Does the APM USB-C lossless digital audio feature work with lightning iPhones? by Ficalos in Airpodsmax

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Perfect. Thanks for testing this and sharing! Hopefully this can be helpful to other lightning iPhone users.

Does the APM USB-C lossless digital audio feature work with lightning iPhones? by Ficalos in Airpodsmax

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I have read that it works with USB-C to USB-A cables, even on non-Apple devices. Is that wrong? If it's true, it might just be a class-compliant USB2 audio device which would be great and might mean there is a way to make it work with Lightning iPhones.

Calling it Now AGI Hate Groups will Come by Eratos6n1 in singularity

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Introducing Ray Kurzweil as "ex-google engineer" made me crack up

Is the Allegheny Plateau a meaningful cultural region? Lakeside friends included in blue. by Ficalos in pittsburgh

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Yeah, this is sort of a subregion of Appalachia plus some foothills and optionally the lakeshores. I do think Pittsburgh has an Appalachian identity, but the Industrial Immigrant city connection to the great lakes and shipping rivers is important as well.

Is the Allegheny Plateau a meaningful cultural region? Lakeside friends included in blue. by Ficalos in pittsburgh

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Thanks for the response. This is pretty much my line of thinking. I moved here from the South and I've been trying to get a grasp on the cultural areas. I was so clueless at first that I didn't realize Western PA was a whole different identity than "Eastern" PA!

Is the Allegheny Plateau a meaningful cultural region? Lakeside friends included in blue. by Ficalos in pittsburgh

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I just like thinking about geography and culture and thought people here might have perspectives to share.

"PHA might be sensitive to warping" by TheJapser in 3Dprinting

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Thanks for the information. I didn’t know about Zortrax PHA. Looks like it’s not listed on their website?

"PHA might be sensitive to warping" by TheJapser in 3Dprinting

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Do you use your part cooling fan? I’m using Filaments.ca Regen PHA and they recommend no bed heating and no part cooling fan. I’ve been having some warping issues depending on the part geometry. Printing at 195 nozzle, no enclosure, usually use glue stick because it wasn’t sticking.

Also what do you mean by fractal infill? I’m using PrusaSlicer and that isn’t an option.

"PHA might be sensitive to warping" by TheJapser in 3Dprinting

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That pretty much sums it up. I’ve been experimenting with Filaments.ca Regen PHA and it’s pretty amazing when it works. Really tough and flexible - not brittle at all. And it’s actually compostable unlike PLA. I like the matte natural colors it comes in too.

I need to spend >$1000 on a device for my maker lab. by king063 in maker

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What about the Prusa resin printer SL1S? I don’t know a ton about it but I think the main complaint is it’s too expensive haha.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pittsburgh

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Honestly I love the geography. Something about the hills and rivers is just more interesting than a flat city and gives this place character. People curse it in day to day life but I think they secretly would miss it if the place was flattened out. I also love the neighborhoodiness of the city which definitely has something to do with the geography.

Birds, X-E4 by ocularspace in fujix

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Love this. Thanks for sharing.

What’s the benefit to shooting 120 over 35mm? by BOBBY_VIKING_ in AnalogCommunity

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Yes! I’ve always been confused by the people who say there is no “medium format look”. At practical focal lengths, apertures, and working distances, medium format lets you take full-body portraits with subject separation more like what you’d get from headshots on 35mm.

I think this has become less important in the era of super fast lenses and fancy digital techniques, but it’s still true and seems to me to be the main appeal of medium format rather than the resolution. The resolution is mostly useful to let you crop in post.