The thing is… arch…. You can actually fix. Most times.

Unlike the proverbial him.

(Not that you should have to.)

this is probably more for things that people won’t bother stealing. I certainly wouldn’t be trusting my phone to it.

I’d also be worried about it getting covered and misplaced/lost. piles of sand look much like another.

Could be a fun geocaching thingamabob, though.

Edit: I’d also suggest sticking a silicone o-ring on the lid. you can make them pretty easily using fish tank air-hose tubing. Pump it full of calk. If you want a solid ring, let it cure, then blow it out with an air-blower nozzle on an air compressor. If you want a hollow ring, which for this would be best, I think; blow out the tubing before it sets. then blow it out again. cut the ends on a bias and then glue them with more calk.

For this, you’d never know when a kid comes running over with a giant pale of water.

Yes. The nozzle.

The one part that puts a consistent pattern into the filament as it extrudes that can be corrected for variation from temps and materials and whatever else.

Unless you’re printing abrasives, your brass nozzles doesn’t wear that quickly and defects from the boring out during production will translate to patterns in the surface.

Most fdm printers might be accurate to .1mm, with the best getting to around .05mm in z and any measurement below that is basically random noise, so you have finite limits on how precise you can get measuring defects.

This means that well tuned printers will generally be close enough that it’s hard to differentiate between them.

Now imagine a pattern in an introduced by a warped lead screw, as an example. Sure this is cyclic. But its height is dependent on the lead screw’s thread lead. A T8x8 has an 8mm lead and this pattern will repeat every 8mm in height, with a consistent layer count between them.

As will basically every printer using a t8x8 screw. Printing at that same layer thickness. Which is pretty much every printer on the market. There might be some slop with backlash, but that’s not going to show up accurately enough.

And yes. You can swap out nozzles, just like you can belts and lead screws and every other part. Unlike most parts, though, the microscopic striations coming off the nozzle aren’t as inconsistent as say belt tightness.

I’m rather skeptical as well, but if there’s a defect on the nozzle causing stations in the extrusion, that might do it.

Otherwise they might get lucky, but I doubt it.

Resin printers might have something else, but it’s hard to imagine what. (Maybe dead pixels?)

yes. And then it’s literally just a… reboot.

You don’t sit there waiting for it to install. It’s just restarting the kernel so the newly-installed version takes over. (and generally it only applies to the kernel updates.)

They still haven’t figured out how to do updates without installing during a reboot.

Something Linux has been doing since the 90’s

Honestly? It actually depends on the friend or colleague.

Arch isn’t as bad as it can seem, especially if you find an installer for it. Something that’s more mainstream linux might be better; though. especially if they’re looking for a “it works” kind of thing.

I use Arch, by the way.

This could also be caused by belts being too tight, as they may cause motors to skip steps.

Probably loose belts, but it’s important to not have them too tight. They should be snug, but you should also be able to squeeze and flex the belts without a lot of effort.

would you believe me if I said I meant bowler cap? or maybe a top hat?

(and this is where I find out that Hannah Montana linux uses a top hat for a logo, lol)

<chuckles> We use dnf here.

<tips hat and runs>

and that is why standard sizes exist. The solution then, is to get every one on standardized sizing so the parts work.

The problems are that now somebody needs to have and maintain a printer. (I presume FDM, but resin or something would be more useful.) even then, the production is limited, and you’re still having to source filament or whatever, as well as the parts necessary to maintain it. These parts are all more complicated than PVC pipe fittings are. (and depending on where we’re talking, may not even be available for a variety of reasons.)

and when the part fails (as all things eventually do,) you’re going to be right back where you started. You might be able to get another custom part printed. if the guy happens to still be around and availible.

Granted, the people running the study or setting up the open source fittings probably don’t have the money to encourage people to replace their plumbing, but that’s the solution that won’t see us right back at the problem in a few years. or less.

The researchers believe using a parametric-driven method for local, on-demand 3D printing of customized fittings will unlock more efficient water management.

there’s a whole lot of buzzwords there. if the current system can’t be fixed becuse there’s no parts (pipe fitting, and pipes,) to replace the leaky bits, then how exactly do you expect them to source a 3 d printer and filament? More to the point… FDM prints themselves are prone to leaking, from a myriad of issues.

I don’t think 3d printing the pipe fittings is the answer here.

that said, it’s cool and fun all the same.

theoretically? yes.

several problems.

Food dehydrators typically apply heat as well, and sometimes significantly higher than a filament dryer.

Then there’s the cleaning and bacterial contamiation issues- food dehydrators are made to be easily cleaned so as to prevent bacteria doing nasty things to you.

Then there’s the various resins and solvents that sometimes off gas becoming toxic.

Microplastics is far down the list if you’re desperate, but it’s there too.

but otherwise, they’re still basically the same device A heater (maybe) pushing warm(ish) air over something.

protests are happening everywhere, in every state, though they’re mostly small. the news isn’t covering a lot of them because there’s no rioters and the news can’t push a narrative that people hate trump.

Unless you happen to live fairly close… which is fairly not likely…. So you drive to a rally point or someplace near some transit (or with plausible deniability,) etc. to get in.

Or just conceal your plates and don’t drive something flashy,

there is something to be said about being connected to others. particularly for protests that move around or so you can let people know you’re driving home etc vs locked up for bullshit.

it’s also convenient as a form of souseveillance. Just remember pictures and video are evidence, that cuts both ways; especially in the face of cops being excessive.

(opps, wrong person,)

Not really.

Most new phones use other identifiers. You might be able to buy very cheap prepaid phones or cards for them, but they’re going away from swappable sims.

For most carriers, if you occasionally want to swap to a different device it’s just a matter of going to your account online and swapping it (for example, travel. It’s safer to use a clean device rather than your normal phone. Both for border crossings and everything else.)

I highly recommend graphene.

And for anyone going to a protest to get a cheap burner and flash graphene, then leave your normal phone at home. You can swap phones on your plan pretty easily.

Alternatively, for the very paranoid, go set up a prepaid and anon line and move your device there. Pay cash for the card and set it up online at a public library.

Especially if you’re planning on a little civil disobedience.

Just a reminder, if police think something is about to go down, they’ll spoof the tower and collect device information… including things like phone numbers so if your suddenly changing behavior to go somewhere and do something the fascists dickfucks in office won’t like… best be paranoid.

A second device will still at least keep them from getting all your personal shit. And seriously, Don’t just turn off your normal phone. Leave it at home.