The E3Pro held up well for years, with aftermarket hotend, direct drive extruder, motor driver board and Klipper running on an RPi.

I was just sick to death of the constant tweaking it required to print well.

I have not but have seen it referenced by others. I’ll work my way to it eventually lol. Thanks for the rec!

Loved the references to the Dao. I’ve been interested in learning more since reading The Tao of Pooh several years ago. Orr found his path to being as a stone, immovable, with the rest of the world’s concerns washing over and through him. Something to aspire to.

These are amazing lmao

I’ve described it as an engine building game with a dungeon crawler aesthetic. Similar to how Vampire Survivors or Balatro are really engine building games underneath the surface level gameplay, PoA has the same metagame of creating broken builds by assembling triggers and actions into chain effects

It’s so good, I am absolutely obsessed. The build variety is insane, and everything looks like it can at least be viable with the right choices and a bit of luck.

Super cool! Could I ask what software you use? I’ve dabbled in design for games, but carrying that over to cad and designing functional parts has been difficult

Open source software and IP law discussion.

I used to contribute to a few Linux distros, especially Elementary OS early on. Met some of the best people working in those projects.

IP law is a scourge on our development as a species and should be eradicated.

Firearm ownership and practical proficiency

As a tinkerer at heart, I love the engineering aspect of modern firearms. Big fan of 2A4ALL and OpenSource Defense.

Never competed in USPSA, etc but it’s something I think is valuable and would love to do that sometime