I'm pretty excited about this because it's one of the cornerstones of why BambuLabs printers are so easy to use. One of the main issues in the past has been tuning your printer to use a certain type of filament; it has more options than a 1999 JVM. With BL printers and filaments you can just slap it on and the printer is automatically configured to optimal print you object.
Now, I can see why BL would not be excited about this. One reason I purchase so much BL filament is because it's so easy to use. Every time I've gone "off-script" and gotten a reel from another maker I have to do the work of configuring it to get the most out of the filament. It's not super hard, it's just really inconvenient. So, of course BL would like me to continue purchasing their filament and would not want to join this movement.
However, BL doesn't produce all types filaments in all necessary colors for everyone. Once (if) everyone else moves to this standard then BL is out in the dark, getting left behind. Orca slicer can be configured to use this new standard and is also compatible with my A1. I'm planning on my next printer being a BL H2? but if that day comes and all the other printers are supporting the new standard my plans will probably change. I think that it would be in BL's best interest to support the new standard, now and in the future.
BTW: one handy way to use up the remnants of an almost empty roll is to make the printer think that it's a different color. Start printing some utility object (where the color doesn't matter) with the almost empty roll and then have the printer automatically switch to the new roll of the correct color. This works pretty well, but it involves you forceably ripping the RFID tags out of the old roll, which is not super fun. It would be great if we could you reprogram the old roll to match the new roll and get on with printing.
Indeed this looks expensive and I'm not sure if it's certified by any safety agency (SNELL, DOT, ECE, etc.) but it sure does look nice. The built in lights that are linked to the bike seem like it would be a great addition to any helmet. I also like the audio features, though I wonder how useful they would really be. Would they block out too much information about what's going on around you?
I really liked Google Circles, a feature of Google+ social media. It allowed you to target content to specific groups of users. You could have a "family" circle or a "work" circle and not have to worry about cross posting something accidentally. It was a small thing but it made it really easy to manage your posts.
Yes, this was the ideal system for a social network imho, but it should've been integrated into an already existing network, G+ was in an odd spot between Twitter and Facebook.
Years later they briefly added Circles to Twitter and I thought that was great, not as useful as G+ Circles (since you could only have a single "private" circle to share to) but I very much used it and my mutuals as well... just to have Musk remove the only useful feature they had in years.
I think we are definitely losing our blue collar skills. This video[0] about building a grill scrubber in America really highlighted the problem for me.
We're in the same boat; HIPAA compliant Enterprise license. Slack came to us with a 2 day notice; pay more now or pay a lot more later. We asked if we could reduce the number of users and they said no, if you change anything then you have to take the new pricing for double the current price.
The whole thing was super sleazy. We told them that we were moving to MS Teams (arrrgghhh!) and they said "Bye!".
I completely agree. My father was a truck mechanic and I spent plenty of time under cars turning wrenches. I'm very happy that part of my life is behind me as an BEV owner. My wife still drives an old Accord and I dread the times when it needs an oil/transmission fluid change, muffler replacement, water pump, etc. All of that simply disappears when you switch to a BEV and it really is refreshing not having to think about it at all.
I think the AI angle for this is that it is a force multiplier. You don't have to write specific commands, you just have to prompt generic things and it will helpfully fill in all the details. This also allows you to avoid having certain keywords in the PR (ie. `rm -rf`) and possibly evade detection.
His comments about Apple ring true to my ears. Apple is definitely lagging behind in the "AI" world, but that is really what they tend to do. They aren't the first company but they are usually the best. Historically, they wait until everyone else makes the mistakes and then introduce something better. I guess they felt like they couldn't wait for the "AI" trend to blow over; probably because Siri is just not very good.
I think that Apple will hold on to their "AI" stuff for a while longer and wait until it really dies down. Then they will introduce a much better Siri and get rid of the "summarize your email" and "re-write this sentence" bullshit.
Now, I can see why BL would not be excited about this. One reason I purchase so much BL filament is because it's so easy to use. Every time I've gone "off-script" and gotten a reel from another maker I have to do the work of configuring it to get the most out of the filament. It's not super hard, it's just really inconvenient. So, of course BL would like me to continue purchasing their filament and would not want to join this movement.
However, BL doesn't produce all types filaments in all necessary colors for everyone. Once (if) everyone else moves to this standard then BL is out in the dark, getting left behind. Orca slicer can be configured to use this new standard and is also compatible with my A1. I'm planning on my next printer being a BL H2? but if that day comes and all the other printers are supporting the new standard my plans will probably change. I think that it would be in BL's best interest to support the new standard, now and in the future.
BTW: one handy way to use up the remnants of an almost empty roll is to make the printer think that it's a different color. Start printing some utility object (where the color doesn't matter) with the almost empty roll and then have the printer automatically switch to the new roll of the correct color. This works pretty well, but it involves you forceably ripping the RFID tags out of the old roll, which is not super fun. It would be great if we could you reprogram the old roll to match the new roll and get on with printing.