Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me

Getting $30 cables for $3 with my employee discount was almost the only good thing about working for Best Buy in the early 2000s.

“Both sides of US politics are full of shit and balance each other out to distract us from our real problems.”

If by this a person means something akin to, “No warfare except class warfare,” then I might agree. There are important differences between the Republicans and Democrats, but ultimately both take most of their funding from billionaires, and that’s at odds with what the working class needs.

If instead it’s an excuse to be disengaged from what’s happening or to excuse voting for awful people, then no, I can’t agree.

The person you’re responding to has their own crazy agenda against Linux, so don’t expect a rational discussion.

I drop weight while stressed too, even when I’m mostly eating normally.

Of course it’s company policy never to imply ownership in the event of a dildo… always use the indefinite article a dildo, never your dildo

If you stopped watching the trilogy after the first movie, you almost certainly won’t like the second. It deviates from the book a lot. The third was still pretty faithful though.

They will limit, but not by as much as you’d want. Plastic bags still allow moisture to pass through even when they’re airtight. I live in a swamp, so drying is a necessity before every print.

Getting the first layer height correct is another key with PETG. You generally don’t want to have your Z offset further down than it takes to get an even layer. Find that level, then adjust the extrusion multiplier on your filament in order to fill in any minor gaps. Lowering your Z offset to fill in those gaps is going to contribute to buildup on your nozzle. As far away from the build plate as possible has been the right level for me.

I can definitely print closer to the bed with other materials than I can with PETG.

Inland is my go-to since Microcenter contracts with good manufacturers. Their ASA is made by Polymaker, the PLA+ is eSun (I use a lot of it), but I’m not sure who makes their PETG. I’m sure it’s good though.

It’s actually a portal to Hell.

I’m not sure, but you should be careful while handling this stuff. It seems like it’s hazardous - the dust it produces in particular. You’re not supposed to handle it without gloves. I also can’t find any info about drying it out safely if the dust it produces isn’t supposed to be breathed in.

Maybe you’ve done this research already, and I’m overthinking this, but whatever you wind up doing, just be safe.

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Well, we have been meaning to talk with you about your forehead odor.

I used to use those mesh strainers for hops when I was still brewing beer. I would use them for desiccant drying too, but I don’t think my oven maintains low temperatures well enough to not melt the beads.

I got a food dehydrator instead which I think would work with your 3D printed desiccant holders if you make them out of the right materials.

Nothing can ever be perfect. We have AI detection capabilities to identify faked videos. You’ll never convince 100% of any group of anything. We still have to sway as many people as possible. Not every voter is a conspiracy nut.

It’s because they still had the trebuchet, long may it reign!

And nothing does that better than video evidence. Fortunately, virtually every cell phone still in existence can record video.

I’m in South Carolina, so that wouldn’t work so well here since everyone already knows what that means. I do agree that not giving them the opening to elaborate is key.

I’ve often said that in order to redirect a conversation because I don’t like the opinion of the person I’m talking to and not because I’m actually ignorant about the subject.

This happens at work mostly, and I can’t just nuke that bridge with the person because we have to keep being able to work together. I’d like to tell them off for being ignorantly intolerant, but instead it’s more effective to just take away their enthusiasm for whatever they’re talking about. Do it enough times and they’ll eventually find someone else to bother.