Best 3D printer for an 11-year old and *ahem* possibly his geeky dad too? Asking for a friend of course.

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Features of GitHub Store: - Smart discovery - Home sections for “Popular”, “Recently Updated”, and “New” projects. - Only repos with valid installable assets are shown. - Platform‑aware topic scoring so Android/desktop users see relevant apps first. - Latest‑release installs - Fetches /releases/latest for each repo. - Shows only assets from the latest release. - Single “Install latest” action, plus an expandable list of all installers for that release. - Rich details screen - App name, version, “Install latest” button. - Stars, forks, open issues. - Rendered README content (“About this app”). - Latest release notes (body) with markdown formatting. - List of installers with platform labels and file sizes. - Cross‑platform UX - Android: opens APK downloads and hands off to the package installer. - Desktop (Windows/macOS/Linux): downloads to a configurable location and opens the file. - GitHub login & rate‑limit friendly - Sign‑in with GitHub to use the user’s own 5,000 req/hour quota. Download GitHub Store: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/zed.rainxch.githubstore/ https://github.com/rainxchzed/Github-Store/releases

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check-if-email-exists This is a tool written in the Rust language, designed to check the existence of an email address without sending a message to it. It provides an HTTP backend that allows verification via an API, and also supports use via the command line and integration into Rust projects. The program checks the availability of the mailbox, the validity of the address syntax, the presence of MX records for the domain, and the ability to connect to an SMTP server. Additionally, it determines whether the address is temporary, a role, or associated with known data leaks. Lang: Rust https://github.com/reacherhq/check-if-email-exists

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Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/the-ars-technica-guide-to-dumb-tvs/

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Aegis Authenticator: Free, open-source 2FA app for Android Aegis Authenticator is an open-source 2FA app for Android that helps you manage login codes for your online accounts. The app features strong encryption and the ability to back up your data. It supports both HOTP and TOTP, so it works with thousands of services. https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis

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Portmaster: Open-source application firewall Portmaster is a free and open source application firewall built to monitor and control network activity on Windows and Linux. The project is developed in the EU and is designed to give users stronger privacy without asking them to manage every rule by hand. https://github.com/safing/portmaster https://safing.io/

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If you live in an area where it gets cold in the winter, do yourself a favor and buy some extra long jumper cables.

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If you're a GMail user, create aliases in settings such as: "[email protected]" "[email protected]" Simply add a + sign like these examples. This way, you can track how your email is being leaked or receiving spam.

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whats the best casual jacket you owned? in the market for a new one

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My jaw was on the floor the whole time.

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After over a week of use and dozens of professional projects executed (for print and web), I can easily recommend the new Affinity. Not least because it is free—and yes, it is free. First let’s talk about that. A lot of people seem mad that they would move to a freemium model. This is stupid. As someone who paid for the previous versions of the software, I (and those who didn’t pay) now both get basically identical software to what once cost almost $200. The paid features which are unlocked by a Canva subscription, on top Pro-tier access to Canva’s popular online creative suite—which many creatives already pay for—are, thus far, only AI based. And affinity did not have these features previously. Furthermore, the annual subscription cost of this Canva (optional) add-on is around what Affinity used to cost to buy—mind you as a one time purchase—and way less than subscriptions to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign; the three apps that Affinity handily replaces. Are there weaknesses? It will depend on your workflow. For now, Illustator’s 3D effects are class leading. I find them a little gimmicky/overdone but that’s just my opinion and I know most people love them. So if you’re a die hard illustrator lover you may take issue there. Photoshop’s AI features, especially for expanding the canvas, removing objects, and generating simple tweaks for photos, are much better than what Canva has offered so far. But it’s also extremely early days. I expect Canva AI to improve rapidly, and the planned integration of Leonardo AI should mark a pretty big improvement. I spend a lot of my time in InDesign and Affinity Layout (formerly Publisher), and I find them to be functionally equivalent. But I started doing most of my print work and finishing in Affinity Publisher a while ago, because of *personas*: the ability to use one program and go back and forth from vector work to raster work to layout work. It’s so brilliant that it’s become the basis for how Affinity Studio functions. One app, multiple, interoperable, workspaces. And I think that last part is where I’ll wrap it up because it is so incredible that in 2025 you can get such a brilliantly designed app for free. As with all things capitalism, I retain a healthy skepticism on what Canva might do long term, but for now, taking customers away from Adobe is their goal, growing the tiny user base of Affintiy and then upselling them to Canva Pro, is smart, fair, and clear-headed enough strategy that I have no need to doubt it. So for now, I say, this is good.

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KDE Connect: Enabling communication between all your devices https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect

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I bought these glass bottles on Amazon, but they leak. I use them for water, smoothies, and protein mix. I like that only glass, stainless steel, and the small silicon gasket touch the contents, but the leaking is a dealbreaker. Also they get dirty under the gasket and are a pain to clean. The gasket also gets smelly by the end of the day. Do you have a favorite glass bottle? Ideally on the cheaper side so I can buy a bunch to swap them out each day. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPXDW2JR

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Found one of these at Sierra for $20 or so & they’re the real deal. Warmth, snaps, feel. The full Rumpl price is too much for my blood, but there are a couple other brands that do well. https://www.nomadix.co/collections/puffer-blankets

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https://symbol.so/ The symbol website is an online resource that provides users with the ability to easily find, copy, and paste a wide range of text symbols and signs from various categories. All symbols are accompanied by their digital codes in different formats, allowing them to be used in web development, documents, social networks, and other digital platforms.

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