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  • Is this in relation to the monetary value of cryptocurrency or the anonymity of cryptocurrency?

    Cryptocurrencies are just fiat currencies, like the dollar. They’re worth what people think they’re worth.

    My beef with them is that they’re either pushed by scammer to empty honest but gullible people’s bank accounts, or they’re used to pay for illegal activities because they’re totally opaque and unregulated. My other beef is that they’re really securities and they’re not subject to the rules on securities for a reason that totally escapes me.

    I don’t do cryptocurrencies both out of financial self-preservation, and also because I refuse to participate - and thus promote - stuff that’s generally bad for society as a whole.

    And if you’re not convinced cryptocurrencies in all their forms are rotten to the core, consider this: Trump loves em. That alone is a red flag big enough to hang on a pole in North Korea.


  • MySudo is a proprietary aliasing software

    Hard no.

    Privacy.com is a proprietary financial transaction masking and aliasing tool.

    Hard no.

    Google Pixel phones

    Hard no.

    Yes, I know Pixel phones are the best option to run the best deGoogled OS out there (Graphene) but paying Google to escape the Google surveillance is just too rich for me. I’ll never get over that one. Fuck Google, even if it means running a slightly less secure OS (CalyxOS from the fine Calyx Institute, which you rightfully list).

    Cryptocurrency

    Hard no. I don’t partake in scams, even for the sake of privacy.

    Other than that, great list. Thanks!




  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgOPto3DPrinting@lemmy.worldI have a basic shoe design
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    Rather than print it flat, is there an angle you could print it at that would allow for eliminating most/all of the interior supports? E.g. toe angled down, heel angled up.

    Ooh that’s a GREAT idea! I plain didn’t think about that but it totally makes sense. Thanks! I’ll goof around with that tonight in the slicer to see what’s the minimal resource utilization I can achieve. Hell, I might even be able to squeeze both shoes in there.

    I’ve never printed TPU for such a long duration. Do you have it printing directly from the filament dryer?

    Yes. My plan is to load the brand-new roll in the dryer on Thursday and set it to dry at 70C overnight, print a bunch of test parts on Friday, then if they pass muster, start the big print on Saturday morning.



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    All valid concerns, thank you for raising them: this hadn’t crossed my mind.

    But I’m not too concerned for the following reasons:

    • My current pair of pool shoes are commercial models I thermo-reformed with hot air (if you’re interested in that process, I can post a video if you’d like). Pool shoes are made of vinyl: let me tell you, reforming vinyl at close to decomposing temperature is a nasty toxic fumes affair. Whatever drawbacks TPU may have can’t be any worse for my health.

    • They’ll be used mostly underwater in chlorinated water for a couple of hours per week tops.

    • My feet don’t sweat much anymore.