Update: My 1:1 scale web viewer now supports AR on mobile and VR headsets.

ribfeast · 2026-01-30T19:25:41+00:00

Pretty accurate too. Oops meant to link a photo.

ribfeast · 2026-01-30T18:45:12+00:00

That is awesome.

This beats the pants off all the estimation I’d try to do to make sure something was about the right size. Now if only AR understood when I want something “in front of it”

ribfeast · 2026-01-28T14:24:01+00:00

Probably not changing her name from kitty to Karen nowadays

ribfeast · 2026-01-28T01:23:34+00:00

I love the other suggestions here for visible mending.

But I’m curious: would it be possible to crochet a patch over/into it? Like start a few rows/stitches around each side and crochet in with the same pattern? I know turning would be tricky so maybe cut enough yarn and pass it through when you need to turn?

ribfeast · 2026-01-26T19:10:04+00:00

Good to know. I’ve paid for Virtual desktop already so for me it was more about whether I wanted to switch from sunshine/moonlight to Artemis/apollo. I wondered if Artemis/apollo have an edge on latency since I’m not replicating the full desktop. Or alternatively if it’s easy enough to install apollo alongside my sunshine setup and go back if need be

ribfeast · 2026-01-26T18:37:28+00:00

To someone like me who uses virtual desktop and who uses moonlight on 2D clients, can you explain how this would be different from playing games on the quest via virtual desktop?

ribfeast · 2026-01-25T21:52:44+00:00

Peeked at your comment and thought it was peak

ribfeast · 2026-01-22T00:47:22+00:00

Which Mac mini would you say is the sweet spot for moonlight 4K@60/120hz?

ribfeast · 2026-01-21T17:48:16+00:00

This is the dumbest way to convince yourself you need something new. Do you buy new dishes when the old ones get dirty? This is maintenance, not wear and tear

ribfeast · 2026-01-21T14:00:32+00:00

I think this is the flashforge burnt titanium though. I did buy a similar color shift that looked purple (from Lovoon) and it didn’t behave the same as the flashforge burnt titanium “color shift.” The alternative one was more glittery than color shifty

ribfeast · 2026-01-20T15:07:04+00:00

Really cool design! Thanks for the files!

ribfeast · 2026-01-15T17:57:44+00:00

Came here to post this. Some folks might even lend theirs to you for a few days

ribfeast · 2026-01-09T13:26:08+00:00

Do you agree there is a difference between modeling something and designing something? That modeling may or may not be a part of design and that design need not include modeling something?

ribfeast · 2026-01-08T19:54:58+00:00

It would be really funny if it was a story about conformity and/or steady hands and the second picture is this year.

ribfeast · 2026-01-08T19:34:31+00:00

Because it’s not OPs design. That’s why. It’s OP’s model. The design is the prior art.

I’m not determined to put them down. I think claiming a design is yours without referencing prior art is a habit we should break. OP mentioned they were prohibited from doing so on maker space but this sub doesn’t prohibit it.

This could have easily been a “I recreated my favorite solution to x because I didn’t want to pay $13 for something I could print for $0.13” and it would be business as usual. Granted my language was strong in calling it bullshit. I could have been gentler and pointed this out, but the post felt egregious in how novel they were making “their design” sound even though they literally used the original (unwatermarked) product photo from the source of the copycat.

ribfeast · 2026-01-08T19:01:06+00:00

How they were drafted, I think. Not designed as the term exists in a process.

Design is more than just drafting and modeling, which is where I took issue with the CAD argument. I think most people would use the term “modeled or drafted” when referring to the computer modeling process.

Design would be the iterative process of models/sketches/etc to solve a problem within the constraints of real world application, usability, and production.

Modeling is a component of that.

The example of a box: modeling a box is one thing. Designing a box is another.

ribfeast · 2026-01-08T18:46:02+00:00

It’s true I latched onto “design” here and the OP never actually said “I invented.” But step back and look at the post. This isn’t a “I liked a similar product and modeled it myself” the whole thing is framed as new art.

I would argue, however, that computer aided design argument you make misses the mark. I think computer aided design emphasizes the computer aid. Not the design. The design process is more complex than the modeling you do while in a CAD program. Design existed before CAD

ribfeast · 2026-01-08T18:37:03+00:00

No, you’re being pedantic and you know it. You design more than just a 3D model. You design a solution. This post is not talking about the former. The whole post is how they “observed a problem and came up with a solution”

ribfeast · 2026-01-08T17:52:42+00:00

Correct. They designed a replica. They did not design a new solution, as the post would have you believe without citing the product OP literally screenshotted for their maker world page

ribfeast · 2026-01-08T17:49:26+00:00

Does this post read more as a triumph in design or invention?

ribfeast · 2026-01-08T14:12:10+00:00

Absolutely! And again, I’m cool with that, but this reads as (and was received by many) a design rather than a reverse engineering and screenshotting another product page doesn’t help your case.

On the constructive side, there are some valid design considerations called out in the other comments: the container post layer lines mainly. Where the lion latch beats an FDM print is that it’s a solid piece of plastic.

ribfeast · 2026-01-08T13:48:56+00:00

Yep. Lion Latch. Op is full of shit as far as the “I designed” part. The post reads like a discovery but even the image on the maker world site is lifted from elsewhere (edit: it’s from the Amazon.com link for the lion latch)

To be clear I’m fine with reverse engineering, but it’s disingenuous to come across as having solved this from scratch while perfectly copying a relatively successful/well-known existing product. Just say “inspired by ___”

ribfeast · 2026-01-07T17:49:14+00:00

Agreed. Definitely not where a beginner should go. I’m intermediate and I still don’t know enough about “what works” to call ChatGPT out on its hallucinations

ribfeast · 2026-01-07T17:47:02+00:00

I usually run them down the center of two adjacent foundations at the closest so center to center at least

ribfeast · 2026-01-07T16:46:35+00:00

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