I’m paying for my open source preference and the support / community instead of the most modern fancy features. I want both, but I’d still choose the former

I try to apply the same logic whenever I can too.

For instance, my laptop is a MNT Reform: it’s a very good laptop, but it’s literally 6 times the price of a comparatively-specced laptop from a big-box store.

And my cellphone is a Fairphone 5 running Ubuntu Touch. I chose the Fairphone for the repairability and increased openness, but it’s also 2 to 3 times the price of a more common brand cellphone with similar performances. And Ubuntu Touch itself comes with its own set of restrictions, but that’s the price of trying to be as free from the Android ecosystem as possible.

So yeah, you can do open, but the choice is very limited and you pay a lot for the privilege.

I have a Prusa XL, and the reason is, Prusa is (still) mostly open-source. And quite frankly it’s the only reason why I stick with Prusa, because technically they’re behind the curve.

That’s Washington state, not DC.

Surveillance capitalism and the fascists always find a way to debase everything good that people like.

Yeah I like the original Dune very much too. But it’s not a masterpiece. Just an underrated flick full of great actors.

But I will say this: even if you think 1984 Dune was meh, go watch Villeneuve’s version with the most unconvincing Paul Atreides in the history of unconvincing actors (Timothy Chalamet), the appalling Lady Jessica with zero expressions and zero acting skills (Rebecca Ferguson), and Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto who manages the incredible feat of being as shit in Dune as he was in Star Wars.

Then watch David Lynch’s again: you’ll enjoy it all the more.

Blade Runner 2049 is a masterpiece.

I too regret buying a license for Grayjay now.

It seems there’s just plain nothing good or innocent ever anymore. When you - rarely - find people or projects that seem worth supporting, they turn out to be tainted in some way or other and give you nausea.

Even friggin’ Noam Chomsky, whom I held in high regard for decades, turned out to be one of Epstein’s pals.

Ah thanks! We’re done eating actually. Two nice perches 🙂 I took the picture this morning.

Meh… I was wondering how long it would take Jimmy Wales to sell out and cash out.

3" is usually fine. The trick is, it might be thick enough around the lake but not at the center.

With a snow shovel:

I simply cleared the snow until I reached bare ice - which is nicer to walk on than a bunch of snow on foot. And if someone comes from an ice-skating session, they don’t have to remove their skates in the middle of the path.

Probably a bit under a foot thick right now.

Aah yes, the IPO… The first step towards enshittification.

With PLA? Really? What plate material / surface do you use?

Maybe change your design if the geometry of the part makes it exceptionally prone to warping at the base, and/or it’s too tall or top-heavy for the bottom surface if your printer is a bed slinger.

EDIT: nevermind, I didn’t see your image. This almost looks like your roll of PLA is bad. Maybe try another brand?

Fortunately, at 80 years old and with his unhealthy lifestyle, there’s a fair chance that the Grim Reaper will find it in its heart to remove this vile shitstain from the face of the Earth.

But Trump really isn’t the problem. The problem is all the other Nazis in power, the corrupt Supreme Court, and the puppetmasters behind them all - the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society.

And of course, ultimately the blame rests squarely on a largely idiotic, gullible, racist voting public.

The bit about losing $400k due to a failed logic sounds plausible.

Clearly Musk is trying to mend his frayed relationship with the pedo president.

Well, at least they’re not eating the dogs…

fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents.

Damn… I guess DOGE missed a few spots here and there…

Tell you what: how about stopping all federal funding for everything across all states because Kathy at the front desk stole a pen?

[…] which would allow this system to integrate smoothly with some energy-efficient hardware to run AI-based control software.

Of course…

Another AI plug. Pass.

You mean: how the web was before it turned into shit?