Do I need UV glasses?

No. Gloves are a good idea, probably a respiratory too and open air circulation like opening a few windows. But a face shield and UV glasses are overkill.

Just… don’t be sloppy and careless.

ordered soy based resin and a wash/cure station

I didn’t know “soy based resin” was a thing. The wash/cure station is definitely a winner. Highly recommended.

installed and found chitubox slicer isn’t great

Never used it before. I’m stuck using Anycubic’s proprietary slicing software which is ok’ish. It gets the job done and prints ok.

don’t understand plug drilling and hollowing

Yeah so this is a unique thing for resin printers to deal with, especially with larger prints. It is entirely possible to print an object and have liquid resin sealed up inside a hollow print. Curing can’t penetrative deep enough to cure the trapped resin inside. It becomes a “time bomb” for eventual breaks and leakage.

Some slicing software recognizes this issue and allows you to place a hole somewhere on the print to allow trapped resin to drain out.

But since you’re printing minis, it’s not really something you have to be concerned about. Minis are…well… mini and thus not hollow.

A bit of advice for a new resin user: No matter how well prepared you think you are to contain messes, spills, droplets, etc, you will make a mess. It’s inevitable so plan accordingly and keep tons of paper towers at the ready.

As to painting, I’m not quite there yet. I just print them, cure them, and play with them as is.

I have a question. What do any of the people in this… meme? have to do with each other? Is this another Qanon delusion?

Google is just going to stall and delay until Trump’s goons come in. Then, suddenly, the DOJ will have a change of heart.

We need courses that teach males how to be men. Not the BS toxic stuff, but teach them how to be decent human beings in society.

A LOT of food sold in the US are imported.

Every time a friend asks to “borrow” a lighter…

I too enjoy a good strawman fallacy.

I have a rechargeable mouse from a no-name Chinese company, and they put the port at the nose of the mouse. It works like a wired mouse when plugged in and charging.

How has Apple not figured this out?

Yes, because voter shaming has a long history of success 🙄

This is why I don’t use my real name on the internet, nor do I post selfies.

True Polymorph is a bridge too far, my good sir.

/s

Ma’am, would you prefer to die? Or would you prefer financial ruin & poverty which you will never recover from?

A lot of celebrities became shitbags, unfortunately. The most disappointing IMO was JK Rowling. My sisters loved the Harry Potter universe, but soured on it after it was reveled Rowling was a huge nazi shithead.

It’s going to have ads eventually if it continues to grow.

You make me sad, sir.

Playing FFXIV. I’m not really enjoying the Dawntrail story, but I’m only about a third of the way through it. I’m hoping it’ll pick up.

I also finished a playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3 as a dark urge devotion paladin who didn’t break oath or give in to the urges.

On occasion, I’ll play a bit of Space Engineers if I need some mindless gameplay.

I feel so attacked right now 😆

This, 100%.

There’s a false narrative that everything and everyone is either left or right, liberal or conservative, blue or red. But it’s simply not the case.

There are a handful of leftists in the Democrat party, but the vast majority are right wing conservatives. The Overton window has shifted hard to the right and most of the Democrats shifted along with it.

A Democrat politician today would have been considered a right wing republican extremist 40 years ago.

It’s just bizarre.

“Hey, I’m giving these guys some guns so they can kill all of you. But it’s ok because here’s a sandwich. Might want to eat it now, it’ll be your last meal before they exterminate you.”