Totally agree! It's seemingly gotten worse recently too. My phone is 5 years old and I was still able to replace the battery at home but it took special tools and a hair dryer. The newest Pixels and Galaxy phones look impossible to do with my current skillset.
Things like Fairphone and the HMD Skyline should be the norm going forward.
Picking up new hobbies, investing in them far beyond what would be considered a casual interest, then getting bored or disillusioned with the community after 6-24 months.
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Foam dart blasters
yo yos
magic the gathering (This was like 15 years)
coin collecting
juggling
pocket knives
archery
running
Currently working on 3D printing, though that's been more of a means to get back into foam blasters because it's far cheaper to print your own blasters and mod parts.
This year wasn't great for MTG. Modern Horizons 3 warped multiple formats and most of standard was just magic characters in silly hats. The thing that pushed it over the edge for me was the commander fiasco. Everything about that situation from the rules committee making unhealthy decisions, Hasbro taking control and the fan base sending death threats crushed my will to keep going after playing for the last 15 years. Haven't bought a card since.
Bloomburrow was pretty cool though. Wish we had blocks again so we could have spent more time there. Foundations seems interesting but I can't bring myself to give Hasbro any more of my money.
If you can swing the added cost, I would 100% get it. I don't do much multi color, but it's worth it alone to just be able to have 4 spools loaded up and be able to switch between them in the slicer software. I always keep matte black loaded because it's what I use most often, and then swap the other three slots as needed. The way I see it, even if you're ok with having to change the spool everytine you print, you may as well have the AMS and have to switch slightly less often.
Lastly, on more than one occasion the automatic failover to another spool has saved me a lot of effort. If you suspect you're running low on a spool, you can just load up the same color on a different slot and the print run will automatically switch over to the new spool mid-print if you run out. I was blown away by the convenience of that the first time it happened. Keeps the print moving instead of stopping and waiting for you to make the switch manually.
I recently got into this and picked up the A1 with AMS. It's been a lot of fun to play with and other than the routine maintenance like cleaning the bed and lubing the rails, it's been zero trouble.
While you're all here what controller do you use for your deck? Been thinking of getting one of the hall effect 8bitdo ones, but I'm open to trying anything.
I know you're joking, but if you actually have a bunch, you might want to take a look to see what version you have. There's a very specific version that gets used in the speed running community so it might be of value to someone.
Totally agree! It's seemingly gotten worse recently too. My phone is 5 years old and I was still able to replace the battery at home but it took special tools and a hair dryer. The newest Pixels and Galaxy phones look impossible to do with my current skillset.
Things like Fairphone and the HMD Skyline should be the norm going forward.