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@mav I'm not familiar with that one. If you have a straight edge, check for warping! Could just be faulty hardware and not you at all

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@mav I'm not familiar with that one. If you have a straight edge, check for warping! Could just be faulty hardware and not you at all

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@FisherTX14 thanks! I've never heard of a Makers Channel. Is it a cable thing?

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@FisherTX14 thanks! I've never heard of a Makers Channel. Is it a cable thing?

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@mav @thegibson 😆😆 what do you have?

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@mav @thegibson 😆😆 what do you have?

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@mav @thegibson

Yeah, it's a super steep learning curve for sure. I've been at it only a little longer than you and I feel like I'm just staring to get the hang of it. And it kind of is just trial and error. I've had good luck finding decent troubleshooting guides on all3dp.com fwiw.

Just from your photo, I see adhesion and/or bed leveling issues here. Maybe damp filament and/or cooling issues too?

Start with leveling and some glue stick on your bed. And dry out your filament just in case.

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@mav @thegibson

Yeah, it's a super steep learning curve for sure. I've been at it only a little longer than you and I feel like I'm just staring to get the hang of it. And it kind of is just trial and error. I've had good luck finding decent troubleshooting guides on all3dp.com fwiw.

Just from your photo, I see adhesion and/or bed leveling issues here. Maybe damp filament and/or cooling issues too?

Start with leveling and some glue stick on your bed. And dry out your filament just in case.

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@topher Simple and intuitive to use without BS machine learning nonsense that decides what you need to see? That's just crazy talk.

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@topher Simple and intuitive to use without BS machine learning nonsense that decides what you need to see? That's just crazy talk.

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@topher oh wait, you said windows *7*! I missed that upon first reading. That's actually not too shabby. Windows 7 was tolerable.

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@topher oh wait, you said windows *7*! I missed that upon first reading. That's actually not too shabby. Windows 7 was tolerable.

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@topher I'm actually not really a fan of Windows outside of the general graphic UI concept that both MacOS and Windows share. There hasn't been a decent release of Windows in about two decades IMHO.

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@topher I'm actually not really a fan of Windows outside of the general graphic UI concept that both MacOS and Windows share. There hasn't been a decent release of Windows in about two decades IMHO.

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No test drives yet! But I do have Cinnamon loaded up on a thumb drive. I was just looking at that step and realized my hard drive was almost maxxed out (I knew it had been getting close) and was long overdue for some serious maintenance. So it's a bit of a detour :)

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No test drives yet! But I do have Cinnamon loaded up on a thumb drive. I was just looking at that step and realized my hard drive was almost maxxed out (I knew it had been getting close) and was long overdue for some serious maintenance. So it's a bit of a detour :)

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@topher Welp, right now I'm stuck on shrinking the windows partition. Turns out I had wayyyyy too much shit on my hard drive. I've spent most of the evening cleaning up and have managed to find an extra ~70 GBs just by deleting duplicates and bloatware (mostly the former. Yes my hard drive was a mess!).

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@topher Welp, right now I'm stuck on shrinking the windows partition. Turns out I had wayyyyy too much shit on my hard drive. I've spent most of the evening cleaning up and have managed to find an extra ~70 GBs just by deleting duplicates and bloatware (mostly the former. Yes my hard drive was a mess!).

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@topher I've had to take several steps back from news/current events because the stress was making me nonfunctional. I realize reflects a huge place of privilege to be able to do so. But I'm unable to help other when I'm a quivering mess of anxiety and depression.

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@topher I've had to take several steps back from news/current events because the stress was making me nonfunctional. I realize reflects a huge place of privilege to be able to do so. But I'm unable to help other when I'm a quivering mess of anxiety and depression.

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@topher @hackdefendr I did manage to sort it out! They don't pay me the big bucks at my job for nuthin. ;)

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@topher @hackdefendr I did manage to sort it out! They don't pay me the big bucks at my job for nuthin. ;)

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@hackdefendr @topher Because the instructions said to. :)

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@hackdefendr @topher Because the instructions said to. :)

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@topher I'm beginning to empathize with how my users feel when I explain something to them. 😄 I understood about 1/2 of that.

