BeardedGingerWonder

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[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 2 minutes ago

If you're offline only, they can't afaik. In the case of online I'm lead to believe each individual cart is signed with a unique certificate so they can tell if that cart has been used in more than one console. If there's two instances of the same thing online at the same time it must be pirated.

In terms of reversal - I'll work from the premise we agree that it's unacceptable a customer loses access to a device they purchased and own because the company doesn't like it. But let's say it happens, how much hassle is it going to be to undo it? The console is bricked so it's presumably not running/able to go online? Do I need access to a PC to fix it? Do I need to send it off to Nintendo? Go to a game store?

Fwiw I like tinkering with consoles and devices - not necessarily because of piracy, I just like running weird software on them or making them do things they weren't meant to. It's not a common use case, but it's valid enough. Why should Nintendo control that.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 48 minutes ago

I don't hate golfers or golf, I just don't understand how anyone can spend such an inordinate amount of time walking around hitting a little ball.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 58 minutes ago

I like it, one less trip to the attic with the tree.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 59 minutes ago

This keyboard reminds me a lot my previous keyboard, it was PC/AT - plugged it in through a PC/AT -> PS/2 adapter.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Which is fine until the piracy detection system has a false positive and you lose your Switch. Or you buy a second hand copy of a game the original owner made a copy of and continues to use and your switch gets bricked. I understand you're in the EU, but this kind of nonsense would definitely put me off a system that's already inordinately expensive.

Can I work on it too?

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not defending them here at all, but did the checks need to be chased personally? I assume their assistant opened/gathered/cashed all their incoming checks.

I use mine for prime. Everything else is libreelec though.

Or they don't know about us and we never figured in their rewriting.

Well it's fucked now, I thought we all agreed not to say it and see if it made any difference

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Like "I need to get home to see my dying child" and they think "oh yes, what a perfect opportunity to demonstrate our ability to extract as much money as possible"

I wonder about these fuckers, like what is wrong with them. I totally understand theorising about this crap, it wouldn't be the first time I'd been down a line of thought purely thinking about "how could I maximise this" or "how could I solve this problem" but at some point I take a step back and "wait no, this is a horrendous idea" occurs to me. And then there's this twat who thinks "oh yeah, we should extract as much money from paying customers as possible and then we'll do it in other industries" and says it like they think everyone is going to think it's a good idea.

 

First one done, everything seemed to work, assembly was relatively straightforward and the instructions were great.

Changes - buffer tubes were printed separately with variable layer height in Orca, I've read this helps feeding filament, settings:

Adaptive height 0.08, radius 4.

Triangle Lab kit only seems to come with long springs for the buffer tube, so you'll be building the long stroke version. I wasn't aware there were multiple versions so no loss. They are on the BoM though, so hopefully it saves someone else having to scour the instructions to see if the "missing springs" are needed.

I think I'll try printing the housings for the next one with support, some of the overhangs are a bit misshapen and had to be cleared out with a drill bit. This may still bite me further down the line when I need to fit the module to the base.

It seems like it shouldn't be too difficult to take apart if necessary.

I'd think about bending the solder tabs on the motors before soldering as well, it's a bit of a squeeze inside the housing and it's harder to bend them after.

Hopefully I'll get a second housing printed this week and at least another module assembled at the weekend.

 

I've just taken a quick look, I've not checked off the BOM yet, but motors, boards, PTFE tube and a collection of parts have arrived. There's a bit of a description/warning sheet and a link to a Google drive with it too. Will check out some more over the next couple of days.

 

I've seen the BMCU mentioned a few times as an alternative for the Bambu Lab AMS, given the price I'd like to give it a go with my P1S but, I've seen comments elsewhere that it should work, but YouTube is surprisingly light on BMCU content and I was wondering if anyone in the community has one before I take the plunge?

 

IM Levy Rozman defeats GM Pia Cramling in Battle of Generations.

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