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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Yes Here's a good resource: https://github.com/Doridian/OpenBambuAPI
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Yes, and aside from being able to send and monitor your prints from their mobile app (and there are third party implementation of a similar app), you really don't lose much by using LAN Mode, especially if you pair it with Tailscale.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Correct - you can send prints over MQTT
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
It's more of an API key that whatever client or code you're using needs.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Most printers these days will give you good performance when you buy them. Bigger issue is how reliable it'll be after you put 1000 hours on it. Bambu Lab is the best in that regard, but many other brands will give you the results you
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I Built an AliExpress Homelab, Is It Surprisingly Good or Total E-Waste?(the-diy-life.com)
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
The same is true of the industries that software disrupted.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Or perhaps Claude, where if you decide go use a client other than theirs you are on your own in terms of the pricing model and implementation.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
The only one that I'm familiar with is https://github.com/X1Plus/X1Plus
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
For most people, it is definitely a closed ecosystem, similar to the iPhone. But they do give people the escape hatch if they're willing to take ownership of the software they run. (To be fair, they only enabled this after a lot of bac
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Shouldn't require much. Very light oil (ideally the oil that came with it) on the rails, wash the removable build plate with basic soap and water (may be dusty from sitting), and then run a test benchy to clear out any filament in the
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
The A1 Mini was my first printer, which is of course biases my opinion of other printers. I've bought many, many other printers since then, and every time I've gotten something other than a Bambu Lab printer I've been disappo
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
You can put your printers in LAN Mode to not use their cloud. You just have to choose one or the other, and the software in question enabled features they didn't want unless you ran off their cloud.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Monitoring is still possible with Tailscale and Bambu Companion (or a number of third party apps you can put on a Raspberry Pi or similar) https://testflight.apple.com/join/VXBxZYNr https://bambuddy.cool&#x2
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
It is definitely a philosophy you have to buy into, in the same way that people accept the iPhone's walled garden. (I have several Bambu Lab printers and have been an iPhone user for 17 years)
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
It may not have been a feature then, but you can run updated firmware and still keep it offline by using Developer Mode. https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/knowledge-sharing/enable-develo...
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Last week we were in Vegas and saw The Wizard of Oz at The Sphere. I saw the movie many times as a child, but I was blown away at how short it was. Maybe that's a product of the shorter attention spans we have when we are younger, so i
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Bio is probably empty because for a certain age of HN readers, he's already well known and regarded, but over time as the HN population grows it's obviously less likely to be the case.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Isn't that true of any packaging system? (npm, RubyGems, etc) Perhaps it's a bit easier, with the respective spec files, but it's still a bit of a hunt.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Yes, and I look forward to when electric freight is a thing, but I do think it's an overstatement to say they are "rapidly becoming a thing". Articles about electric trucks among the HN crowd make it feel that way, but those
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
I like Costco, but it also helps there's one around the corner from my house. That said, I prefer the shopping experience at Sam's, with their mobile checkout. Of course, they're currently building one just a mile from my ho
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Costco also has a decent rotation of non-Kirkland "mall" brand clothing that frequently changes (probably intentionally so you have to come in regularly). My wife is always looking to find and replace the Lucky Brand t-shirts she
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Possibly, or more infrastructure is needed to support the growing demand for renewables, and the equipment is often trucked around using standard freight (large trucks or airplanes), concrete trucks to pour slabs, etc.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
All the more reason why we need to move off of everything that doesn't require gasoline/diesel: those are precious resources that shouldn't be wasted on Starbucks runs.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Yes, but even the renewables market is dependent on petroleum-based transport and infrastructure.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
A common narrative is that the use of oil is a security guarantee.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
The short answer is that Hatchbox gives you a more Heroku-like deployment experience for those who would rather spend money in exchange for not having to own the ops.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Even then, EVs are still cheaper to operate.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Film projectors (at least when I did the job in the mid-90s) can't rewind or fast forward, so if for any reason someone buys a late ticket and walks in, the movie has to be running already in order to be on time for the next showing.
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by bdcravens 5mo ago
Probably just showing that it's not a film projector, but in actuality, it is still a projector. It may be assumed that digital movies are shown on a giant display, but that's cost prohibitive at that size; it's still a blank

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