And there’s a lot of people in the world that effectively get told this all their life.

Some for things that aren’t even their choice.

Everybody definitely doesn’t.

/disco mode on

don’t recall it having a cpu

So, what’s updating the display? Power supply imps?

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinecil_Power_Supplies#Tool_Batteries_18V-21V

Paper doesn’t last, is hard to store, and the information density is miserable.

And for bigger data sets, the capacity isn’t there. And writable media is getting more rare. Probably because of the same reason.

There aren’t, really. There are a few antiques and half baked things.

A big problem is that these days, unless you’re the size of Apple or Samsung, it’s impossible to get a reasonable hardware soc and modem other than one which only runs a soon obsolete blob laden android which is going to be EOL before you’ve even finished your design.

The hardware is not there. The firmware/hw data/platform isn’t there even to begin OS work with. And there’s a global shipping, regulation and mobile operator hell waiting on the other side. And a product lifecycle that’s only a few years long.

Yes, I’ve worked for phone manufacturers.

4/5g is exactly the allowed alternative and what refusing to allow infrastructure use leads to.

Fungi.

They’ve probably all heard the speech at some point. Except those born at Zion.

But it’s the target audience (people who might subscribe to BBC notifications) as smart as a little 12 year old?

My guesses are clog (99% of all extrusion problems), heater problem, wrong filament diameter or broken extruder (check for slipping and cracked arm, spring etc).

I don’t know if twerking helps, but it doesn’t hurt to try.

Stupidity.

A few ideas to consider in this kind of situation:

If you watch broadcast TV, consider stopping. Is it really of any use? Could your time have better uses? Maybe you’ll never need that ad stream.

If all you need is a display for console/computer/media box, get a display instead. No tuner, no networking, no ads.

The Ender probably wasn’t. It was a lot of effort, and mostly not the interesting kind, and fairly little reward. Although when it worked, it was really good. In the end. Sometimes. And it’s way too big.

The Kingroon, very much yes. It’s cheap, kind of trashy, but compact. Just prints stuff. Parts detach great. Works just about every time. Quiet out of the box. Just kind of annoying to preheat at the start and end of the session to load and unload filament. Very annoying touchscreen. But those are minor things and I’m not tempted to fix it or upgrade anything. I have actual projects to do. Too many actual projects to do.

Oh, and why? Custom parts that are impossible to buy and a lot of work or impossible to machine or fabricate otherwise. Saves a trip to the local library or hackerspace or wherever things could be printed.

Mouser is indeed one of the most reputable dealers around. That really sounds like it would be worth asking about.

I discovered dust. That’s a new favourite tool. https://github.com/bootandy/dust/

I should be trying to talk to mqtt but haven’t got to the rust side of that yet.

Spam doesn’t care

NiCd and NiMH batteries die when left in slow drain devices as the first cell to go empty starts to be reverse charged. These die and often leak pretty fast and you see that all the time if you repair old devices.

Li packs don’t go empty as the battery protection circuit cuts the slow drain when they reach low water voltage. They are revived when the protection mode charge reaches low water mark again. They’ll be fine unless you leave them for years and years. Even then they generally never leak.