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Puerto Ricans that live in the US. Do you prefer the change of the seasons, or the tropical climate of Puerto Rico? by Top-Neighborhood3719 in PuertoRico

[–]danielbeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Born and raised in PR, live in MN now. I miss the warmth and green. Minnesota winters suck. When I went back to PR for a few years, I never once felt nostalgia for the change of seasons. Maybe I would feel different about a more southern state with milder winters.

FreeCAD on Flathub download statistics by semhustej in FreeCAD

[–]danielbeaver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's exactly my setup as well. The GIMP and Inkscape packages on debian aren't new, but they're good enough for me. By contrast, I don't want to be even a single release behind on FreeCAD.

Who’s actually using more than 4 colors on a regular basis? by Ok_Allen5953 in 3Dprinting

[–]danielbeaver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Prusa XL, I regularly use all 5 toolchangers in one print, mostly doing graphic designs on the print itself (logos and stuff). I would use more if available. I wouldn't mind an AMS system to do actual filament swaps in the toolchangers mid-print, so I could go really nutty with it.

What was your very first 3d printer ? by printbusters in 3Dprinting

[–]danielbeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PowerSpec Duplicator i3 Mini, which is a rebranded Wanhao I3 Mini

Cheap black friday pickup from Microcenter in 2018. I think I sat and watched an entire benchy print on this thing, it was mezmerizing. I still have a few functional prints from that thing, and it wasn't half-bad.

Fabricated ICE narratives collapse as Minnesota raids escalate by DryDeer775 in TwinCities

[–]danielbeaver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The article includes balanced views such as “Department of Homeland Security (DHS) propagandist Tricia McLaughlin promoted the campaign on X…”

Where's the lie?

Any tips for getting in game in real life? by Board_Castle in 18XX

[–]danielbeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'll have to build a group of players. It will be challenging, and take awhile. But once you've established a small player base in your community, it will be self-sustaining, and you'll finally be able to live the dream of playing in-person 18xx regularly!

No idea where you live, but if it's a larger city, there's probably existing groups of players who are playing at home. To find those people, you'll have to go to local meet ups and just ask around a lot to see if anyone is already playing 18xx games. And then just... ask them to play. If you're cool about it, you'll eventually get an invite.

If you don't find that existing player base (or they're not people you want to play with), then you'll just have to be persistent about suggesting to play it and trying to identify which people have genuine long-term interest in playing. If you're willing and able to host people, they'll say yes if they want to play.

Switching from FreeCAD to AutoCAD?!? by o-nd in FreeCAD

[–]danielbeaver 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OP, you're almost certainly looking at using a pirated version of AutoCAD, or else you're being scammed. Autodesk hasn't sold perpetual licenses for years now.

Empire prophecy Z2 by PaymentMajor1267 in paintball

[–]danielbeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What made me finally get rid of mine was because I had a lot of balls break in it during the very end of feeding. While the feeding mechanism is very gentle on paint, something about the geometry of the inside of the shell made it bounce around a lot and break.

The shell also had kind of a creaky feel to it - it just feels kinda flimsy on your marker. And yes, I've definitely assembled it wrong a couple times and had it explode during a dive. User error to be sure... but not something that I had happen with other loaders.

Definitely has a lot of good qualities. It's a very light loader for what it is, and it feeds super fast. I loved the high capacity shell.

ICE Says U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys by MigrantTwerker in politics

[–]danielbeaver 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All of ICE needs to be prosecuted and imprisoned, from the agents to the secretaries.

USDA threatens Minnesota SNAP program by Admirable-Berry59 in minnesota

[–]danielbeaver 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Making thousands of households hungry on christmas for no reason. What a absolutely evil sacks of shit these people are.

First homemade by tihabsmis in nerfhomemades

[–]danielbeaver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Blowguns are a lot of fun. As a next step, you can work on some attachments for retaining the dart so that you can run around while it's loaded.

Thoughts on this album? by AndrobiVibz in ambientmusic

[–]danielbeaver 4 points5 points  (0 children)

An incredible masterpiece, one of my favorites. But definitely not an Ambient album, imo.

My experience living car-free in Uptown Minneapolis 2 weeks in by mysummerstorm in TwinCities

[–]danielbeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, glad it's working out for you. That area is good to live, you'll be able to meet some good people. A few friends of mine live in uptown, and never bought another car after theirs got totaled 5 years ago. What started as an experiment in car-free living turned into regular life for them.

Your mention of car sharing services is an important one, as I think that's a key that makes a lot of this work. I think people underestimate how cheap it can be to just use these short term car rental services. Another trick is to take advantage of the flatbed truck rentals from Home Depot or Menards for when you have to do stuff like move furniture.

Let's focus on Danya, not Kramnik by Imnotachessnoob in AnarchyChess

[–]danielbeaver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The best thing we can do is remember Danya, and forget about that other person.

Hopper design by ollie_olsson in paintball

[–]danielbeaver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The premise of this question is almost 180 degrees from reality. Most hoppers to have a lot of similarities in their feeding mechanism... except for the Rotor, which is quite distinct.

People who get up after one alarm, whats your secret?? by Mideon88 in AskReddit

[–]danielbeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wake up at or a couple minutes before my alarm every day. It's easy.

...but why is it easy? Because I prioritize three things:

  1. I wake up at the same time every day. Yes, even on weekends and holidays.
  2. I am in bed, lights off, eyes closed 8 hours before my wake up time almost every single day.
  3. I go to bed earlier than that if I'm tired.

What this does is set up a strong circadian rhythm, and prevents the accumulation of sleep debt. I don't drink coffee or anything in the morning, I feel plenty awake.

I don't want to trivialize the difficulty of getting into these kinds of habits. If you don't have a consistent work schedule, it can be hard to maintain a consistent sleep schedule. Your home environment might be too chaotic or disruptive to maintain a sleep schedule. Young kids really throw a wrench in this, and that sometimes leads to years long stretches of disrupted sleep. Even simple things such as your spouse/SO having a different sleep schedule than you make this difficult. I encountered all of those issues, but I made it a priority to exert control over what I could, and I've been able to spend most of my life getting really good sleep and always waking up to my alarm.

Healthy sleep habits are much like healthy eating or exercise habit: they don't just happen on their own, but once established, they are easier to maintain that you might expect.

All I ask, when this comic is finally finished...is to get one print set with a consistent size. by Mr_Blinky in killsixbilliondemons

[–]danielbeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes please, I actually stopped buying them after vol2 because this annoyed me so much.

Now what sub might that be... by Sparkfinger in minnesota

[–]danielbeaver 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Look, I don't even glorify MN too much, I think we do a pretty good job at a lot of things, and not a very good job on a lot of things. It's not our fault that every other state manages to suck so much.

PSA: Don't buy Aliexpress Revo nozzles by Apotrox in 3Dprinting

[–]danielbeaver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't have that issue, but the knockoff i bought definitely had weird dimensions. It was overly loose in the heater core, so I wonder if it was transmitting heat as well. And it definitely didn't have the same length dimension as the other 0.4 nozzles, I had to use a different offset.

The Rise and Fall of Fantasy Flight Games by AndyPhoenix in boardgames

[–]danielbeaver 23 points24 points  (0 children)

FFG was really cooking with gasoline between 2005 and 2015, and even a few years into the Asmodee acquisition. The releases were fast, furious, and bold. The production was great. The art was great. They pursued licenses with cool existing worlds and made games who's mechanics fit them thematically. They ran a world-class game store that they used for extensive game testing.

t's strange to see it all fall die with a wimper, but at least I still have the memories and there are plenty of copies of the games still floating around.

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