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Never forget: You are not replaceable for your family!

I absolutely remember coworkers that worked late and went above and beyond. The difference though is that some of them worked late because they were much slower than their peers while others worked late because they always willing to help during a crisis.

I didn’t have control over comp back then, but as soon as I landed a lucrative project and needed a few software engineers, the ones that went above and beyond were the first ones I called. I was able to 3x their previous salaries. The 3rd guy I managed to get 1.5x.

They are providing for their families very well now with house and car purchases. YMMV.

Nothing wrong with coasting if you are comfortable. For others working hard is a habit or necessity.

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Who here is making money 3D printing?

I printed some stuff that I thought was cool and just put it up on Etsy early this year at a price that would be worthwhile for me. I was shocked when the first order came in as I never thought anyone would buy it. Then the orders kept coming in and I’ve grossed about 6k so far on Etsy. It’s nice that all of my hobby equipment and filaments are paid for and that’s all I’m looking for.

I continue to randomly list stuff that I think is cool. Sometimes they sell and sometimes they don’t and that’s fine. I don’t do SEO or research keywords or advertise. If I get bored of selling prints one day then I’ll just stop.

And printing is the least time consuming part of the process. It’s the packing and taking it to the post office that takes up the most time.

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I printed these for my daughter’s first birthday. The kids loved it!

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The white parts are printed separately and glued on. The personalized names on the covers, I used tinkercad. I imported a “Mario” font and then made it protrude slightly. It should be less than the layer height, but deep enough to provide solid color.

Then in bambu studio, color the protruding letters. When sliced, it’s just a smooth surface.

I learned the technique from a post in bambulab but can’t seem to find it anymore.

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Give me your prediction about Reddit users after death of 3PA

Fediverse isn’t ready for that many users yet. There are bugs, front end is either entirely missing (kbin has no app) or missing features, and scaling issues. The non technical issues that I’ve seen so far - there just isn’t enough content. Half of “all” is still talking about reddit or lemmy.

The number of users that signed up for lemmy and kbin right now is just a rounding error to reddit. It’s a good start, but there’s a ways to go before this can replace reddit.

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Link's Awakening - MMU

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I like it. I bought the X1C around Thanksgiving last year and then bought a P1P March of this year. My X1C has passed 3000 hrs now. Here's some discussion around that https://lemmy.world/post/688667. One downside is when I need a part, it takes a week to arrive.

I only print PLA so the P1P suits my needs. When I first bought it the P1P wasn't available yet otherwise I probably would've just gone with a P1P.

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After 3000 hrs, the original extruder on the X1C finally gave out. RIP

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At the risk of sounding like a shill, I think bambu components are fairly priced. Nozzles cost $15 a piece and I've replaced 2 of them in 3000 hours. The X1C also prints much faster than my old ender 3 so I got a lot of value out of the components.

I think a more valid argument is if there are few or no 3rd party parts available and Bambu goes out of business. It doesn't look like we're going down that road now, but it's possible to stock up on spare parts to prepare.