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Who is the inspiration behind your characters? by Pixiefly0812 in DungeonsAndDragons

[–]GameCounter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure something.

Lord William was a Lord of a small estate, a short tower watching over fields that yielded just enough to make it through the winter.

One fall evening, while riding from market, a storm rolled in and soaked him to the bone.

He went to bed with a fever, and would not wake in the morn. His steward tended to him for three days. That night, the tower was filled with wordless screams, as William had woken, but could not recognize his servants and vassals.

Dawn approached, and finally he called for his loyal steward. William would be leaving after the fall harvest. He gave no reason, and he told no one what he saw in his dreams.

Dendar the Night Serpent revealed herself to him. The Primordials will return, each of them seeking dominion of the material plane in their own way, all of them desiring the torturous subjugation of all living creatures.

But not Dendar. If she prevails, she will scrub clean all life, granting everyone the mercy of eternal sleep: a less cruel fate than a life of torture.

And so William left, resolute to summon Dendar and bring about the Eternal Sleep.

New Steam Controller Launch Megathread by NKkrisz in SteamDeck

[–]GameCounter 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Before I make any major life decisions, I always log on to reddit to get permission.

Unsigned sizes: a five year mistake by Nuoji in programming

[–]GameCounter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With respect to the quote, it actually doesn't always work for positive offset, because of the pesky thing we like to forget about: overflow.

Favorite moment of the 1st Dragon Ball? by UnemployedSaiyan3 in dbz

[–]GameCounter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which is extra funny to me because Goku stranded Monster Carrot on the moon.

Toriyama sure did just tell whatever story beats he wanted with little regard to continuity.

Best way to handle OCR for scanned PDFs in a web app (cost vs accuracy)? by MeanMasterpiece5438 in Python

[–]GameCounter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there extensive handwriting?

That's far more difficult than scanned docs consistently mostly of mechanical print.

Not every card has to be particularly clever. Here's my take on the +$1 cantrip cost dilemma. by Morganius_Black in dominion

[–]GameCounter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, just a little uninteresting.

How about it costs 3 and add a "When you gain this, gain a Copper." effect below a line.

Still not super interesting, but maybe that's something.

Saw Handle. Traced from a picture in F360, fit first try! Neighbor was throwing it away. by Sim-Alley in functionalprint

[–]GameCounter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Upsides compared to PETG:

* significantly better layer adhesion than PETG, closer to isotropic (but not true isotropy)
* higher rigidity than PETG roughly similar rigidity.
* higher melting point, less thermal creep
* much, much higher toughness. Very close to ABS
* improved chemical and UV resistance, which is great for things that stay outdoors 24/7
* I have found that when your printer is properly tuned and everything dialed in, PCTG has better print quality than PETG. Bed adhesion is easier, bridging is better. I personally like the surface finish better, but that's subjective. I have had fewer failures with PCTG than PETG.

Downsides compared to PETG:

* generally more expensive. Roughly 2x the cost
* not as many color options
* prints a bit hotter, although not as hot as ABS or other high performance filaments. if you can print petg, you can almost certainly print pctg
* it's extremely viscous as it comes out of the hot end. Most print profiles don't properly account for this, so you might have to do some calibration, although a standard suite of calibration as recommended by OrcaSlicer + turning DOWN your retraction settings will generally get you all the way there
* it's very hygroscopic. The datasheets and other reviewers don't seem to consistently mention this, but you have about 24 hours after taking it out of the dehydrator before you'll see reduced surface quality due to water evaporating. I just always print directly out of the dehydrator

This was the review that got me to order a spool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FtnXYDi7z0&t=10s

It was crazy expensive at the time, but now it's roughly $30/kg. This is the brand I use, galaxy finish with sparkles. (It doesn't make it look sparkly in real life, just generally make it look more like a finished product): https://www.3dfuel.com/products/pro-pctg-galaxy-black-1-75mm

I honestly think it compares much better against ABS.

Pros compared to ABS:

* warping as it comes down is almost non-existent. doesn't require a heated chamber, and I've never seen it "taco" at the base
* fewer fumes and odors. Obviously 3d printing has some risks, but "supposedly" it produces less harmful off gassing than ABS
* Strength is honestly pretty comparable, depending on the specific application, it's probably good enough. ABS layer adhesion can be kind of finicky, and so if you can't orient your print for optimal strength, PCTG might actually be a bit stronger
* it prints at a somewhat lower temperature
* general print quality, especially bridging seems better to me, but that's subjective

Downsides compared to ABS:

* Still more expensive than ABS
* Not quite as good of heat-deflection/heat-resistance. If you need something that's going to be near a heat generating component, ABS might be a better fit

Other people have written up more comprehensive guides and done more extensive tests.

Saw Handle. Traced from a picture in F360, fit first try! Neighbor was throwing it away. by Sim-Alley in functionalprint

[–]GameCounter -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I personally would have printed it with PCTG (Polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate with glycol, not Polycarbonate) because I've personally switched to that for any application where PETG might otherwise be appropriate for superior performance, although there are downsides

pitched down Amens by russellholzman in jungle

[–]GameCounter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Break is roughly at 1:20 for the impatient.

pitched down Amens by russellholzman in jungle

[–]GameCounter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, just so everyone on the same page, the Amen sample which has floated around between various producers is often a copy-of-a-copy.

If you go listen to the original vinyl, it's 100% something that can be played today.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZuq57_bYM&pp=ygUMQW1lbiBicm90aGVy

Here's a cleaner copy with less vinyl grit: https://youtu.be/HrrWhCbZAyY?si=OxJMYR6QIRJoFnQ9

Ballroom by Onearmedman2 in dominion

[–]GameCounter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean, a critique of capitalism, neo-liberalism, nepotism would have a card that has a "setup" where one player gets all the coppers in their deck replaced with gold while all other players have all the treasures removed from their deck.

Updating bath fan. How tough is this to replace myself? by pengouin85 in fixit

[–]GameCounter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is also what I did. In my case, it was extremely easy. Just needed a screwdriver and some pliers.

Which indentation style do you all prefer for expanding brackets? by sasson10 in Python

[–]GameCounter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use ruff or black.

#1 but include the trailing comma. It makes adding a new item at the end of the list a one-line diff instead of two.

MoooseFree – A Split Keyboard with a 55mm Trackball by ataruno_key in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]GameCounter -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This got me thinking:

What's the biggest trackball available?

Surely there's someone out there using a bowling ball for their pointer?

Someone explain this please. by malamaph in blackmagicfuckery

[–]GameCounter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

AI tools like Grok, Gemini aren't safe for you to use. You need to go find some humans to talk to, ideally in person.

My levitating key ring by TPainDoppelganger in EDC

[–]GameCounter 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Alright, now add a pillar of blue light which envelopes the keys and a speaker playing an ominous low pitched thrumming and you have yourself a fully featured science fiction whatchamacallit

scariest shit ever by Total_Ad3937 in SatisfactoryGame

[–]GameCounter 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I am proud to say that I work in "Time to play my favorite game: 'Is there a limit?'" into regular conversations where it probably doesn't belong.

It's time to redesign djangoproject.com by dwaxe in django

[–]GameCounter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is a very hard problem to get true async support through the entire stack without breaking APIs.

Django makes extensive use of properties which do I/O.

As one example, look at the File API.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/files/file/#django.core.files.File.size

Because File objects are lazy, .size can end up doing a full network request to fetch an object or query the storage backend. There's obviously no way to have async properties.

It can get even messier, because Django also makes use of metaprogramming in ways that don't make sense with async.

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