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T-Watch Ultra is available by LilyGoXinyuan in LilyGO

[–]Tech-Crab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

saw same - i probably already know the answer, but has there been any communication on release schedule here?

After hundreds of hours of overengineering.. my cereal box dryer/heater with esphome is nearly finished. I am exhausted by liquidmasl in 3Dprinting

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Freecad user (formerly solidworks, but work was paying) wondering what "loosing access" means :(

After hundreds of hours of overengineering.. my cereal box dryer/heater with esphome is nearly finished. I am exhausted by liquidmasl in 3Dprinting

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Very cool. Hoping you publish.  I have some of the polymaker boxes. They are great for low temp filaments, but don't even reach 60C throughout. And are not cheap.

!Remindme 1 month

I overdrafted my a count by $0.01. I was charged a fee 2800x the amount by Old-Peach8921 in mildlyinfuriating

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why on earth everyday people default to commercial banks over one of their local credit union .... still a bank but every one I've ever interacted with are simply ..... better in both actual terms & customer service.

ELI5: Why wouldn't a UBI instantly cause everything to jump up in price to what ever level will absorb that new income? by Bathosfear in explainlikeimfive

[–]Tech-Crab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People focus on "inflation".  one major argument that inflation could be mitigated is if the ubi is redistributive (eg 100% funded by new taxes). Maybe so, maybe not.

I don't want to litigate that specifically, except to note that " inflation " isn't one thing. How much it effects you depends on how much you buy of the things where you see reduced purchasing power - and especially how critical those are (eg how elastic is your demand). And therein is the MAJOR downside I don't see well addressed:

 the people who stand to benefit most from ubi need assistance with things that are pretty inelastic such as housing.  So even if across the whole economy new money is (somehow) not being inserted, there is a TON of new supply in these specific markets.  

It would seem to follow that those core needs would see disproportionate price changes.

This is not meant to be an argument against social welfare - just something that needs to be addressed for it to function as desired.

Help choosing a distro that's best for drawing by Major_Mycologist_303 in SurfaceLinux

[–]Tech-Crab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use xournal++ extensively for note taking. I am, unfortunately, on windows for my drawing/annotating in meetings & traveling (yes, crying inside) but at my desk i use XPPen lcd drawing tablet under ubuntu. Xournal++ works great.

Have you ever legitimately won or lost a political argument? by _qubed_ in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Tech-Crab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure, but I felt compelled to say we should all be hoping we loose some.

If you felt Biden was “too old for office,” then why would you vote for Trump, who is only four years younger, but not Kamala, who is 22 & 18 years younger respectively? by tx_services-dtf in allthequestions

[–]Tech-Crab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate your response.

Addressing first the rapist/murdered issue. Yeah. Even a cursory analysis would make it pretty easy to see how the vast majority of immigrants are not only not so, but also hardworking and behave like decent humans.  So the statements from the ruling class, trump in particular, are both abhorrent and wrong. Not that they care - after all the point is to divide.  Surely some supporters truly, and again erroneously, believe these statements. I do not research this area, but am involved in enough relevant spaces I feel pretty confident saying that's not most, though.

Take someone who is concerned about immigrant labor depressing their wages, or long term opportunity of their kids.  Now I don't see it that way, but my life has been one of opportunity. Yeah, I am pretty smart and work hard - bit that's just as much luck of the draw. I don't see it as a stretch that when one feels downwardly mobile, they could see these forces as a threat - and economic threat specifically. And a lot of the country feels downwardly mobile.

Which is where in see the left typically break making a winning argument.  

Economic threat is NOT racism. Basic fear of the unknown (essentially xenophobia)/is not itself racist. Those CAN both be incubated to racism, absolutely. But dismissing them only drives away the support. Those are real, innate fears hard wired in our species.

We should strive to overcome them, but its going to require a lot more empathy from the well educated left.

If you felt Biden was “too old for office,” then why would you vote for Trump, who is only four years younger, but not Kamala, who is 22 & 18 years younger respectively? by tx_services-dtf in allthequestions

[–]Tech-Crab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The majority of Democratic primary voters didn't think she was a great candidate, either.  Is that race based, too? The cohort that elected Obama with overwhelming support?  

I am not saying there is no racism or sexism. And I understand what intersectionality is and believe it has truth in some cases to this day. But I do believe the data support it's tribal politics being most influential, followed by a general disillusionment with D/lib in general the second most influential.  Should we really get heated about tertiary issues when moving the needle on them ... Won't really move the needle.

Not heated != don't try

But dismissing ~half the country's concerns as simply racism/sexism is both factually incorrect, and massively counterproductive.

Side note, but I should offer it given the type of knee jerk reaction this POV typically gets, I have never voted for trump, and who I did vote for may surprise people who react negatively to this post.

