No, unfortunately

We (staff) asked for this, or some similar change to our contracts, and leadership refused

Our contracts/agreements currently state that any IP created in the course of doing our jobs or involving any employer-supplied equipment belongs to the employer

Leadership says they won’t enforce this for dotfiles and other small personal non-competing code, but they also refuse to put that in writing :S

That said, most of us have tweaked our dotfiles, etc on work laptops for years and we’ve never had problems, so far leadership has kept their word

Try and get your employer to offer and agree to GitHub’s BEIPA:

https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement

I’ve ordered one of the new Pebbles, but in the meantime, I have a PineTime: https://pine64.org/devices/pinetime

I’ve even given some to nephews and nieces because they are durable enough and so affordable that we don’t need to worry too much about them

This probably depends on what you mean by “smart”

In the old days, dumb phones were defined as devices that shipped with a set of features with users generally being unable to add new features themselves

And smart phones could be extended by users because they allow installation of apps, etc

But I don’t think this applies to smart watches: it seems like the difference here is that a smart watch goes beyond “dumb” by having phone/internet connectivity to display more than just times and dates

Yeah, the benefit of getting a popular model is that there is an ecosystem around the Core One

I do plan on using the Core One to print some improvements for the SV06 ACE, mostly alternative chassis that allows for larger and much quieter fans

I’m so impressed with how much quieter the Core One is

Yeah, I’m not sure 1-2 hours is normal here, haha: https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/comments/1nxuhw7/core_one_build_time/

I think with experience and practice it could take 6-8 hours but most folks seem to take at least 12

Yep, haha, I’m actually having a little bit of that grief: “now that it’s complete and working … what now?”

I already have a Sovol3D SV06 ACE, but there are some projects that I’ve been putting off until I had a bigger bed size

And I’ve been making holiday gift bags for my nieces and nephews, and having a second and faster printer will be a big improvement there

Howdy!

In the Core One kit, the only pieces that are already assembled for you are things that would need soldering, e.g. electrical components like PCBs and motors

Everything else is separate and needs to be screwed together carefully with the hundreds of different screws they provide :)

It’s my first time assembling such a project, and my other issue is that I have a very curious toddler that was playing games with me and with the pieces when I wasn’t looking: I’m sure a much faster assembly time is possible with dedicated focus and not having to frequently stop a child from hurting themselves

It was under 50% relative humidity in my garage today, so I just put the spool right on the printer and hit “go” :)

Over 50% and I usually run active filament from a dry box to the printer

I haven’t gone to the trouble of pre-drying a spool yet

According to the print visualisation, there is no cooling at all on the top layer, only on the 3rd-from-the-top layer, which is right above the last sparse infill layer (I have top shell thickness set to 3 layers)

okay, just viewing the job layer by layer, i can see that the first solid infill layer after the sparse infill is treated as an overhang/bridge and triggers 100% cooling fan (otherwise it’s at 0% for the rest of the print)

and on some items, i can see where the delamination on this layer caused problems on the next couple of layers on top

but, on other items, there’s still delamination happening on the very top layer even without any issues beneath it

for this 230C - 250C PETG filament, i’m already at 250C (but i’ve been contemplating bumping it up to 255C)

No, it’s an open bed slinger I think my next printer will be something enclosed

• Sovol3D SV06 ACE
• OrcaSlicer recently gained a built-in profile for exactly this model, and I’ve had all sorts of issues since switching to that profile (previously I started with a generic printer profile)
• the new profile is fine on PLA, but PETG is what I’m currently using
• yeah, I only just learnt about the print visualisation feature, the delamination does seem to frequent the same place on the object/plate
• it’s the 6x6 panel from https://www.printables.com/model/859807-print6-panels
• the spans from cross hole to cross hole are short and never delaminate
• the long straight edge-to-edge spans that dodge the holes have been troublesome
• the plan is to reduce acceleration a bit more, and then (if that doesn’t help) reduce speed a bit (I’ve already reduced speed and filament volume anyway because of PETG)

Instead, ban the collection of non-essential data, and also ban the targeting of advertisements based on user profiles/history

Only select advertisements to display based on the immediate context, exactly like printed newspapers and magazines

I think it’s possible for a Chrome-based browser to have better ad-blocking than Google Chrome

https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/ is something I agree with, but Brave does have better ad-blocking features than Google Chrome, despite using the same core engine

I agree

But how many paying customers need features that are not in the online/cloud versions of Office?

Sure this is a shrinking number of people?

Agreed

I think Windows is primarily a development environment for Xbox, just as macOS is primarily a development environment for iOS Everything else of value from Microsoft is available via the web/cloud (even Office)

Eventually, Microsoft might even decide that it’s more profitable to abandon Windows completely

I actually just switched from Bazzite to Bluefin on my devices, even my gaming PC

Mostly because I wanted a more minimal/essential experience with less pre-installed packages

I’m sure I’m sacrificing a little gaming performance, but nothing noticeable by me so far

:shrug:

Don’t buy a Samsung next time

Try to trade in your current Samsung for something with less bloat