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  • How bad of an idea is it to use computing HDDs in a DIY NAS?

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  • You mean "spinning disk" metaphorically, right? Or is there any reason to not have it in low power standby mode? I don't have any hot spare in my server, but on my desktop I use hdparm to spin down a rarely used storage drive just because it's so loud.

  • Do NOT buy Creality

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  • When buying your first car, would you pay extra to get a worse car so you have to learn mechanics in addition to learning how to drive? :)

    It's definitely about finding the least bad printer if shopping the budget stuff, they all have issues as you say. Personally I think it's best to buy the printer which is the least likely to have severe design and/or manufacturing flaws and focus on learning how to get good prints out of it. When you're a complete beginner it's difficult to know if your print turns out bad because you're doing something wrong or if it's caused by a hardware issue.

  • Do NOT buy Creality

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  • Creality made good printers in the beginning, i.e. original Ender and Ender Pro. They used high quality components and offered good value for money compared to what else what available at that time. However, when they had cornered a large part of the market and got known as the brand that made the best beginner printers, things started going downhill. They switched from Meanwell power supplies etc. to cheap noname components, quality control seemingly became non-existent, and they released several poorly designed overpriced printers (E.g. the E3v2 - my first printer - and everything with "max" in the name).

    I think there's a combination of different reasons for why there always have been so many people who believe that Creality make good printers:

    1. People who have bought their Ender 3/Pro before 2020 actually have good printers, and give them honest praise on forums.
    2. Fake reviews on the internet, which hype up the product since their only goal is for you to click their amazon affiliate link and buy it.
    3. Creality paying content creators for positive reviews, including several well known and otherwise respected within the community.
    4. Buyers who got lucky with the QC and don't own any other printers to compare with, might think their printers are the best.
    5. Buyers who are now happy with their Ender after having spent €100+ on "upgrades" and/or days of troubleshooting the printer. I've even seen a guy insist that an Ender is a better first printer than a cheaper more reliable alternative, because the 20 hours he spent on his Ender to get a decent print out of it gave him "an invaluable learning experience".
    6. And I've also seen people who haven't yet bought any printer claim that Enders are the best beginner printers, just because they've read that statement so many times they've come to accept it as a fact, and now they're "helping" others looking for a first printer by answering their questions.

    I think my E3v2 is good now, but I've replaced the hotend, extruder and part cooling fans. I've added a second Z lead screw to fix gantry sag, and I found a manufacturing error where the X belt tensioner wasn't straight because tightening the screw into the aluminium extrusion bent the plastic (difficult to find, but luckily easy to fix with a metal shim). I've replaced the firmware with Klipper, controlled by a Raspberry Pi. And I've probably spent at least 50 hours just trying to fix and improve the printer, which I didn't mind btw, but I think most would prefer a printer which just works out of the box.

    In retrospect, I wish I had joined some 3d printing discords and talked to experienced users before deciding on which printer to buy, and not relied so much on google, websites and random comments.

  • Great success. Apple for scale

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  • I don’t know about you, but lighting greatly impacts how the surface quality of my prints look. Hard/direct light at a steep vertical angle makes the faces look pretty rough, but more diffuse light coming from the side makes the parts look great.

    It's normal, but I think it's more visible the thicker your layers are. I've also seen a respected 3d printing content creator use this effect to make his sponsored brand (Creality) look like it has higher print quality than the competitor.. If you're printing with ASA, perhaps you could use some light acetone smoothing if you want a more even surface?

  • Are Vorons still the best DIY printers in 2026?

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  • If you enjoy building the Voron that's definitely a better deal (and I think I would) but if you're doing it to save money you have to factor in that time in the cost as well. I was briefly considering buying a Core One L after they become available with INDX, because it would be nice with a printer which includes everything and just works. But the VFA problems discouraged me, Prusa's suggestions to overtension belts and modified slicer profiles which try to avoid certain speeds feels like a bandaid solution to what is fundamentally a hardware design flaw IMO.

  • How important is a DE to you?

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  • Can't remember if it was Gnome 3 or Ubuntu Unity, but I think at least one of them had the intention of creating a unified UI for all types of devices.

  • How important is a DE to you?

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  • Very important. I spend a lot of time at my computer and my desktop environment is like my home. I want it to look in a way that I find aesthetically pleasing and it mustn't try to force me to change the way I work because some UX designer decided that their way was much better than everybody else's. Perhaps you can guess where this is going :D but I've tried to like Gnome 3 since it was first announced. I've given it multiple chances but it just doesn't work for me. It feels like they're going down the same road as all "modern" UIs, where only the most basic features are visible and everything else is either dumped into the "advanced" category or removed entirely. On the other hand, I have a coworker who only uses his PC like a tool, and he thinks Gnome is the best DE ever and can't understand why anyone would want something else.

