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On 19/09/2020 12:51 pm, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> In aus.comms Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 00:40:51 +0000 (UTC), not@telling.you.invalid
>> (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:
>>
>>> In aus.comms Mr. Mag00 <needsglasses@nospamplease.com> wrote:
>>>> Google Fiber (US spelling) is about to start testing a new 2 Gbps
>>>> internet service in two cities with the plan to launch it widely in
>>>> 2021, the company announced.
>>>
>>> Personally, having finally been able to try wired NBN connections,
>>> it's a very significant improvement over my 3G mobile broadband
>>> internet at home (not that such NBN connections go anywhere near me).
>>> Certainly much faster than I would ever need it to be.
>>>
>>> With everyone streaming videos everywhere I can guess that it might
>>> be strained with that, but I'd prefer phone calls personally anyway.
>>> It must be working pretty well if people are all using video calls
>>> instead.
>>
>> 3D printing would need VERY fast connections for starters.
> 
> Umm no, not at all actually. I've been doing 3D printing for years
> over my internet connection, even before when I was on pre-NBN
> satellite broadband which was even worse (though mainly with regards
> to connection times).
> 
> You don't need particularly high-resolution "meshes" for 3D printing,
> so for example the STL files for models that I design are ususally
> under 500KB. Even if someone does upload a file with a needlessly
> high resolution and it ends up tens of megabytes, STL files tend to
> compress really well so it might only be a couple of MB in a ZIP
> archive. Not inconvenient with my internet speeds, let alone on an
> NBN connection.
> 
>> Houses, Cars, machinery, can all be 3D printed.
> 
> Houses, yes sort of. Machinery, yeah sure. Cars, well yeah bits of
> them anyway. 

I've seen some headlights for a vintage car 3D printed - bloody amazing.

Compared to the speed of the printing itself though, I
> don't think the download time for the model is ever going to be a
> serious issue on a wired NBN connection. Unless it's just user-error
> and they've tried to set the mesh resolution to something approaching
> infinite.
> 
>> Another Turnbull memorial here
>> <https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/on-every-count-snowy-20-is-a-disaster-in-the-making/news-story/de893c31ef7c50bba2939ead7653f629>
>>       https://tinyurl.com/MrBroadband
>> Snowy 2.0 a disaster in the making
>> An open letter to Scott Morrison and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
> 
> There's no mistaking when you've got a reply from Petzl.


LOL.  Yup.

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Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with "Mr. Mag00" <needsglasses@nospamplease.com> - 2020-09-18 06:19 +1000
  Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2020-09-18 08:23 +1000
  Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2020-09-18 00:40 +0000
    Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2020-09-18 11:59 +1000
      Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2020-09-18 12:16 +1000
        Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2020-09-18 13:03 +1000
          Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2020-09-18 13:08 +1000
            Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2020-09-18 13:35 +1000
              Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2020-09-18 13:38 +1000
                Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2020-09-18 14:21 +1000
                Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2020-09-18 14:37 +1000
                Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Fran <f2r2a3n4@loonynutters.com> - 2020-09-18 19:20 +1000
      Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2020-09-19 02:51 +0000
        Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2020-09-19 13:30 +1000
        Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with Fran <f2r2a3n4@loonynutters.com> - 2020-09-19 13:39 +1000
  Re: Compare this to the shit NBN Kevni Dudd lumbered us with news18 <news18@woa.com.au> - 2020-09-18 14:09 +0000

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