BambuLab basically locks down their entire 3D printer ecosystem with this ridiculous cloud authorization system.

You want to print locally via your LAN? Sorry, the cloud needs to authorize your g-code first.

Want to use another slicer to send your job to the printer? Sorry, no.

Would it really still surprise anyone if DRM'd filaments are next on their agenda? Their printers are good, their prices are cheap, but please, stop supporting this company.

https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/

#3dprinting

Mosaic Netscape 0.9 was released 30 years ago today.

According to my notes, it went live shortly after midnight on Oct 13, 1994. We sat in the conference room in the dark and listened to different sound effects fired for each different platform that was downloaded. At some point late that night I wandered off and wrote the first version of the page that loaded when you pressed the "What's Cool" button in the toolbar. (A couple days later, Jim Clark would go ballistic...

https://jwz.org/b/yka7

Some elephants (6 or 7) are huddled together near a river's shoreline while a line of elephants (9+) comes out of the forest and down a small hill to join them. See more here: https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/elephant-playground-masai-mara-kenya-joan-carroll.html

#kenya #masaimara #elephants #herd #river #riverbank #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #animals #forest #sandy #beach #artforsale #wallartforsale #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #giftideas @joancarroll

Israel fires at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon—to broad condemnation
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/israel-lebanon-unifil-un-peacekeepers/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Getting close to the end of the growing season for everything except greens.

Harvested the green tomatoes and tiny squashes and eggplants.

#Gardening