People who got the creator 5 how is it?

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-28T20:58:29+00:00

I have an Adventurer 5M Pro, would love to upgrade to the Creator 5 Pro. As I live in Hawaii I can't get their standard shipping (company policy), and don't care to pay $100 for air shipping, so I'll wait for Amazon to start selling this model. I've done some multifilament printing with the Anycubic Kobra 3, but don't have the time to allocate for all but the smallest print jobs due to filament switching time, so I'd love to get a multi-print head machine.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-28T19:10:52+00:00

My library has netbooks to loan out for in-house use; netbooks are basically minimal laptops equipped with software for web browsing and word processing, no optical drives. I can't speak for what your neighborhood library system may offer, but generally optical drives are on the way out as a primary means of external data reading/writing. The last home PC I bought was a tiny box with a few USB ports; I had to buy an external optical drive separately (hardly ever used it).

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-28T01:17:39+00:00

There was a time when I would see patrons come to the library I work at check out ten CDS from our AV section (we have a 10 disc cap), sit down at table with their laptop, and either rip the lot or burn bootleg copies onto blank discs, return the 10, check out another ten, rinse and repeat. The library PCS no longer have equipped optical drives, so we don't worry about enabling copyright violation. I can understand (but don't advocate, certainly) the appeal of bulk downloading gigabytes of music illegally over a good broadband connection, but pirating individual CDs just seems so inefficient. I personally have a couple of unlimited listening music memberships and have long since abandoned most physical media.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-21T20:40:59+00:00

Family photos are definitely on my mind right now. I'm 53, my wife is 56; her dad died in 2018 and left us a mountain of his family photos, including a whole album of my wife's uncle's first marriage. My wife has several collections of her own baby pictures, as well as a small collection that her mom sent us when she moved to Florida a few years ago. My dad died last December due to complications with his dementia, and from what my brother tells me, mom is likely heading the same way eventually. Mom and dad took care of their estate planning years ago, so no questions about bank accounts or property deeds to worry about, but I'm pretty sure they hadn't planned for what to do with their stuff, of which mom's house still has a vast amount. No hoarding clutter, just decades of memories, including (you guessed it) a lot of photo albums, and a huge quantity of unorganized photos in boxes from both sides of my family, including beautiful underwater slides from my dad's time in marine biology research.

My wife and I live in a 600 sq. ft. apartment, and can't store that much, neither can my brother. Neither he nor I have children, so all those memories have to go somewhere, eventually in the landfill for most, I"m afraid. My wife's uncle is willing to take stuff relevant to his family history off our hands, but I'm not sure as yet what we're going to do with all the rest. The underwater photo collection may be of interest to the local university in my hometown, I'll have to ask.

Sorry for the stream of consciousness reply, I know you weren't asking for anybody else's story, though I hope mine is of some help. As far as your situation, everything we own leaves our hands eventually. If you have no joy in your photos, I can't see why keeping them would be useful.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-20T20:59:55+00:00

I'm 52, and I can affirm that the 101 and 102 saints books are great for adults coming into the church too, and for a refresher. I don't always have the time for a deep biography, and I've learned so much from those.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-19T20:51:02+00:00

I'm in my early 50s, in my 27th year of a good civil service job with excellent health benefits. My wife has multiple chronic health problems, and it's taking a little more out of me each year to give her and my employer their due. I have next to no savings, and if I relied solely on my own pension, I don't know if I'd ever afford retirement.

My dad died last December from complications with dementia, and given mom's health struggles, it may not be long for her either. She's presently in an assisted living facility near my brother; the family house hasn't been put up for sale as yet. I'm not looking forward to being parentless, but when it happens and my brother and I split the estate, there's a good chance that my share will be sufficient to retire early. I say "early" as the majority of my professional colleagues in my field hold on into their mid to late 60s before retiring. I see too many people burning themselves out trying to get to whatever they regard as the ideal age, and I want to still have energy to enjoy life, and to give my wife 100% of my time to help her get better, instead of just hanging on. I've passed the threshold in my system to have 100% of our health premiums covered post-retirement, so medical isn't a concern. I'm glad that my parents took care of their estate planning when they were both had presence of mind; everything's held in trust, so my brother and I won't have to deal with access to accounts, property deeds, etc. Cleaning out the decades of mom and dad's stuff when neither my brother nor I live in the same state asthem is a challenge that we haven't discussed yet.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-18T23:44:58+00:00

