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  • Former PlayStation exec says "$70 or $80" games are a "steal": "As long as people choose carefully how they spend their money, I don't think they should be complaining"

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  • According to Nintendo my legitimate backed up software is causing them to loose money. At this point even if the legal way is wrong, then why not go full sail.

  • NVIDIA grants RTX 5060 drivers access to media willing to publish 'previews'

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  • 🍿🥤oh this is going to be good

  • Cheapest new device that can run linux?

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  • Not when it’s not installing because of the lack of swap

  • How to backup around 200 DVD

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  • It works with a usb bluray drive. Though I got an internal bluray drive for my PC

  • How to backup around 200 DVD

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  • MakeMKV to backup the contents and if you need it in a different format Handbrake so it can be converted to MP4.

  • Cheapest new device that can run linux?

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  • A $50 used ipad is always a better deal than a $80 fire tablet

  • Cheapest new device that can run linux?

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  • What I did was I went to the thrift store and I found a laptop. It was the Asus Transformer Book T100han.

    I had one when it was new. It was a POS but hey it worked really well in my use case I was thinking of.

    Got it home booted it, has Windows 10 1501 installed on it. Refused the update. (The perfect windows machine does exists)

    Updated it to 22h2 bricked it by running out of the limited 32GB of storage.

    Said screw it got Linux Mint on a USB installer. Installer crashes. Tries Ubuntu… also crashes. Tries OpenSuse, also crashes. Tries Fedora also crashes.

    Turns out the installer requires more than 2GB of ram. Laptop only has 2 and it’s soldered. (The e waste special)

    Gets Debian installs it. Gets to desktop, no Bluetooth, no audio, but everything else runs better than I ever saw it. Needs older distro.

    Gets Q4OS installs fine, runs as well and audio works. No Bluetooth. My very specific use case requires Bluetooth.

    Forces myself to go back to windows. No recovery image. Downloads from MS, can’t create media because my PC is on Linux. Boots into VM, makes installer. Installs Windows. No audio no Bluetooth.

    Gets drivers from asus website. Everything works but audio. Calls asus support gets drivers. PC is back to when I got it.

    Pair Bluetooth controller, installs auto hotkeys, installs libre office. Best teleprompter I’ve ever used.

    Shoves into box until it’s needed again.

  • What are some of the stupidest, non-political takes you've seen on the fediverse?

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  • This was a limitation of Fusion 360. You’d click on the face you’d want to turn 3D. If you drag and select everything would be included. But if your sketch has construction geometry (which didn’t exist in fusion) you could get voids.

    Also all lines were white in fusion… I’m starting to get the impression Fusion isn’t a good product

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  • The bunny 20-30 minutes since I don't use Eclipses too much, and how to do Eclipse arcs to make a solid outline. I'd say if I was more familiar it should take less time. Since this Bunny looks way rougher than I intended too, but it was a proof of concept.

    The interception geometry issue was the biggest learning hurdle for FreeCAD for myself. However since moving I've grown to prefer it since it avoid voids being created by tiny intersections which are difficult to see. For example for the skatch bellow, if you are not careful you may miss the middle and create a random hole in your model. Had this on many of my earliest designs and spent a lot of time trying to fix it since the software wouldn't render out the shape right.

    I also I love how FreeCAD changes the color of a sketch's lines green and a brighter green when everything is contained. I see it like a game and it forces me to think about how the shape should be rather than what's close enough to what I need.

    That said, while I was like you and worked with a single sketch and padded, pushes and constrained my way to make the model I needed. FreeCAD does like you import existing geometry into a design. In the current BETA they are allowing that geometry to even be constructor geometry to make modeling easier. So you can continue to base your current sketch upon the previous one, and it'll update as you move along.

    While it's not in a single sketch, I found doing it this way makes it much easier for myself to maintain a model and go back into it to fix parts of it when needed.

    I also know FreeCAD isn't for everyone, and there are hurdles to move to it. But I personally found it works with my workflow, and not being tied to yearly licenses is a relief for me.

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  • I use freecad for mainly functional 3D Prints, many of which I sell on Etsy and eBay. You can see my designs here: https://www.printables.com/@16bitvirtual/models

    As for how to do yourbunny. For the most part, you are falling into the biggest hurdle for FreeCAD. FreeCAD has constructing geometry which cannot interfere with the model. But it also means that if you aren't very specific with your design it will fail. For example with the Bunny you need to define in your sketch what you'd like to pad or pocket out.

    Then you work on adding details

    The constructor lines are why I love FreeCAD since in other software I had to be very specific on what I can add without voids being accidentally added into my model.

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  • Fusion 360 and before that Google Sketchup

  • Google hits back after Apple exec says AI is hurting search

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  • There’s a few thing ecosia still gets wrong or offers the wrong answer. But 80% of the time it is correct.

    Using it on all my devices.

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  • I agree with this, outside of bs windows throws if you change the motherboard. Desktop Linux stability reminds me of Windows 7 levels of OS stability. Great for most, not for mission critical.

    With that said i feel you are being overtly critical to FOSS CAD software. I use FreeCAD in a professional setting and it is extremely stable, and for my use case it is as capable with no missing features. Yes the software isn’t beginner friendly, but I honestly found it made my designs more accurate since it had more constraints for sketches.

  • Has the Deck turned off any other Steam users?

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  • Underneath they are similar, however I was in the same boat as you. Lutris first however after installing a few apps I moved towards heroic.

    Heroic is easier to manage your library requires less tinkering and as a benefit for steam deck owners, has controller support in the gui by default and native integration with epic games store.

    Lutris works better for non platform games, like old PC games from CDs or EA App.

    How I’ve been moving my games over is rebuying games I would be gutted to loose like Fallout 3, and Doom 2016. Then waiting on sales for the rest. Also Amazon Prime has free gog games so you maybe able to get a handful of games every month to move over

  • Has the Deck turned off any other Steam users?

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  • Heroic Launcher and GOG is your friend. DRM free ftw.

    But seriously Steam Family sharing is the way to go here.

  • I got my hands on Shantae Risky Revolution. Where should I upload my checksum too?

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  • They mention redump.org, so it seems legit. Uploading.

    For anyone who want's it as a reference my MD5sum is 6ac0bd9ce061db2a6da03fb1bb89950d

  • If you had $1500 to spend

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  • I mean I would need to know what the problems were with my printer. When I had an Ender3 v1 and I was debating upgrade or switching. I went with switching since the machine had fundamental issues which couldn’t be fixed or the solution was not guaranteed to fix it.

  • STAR WARS: Grand Collection - Signature Edition – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch

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  • It’s not even the Force Unleashed 1. It’s the Wii/PS2 port of the Force Unleashed.

    Slightly different story with less cut content.

  • The Grunklier The Better

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  • I like it when the Gremlins and the protagonist is one and the same. Looking at you Ascendance of a bookworm