Lol my buddy just married one of those. I don’t know the terms of their pre-nup, or if they even did one. Wish we had a remind me bot so I could report back in 2 years!

Huh, it works on my machine…

Why thank you

I think oil and gas companies are responsible for a lot of that misunderstanding though. For example, you think the average person would be concerned about how heavy EVs are without someone pushing that narrative?

Can confirm. Bought one, loved it, so bought another. Would never consider going back.

Yeah I feel like hybrids are a terrible solution from an ownership perspective. You still have to get gas and do maintenance on a gas engine and all that comes with it. All so you can maybe road trip with a little less range anxiety once a year?

I miss that glass aesthetic from 2001

Yeah exactly. They’re effectively banning 3d printing.

Lol I was just talking to my wife about that yesterday and how it’s exactly like AI.

If you read something in the newspaper about your job, you’re like “these fucking idiots got this all backwards.” If you see AI output of an attempt at your job, it’s the same thing.

But if you read an article about someone else’s job, you think “that makes sense.” Same about seeing AI trying to do someone else’s job.

That sounds like an awful lot of effort just to jack off a tree branch

I’m neither very experienced with firearms nor printing

Unfortunately that’s the crux of the issue. The people who have written and signed this bill aren’t either - and they weren’t as big of a person as you to recognize that.

At the end of the day, 3D printing gcode is telling your printer to spit out a shape. And you simply cannot ban shapes. Am I printing a firing pin or a part for my shoe rack? There’s no way to tell. Any politician that’s telling you there is is either ignorant or lying to you.

Your faith in this mystery algorithm is stronger than mine. Here’s a diagram of the parts in an AR-15:

So we need an algorithm that renders the gcode I’m printing, then compares it to… something?

I just thanked the Lord she didn’t live to see her son as a batmaid.

Batman! (high-pitched cough) Bat-MAN!

Under the proposal, printers would have to evaluate STL files, CAD files, or other geometric code using a firearm blueprint detection algorithm and block files flagged as capable of producing a firearm or illegal firearm parts, including conversion devices.

California’s Department of Justice, or another relevant state agency, would have until January 1, 2028, to publish performance standards for detection algorithms and software control processes.

This is the problem when lawmakers write technical bills without speaking to technical people. They’re going to publish standards for evaluating if your gcode is a firearm or firearm part? THAT’S FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE

Came here for this. Doom on a pregnancy test is by far the most impressive!

I still have some old hard drives that only use IDE, but no computer that has an IDE port. Can’t bring myself to throw them away.

Lol you’re a bit late to the party

I searched for a car air filter the other day. I bought a car air filter the other day. I am still receiving ads for car air filters today.

Shit’s dumb as hell.

Amazon’s primary revenue driver is selling the top spots in their search results. So it’s no surprise that when you search for something, you almost never see what you’re looking for. They have literally created a system that intentionally shows you what you’re NOT looking for in order for them to make a profit.