Hardware Podcasts

Episode 327: …you would hit them in the head with a whiskey bottle.

Making It · 29 Oct 2021 · 1h 13m

What this episode covers

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss the impracticality of switching to metric measurements in the US, the National Hardware Show, and David's new Prusa SL1S resin 3D printer. Bob details his complex data backup struggles, exploring RAID, Synology NAS systems, and cloud services like Carbonite and Backblaze for his video library. The hosts also reflect on the emotional impact of online negativity, citing William Osmond's video on handling comments and the psychology of internet criticism.

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early-stage companies

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Products
SL1S, Elegoo
Also
Chris Zepp, Chevy, Cadillac, Stanley, Make48, Prusa, Synology, Carbonite, Backblaze, Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3, William Osmond, Rockler

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