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Ask HN: Why did consumer 3D printing take so long to be invented?

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“As I recall, 3D printers rose to prominence at about the same time and speed as we started getting genuinely powerful personal computers.”

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Ask HN: Why did consumer 3D printing take so long to be invented?

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