Please tell your friends about federated social media site that speaks several fediverse protocols thus serving as a hub uniting them, hubzilla.eskimo.com, also check out friendica.eskimo.com, federated
macroblogging social media site, mastodon.eskimo.com a federated microblogging site, and yacy.eskimo.com an uncensored federated search engine. All Free!
What if you electroplated a plastic 3D print, and then melted off the plastic to leave just the metal behind? [HEN3DRIK] has been experimenting , with some impressive results.
For this work, [HEN3DRIK] prints objects in a special PVB “casting filament” which has some useful properties. It can be smoothed with isopropanol, and it’s also intended to be burnt off when used in casting processes. Once the prints come off the printer, [HEN3DRIK] runs a vapor polishing process to improve the surface finish, and then coats the print with copper paint to make the plastic conductive on the surface. From there, the parts are electroplated with copper to create a shiny metallic surface approximately 240 micrometers thick. The final step was to blowtorch out the casting filament to leave behind just a metal shell. The only problem is that all the fire tends to leave an ugly oxide layer on the copper parts, so there’s some finishing work to be done to get them looking shiny again.
We’ve featured [HEN3DRIK]’s work before, particularly involving his creation of electroplated 3D prints with mirror finishes. That might be a great place to start your research if you’re interested in this new work. Video after the break.
I could see this process being useful for jewelry making. Traditionally, a custom pendant will be made in wax (these days that part can be 3D printed), put in plaster, burned out and then the cast metal is poured in. With this process, you could make your own re-usable metal molds.
In a wide-ranging interview on the future and global existential risks, billionaire technology investor Peter Thiel raised alarms not only about familiar threats like nuclear war, climate change, and artificial intelligence but also about what he sees as a more insidious danger: the rise of a one-world totalitarian state. Speaking to the New York Times’ Ross Douthat, Thiel argued that the default political response to global crises—centralized, supranational governance—could plunge humanity into authoritarianism.
Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, shared his worries using examples from dystopian sci-fi stories. “There’s a risk of nuclear war, environmental disaster, bioweapons, and certain types of risks with AI,” Thiel explained to Douthat, suggesting that the push for global governance as a solution to these threats could culminate in a “bad singularity” - a one-world state that stifles freedom under the guise of safety.
Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
@Nonilex@masto.ai Farmers across the Country overwhelmingly voted for Trump. It sucks that she sold out herself and her country because she didn't like a half-Black/ half-Indian woman.
Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
By Josh Stylman June 28, 2025 Psychology, Technology, Vaccines 16 minute read But he’s not alone. We’ve created a culture where wrongthink is policed so aggressively that even successful, powerful people whisper their doubts like they’re confessing crimes. brownstone.org/articles/the-co… I was on a hike last year with a very prominent tech VC. He was telling me about his son’s football team—how their practices kept getting disrupted because their usual field on Randall’s Island was now being used to house migrants. He leaned in, almost whispering: “You know, I’m a liberal, but maybe the people complaining about immigration have a point.” Here’s a guy who invests mountains of money into companies that shape the world we live in, and he’s afraid to voice a mild concern about policy in broad daylight. Afraid of his own thoughts.
🖼️ Digitized vintage slide from my private archive.📷 Christoryman – Rare finds you won’t see anywhere else.Sharing photo treasures almost daily.Following isn’t mandatory – but might just be worth it. 🙂by Christoryman
^The Brownstone Institute^ "A Blueprint for NIH Reform"
By Martin Kulldorff June 27, 2025 Policy, Public Health, Vaccines {pleasant audio embedded} brownstone.org/articles/a-blue… 7. INSTITUTIONAL OVERHEAD In addition to its direct costs of personnel and equipment, successful research also depends on institutional support such as a building to work in, computing resources, a good university library, scientific discussions, and administrative support. To pay for such overhead, institutions charge NIH indirect costs as a percentage on top of the direct grant money. The percentage varies widely among different universities and research institutes. For example,
I have a job interview set up in a couple of days. Need prayers for guidance, if this is what God wants me to do for work I'll do it but if it isn't I don't want them to offer me the position.
Apple Inc. is considering using artificial intelligence technology from Anthropic PBC or OpenAI to power a new version of Siri, sidelining its own in-house m...
