DarkWinterNights

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[–] DarkWinterNights@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good thing they reinstated rapattack they defunded... Right?

[–] DarkWinterNights@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Curious what material you used.

I made some similar items, and given the aggregation of exposure to the elements, constant daylight, and strength/the potential to shatter, I veered away from PLA and ABS into PETG (with TPU sleeves on sensitive bits), which I've found worked really well, but my parts don't move as much as yours probably do.

How have you found the results in these regards?

Absolutely love being able to quickly mock up fit for purpose parts and deploy them immediately; great work!

[–] DarkWinterNights@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I am shocked, I say shocked. Who could have predicted this sequence of events that has been totally uncharacteristic certainly in the last 3 years and beyond in the last 11.

Trump should try to figure out who the commander in chief is and FIRE him - clearly that dude is not all there.

[–] DarkWinterNights@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

The only objectionable thing said was "beginning to", so probably relatively safe from controversy

I literally just had this conversation before the election ha ha.

[–] DarkWinterNights@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You say "yes, but" - your literal statement was:

92% of votes cast in Alberta this past federal election went to conservatives.

Votes cast ≠ ridings won.

Reality is FPTP is cancer.

[–] DarkWinterNights@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

FPTP ultimately is anti-hope; it's built functionally so that, pragmatically, you're generally not voting for the people you like the best, you're voting against the person you like the least. And it ultimately renders MPs/MLAs useless and performative frequently.

The whole thing is pretty messy when you get into it. Thankfully here we aren't Electoral College awful (where a single vote can potentially move ~50 seats one way or the other in a comparable situation), but that implies the bar is on the floor.

We can do better, even incrementally.

My half-brother is American and former Republican voter.

Your take sounds a lot like his; what eventually pivoted him away from the party was an increasing awareness that it's always someone else's fault and an inability to look inwards.

I hope things improve in the future - the American people deserve better, but that starts with becoming aware of what the real problems are.

Even if there were a lineup of these ready to go at the airport, I'd still wait 10 minutes and pay $20 more for literally anything else.

Sorry, I was being a bit cheeky. I hear your points and they are valid.

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