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  • eh, I feel like a lot of people are interested in one just to print a bunch of shit that they won’t use

    I have three. my original one (ender 3), and two new bambu printers (a1 and a1 mini)

    obviously I never use the ender anymore. I mostly just use the a1 mini now, because it’s quieter than the a1 and the majority of the prince I do fit on its smaller bed just fine

    I use it for functional stuff. When it’s printing, it’s very convenient. It’s not printing all the time.

    here’s a list of stuff I semi recently printed:

    • garbage can lid knob

    • drill template

    • shower hook

    • bracket to hold my computer external power brick on my monitor mount arm

    • Kindle stand (although the model I found online sucks and I’m going to just make a better one. or I’ll just make one out of wood)

    • spacer to fix my car fob button

    • bracket to raise the rear leg of the TV stand up to tilt the TV forward

    • sheath for a very sharp paint scraper

    • sheathes for very sharp chisels

    • sheath for pointy awl

    • custom mounts for my bike peripherals (camera, computer)

    • bracket to hold my Eero blob on a shelf edge

    Oh yeah I also printed a centering three jaw chuck that I found online, which actually makes a great fidget toy. I printed that as a test for trying to print a chuck so I could actually turn something on my wood lathe. I ended up going with a four jaw chuck and it actually worked pretty damn well.













  • ah, that’s tough. what I’ve done in a similar situation is get the group together to have a chat about the best place to hang out and give people roles to fulfill. that way hangouts go smoothly and everybody is happy with the contributions and effort from everybody else.

    also, I am decently financially secure now, and I still get anxious when I spend more than 20 bucks a few times a week. it just goes away more quickly when I can justify it. but I still don’t like to “waste” money on impermanent things like overpriced dinners or activity tickets to something I could have done at home.

    what I can say is that a friend group that hangs out, even remotely, on a regular and frequent routine is a pretty great thing. it gets harder as you get older and people’s families and responsibilities grow especially if you’re in different cities






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    4 days ago

    re the first part:

    People often hang poop bags from trees along walking trails.

    my assumption is that it’s because they don’t want to carry it the rest of the walk, and will pick it up on the way back. that’s my assumption because I do this myself on private trails, and I do something similar on public trails very occasionally (I just hide it better, and I don’t forget)

    what I don’t understand is how people both put it in a tree where it is visible and forget to pick it up on their way back