That’s the same initials of mine! I did a PEI bed sheet though, and so far I’ve stuck with Cura (but you’re tempting me!)
Is it the greatest? Of course not. Does it take care of a lot of issue I had with my previous Ender 3 V2? Definitely.
So, I’ll argue with people on Nextdoor about things like ICE and trans issues when they come up. Over the last few weeks I’ve been talking directly with a woman from there, after a discussion about ICE. She identifies as conservative/libertarian, but to be fair she also voted for the incumbent Democrat in our congressional district so there legitimately was some wiggle room there, not just a MAGA claiming to be moderate.
Over the long course of our conversation, she seems to see the anti-Trump point of view a lot better and even changed her mind a little bit on some topics. I also accidentally triggered what I can best describe as an introspective crisis when I explained that I’m not entirely comfortable considering her a friend when she turns a blind eye to the harm Trump is causing others, including the diverse group of friends I have (it was a more detailed, gentle explanation but that was the gist of it)
Since this is ongoing and I’ve been kind of surprised at how it’s gone, here’s what I think has worked well…
Keep things friendly. I know that’s hard to do, but if you come on too strong and angry, you’ll just drive people away from you and firmer in their position
Stay on-topic to the things that matter most. Things like people being sent to CECOT without so much as a trial (disregarding multiple amendments in the bill of rights)
Stay factual. Be prepared to back up with sources, and offer to ahead of time. Be absolutely sure that everything you say is bulletproofly true. Avoid getting alarmist.
Pace yourself. I’d go hours just thinking about what was said and how best to respond. We agreed this was best so we didn’t get distracted from our lives too much
Listen. I can’t think of anything where I’ve really changed my mind, but it does give a way to frame your concerns (“I hear what you’re saying about the influx of migrants. I’m not sure what the data shows there, but if you let the government bypass protocol they’re basically incentivized to let the mess get so big they can take away rights and that doesn’t sit well with me” or “I get that you want people to go through the legal process, but ICE is picking up people in court on their way to their check-ins. They’re TRYING to keep things legal and are getting punished for it”). Sometimes I’ve circled back to things said earlier to make a connection (don’t like CECOT happening? This is the kind of thing that got us there)
Assuming you mean metaphorically, I’m pretty sure people/organizations that much in the spotlight already get plenty of tags and the platforms limit notifications
Oh, they fully suspect it
I think you’re thinking of D’s, not TLD’s.
Can you ELI5 why water has no calories, which is also a unit of energy? Do we just not absorb it?
Worst years of my life. Some par for the course, some not. For example, it probably didn’t help that my school district was going through a reorganization and I went to 4 different schools in 4 years (grades 6-9).
Everything with energy, sure… But I’m not sure that all matter has energy. Water, for example, has zero calories/energy. In fact, cold water effectively has negative calories as your body has to use energy to bring itself back up to temperature.
I think the question is if calories can take the form of a gas like it can solid or liquid. Like, just by breathing them in somehow.
I used to work for (3-letter US pharmacy chain)
Having done the same (well, a smaller company they bought well before I started), you have my deepest sympathies.
I think few people were buying Altoids for the box (not nobody, I know exactly what you’re talking about, but I’m just saying it was a small piece of the pie) and the fad of Altoids kind of faded.
It’s all relative. I live in Denver and don’t think the Nebraska border (almost 3 hours away) is particularly close. But when I drove home from Minneapolis a few days ago, I was thrilled to be in the home stretch
So kind of like saying “I am 14 yeared” (the same way a shirt with stripes is a striped shirt)? That’s actually kind of interesting.
Wait until you realize where the word verano comes from
In my first language (English) a 14-year-old would day “I am 14 years old” which means “I am 14 years old”
In my distant second language (Spanish) they would say “tengo 14 años” which, like Italian, means “I have 14 years”
Energy is not created or destroyed, it only gets transformed from one form to another. Fuel represents a storage of energy. So when you burn fuel, you are taking the energy contained in that fuel and using it to create heat energy, harness it to make a car move, generate electricity (which you seem to agree is energy as well), or whatever.
Think about high school physics. Bring a 200 pound weight to the top of a tower, and it has potential energy. Nothing happens, just as nothing happens to fuel without a spark, but if you drop it out turns into kinetic energy. Let it hit the ground, and the sidewalk will absorb some of that energy as it breaks, it gets absorbed into sound energy, the whole process repeats on a smaller scale as it bounces, etc. All energy, and not in the hippy “the universe is all energy, maaan” kind of way.
The first part of this Technology Connections video also shows how propane is stored energy that gets converted: https://youtu.be/OOK5xkFijPc - just because that spark was needed to convert the energy in that propane to heat, doesn’t mean the spark is the source of the energy. If you’re going to be pedantic enough that I have to explain that.
I never said it would happen immediately 😉
Gas isn’t energy
It absolutely is. Do I need to explain why that’s a ridiculous take, or have you had enough coffee by now to realize it?
Just don’t die there - it’s illegal
Historically, yes. But that general idea has really been flipped over the last decade. 2018 midterm flipped the house D. 2022 gave Republicans control of the house, but not nearly as badly as expected and even gave an extra D seat in the Senate. There have been countless special elections (same idea, usually even harder than a midterm for Democrats) where they pulled through, giving Georgia and even (briefly) Alabama Democratic senators.