegan community in my feed.

Captain Picard had an uncomfortable conversation with Data, after which Data defecated android chunks on Picard’s couch. This power move immediately promoted Data to Captain, which caused Picard to be demoted to Commander. Picard then had to order couch cleaning.