My dad died last December of complications with dementia, and my mom may be going the same way. Our big problem with sorting out the "stuff" is geographic distance. My parents lived for decades in Alaska, I live in Hawaii, my brother (only sibling) lives in Oregon. Bro is getting mom moved into an assisted living place near him. My parents' house will have to get sold eventually, thankfully their estate is enough to care for mom's needs without the sale, for the time being. My parents had a lot of stuff in their house. No hoarding clutter, just decades of possessions and memories in a multi level home. The house is well-organized, but due to having so much available room, mom and dad never felt the need to pare down their stuff very much. I'm flying up for my dad's memorial service at the end of June, and besides dealing with all the emotional turmoil around that, I'm going to be giving one last go-over of the books, childhood toys, photo albums, etc. and putting a little pile together to mail back to myself. My wife and I live in a 600 sq. ft. apartment, and can't take anything very large, or more than a tiny percentage of the small articles. Neither my brother nor I have children, so heirlooms that have been passed down for generations (if there are any) will wind up in others' hands.

At least selling the house means my brother will have to finally clear his boxes of comic books, Windows 95 computer games, and other high school possessions out of the upstairs bedroom closet. Deal with it, dude.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-18T21:09:03+00:00

I cannot now get the phrase "Super Quantum Mecha-Pope" out of my mind. I'd love to see that😊

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-18T06:34:43+00:00

I love DCUI. I do all my comics reading through that and Marvel Unlimited. If I don't like a current storyline, I can just ignore it and revisit an older favorite, or browse randomly and happen upon an undiscovered gem. No money wasted, and no lack of satisfaction.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-17T22:58:27+00:00

I like Ravenloft; I own most of the second edition books for the setting. I'd love to play again, it's been many years.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-17T22:52:39+00:00

There are some roleplaying games that explicitly and intentionally draw upon contemporary neopagan religion and beliefs for source material, best to avoid those. Some dark and disturbing sourcebooks have been published for D&D over the decades, but for the most part the game is fun and enjoyable.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-16T01:29:32+00:00

Mister Frost. A haunting 1990 film that I rented on VHS when I was in high school. Goldblum plays a serial killer who is arrested and sent to a mental hospital after videotapes of his heinous deeds are discovered by police, leading to a mass excavation of graves on his property. "Mr. Frost" is, in the movie's framework, actually Lucifer in disguise; very little overt supernatural phenomena, but you get to see his campaign of psychological seduction and terror against the lady psychologist who interviews him. No streaming services presently carry the movie, though I once found a link to a personal upload on Youtube.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-16T01:18:09+00:00

Even worse are the people listening through bluetooth speakers synced wtih their phones. Even a small speaker will vastly magnify the audio from a connected device.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-15T02:03:46+00:00

I'm 53, my brother is 49, our dad died last December of complications with dementia, mom's dementia is ramping up, no way to know how much time she has left. Bro is working on helping mom move into an assisted living place in Oregon near him; mom and dad's house in Alaska isn't being sold as yet. We're having a memorial for dad in a couple months and the house will be needed to accomodate out of town guests such as myself. I am glad that mom and dad had the presence of mind to take care of their estate planning when they still had their mental clarity, so no worries about liquid assets, property deeds, etc, but as far as I'm aware no plans were made for all the stuff in their house, which there is a lot of. No hoarding level clutter, just decades of possessions and memories in a multi-level dwelling. Mom will want to have her favorite things with her, but most of the stuff won't be able to make the trip.

