i think since bamboo entered the market everything changed and the entire industry kinda went warp speed :p
i’ve had a few printers, but until i got a bamboo i was “excited by the possibilities” more than actually doing things
now im printing loads, and have been since i got the printer a couple of years ago
detail resolution is amazing on 3d printers these days too!
the arachne wall generator is incredible for resolving fine details in things like text
Arachne settings allow the extruder to adjust its extrusion rate based on the model’s line width. This way, the extrusion rates change according to the model’s requirements, resulting in precise printing of the model’s varying shape.
You can choose this setting if you want to print thin features with more delicacy, and your print needs a smooth transition between wall counts.
yeah it’s a very common feature among slicers these days
if it’s not multicolour then you can just make the printer leave indents for the letters (or print extra material to have it raised)
no need for post processing or extra equipment which slows down the process and adds extra work
i think the latest is that china has managed to create a GPU that’s ~7 years behind. i’m not sure that’s “a GPU from 7 years ago” or “it will take them 7 years, acknowledging that there’s a known path so will take less time”
AFAIK they’ll have to figure out EUV or some other method of lithography at that scale, which they’re trying really hard at but it’s one heck of a difficult thing to do which is why only TSMC currently actually has it working
given the complexity of doing in hardware, and the simplicity of doing it software, you’d hope yes (in which case perhaps there will be firmware hacks) but you can never truly account for the stupidity of hardware companies
new ones sure but there are a bunch of these broken machines out there now: far more than there otherwise would be, because microslop forced the upgrade for windows 11
i guesssss if they do it soon enough the existing models will still be in their support period and they’d kinda be forced to update, assume it’s a software or firmware fix
well that’s what they should have done but now what it’s implemented there are a lot more parties that need to come to the table to fix the mess… some hardware might not be able to fix the mess, but i’d be surprised if this shit show were implemented on hardware rather than firmware
technicality remains more important than ever in your current political climate
the law is not intended to deceive. the words are complex by necessity, but complexity is not sophistry
law is the profession of specifics… it’s not sophistry; it’s technicality
just like trump is not a convicted rapist: he was convicted of sexual assault
since GDPR came in TBH i haven’t heard of any EU data leaks… like sure they happen in the US all the time, but where the fines actually happen
same with australia: we’ve had pretty good privacy laws since like the 90s, and really we haven’t had a whooooole lot of breaches. there have been some high profile ones, but security is never a 100% kinda thing yknow
well then they get massive fines for any data they leak
yeah… here we are: Europeans with right to be forgotten and opt out of data collection
so now you’re paying a private entity in this round about bullshit way for a service that isn’t actually the service you want but the service you want kinda is a side hustle for them in order to bring down their costs
insurance may be the way forward because the situation is so far beyond fucked it’s incredible
… but insurance shouldn’t be the answer
just make the insurance compliance stuff law and also make sure to add that if the rules aren’t followed you’re on your own
or undersea cables… wait… i’ve seen this movie on the news
guess we should abandon undersea cables in favour of starlink
why are we punching down on sex workers now? sex work is real work…
drug dealer? sure
amway? sure
… adobe? sure
but there’s nothing inherently untrustworthy about sex work and sex workers
i’m certain all of us that haven’t bought into any of this will be fine and rich hedge funds won’t buy up property and stock from people with no options forced to sell at prices far less than what they paid
that’s correct. they want modern business video conferencing, which is a very different prospect than 1:1 messaging, or even personal group messaging. i’d argue that there are more of these available than there are business conferencing!
please don’t lump signal in with whatsapp 🤮 that kinda talk makes people think they’re largely the same (especially with the bullshit muddy water of whatsapp using signals encryption), and we have enough trouble trying to convince people to use secure alternatives already… between the open client, reproducible builds, and local key integrity they are truly not even remotely in the same league
yeah i think prusa really needs to lean much harder into open source… like thats kinda their biggest selling point against bamboo, but there only half-arsing it imo
like an AMS system… why have they not taken one of the open source projects and made it an offical prusa thing, provided financial backing, kits, and developed it?
IMO they could be years ahead of bamboo if they just took all the work the open source community is doing and ran with it, providing a kinda polished, easy version of the DIY side of 3d printing
heck even made their online print farm management system self-hostable and open so people could extend it… that’d absolutely crush bamboo for commercial operations