Re:I 3D-printed every bit of my wedding, including my bouquet
by mymythisisthis on Friday November 30, 2018 @08:07PM
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F*&! impression management. Buy used clothing, shoes, and furniture. It takes "2,700 liters to produce the cotton needed to make a single t-shirt".
I support my local cobbler, new soles on my shoes, look great, function great. I support my local tailer by buying used clothing and getting tailored to fit me properly. These are real makers, sure they don't use fancy 3D printers, but they are masters at their craft.
Re:I 3D-printed every bit of my wedding, including my bouquet
by Spivak on Friday November 30, 2018 @07:52PM
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I feel like you're ascribing a lot of sci-fi dreams to a technology that lets you work with (mostly) plastic without molds. Like these things aren't replicators.
Re:I 3D-printed every bit of my wedding, including my bouquet
by filamentWow on Friday November 30, 2018 @10:23PM
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It's more like, hey wow, look at all these little trinkets that don't really change anyone's lives.
In the long run, 3D printing just seems like a niche, elitist version of hoarding.
Fill your house with arts and crafts that serve no practical use, other than to occupy space, break up a fear of the void.
Re:I 3D-printed every bit of my wedding, including my bouquet
by steve19 on Friday November 30, 2018 @07:31PM
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To be fair, usb connectors don't change very often and the changes are genuine improvements. Even apple is moving towards usb-c on mobiles devices (see latest ipad)
Re:I 3D-printed every bit of my wedding, including my bouquet
by vonseel on Saturday December 01, 2018 @03:05AM
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I think my favorite feature of usb-c is the symmetric design. Not needing to check if I have the usb plug oriented correctly takes me from about a 50% success rate to 100% success rate on plugging things in correctly.
It's about as interesting as walking into some tourist trap souvenir shop and discovering that all the key chains and coffee mugs are 3D printed.
You want me to get excited about 3D printing?
Stop making me pay $1000 for cell phones.
Stop making me buy expensive new data cables every 3 years because the plugs are different all over again.
Stop charging $90 for $2 shoes at the factory outlet down the road and just let people print them for $10.
Stop printing action figures and chess pieces.
I don't need another paper weight or bottle opener.
Help me print an entire apartment full of livable furniture wouldn't be slightly embarrassing to reveal to people.
Put a roof over my head. Give me a car to drive. Let me quit my job and just print all the status symbols I'm supposed to be chasing.