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  • I am the middle of struggling to backup my calendars from nextcloud after my GPU failed. Nextcloud in docker containers is terrible for any sort of recovery. They're not even broke, you just can't run them with a GPU setup, remove the GPU, and then expect them to still be able to run.

  • From the top since you seem to have forgot;

    This is a really cool project and really speaks to the changing nature of warfare. And, once again, highlights the real reason so much money has gone into FDM processes.

    If warfare is not "the real reason so much money has gone into fdm" why did you say it was?

  • You've missed my point. Obviously governments fund manufacturing stuff, including 3d printing. Obviously governments also fund research into better war technology, like with boing and everyone else. You've proved the point of that several times over.

    What I'm asking for is evidence that 3d printing was funded specifically with war in mind, especially from 20 years ago (as compared to five years ago with the advent of the ukraine/russia war).

    When I first asked about this, I didn't think it would be such a hassle, and I had actually hoped to see a neat article about the history of 3d printing and how it's been specifically developed as a way to make better weapons for over twenty years. What I got was scorn, mocking, and questioning of my basic mental capacity because I ... Couldn't do the research myself?

    Correlation is not causation. The government funds boatloads of shit that doesn't work out, in the hopes that it becomes eventually useful. The covid19 vaccine was under development since the early 2000s because of swine flu. Is it right for me to say that government expected the swine flu to be used for war purposes because they funded research into it, or would you ask for more details about how the swine flu vaccine was specifically war-related research before beleiving my wild claims?

  • Or just plug your ears because... I don't even know why. You do you.

    If you ever received any pushback on this theory, this is why. Asking for evidence is not "plugging my ears". Incredible claims require incredible evidence, and you have provided nothing beyond a single link to the NSF, which is literally a government agency made for funding research into making literally everything. That's not funding additive manufacturing for war purposes. That's funding for all of the manufacturing methods because it's just good fucking sense as a government to keep your technological edge.

    You also included all (or many) of the wofld governments, not just the USA in your claim. Your half ass source doesn't even include any government other than the USA.

    Forgive me for not immediately trusting that the world governments are all funding additive manufactueing specifically to make war more efficient when you can't even try to source anything beyond just the USA nsf.

  • Additive manufacturing (of which FDM is one of the most accessible techniques) has been a MASSIVE funding source amongst world governments over the past 20+ years.

    I'd love your sources for this.

  • highlights the real reason so much money has gone into FDM processes.

    That's really a stretch. Fdm printing was held back for decades because of patents. If militaries/governments actually knew what it was worth they would've worked to fix that a lot quicker.

    More likely is that fdm printing became so popular because of how easy it is to make a cheap printer and how useful a tool it is for, frankly, most anything. Weapons are only a small slice of what a good printer can actually do.

    Of note, the reaction to having 3d printers capable of making weapon parts has resulted in legislation to limit 3d printer access, not to expand it.

    https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/new-bill-seeks-to-limit-3d-printed-firearms-faces-legal-and-practical-hurdles-248275/

    https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/ghost_gun_legislation_3d_printing/

  • The major content websites deprioritise Australian and UK content outside of their respective countries.

  • That's rough. Signal is the only app that can actually be trusted to resist state monitoring because it has a successful history of it.

    I guess another option to throw into the pool is https://docs.cwtch.im/ then. It's new though, and not as easy to use.

  • And just FYI, use case is simply texting with friends and family, while avoiding state monitoring.

    Signal. There's nothing better for security, ease of use, and features. It's a drop in replacement for texts and imessage and facetime.

  • They've got xep-0503 on the roadmap, so it's not there yet, but is for sure something worth keeping an eye on.

    Xmpp already survived Google divesting from it, so I'm more inclined to believe it has real staying power compared to all these new apps partially written by ai or with problematic security policies.

  • I imagine sitting on coach, searching for show. Then you want to watch some, and then you have to wait half an hour for full episode (or even season?) to download.

    This is a fair take on how a locally hosted video server would go. It's the same as someone who has a collection of disk media instead as well. Finding new media to watch is not instant, even with the best setups.

    I actually consider this to be a feature, instead of a bug. The algorithms that Netflix (and YouTube and everybody else that serves content) have a lot of issues. The ability to find content, the act of discovery, is something I think is actually very valuable, and has been lost since we switched to online streaming.

    I run a jellyfin server for my immediate family, and one of the benefits of not running an auto-download tool is that we all have a groupchat specifically for requesting new series/movies. I didn't expect it at first, but it has been a great way to connect with my family over varied media we watch, as well as a way of sharing what's new and interesting to them.

    Of course, I switched from Spotify to a physical mp3 player with my own personal library, so maybe my perspective is a bit skewed. For sure there is a place for a lack of barriers (including skipping out on analytical thought) for consuming content. I just don't think it should be the default.

  • My instance doesn't do that.

  • I really love this authors take on cinderellas crying face.

  • boink

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  • Most dishwasher pumps rely on the water flow generated while running to remain cool under normal use. When I say that they burn out, I mean that the motor literally burns its wires bad enough that the electric signal no longer carries properly.

    All it takes for this to happen is for the motor to run for a length of time without anything going through it, which bubbles can and do prevent happening. You will find this in nearly every single pump that pushes water: the design requires water running through it in order to maintain proper temperatures.

    Dishwashers often have a single pump for water flow, so if the washer fills with bubbles and the water gets low enough, the one thing that cools the dishwasher motor can easily stop running for a couple hours, despite technically being surrounded by water.

  • Liquid dish soap kills dishwashers. The bubbles mean the motor and/or pump fills with bubbles instead of water and often causes them to burn out.

  • Jesus fuck how have you not burned out your motor yet. I did that once and ruined my dishwasher instantly.

  • No, I mean from other creatures in your local area. Big groups of them might come over and steal some of whatever you find for yourself.

  • Yeah. I ended up getting a couple ms of latency back when i pulled the isp router too.