Update on the Bambu Labs AMS 2 Pro failure. Support ticket has resulted in them sending me a new buffer, waiting for that to arrive. I suspect it won't fix anything, since even plumbing the AMS 2 directly to the printer doesn't work. Also - failure still occurs even with Bambu spools.

This install is wild to me, it looks like such a kludge. Of course there's certain to be some super valid reason for it. I need to go hit the books.

interesting post from the team that was building a Twingo to race in the N24 perhaps the clearest indication yet of the event's changed priorities

Legit. If your wall socket is self-aggrandizing or otherwise full of itself, find another one that's more down to earth.

i absolutely don't have time for this but how hard is it to jack up an Audi TT by 2" or so

PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING, DO NOT RUN YOUR GENERATOR INSIDE. DO NOT WARM UP IN YOUR CAR IN A CLOSED GARAGE UNLESS IT'S ELECTRIC. EXHAUST FUMES + ENCLOSED SPACES = NOT EVEN ONCE!!! THIS IS ANOTHER WAY PEOPLE DIE.

Adding to the advice chain: If temps are freezing outside, congrats: the outdoors is now a large fridge. Keep the fridge closed to keep it cool inside—if the outage is only an hour or two, your stuff's usually still cold enough, but err on the side of caution if you think perishables got too warm.

can't eat for six hours. eating is my whole thing! it's all I have!

This is joyous.

Curious idea: what if China ran non-Chinese restaurants for espionage purposes

balancing trying to maintain an online profile for my career vs. creepy family members cyberstalking me from afar

i think it's good that facebook is collapsing BUT the infuriating thing is I now have to be across so many different services to talk to friends i have people messaging me on Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp, Bluesky, Discord, and even a few people who SMS like the old days (which is pretty cool)

I have a very stupid update. When the AMS fails mid-print, hitting resume on the printer will always see it fail to reload filament to the extruder. Unless I power the printer off, turn it back on, and then resume the print. That works just fine.

Please Let The Dog Play Basketball

I first wrote about dubious drone reports a decade ago. hackaday.com/2016/05/02/d...

Disassembling this almost-brand-new junk with 30 hours on it Sorry Bambu, but this is VERY Creality of you

"San Francisco is not LA," I remind myself. "They're different cities with a significant distance between them."

The Bambu Labs P2S has served me very well thus far, but the AMS 2 Pro is a hulking piece of shit. Don't bother.

every time i go to handle tax matters I feel like i'm gonna puke because i'm terrified of my whole way of life crumbling into nothing

Charmera becomes part of the dice stack

I'm supposed to have a gorgeous neo-70s wardrobe and one of these in this exact spec

Supports are for losers. We embrace the arch and abandon such crutches!

Front-mount Firewire! What a machine.

Random teenage girls used to drive these around back when I was like 10 years old Cool cars used to be so cheaaaaap

Gang, this is why you join a union. You can literally diss THE PRESIDENT and they'll struggle to fire you

They say "Write what you know," which is why no-one ever drives a car in my books.

Desperately wanted to cover this a while back but couldn't get photos. What a machine.

if the ITC lasted another season this is what Opel would have done with the front of the Calibra and it's incredible.

clouds are brewing but we print on...

When random PR flacks bug me about embargoes I never agreed to for products I would never cover, I'm very tempted to leak their shit just as a teaching opportunity

I see so many cool cars on a weekly basis that I will never photograph because I'm not going to dox myself

Just so y'all know, Dilbert's dog was originally gonna be Dildog

I got so bored during The World's End I turned it off before the aliens even showed up In any case I think Frost and Pegg are both TERFs now anyway

It's a crude tool... but it's very fun! I would love to execute this in real life. Would be a challenge...

Was going to work up a livery in Forza Motorsport 4 (X360), but the Audi TT is only available as DLC. I've had to bust out the original Forza Motorsport (Xbox) instead.

is this the year i wrap my car in an attempt to be more relevant and interesting on the internet

also check out the oddly-proportioned (custom?) 7-segment LED display

Bigger lenses can help.

Feel like I'm raising some kind of spooky monument

first test: functional! 10 degree grade which was chosen to be neatly within the train's climbing capabilities. layer lines aren't a problem, probably just makes the track grippier. had to ditch the automatic material system to get this to print, no idea what is wrong with mine but it's annoying

I did two hours of design today, and I've spent the following 8 hours trying and failing to fix the AMS on my 3D printer. This Bambu rig is starting to feel mighty Creality right now. I got a P2S because I didn't want to fuck around! Very frustrating.

I wish there was a way to add alt text after posting

oh no! my build plate is only 256x256 mm! how ever will it fit? ahhhahahah, but have you thought... diagonally?

tis a thing of beauty i should probably flare the base lol

gannnng i can't wait to print this bridge i don't even care if the train can't climb it, this is gonna look so good and it's only gonna get betterrrrrrr ugh now i want more colors of filament

Just remembered I can draw whatever I want

I ran 2km for the first time in a long time, just after New Year's Eve. It was a great way to start the year. This really shows the Charmera's limitations, though. My pale legs are massively overexposed even just with regular interior lighting. I swear to god, I'm not that white.

Christmas was pretty fantastic this year. <3

Selected photographs from my Kodak Charmera... I feel like the blind box concept would have been cooler if each colorway also had slightly different lenses? Tiny sensor + terrible lens = this thing loves light. Here's a sampling of fun life shots from the last month, starting with a PC case...