jwagenet

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by jwagenet 3mo ago
Some of us use software that is windows only eg any non-software engineering discipline.
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by jwagenet 4mo ago
If you use wintel, unless you need bleeding edge, buy 3 year old Dell Precision refurb on eBay for a third of that.
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by jwagenet 4mo ago
I think there is room for both approaches. Like it or not, photoshop/adobe is the defacto standard everything else is measured from. A compatibility layer like Inkscape does for illustrator has for PS-like behavior is welcome to bring
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by jwagenet 4mo ago
In the US, phds and professional degrees are more or less geared toward students who are comfortable enough financially to stomach the opportunity cost of 6-10+ years of additional education, unpaid or underpaid residencies and internships,
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by jwagenet 5mo ago
I agree with you, however in the US the “last mile” is often the “last 50 miles” when goal is outdoor recreation.
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by jwagenet 6mo ago
Parent was complaining about the lack of a built in sketch constraint solver in build123d, which is table stake feature of any "real" GUI CAD suite. build123d has some constraint options and you could probably use solvespace with
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by jwagenet 6mo ago
The reality is build123d is a fairly thin layer over the OCCT kernel with some pythonic affordances. I'm not sure OCCT has a robust constraint solver, so there is little development there. FreeCAD on the other hand (besides being signi
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by jwagenet 6mo ago
Maybe I grew up with Windows so the older uis don’t phase me, but I find these sort of complaints rich considering differences between gtk, qt, etc in Linux userland. The average Windows user might stumble on an aero dialog, which is arguab
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by jwagenet 7mo ago
> Aluminum Anodizing & CNC Machining There are a ton of CNC machining (AL and otherwise) and anodizing shops in the Bay Area.
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by jwagenet 8mo ago
I understand people don't like this kind of OCR stuff for privacy reasons, but selecting text from images is probably the most useful feature added to iOS in the last ~5 years for me.
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by jwagenet 8mo ago
Modelling isn't the slow part. If one is copying a drawing and have exact dimensions its pretty straightforward in most software even if the software is bloated.
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by jwagenet 9mo ago
I don’t disagree. Parties are often oversold and I may be overstating the under attendance problem.
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by jwagenet 9mo ago
IMO, please continue buying records, but don’t buy tickets to shows you can’t attend. I can’t speak for live music, but in SF there is/was an issue of club nights selling out, but having low attendance due to people buying tickets as a
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by jwagenet 10mo ago
GTAV had a 60GB install size over a decade ago.
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by jwagenet 10mo ago
I've used a Dell Precision 5530 professionally and got a 5570 refurb this year from ebay for ~$800. The fit and finish of the Precision 5000 series is great as far as I'm concerned, though I'm happy the camera is back on top
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by jwagenet 10mo ago
SV already wrecked HW engineering by paying far more for SW than market rate HW such that anyone with financial ambition made the switch long ago.
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by jwagenet 10mo ago
The hard part with 3d part creation isn’t the graphical interface or language, it’s actually describing and translating part requirements to a manufacturable design, weighing material, weight, fit, geometric, and cost tradeoffs. Openscad, o
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by jwagenet 10mo ago
In MCAD, “parametric” does not mean a high level part or feature is driven by editable parameters or procedurally generated features. Parametric refers to the underlying storage format representing part features in a parametric way rather t
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by jwagenet 10mo ago
The problem with FreeCAD and every other free/open source MCAD project of note is the Open Cascade kernel they are built on. While Open Cascade is fairly mature, it has dealbreaker issues in a few key areas: fillets cannot consume conn
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by jwagenet 10mo ago
> the fact that it costs money is absurd Bart from SFO to downtown SF is about $11 due to a surcharge and the combined fare AirTrain + subway is also about $11.50. LIRR is a bit more expensive. The Paris RER is €13. I don’t see how the f
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by jwagenet 10mo ago
I don't get the gripe. AirTrain gets you to A,E,J,Z, and LIRR, all of which get you to "Manhattan" or a significant number of intermediate destinations in about an hour. LGA is far worse.
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by jwagenet 11mo ago
Fine, the dips 2018-2019 could very well be noise and we don't dont know if that trend would have borne out after 2020. However, the ACT and SAT composites gradually declined following peaks in 07 and 12, respectively, given the availa
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by jwagenet 11mo ago
The SAT and ACT plots indicate an accelerating downward trend beginning in 2018 though, later exacerbated by COVID.
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by jwagenet 1y ago
> Maybe gaming Only if you limit scope desktop gaming, sure. 75% of gaming market share is on mobile and consoles.
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by jwagenet 1y ago
Yea the open cascade kernel underpinning freecad (and python libraries like build123d and cadquery) has a number of rough edges. Many can be avoided, but that unfortunately requires a bit of experience. IMO, lofts are often not the best too
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by jwagenet 1y ago
Caltrain is a commuter rail and Amtrak is regional. Caltrain makes 15-20 stops between SF and San Jose. They aren’t the same sort of system at all. It’s like comparing Amtrak to Metro North.
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by jwagenet 1y ago
The palentiri aren’t inherently evil. They are mere seeing stones. Sauron’s hubris led him to believe Pippin was the hobbit carrying the ring. Denethor and Saruman were corrupted by Sauron’s influence through the palentiri.
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by jwagenet 1y ago
In the US, produce is rarely weighted and labeled in the produce section with the bag. Only at checkout is it weighed for sale, so no opportunity to tare the container.
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by jwagenet 1y ago
> there is simply not enough resources, land, high paying jobs for everyone to achieve a comfortable life On the contrary, (in the US) I think there is at least enough land and resources (including food) that a modest haircut on the ultr
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by jwagenet 1y ago
Even before using an autounattend.xml for a clean install on a (new to me) laptop to clear some Win11 junk, I didn’t really get the gripes people have for it. It’s basically a new skin for Win10 that could have done without some app redesig

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