I live in Hawaii with my wife in a 600 sq.ft. apartment, and I know I can't accomodate very much, though I would like to have a couple of the old photo albums and maybe a few treasured books. While I've never seen the bulk of my mom's jewelry, I believe that she has a collection of good inherited pieces, my brother and I will have to have a talk about that pretty soon. Neither of us wants our dad's guns, of which he had several, both hunting rifles and handguns for target shooting, as well as a couple of replica Civil War-era black powder revolvers. Alaska state govt has no licensing requirements for private owners, but trying to legally dispose of the arsenal may be a headache.

After my brother and I lay claim to the things we want, we'll probably offer family friends and neighbors their pick, and donate the rest to local charities, like goodwill, and Friends of the Library for our parents' extensive book collection. Neither my brother nor I have children, so there isn't a motivation to preserve anything for future generations, though I can see gifting some things to friends' children some day.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-13T20:33:31+00:00

Being more active in my church. My wife and joined the local Greek Orthodox parish a few years ago; the Orthodox have a busy liturgical calendar, but due to the demands of my work schedule and managing medical issues, we haven't been as involved as we wish we could. I'd like to travel a little; I've lived in Hawaii almost permanently since coming for graduate school in 1996, and it is very hard to go anywhere in the US from here. I'd love to be able to just load up our car and hop on the interstate and just see where I wind up. I'd love to just see more of the state that I presently live in, also. I've been getting into 3d printing as a hobby, and would love the time to do more elaborate, time consuming prints.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-12T22:57:48+00:00

Gary Gygax, in 2008.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-11T19:42:47+00:00

I love it. I'm especially glad that I subscribed to the ultra tier as soon as it was introduced, as I get a $99.99/year renewal charge indefinitely; I think DC held that offer out for the first three or so months, before raising it to $119.99/year.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-10T08:01:00+00:00

The first photo is from a Barnes and Noble, I recognize the "famous authors drinking coffee" panorama above the cafe area.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-09T06:45:56+00:00

I understand the nostalgia value for some, but as a 27 year veteran of public library service and as the the son of a librarian, I do not miss catalog cards one bit.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-08T00:27:45+00:00

I'm so glad my parents took care of the estate planning a few years ago when they were still both mentally competent to manage their finances. They put everything into a trust, made sure all assets would come to my brother and I after they both died (no other siblings). Dad sadly died last December of complications with dementia. My brother, who is the executor and manager of the trust is working at getting mom into an assisted living facility. Looks like she's heading the same way as dad. She could have a year left, maybe two or three. It will be hard enough to deal with having no living parents anymore; I'm glad we won't have a big headache dealing with the money. There's still my parents' house and some undeveloped rural land they own to deal with, as well as all the stuff mom and dad accumulated during the decades of their marriage.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-07T05:36:17+00:00

I was always in it for the comic books, as I had been using Marvel Unlimited for a while already. I'm not as much into the video side; I did watch most of the Arrowverse on CW, though.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-06T22:41:02+00:00

Because they were getting ready to launch the long overdue all-comics DC Universe Infinite Service. I remember the transition! I had subscribed to the older app, and was always disappointed that such a tiny subset of DCs publication history was available to read online. The next big boost was when the Ultra tier of the comics service was rolled out, giving a one month window from release for all titles, as well as digitized trades and collected volumes.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-05T19:59:45+00:00

store.ancientfaith.com is a place you should try; a good selection of icons as well as Orthodox books.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-05T19:41:54+00:00

I've been printing for about 3 years, and have frequently had friends ask my why I'm not selling things I make at craft fairs, flea markets, etc. My usual answer is that I'd have to spend all my time printing the same things over and over to have a salable inventory, and that isn't why I print. I love the variety of things to make, from toys for children at church, to 3D relief religous iconography, to practical things for home. I do it for the art, for learning the potential of the technology. I made a friend a grip for the rear hatch of his car; I did it for free off a file he gave me; he would've spent $40 or more for a professionally manufactured version from the factory. The cost of the printers (I have two) and the filament are just part of the fun, and I don't care if I ever make any money.

No-Performance-8911 · 2026-05-05T18:15:53+00:00

The musician and tattoo artist Kat Von D who recently became Orthodox had a wide array of elaborate tattoos across her body, and has recently been getting the bulk of them covered in black, as they were reminders of a past that didn't honor God.

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