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JackDavies @lemmy.world
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Microsoft’s latest security update has ruined dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs
  • I keep Linux and windows on separate disks, grub or windows boot manager don't know about each other. I have the Linux disk as the primary boot, if I need to boot into windows i use the bios boot selection screen. It's a bit of a pain at times(have to mash F12 to get the bios boot menu) bit it's less of a headache than trying to fix grub

  • I'm amazed at FreeCAD's abilities. It needs a better name. Thinking of it as simply "cad software" like calling a 2-GHz computer in your pocket a "phone".
  • I have seen both issues, when the sketcher starts to play up sometime I add more constraints to try to "anchor" a tangent in a certain direction but it can make the sketch messy The most reliable way I've found to stop it is small incremental changes e.g. say I want the length of a part to change my 40mm I'll change the size in 5mm increments allowing FC to recompute the model between each step. It's fiddly and frustrating but I can live with it, once you get to understand it's quirks Freecad can be very useful

  • I'm amazed at FreeCAD's abilities. It needs a better name. Thinking of it as simply "cad software" like calling a 2-GHz computer in your pocket a "phone".
  • I use the spreadsheet to hold dimensions/variable and formulas, makes it easier to modify designs. If I want to change a length, hole size height etc just change the spreadsheet values don't have to mess around with the sketches or 3d part designs directly.

    One slightly frustrating thing i found is sometimes it fails to recompute the design or processes it incorrectly when values are changed by large amounts, that's probably more to do with how I design things though

  • Content is King? - How it sucked out the joy of personal websites
  • That's strange, are you using Hugo to generate the site? I am currently using jekyll, it seems to put the full post into RSS content field and the summary text used on the home page in the RSS summary field. I have tried Hugo in the past and might switch to it, haven't tested its RSS generation though

  • Content is King? - How it sucked out the joy of personal websites
  • Thanks. It's a shame personal blogs are dieing off, although I have seen a bit if a resurgence of them since github io pages have been a thing. I have also found that people use mastodon a lot to microblog/provide updates to new posts on their personal sites so there is hope I'VE updated the RSS link so it's at the top as well so its easier to find

  • Content is King? - How it sucked out the joy of personal websites
  • Interesting posts you have there I also have also tired github.io pages (https://jackdavies.github.io) I've had it rattling around for a while post to it now and again. I want to use it more (still learning how to use its quite basic and probably broken in places) I've got some more projects/posts I want to put on it but currently updating the whole thing to separate posts/projects and improve the overall look and feel. Often struggle with time and motivation to work on it though