IMALlama

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[–] IMALlama 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You got me curious, so I did the math for us.

I am a drip coffee person, drink far too much coffee (40 oz) throughout the day, and work on a fairly large corporate campus so I have easy access to hot/fresh coffee that I can purchase. Even though there are multiple branded places to get coffee from on campus, they have similar pricing.

  • Small (12 oz): 4x @ $2.65/pop = $10.60/day
  • Medium (16 oz): 3x @ $2.95/pop = $8.85/day
  • Large (20 oz): 2x @ $3.25/pop = $6.50/day. This is obviously the cheapest choice, but will result in a cold bottom half of the cup due to drinking my coffee slowly vs pounding it

My wife and I split a pot of coffee. It takes us 3 oz of coffee beans to brew it. I can buy a 20 oz bag of the coffee beans we use for $15.29, which works out to $2.30/pot. We often stock up on the beans when they go on sale, but I don't know what we paid for them the last time around.

So.. since my wife also drinks coffee let's say that the price spread between purchased already brewed coffee vs brewed at home coffee is between $6.50-$10.60/day. Splitting the difference = $8.85. Doing that 365 days/year = $3,120 saved.

The fact that I have coworkers who drink a similar quantity of espresso based (more $$) drinks at work is insane.

Do this over a 25 year career, invest the money monthly ($260), plan for a conservative 5% rete of return and you'll have $162,577 - only half of which is principal.

Apply this pattern of thinking over a number of different spending categories and you'll be way better off financially. That said, the stats on the billionaire class are eye watering and no amount of frugality will catch any of us up to them.

[–] IMALlama 6 points 1 month ago

Factories will win this hands down, especially when you're building large/complex items. It looks like the distinction might be "single building" vs "complex or buildings", but VW's Wolfsburg plant is 70 million square feet. The largest plant I've been to isn't on that list, but it's still over a half mile wide - all under a single roof.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/g2904/7-of-the-worlds-largest-manufacturing-plants/

[–] IMALlama 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Digitally? Unless that's off limits in this situation. I'm sure there are analog paths you could take too, I just don't know what they would be

[–] IMALlama 1 points 1 month ago

+1 The stickers are not fool (bird?) proof, but they do help a lot.

[–] IMALlama 3 points 1 month ago

Snow tires are way more beneficial than 4WD/AWD. As already said, 4WD/AWD will help you avoid getting stuck, but it can't help you with stopping or turning.

Just take it easy the first snow. Brake early, corner slowly, don't go too fast. It seems like everyone forgets how to drive on snow the first time it snows, which results in more of a mess.

[–] IMALlama 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Disclaimer up front: I have very little background in any of this.

Why not do three exposures on three different prices of paper with a color filter in front of each? Green pigment gets the green filter, etc.

[–] IMALlama 5 points 1 month ago

Good luck. The company I work at has the exact same problem. Since each system tends to be owned by a different org, and the systems all meet the owning org's needs, you're going to be in for struggle.

[–] IMALlama 3 points 1 month ago

Woah, those bullets. I didn't know you could do that.

Great post too!

[–] IMALlama 14 points 1 month ago

There is a movement to make it illegal, but the goal isn't to feed the needy. It's to help keep it out of landfills, incinerators, and waterways.

For example: https://www.bergmanndirect.co.uk/articles/new-food-waste-regulations-in-england

[–] IMALlama 1 points 1 month ago
[–] IMALlama 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Are you in Europe? In the US, our 120 volt mains limit the size of what can go in our normal outlets. I've never seen an electronic grill, unless you mean something that we would call a griddle.

[–] IMALlama 14 points 1 month ago

Is the print stopping or does the printer keep going like all is well?

If the printer is continuing like everything is normal, you can surmise that the issue is either the heater, the extruder, or the filament path.

What does your temp graph look like during the print? Oscillations = potential wiring issue, especially if they're not present for the whole print.

Have you caught the printer doing this? Is the extruder clicking? If yes, something is preventing the filament from moving through the extruder. You're either developing a clog or something is preventing the filament from feeding (binding, etc).

If the extruder isn't clicking, and the print continues for a bit, does the extruder slowly chew through the filament? If yes, you probably need more tension on the feed screw. I would still suggest looking for souces of binding.

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