Ajen

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[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

McConnell already blocked Trump's ally from becoming the senate majority leader. The new leader is someone who criticized Trump for Jan 6, among other things.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

McConnell already blocked Trump's ally from becoming the leader of the house. They voted yesterday, and the next senate majority leader is John Thune, who has criticized Trump for Jan 6 and for claiming the 2020 election was stolen. He was also against Trump's tarrifs 6 years ago. Thankfully the senate doesn't seem to be ending up under Trump's control, and the checks and balances in our government might actually be working.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago

It's short for "expatriate." I'm not saying it isn't used in the way you described, but that's not the original meaning.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expatriate

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Or (and I realize I'm playing devil's advocate here, but...) maybe she was being sarcastic about all of them? The fact that she referenced the outcome of the 2020 election (the number of votes Biden actually got) along with "the earth is flat" and "birds aren't real" makes me think she doesn't believe any of them and this is just bait.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Meadows is just one of many former employees to have sued Ye over the last few years. Many of them worked for the short-lived Donda Academy, including three former teachers suing Ye and the school for discrimination, saying they were fired for raising concerns about "sanitation, health, safety [and] education standards." Their complaint gave a behind-the-curtain look at the $15,000-a-year private school: students ate sushi for lunch every day; tables, chairs, crossword puzzles and coloring books were all strictly forbidden; students and teachers had to wear all-black Balenciaga uniforms designed by Ye; and the second floor of the school was off limits because, according to the plaintiffs, Ye "was reportedly afraid of stairs."

What timeline is this, Idiocracy crossed with Zoolander?

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

OP: asks for advice about IRC

just_another_person: only stupid and lazy people use IRC

...

just_another_person: why doesn't anyone appreciate how helpful I am?

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Wasn't it founded by the original founder of Twitter, not ex-employees? Not that it makes much difference...

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A big part of Project 2025 is eliminating checks and balances, and consolidating power into the Whitehouse. That means taking power away from the house and senate, and from McConnell.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Quoting my previous comment:

Why move an entire community to matrix if IRC works fine?

In other words, why "fix" it (and risk fragmenting the community) if it ain't broke?

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago (6 children)

If you still don't understand why people use IRC then we clearly didn't make the same point, and you misunderstood mine.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (8 children)

People still use it for the same reason we use email... Why move an entire community to matrix if IRC works fine? Anyone who wants to use matrix can set up a bridge, anyway. And I wouldn't consider discord a good alternative.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 days ago

False - you can get a DUI on a horse (in some states).

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Ajen@sh.itjust.works to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
 

I'm printing with PLA on a "PEO" print bed (really a textured PEI), on my heavily modified ender 3, and there's a pattern on the bottom of my first layer that I'm trying to get rid of. The top of the first layer looks fine, and changing the z offset in either direction doesn't help. I've also tried slowing down the print speed because I thought the extruder might be skipping, but I'm still seeing it at 10mm/s. Any idea what could be causing it, and how to get rid of it?

Pic: https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/31cd6cef-16de-47b3-995f-197f7d0b432d.jpeg

Edit: the first layer went down from the bottom left to the top right, but the pattern I'm seeing is perpendicular to the extruder path

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