In the current market, you want a printer that runs Klipper. The system will typically include a web application that controls the printer (Fluidd, Mainsail, or Octoprint) running on an embedded RPi. You just access this through your browser, it’s not necessary to install anything on your PC.

You will need to install a slicer software. The slicer is sort of the equivalent of a document editor - it’s how you prepare the 3D file for printing. Your printer manufacturer will probably recommend or distribute a particular slicer, but the file format used for 3D printing (G-code) is an open standard published by NIST. Any slicer software can be used to output gcode for printing - you can use whatever you feel comfortable with.

Personally I reccomend Orca Slicer or SuperSlicer but there are many options.

By the way, the entire market of home 3D printers grew out of the RepRap project that started 20 years ago. The original project was open hardware and software, and so almost all of the software in use today is open because open source principles were the foundation of all of it. There are some companies in the field who keep their stuff proprietary, but frankly I avoid their products and consider them to be anathema to the 3D printing community.

Who put this fortnite crap in my halo?

Q: Is it shut the fuck up Friday?

A: It’s always shut the fuck up Friday.

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It can recognize tracks based on a profile of the audio content in the file, so even if they’re not labeled properly it can (usually) identify them. The biggest problem I’ve had with using it is that many artists have re-released or rerecorded songs, or released the same album in different years in different countries but maybe with one track missing or with the tracks in a different order, and sometimes Picard will pick an album release that you know is incorrect. It will reorganize the files, and there are lots of options for controlling how it does that (e.g. file renaming and tagging, output to the same folder or a different one, automation of bulk processing). But you may have to guide it a little, especially if you have many albums from the same artist because then you’ll have overlaps.

I’ve found the best approach to handling this is to work on one folder/album at a time and make sure it picks the correct release year for metadata reference.

The plan is to have a plan.

The more you tighten your grip, Google, the more users will slip through your fingers.

truly the raccoon shall inherit the earth

GO VOTE

The self-destructive voice is a liar. We do not listen to them.

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You can just die of starvation, you know, if you’re not into the whole subsistence thing.

Folding Ideas is basically must-watch content. Dan’s thoughtfulness and thoroughness are unmatched.

Angela Collier goes into detail on physics topics, especially astrophysics. Don’t miss her video on crackpots.

If you’re into 3D printing you should be watching CNC Kitchen. Stefan does a lot of stress-test comparisons between different filaments and printing settings.

Moon Channel has some of the best sociocultural documentaries I’ve seen on YouTube. I particularly recommend Kawaii: Anime, Propaganda, and Soft Power Politics.

Practical Engineering is excellent. Grady is a civil engineer who discusses infrastructure and makes excellent demonstration models like this one on Why Engineers Can’t Control Rivers.

The 8-Bit Guy will teach you things about the early days of digital computers that you didn’t know enough to ask.

Jenny Nicholson does some great reviews of pop culture topics. Her video about Evermore: the theme park that wasn’t is fantastic, as is her review of Disney’s Galactic Cruiser (the Star Wars hotel).

He could probably draw it in with a sharpie.

Er, well, a lot of dogs get shot, but not by immigrants.

In genocide the goal is to kill all the people. The goal of this “mass clearance” is to steal the peoples’ land - whether they die or not isn’t really important, as long as they’re gone.

The difference between a religion and a cult is scale, that’s all.

I really think gun licenses should have a similar process to driver’s licenses. When I got my driver’s license, I had to do 32 hours of classroom teaching, then 8 hours of student driving, and then pass a written and practical test. A gun license should be the same, or more stringent, and also require renewal through an office like the DMV every few years. And if the licensing instructor doesn’t think you’ll be a safe gun owner at the end of the test, then no license for you, go back to class and you can take the test again in 6 months.

I think this would be a lot more effective gun control than all the piecemeal regulations about various types or technical features of guns.

Wait, is Ma Bell the dæmon? or is the dæmon controlling Ma Bell?

To be fair, there are some people on YouTube who do fantastic research.