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Anyone have an opinion on mobile hotspot by CalxyOS?
  • You can have a primary network and guest network. As far as I can tell, you can't have more than that.

    You can set DNS manually.

    Here is a link to a pretty comprehensive user guide that explains all the settings. Maybe I missed something about the SSIDs. https://static.inseego.com/us/download/mifixpro-userguide-tmobile.pdf

  • Anyone have an opinion on mobile hotspot by CalxyOS?
  • I recently got their hotspot and its been good. I got the MIFI X PRO 5G and have no complaints. I can't speak to the privacy of it, but it uses a T-Mobile sim card. Do you have any questions in particular?

  • How do you store lots of spools?

    I'm curious about the creative ways people store spools. Seen some interesting ideas online. Share pictures if you can.

    Currently, I just have bins full of about a dozen spools each, but it isn't elegant or pretty. Need some new ideas.

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    Should I buy fallout 4 goty from GOG?
  • I try to buy things on GOG when I can just for the sake of diversifying my dependence on one company.

    There are plenty of guides to setting up Heroic Launcher on the Deck. Once its set up, it's easy to install games.

    I've found GOG games to run perfectly fine, and cloud saves work perfectly.

    Lastly, I saw some other people saying GOG doesn't have the latest version of this game specifically, so definitely check that before buying.

  • Recommendations for games to listen to audiobooks to?
  • Admittedly, some of the games I'm about to mention take time to get good enough at to turn your brain off, but here's some of my favorites for listening to audiobooks.

    Bloons TD6

    Any roguelite - currently I'm loving balatro and spelunky 2

    Backpack battles

    Tetris Effect

    Mario sports games

    Mini Metro

    Kingdom

    In general, I find it helpful to tell yourself that it's totally okay to "lose." When you are listening to an audiobook, you should be spending most of your attention on that. You don't need to take the game seriously.

  • Newbie printer suggestions.
  • In addition

    • They have filed some controversial/anti-innovative patents.

    • Their printers phone home with encrypted information. Last I checked, there were speculated security and privacy issues with it, though someone should correct me if this was resolved.

    • They only open source their slicer because of the GPL licence, but they don't open source anything else (firmware, hardware, etc).

    Again, I just recommend people look into these things before they buy a printer. Do your own research and come to your own conclusions :)

  • Newbie printer suggestions.
  • As other people have mentioned, Prusa and Bambu make the most reliable printers on the market. The plus side to Bambu is the price. They are definitely cheaper than prusa printers.

    However, I would make sure to be aware of the controversies surrounding Bambu. This is not a deal breaker for many people, but it wouldn't be right not to at least take a glance at them. Especially considering you are on Lemmy.

    This is where Prusa shines. They have not had nearly the same amount of controversies. Their hardware, firmware, and software are all open source. They also have amazing customer support. As others said, a used Prusa can be found within your price range.

    This is just something to know of. I know a lot of people who are happy with both brands, and you can't really go wrong either way. I just think this is another thing to consider.

  • Seeking advice choosing a multi-color printer
  • Admittedly, I bought it used. However, it had very little use and was a prebuilt model. I'd be surprised if that has much to do with the issues I've had since I didn't have any issues the first month or so.

    The issues I've had have been all over the place from fans breaking, to having to reflash the RasPi I put in it, to it digging the nozzle into the build plate and ruining it. At one point, the print lifted off the build plate and clumped up to the point I had to replace most of the hotend, although that could happen on any printer I guess.

    I think I'm leaning towards a Voron kit. Self-sourcing sounds awful.

  • Seeking advice choosing a multi-color printer
  • I didn't realize they have that big of a sale going on. However, I still don't want to spend that kind of money with Creality until it's been in many peoples hands for a while. I haven't heard the best things about them as a brand overall.

  • Seeking advice choosing a multi-color printer
  • I'm curious to hear if you find a solution to this as you play with it more. I think some people are able to make it work with some setups, so I'm curious if something makes the Prusa different. If there isn't a way to make it work, I think this has to be crossed off my list of options.

  • Seeking advice choosing a multi-color printer
  • I like to do a large variety of prints. Small, big, batch, even using separate filament for support. So yes, I expect to use lots of purged filament, but I don't think that is really avoidable.

    I agree that tool changers are probably the endgame. However, given that the Prusa XL is the only one on the market, and no other brand has even announced anything, I think its going to be at least two years before an affordable high-quality tool changer hits the market. I think these are my options in the mean time.

    I do know about the DAKSH, but given that it's an early community project, don't think that will be ready any sooner.

  • Seeking advice choosing a multi-color printer
  • My current printer is a MK3S+, and I love that Prusa is still pushing firmware updates for it. However, my personal experience with the machine has been pretty lackluster with multiple parts breaking and sub-par print quality. In fact, something else just broke yesterday (I have yet to diagnose exactly what) which is making me more eager to upgrade. I do wonder if I just got unlucky considering their reputation, but I can't say I'm rushing back to then with enthusiasm.

    I do agree with your general point about open source. For that reason, the Prusa, Voron, and Ratrig are the most intriguing options. However, if one of the other two are likely to provide a better experience, I think it's silly to not even consider them.

  • Seeking advice choosing a multi-color printer

    Hello,

    I am trying to figure out which printer with multi-color capabilities to buy, and I'd like to hear some other people's opinions.

    Note: I can't buy Bambu Labs products, so please do not recommend one.

    Current options:

    • Prusa Mk4 and MMU3.
    • Voron 2.4-style (either Formbot kit or Sovol SV08) and ERCF, and eventually DAKSH toolchanger.
    • Ratrig V4 and the upgrades when they come out.
    • Creality K2 Plus (when it comes out).
    • Qidi Q1 Pro and the rumored multi-color unit.

    My current thoughts:

    • I am happy wait a bit if that's the best option.
    • I like the fact that the MMU3 mechinism doesn't waste as much filament as some other mechanisms. It's easier for me to pay more up front for the mechanism than constantly keeping tons extra filament in stock.
    • The potential for a Voron to be upgraded to a toolchanger with DAKSH is intising.
    • High print quality is important to me, although I can't imagine any of these would result in bad quality.
    • Prusa XL is outside my budget :(

    Please let me know your opinions, and thank you to anybody who read this far.

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