Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer

tomshardware.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

191–200 of 345 posts

Re: Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer

#191

Post by the_af »

wpm wrote: post #98
the_af wrote: post #48

I have to say the Bambu A1 Mini has been a game changer for me. I wouldn't own a 3D printer otherwise. While it doesn't really "just work" as the hype would have it (I believe this is impossible with current tech), it comes pretty damn close. Probably the printer that does it best. I didn't want another hobby, fiddling with settings and materials, and generally going down the 3D printing rabbit hole. I just wanted to…

Have you owned any other printers? So much of this opinion sounds like a Bambu ad read from YouTube, as if they're the only ones making printers that just work now, like a Prusa can't crank out perfect first layers without breaking a sweat.

As I said in my comment, the Bambu is the printer that made me try. Every other video or review I've seen, from multiple enthusiasts who use other brands, makes it clear any other printer (at least ~2 years ago when I bought it) was "a hobby into itself", most definitely what I did NOT want.

I do not want a hobby, I already have way too many. I wanted something plug and play, zero fuss, and the A1 Mini delivers.

If that reads like an ad to you, I don't know what to say.

Re: Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer

#192

Post by the_af »

daneel_w wrote: post #95
the_af wrote: post #48

I have to say the Bambu A1 Mini has been a game changer for me. I wouldn't own a 3D printer otherwise. While it doesn't really "just work" as the hype would have it (I believe this is impossible with current tech), it comes pretty damn close. Probably the printer that does it best. I didn't want another hobby, fiddling with settings and materials, and generally going down the 3D printing rabbit hole. I just wanted to…

I have the A1 Mini as well. Mostly having sat unused since I bought it a few years back, I'm now wondering if the thing will function normally again. Any advice on basic "cold boot" maintenance? It's been a year since I last turned it on.

I've had it paused for some months, and just a bit of WD40 and re-running the auto calibration was enough maintenance in my case. Maybe I was lucky?

Re: Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer

#193

Post by rcdemski »

deepsun wrote: post #176

> its cloud servers were inundated with roughly 30 million “unauthorized” requests per day. So make it possible to connect directly to printer over LAN? Prusa supports that, you can use the printer without ever connecting it to internet.

You can. It’s a single checkbox on the printer UI that toggles between cloud control or local LAN control.

Re: Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer

#194

Post by HowTheStoryEnds »

wolvoleo wrote: post #182
jchw wrote: post #66

I made the tragic mistake of getting a Bambu printer (an X1C, with AMS even...) right before they gave all of us the middle finger. I now have it offline, running out of date firmware, connected to a special WiFi network that is isolated from the Internet. That upset me, but now I'm pissed. Now I don't even care about their stupid printers. Now I'd like to waste Bambu Lab's time and cause problems for them. And also,…

Meh. I use bambu and I am a maker but it's not a big thing in my opinion. I bought a bambu precisely because I don't want to mod the thing with a gazillion custom upgrades like I needed to do with my previous printers to make them work reliably. I just want to press print and... print. Bambu totally delivers there. They really commoditised 3D printing and brought the price down. And if you do want to go off the beate…

Dude, the only reason you can be a maker is because of the many hours of work provided by the open source community. The very same one your support is trampling on since it's in favor of a company profiteering from them. All because you don't want to be inconvenienced.. Educate yourself on the issue and start having some respect.

Re: Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer

#196

Post by jkestner »

quietsegfault wrote: post #88
sillysaurusx wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And yet he’s having an effect. Are either of you pledging $10k to defend hackers in court? I can hardly believe headlines like these are met with anything but cheers. It’s literally the hacker spirit in the classical sense: a big company is trying to legally threaten a project offline, and people like Louis are helping prevent that. You could at least throw in a “it’s cool that he’s pledging money” before insulting h…

I don’t need to hire hackers to use my 3d printer. It just works.

The hackers did the work for free upfront. In return they only expect that everyone could share the fruit.

Re: Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer

#197

Post by trinsic2 »

greggsy wrote: post #58
the_biot wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a matter of fact he's a never-ending source of drama and outrage, all of which are his own opinions. His repair channel isn't even about repair anymore, it's all drama, all the time. I can hardly believe people fall for his shtick anymore.

His passion does manifest as drama 90% of the time, but it’s somewhat necessary to build momentum and attention to the causes that he promotes. Also, he has to toe the line of opinion to avoid being slapped with spurious legal challenges.

Drama is a catch-all word now for people that lack the courage to engage with the wrongs in humanity.

Don't worry, we'll drag your lazy ass long while we clean up problems that you don't care to help fix.

Re: Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer

#198

Post by holowoodman »

anamexis wrote: post #158
nicce wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wasn’t the main hassle in calibrarion and Bambu was good in that and is major reason for popularity? So ”once you have a reliable printer” is kinda big thing.

Prusa is on par with Bambu in that respect. Really, Prusa are the ones that pioneered hassle-free calibration.

What Prusa is that? Last one I've used (not my own, community lab), I had to level the bed using the sheet-of-paper-method. Which is the reason why I got a Bambu for myself.

Re: Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer

#199

Post by fc417fc802 »

dns_snek wrote: post #169
Aurornis wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The comment at the top of this thread was literally defending Rossmann based on his style (passionate, vulnerable) over his substance (factual accuracy)

I suggest reading that comment again because it does nothing of the sort.

FWIW that's also how I interpret it. That said, it doesn't bother me because it's YT not HN. They're very different environments. As long as the ensuing discussion here exhibits a reasonable approximation of proper discourse then all is well I figure.

Re: Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer

#200

Post by bsder »

jchw wrote: post #66

I made the tragic mistake of getting a Bambu printer (an X1C, with AMS even...) right before they gave all of us the middle finger. I now have it offline, running out of date firmware, connected to a special WiFi network that is isolated from the Internet. That upset me, but now I'm pissed. Now I don't even care about their stupid printers. Now I'd like to waste Bambu Lab's time and cause problems for them. And also,…

> my eyes are on Prusa should I want another printer any time soon for any reason.

Have Prusa finally fixed their engineering? Prusa basically sitting inert on the engineering front is what allowed Bambu to leapfrog them.

Bambu made real engineering improvements: linear slides, servomotor for feed, accelerometer tuning, etc. Has Prusa finally decided to compete again? A lot of us are willing to give a company more money for being open source, but the basic product can't be too significantly inferior.

It looks like there is at least one linear slide on the Prusa Core One+ so that's a start...

Post reply on HN