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'3d-printing a screw' is a way to describe how AI integration is stupid most of the time
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
Edit: I'd originally written a response that matched your tone, and realized after a smoke that it's needlessly confrontational and snarky, so I'm going to take another shot.
I don't mean to imply that it's imperative that you don't make your own screws.
If you wanna make your own screws, go ahead, but I still don't think you should 3D print them. There are existing tools to do that which are cheap, simple, and will produce vastly superior screws. Also cheaper. A tap and die set is your answer there.
Also, if you want to leverage your 3D printer, use it for what it is actually good at which is creating complex bespoke geometries. Design your components with interlocking geometries such that you don't NEED screws.
Screws exist as the convenient solution to a manufacturing problem, being that it's often easier to create complex geometries by producing a set of simpler geometries and then fastening them together. The underlying problem goes away if you can print arbitrarily complex components.
If you think you gotta 3D print screws, you're probably not even actually leveraging the new technology to its fullest extent anyways, you're still designing with an old paradigm despite having new options.
I will process wood vinegar and corn starch into PET plastic to 3D print expendable stuff eith, thanks
Ah shit I edited my post to dial back the snark, but this comment is on point