If a person is at the intro/intermediate level that advice may be sound enough. Since they’re less likely to apply proper rules to include those ranges of IP’s etc.

Assuming it’s advising disabling it at the router/switch level and not just a per device level.

Better would be to explain: Disable this until you’re familiar with the following concepts (see cited books/material for more info)

Or a LAN. Could do a WAN which itself can be interconnected over a wide area. Usually by routing over the internet but you could use something like satellite uplink or miles of dedicated cables.

But the interconnection of multiple LANS and WANS is what would make an “internet”.

So maybe 2 universities joining their own networks would be moving towards a private “internet” but I think we’d still call that a private network or a WAN.

It’s interesting to consider where the definitions change.

Air only has so much resistance itself. High enough voltage and the closest path to ground is where the charge will go.

Just like with Lightning

Exactly… this printer is useful honey.

I can make parts for the printer, accessories for filament management for the printer.

Halloween decorations… once I get the printer back online when I have this mod finished.

Parts for another printer.

Mounts for the brooms… when more filament comes in since I used the last of it for the parts for the new printer.

Save 450 on a unique appliance part they’re not making anymore which now justifies the thousands I’ve spent on this thing.

Seriously though. It is a fun hobby and if you want to just print and make things and not tinker there are plenty of good options out there. Me? I like tinkering. It’s a blast.

If I don’t design and print something I could buy I might be tempted to do more mods for my printer.

Things like this give us… balance. Luckily I have a new project… building a Voron so it’s both something new AND printing printer parts.

I found this one online from last year

https://www.printables.com/model/356486-cat-scratcher-cardboard-cutter-v2

It has its strength. The downside to blender is it’s geometry based unlike Fusion and others that are parametric.

Where this shines, for example, is when you’re defining a circle with a given radius. If it’s 4mm in a cad program and you export to STL it will be polygon based. But you can adjust the density of the export and, if you need to, scale your cad up 200%, 300%, etc and export again. Always resulting in the closest approximation of that circule in the stl or export. This way you don’t lose any fidelity. Blender does have some great tools for interpolating points in a mesh so it’s not useless either.

The best analogy I can think of is raster and vector. Doubling the size of a vector doesn’t result in aliasing. But, likewise, doing a high quality image of something photorealistic is not great on vector.

I use Fusion for cad modeling. The parametric design workflow allows me to adjust measurements, etc and have them show downstream, etc. But if I’m going to import something that’s already an 3d model I’ll use blender and mesh mixer to cleanup the model first.

I’ve also used just blender when using game assets to pose a model before exporting to a mesh for use in a slicer. Since, again, it’s the tool for the job.

What a poor ending that was.

Somebody suggested a better ending which I like too. Having Archer flash out and quantum leap into a cowboy or something and go “oh boy”

There you go. Guess I need more coffee

Son of Ryan Routh (man arrested for suspected golf club attack on Trump) arrested for possible possession of child pornography

I’ll admit it’s hard to find a way to phrase it that’s clear. Unless you remove the bit about Trump.

He just posted a letter he got. They actually seemed to take the issue seriously including removal and an offer of compensation for any losses.

That’s a refreshing change

Very cool. And gives me some ideas for Halloween costume lighting

Oh no. They published Outer Wilds, Stray and alot of other great titles.

It’s sad to see this happen to another publisher and I worry about what happens to such great IP’s going forward.

It’s designed to make sure that the contact point with the back plate is reinforced.

That’s the point you don’t want to have fatigue or stress during shipping, etc since it breaking off there when it’s plugged into your wall would be a pain.

I suspect it’s mainly there for the shipment from the cord manufacturer to the company that made the product and there’s little benefit in removing it on their end when they can then ship it, cover and all, to their end consumer.

That Q is a real B

I know it’s not the point of the article but seeing a person in a trench/ditch with no reinforcement and no slope makes me so nervous.

That’s a bad way to go if it collapses.

https://www.osha.gov/trenching-excavation

The more I look at it the more it may not be quite 5 feet requiring it. Here’s hoping so.

And if it’s not loud enough put it in a small metal pan or bowl, and place that inside a partially opened dresser drawer. Amplifies it quite a bit in addition to your suggestion to physically get up to turn it off.

Crazy Tuesday… the day we eat at Crazy Joes Taco Palace.

Probably. But I didn’t want them dealing with being cut off. They can do what they want but since it’s a dorm you can be sure they’ve had these conversations before