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r0ertel

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  • What mis-stated phrases or words do you feel still need to be corrected (online or in person) in 2025?

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  • OK, since you mentioned the media, putting "gate" after any government scandal. Nixon's scandal was involving the Watergate Office Building.

  • BTT Filament Runout Sensor on Ender 3 Pro

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  • The solution ended up being a setting on the printer that was overriding the firmware setting. I found the answer here.

    In case anyone is having the same problem, It seems that the settings stored in the printer overwrides the FILAMENT_RUNOUT_DISTANCE_MM in the firmware. So I just went the the printer configuration -> advance configuration -> filament and then I changed the runout distance and stored the settings.

  • If there is no heaven or after life, what is the point of living?

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  • This works for if there is or isn't an afterlife.

    I read a philosopher's take once that we're here to experience things like physical things or emotional things. We choose to come here to have these experiences and then go back as a more matured person (soul?). I like to think of it like we're on vacation and then we go back and do stuff and plan another vacation.

  • The Outcast

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  • Same. I was taught in school but never learned how to use them until I read this (The Oatmeal).

  • BTT Filament Runout Sensor on Ender 3 Pro

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  • Thanks for the reply, it's good advice to try looking at the sensor as a unit by itself. I did take it apart because in some of the reviews, people said that the mechanism inside of the vase jiggles as the filament is pulled in and out during retraction. I ended up wedging some plastic from a raspberry clamshell container (cleaned). Inside, there are two bearing wheels, one fixed and one that compresses the switch. The lower wheel turns another wheel with slots like a wagon wheel with a light sensor on the spokes to detect movement. It seems to work like a mouse scroll wheel.

    There are 3 wires. From what I read, one is ground, one is +5v and one is SPI (from memory, I could be wrong). I can definitely check the switch part.

    I was originally hoping to hear from a fellow Ender user with a simple, "yes it works without modifications" or, "I followed different instructions to make it work". In thinking through your post, however, I may flip off the motion detection portion of the firmware code and run it as a simple switch to see if that works as expected.

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    That's not how this works

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  • There was a time when central banks didn't exist. The half that doesn't like them can go back to that time and trade two chickens and a goat for a wagon or whatever. Go do your *coin with whomever and be happy about it.

  • A Request to the Fediverse Community

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  • I'd love to see nothing but PeerTube links in the fediverse. YouTube has become almost unusable for me.

  • We give it all (and more) away to the worst of us. There often is nothing left for ourselves at the end of the day.

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  • I'm waiting for a Roomba dishwasher where it roams around the house picking up dishes, washing them and returning them to the cabinets.

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    What is a U.S. health insurance's "concierge program"?

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  • TL;DR: I don't really know.

    My health care insurance does this too. I save some $50/yr to agree to a call from an RN to help me with my health condition(s). A coworker who formerly worked in health insurance told me that while they also help you to navigate the health insurance system and/or find cheaper care or whatever, you're actully still talking to your health insurance company and not your doctor and so anything that you say is now on your health insurance record. This can be used to deny future coverage for an existing condition, dissuade you from pursuing more expensive (for them) medical treatments or to raise your company's rates for certain ailments (for example, everyone at your company smokes, they'll drop coverage for asthma).

    The health insurance company doesn't know all of your ailments simply based on the billing codes. You are protected by HIPPA. Your health insurance company can ask you anything and anything you say to them is not necessarily covered by HIPPA.

  • Instinct

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  • I'm in the same boat, but one day I just stopped talking and started listening, mostly as a social experiment on myself. Now everyone thinks that I'm really smart. It tears me up inside sometimes, but I like the outcome.

    "Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue."

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    NAS NFS user mapping

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  • Thanks for the feedback. I plan to do some reading on NFSv4 domain mapping this weekend.

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    How did you find leverage to tilt a situation or dynamic in your favor when it would have otherwise seemed hopeless?

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  • When negotiating a deal, make your offer, listen to the response and walk away (not rudely, just...you have somewhere else to be). The first one who calls back loses. This works well for buying a car.

    Edit: oops, hit submit too quickly. I used this to buy an ATV long ago and many cars since. "I can spend $XXX (know this nunber before you start).

    <wait for counter offer>

    . It's a nice ATV, but I promised myself that I'd spend no more than $XXX. Thank you for your time. "

  • Problem Solving

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  • That's my favorite book of all time.

  • All of Telegram's Lies About Privacy

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  • Can you elaborate on your last sentence? Is the US more or less trustworthy than alternatives?

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    Anyone else here that stopped watching TV almost completely?

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  • I'm so old that I can watch reruns of a series that I've already watched and laugh at the same jokes because I forgot the episode.

    Also, it's not the healthiest habit, but TV numbs the mind so that I can forget about my problems long enough to fall asleep.

    I'm turning into my dad. I remember waking up early to get to school and seeing my dad sleeping in his recliner with sportsline on very low volume. Now I use TV to get to sleep, too.

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  • This doesn't speak directly to your question, but in the appendix of the Neal Stevenson book, Cryptonomicron, there are instructions on how to use a deck of cards (technically 2) as a one time pad for encrypting and decrypting messages. This could serve as the foundation for secret messaging using other media than paper.

  • You ever do something like this? What's your story?

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  • This type of thing happened to me twice. I stopped giving directly and now only donate to charities which vet the recipient and distribute. I'm not paying for someone's drug or alcohol addiction. I also donate my time.

  • Collateral splashing

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  • It's working as designed. The sac is the mud flap, right?

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    Have you ever been experienced a natural disaster? If so, which one?

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  • I've been in earthquakes, tornadoes, a hurricane and a few floods. Also, ice and hail storms, many blizzards, thunderstorms and straight line winds. The tornadoes are always the most frightening.

    The bigger of the earthquakes was just enough to move the dishes around in the cupboards so that when I went for a cup, a bunch fell out. The closest tornado hit a few streets over from where I lived and bounced, destroying every other house down one side of a street. The hurricane just blew sand around and covered the car in a sand dune. I lost several cars to floods and had to be rescued once.

    I should probably go check out a tsunami some time to fill out my disaster bingo board.