James Quilty

3D animator, art director and film maker - sidelines in disaster relief and helping people with disabilites find their inner strength and creative power.

[James Quilty @jquilty3]

@amazingmap Most people think of Poland as a kinda rounded off Texas

[Josef Prusa @josefprusa]

Hi Corey, you mentioned getting DMs from every direction on this. So this reply is partly to you, partly to that broader conversation and comments on both of your posts, because some of what's flying around needs context.

It unfortunately isn't that easy. Price is primarily set by the bill of materials. I can't make parts cheaper just by wanting it harder. And there's nothing extra on CORE One, every part has a job. Strip any part and you get a different printer.

What most people would not expect and many actually think it is a solution: manufacturing in China doesn't fix this either. Take an entry-level Chinese printer apart, quote the same parts in China at 100k+ volume, the parts alone cost more than the printer sells for in the West. Where is the sense in retail below parts cost? Do this long enough and price perception is permanently skewed.

Some of what props it up: 0% interest loans, multi-year tax holidays, free land, free factories, 200% R&D tax deductions. And at the wild end, the state pays consumers back ~15% of the printer's price as a rebate. They are literally running out of ways to push more money into the propped industries.

None of that is available to any Western company manufacturing in the West, or even trying to manufacture in China. And this isn't just a 3D printing problem. Same playbook took solar, drones, batteries, EVs. Now it's working on robotics. 3D printing would be done if we wouldn't be soo stubborn💪

About the “competitiveness“ I keep seeing in the replies. God I hate that word. Part of every conversation about every industry, especially in the EU. It’s shifting the problem to western industry side. Real problem is China breaking the WTO rules the next day after joining.

So an $899 CORE One isn't a price decision. And unfortunately the "what if" framing, however hopeful, reinforces exactly the view that's hurting us in too many people's eyes. Complex and heavy topic, but tried to add some context.

[James Quilty @jquilty3]

“Follow the urine”

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@MarkDGeorge @Thai_Talk @seftonhanley Most probably say “Fuck off”

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%90 of Iran still standing, say Trump

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@fishmyman I’m so glad Hollywood finally recognized the director of the Resident Evil movies

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@NoMansSky Need a cinematic movie clip of going around the ship that goes on a bit too long

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@amazingmap No wonder it takes a long time to get across Australia, you have to drive around that fence

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@AntonyJohnston I need a cocker spaniel murder mystery real bad

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@PlayStationUK @hellogames No excuse to not pick up your planet

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@hellogames Not possible / only possible to trash talk this waste of an update - What a piece of junk / art!

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“Blessed are the peacemakers, however…”

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@zenjournalist Not sure if English proficiency is a good metric for education level, I’m sure the English proficiency of the average Japanese is similar - having proficiency in any second language is a better than just one, but what do I know, I’m an American, we speak only American.

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@darkhorizons What the site needs for the 30th is Titanic Part 2, come’on Big Jim, make it happen!

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@willsommer @EggerDC Woody Allen probably needs a job, maybe he should call these guys

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By “running” I mean I am walking, mostly sitting, but observing others running, in a commanding way

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“…And I am ordering the Secretary of War to send the USS Defiant to the Wolf 359 sector to secure much needed Medbeds from the Borg”

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@amazingmap People in those parts should get a break on their home insurance for living in a “not likely to glacier” area

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Preservationists are literally conservative people

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@SonnyBunch @Timodc All my 37 dolls have boxes of doll pencils, it’s the American Way!