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@topher I'm beginning to empathize with how my users feel when I explain something to them. 😄 I understood about 1/2 of that.

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@topher Currently stuck on these instructions for verifiction: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=291093

First step says to go back to the instructions I started with and complete the "Preparation" section. But there ISN'T a preparation section. It's nonsense.

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@topher Currently stuck on these instructions for verifiction: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=291093

First step says to go back to the instructions I started with and complete the "Preparation" section. But there ISN'T a preparation section. It's nonsense.

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@topher duuuude, installing even just Mint is sooo fucking complicated. And these instructions suuck.😫

Like, I wasn't expecting to to be super simple. But I'm a sysadmin. I work in tech. And this is kind of a nightmare.

Even just downloading the files is confusing. "Download the iso file from those places but go over to these different places to download these other files. Then you have to verify your files and if you have windows you have to verify them over here with different instructions."

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@topher duuuude, installing even just Mint is sooo fucking complicated. And these instructions suuck.😫

Like, I wasn't expecting to to be super simple. But I'm a sysadmin. I work in tech. And this is kind of a nightmare.

Even just downloading the files is confusing. "Download the iso file from those places but go over to these different places to download these other files. Then you have to verify your files and if you have windows you have to verify them over here with different instructions."

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@SRLevine Thanks! Happy to be here. 😀 I'm already getting way more engagement here than I got on my last instance/server. It was pretty severely locked down which made interactions with folks on other instances difficult.

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@SRLevine Thanks! Happy to be here. 😀 I'm already getting way more engagement here than I got on my last instance/server. It was pretty severely locked down which made interactions with folks on other instances difficult.

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@LikeItOrLumpIt Kindness is always appreciated. 😊

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@LikeItOrLumpIt Kindness is always appreciated. 😊

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I should add that I've been on Mastodon in one way or other since 2018. I'm just migrating to a different server because the last one didn't suit me very well.

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I should add that I've been on Mastodon in one way or other since 2018. I'm just migrating to a different server because the last one didn't suit me very well.

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@LikeItOrLumpIt Thanks! I should add to my profile that I'm not exactly new to Mastodon, just new to this server. :) Been here in one way or another since 2018

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@LikeItOrLumpIt Thanks! I should add to my profile that I'm not exactly new to Mastodon, just new to this server. :) Been here in one way or another since 2018

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#introduction How to define a Karstan? I'm just this guy, you know? Some labels that fit me: #maker, #neurodivergent (severe #ADHD), #vegan, cis man, #nerd, #lefty. (Day job is as a sysadmin in fintech)

I tinker on stuff. Wood stuff, metal stuff, digital stuff, and so forth. Portland, OR resident since 2000. I like #bikes. And #sailboats. Politically rather far to the #left. But revolutions aren't JUST about lining fascists up against a wall. They take everyday #communitybuilding and #kindness.

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#introduction How to define a Karstan? I'm just this guy, you know? Some labels that fit me: #maker, #neurodivergent (severe #ADHD), #vegan, cis man, #nerd, #lefty. (Day job is as a sysadmin in fintech)

I tinker on stuff. Wood stuff, metal stuff, digital stuff, and so forth. Portland, OR resident since 2000. I like #bikes. And #sailboats. Politically rather far to the #left. But revolutions aren't JUST about lining fascists up against a wall. They take everyday #communitybuilding and #kindness.

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Photo of me, a white, bald man in my 40s. I'm mustachioed, wearing glasses and a gray, flat cap (english style). I have my arms crossed and I'm smiling. I'm standing in front of a ladder leading into a dumpster.

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Photo of me, a white, bald man in my 40s. I'm I have a slight stubble and glasses. I'm wearing a medium jacket and sweater with a red scarf. I'm seated on a log next to a river with a bridge over my shoulder. On my lap I'm holding two small dogs, both chihuaha mixes. One is tan and has a look of terrier to him. The other is dark and appears to have some miniature pinscher. 

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Photo of me, a white, bald man in my 40s. I have a thick mustache and I'm wearing a gray flat english cap and glasses. I have on a checkered shirt and black tie as well as a black sweater. Over top of that I have a tan work apron with tools in the pockets. Over my shoulder you can see a room under construction.