@5fakb48@mikedippy The L brackets I made are currently in use securing my work bench to the wall but same deal, if you play around with infill and density % you can get functionally very close to injection molding strength and quality
@5fakb48@mikedippy Surprisingly strong even when adding hardware into the prints. Here are two of my favorite functional prints, a chalk holder for pool and a custom angled lighthouse mount for my HTC Vive. Both cubic infill with 35% density. They feel very similar to commercial injection molding.
@5fakb48@mikedippy I’ve had pretty good success printing some things like odd dimension L brackets, risers and mount adapters for other hardware and things around the house. Adjusting infill and using the right materials completely fixes the brittle issue. Theyre super handy to have laying around
Netanyahu coming out immediately following Charlie Kirk's assassination to tell everyone that Israel had nothing to do with it was the most suspicious and telling thing I've ever witnessed in my life.
Walmart recorded your voiceprint when you called customer service.
Did not tell you.
Did not ask you.
Built a voice profile.
Stored it in a database.
Then a second Walmart sued them for recording warehouse workers’ voiceprints through headsets.
Then a third lawsuit for facial recognition in stores.
Three biometric systems.
One company.
All being sued at the same time.
McDonald’s. Applebee’s. Chipotle. Domino’s. Wingstop.
All recorded voiceprints during pizza orders.
Verizon enrolled customers in voice ID without asking.
Your voiceprint cannot be changed.
Your face cannot be changed.
If Walmart’s database gets breached your voice is compromised forever.
Every future authentication system you use is now at risk.
The voiceprint is not a password.
It is a biometric identifier.
And it is sitting in a Walmart database.
This is only illegal in Illinois.
BIPA is the only US law that lets you sue.
In 47 states companies can collect your fingerprints face and voice.
With zero legal consequence.
The customer service call you made five years ago.
Was a biometric harvesting operation.
You just found out.
@WillCates44 People will also pay ~50% more for door dash as opposed to going to the physical restaurant and getting carry out. It’s kind of the same concept. Convenience and instant gratification win when 99% of the population is terminally lazy and functionally retarded.
Costco before 10am is indescribable. Executive membership line a neat queue of white people. The line for the rest of the cretins who are not permitted entry until 10am was some sort of USAID Mogadishu Kashmir emergency airlift. Hordes of third worlders clamoring to enter. I’m seeing skull shapes never before documented. Groups of 8+. Completely despicable. There should be a constant ICE presence at every Costco in America. What are we doing man
@OGG1993 I’ve been recommending everyone pick up an old PS3 fat on eBay while they’re still reasonable. Will play PS1 ps2, ps3 games and blu ray, can still connect to PSN and is HDMI ready out of the box.
Frank Cifaldi, director of the Video Game History Foundation, says piracy has become the only practical way to preserve many older games that would otherwise disappear.
“As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate.”
“We have attempted to work with the industry’s trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.”
Here's a picture of my (then) five year old play playing that 26 year old physical PlayStation game. This shit matters. Sony isn't just killing plastic. They're killing gaming culture.
Let's say the PS6 is a digital only console (pretty much guaranteed now) and 20yrs after it's release you wanna get a game for the PS6 but they've shut down the store just like they did for the PS3/Vita. What are you going to do?
You can't go to a gamestop, a pawn shop, a flea market, ebay or whatever. This is planned obsolescence in its' final form. PlayStation now has 100% control over how you buy and play a game.
Your boy wanna sell you a game for cheap? Can't do that, gotta buy full price on PSN. Wanna give your boy a game to check out? too bad, he's gotta buy it for $70 on PSN.
This is terrible for videogame preservation and consumer rights
We remember Sony's brilliantly brutal "This is how you share your games on PS4" video, as PlayStation kills discs 13 years later: https://t.co/Rv7qi8aPj3
@PlayStation The end of the days of physical media will be the end of my days as a @PlayStation customer. Without hyperbole - this will kill the console market. Consoles are subscription chained, technologically dated and now limited to overpriced digital media.
RIP PlayStation 1994-2027