*confirmed adulterer

A utility to map extruded lines/objects/shapes to STL files. For example, say you have an STL of a curved vase. You want to add a spiral to it. So you place the photo of a spiral on the object. The utility lets you decide where on the STL it’ll be placed, then you can decide the extrusion depth (positive or negative).

Possibly including some type of LLM, too. So you can import your STL, then type something like “picture of the Simpsons in the style of ancient Greek amphora vase paintings.” It’ll appear as line art on the 3D object

Note that I don’t need this, myself. You want to work on something interesting, so I thought for a few minutes and came up with this. :)

Masterpiece? Where’s the Thousand Island dressing???

(not serious)

Once, I placed a base computer and the game randomly assigned it my own name.

So, I’m not surprised to see something like that come out of the random generator.

Not worth thinking into

penis

Once you’ve installed all the upgrades, they’re about the same

Retroarch box for your TV?

You can buy a USB blu-ray drive for like $50.

Rather than build a computer, check out NAS devices.

My Synology NAS does everything you mention except ripping, and you can rip with any computer that has an optional drive.

A NAS is lower power than a tower server, and many are designed to let you swap hard drives.

Does your friendship come with some of that delicious, delicious focaccia? If so it seems like a fair deal.

Cast in the name of god, ye delicious.

It really depends on what someone’s in the mood for.

I’m from just outside NYC, and I enjoy ALL kinds of pizza. NY pies, Grandma-style Sicilian pies, Chicago deep dish, Detroit rectangle pies, Philly tomato pies…

They’re all different and they offer different things.

A good New York slice fresh from the oven is gooey and cheesy and melty and the tartness of the sauce mixes with the creaminess of the cheese.

Chicago casserole pies are really like eating PIE, but it’s all delicious cheese and tomato.

Sicilian and tomato pies have that wonderful focaccia style crust that absorbs all the flavor from the cheese, sauce, and olive oil.

Detroit pies have that great caramelization on the edges, and the brick cheese gives it a unique flavor and body.

Life is too short to fight over pizza. Just don’t eat shitty pizza.

Yes but what a delicious way to drown

Delicious, delicious casserole

It’s a mud hut, and it isn’t too rare. I usually find them on rainy-type worlds.

Also, you can unlock it as a buildable item. It’s at the Quicksilver vendor. And you can change its size.

Handy if you want to build a quick base in a random spot, and don’t want to deal with actually constructing much. I have a few bases that are just a mud hut, a teleporter, a solar generator, and a battery.

Occasionally, I’ll get creative and add a wood floor and a wood doorway. But those aren’t needed for it to be a proper shelter.

Every distro sucks to someone.

I tried Mint on one of my laptops, and it broke as soon as I installed any updates. It also didn’t properly support the laptop’s graphics.

Manjaro installed perfectly and runs flawlessly. No issues.

So, as always, different distros for different computers for different folks.

The best distro? One that he’ll be able to use easily. One that will get him to actually LIKE the experience.

You don’t want to teach him a lesson by giving him a miserable experience.

You want to teach him a lesson that will let you say “I told you so” for the rest of his life.

Manjaro is pretty easy to use and seems to have good hardware compatibility. A variety of Ubuntu flavors also can mimic Windows and work really well.

Haha, I get it. No offense taken.

I don’t disagree. But for better or worse, most people don’t think that much about their software.

Folks like us who do? We can make informed decisions.

Folks who don’t? Canonical’s experiments are probably still better than dealing with Windows 11 or macOS.

You’re not wrong, but there’s also value in exploring different ways to do similar things. That’s what’s great about Linux.

Some of Canonical’s efforts may lead to failure, but that doesn’t mean they are a waste.

I tried installing LXLE - and in spite of multiple attempts, it simply refuses to install the boot files into the boot partition. 🤣

So I suppose it’s getting a different flavor, after all