Strayce

So a few months back I found an EasyThreeD K7 in the ewaste bin at my work. Probably where it belongs tbh but I figured hey.. free printer. It works okay, sometimes. Usually okay for small and simple stuff, but tends to fail on anything serious. In the process, I've found my way around openSCAD, Cura, learned what can go wrong, how to troubleshoot, etc. It's been fun and educational. So, not a total loss, especially for $0 upfront. I'd feel cheated if I'd actually paid for it tho.

OTOH, I've wasted enough time, energy and filament on failed prints that its time to upgrade. I'd like to avoid Prusa and Bambu for personal reasons that I don't really want to go into on this comm. This is only ever really going to be a hobby for me, I see it being useful for fixing little stuff around the house like broken buttons and catches, building small ornaments or containers for things, and the occasional functional project like stands and mounts for devices or the odd project enclosure.

I've also used the Ultimaker 2+ at my local library. Although, Ultimaker seem to be focused on industrial applications these days; probably overkill for my purposes.

Prefer magnetic / flexible build plate, but glass isn't a deal breaker so long as its heated. I'm fine with manual leveling and offset so long as it's marginally more automated than the K7. I'm also alright with tinkering, replacing parts and firmware upgrades. I'd prefer a good community and aftermarket rather than having to rely on manufacturer support.

Based on my research, I'm leaning towards an Ender 3, although I'm not entirely sure what the difference is between models because the naming scheme is confusing. It seems to be a more open platform, and the community support and aftermarket seem great. But before I go ahead, are there any other brands/models I may not have heard of that I should be considering?

SOLVED: gPodder does this. I really should have known this.

I'm trying to be a little more deliberate about my media consumption, and less reliant on my phone, so I recently picked up a dedicated audio player. I have the music side sorted, but the other thing I listen to a lot is podcasts. So, what I'm looking for is a desktop podcast client that can download new episodes and track listens, but also transfer podcasts to the player. Somewhat like how desktop music players let you manage a device from within the app. From what I've seen, there's a lot of nice clients out there that do the first two, but I can't find anything that does the third one. Or alternatively, I don't have any particular loyalty to desktop music players, so one of those with device management that can also do podcasts would work too.

The player shows up as USB mass storage, so I'm not opposed to doing the syncing via a file manager or script, I'd just prefer not to have to.

EDIT: Linux

I have some downtime at the moment so I'm thinking of reviving my personal blog again. I have enough experience with managed services that I'm reasonably confident to self-host. I'm aware that WordPress / Drupal / Joomla will most likely do what I want, but they're way overkill for my needs and I don't need the extra headaches.

Currently I'm leaning towards ghost, even though activitypub is only in alpha as far as I know. Plume isn't actively maintained any more, which is a shame. WriteFreely is a great project but doesn't suit my aesthetics and doesn't support themes as far as I know. I know connecting a flat-file CMS to activitypub is possible, but seems like way more trouble than I'd like to go to.

Is there anything I've missed that I should be looking at?

I'm pretty deadset on switching my Legion Go over to Bazzite (for the controller support). One of the games I play a lot of is Elite Dangerous. While I'm quite sure I can get that up and running, there's a few third-party tools I use like EDMC and Voice Attack. EDMC and the like I'm fairly sure just need to get pointed to the logfiles, but I'm not sure how well VA will operate in a Linux environment. Anyone out there dealt with anything like this? It's not a deal breaker if it just doesn't work, but I'd like to know ahead of time.

Normally I'd go to r/mousereview for this kind of thing, but fuck that website.

Can anybody recommend me a mouse that isn't going to fuck out inside of a couple years? Was previously using an Ironclaw until the USB port went, replaced it with a Basilisk and the scroll on that one's started to jitter up and down now. I have fairly large hands and tend to use knuckle claw grip. Wireless is a must, builtin battery preferred, but requiring a single AA isn't a dealbreaker. I don't mind heavy, prefer a little weight tbh.

But the guy behind it is a god-tier troll, and Cory Doctorow generally doesn't suck IMO. Enjoy.