asciilifeform: 'If they're taking in taxpayer dollars to provide accommodations for their tenants, there should be some oversight — especially by government — as to what people are living in.'
asciilifeform: nubbins`: wait - what are they supposed to pocket as rent ?
asciilifeform: moiety: the basic concept goes back to the '80s
asciilifeform: you fuze a layer, then spread more powder, and so on, until the piece is complete
asciilifeform: moiety: sintering printer typically uses the same setup as laser cutter, with a bucket full of powdered Al or whichever metal where the bed would normally go
asciilifeform: phun phact: it is said that modern russia still has a huge stockpile of unused 45acp, shipped during 'lend-lease', along with a multitude of 'tommy gun', never used
asciilifeform: i thought it only existed on this side of the atlantic
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: phun phact. security detail at the us army lab where i used to work was 100% rentacop
asciilifeform: (u.s. passports have 'birthplace' field)
asciilifeform: usg ought to send me a new passport if the damn thing splits
asciilifeform: diametric: incidentally, you can get a real-time picture of the beam focus using an ordinary usb camera - taking care that it never sits in the sweet spot (smoked ccd)
asciilifeform: (helps if you remember some from differential equations)
asciilifeform: so long as it converges, why the hell not.
asciilifeform: so have the beam return to the measuring cell periodically
asciilifeform: diametric: you don't need much accuracy if you fix a photocell to the platform, to measure power (since whole point of z-axis is to focus the beam ideally)
asciilifeform: diametric: my unit has z-axis with screws and belt. all one would have to do there is add a stepper with roller to turn the belt.
