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  • Try Changing the width and Hight of the First Layer to smaller Values, no clue Why, but it Fixed this kinda issue before for me!

    reducing the width of the first layer seems counter intuitive to me. usually adhession is improved by using widths wider than the nozzle since the plastic has to get smooshiefied into the surface. I don’t know there’s much difference on the first layer 125%-200% of the nozzle width, but I find going over definitely helps. (I use 150% for stronger parts in general.)

    or at least that’s been my experience. nozzle height/z offset would be the first thing for me to check, but PLA shouldn’t be warping that bad, IMO, so there might be some thermal issues as well.




  • Unless he’s building a custom loop because he’s really into building custom pcs, then liquid cooling isn’t worth it.

    A decent heat sink on the CPU and several fans blowing correctly in the case will do just as good. The only real drawback is that they’re not as quiet under high load.

    As for AIOs, it’s been a while but I doubt rather a lot that they re on par as far as price goes, and you’re going to be better off buying better (read: noctua) fans.

    More/larger fans also can be ran at lower rpm’s for the same cooling and get even quieter. (And have that much more under high load.)

    To the edit: you’re gonna find that there’s little more decisive than liquid vs air when it comes to building pcs. I like my liquid rig. But also, I realize most people won’t enjoy changing coolant every month.







  • Printing more money doesn’t make more value- it actually reduces the individual value of a dollar.

    That value needs to come from somewhere.

    When a currency is backed by some commodity (we backed by silver and gold, historically.) that value comes from whatever is backing it (ie you could go to a bank and get that stuff.)

    Today, the dollar is backed by the confidence of the people using it. Specifically, the confidence in the US government. The value is also affected by supply and demand for that currency.

    If the US suddenly decided to print the trillions dollar coin, the market reaction wouldn’t be all that hot. There is some wiggle room but generally not a lot.

    If you want to know what happens when you push it too far, check out the Weimar Republic (Germany), Hungary after ww2 and Zimbabwe in the late 2000’s

    It’s very much not-good.


  • In the US, at least, the government has 2 ways it can fund itself.

    Taxes, which are collected through a variety of means- income tax, for example, or import taxes, etc. these funds go into the treasury, which then get doled out to pay for things.

    If taxes are insufficient, or there’s some type of emergency that requires an excess of funds more quickly than they can levy with taxes… the government takes on debt. Specifically, they use a number of different instruments including bonds.

    The “national debt” is the the sum of all those bonds, loans and whosiwhats its that are taken out to pay for things. it’s the debt that the national government owes to others.







  • Historically, the whole point to the loyalty card coupons was because then they could track your purchases and sell that data on you.

    It used to be incredibly valuable, and it techncially still is. But your big box retail stores are going to insane lengths, including tracking you from the moment you pull into their parking lot (including knowing what kind of car you drive,) and how many times you circle, lets say, the lego aisle, or the cookies. They know how long you spend looking at stuff and are selling all of that. (as well as using for marketing to sell you more shit you don’t need.)