Because most dial up website pages took 5 seconds or less to load.
I found one of the most graphic heavy websites from 1998, sttng.com and it was 50KB. That's 10 seconds to load on a 56kbs modem (you'd never actually get 56kbs).
It could be the lighting but when I do a layer 1 test print it looks like a sheet of paper without the large ridges like on your print. Does your sheet hold together like a sheet of paper or is it stringy?
While I agree with your sentiment, times table memorization is necessary to build a skill that will be needed later in math. It's good to teach the basis of the times table but if you don't have it memorized, every later math problem will be slower to solve because you will be focusing on the principles of how a times table works instead of the new concept like how to multiply long number with carry.
This is related to my pet peeve, that despite it being 40 years ago is still burned into my memory. I had many Physics professors who would talk about not needing to memorize formulas for exams because they could be derived from first principles. Those same professors were always the ones who would give exams that if you didn't have formulas memorized, there wouldn't be time to finish.
In all occurances, it seems like the first few layers do not correctly join together, and the print becomes a thick web of filament string
A pic would help but that sounds like bed leveling. That happens to me on my S1 bed that has low spots where the bed screws are under the plate. So while the bed is "level" there are some shallow pools that the automatic bed leveling isn't compensating for and I get that effect if I print in that spot.
Threads should be 45 degrees to 3d print perfect but cad programs default to 60 because that's standard for machining and injection molded screws. Use non uniform scaling to quickly change your threads from 60 to 45. (Adjust z height of just the screws by a factor of 3 ^ .5 = ~ 1.732 )
The prime tower probably could be much smaller. Its size is mainly structural so that on a tall print it stays stable. But the poop tray on the U1 is pretty small. I could see it needing to be emptied after every large multi color print if it primed into the poop tray.
Can a random person (my mother in law and other non techie family) connect to my tailscaled jellyfin using a Roku or AppleTV? I thought tailscale needs a wireguard client.
I have a U1 which is what prompted this post. But Snapmaker doesn't "use" a Prime tower. They took Orca and kept all the defaults. I was thinking that they might have intentionally kept the prime tower default because they don't have a real poop chute but only a poop bin which would quickly overflow if they primed into it.
Without knowing why, I would be wasting time. I could be changing colors when the problem is an acceleration condition created by a part shape causing underextrusion.
the only way to find the right answer for you is to test things and figure it out yourself.
The entire point of this forum is to gain knowledge that you don't already. Instead of answering any questions, you could just respond "Test it yourself."
Which is why I find it odd that you seem to be looking for an answer that works for one person
I'm not asking what works but WHY a feature exists. Understanding why allows you to design parts correctly from the start instead of screwing around and then randomly getting a good result that you don't understand and therefore can't replicate under all conditions.
The prime tower has nothing to do with "looking right". It builds as the print goes and often looks bad while the print is fine because that is it's purpose: to build pressure getting the filament moving in the nozzle before the head moves into place.
In the case of mixing filaments like PETG and PLA for support it looks really horrible because it's laying down lines of plastic that dont stick to each other. But the part looks fantastic because the slicer creates actual support interface layers for supports.
That's why I'm thinking it's a legacy setting in slicers. All printers made in the past 5 years have a purge chute and wiper. So purge goes out the back and the nozzle is wiped before it starts.
Well except the new FlashForge multi head printer that purges off the edge of the build plate.
Testing on a print means nothing. Just because one print works doesn't mean it will work on every print. If I understood exactly why there is a prime tower instead of purging for prime I'd know under what conditions it could be disabled.
Maybe it's a historical artifact from printers from 10 years ago. Maybe "build nozzle pressure" doesn't work as well if you aren't priming onto a surface that would create back pressure.
I'd rather understand why than have a print randomly fail in the future. That is just because one model can print without a prime tower doesn't mean all will work under all conditions.
It's not like the slicer adjusts the prime tower to be close to the objects. In fact it does the opposite: It places the prime tower in the far corner.
From googling it seems like if you turn off the prime tower, it primes into the purge area. This means there's no point to the prime tower except for printers that can't purge.
Yes that's why I said 10 seconds. I looked up the webpage on way back and divided it by 56kbs.