Member postings for Peter Greene

I've found that default layer heights used by slicer programs are very much a compromise between surface quality and print time. If surface finish is critical, try half the layer height but be prepared to wait a long while!

Also, it's worth ensuring that the layer height used equates to a whole number of motor steps. Otherwise it plays catch-up every so often and you get a thicker layer.

At risk of getting myself a few rockets in difficult places, I'm not sure I see the problem. There are any number of things I buy that are relatively cheaper when purchased in quantity.

The simplest explanation in this case (for pricing purposes) is that the total price is the beer cost plus service charge. The beer is charged pro-rata but the service charge is constant no matter what the size of the beer.

Austin 7's have brakes? Holy moly, I never noticed on mine (all those years ago).

If you want battery life you need to go digital (LCD), I've had one of these for some years and can't remember when I last put batteries in it. It updates by reference to an atomic clock although this particular one can't do that in Europe. Marathon sells in Europe though so I imagine they have a version that works there.

Easy on the eyes - 4'' display - and corrects for DST as appropriate. Also gives temperature and humidity which can be handy in the workshop. Didn't cost an arm or leg (or both) either.

Afterthought: if you don't like digital clocks there are, of course LCD "analogue" clocks which should also give long battery life.

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 05/07/2023 19:25:23

I love it!

You would think so wouldn't you ... and yet it's quite legitimate. I have several $20 deposits to my bank account to test it. The only information I gave them was an email address (created for the occasion from my domain and disposable within 10 sec) and I may have given them an address at some point - but that's hardly secure information. I (of course) gave out no bank details - not even the name of my bank. The whole thing is handled via Interac and thence to my bank.

The first time I got one of these I felt sure it was a scam. I just went looking to find out more about it. Since they just wanted an email address I created one for them to see what would happen.

Gerry, what's missing for me is knowing what program you were using when you saved the file(s). I don't see how your questions can be answered without that information.

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 01/07/2023 17:47:18

ME uses many/mostly multi-part articles so individual issues are generally not that valuable unless you can find someone who needs it to complete a series.

I'd sell them as a batch.

Very nice (anaglyph) 3D shot at APOD

Well, he did say " Please can anyone offer advice on how to obtain a personal internet domain name"

Andy, FWIW, Camden says this in its notes:

"Clicking on the icon ʻindex.htmlʼ should open the book in your browser complete with control
panel at the bottom of the panel. In the unlikely event it doesnʼt open, then open the folder
called ʻincʼ, then open the folder called html and click on the file at the top when the book should
open."

You didn't mention a "control panel at the bottom" does that mean you don't see one. Can you "open the folder called 'inc' on your tablet?

You need to register a name through the domain registrar in your country (or elsewhere). Then you need to "park" that domain somewhere which will host it and make it "live" on the internet. I use EasyDNS but there are many others.

The host will usually handle the domain registration for you too if you want. The domain reg costs an annual fee. Some hosts will do basic other stuff for nothing.

The host will then let you create email addresses from your domain and forward them to wherever. They will also let you block some if you want.

For example if my domain is mydom.ca, I have it set up so that anything coming in to [email protected] gets forwarded to my local isp. If one particular address (say [email protected]) has fallen into the hands of a spammer, I can set the host to trash anything to that address without passing it on. I can also set other specific forms of the address to go elsewhere (family members etc).

Note that if you route something from your personal domain through Gmail (and, I suspect, others; more as time goes on) you will have to make sure its set up properly ... particularly DKIM, SPF, DMARC records ... at the host. (I don't really understand them either. I stumbled through mine with a lot of help from EasyDNS). They help to prevent the nefarious from spoofing your address.There is a big push on email spam detection/prevention these days).

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 21/06/2023 18:37:27

index.html should just be an entry point to the book formulated as a website, to open it in the browser. What happens if you click on the book title? Do you have a <next> arrow anywhere?

(I hate Android with a vengeance and don't use it, so I'm not really familiar with any quirks that it has.)

An aircraft claims to have detected undersea sounds

I never do this. If someone calls me I insist on them telling me who's calling before I will enter into any discussion whatever. It's, at best, highly discourteous of them to ask me questions without me knowing who's asking.

At that point, if it sounds iffy (most do) I just hang up.

... especially when said other end phone is a cellphone used under less than ideal conditions.

Since covid my family doctor does appointments by phone using his cell phone as a speaker-phone propped up on his desk with all the room acoustics.

Hearing difficulties are just one part of the problem though. At my age, I have some difficulty in expressing my problem to a person on the other end of a phone, who is younger, speaks too quickly and is obviously in a hurry. It's much easier (for me) to set my thoughts down (and edit them if necessary) in an email.

Bui it seems no one wants to do it these days.

Edited By Peter Greene 🇨🇦 on 18/06/2023 17:45:31

Yeah, I know why they do it but it doesn't mean they have to cut off email entirely - just that you need to call/text if you want a fast response. Those of us with hearing difficulties may well prefer written communications - albeit delayed.

I've had the same kind of thing with locksmiths. Some of them simply don't do email any more - you are expected to phone (or at least text) them.