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Etymology is not destiny, and in particular Jazz was established before the sexual meaning of the root was firmly (hehheh) established.

Nah, man, Lucas clearly just wasn't familiar with the term and let it slide with the original ROTJ novelization, or the 1984 reference book, or wherever it was that it first popped up. Well, that, or they were just trolling us all along. 🤣

I made a "Soarers" converter for my two. One was a terminal board, so it has about a dozen remaps and is semi-permanently wired in, but the other is a little black box that will take any PS/2 keyboard and make it a USB keyboard that changes the right Control key into a Win key.

These are always good videos to roll out when the “it was always just for kids” arguments pop up.

Jax Beach isn't bad at all, but it's not world famous for a reason. It's the "Eric Foreman's basement" of beaches. :-)

I haven't been back to town in a while, and anyway I grew up south of Duval County and west of the river, so there was more fresh water and Saint Augustine Beach in my childhood, but I'm fond of Jax Beach too.

::checks calendar::

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

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Love all of these. You've captured the timeless "meh" of Jax Beach in an ethereal, nicely poignant way. Did you happen to catch a shot of Rexy the Dino mascot on the way out on Beach Blvd, or did you come down A1A?

Cowabunga!

I am pretty happy without a miter saw but with a decent table saw sled. I really like having a drill press, though. I'd also figure out some way to at least get a part-time router table; For most operations, I just like that workflow better than holding the tool.

I'd also say a mortising machine is very much a luxury, especially if you do get a drill press and a nice selection of chisels. Speaking of chisels, I assume you have a mallet you like?

What's it like hanging out online with people who are mostly your parents' ages? 🤣

It's still a quirky old beast, but it's much improved over the versions from years ago. They finally feel good enough about the assembly workbench, UI improvements, and topo-naming mitigation to release version 1.0.

Even if you're not a veteran, Solidworks for makers is $48/year, or $38/year through "Titans of CNC." You get a grace zone of up to $2000 in profit before they expect you to get a non-hobbyist license, which unfortunately is quite pricy.

For comparison, Fusion only gives you $1000 of revenue, but the cheapest commercial license for them is much cheaper; basically, they just want you to buy the license once you pull in enough sales to cut them their check. OnShape has no similar scheme, forces free users' designs to be open, AND has a clumsily worded EULA that raises a distinct possibility that other users can take your stuff and sell it, but you can't. Solid Edge is a simple "non-commercial use" for the free tier. Alibre doesn't do free at all, but offers a very cheap version that's limited by features instead of license rights.