led lights almost always run off rectified, smoothed supplies, so no flicker. i have one cheap old crappy bulb that doesn't, and i can definitely perceive the flicker. it's almost nauseating.
i love the idea, but everything i know tells me that replacing one cell in a series parallel array with a fresh one is a bad idea.
over it's life, a battery's capacity and internal resistance change, so it's not only important to match batteries in a pack by exact type, but also condition. otherwise, the cells won't charge / discharge evenly, leading to overdischarge / overcharge, or, if managed by the bms, drastically reduced performance (basically all cells are limited to the worst one's performance).
still, the concept is fantastic, so i hope they found a way to work around this issue!
i second @[email protected]
it's fantastic for like 85% of all games, and good to acceptable for like 10%. the only big issue is games with kernel level anti cheats, which is a problem for some gamers, mainly AAA and fps lovers.
i wasn't aware of that. thank you! is this a recent development?
would you mind elaborating on the part rejection? i am not sure what is meant by that
that makes sense. i hate the fact that such a blatant play at covering your bases could hold up in any court. no matter the legal fineprint, it takes two functioning braincells to realise what's going on here
It is also concerning that you have not apologized to the company, and in fact you have shown no remorse for the effect that your actions have had and will have.
the fucking audacity. i mean, we all knew how it would end, but talk about 5d reverse psychology mindgames
none of the above of i may. i choose this:

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what a fantastic write up. thank you so much for taking the time <3
yeah, i succumbed to the impulse this bf after long consideration. even though i was always skeptical of bambu. rookie mistake.
the machine is awesome though, don't get me wrong
i'm guessing you're asking about this one?

Bambu Lab's reply to my complaint
I thought this may be interesting for some of you. I filed a ticket with BBL to let them know I disapprove of the coming firmware auth changes. Today I finally got a reply, but it's just a lame ass copypasta, basically retelling what the update on their blog already stated, ie. "there will be developer mode and people are lying about the implications" (paraphrased tl;dr)
Dear Customer,
Thank you for reaching out to us regarding the recent Firmware Authorization changes. Due to the overwhelming number of requests we've received on this topic, we've created this unified response to address your concerns.
We've recently published a detailed blog post explaining the updates introduced by this firmware. We’ve made the decision to implement an optional Developer Mode feature(under an updated LAN Mode), to provide advanced users with more control and flexibility. The developer mode will be released later.
To explain: When LAN developer mode is enabled by the user, the printer will
awesome, thank you!
thank you for looking into this and sharing your findings!
"we're so 'sorry' you don't like being fucked in the ass, if you are not willing to take it nice and deep, that's your problem".
also they are blatantly lying about "actively working with developers like Orca Slicer...". Softfever knew no earlier than us exactly what was coming. See also their comment here. Or on the official GitHub issue.
thank you for making me aware of this, and thank fuck for louis rossman. no idea how we deserve that guy. as a new BL printer owner, I just opened a complaint on their websites support portal, as advised by this reddit post
the german tv channel ARD actually published a three-part investigation into Spotify and Eventim middle of 2023 where they spotlighted this issue as well. it's a great watch if you understand german!
it's called Dirty Little Secrets
EDIT: here's episode two, the relevant one where they investigate what they call "ghost musicians"
the only two apps i use but have not yet seen mentioned:
- florisboard (keyboard)
- simple time tracker (time tracking tool, duh)
dishonorable mention:
- revanced manager (youtube, but useable?)
serious question: how does opera (the company) make money?
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we don't need another mail app. they should've just supported FairEmail. it's great and works flawlessly. developed by one guy who does not get enough in return. if you can, support him by buying the premium version and yourself by switching to the best android mail client. https://email.faircode.eu/
tbf it seems to be a common issue with search engines atm. brave also has the stupid ai response topmost, and startpage without adblock pushes in so many sponsored results that you need to scroll to get to anything else

Four of the best spaces. I bet they drove there in that abomination all by themselves.

Hardware MFA: product reccommendations?
I am im the market for a hardware key for MFA. I want to put it on my keyring and put it in my pocket so I always have it with me. I guess it should be quite sturdy for that (no easily broken off connectors, ...) I mainly want to use it as additional factor for my Bitwarden vault. Do you have any recommendations, experiences, stories? Yubikey seems to be by far the brand most recommended. Solo is nice bc open source hard/firmware, but I care more about reliability and usability than openness I think.
Thank you for your insights!