Hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but if I understand correctly, any Pixel that is carrier unlocked can have its bootloader unlocked via the "developer options" menu. I've bought two used "unlocked" Pixels on Swappa and had no trouble unlocking the bootloader on either.
Marvelicious
joined 2 years ago
Yeah, it's a real shame that Amazon is poisoning the section of the market that GC had already poisoned for the independent guitar shops. Best of luck finding a new section of the market to destroy though...
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.
It could, but I don't think there would be any benefit. The key thing this does is make walls a bit closer to the theoretical perfect solid structure.
Not as drastic as I had hoped, but it looks like around 5% better layer adhesion provided you increase the flow rate slightly to fit in the gaps. It essentially makes a print that's more solid in the walls.
I saw elsewhere someone doing prints with transparent filament and they were also getting optically better prints with this.
Also, there's a pull request on Orca... Not sure when it'll come out, but they're working on building it into the slicer.
Honestly, if I were designing active guitar gear, I might just try to push 24v phantom power and XLR cables. Have a little power box at the amp or pedalboard and ditch the onboard battery entirely.
But I loathe alkaline batteries...
Their big defense seems to be, "We haven't even done anything yet."
Sorry Bambu, but you're late to the enshittification game. Setting up a situation where you CAN do these things is a Chekhov gun: sooner or later, we know you'll put them to use.
There's already a project to retrofit klipper hardware.
https://github.com/ChazLayyd/Bambu-Lab-Klipper-Conversion/blob/main/README.md
As it turns out, there's already a project... https://github.com/ChazLayyd/Bambu-Lab-Klipper-Conversion/blob/main/README.md
Just did this yesterday. You won't need the whole afternoon. It was surprisingly simple.
I'm unconcerned. I knew what I was getting into with a walled garden ecosystem, and though I didn't expect them to dive straight into the enshittification deep end, I figures they would eventually do something fairly shady. The real question is how long it will take to release the first X1C-Klipper refit.
They are independent, but if it was originally carrier unlocked, you're definitely okay. The way I understand it, Swappa at least, only allows OEM unlocked phones to be sold as unlocked.
https://swappa.com/buy/unlocked