• atocci
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    181 month ago

    3D printing came back at me hard. Getting to use the school printer in high school was cool and now that I’m an adult I’ve bought 3 of my own.

      • atocci
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        111 month ago

        If it helps, my high school was ahead of the curve on 3D printer adoption. Someone on the staff must have been in-the-know and somehow managed to convince them that the $3,000 purchase was worth it.

        I sure am glad that those prices have come way down since then.

      • Azuth
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        81 month ago

        I graduated in 2010 and my high school had a 3d printer. They weren’t common in the 2000’s but they were around.

        • Thassodar
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          91 month ago

          I graduated 2005 and 3d printing wasn’t even a concept at any school in my district.

    • I’ve got an older resin printer I used for Warhammer, I’m thinking it’s just a matter of time before I start trying FDM to make useful stuff.

    • @refalo@programming.dev
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      I just don’t see the point. I can’t think of any good reason to have one personally.

      I would love to be proven wrong though.

      • atocci
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        21 month ago

        If you have any desire to make things or tinker, they’re fantastic. They’ll save you tons of time and possibly money also. I have a bunch of knickknacks and functional printed parts around my house now.

        If that’s not your cup of tea though, you probably don’t have a good reason to buy one. It’s also a hobby and if you don’t plan to use it for more than printing the occasional spare part which you could otherwise just buy at a store, I don’t think it would justify the cost.

        • @Obi@sopuli.xyz
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          For that you need a FWA3DP, a friend with a 3D printer. Mine prints me parts every few months when I randomly need something.

  • @aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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    161 month ago

    That feeling when you haven’t play Minecraft for months and then you load it up just to play around for a while and then you notice sunlight coming through the curtains.

  • TotallyNotSpez
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    101 month ago

    Installed Master of Orion 2 again yesterday and spent hours on winning a pre warp huge galaxy 8 players game on the hardest difficulty.

    • @aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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      111 month ago

      “This time I’m just going to install the essential mods and have a vanilla play through.”

      5 hours later

      “What do you mean Mass Effect Weapons conflicts with Nude HD Textures? They do completely different things!”

  • @Empricorn@feddit.nl
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    I don’t like the term “old interests” , but it’s nice to see the ex again. And while I acknowledge that MC has to remain on the dl, I do wish she would move out at some point…