Aedes Aegypti and Simuliidae can go die in a fire

Somewhat relevant XKCD

https://xkcd.com/2818/

That’s a piss poor RICH find

For the size I want to print, a pure cube won’t cut it, but I did manage to make a form-fitting mold by making the cube hollow, then removing the cube proper, being left with the mold proper.

I’ve been spending quite some time trying to figure how to properly cut the mold into 2 or 3 parts in a way that I can actually close the thing and pull out the cured silicone without it deciding it’d rather stick to the cured resin. I’ve given some thought on making a single use mold, but I also gotta figure how to ensure its interior gets enough release agent to help me demold.

Brazil. 60% federal import tax on stuff over 50 dollars (shipping costs count), plus ~34% state tax on top of the already taxed amount

I don’t have a FDM printer

I’ve been trying to make/print a usable mold of the model, but due to its irregularity, i’ve been having a hard time doing so in blender, even with metaballs

Formlabs is WAY beyond my pay, I’m afraid. 349 USD is over 1500 BRL, and that’s the price without shipping or the 96% import tax. The Resione i can buy off alie is ~60 dollars for 1L, final price.

can you substitute geometry structure to provide “softness”.

Not really, I’ll need the squishiness on the walls, which will be 1.0-1.3mm thick

God please, this can’t be a honest question

People talk a lot about the protocols that power Bluesky vs. ActivityPub, because we’re nerds and we believe deep in our hearts that the superior protocol will win. This is adorable. It flies in the face of literally all of human history, where the more convenient thing always wins regardless of technical merit. VHS beat Betamax. USB-C took twenty years.

Hopefully, unlike betamax and laserdisc, the fediverse will trudge on despite the megacorporate protocols

People are fucking addicted to instagram and I’m the annoying “get rid of that shit” preacher to everyone I can. My gf has reduced her usage, but still checks it from time to time.

I always ask “Do you really need to use it?” - and almost always, their answer is “not really, but it’s the only place I can find X”. Some of my gf’s friends use it to find new places to go. Some of my boardgaming friends still use it, mostly to “know what events are coming up” or what new games are being released.

Instagram is essentially this age’s yellow pages of a telephone list, small businesses are super dependent on it and they’re forced to post fucking stories everyday or get erased by the algorithm

What exactly is the fediverse?

Servers that can federate over ActivityPub protocol. Any server that uses ActivityPub can be considered part of the fediverse.

What’s included in it?

Clones of corporate owned sites: twitter (mastodon, misskey), tumblr (wafrn), reddit (lemmy, piefed), facebook (friendica), plus others

I’ve hear much about fediverse and Lemmy, but is Lemmy part of it or not?

Yes, it is

Are other systems like Blue sky a part of it or not?

Bluesky isn’t, since they use a different protocol, but it’s possible to bridge and interact with it. Wafrn does it.

Do I transparently see posts from all those different systems?

This is the biggest “it depends” situation. For instance, by default, lemmy ignores most posts from mastodon and similars. However, mastodon users can post to lemmy communities if they use the proper @, but they cannot specify a title - their post body will also double as the title. They can also reply to comments, they’re easy to spot because they always have an @user when replying.

Some server types integrate the different things better than others. Friendica and Wafrn seem to be the best for “variety integration”.

Instructions unclear, one of the leeches drank too much of my blood and started a rampage around the neighborhood. Also, I’m feeling real heavy, just gonna nap for the rest of my life i guess

No using in production, I guess

But I enjoy farting in my coworkers’ general direction

Aww, I really wanted medium rarity :(

THERE! ARE! FOUR! LIGHTS BISONS!!

Not the weirdest furry transformation I’ve seen

Paying for education that “the market” wants us to have so they can have a larger pool of skilled workers, leading to lower salaries

I need someone to explain what this has to do with Harry Potter. Off by one, too?