●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, April 24, 2022 ●● ● Apr 24 [03:35] *Despatche has quit (connection closed) ● Apr 24 [04:30] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:30] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Apr 24 [05:17] *rianne (~rianne@s44cwn8sugddy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [05:17] *asusbox (~rianne@s44cwn8sugddy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [05:18] Techrights-sec /var/tmp would be better since the RPi can get rebooted after various updates [05:27] schestowitz
[05:27] schestowitz[05:27] schestowitzRecently, I started doing a while bunch of new models in SketchUp, and I always try to only use my own components, never anything from the 3D warehouse. This means extra work, but also more satisfaction when you succeed. But then, I did face one big challenge. How to make a helix, a three-dimensional spiral, that most elusive of shapes.
[05:27] schestowitzIn essence, most of 3D design is just figuring the intricate intersect of planes in three dimensions. Sounds trivial, but sometimes, you end up scratching your head, not quite sure what to do. I decided to check a number of online tutorials, and while they do accomplish the task, I found them impossible to reproduce. The actual steps needed in SketchUp baffled me more than the concept of how a helix [05:27] schestowitz should look like. Well, eventually, with great satisfaction, I worked it out. It's not the prettiest or most efficient method, but it's dead simple. Let me show you.
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[07:35] schestowitz[07:35] schestowitzIn my opinion, the way we deal with (non-free) firmware in Debian is a mess, and this is hurting many of our users daily. For a long time we've been pretending that supporting and including (non-free) firmware on Debian systems is not necessary. We don't want to have to provide (non-free) firmware to our users, and in an ideal world we wouldn't need to. However, it's very clearly no longer a sensible [07:35] schestowitz path when trying to support lots of common current hardware.
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