There are some things I do paint as a result of my struggles lol
But sometimes I don't want that aesthetic or that painting so many tiny things doesn't sound appealing from a labor perspective, etc. But yes, it's always a valid option!
I have done this before once, though I do find that each 'spool' of color is a bit too small especially a bowden setup as there's a good amount of waste there.
Which does work for some projects, but then not terribly viable for medium sized projects especially if I need just a bit more. I need a Goldilocks solution! lol
I might have to look more into buying more multi-bags though, nice idea!
I'll have to look around, thanks!
Unfortunately that doesn't help me as much with the storage issue, though that's definitely decent pricing if I need two specific colors!
Oooh, that's a neat idea that I hadn't thought of. I'll definitely be reaching out to my library!
Oooh, I always overlook that, good point. I'm from the US and I'll add that to my post. Thanks.
I don't print a ton, just an object here and there: like board game upgrades, etc.
As a result, buying 1kg spools, especially in many different colors, is both expensive up-front and takes up a lot of storage space.
For example:
- In the board game Root there are up-to 9 factions with their own color scheme for the most part: upgrades.
- I usually use eSun PLA+ at $25/kg
- Not counting other pieces/colors, that's $225 in filament upfront. But only needing like ~500g total.
- Sure, I'd have the rest of that filament for future projects, but now I've got to store all that for an indeterminant time that I have another project with that color.
Are there any manufacturers that sell affordable, low-volume amounts of filament? Maybe half kg or even 250g? I'm in the United States if that matters.
Closest I've found is Sunlu filament, but that's only sold in bundles (what happens when I run out of a color and need just another 250g?) and I have some concerns over the quality and business practices I've seen online.
The problem that I find is that most cases only say they support x drives, but with some additional (official) drive cages can support more, but stuff like PC Part Picker doesn't show that, so hard to search that way.
Fair question, difficult to answer.
I bought the Deep Silence around $180. So maybe $250 or so/less? Flexible. Definitely not Storinator prices (though I wish they sold the chassis separate).
My unRAID server has 12 data drives, 2 parity drives, and 3 SSD cache pools. Plus dual Xeons on a SuperMicro ATX board.
I currently have the Deep Silence 5 case by Nanoxia. But things are cramped. I've filled all the standard drive bays, plus put in a 4-bay 5.25 enclosure. But I still have one of the SSDs just floating around.
What would a better case to put all this stuff in?
I'm a dungeon master and I use it for help world building and its exceptional.
Oh that sounds neat. Can you give some examples of your process and results?
I do like Prowlarr for management of indexers across the *arr apps, but for some reason I prefer the Jackett search much more. I think part of it is the sub-search within the results, or something else about the UI.
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I'm having some issues with my Plex's stability and was curious what the community thinks about their chosen OS and Plex.
(If there's a better site than SurveyMonkey for polls, let me know and I'll re-do it)
Edit: turns out SurveyMonkey can only show me the first 10 responses. I'll re-do this survey soon!
The results for those 10 was 3 Windows, 3 Linux, 2 MacOS, 1 NAS, 1 Proxmox. All stable except my answer.
But feel free to comment below what OS you run on, and whether you find it stable! Thanks!
I do want the ultrawide for gaming specifically, and otherwise just using what I've got already. Else, I'd definitely entertain that thought a bit more. Interesting for sure though!
I'm buying a Dell S3422DWG (34" WQHD curved monitor), mainly based off rtings' suggestion) and my price range.
I currently have 2x Dell U2414H and 1x ASUS VG278HR.
My plan is to use the S3422DWG as my primary, and have the U2414Hs on either side in Portrait, no longer using the ASUS. Kind of like this setup. I work in IT (multiple remote connections at a time) and also do some gaming, nothing crazy.
Computer side, I've got an NVIDIA RTX 2060 with DP, HDMI, and DVI outputs. I'm thinking the DP port to the S3422DWG, and HDMI and DVI-HDMI to the U2414Hs.
I no longer have the original stands for the U2414Hs, so I'll probably need to get some monitor arms. Unfortunately all 3 monitors have recessed 100x100 VESA mounts.
Questions
- How's my plan in general? Anything you'd do differently?
- Will having mixed refresh rates be an issue for gaming?
- Worst case, I could turn off the 60hz monitors when gaming I guess.
- Any issues with the cabling?
- What monitor arms should I get for the 2 U2414Hs? Does it matter, or are they pretty much the same.
- I doubt there's a dual arm setup that would allow me to have the ultrawide in the middle, so I'm assuming I'd need two?
- Anything I'm not thinking of?
The game itself is one of my and my wife's favorites. We take the pocket edition on every trip we take.
If the theme isn't ideal, since you're 3d printing it, you could just design your own (something like tinkercad would be easy enough for this). It's just hexes with an icon on top, so that icon could be anything you wanted!