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[–] regrub 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It would be nice for the teapot to make a comeback, since it used to be used to benchmark 3d computer graphics

[–] TheGrandNagus 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Utah Teapot.

I always wondered why someone from Utah would model a teapot. After all, it's not very American. But now that I've just done some digging...

Martin Edward Newell is a British-born computer scientist specializing in computer graphics who is perhaps best known as the creator of the Utah teapot computer model.

Everything is clear to me now lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, if it was a Utahn, it would probably be a soda cup.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I always wondered why someone from Utah would model a teapot.

Mormons drink lots of herbal (caffeine-free) tea.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It doesn’t have enough sharp edges, overhangs, etc that make the benchy useful to tuning and evaluating a 3D printer

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Chip_Rat 2 points 1 week ago

Put a window in that teapot!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

What's needed is more like a carburetor.