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Cake day: November 3rd, 2024

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  • That is A LOT of sequels/remakes. I probably don’t need to state my opinion on franchise recycling, as everyone has heard it all before from someone far more literate and irate than I.

    Looking forward to Project Hail Mary, though. While I’m of the typical opinion that movie adoptions rarely hold up, I am cautiously optimistic about this one for some reason.

    Oh, and I’ll probably watch the Paw Patrol sequel in the theater with some of my kids.











  • Jet bridges only work with airplanes above a certain size, such as Boeing 737 and above. Airports that also serve smaller aircraft need to have infrastructure in place to board from the apron, and once that infrastructure is in place it can be used for both big and small aircraft.

    Boarding from the apron is a lot more flexible as it’s basically a matter of getting the aircraft onto any available parking spot, and then shuttle passengers to and from the aircraft. So delayed flights are more likely to use one of these spots, as the Jet bridge schedule requires a lot of planning.

    While the above probably isn’t a root cause, it’s definitely a factor.

    Source: Frequent flyer, on both big and small aircraft.






  • An STL file describes an object/shape. This needs to be translated into actual print instructions such as move to X/Y position, squirt plastic, move again, etc. This is what a slicer does: It “translates” from a shape to actual print instructions. I’m not sure, but I’ve always assumed that it’s called slicing because it takes the 3D object and creates many vertical slices with print instructions.

    I don’t know about your printer specifically, but I guess it takes Gcode (which is what you get as output from a slicer) like most other printers? I suggest you grab PrusaSlicer as it’s very flexible and supports a lot of different printer defaults. Load your STL in there, slice it, transfer the result to your printer, and you should in theory be good to go.

    Tip: Start with something small.