I started 3d printing back when you had to build it all from scratch, and it seemed ABS was the only filament to be found. PLA came along soon enough and made things sooo much easier. Then came some more exotic ones like TPU or Nylon I think, but I never tried them out because they seemed pretty niche. But now I'm getting back into it after some time and am seeing PETG popping up more and it seems to have become one of the mainstream materials now. Are there any other key materials I should become aware of these days? Has PETG started to replace ABS as a superior "high-temp" filament? Does anyone have experience with these?

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looking for something specific
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    Love Letter. A very quick game with just 13 cards. Games take about 3 minutes so you can play multiple rounds if you want. Suits 2-6 players. Generally very popular and easy to learn.

    Comes in dozens of themes as well, if you don't like the "princess in a castle" theme. You can find Batman, Cuthulu, The Hobbit, versions depending on your preference.

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  • this community is awesome
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    OnShape is my go-to. It's what I taught my students when I was a TA for an introductory engineering class at college, and they could pick it up in about a day.

    Can do just about anything a "professional" cad suite does, but it's free, works in a browser, and is generally so much better designed so you don't have to fight against the UI to get anything done.

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  • Roadmap and future of this community
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    How does this Dev Team interact with the official Lemmy repository? Based on the Reddit post where you were directing people to message the Mod team rather than visit the Lemmy GitHub page, somehow I get the impression you guys are working on a forked version of Lemmy rather than contributing to the core repository. Is that accurate?

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  • [Feature Request] A Package Manger... for Communities
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    The way I picture this is by letting communities have some sort of "partner communities" listing. If mods of games@xyz decide they like the content of games@abc, and gaming@123, they add those communities as "partners" (perhaps those communities have to accept which in turn adds games@abc as their partner). Then, when any user subscribes to one partnered community, they also become subscribed by proxy to the others, and begin to see posts from all 3.

    This helps smaller communities piggyback on the success of willing larger communities and gain a bit of visibility as well, which should encourage growth of each partner so smaller ones don't just die out.

    Communities can "unpartner" at any time, in which case users would only remain subscribed to the one they originally selected. And of course, users could explicitly block any of the partnered communities if they don't want to see the whole set.

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  • Ender-3 V2 3D Printer, Is it any good?
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    Seconding this. V2 has been awesome for me, but I had to add a bltouch to get consistently good results without fiddling with leveling all the time. Now, V2 gives me flawless prints with minimal tinkering.

    Neo adds this by default, plus a few other upgrades other people are mentioning, that I think make it perfect for a newbie who just wants to start printing.

    V2 is "the same machine" but you would need to buy the upgrades separately (bltouch is really the only one you "need"). Good if you want to spend a little more time getting to know the machine and putting it together. Gives a good feel for how the machine works and is a good experience on its own if you want to get deeper into the hobby.

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  • Simple fantasy games?
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    The theme is very minimal. I think the premise is "someone is trying to sneak a letter to the princess. Guess who has it? The guard? The maid? Etc." It's just a deduction game.

    But there are also loads of "themed" versions if you prefer. Batman, Cthulhu, Munchkin, Santa Claus, Legend of the Five Rings, The Hobbit, Marvel, etc.

    And since there are only 13 cards, you could easily re-theme it with a Deck of Many Things or something.

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  • I reported an issue on GitHub, and the devs are asking if our instance owner can reboot and provide some logs to help troubleshoot. Reaching out here in hopes the instance owners see this? Not sure the best way to contact them for stuff like this. GitHub issue here https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3428#issuecomment-1617850434

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    FDM Foodsafe
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    Others can correct me if I'm wrong, but PLA the plastic itself is food safe. As in, you can put it in your mouth and it's fine. The issue comes from the 3d printing process which tends to create small pockets and porous surfaces where microbes can hide and grow once it gets wet, kind of like a sponge. So you could print a single-use fork and eat with it, but don't reuse it later.

    I think an insert for cutlery would be fine since you aren't going to be getting it wet or putting it in contact with your mouth or food.

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  • Yes. Actually, I think that would be lovely
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    Conversations with my spouse are almost entirely of the following:

    1. planning and coordinating
    2. infodumping
    3. little love phrases ("I love you." "You are a good wife." "Come give me a kiss.")
    4. listening silently while my wife shares the latest gossip and about her day
    5. spontaneous deep conversations

    I love her.

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  • Deck building + racing. What's your favorite?
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    What about something like Aeon's End? Not racing on a map, but racing against a clock, because the big monster is going to destroy the world if you are too slow.

    Awesome deck building, but an extreme sense of urgency.

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  • Simple fantasy games?
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    Are you looking for separate games to play in between roleplaying sessions, or games to play "inside" the roleplaying game?

    One game that comes to mind is "Love Letter". A fun little card game that involves a little bit of deduction and bluffing but only takes about 4 minutes.

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  • I always see pictures of people's collections with boxes stored vertically on their edge. Looks nice, but when I do this the pieces inside tend to get jumbled around. What's the general consensus on the best way to arrange boxes on the shelf?

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    What is a good board game for beginners to expand in to? started with Catan, maybe looking to shake things up.
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    I might recommend Dominion as a great "starter" game that is a totally different feel from Catan but still has the "different every time" setup. Very quick to set up; it's just cards. No teamwork though.

    Something with teamwork and betrayal I would recommend is Dead of Winter. But I'll be honest betrayal as a mechanic usually doesn't work for me in general, so I don't play with those rules when there is an option.

    For a teamwork game, one classic is Pandemic, although once you win the game the first time the novelty wears off.

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