Just pass a damn privacy law already.

Stuff sticks to my pei sheet TOO well. Clean it well… Soap and water with a new clean soft sponge. Get all the glue off and any other gunk and oil. Wipe it dry with a clean towel. Lightly rub it down with isopropyl alcohol. When dry, print on it with nothing on the sheet. I can go like 20 big prints before I have to clean it again.

Or watch it on YouTube. Or look at it on Facebook. Or whatever.

I hear you on the memory foam but hear me out. I want something firm but still very comfortable that won’t hurt from hardness in the morning. I like some support but not a ton and I hate sinking into a mattress like foam.

My old mattress crapped out about 5 years ago. I bought and returned several mattresses until I settled on the following. I have a fairly cheap firm mattress from a local store. Firm are normally cheaper by the way. I think it was 650 for a king. Then I bought a really nice 3" closed cell foam topper for $200. I expected it to only last a few years, but it’s still great. At least another couple years left. But the mattress is still like new because there’s zero cushion on it.

Every mattress will wear. But it’s primarily the cushion and weak springs that wear. So BFL is not reasonable but you can extend the life in certain circumstances. Since firm mattresses have hard springs and no cushion, they’ll last a lot longer. The topper is essentially the only real wear item. Since they come in different materials and thicknesses, you can dial in your preference easily.

Dell Optiplex… You can buy them used all over still. Find one with a decent processor and upgrade everything else. The fans are easy to find and replace. I’ve got a Linux based MCPC that’s about a decade old that’s still going strong. I’ve got one for my kids with Linux on it. I’ve bought several for elderly relatives and upgraded the ram and drive to ssd. They really just seem to go forever.

I had to replace my bowl because my kids used metal spoons on it so much the coating was coming off. Annoying but great that I could buy a part for a 12 yo machine.

My single annoyance is the non replaceable battery. It lasted a decade, but I had to desolder it from the board to replace it. I ended up replacing the battery with a battery holder I got off ebay, so in several years when I have to replace it again I won’t have to solder anything.

I’ve had a few spools. I’ve found inland from micro center to be really good filament. I haven’t noticed much difference between the two. Also, there are some top tier filament manufacturers in the US. Pricey stuff but no more than prusa and shipping is free to low.

Modern phrenology.

I’ve had the same issue with creality filament. I’m sticking with inland. The creality filament just sucks. It’s dry and I’ve spent far too many hours screwing around with settings. I’ve never had to fiddle with settings so much with so little return.

Snapchat gave the info to police. From BBC:

On its website, in a section titled “How We Work with Law Enforcement Authorities”, Snapchat says one of its goals is to “maintain a safe and fun environment where Snapchatters are free to express themselves and stay in touch with their real friends”.

It adds: "We also work to proactively escalate to law enforcement any content appearing to involve imminent threats to life, such as school shooting threats, bomb threats and missing persons cases, and respond to law enforcement’s emergency requests for disclosure of data when law enforcement is handling a case involving an imminent threat to life.

In and out is not high in crypto mining. It’s mostly a cpu/power hog.

Yeah… Bambu is required to be connected to the internet. You interact with the printer via their cloud service.

My Mk4 is great. Orders of magnitude better than my Mk3. I hate lazily stolen or copied tech. I also hate always online devices. And I do not trust China or Chinese companies with literally any data. So supporting Prusa is a very easy decision for me.

Thanks for the correction!

I was wondering about the astroturfing. The support didn’t seem super organic. I’m not dumb enough to not understand how modern marketing works. I tried it and was not impressed too. It’s also stupid expensive. Thanks for the confirmation. I was beginning to wonder if I was the only person here that wasn’t paid to use it.

Prusa Mk4. They are amazing out of the box. Easy button compared to just a couple years ago.

If you’re a bit of a cheap ass, don’t care about hardware support long term, don’t mind the printer requiring an internet connection, and don’t mind IP theft, get a Bambu P1.

Mk4 is amazing. Calibration is annoying. They definitely did an amazing job there. Bambu’s plate is never flat… It’s a manufacturing / design issue. They work around it in software. I can’t imagine the other silliness in the printer if they can’t even make a flat bed.

I’d add that quality and their adherence to open standards comes at a cost. That’s why prusa is more and a little behind in fancy new features. But 100% that’s a cost I’m willing to make to support such an amazing company that treats their employees so well and gives so much to the community.

All great points. I am selling my Mk3 and just got a Mk4. The speed on the Mk4 is amazing. Build quality is definitely better on the Mk4 from the Mk3.

The bamboo is pretty full of thin plastic parts that you can’t print to replace (something I did a few times with my Mk3). The not flat bed thing is weird and tells me they have a manufacturing issue that they worked around in software instead of truly fixing. I really hate the IP theft issue, so that is a deal breaker for me. Ultimately, the printer seems like a decent product but I also don’t trust that it will last a decade.

The only thing I think the Mk4 is missing is a camera / octoprint support, but I can live without those.

I agree with that statement.