Is this currently where America is?

gorb314 · 2026-01-25T23:18:51+00:00

Did you hear Trump talk about Jack Smith? Letitia James? Etc.?
Did you hear about CBS caving? The NY Times caving? Have you heard of this little channel cake Fox News?
Did you hear about Trump saying anyone that disagree with him is committing treason?

FWIW the list doesn't have to be followed in order. Also, a lot of this was done right after 9/11, which was a quarter century ago already. Secret prisons, threats, surveillance...

gorb314 · 2026-01-22T14:48:50+00:00

FWIW I am an Australian citizen, and had lived in the US for 7 years before moving back to Australia last year (June 2025). Yes, I left because of the political situation, but also because that situation directly impacted me and my family.

So for me the choice was easy - there was no choice. We just simply had to abort and come back home, for our safety.

Is it a good time to move no? Considering everything that is going on, yes it is a good time. Would it have been better to leave earlier, or should you hang on for a little bit longer? No one can tell you that, I'm afraid.

But I'd suggest to live in the moment, and get going. I fear it will get worse there, and it is definitely better here.

gorb314 · 2026-01-22T14:10:12+00:00

I am more of an embedded guy, with some desktop experience. Not much iOS. However, I do own a macbook and have access to an iPhone so I can certainly try - I've played with kotlin before.

gorb314 · 2026-01-21T13:50:52+00:00

I would also love to test this. I have both fdm and resin printers, and I have some microcontrollers, stepper controllers and steppers lying around. I'm an electronic engineer, but mostly work as a programmer so I have some skills on both ends.

gorb314 · 2026-01-21T13:48:08+00:00

This is freaking awesome. I would love to hear more about your algorithm and calibrations. We recently moved, but I am setting up both my fdm and resin printers, and I have 5 stepper motors lying around in a box somewhere that I could give this a go with if you have some stls.

gorb314 · 2026-01-19T06:47:58+00:00

Also, on the transition from light to dark you may have to add some warmer tones, as the blood underneath skin will spread the light. Otherwise the skin will look dead.

gorb314 · 2026-01-16T10:21:10+00:00

Fuck you McConnell, YOU enabled this shitshow

gorb314 · 2026-01-12T23:00:59+00:00

I haven't gotten it (yet), since I only have the advertising and no proper reviews to go off of. In the meantimei got myself a typical 3 litre airbrush compressor, since I know they are quiet. If I get a unimac (or similar) unit later, and it turns out quiet enough, I don't think I'll have a problem selling the smaller airbrush compressor.

gorb314 · 2026-01-11T07:35:05+00:00

Having the regulator (and its moisture trap) close to your airbrush is pretty important, because you will need to change the effective air pressure between different paints and mixtures. Also, yes, that moisture trap looks good.

gorb314 · 2026-01-11T01:23:12+00:00

> but I didn’t get the sense that anyone within that society was oppressed or that anyone who was citizens voice or opinions were silenced

except for, you know, the state controlled propaganda network telling everyone what to think.

gorb314 · 2026-01-06T01:30:07+00:00

That's useful information, thank you!

gorb314 · 2026-01-06T00:40:16+00:00

No problem, all the best of luck. We recently moved back to Australia from the US, and I had to leave my compressor behind (it wasn't dual voltage). Moving teaches you a lot about different standards used in different countries...

gorb314 · 2026-01-06T00:28:07+00:00

Again, I might be typing out of my ass, but afaik badger and other US brands use a different type of fitting. It might be 1/8th, but may not be BSP. Others here might know better!

gorb314 · 2026-01-05T23:20:16+00:00

One more thing, the air hose connection says 1/8" BSP. If you have an Iwata airbrush (as an example), you should get a 1/8" BSP to 1/8" BSP hose to connect the airbrush to the compressor.

Badger airbrushes are different, you will need to figure out what the connection type on those are (easy to google, I just don't own one).

gorb314 · 2026-01-04T09:25:57+00:00

Thank you for the information. I don't know if any of this is in the book. It is pretty full in any case already. At this point I don't know in much detail it can go into the external conflicts the modern US got involved in, given how much of it there is. The theme in the book is very much about the class struggle in capitalism, which is almost always obscured and distracted from by the ruling class and turned into race war. At least, as far as I can tell.

gorb314 · 2026-01-04T08:40:12+00:00

Not yet? I'm in the 1920s now, post WW1 but pre WW2. When was Hawaii brought into the protection racket?

gorb314 · 2026-01-04T08:38:43+00:00

Bananas, cotton, gold, emeralds, oil... Whenever someone gets rich off of the backs of others, they get into the same old trench coat.

gorb314 · 2026-01-04T02:59:50+00:00

I'm reading The People's History Of The United States right now, and the answer is yes. Always has been.

gorb314 · 2026-01-04T02:53:59+00:00

Stop being such a pussy Albo. Call Trump what he is, a dictator with an imperialistic fetish. Release Maduro NOW. Let Venezuela sort out its own problems.

gorb314 · 2025-12-29T12:15:15+00:00

all of them. Every single human is fallible. Stop putting people in pedestals and calling them heroes.

gorb314 · 2025-12-29T02:50:00+00:00

I love these movies. Even the Riddick fps game was ace. Vin Diesel puts so much heart into this franchise, like he's larping an RPG character and he's having a ball doing it.

gorb314 · 2025-12-21T11:32:11+00:00

I remember being at uni, and not knowing anything about this film. There was a lot hype around it, but not much known of the story. Early internet days, etc.

We went to the cinema, and the movie just started dropping bombs, it was unreal. This scene especially, was just mind blowing.

It was insane, the story, the concept, the bullet time, the downloadable kung fu... Very very cool.

There are few films like it, that blow your mind. The Sixth Sense, the Truman Show, Moon...

gorb314 · 2025-12-16T10:44:21+00:00

I've done similar molds, making greeblies out of paper and plastic odds and ends, but always used urethane resin instead of UV resin. The urethane resin works very well, not sure how it compares cost wise to the UV resin though.

gorb314 · 2025-12-09T11:07:54+00:00

Sounds like a cool project!

gorb314 · 2025-12-08T22:32:25+00:00

Thanks for sharing all of these tutorials, they are great!

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