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Cake day: December 20th, 2023

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  • I have the ability to create basic a 3D, line based design tool. Though I would have to read up on NURBS. Maybe QCad has the potential to grow in that direction.

    I just still tend to hope that it may be implemented in something fully featured like Blender, which is more geared towards artistic modelling and replaces stuff like 3dsMAX and Maya. It does have some plug-ins to support precision drawing, but last time I checked, I was still not convinced of using it in an AutoCAD like workflow.



  • Linux still is lacking in CAD/CAM

    I really wish this could be fixed.

    I have used CAD software quite a bit during my childhood and BTech and realise the great difference between Autodesk tools and OSS Alternatives. While blender has already overtaken their stuff in its domain, I feel the need for an alternative for AutoCAD [1] that can overthrow its crown. While I can’t expect anything for stuff like ArchiCAD, Revit etc. which would require loads of domain specific knowledge.

    Never tried CAM software, but I see 3 OSS ones here, so perhaps you can check out any that you haven’t. I’d be interested in knowing about your exp with these, since I don’t have much to think of how to test those.

    qalculate has Windows binaries too


    1. currently checking out QCAD ↩︎




  • I’m not familiar with your currency symbol

    Try qalc.

    It’s got both, a terminal frontend and a Qt GUI one. (Actually 3. Also a GTK one)

    You can copy the currency text along with the symbol into it and by default, it will convert it to your Locale’s currency, so you can know the exchange rates at least.

    Also, ₹2000 - ₹3000 per 8 hour day tends to be what an engineering fresher would normally expect in a place like Delhi, where a Subway sub will cost around ₹400.


    ❯ qalc
    > 1/0
    
      1 / 0 = 1 / 0
    
    > 
    



  • I think anyone with taste knows that a small non-chain restaurant, stall, or cart will have much better food than some corporate chain crap food made with industrially sourced ‘ingredients.’

    With my aversion to food made out in the open, right next to running cars and open-coughing people, I stopped eating from roadside stalls by the time I started having enough autonomy.
    I tend to prefer non-chain restaurants with viewable kitchens [1], but due to lack of any such desirable place in my area, eating out nearby, usually means subway (which is just, less bad).

    Then I realise that with the amount of money I would spend to pay for the cheapest local meal place, I can actually cook with Ghee at home. And that topples the equation over its head.

    • Morning: Sandwich in Ghee/butter/peanut oil depending upon the mood
    • Afternoon: Fried rice in Ghee
    • Evening: Gram/Kidney Beans/Lentils in Ghee, with rice

    Definitely not going back to outside food with nobody knows which oil they use.


    1. those places tend to hire cooks who actually mind their coughing ↩︎