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Great analogy. 3d printing is awesome and incredibly useful tech. Truly world changing. But injection molding is here to stay.
by johnecheck 1y ago
Great analogy. 3d printing is awesome and incredibly useful tech. Truly world changing. But injection molding is here to stay.
- Filligree 1y agoThough we did figure out how to do injection molding with a 3d printer. In a printed mold.
- dangus 1y agoEven the phrase "world-changing" might be a bit too strong. It's enabled some acceleration of product prototyping and it has democratized hardware design a little bit. Some little companies are building some buildings using 3D printing techniques. Speaking as someone who owns and uses a 3D printer daily, I think the biggest impact it's had is that it's a fun hobby, which doesn't strike me as "world-changing."
- johnecheck 1y agoThat's fair, but don't sell them short. A 3d printed gun just killed a CEO. Ukrainian drones are using 3d printed parts to drop bombs. Between that and the changed game for hobbyists, the world is meaningfully different. Most world-changing inventions do so subtly. Atom bombs are the exception, not the rule.
- dangus 1y agoI think the phrase "world-changing" implies a lot less subtlety than that.
- johnecheck 1y agoThat's fair. My definition is probably broader than most.