Rangelus

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Interislander replacements: 'We're continuing to take advice' - Willis in c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I hear you on that. But my view is, that's how much it cost. Cancelling it won't make it cheaper in the future. Sometimes we just need to bite the bullet and pay for what we need.

It's more like an issue with initial quotes than the actual cost of the thing. The problem is, the public sees a big cost and screams "they're wasting our money!", but that's not really it at all. The government is trying to invest in needed infrastructure that benefits all of us in the future. Literally their job.

Interislander replacements: 'We're continuing to take advice' - Willis in c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Mate, the infrastructure is reaching end of life anyway and needs replacing.

The benefit of doing it all at once is they were enlarging both terminals to allow better offloading of freight. Pay more now to spend less later.

Watch live: Crackdown on teacher-only days, parents face prosecutions in truancy push in c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The dumbest thing about changing teacher only days, is they are not counted in then mandatory number of days a school is open for. All this change will do is make them close earlier, so the kids will still be off school and parents will still need to make arrangements.

It's fucking stupid.

NASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space in c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Cheers mate. Neat stuff!

I wonder how much force a sail of that size is expected to produce?

Housing reforms mean a free market and 'extremely ugly buildings', developer says in c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 months ago

The only thing I'm concerned about is the continued creep of housing developments into productive farmland.

If developers want to increase density of housing in current areas, that's a good thing! I don't particularly care about how stylish a development is at this point in time. Besides, current cookie cutter housing is all ugly anyway.

Teenage boy threatened with machete at Albany Bus Station in attempt to steal his shoes in c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you, and I think it's interesting to look at why there is a short term uptick in youth crime.

Something something cost of living crisis something something

Happy birthday! Lemmy.nz turns 1! in c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Congrats mate! Thank you for all your hard work on maintaining this little piece of the internet for us!

Te Pāti Māori wants to establish its own parliament in c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But the ambiguity comes from the crown ignoring the original, Te Reo document, in favour of the translates English version, then ignoring that as well.

[Troubleshooting] Big stringing problem with flsun SR and Orcaslicer in c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 months ago

It's all good mate! Thanks for the suggestion. When I first started printing I had that exact issue.

[Troubleshooting] Big stringing problem with flsun SR and Orcaslicer in c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Hey mate, I keep my filament in a dry cabinet at 5ish% humidity, and I've had the same results with two different filaments in there. I even chucked my filament in a food dehydrator at 40C for 12h with no effect. I'm pretty sure the filament is dry!

Does anyone print planter heads? in c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 months ago

I love these! Thanks for sharing!

[Troubleshooting] Big stringing problem with flsun SR and Orcaslicer in c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 1 points 5 months ago

After sleeping on it, I remembered that my new heatbreak doesn't feed the bowden all the way to the end of the nozzle like the stock one does, so I'm pretty sure I have it seated correctly. I'll check it though, many thanks for the info! :)

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[Troubleshooting] Big stringing problem with flsun SR and Orcaslicer (lemmy.nz)
 

Ok guys, I'm breaking down and posting here to see if anyone has any ideas. I'm greatful for any advice.

I have an upgraded flsun SR. I recently lost my computer (psu issue, waiting for replacement) and I took this opportunity to switch from Cura to Orcaslicer.

Over-all I'm very happy, and getting some good speeds, but I just cannot remove stringing no matter what I try:

  • Retraction from 0-7mm. After about 3mm, no further effect
  • Retraction speed from 30mm/s-50mm/s. No noticable effect
  • Travel speed and acceleration both high (up to 350mm/s and 6000 accel. No effect
  • Temp from 205-215 with no effect
  • Dried filament and different colours, no effect
  • Wipe on retract on and off, up to 2mm wipe distance and 100% retraction. No effect
  • Messed with scarf seams on and off, no effect
  • No effect from layer heights

My setup:

  • Printer - FLSun SR running klipper with a speede pad
  • Filament - Esun PLA+
  • Upgrades - Deported fans, OMG v2 extruder, volcano hotend and high flow cht nozzle
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Help with stringing after shifting to Klipper (lemmy.nz)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Rangelus@lemmy.nz to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
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Background:

I am running a mostly stock flsun Super Racer, which had been running pretty well on Marlin. I was having a few problems with print quality at high speed, and in an attempt to improve this I bought the flsun Speeder Pad, flashed it with stock klipper, and got it all up and running. So far so good.

I have been trying to get rid of an annoying stringing issue that I never really had on Marlin, and the more I try to remedy it, the worse it's getting.

The image is from my latest retraction tower test after re-calibrating pressure advance and rotation_distance. I'm really not sure where to go from here.

Settings from the above test:

  • Esun PLA+
  • 220C (for maximum flow)
  • 1000mm/s acceleration (low for a delta)
  • 0.1mm z-hop on retract
  • Firmware retract control running in test tower mode, 0mm start, 0.1mm factor
  • Pressure advance of 0.236

Upgrades from stock:

  • Lighter hotend housing
  • Deported fans
  • Fan ducts

Any advice is greatly appreciate!

UPDATE: It was the filament. I grabbed a spool of grey from my drying cabinet, and only later (after much hair pulling!) realized it was the budget filament I'd bought to try. Switched it out to some good quality esun PLA+ and the stringing practically vanished! See image for final stringing test.

Final retraction settings: 3.5mm at 35mm/s.

I would like to thank everyone for their help! Lemmy is always the best place to get advice!

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Inquiry into the current and future nature, impact, and risks of cryptocurrencies final report has been released. (selectcommittees.parliament.nz)
 

I didn't know the final report had been released already, but after an interview on RNZ National today I went looking for the actual report.

Some very interesting recommendations. Here are some highlights:

Policy settings

  1. We recommend that the Government adopt policy settings to encourage developments in digital assets and blockchain in New Zealand.

Regulatory frameworks 2. Because it is early in the development of digital assets and blockchain, we recommend that the Government and regulatory agencies proceed carefully and do not design and implement a fully integrated and consistent regulatory framework for digital assets at this point in time.

Primary regulator role 8. We recommend that there should be no primary regulator for digital assets, as digital assets cover a spectrum of use cases, well beyond investment.

“Blockchain-sprints” 11. We recommend that the Digital Assets Cross-Agency Working Group hold “blockchain-sprint” equivalent or similar events to develop new ideas and strategies for industry growth.

Education 14. We recommend that secondary and tertiary educational institutions consider developing courses in relation to digital assets, blockchain, and the broader Web3 context, as part of a wider focus on technology (and its place in New Zealand’s future).

Central bank digital currency 22. We recommend that the Reserve Bank continue with design work on its central bank digital currency.

Interesting things here. Clearly the recommendation is for the government to embrace and encourage Blockchain technology, and not to regulate it too heavily.

I'm curious to see what comes of this.

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Case of missing Christchurch woman Yanfei Bao now homicide inquiry (www.rnz.co.nz)
 

Sounds like the worst case scenario has come to pass, unfortunately. Very sad news.

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Lemmy android client (lemmy.nz)
 

What client, if any, do you guys use on your phone? I've been using Jerboa, but it has its problems so I'm wondering if there's a better option?

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Few comments coming through from subscribed communities on other instances (lemmy.nz)
 

I am trying Lemmy for the first time, and have subscribed to a community on another instance as a test (https://sopuli.xyz/c/homebrewing).

I can see the posts come though, but few if any of the comments are there. Obviously if I visit the community directly they show up, but then I can't post/comment as my account is with this instance.

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