I should not have to explain this to you...

#VagueToot

On a completely different note - 3D printing...

For Christmas I bought myself an anycubic Kobra 3 Max, with the "ACE Pro" unit for filament switching, etc... had the first case where the automatic filament swap was used yesterday... it went very smoothly, with one slight hiccup...
When they spool the filament, they typically will either tape the inner end to the spool, or they will bend the end so that it doesn't come out... This will prevent the filament from releasing from the spool at the end, so instead of the system realizing that it has reached the end, and automatically switching to the next spool, it realizes that it has a jam, and needs intervention

a quick clip with the cutters, and it then used up the last bit, and auto-swapped.

Maybe that's why they use the cardboard core around the plastic spool... so that you can get in ahead of time to clip the end?

Having spent way too many nights at hotels lately... what we need is a hotel chain that explicitly has good coffee.
not Keurig, or "Keurig like" coffee in the rooms... not bulk vat-drip-coffee-in-a-giant-thermos in the lobby... but real, good, freshly roasted, freshly ground coffee (with a variety of beans for folks who have different tastes)

oh well... I'll pack my Aeropress and grinder for my next trip

Dear CDW... please go read NIST SP 800-63, and update your password requirements. Specifically, sp800-63B, Section 3.1.1
I'll make it easy for you, here's a link https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html#password

but to make it even easier for you...
3.1.1.2.2 : Verifiers and CSPs SHOULD permit a maximum password length of at least 64 characters.
3.1.1.2.3: Verifiers and CSPs SHOULD accept all printing ASCII [RFC20] characters and the space character in passwords.
3.1.1.2.5: Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT impose other composition rules (e.g., requiring mixtures of different character types) for passwords

of the 7 rules you have (I count length as 2 rules... minimum and maximum) only 2 of the rules follow the guidelines...
minimum 8 characters, and "can't be your username"

Fix your rules...
KTHXBBAI

Dear companies that use Hold music... it isn't hard to get good quality recordings... but for the love of DOG... a bad recording of MIDI... when I can TELL that it is a MIDI recording...

Sonata #3 in B Flat Major... K281

knowing how much we pay you... you can afford better recordings