mnemonicmonkeys

(See comments for the punchline)

Hi, first time posting in this community, so sorry if this doesn't belong.

I've been (slowly) designing some customizable input devices via a hobbyist license of Fusion360 the past few years. Unfortunately, Autodesk decided to remove the hobbyist tier and made all my files read-only, so now I need to migrate everything to a new software. For some background, I'm a mechanical engineer with experience in NX, Solid Edge, Solid Works, and Inventor, though I mainly code for my specific job.

My question is: what would be the best software for my use case?

OnShape

• Has version control
• Collaboration tools so other people can precisely fork and adjust dimensions to fit their needs
• Professional-grade software, so less friction or need to find work arounds for some functions
• Free tier automatically makes my designs open source. While I don't want to release until it's at v1.0, it's not a deal breaker
• The software isn't open source, and I'm worried about them doing the same thing as Fusion360 in a year or so

FreeCAD

• No built-in version control, and updates to files can't be tracked by Git
• It's a bit jank to use, honestly. I'm trying to port my stuff over to it for now, but I'm having to force myself to do the work
• Open source, so no worries about rug pulls
• Can upload the original CAD files to a Git repository, and users can install the software and make adjustments themselves

OpenSCAD

• Coding-based design means Git should be able to track updates
• Significantly different to use from other CAD software, which is a downside for me. Part of the benefit to me for this project is to keep my CAD skills polished for work as a mechanical engineer, since my specific job doesn't do much with CAD
• Open source
• Users can easily make adjustments

Blender

• Focus on meshes means it works very different from other CAD packages, and I explained why that's a downside previously
• From what I understand, Git can't track changes between versions
• Open source
• Users can make adjustments, but being focused on meshes instead of precision means adjustments are more difficult

Is there any other software that I'm not aware of that fits my use case? Are some of my points about OpenSCAD and/or Blender wrong? Is there something else that's off? Helpful feedback is appreciated

Can everyone please stop claiming and speculating that Valve's new hardware will be loss leaders? If you watch LTT and Gamers Nexus's first videos on the announcement, they actually spoke with Valve's engineers. And the Valve representatives already said that the new hardware WILL NOT BE LOSS LEADERS.

There isn't even evidence that the Steam Deck was a loss leader. All GabeN said was that the lowest cost launch model was priced "painfully", which doesn't necessarily mean it was sold at a loss, it could easily have been sold at a very tight margin.

And no, low margins does not meet the definition of a loss leader. A loss leader is a product sold below cost, in that every unit sold actually costs the seller money.

I get the desire to speculate on new hardware. It's fun and it helps pass the time until we hear more info from Valve. But there's limits to what is reasonable. Valve has already stated that the new hardware won't be loss leaders, so hoping and/or claiming they are isn't reasonable.

Sorry for the rant, but all of the comments that seem to have only skimmed headlines are quickly getting to me

I'm going to making the plunge to Linux on my main gaming PC soon and I'm trying to make the final decision between Bazzite or Fedora. I've done enough customization on my Steam Deck that I know Bazzite will handle almost all of my use cases for this system, with one potential loose end.

I'm getting back into Skyrim modding and am planning to pull my portable Mod Organizer 2 install over. I've seen guides on it for Linux, so that's not as much of a concern. But, I'm wondering if it'll be a problem with Bazzite, as it's an immutable distro.

I have 3 drives on the system: 1 for the OS and 2 for storage. The MO2 install is very large between its internal downloads folder and tons of installed texture mods. Because of that, most of the modding will be done off of one of the storage drives. I'll also need some extra software like Microsoft C++ compiler.

Am I going to be fighting Bazzite the entire time with this setup? I'd prefer to run Bazzite if it won't be a hassle, but I'm not opposed to running Fedora if need be

A friend of mine linked me to this seller earlier today. They have some pretty tempting deals, but I've never heard of them before.

Has anyone bought from them before and was it worth it?

I've been kicking around the idea of running a server for games and chat woth some of my friends, but worry about everyone getting cut off when there's a disruption.

I've started looking into kubernetes out of curiosity, and it seems like we could potentially set up a cluster with master nodes at 3+ locations to hose whatever game server or chat server that we want with 100% uptime, solving my concerns.

Am I misunderstanding the kubernetes documentation, and this is just a terrible idea? Or am I on the right track?

If anyone else is watching this series, the music that kicks in around 24:30 is straight from the Skyrim soundtrack, specifically the title "Awake"

Before anyone thinks I'm talking about the new Decky plugin: no, that's not what this is about.

I'm trying to get universal FSR up and running on my deck. I've looked up several guides like this one, but no matter what I do the FSR option won't show up.

To me it looks like a software update changed how the settings work, and none of the guides have been updated to reflect that.

Does anyone know how get it up and running? I've been trying for hours with no luck.

I got this cart racer a few days ago and ended up spending a whole day playing. In terms of mechanics, I think it gives even newer Mario Kart titles a run for their money, plus it has mod support so players can make their own tracks, characters, and vehicle options. And the base tracks are nothing to scoff at, they work for both novices and speedrunners, with parts of the track unlocking as laps are completed

Over the past few months I've been thinking about what would be the best way to help me and my parents improve privacy and data storage.

With all the posts with cluster PC's recently, I'm wondering if the best option is to make a couple of NAS's with Raspberry Pi's with RAID, keep one at my place and another at my parents' house, and syncing their data with 2 private folders: one for myself and one for my parents.

But that opens up a few more questions. How to sync the data to match? Syncthing? Kubernetes? Should I go ahead and add Nextcloud to the Pi's? Should I make the Pi's expandable so other services can be added later, or plan to hook up a separate Pi to handle that? What else could I be missing?

As the title suggests, over the last couple of days there's been an influx of doomer comments over the SKG petition. While it's fine to disagree, I'm finding it suspicious that there weren't comments like this posted a week or 2 ago