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Whats a good hobby to get into, as someones whos home alot with a laptop? (piefed.zip)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I have a ok laptop but its not the greatest, i want to have something such as a creative outlet that i can do in a simple manner? Ive thought about many of things but im unsure if i should try them? Im stuck inside alot and im bored alot aswell. I just want something to do other than light gaming and watching youtube.

What would you advise and why so?

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[–] 8 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I second 3D modeling, it's super fun and entertaining. Blender is the software.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Thirded. If you eventually get a 3D printer, too, that can be a good time sink - as long as you are happy to spend time tweaking and fiddling with things to keep it working.

    That way, your 3D blender designs can come to the real world.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    I need to learn blender. I got into 3D printers and learnt FreeCAD for parts. It's very good and easy to use but it lacks complex modelling and I think it runs on one thread only.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Even the pro systems have single threaded portions for modelling. Multi thread, multi processor is only taken advantage of in a few areas, and even then the performance improvement is not drastically different in most tasks

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    As long as you don't need CAD levels of precision, Blender is fine. I still need to use FreeCAD when making enclosures and assemblies but Blender works well if it's more of a decorative piece. I think they are making an actual CAD mode soon so this might be outdated!

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