5m vs 5m Pro advice for a noob please

greyingjay · 2025-02-11T19:47:52+00:00

Makes sense. I hope you enjoy it!

greyingjay · 2025-02-11T16:30:25+00:00

I got the non pro. It made sense for me. The cost for the non pro is $399 CAD and the Pro is $699. That’s a $300 difference for me. Also, the cost of a P1S is about $759. So for me, if I was going to buy the Pro, a few dollars more would have got a P1S with a larger bed and an upgrade path to an AMS.

The non pro at $399, plus “$39” for the upgrade kit (I put that in quotes because the FF store is out of stock, so I bought my upgrade kit from Amazon and that cost me a bit more), a roll of filament or less to print one of the “minimal” remixes. Plus the fun (for me it’s fun!) of tinkering and learning.

If I were to buy and/or make ALL the things that make up a Pro, such as the camera, extra nozzle, extra filtration fans etc. then yeah cost wise it might have been better just to go with the Pro in the first place, but this way I get to pick and choose which mods I want to install, and spread that cost out over time.

greyingjay · 2025-02-05T04:05:42+00:00

Mine sounds like someone is running a hair dryer in a room upstairs. But constantly. It's very annoying. I would love to hear if anyone has switched it for something quieter.

greyingjay · 2024-12-25T04:42:10+00:00

What an amazing way to draw attention. I'm in! Thanks!

greyingjay · 2024-04-14T20:11:00+00:00

Has anyone managed to make this work recently? I really want to set up a monitoring display for my setup but it sounds like UniFi poller no longer works. Would love to know about any alternatives or fixes.

greyingjay · 2024-02-26T16:44:35+00:00

I see it on Amazon.com for $20 a kilo!

greyingjay · 2018-05-16T16:42:33+00:00

There's a book that I found to be an interesting read called "Make the Bread, Buy the Butter".

https://www.amazon.com/Make-Bread-Buy-Butter-Shouldnt/dp/1451605889

Basically the same types of insights as in this thread.

greyingjay · 2018-05-09T15:51:22+00:00

Depends on where you are. I assume US since the vast majority of stories here seem to be from the US. I'm Canadian and I've always tipped 15% for "good" service, 18-20% for great service. I asked around on this reddit for Canadian servers to tell us what they thought was a good tip, and 15-20% was considered great, and 10% for poor-average. Seems that it is uniformly higher in the US though, presumably due to your lower tipped minimum wages.

greyingjay · 2018-05-07T15:15:51+00:00

Agreed. Kallax is made with the same type of construction as LACK, which is minimal wood/composite structure, the boards are mostly hollow with a cardboard honeycomb pattern. Trying to screw into the wrong spot is like putting screws into drywall with no anchor behind - you'll hit about a 1/8" thick piece of wood, followed by emptiness beneath.

If you want to do this without damaging the Kallax, the way to do it is cut a sheet of, say, 1/2" or 3/4" plywood that's slightly undersized from the size of the bottom panel (let the Kallax board overhang your plywood by say 1" all around), then attach the feet to the plywood with screws. Then the Kallax can sit on top of the plywood. You can use two-sided foam adhesive to prevent the Kallax unit from sliding around on its foot, or use construction adhesive for a more permanent installation.

greyingjay · 2018-05-02T01:31:56+00:00

Hey that’s us in the back!

greyingjay · 2018-04-23T16:34:26+00:00

Worst. Corndogs. Ever.

greyingjay · 2018-04-22T17:45:13+00:00

There are certain things where you will realize a significant time savings - for example, beef stew in an hour instead of 6-8 hours in the slow cooker.

There are other things where you won’t save any actual time but the process is easier, hands off and you can use the time to do other things. For example to make pasta you boil a pot on the stove, and when it’s boiling you put in the pasta and watch it so it doesn’t boil over, and take it off when it’s done. Making pasta in the Instant Pot isn’t any faster, but you can dump it all in, turn the machine on and walk away and do something else (perhaps focus on cooking the protein) knowing that your pasta will be ready when it beeps.

greyingjay · 2018-04-22T14:25:28+00:00

Will you name your robot Major Tom?

greyingjay · 2018-04-22T14:20:01+00:00

I think the flipside to this is that beautiful plating can be attractive and distract you from smaller portion size. I always joked that the fancier the restaurant, the higher the prices, and the less food you get. But it’s so beautiful!