Fuxored my computer now I have to post from my phone. Fan has been making ugly noises for several months. Turns out the bearing is shot. Pulled too hard on these wires they came out of the connector. Now which way around do they go? Time to tweeze it all back together now. And a picture of the radio. Gotta have radios.
1,500 Israeli soldiers will attend Jewish summer camps in North America this year — we must oppose this normalization of genocide #Palestinemondoweiss.net/2025/06/1500-is…
This summer, 1,500 Israeli soldiers will attend Jewish summer camps across North America. They will act as ambassadors for Israel as it carries out ethnic cleansing across Palestine. The Jewish community must reject this normalization of genocide.
The difference is that Musk doesn’t depend on Trump to remain relevant (or solvent). All those others absolutely do: They were nothing before Trump, and nothing without him.
I didn't choose the bronchiectasis life. The bronchiectasis life chose me. Bronchiectasis is an incurable chronic progressive lung disease characterized by flaccid, sagging airways that fail to clear mucus.
Yeah, and prison officials are also sometimes found civilly or criminally liable for those deaths - which is frankly better than those officials deserve.
Not any more. SCOTUS just ruled today that Federal inmates can't sue their jailers when their civil rights are violated or when they get the ever loving shit kicked out of them and beaten to a pulp.
Gaming has become a big use case for Linux and Wayland is becoming the way we do things, even in the world of WINE and with that it means gaming related prob...
İktidar yenilmez hale geldi ve artık meshedilmiş hak, seçim ya da temsil gibi daha yüksek ulusal temellere değil, yalnızca şiddete dayanıyor. -- Leo Tolstoy
Hi there, Starmer and company,you morons THE IDF IS KILLING PEOPLE EVERY FUCKING DAY FOR THE LAST TWO AND 79 YEARS NOW. THEY ARE FUCKING MURDERERS!! SO YES I WISH FOR THE #iofterrorists ALL THE PAIN IN THE WORLD. #deathtotheidf
@phoneboy I wish i had some screenshots, it was right after we moved, we were all enjoying a good GM thread, then he comes in barking about were are all faggots and retards for trying to switch from ITM to GM.
He fucking sperged out about it and made 50 posts a day about it for 4 days.
On the 5th day he decided that ITM was sycophantic and gay too, and that anyone that typed either was a retarded faggot.
As I mentioned at the beginning of June, I’ve started aggregating stories of alleged Massachusetts law enforcement misconduct that have been reported in the media.
Tucked away in the lush southern swamps of Bangladesh’s Khulna Division, Bagherat is the kind of place that would be world famous if it were in Europe but
Become a Premium Member: https://www.jimmydore.com/premium-membershipGo to a Live Show: https://www.jimmydore.com/tour Subscribe to Our Newsletter: https://m...
Disney's $43M settlement exposes the impact of salary history practices on gender pay equity. Learn why salary history bans are essential in closing the gender wage gap.
What POSSIBLE advantage, even in the warped mind of a transphobe, could being #transgender give you at chess? They’re so nakedly hateful they just can’t stand any #trans person winning anything ever. Pathetic.”
On the testing dates, the winds were unlikely to carry pollutants to the sites. On June 13, winds in Memphis were out of the south and southwest. On June 16, they were out of the south. The only location northwest of xAI is downtown.
"So my patriotism this July 4 week is to loudly declare that my America doesn’t stand for masked fed agents grabbing migrant children & mothers & fathers off the streets & whisking them away w/o #dueprocess. My America is welcoming, & just, & decent.🚨No 2-bit con-artist pres is going to take away my belief that these un-American actions can & will be stopped."
Everyone looks terrible in this video except for 5py Hun73r who's hot AF. We haven't released it anywhere else, it's for a show we will do about the Lombards. Rosamund was married off to a king who killed her father. He made her drink wine from her father's skull. Unsurprisingly, she fell in love with another king and tried to poison her husband. But she ended up killing herself instead, because her kid told on her.
You can see the problems I have making videos, such as consistency of costume, background, and objects across clips. We're working on it, not ready to make movies yet. But Music videos are a great way to practice.
US military tanker aircraft refueled Israeli jets throughout the 12-day US-Israeli war against Iran to ease the burden on Israel's limited and aging fleet of tankers, Israel Hayom has reported.
![Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1970s [1920x1080]](https://friendica.eskimo.com/photo/preview/640/7843376 "Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1970s [1920x1080]")
Rose
in reply to Robert R. • • •