What I consider a “better interface” is almost certainly not what a new user would consider a “better interface.”

Those are libraries used by user space applications. Most distros won’t boot without them, but you can still get into a recovery shell.

Hard disagree. Prusas used to be completely open source. Now they merely have open source components. It isn’t accurate to call them open source.

Would you call Windows or MacOS open source? Both Microsoft and Apple have made parts of their OS’s open source, but that doesn’t mean the entire product is open source.

Besides the others that were mentioned, Prusa is moving away from open source.

https://hackaday.com/2024/11/20/with-core-one-prusas-open-source-hardware-dream-quietly-dies/

According to the article, they were under investigation for over 5 years. I wonder if they would be less willing to open new investigations given recent events.

A dryer costs about as much as 2 rolls of cheap filament, and if you don’t print very often then you’ll probably waste more than 2 rolls to failed prints. A dry box with desiccant can also work, but it doesn’t remove moisture efficiently - it just keeps things dry, so it won’t recover your wet filament.

On the other hand, if the trick with the heated print bed is working for you, that’s probably good enough. A cheap kitchen scale will tell you if it’s removing moisture.

Maybe something is loose, like the tube that the filament travels through? It definitely seems to be clicking during retractions, but if the print quality isn’t affected then it’s probably not the stepper motor or extruder.

Wifi chips have their own firmware that could have a backdoor. If it’s connected to the CPU over PCI-E or another interface that supports DMA then it’s also able to inject code into the main system even if it’s running FOSS firmware.

Really? I’ve been seeing articles about how chatgpt is insecure garbage for a couple years now.

Nothing to worry about unless you’ve signed a contract with someone. Normally when you sign with a record label you’re selling them the rights to your music, so they could sue you if you try to give it away or sell it without them being involved. Record labels are known to be pretty predatory…

This one is a buzzword.

In case anyone missed it, I found this comment interesting (from the blog, not Lemmy):

Brian you can also find this Finn Grimpe character has a court case under his company ‘HostPlanet’ from 2016. Looking into this more, it was known since then that he was the owner.

He was likely turned and made it into a honeypot ever since considering he and florian (aka “Jason”) have not been arrested and only a single admin was.

Sorry, I realized I misread your earlier post. I missed the word “trying,” and it sounded like your were saying the device might not be connected to the internet even though it’s successfully pinging a server.

No, it doesn’t depend on the router. The device can either send traffic to other devices on the internet or it can’t. If the device can ping something on the internet, then it is connected to the internet. It’s a tautology.

The only way some IT guy can notice it pinging the outside world is if it’s connected to the internet.

If they send 2 emails per subdomain per year, that could easily be 10s of millions which would make the cost per email measured in thousandths of a cent. And I could see the number of subdomains being larger by a factor of 10, maybe more.

Another angle: someone with IT experience needs to manage the system that seems emails, and other engineers need to integrate other systems with the email reminder system. The time spent on engineering could easily add up to thousands per year, if not tens of thousands.

I’m guessing their figure is based on both running costs and engineering costs.

This doesn’t answer OP’s question, but since other people might be interested, MIT also has free graduate level courses. If you choose to pay for a certificate of completion for the courses then they can also count as credits towards a degree at MIT, Harvard, etc.

https://micromasters.mit.edu/

Your slicer should have generic profiles for each material which should give acceptable results with most brands. Density and flow tend to by the same across brands for any given material, unless it’s a “rapid/high flow” or foaming filament, in which case the manufacturer prints the recommended settings on the spool. Basically if it’s not printed on the spool you can use just the defaults in your slicer.

Lots of diamonds are man made, and most people can’t tell them apart from natural diamonds, especially without a microscope.

Just knowing how to use Google/ddg/etc to search for a solution to your problem makes you better at troubleshooting than most people. Spending 30 seconds to find a relevant link can make you seem like a genius to a lot of people.