I don't think I am wrong here. The irregularity is what makes it difficult. Don't even think about specific units here; 2x2x2x2x2x2 is easy. 1.9x2.4x3x2x3.5x2x is difficult.

Yes, exactly this.

Yep. But asking for this in metal is bonkers. You'd need both the textile geek and a machinist to collab closely. And they would both need a deep Trek knowledge/appreciation. To remake this with metal would be just the project of a millionaire with a deep love of all things Trek.

OK, you even using "ghola" correctly makes me want to do this project, even if it ruins me financially.

Much chunkier and no bass skills

You wouldn't do that on a lathe. You would use a mill.

Yes, that's the practical way. But asking a machinist to do this? Just don't.

Ok, I'm not sure if you read my bio - but I am a proper experienced machinist. 20+ years - fuck my life. This would be excruciatingly hard. First off, that coloring would need to be either oxidized bronze or brass. You'd need to then machine perfect hexagons (the bestagons) and both of those are very sensitive to work with.

I'd need to CNC out all of the patterns first (depending on what the customer wanted, brass or copper) and then make tiny links out of the same material. This would cost tens of thousands to make out of metal. I'm not kidding here - for me to do this off the top of my head, I'm thinking $40k. And that is only because the designs have to be precise and I personally will not do marginal work when it comes to Trek.

And ontop of all that, you need someone that can do real, serious work on the clothing. This is, again, assuming the pieces are metal. This would be so crazy expensive that no one that is a professional will take on the job

Yes, but prominent nipples are also required.

At the time of my making this comment, the only other 2 comments are comparing him to 1) a Mentat and 2) a Pakled. This hilarity is not lost on me.

I had a fantastic experience with Garuda setting things up for ging out of the box. I just had to change from its ugly global KDE theme.

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Yeah. I had a 20 day sober streak going. It just ended.