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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • I went to a company “recently” to test one of their products, intending to buy one if it worked. It didn’t work.

    They made the mistake of leaving me alone with it for half an hour, during which time I fixed the product and provided them with a detailed set of instructions on how to get the product working, and a list of recommendations for improvements.

    The company hired me a week later in a contractor position (I get paid for work done, not time spent). It’s been about 6 months so far and they haven’t given me any work yet, but they keep promising it will be any day now.

    Details deliberately left vague for privacy.


  • #1 is really useful for 3d modeling. I can work out most of the details in my head, then put the final design into a computer to print.

    I once managed to write an entire OpenSCAD model on paper. When I typed it into a computer (aside from a few syntax errors) the model was exactly as I wanted.

    The advantages are very fast design iterations. The disadvantages are that I have to remember the entire final product and not confuse it with any previous iteration while writing it down; and that I have to actually write it down and not just assume that the 3d printer will start on its own.