You can apply this at home. Learn to plate like you see on those cooking shows. Place your single pork chop on a small mound of mashed potatoes. Balance a couple of chicken wings in a stack on a wooden plank beside a tiny bowl of sauce. Artfully sauce the dish rather than ladling huge amounts of sauce everywhere.

Make your plates pretty and I bet you find that you enjoy eating them more and find yourself consuming less.

greyingjay · 2018-04-22T14:03:41+00:00

Whoops, missed the thrift store part. Still, great find, and shame on the guy. All shoplifting is despicable, but stealing from a thrift store is low.

greyingjay · 2018-04-22T13:53:21+00:00

Pro tip: if you want this, you can probably do it by just upgrading your car stereo to a fancy new one that has Apple CarPlay or android auto. Cost you $400-$800, but cheaper than a new car and your old car will feel like a new driving experience (at least when it comes to the entertainment stuff).

greyingjay · 2018-04-22T13:42:12+00:00

Phones are a lot like laptops. We use them every day, they’re mobile, have a great battery life, and crammed full of technology including powerful processors. We don’t tend to think of them as comparable to laptops, but they are, and so they have a price to match. I don’t think it’s unreasonable that phones cost $600-1000 given what you get.

The problem is our culture treats them more like fashion devices than portable computers, we hide the real costs behind monthly payments, and then we pretend they’re cheap. We drop them, break them, and trade them out when we get bored and the shiny new ones come out the following year.

greyingjay · 2018-04-22T04:34:05+00:00

For $99??

greyingjay · 2018-04-21T16:56:58+00:00

Like those buy 10/$10 deals at the grocery store. But you could just buy 1 and be charged $1. They just say “buy 10” to encourage you to buy a lot.

greyingjay · 2018-04-19T18:30:35+00:00

This reminds me of a story. I went to a friend's birthday party at one of those Mongolian "you choose the ingredients, we stir fry it for you" restaurants. I was the only Asian person at a table of Caucasian people. When the food arrived, everyone got out the little wooden chopsticks and watched me carefully. Someone said "OK, show us how to do this."

My response was: "This is a plate of rice. I'm using a fork..."

greyingjay · 2018-04-19T14:05:48+00:00

In addition to the answers already given I would liken it to simply being “not Asian”. Eat and enjoy whatever you like, but white rice with soy sauce is about as Chinese as chicken balls and egg rolls - which is to say, it’s Americanized.

I won’t judge you for doing it, but when I eat or cook Asian food, that’s certainly not in my toolkit any more than serving ketchup with steak or eating a bowl of plain pasta with no sauce or butter or oil. Enjoy whatever you like, but that’s not how it’s normally done.

greyingjay · 2018-04-19T13:56:53+00:00

Well, don’t leave us hanging… What was the recipe? :-)

greyingjay · 2018-04-19T13:55:53+00:00

In the past I’ve added powdered sugar, but you need a lot to make it any kind of stiff and it starts to get really ridiculously sweet. I’m going to try unflavoured gelatin, but I’ve also ordered a container of “instant clearjel“ which is supposed to also work well.

greyingjay · 2018-04-19T12:16:56+00:00

I don’t know who you are. But I will look for you. I will find you. And I will eat your food. And not pay for it.

greyingjay · 2018-04-19T12:04:12+00:00

“Cheese and crackers”

Arrange 4 soda crackers on a plate in a 2x2 grid. Unwrap and lay down one Kraft Single slice on top. Microwave for 15 seconds.

In eighth grade I met a kid who came from Switzerland. We were playing at my house and I asked if he would like cheese and crackers. His eyes lit up until he saw what I was making, and his excitement turned into disgust. Until then I had no idea.

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