UwU~

That’s exactly the reason why I (with individuals I believe to require it) try to point out a tiny detail that still somewhat sound like it formerly supported me while admitting it, or explaining in great detail what got me bamboozled. Just to distract the other person, which I do not trust to not immediately use my mistake against me, to such a degree they can’t do it. Alternatively swing it like “ooh, this is like when you got XY wrong!” so the playing field is somewhat even already before the other realises you just admitted something.

It sucks, but it’s better than not admitting it at all. Fortunately not a lot of people I know in my life require this.

Make it 19 and I feel comfy.

Bambu also is a no-go for quality reasons by now, they didn’t care for their printers catching fire for way too long.

That article, while technically being correct on many things, is also a little bit hyperbolic (that picture with “Who’s copying who now” is just laughable at best and utterly misleading). Prusa is still the best choice in what we call this “open market” (which repeatedly fucked them over), including openness.

Viable alternatives, including cheaper ones, would be Snapmaker’s U1 and printers from Qidi Tech or Sovol. Mind that Qidi Tech and Sovol are somewhat known for sub-par customer support (they have to save the money somewhere I guess). Qidi Tech is better for “set up and use”, Sovol is a good baseline to tinker with the printer itself as well.

Keep in mind that Prusa printers absolutely excel in longevity though, and they’re the only ones known to offer upgrade paths. Not to mention data security when using their services… just saying there are good reasons their printers are more expensive. You’ll most likely have more from them for longer. Not the MK4S though, that one is very much last gen by now.

I don’t agree with your take on AI and the comparison at all, however if you want to use them and stay independent in the future it’s probably best to use Mistral. Their models are available for download and (mostly) licensed under Apache 2.0. You only have to pay for commercial use. Also they’re basically the only big EU-company in that space and the only I know of where the web interface isn’t infested with trackers and shit. However they are also involved in the military (guess which edge models are running on those semi-autonomous drones in Ukraine).

All I need to know is does it solve a problem I have, does it work, is it stable, and is it secure.

You have to be aware that

• LLMs are recreating licensed code without telling you, which WILL fuck you over eventually
• They do not produce secure code on their own. Keys end up client-side, in widely opened S3 buckets, encryption falsely implemented etc. Widely known, no link needed.
• It is not faster, in fact you’re slower while merely feeling faster. By now even the techbros themselves just recently finally admitted that.
• There’s no point to mention the immorality of the tech, everyone should know by now.

So yeah, your choice how much you use it. But it’s pretty obvious why nobody trusts vibe-coded stuff, and the metric ton of low-quality projects even forcing the de-facto App Store of a whole ecosystem to completely ban AI code reeeally doesn’t help.

You’re not supposed to stomach thoughts, but whole people.

Ah, yes. Side-effects of slavery enabling people to romanticise the horrific fact they’re child slaves.

Like comradery in an office job, but without even the pitiful amounts of income.

I can respect the self-awareness though.

These guys always watch with extreme sports.

Is there a Lemmy version of r/IHadAStroke?

I guess after well over 1000h of printing I don’t have to expect it to go up in flames, either …

That assumption can backfire awfully! Please check if your printer is affected, if so you’re just lucky it didn’t happen yet.

# Map any historical Claude co-author attribution to the project owner.

So I guess it’s slop? This looks shady.

Avoid

• BambuLab (the usual backstabbing of big corpos)
• Creality (recently went IPO and strongly pivoted towards AI)
• FlashForge (also apparently AI stuff)
• Anycubic (cheap shit)

Recommend

• Sovol (especially for tinkerers, but bad customer support)
• Snapmaker U1 (good price / performance)
• Prusa (The best with a backbone and EU-based, but pricy af because of it)
• Qidi Tech (Rather affordable, not too bad apparently)

These are my personal opinions and what I heard over the years.

Right?! A Mini+ refresh that pushes down the costs without sacrificing performance (very much doable I think, they’d have basically zero R&D cost for that) to hit the 249€ mark would most likely sell like hot cakes, simply because it’s both rather affordable and Prusa! Especially right now.

I do hope they work on something. The fact the website apparently only offers the Mini+ Enclosure Bundle by now might indicate they’re emptying shelves, though they’ll never sell those off at that ridiculous price (500€ semi-assembled).

Just be safe, alright? There should be info out there if it’s an A1 about removing the dangerous part (seems to be optional). And make sure to take those devices offline via LAN-mode and blocking their internet access in the router.

I’m pretty surprised they still sell that one. It was one of the first (or even the first?) multihead printers and therefore of course very expensive, but by now… their Core+ is very much the reasonable one.

You might want to try those total conversion projects. There are a few that take parts from one or two Ender 3 and turn the machine into a modern CoreXY machine.

Sorry, I think that’s my bad. Made this meme between stuff and added the “mini” out of habit. Can’t find any proof for it being affected as well.

If Bambu just removed the part someone with a soldering iron should be able to do so as well. Although selling a printer as “broken” means getting 50€ at most…

This. For some reason there are people out there are still hell-bend on telling everyone Prusa would be “behind the curve” or “overpriced”. Ignore that nonsense. They’re pricey, but they’re also quality and even more relevant right now the printer will be truly yours. Their services like Printables just work, meanwhile the first thing Makerworld slaps into your face is either begging to make an account or forcing you to just to download something.