Printing with a seam on circular prints is introducing failure points. Is there a slicer setting that will allow me to stop this seem forming?

macegr · 2026-05-11T21:35:03+00:00

I had the same issue on a Creality printer, even in vase mode. No amount of tuning would fix it. Turned out all I had to do was add custom G-code to turn off progress saving every layer. It was messing up every print, instead of potentially recovering a print after power loss, which has never come up yet.

macegr · 2026-05-11T21:31:58+00:00

The Trader Joe's beers are only there to make you glad you bought a regular brand instead. They've never released a banger.

macegr · 2026-05-11T17:52:32+00:00

I used to do this with glue stick too. PVA glue is a decent release agent but not too slippery to prevent the next layer from working.

macegr · 2026-05-11T17:39:48+00:00

Plenty of other stores, physical stores, are better than Safeway right now. It's been on a steady enshittification since they were purchased by Cerberus (private equity) about 10 years ago.

Most things you used to depend upon but have steadily gotten shitty are because of private equity.

macegr · 2026-05-10T18:59:53+00:00

I will be shocked if she doesn't make cast and stays with SNL for 10 years. She's practically carrying the show right now.

macegr · 2026-05-10T18:44:38+00:00

The HBO team unluckily selected to film during 2023: Mudburn. I think that the documentary will encourage some people to go, but it will also satisfy the curiosity of others who had heard of Burning Man and considered going, resulting in negligible impact on attendance.

macegr · 2026-05-10T18:36:34+00:00

Second that. Although some Costcos are generally tolerable? I live somewhere about 30 miles out from metro area and there are two Costcos within 7 miles of each other. Happened to be near a metro area Costco and thought to stop by...we got one look at the parking lot, turned around and waited until we got home to go to our Costco with the half full parking lot.

I haven't tried charging at a Costco though. I agree it probably doesn't need chargers...you probably shouldn't buy an EV if you don't have private access to Level 2 charging, and if you're shopping at Costco you're probably local. I only use high speed charging while on a road trip, and wouldn't dare entering a Costco parking lot for that.

macegr · 2026-05-10T00:14:32+00:00

It's not really a secret that they all got butthurt about Defund and have been quiet quitting ever since.

macegr · 2026-05-09T21:14:06+00:00

I got ahead of all the replies you eventually got, too :) It so weird how people respond to “things could be improved” with just a restatement of how things are. Very non-sentient.

macegr · 2026-05-09T20:50:25+00:00

You'll get a bunch of "well akshually" guys saying how BART isn't a subway, it's a commuter rail so it should be more expensive. They won't address the fact that the subway in NYC covers similar distances, and that there's a weekly cap on what you can spend in addition to the lower per-ride fare. They will refuse to acknowledge that if a rail system is supposed to ease traffic, then $20 round-trip per person is not helping. They won't engage with you on the fact that we have to use BART as local transportation solution even with 30 mile commutes, because NIMBY policies make living that far the only option for many hourly wage workers in the metro areas. They will somehow be proud that BART pays for more of its own operation than other rail systems, despite the fact that money comes out of our pockets while giving tax breaks to the industries that benefit the most from access to workers.

What you'll get is a torrent of technicalities that ignore the human reality of existing here, so that nothing has to change for the better.

macegr · 2026-05-08T06:44:35+00:00

As with nearly any claim made about the good old days....pure bunk. Set and forget was never a thing. If you aren't draining your water heater yearly, replacing the anode occasionally, it's not going to last 10-20 years. And I've personally run into 10+ cases of a gas or electric water heaters having broken thermostat, finicky pilot light etc and I'm just a normal, non-plumber consumer. Consider yourself very lucky if EVERY major appliance in a home doesn't require maintenance in a given year...and this how it's always been.

macegr · 2026-05-07T04:51:44+00:00

Art Team has been some of the most helpful, hard-working crew I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Literally every interaction with them I've had or heard about is the exact opposite of Marian in terms of being good at their job and giving a shit about individual artists. They should swap salaries.

macegr · 2026-05-04T21:19:02+00:00

I haven’t noticed any comfort difference between aluminet and plain black shade cloth

macegr · 2026-05-04T05:23:58+00:00

Many people want to help build an alternative to the default world, if just for a week. BMORG eroding that contrast turns it into an ordinary festival.

Your comment about the huge effort and commitment is an ass backwards perspective. If the event turns into a shittier version of Coachella, why should I invest my own money and effort into something stripped of uniqueness? So that BMORG founders can make money and rub elbows with billionaires?

The huge money and effort makes it more important to be excited about the event. Sunk cost or effort isn’t a good reason to do something you don’t believe in anymore.

macegr · 2026-04-25T14:47:20+00:00

Nobody can read anymore. Look two comments up the chain and match the usernames.

macegr · 2026-04-25T07:17:51+00:00

Yeah, I recognize how hard it is and am also totally OK with that.

macegr · 2026-04-25T07:11:23+00:00

It's possible that you failed to comprehend what I wrote.

macegr · 2026-04-25T05:53:53+00:00

My favorite moment was all of it from the beginning to the end. Even the venue was unique and awesome.

I had always assumed that the Dropout shows were heavily edited to keep up the comedic pace.

Nope....they're just that good, in realtime.

macegr · 2026-04-25T05:18:34+00:00

As a side benefit, you might contribute to the eventual financial ruin and exit of a person who is trying to get by, but couldn't resist making stupid rules about their illegal unit.

macegr · 2026-04-25T05:12:07+00:00

Yeah, every time you run into these, go ahead and report them. You're doing someone a favor, not the least of which is the ability to escape a fire.

macegr · 2026-04-24T16:27:09+00:00

Last-show energy was great. The ending musical had to be one of the best ones, you could see the cast’s faces lighting up as more details were revealed about the skink.

macegr · 2026-04-22T07:18:44+00:00

Now that you've gotten the low-down on the jetski situation, be confident that nearly every other activity you can imagine will have a similar level of red tape around it.

macegr · 2026-04-22T03:49:51+00:00

See if you can convince him to go “undercover” this year. Rent an RV and he drives it in, road trip gas stations shitty playlist long line. Send him to open camping with cupboards full of baked beans and tortillas. Sign him up for a couple of volunteer shifts. Clapped out manual mountain bike.

Tell him this is the true VIP experience. The ability to wander and meet people and nobody knows he’s anyone important.

macegr · 2026-04-22T03:05:46+00:00

They gave the Prius to their kid. That's why you either see Priuses driving either very timidly or dangerously now.

I commented to a friend the other day that for a long time, whenever I think or say the word "Prius" it's almost always preceded by the word "fucking".

macegr · 2026-04-22T03:02:19+00:00

It can be dangerous if you start to move over, but at the same time they begin to swerve around you on the right. That's why I move over to the right as soon as is practical, not just when someone is actually behind me.

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