You’re thinking PXE/netboot, which netinstall disks are often used for, but you can use them independently of netboot.

Generally you have a minimal disk or recovery partition that initiates boot and offers the package manager, basic file and disk utilities, and a script to install a list of important packages. Basically nothing else. A handful of distros offer them, but they’re easy to make too. I usually have one in a partition alongside by boot partition. This is very similar to the distros that offer a “recovery” boot option.

The point is that instead of downloading a static version of the OS at 2GB+ these days, you have a tiny boot disk that downloads all the latest and greatest versions of the files you need, or allows you to fix breakages. This is what MacOS and these Linux distros have been offering for years.

How so? This is basically a net install procedure, which operates right out of most distros package system.

Yep, he’s changed his tune significantly. There’s accusations of them getting leverage on him through his family, but his own personal convictions outside geopolitics are also pretty reprehensible in recent years, so either the CCP hand is so far up his ass we can’t see the elbow anymore, or he’s changed.

It becomes apparent in the delivery.

You’re probably right. Appreciate you trying to help me understand.

See also Greeble Texture.

Lots of legal documents in the US are required to be filed in 216mm × 356mm (sometimes 330mm, both are considered standard and fit where necessary), everything from court orders to congressional acts and those stupid executive orders the orange fascist loves to sign about anything that he manages to think about for more then 2 minutes.

But the bigger problem is that the size is also standardized on the storage and processing side, so switching sizes means we would have to change all the governmental filing cabinets, folders, folios, binders, etc too, which is slightly less likely than us finally adopting the metric system.

I’m American and have worked in corporate offices all my life and grew up around the printing industry.

A4/SI is super common here too. “Letter” is just something used by home users. But very often A4 is sold as “Letter A4” right next to the other paper.

Now “legal” print format is a true abomination and unfortunately is much less likely to be easily replaced.

This is only true for a very limited amount of ice. Once ice cubes are fully submerged (and held under by more ice), the displacement rules change because ice is actually less dense than water, which is intuitive, because the ice floats.

https://calculatorcorp.com/ice-to-water-volume-calculator/

Still West Palm Beach International Airport

Well this was in the early pandemic, so there were no kits and a lot of the parts were intended for more industrial purposes. I think with shipping and tax around $2k USD for a 350mm.

These days kits bring the price down a ton and make the build much easier.

I like my hand built voron 2.4. I’m very proud I sourced the parts myself and used it to bootstrap itself.

Now if only I could learn to stop fucking with it and letting it work instead of the months of downtime when I need to fix or upgrade something 😅

Keming is a bitch.

Personally, to support a European manufacturer with a massive track record of giving a fuck.

Their history of open source software, technically sound hardware, and excellent support is extremely impressive, even outside the lens of 3d printing these are rare and valuable traits.

Oops

Haha fair.

If this is Mandala effect then I’m fully affected. I’m flabbergasted.

Ghost of Tsushima.

Correlation implies causation. Anecdote and feels are basically fact.

Yeah you want to know who mostly buys the alfalfa we grow in the desert? The Middle East, to feed their livestock.

Want to know why they buy it instead of growing it in the desert? Because it’s widely illegal to farm alfalfa in the Middle East.

Makes a guy think.