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I wouldn't use plates or silverware that I printed on my 3D printer unless I coated it.

Do you have one? I couldn't think of that many things to print when I made one, but now that I have one (kind of like the hammer and the nail), I can see lots of things to print now.



Relevant observation: "hammer and nail" effect seems to be the same thing as pg's Blub paradox[0] or the phenomenon that when you start carrying Duct Tape with you, you'll suddenly find some use for it every other day.

Because of that I think we should learn not to dismiss things just because we can't imagine what we can do with them. The imagination will most likely come with use of the tool.

[0] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(computer_programme...


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