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Hi, Beehaw! I uninstalled Reddit. (beehaw.org)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by kimagurevenus@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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And suddenly all is well.

I feel at peace, I often take things on the internet too literally (in person too lol). The whole "touch grass" phrase that many people use doesn't really resonate with those of us who are neurodivergent. I'm just weary of the online world, but it's refreshing to see platforms like Lemmy and others in the Fediverse allowing us to control the content we engage with. It's not just about the content, the audience is different as well.

Whew! How are you guys today?

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[–] kimagurevenus@beehaw.org 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No no, you gave me a much needed reality check. Just saw articles about minority groups being run off of some Fedi platforms and it’s very disheartening. Although, I’m glad to see instances like Beehaw and whatever else make sure that everyone has a seat at the table if that makes sense.

almost entirely off the table on a filament string. Can you believe it? I wish I had taken a photo of this mishap.

Woah! No I can’t!

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The motor that pulls in the filament is ridiculously strong on this printer. It has never been unable to feed, even if it had to drag the entire printer or a full filament roll across the table. It has broken filament holders and arms, to the point that I had to modify the current solution with a metal core so that it wouldn't snap apart. I'm feeding from a filament dryer and I had build a crazy contraption that fixes the thing in place so that it's not dragged around by the sheer torque of this motor - and after this mishap, I have clamped the printer down with metal profiles. My worry is that the next time a filament roll gets stuck sideways in the dryer, the printer will tear itself apart or at the very least dislocate the print head (or destroy the plastic housing of the dryer). We'll see.

Either way, I adore this thing. With careful calibration and the properly dried and stored material (mostly that, I have to admit), I've been able to exceed the print quality of printers more than ten times as expensive, make complex functional prints within days of setting the thing up for the first time. It just took two or three times as long per print.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago

You might be able to slightly loosen the extruder, so it would chew through the filament rather than drag things around. That much force is not going to be good for the gears either.