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@stroughtonsmith @jamesthomson Depends on the Bambu. The H2C can do 7-color prints with similar waste. Any of the dual- or single-nozzle, though, absolutely would have wasted a ton.
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It’s mind boggling to imagine what the price required to actually have a profit would be.
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","url":"https://vmst.io/users/gregatron5/statuses/116719953110819940","date_published":"2026-06-09T11:39:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Gregatron5","url":"https://vmst.io/@gregatron5","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F110%2F712%2F781%2F731%2F944%2F046%2Foriginal%2F2b6e7ef80931969b.png","_microblog":{"username":"gregatron5@vmst.io"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-09 11:39","date_timestamp":1781005143,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91590871","content_html":"@User47 If it’s the one that was only like 6 people, yes. Even if it’s not robust, at least it points in the right direction.
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Tasty, tasty murder.
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I get what you want and would like a lot of it, too, but at what point does it stop being an iPad and start being a Mac-lite?
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","url":"https://vmst.io/users/gregatron5/statuses/116346485475963604","date_published":"2026-04-04T12:41:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Gregatron5","url":"https://vmst.io/@gregatron5","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F110%2F712%2F781%2F731%2F944%2F046%2Foriginal%2F2b6e7ef80931969b.png","_microblog":{"username":"gregatron5@vmst.io"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 12:41","date_timestamp":1775306480,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87354850","content_html":"RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116325668039992121
This echoes my experience with Claude Code. It produces wildly \"bad\" code that more often than not kind of works.
By “bad\" I mean non-idiomatic, ineffecient code that will maybe get the job done but anyone who is beyond “self taught hobbyist who just wants it to work and doesn't care how\" would be ashamed to write and ship.
Upon writing that, I suddenly get why @viticci is so enamoured with it.
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Good on @ottergoose, tho! That is amazimg and important work.
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","url":"https://vmst.io/users/gregatron5/statuses/116272994204959843","date_published":"2026-03-22T13:11:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Gregatron5","url":"https://vmst.io/@gregatron5","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F110%2F712%2F781%2F731%2F944%2F046%2Foriginal%2F2b6e7ef80931969b.png","_microblog":{"username":"gregatron5@vmst.io"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 13:11","date_timestamp":1774185092,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86171375","content_html":"@sjsmac @gruber @Moltz I’m surprised Acme Weather hasn’t been brought up. In case you hadn’t heard, the Dark Sky guys left Apple and started all over again.
https://apps.apple.com/app/id6742032583
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https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/restoring-your-app-s-state-with-swiftui
Nowhere does it list what “plist type” contains, nor does it link to a definition. After manually searching for plist types I found the “Information Property List\" page on Apple's documentation site, which also does not provide any useful information about supported data types.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information-property-list
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*I've searched the pages for SceneStorage, AppStorage, and “Restoring your app's state with SwiftUI\" and haven't found mention of data type restrictions.
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","url":"https://vmst.io/users/gregatron5/statuses/116081292510270651","date_published":"2026-02-16T16:39:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Gregatron5","url":"https://vmst.io/@gregatron5","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Fcache%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F110%2F712%2F781%2F731%2F944%2F046%2Foriginal%2F2b6e7ef80931969b.png","_microblog":{"username":"gregatron5@vmst.io"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-16 16:39","date_timestamp":1771259956,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83653022","content_html":"@User47 I know because I lived it. I'm lucky to have escaped.
My fundamentalist school actually taught relatively good critical thinking skills, they just also taught to never apply it to the Bible (or what teachings we were supposedly receiving from it). During and after college I started applying my critical thinking skills to my indoctrinated religion, and now I am avowedly anti-modern Christianity. (I think there are some branches, mostly historic, which were \"good,\" but it's vanishingly rare now. Maybe Quakers?)
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Please boost.
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What a horrible no good Halloween.
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Transcriptionist and Aiko are nice, but it would be nicer if the transcripts could differentiate who’s speaking.
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People still buy ringtones‽
Settings -> Sounds -> Ringtone -> Tone Store 🤯
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Embeddings: What they are and why they matter https://simonwillison.net/2023/Oct/23/embeddings/
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https://apps.apple.com/app/id462234530
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This roller coaster has a really long up because it goes to space. It goes up eight and a half minutes, and then it’s in space.
😁🚀
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