Sovol has been flatout copying Prusa part for part for a long time now. Qidi seems to be doing the same with Bambu. Time will tell, but their oss contributions are not at the same level.
Hey, that's a very mature perspective. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, I remember those days. I don't want to go back there, and I agree that we need to pursue balance in managing things versus the actual work. It's just that we all seem to have converged on a very complex model, and I'm starting to wonder what's the driver behind it: is it technical progress, or is there something nefarious at play, say faster cycles, more features, more non-work (an endless discussion, that one).
Good insight. I am into therapy and have been for a while. I don't intend to stop, because I see the positive impact it had in the other areas of my life. Perhaps it's time to address the work thing; it's something that didn't take priority so far.
Good advice, I thought I would do exactly that, and ended up at a startup. Looks like they are not trying to achieve super-scale, and that's good. Perhaps we're mired in the old ways of thinking, where we over-optimise for everything, even though we don't need it (nor indeed, we ever will).
Perhaps I'm an attitude-adjustment away from it. Time will tell!
Bambu leaped by 5 months at most. Everyone has high speed options now, with Prusa being notably last to ship. Speed isn't the only important factor, don't feed the Boat race.
Interesting takes on Linux and ipads. My 2-year old is interested in typing with colours. I found that the iPad is better in many ways: its size is perfect, the 1st gen keyboard is light and thin, and the touchscreen is a boon.
But I'm not going to let her have one when she's older. I now realise that I would love a Linux tablet. Not a small laptop, but a touch tablet, thin, with a light keyboard too.
Is there such a thing out there? Or should I start building one now?
I used to do consulting calls on Clarity.fm. People looked me up and we had 1-2 hour calls on high-level stuff, but I feel that the more implementation-heavy discussions never really helped anyone.
This comment is exceptional. Well put. I'm baffled by the lack of replies. It's probably because you made such a good case, that there's nothing to add.
I've played poker and Roulette and Monopoly a lot when I was a kid. Didn't learn that much because no one really knew how to play. Getting piano lessons has been life-changing and I still play to this day.
Let's see, how do we attract some comments here...
People who think that teaching kids serious poker are parents who don't understand the needs of their children, are not in touch with the reality in which their kids live and are more concerned about being great parents than nurturing a young life.
Bold statements? I sure hope so. If the above comment left you unfazed, then read this again: "Raising kids is not an optimisation problem." There's a lot more to life as a young/early parent. Stop obsessing over these silly things and go and spend an hour with your kids, ask them what do to and do it with them in a childish way. They know what they want much better than you do.
Sovol has been flatout copying Prusa part for part for a long time now. Qidi seems to be doing the same with Bambu. Time will tell, but their oss contributions are not at the same level.