Marvelicious

Agent porkateur.

We're on very similar pages I think.

Honestly, if I were in the market for another machine right now I'd be taking a hard look at building a Voron. I don't WANT a project like that, but it seems like the best compromise in the quality and capability vs price compromise. I'm told they're working on a 600mm³ model that may really tempt me when they finish.

I installed the X-plus firmware, switched to LAN mode, blocked WAN acess at my router and use Orca slicer and honestly, I'm pretty happy with the result. That doesn't mean I'd give Bambu a second chance after their recent moves.

"There is no huge open source for regular printers..."

Given the state of regular printers, I'd say this is an excellent argument that there should be! I prefer actually printing to tinkering as well, but I've been around long enough to watch corporate interests destroy any number of tech related things from 2d printers to search engines. Bambu and Apple are both excellent examples of what not to do as well.

They have showed their hand. i would be VERY unlikely to extend my trust to Bambu again. To be clear, I don't necessarily regret my purchase of an X1C, but I'm now running in "local" mode with my machine blocked from WAN access and I don't intend to let Bambu back in.

I can imagine, especially depending on what part of the country you're in. There is mostly pretty good advice in this thread. Beyond what's already been said, all I can say is keep your eyes open, trust the "vibes" of a situation and be safe.

Well, my experience is mostly with rural gun clubs, so range officers just aren't a thing except during scheduled events. At that point, it's basically incumbent on the club members to police themselves. I've seen that work well and I've seen it work very poorly. Actually, come to think of it, the specific range I mentioned used to be great. The facility is still excellent, but the old timers that made it that way have passed and the current crowd seem to view firearms as a talisman for manhood.

But the point I was trying to make is that Step 1 should probably be to reach out in your community, check reviews, etc, not to walk blindly into a potentially hostile situation. If you have a good range available, then sure, it's a great resource.

There are a lot of ways to go. My own isn't particularly efficient, but it's an old rack mount server. Everything is built like a tank. It's robust as hell, and yet everything was well used and cheap. Probably not a good solution if you live somewhere with expensive power, but I don't.

Sure, there's a world of difference between catering to the fascists and a place that asks patrons to leave their politics at the door. But how is someone from a marginalized group supposed to know which range is going to be welcoming and which merely walking through the door is an invitation to harassment or worse. I'm not necessarily specifically addressing the OP, but anyone in this position who simply doesn't know where to start.

As an example, local to me is an excellent facility that is utterly poisoned by the clientele. Not only politically, but the (lack of) range etiquette that has developed in that political sphere is frankly, dangerous.

Two key rules were drilled into my head growing up around firearms: treat every gun as if it's loaded, and guns are not toys. I don't see those rules being respected among the right wingers, even many with the training to know better.

I've been hosting Emby forever (and the requisite software to acquire content 😉).

Recently I added Nextcloud to facilitate cutting several Google products out of my life. Combined with a few FOSS apps, it's currently doing the job of Drive (storage) and Keep (notes), and I'm planning to move my contacts and calendar this week.

That works well enough if you're a straight CIS white male, but it's not a particularly inviting place if you aren't.