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10 years ago
I turned on my light today, and two of the three bulbs in the fixture burned out simultaneously. I'm honestly more amused by this quaint phenomenon than I am annoyed by it. Actually, now that I think about it, it was more so in quick succession than it was simultaneous.
How inestimably incalculable are the odds for this to happen on the same day that I realize that, now, the second of two things whose success I was practically gambling on, yet also, did not come to fruition as expected? I am taken back as you are, probably now taking a breath and re-reading that last sentence. Sometimes it seems that even an improbably candor attitude can't hold back disappointment. I know that I will surely find ways around these road blocks (I already have, mostly), but I still can't fight the unquantifiable feeling of frustration and depression.
I lost some money, granted, and surely a greater worth-sum of time, but it's nothing I can't fix, and it's only but petty little compared to the inestimable value of the knowledge, albeit a few facts, that I obtained.
1. 15 gram CO2 cartridges contain between 750 and 1000 psi of gas.
2. SF6, even as a liquid, is a relatively low pressure gas, between 200 and 300 psi.
3. 3D printing companies are full of it.
4. (and this is the most important one) No matter how much it seems as though an idea will work, you still have to account for and accept the possibility of it not working.
Quote time.
"You see this goblet? For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious." - Achaan Chaa
P.S. Does anyone know how I can get access to a 3D printer for a reasonable price?
I.E. Connections? Friends of friends? "I know a guy"? You own one?
How inestimably incalculable are the odds for this to happen on the same day that I realize that, now, the second of two things whose success I was practically gambling on, yet also, did not come to fruition as expected? I am taken back as you are, probably now taking a breath and re-reading that last sentence. Sometimes it seems that even an improbably candor attitude can't hold back disappointment. I know that I will surely find ways around these road blocks (I already have, mostly), but I still can't fight the unquantifiable feeling of frustration and depression.
I lost some money, granted, and surely a greater worth-sum of time, but it's nothing I can't fix, and it's only but petty little compared to the inestimable value of the knowledge, albeit a few facts, that I obtained.
1. 15 gram CO2 cartridges contain between 750 and 1000 psi of gas.
2. SF6, even as a liquid, is a relatively low pressure gas, between 200 and 300 psi.
3. 3D printing companies are full of it.
4. (and this is the most important one) No matter how much it seems as though an idea will work, you still have to account for and accept the possibility of it not working.
Quote time.
"You see this goblet? For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious." - Achaan Chaa
P.S. Does anyone know how I can get access to a 3D printer for a reasonable price?
I.E. Connections? Friends of friends? "I know a guy"? You own one?
KishnievRat
~kishnievrat
I think a best bet would be to try find used ones, or wait a few years until the new become dirt cheap.
