finalarbiter

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[–] finalarbiter@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Nice, the default file types isn't a deal breaker for me. I'll have to give it a shot! I've been testing debian on my laptop before changing my desktop over. Hadn't found a good solution for a handful of my windows-only programs yet but this seems like it might do the trick.

[–] finalarbiter@piefed.social 0 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

Winboat looks really interesting. How does it compare to just using WinApps? It seems like it's basically just doing the heavy lifting for setting programs up, yeah?

[–] finalarbiter@piefed.social 3 points 16 hours ago

A framerate changing from low to high can be a problem in games where the physics engine is tied to framerate. This is less common nowadays, but there are a lot of older games that have an issue when played at higher than 30 or so fps.

[–] finalarbiter@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Where there a will to enshittify, there's a way.

They could weave dependencies in such a manner as to prevent other critical stuff from running without it, or straight up build it into something that would prevent the system from running properly if you remove it.

Of course, they'd lose the vast majority of their userbase, but short term profit line must go up according to the idiots with MBAs.

Edit: fixed a typo

Par for the course with ai slop

[–] finalarbiter@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

Yes, it's fuckin yummy

[–] finalarbiter@piefed.social 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think it has more to do with expanded computing resources allowing for devs to skip optimizing their code since it is no longer absolutely necessary to get something useable.

[–] finalarbiter@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And yet, it doesn't. Show some real data.

[–] finalarbiter@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

A single anecdote hardly makes a compelling argument.

[–] finalarbiter@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago (5 children)
[–] finalarbiter@piefed.social 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's only a layer line if it's parallel to the bed, otherwise it's just sparkling print artefacts.

[–] finalarbiter@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Machine screws / bolts with a # sign are sized by gauge, not the major diameter of the screw. The gauge system for screws is weird and dumb, but we still use it for small stuff.

Per fastener direct, gauge can be converted to diameter using the following formula:

Diameter (inches) = 0.060 + (Gauge number × 0.013)

A #6 machine screw has a 9/64" or 0.138" (approx 3.6mm for our metric friends) major diameter and is offered in standard pitches of 32, 40, 48, and 80 threads per inch (At least, that's what McMaster Carr stocks. The 80tpi is likely for a specialty application.).

I'm fairly certain that the unified screw spec stops around 3 or 4" , so 6" is well into custom/non-standard sizing.

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