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Not that hot, maybe 50-60C, enough to get the moisture out of the filament and into the desiccant while not melting your spool or filament. Was thinking to add a small fan to it one of these days, connected to a battery and on/off switch, but it's working really good as it is.

Just to add to this, i print mostly PETG and PETG-CF, barely any PLA.

What i do, is store all spools in a big sealed plastic tote with some bigger desiccant bags(100g). To dry the filament(even if it's new from a sealed bag) i have a smaller plastic tote that will fit 1 spool with a heating pad(like the ones used for your medical purposes) on the bottom. Add the spool and let it sit fro 6-12 hours on top of the heating pad with the lid closed. Pretty cheap heated filament dryer. Here's the heating pad i use, can be found on Amazon for $14: "Boncare® Small Heating Pad Without Auto Shut Off for Cramps and Back Pain Relief"

As i read it the insurance company reimbursed the crew that found the gold, and the insurance company owned the gold as well as they paid the original owners of the ship for their loss(but you can't own something that you don't have), they had to reimburse the crew that found it for their work/expenses etc. I might be wrong but that's what i got from the OP's story.

From what i've read about all their investment regarding this issue, many of the homes they purchased also needed extra investment/rehab. I think they tried their hand at automation/ai purchasing as they had a lot of data but something fell really short of expectations. What Z did is a bit outside of the current market norms so i wouldn't really use it as a market signal, i'm looking at it more as their idea/system just fell short. But at the same time i was expecting the housing market to go lower into the start of this year, boy was i wrong as the market dynamics changed fast.

With the market prices being as high as they are now and low inventory I would recommend you rent for now and get to know the new area/city first. It's a seller's market right now and there's a higher chance of you over-paying for a property right now. I keep telling friends that i would rather buy a home with a lower price but higher rate/apr than vice-versa. You can always refinance, but you'll never be able to change the price you've paid.

Edit: Also worth noting that real estate markets are more local, so there exists the chance that you might still be able to find some affordable houses but depends on the area.

There is a high chance that they started closing their position. Just look at other long positions Melvin had and what those started doing, i'll give you a hint : they started going down due to the possibility of them starting to liquidate other positions to raise more cash for covering their shorts. But this is also speculation, until they release their books on what they own nothing is 100% sure.

That was more a nod to the whole CentOS debacle and the way RH is doing business the last few years, plus this article relating to the free part. Not really related to opensource as i doubt they'll be able to escape that aspect, if they could they would have probably done that already as well.

I'm really not expecting to see a significant drop in home prices at least until close to the end of the year. While some vacation rentals owners might have listed their properties for sale they are doing it pricing those close to the current market value based on other properties for sale in their respective area. We're looking for a vacation home and i'm monitoring the prices in a few areas pretty close, but i don't think we'll do anything until the start of 2021.

Remember you need surplus to drive price down. Also keep in mind that the foreclosure process is currently on hold, once this opens again we'll be able to get a closer look at the impact all the closures had/have on the RE market.

I have a hard time believing that real estate prices will explode. From what i can see the prices are expected to go down, mostly due to the fact that there's less ppl able to buy due to many being out of work(some for a good while probably as i doubt some jobs/positions will be immediately re-filled). This same thing will cause many to go into foreclosure, this adding new supply to the real estate market. Also banks already tightening credit/loans requirements and availability. All this means larger supply than demand, no reason for real estate to go up. This is all just starting, curious to see what the end of 2020 will bring and start of 2021.

Also the market doesn't represent the economy and right now most of the money goes into the market creating a false-positive idea that everything's fine. Just my 2 cents.

This could be a direct consequence coming from the import/immigration of talent into the EU. The best will leave once they see change coming and usually salaries and work culture could suffer on such changes. Also being born and raised in East Europe i can say that we don't handle too great a mix with other cultures, as US does for example.

That's the other part of the equation, you never know the intention of the buyer/seller and can only speculate. There's a general consensus on some types of orders going thru and the general expectation for those trades(ex. block vs split vs sweep, ITM OTM ATM and long term/short term expirations) where you can make a pretty good assumption but can never know for sure. Spreads are usually followed thru as being spreads and you can make that out as the trades go out together on the short/long legs etc.

One thing about Aldi is that it has a lot of seasonal items, and by that i mean items you can only find a specific time of year for a specific period(ex. 2 weeks only for X item). We shop at Aldi a lot for a long time and in the last year we've seen it starting to get more packed with people.