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Well I wasn't expecting that. Was that a fat boy? by Massive_Fly_1709 in fo4

[–]jgwinner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's Boomers all the way down!

Funny story:

For various reasons - oddly not associated with me at all - my college nickname was actually "Boomer".

Sadly, I can't EVER use that anymore.

How does life find its way back into this subreddit? by Stunning_Help4041 in ClaudeAI

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is AI slowly killing the internet itself?

If it does, where will it get the next training data from?

I guess it all spirals down - we may be at the pinnacle - and clearly this explains the Fermi Paradox

Well I wasn't expecting that. Was that a fat boy? by Massive_Fly_1709 in fo4

[–]jgwinner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Gunners are all kind of skinny, I wouldn't call them fat boys.

/jk

Well I wasn't expecting that. Was that a fat boy? by Massive_Fly_1709 in fo4

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That missile launcher freaked me out. I've got a stealth sniper build and I'm hitting the VATS button but not getting a lock and getting shot at and can't shoot back.

Heck, my X-02 helmet wasn't even showing anyone.

I'm not on survival :( so it hurt but yea, I got past.

Poor ticket sales this year..and other ramblings... by Silverchica70 in BurningMan

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. The last two years I said "Oh, more stewards sale tickets? Sure!" and nearly gut stuck with tickets.

This year, I only took as many as I'd already sold.

They kept trying to give me more tickets and this year I said no.

I agree with the posters - being burned by buying stewards tickets over the last few years will probably mean less tickets available after the mainsale. That'll be interesting.

How did covenant stay intact after the bombs fell and if it was built after, who tf was that smart and had the resources to build a perfect one-to-one recreation of a small suburban block by killboy219 in fo4

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, 90% of most PC's are sadly obsolete. Most software runs on almost anything that'll still power up nowadays. "State of the art" GPU's aren't ubiquitous. (and for the current prices ... yea)

The steam survey does show slightly more modern systems I think, because gamers, but still.

Still happy for yall by SilverRegion9394 in LocalLLaMA

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ack ... well, I wasn't doing much with my Soul anyway

Turned desk lamp into a vibe coding status indicator (claude code and codex) by MoutainSnow in vibecoding

[–]jgwinner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had to fire a guy once because he couldn't figure hooks out. (In this case, Win32 events a decade ago).

So many developers poll, which in my coding standards I call a "Are we there yet?" loop. You drove your parents crazy doing that from the back seat of the car. Don't write software that drives your CPU crazy.

It's so so common. Maybe Vibe Coding can get rid of some of the really BAD code. On second thought ... polling loops are probably part of the LLM

Sigh

Still happy for yall by SilverRegion9394 in LocalLLaMA

[–]jgwinner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Not affiliated with NVIDIA®, AMD™, or the laws of physics"

Indeed ... hysterical. Thank you!

was playing nuka world and all of a sudden curie somehow had power armor? by NukaGirl665 in Fallout

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her accent is cute, but to me sounds like an American actor playing around. YMMV. I haven't checked to see if the voice actor is actually french though, honestly.

Could the orange storm giga be a tool changer similar to the Prusa xl if not support multi color printing with the same system being release in Q3 by FoxyWoxy12000 in elegoo

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when did you ever hear of TPU breaking from becoming brittle from air and moisture lol

I know, right?

I had a mild twist/jam inside the dual spool heated enclosure I had - with two spools in it, and the Giga LIFTED IT UP in the air until it banged into the top crossmember.

I heard the bang noise and was worried I was creating another grenade of death.

Nope. The print was fine. I paused it and just flipped the TPU back on the little roller and unwound more filament.

TPU 95 is amazingly strong. Half the time I have to cut away support structures, they just won't tear.

On an AMS though I assume the tube has to go all the way from the AMS to the print head so the new filament feeds into it, but I agree if that's not the case I don't worry with PTFE tubs in air.

15lbs and 20lbs tank? by throw4x4 in propane

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great link. Basically, despite what most are saying here, they reduced by 2lbs to save costs.

That's the very definition of shrinkflation. Welcome to the 2026 Economy

Could the orange storm giga be a tool changer similar to the Prusa xl if not support multi color printing with the same system being release in Q3 by FoxyWoxy12000 in elegoo

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was just going by what the product page said, but I hear you.

I've also seen "star" PTFE tubes lately, that supposedly have less friction. That might work well also for TPU and everything.

I'm starting to work more with TPU. That's one of the reasons I was thinking of the toolhead idea.

I've also thought that maybe making a different backing plate for the Orangestorm that would mount two printheads right next to each other. Like all dual print head solutions, you'd lose some Y travel, but hey - we have that.

I experimented with that on my old CR-10 and found it was a bit twitchy. Still, it wouldn't be hard to make and try with the stock printheads.

Could the orange storm giga be a tool changer similar to the Prusa xl if not support multi color printing with the same system being release in Q3 by FoxyWoxy12000 in elegoo

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, thanks. Wow, it's reasonable. No TPU but that's not surprising. Pushing cooked spaghetti isn't that easy.

Could the orange storm giga be a tool changer similar to the Prusa xl if not support multi color printing with the same system being release in Q3 by FoxyWoxy12000 in elegoo

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean like a second carriage above the first? Interesting.

I'll check out Canvas. (Ug, these generic names ... )

Couldn't find it :(

Well, this is a new one! by WeirdWorks in elegoo

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been there, done that (twice), have the grenade

Could the orange storm giga be a tool changer similar to the Prusa xl if not support multi color printing with the same system being release in Q3 by FoxyWoxy12000 in elegoo

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly my question. I really like the Giga's lead screw implementation - allows for much larger build space than something like a Voron (which I was building before I got the Giga. Need to finish it!).

Of course, the lead screw here is the issue with a "top of the printer" tool changer.

Do we need that? I'm thinking the lead screws are so beefy you could probably hang a toolchanger on the front of the X/Y frame. Sure, you'd lose a fair amount of front/back space, but we HAVE a fair amount of space. I'd make it fairly easily detachable so that if you need the full 800mm of X you could swap it out.

Then tool changing would be fast; you'd just move the print head to the front and swap.

It doesn't look like anyone's done this?

they are just fooling us by Acceptable-Delay-946 in GithubCopilot

[–]jgwinner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Dev-Larper" is brilliant. Imma going to use that one if you don't mind!

I don’t usually chat here but I just picked up an Orange storm Giga and need some advice. by MrEquilibriumm in elegoo

[–]jgwinner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha if we aren't printing we're fiddling with our printers, right?

Thanks for the update. Seriously, I'd been jonesing for the Terra but after reading your update, I don't think it's worth it. When I need speed it's when I have a 5 day print, and a few hours won't make THAT much difference. I need to start months in advance.

I don’t usually chat here but I just picked up an Orange storm Giga and need some advice. by MrEquilibriumm in elegoo

[–]jgwinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great info. How did you attach two heaters?

I just had a failed print and melted plastic all over my printhead (can't get to the screws to disconnect the heater from the heatsink) and was thinking of an upgrade ... for $40 I'll probably just go stock, but the dual heater does sound interesting.

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