3D Printing - What is old is new again

I keep reading that 3D printing is the way of the future. However every time I read this, I can't help but think about one of these:

Yep, thats a CNC machine. It too is a '3D printer'. They even make smaller versions called benchtop CNC machines. The one pictured is big enough to create a car rim. Even prints in metal which most of these new ones cannot do. So next time you hear about 3D printing being the next big thing, just remember this:

This isn't new technology. It just puts this technology into the hands of the masses.

FNM Haiku

I always rare draft
I drew all of my land
I lost the draft

TF2 Autocrafting

This may be late to the party, but I haven't cleaned out my Idle accounts in quite some time. The daunting task of loading each account up, doing multiple trades with an autocraft bot put me off. So much so I went past the 200 item 'limit' Steam Item Manager had for autocrafting. (What I mean by that is, the program will crash or take several hours when your inventory is too large)

Previously I would use one of two methods to craft my items:

* Find a scrap bot, and meticilously trade for each account. (Taking 2-3 trades per account)

* Do it manually. (Normally while watching TV)

* Hope I don't hit the magic limit in SIM and use that to cut half my workload down.

So I decided to load up SIM on a laptop and let it run on a few accounts for the next few days, low and behold there was an update! 

Some new features it added that I care about for idling:

* Allow Autocraft for non-duplicate items.

* Actually autocrafts to refined

* Autocrafts in aprox 2-3 seconds for a 1000 item backpack.

All I can say is... Nice. Thank you for updating and making the tool usable. =)

Steam Item Manager