    Currently I use KDE and I'm pretty happy with it. It's highly configurable, and I've made it look and feel the way I want. I used mainly Xfce for a long time but now I prefer KDE.

  • Bazzite Linux SMASHES Windows

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  • It's funny if you know that it is parody, but it's so widespead in this day and ago so I tend to unconsciously filter it out. Tbh I probably wouldn't have clicked the link if I hadn't seen your comment, since I thought this was the original title of the video

  • Washington wants your 3D printer to spy on you - here's the bill

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  • I think you missed the part where it said "[...] cannot be overridden or otherwise defeated by a user with significant technical skill." I.e. either the printer will only allow flashing with signed firmware containing the detection algorithms, or it would have to be done by a separate chip which isn't affected by flashing firmwares.

    But also detecting firearms in gcode is a ridiculously complex task, and if companies actually try to comply they might opt for building the algorithms into their closed source slicer instead, and then only allowing their printer to print encrypted/signed gcode. Or they might do the analysis using some AI algorithm on their cloud servers, requiring an always on internet connection to print things. It might be tempting to think that nobody would buy a printer like that, but I think that enough people will do if they make it convenient and cheap enough.

  • Washington wants your 3D printer to spy on you - here's the bill

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  • For a printer to be compliant, it mustn't be possible to bypass the restrictions. So your printer might not even be legal if it allows you to flash custom firmware.

    identify and reject print requests for firearms or illegal firearm parts with a high degree of reliability and cannot be overridden or otherwise defeated by a user with significant technical skill.

  • Why don't more distros use this method?

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  • I think a new Linux user shouldn't have to choose a DE, so starting with a distro which makes this choice for them is most likely better. Unless the CachyOS installer does a good job at explaining what a desktop environment is, there's a risk that a new user thinks they're just selecting a skin for the OS and don't understand how it will affect their desktop experience. If they for example choose an extreme light weight DE for their brand new gaming PC, their first impression of Linux might be that it looks dated.

    Having a DE chooser built into more distro installers could be a good thing for us more experienced users though.

  • What does the bed mesh in Fluidd show? My prints are good, nothing to complain about, but I see the bed mesh doesn't look so good.

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  • It's also only the 50mm closest to X-axis 0 (left edge of bed I guess) that have significantly higher values, the rest of the bed is fairly even. Depending on what models OP has printed, they might not even be using this part of the print area.

  • Linux Slicer

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  • If you set the UI to "simple" most of them are hidden, but it's the best slicer for people who want a lot of options IMO :) I think it does a good job at categorizing and organizing all the different options, so it's relatively easy to find whatever you're looking for.

  • Is this nozzle too low or bed temperature issue?

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  • I think it's more of an art form than an exact science to get perfect calibration using the paper method. It gives a decent starting point for further manual adjustment though. Personally I prefer to put a lamp behind the printer, and then babystep the nozzle down until I can no longer see any gap between it and the bed, but that also usually requires a few minor adjustments afterwards.

  • Is this nozzle too low or bed temperature issue?

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  • Creality's Warranty Loophole: How They Tried to Charge Us $30 for a Defective Sensor

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  • If it wasn't open, they would be violating the licences of the FOSS projects it's forked from. Their firmwares inherit GPLv3 from Marlin, and CrealityPrint inherits AGPLv3 from slic3r (via Orca Slicer, Bambu Studio and PrusaSlicer).

  • Self hosted Kanban board with good mobile support

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  • Never used MS Planner, but the Kanban plugin does everything I need and I use it for my larger hobby programming projects. I was already using obsidian.md for other things so for me it was very convenient.

  • Self hosted Kanban board with good mobile support

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  • If you don't find any hostable service, perhaps you could try Obsidian if its Kanban plugin works well in the mobile client. It's closed source, but all data is stored in markdown files, and you could use a self-hosted git server for storage and synchronization between users.

  • Offline TTS in 2026?

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  • Fedora Linux @lemmy.ml
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    solved

    How to prevent Nvidia driver from rpmfusion-nonfree-updates overwriting driver from CUDA Toolkit?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    "This Linux thing is better than normal computers"

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Recommend a distro for a 13-year-old gamer

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    PSA: Update to Plasma 6.3 can make Wayland session unusable if you have configured monitor ICC profiles

    bugs.kde.org /show_bug.cgi
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.ml
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    guide

    How to install Aslain's modpack for World of Warships on Steam

  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.ml
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    Any "undiscovered" games you think deserve more attention?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Something resets my monitor colour calibration when I log in