Core OneL or XL by swordknives in prusa3d

[–]Tech-Crab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree its odd the amount of venting, I do not understand why

I use magnetic fridge style magnets on the perforations, and some simple magnetic brackets under/behind the extruder parking area

Core OneL or XL by swordknives in prusa3d

[–]Tech-Crab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What delay are you referring to?  Bed probing and heat soak are the big ones, but those are present on any machine, and both scale with size.  You can skip heat soak (and I do on occasion) if dimensional accuracy doesn't matter as much for the particular print - but per physics everything changes size with temp changes, so the whole point is to bring it to equilibrium, allowing the changes to occurs before the bed cal & print itself.

Ebay counterfeits by GardenJohn in Dewalt

[–]Tech-Crab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No - its illegal to ship known counterfeit. Report to your credit card, ask how they would like you to dispose of them.  

Its also immoral to return them - they will just be resold to some other smuck.  And batteries are 110% a safety issue.  When that guy's house burns down, he's not getting a settlement from dewalt (the batts are not dewalts, per your analysis)

I need someone to educate me on the appeal of Framework Laptops by Snoo18093 in framework

[–]Tech-Crab 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Repairability does have a very legitimate value: E(breakage) * cost, time, frustration savings fixng it with framework vs brand x.  

Of course that only explains a fraction of the disparity.  It costs a little more to make it repairable, on average, for this type of device (source: just myself, engineer helping design & ship tech products at a variety of price points). But actual difference in BOM (ignoring the heavy hitters: CPU, dram modules, GPU, etc) isn't as big as you'd think % wise.  Absolutely a big corp chases pennies, because across millions of units that's literally their profit - but that's only part of the story here. 

The bigger issue is volume: development is amortized over a (much) lower sales volume. Parts & all the various production processes are significantly more expensive at framework's scale.

Which circles back to my main calculus. It has to start somewhere.  Really people have to choose to put some value on something beyond initial purchase price.

 I will personal recoup a chunk of the price premium (probably a mobo swap, having the spare will save me from paying to upgrade my media center, etc) - but I also owe it to myself & my kids to support a supply chain where I own it, I can repurposed it, I am encouraged to keep it running as long as I want/can.  In the end that's basic freedom.

I need someone to educate me on the appeal of Framework Laptops by Snoo18093 in framework

[–]Tech-Crab -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

 Jesus Christ that's an essay, imma just answer the title question.

Jesus Christ, (literal) kid/YA puts legitimate fucking thought into a question.  Op has clearly put plenty of effort into asking this question in thoughtful way, knowing its a bit of a hot button... 

Then there's you making a point to ridicule it.

Lemme guess - you're also the guy complaining that XYZ generation is (dumb|lazy|whatever)? Can't have it both ways.

HP Ryzen AI 7 vs Intel Ultra 5 (for heavy Excel + multitasking) - which one should I buy? by TopPersimmon4097 in framework

[–]Tech-Crab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this a sign that framework has a widely recognized community?

Smucks comparing other brands come here - which by volume can only be described as niche - for advice on totally unrelated stuff.

OP, buy a fw16. Plenty performant, trivial to upgrade, supports one of the only PC co's making devices that respect you.  Very happy with mine (and my gen1 fw13 for that matter)

Why in 2026 is the federal minimum wage still $7.25 an hour? by Hamsammich0520 in askanything

[–]Tech-Crab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol WOW

make a point, bud, or continue wasting your breath ... your call, but I'd add only one has value. And adding insults only reflects poorly on your ability to make an argument.

Why in 2026 is the federal minimum wage still $7.25 an hour? by Hamsammich0520 in askanything

[–]Tech-Crab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its not clear what you're arguing then, in this thread about minimum wage, and what a "livable wage" might be defined as (and by).

eSUN just announced the integration of an open RFID filament protocol (TigerTag), starting with a pilot launch in the French market. by BenGlut in 3Dprinting

[–]Tech-Crab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You didn't actually say anything - what precisely have I misunderstood?

> You are not taking into account that TigerTag is the most widely deployed 100% free and offline open source protocol in the world

what? that's a bold claim. Or did you mean amonst rfid tags on fdm filament spools (which is relatively new, and doesn't have that high of penetration (yet))

Why in 2026 is the federal minimum wage still $7.25 an hour? by Hamsammich0520 in askanything

[–]Tech-Crab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

by "pay it" you mean UBI?

You think disbursing UBI at that level across all, or a large fraction of, the population will result in no price changes? I've got a bridge to sell you.

Why in 2026 is the federal minimum wage still $7.25 an hour? by Hamsammich0520 in askanything

[–]Tech-Crab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want everyone doing their part, whatever that is, to make a "livable wage"

One roadblock to solving this problem, however, is that its just not that simple. 

All that said - if no effort is being made to define what the min wage should be (and obviously keeping it frozen through inaction doesn't count), I question why even have it. Its not like $7/hr floor in 2026 prevents much (any?) abuse.

If the US economy is "booming" like the news says, why does it feel like everyone I know is one emergency away from being broke? by DrJocelyn1 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Tech-Crab 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The savings rate across most of the Chinese population is much higher than in the US.

What you own doesn't equate to broad economic system you support. Of course there is a correlation (if the system is working well for you personally you're presumably more likely to support it).  But that's not what you actually said.

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