u/chrismessina — reddlx

Time-lapse of "laser powder bed fusion" or (PBF-LB)

>These stainless-steel beads form a powder that is over six times finer than flour, meaning each individual particle is too small to see with the naked eye. Powders like this are the basic building material of a type of metal 3D printing called "laser powder bed fusion" or (PBF-LB).

It works by spreading out a thin layer of metal powder and using a powerful laser to melt the powder together into a specific shape. Then the process continues by laying down a fresh layer of powder on top and repeating.

Each layer is leveled off by a wiper. It’s like the way you might level off a cup of flour with the back of a knife.

To make a good 3D-printed part, it's important that the powder is spread in an even, consistent way. Now, thanks to NIST research, we can watch the powder spreading and study its behavior. This work will improve the consistency and quality of metal 3D printed parts.

Source: NIST

u/chrismessina — 1 day ago

▲ 157 r/PraiseTheCameraMan

600FPS perfect capture of kingfisher earning its namesake

By Nicolas Reusens. Source.

u/chrismessina — 2 days ago

▲ 21 r/raycastapp

New extension: Wrap Unwrap

It does what it says, but is for Markdown-aware, for savvy text reflowing:

Wrap Text— wrap selected (or clipboard) text at a configurable column width. The classifier is prefix-aware: blockquote markers (> ) and list-item markers (- , hang indent) count toward the line budget so wrapped output stays within the chosen column width including its prefix.

Unwrap Text— reflow wrapped text into continuous paragraphs while preserving Markdown structure: ATX/setext headings, fenced and indented code, blockquotes (with nesting), bullet/ordered/task lists, pipe tables, HTML blocks, reference link definitions, and hard breaks. Optional soft-hyphen stripping (inter-+esting→interesting) and blank-line preservation.

Let me know what you think!

raycast.com

u/chrismessina — 12 days ago

▲ 71 r/raycastapp

I posted about this the other day, but this is the official word from Raycast about the timing of the 2.0 beta, given the context of the original intended release in April 2026.

Edit: reformatted links; fixed typo.

u/chrismessina — 23 days ago

▲ 75 r/raycastapp

In addition to updated content a refreshed design, there's now a dedicated page listing what's new in Raycast v2 with screenshots.

Credit to u/jacraycast.

u/chrismessina — 23 days ago

▲ 73 r/raycastapp

It's been discussed by others here, but u/peduarte confirmed on X:

>it's already started
started small to get initial feedback and fix anything that may come up (natural and expected in a new beta software)

when feel comfortable releasing to a wider reach we'll make it publicly available

shouldn't be long

meanwhile we'll keep inviting more and more people

I've been testing the 2.0 beta, and it's close. However, there are a considerable number of bugs that should be fixed before it is rolled out more widely.

My only contribution is to offer some assurance (or consolation?) that Raycast 2.0 is definitely coming. It's not vaporware, but it also has too many papercuts. If it's released prematurely, the complaints will shift to how broken 2.0 is rather than about the fact that it's taking longer to bake. 😕

u/chrismessina — 25 days ago