Yikes! I always just tossed it into the recycle bin!

It’s a Christmas miracle!

I was about to say that surely it’s not just 1 person they are talking about. Then I read, "Our North Star is ‘1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.’”

WTF

I had no idea uline was evil. I liked their gifts!

There’s also onshape which has a free tier (your files are public) and it’s web based so you can model on any platform. Or fusion 360 which comes from an annoying company but fine for little things. I’ve been using onshape for little things lately. I

don’t think I’d recommend blender to a newbie. It’s more involved and really takes time to learn. Similar for free CAD. I love the idea but it’s really clunky to use.

The best (imo) modeling software has a simple workflow with easy to find tools. Create a sketch, extrude that sketch, then do it again if needed, add holes etc…

I just model nearly everything I print. The one time I purchased was from cults3d. I’m sure printable or anywhere else is fine too. Most of the paid ones just have better pictures but some are great designs imo

That’s just about all I need. Vpn + privacy browser is as much effort as I’m willing to put in. Beyond that it gets really frustrating.

I think it might be a retroid pocket mini. Here’s a list of reviews on these little handheld guys I found in my hunt that might be helpful.

https://retrododo.com/best-retro-handhelds/

Pouring resources into it… Doesn’t almost every other os/distro have this option?

Probably. But that was a long time ago because I’m old as fuck.

I feel like there was a time when Nintendo was the good guy?

I just picked it up on a steam sale. Excited to try it out again. Played it a little a long time ago but didn’t know what to do. Apparently it’s gotten a lot better and I love space stuff

eBay helps too. I picked up 16gb of ddr4 ram for someone the other day for $40 and got myself a cpu cooler for my build for $60 less than brand new. It was just open box so basically new. Takes patience but there are still deals to be found out there.

I just built an am4 machine from mostly old parts I had kicking around. Was happy I went a little to crazy a few years ago. No way I’d of been able to do it with prices now

How did he break the window with his fist?! Windows are strong!

Speak for yourself! I’m horrible at overcoming accents that aren’t from my zone.

I think a lot of those ratings are easily skewed if the school has a high esl population so take them with a grain of salt. I’ve never been in a school that wasn’t trying

God damnit.

I don’t have the answer to your question but I applaud your ambition and willingness to reach out to the community before hand for help.

Give cast iron a try. It’s cheap, lasts forever, and can be just as non stick as any “non stick” pan. Just clean it out and oil it again after use… Or leave it be… I’m not here to start a cast iron cleaning war