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Did you read the thread before bumping it 3 times in an hour? Better yet, did you read just the last page? It has the link to "the ebay guy", send him a message, it also has a link to a youtube video from Feb of this year that states the ATT deal is dead. ...

[quote]The bed is something I am researching. It will def require some power, which I do have extra PS to use. I am looking into silicone heaters OR actually making heating blocks (which I think will be better). I currently use a separate heat bed with adapter coming from ramps and going to a power ...

[quote]But I am looking at around 2'x18"x13" build volume.[/quote] How do you plan on heating the bed? That's gonna be $$$. Doesn't seem like you'd be able to use any notable parts from the Ender 3 except maybe the hotend and extruder, neither of which are exceptional and both of which are usu...

[quote]If you are interested in web scraping then python is probably a great solution. Plenty of packages that semi-work out of the box... or so i'm told by some of the guys I work with. Not my main focus.[/quote] I do a lot of webscraping in Node.js with libraries like Pupiteer or Phantom or Got...

I know next to nothing about Ruby except Ruby on rails is used for web dev somewhat popularly. I've dabbled a little in ML/AI and everything surrounding that is Python it seems. All the job listings I've seen for Python are some kind of ML/AI/Heavy data analysis jobs and all the job listings I've se...

[quote]don't doubt that Python programmers exist, but they must exist in some field that I've just never worked in. I've done everything from x86 assembly up to React.js and I still cannot figure what in the world Python is actually used for (that people pay money for). [/quote] Machine learni...

As mentioned above it is an IDE. You need an IDE to compile/run your code. This is simply a text editor (like Word) but specifically one where you write your code in and it can run the code you write. When you type code and want to run it your computer needs to know what to do with it. An IDE says t...

[quote]Go see what’s popular in terms of coding. I would look at VS Code or Visual Studio. Avoid getting in to JavaScript since you mentioned easy. In your case, maybe look at something low code like Microsoft’s Power Platform. Do some Power Bi.[/quote] I use VSCode, but if you're going to do ...

Udemy if you don't mind paying ~$10 for ~40hrs of well-curated instruction for a chosen language. Youtube if you're cheap. If you like to read [link=(https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md#python)]here is a whole mess to get your started[/link...

[quote]i just download at home/office and have it ready for play in my car[/quote] CAD doesn't have time to listen to the same song twice. He boasts a library of over 50,000 high quality and manually maintained tracks that your peasant ears wouldn't know how to appreciate. If he listens to the sa...

[quote]Whatever the hell Tik Tok is [/quote] And we're supposed to trust tech news from someone who doesn't know what TikTok is? [quote]Microsoft has not made a final decision on buying TikTok's U.S. business, and even with a green light from the White House, it could still walk away, these p...

Thanks for the indepth critique. Bookmarking your post for reference since I'll likely be upgrading soon....

[quote]I'm already having issues with the Z. It seems to be binding.[/quote] Yeah man, if you're assembling something you expect a reasonable amount of precision out of you're gonna want to make sure it is square. ...

Cheapest I've seen the Ender 3 [link=(https://www.creality3d.shop/collections/3d-printer/products/creality-ender-3-3d-printer-economic-ender-diy-kits-with-resume-printing-function-v-slot-prusa-i3-220x220x250mm)]$167[/link]. Makes me want to get another one to sacrifice to an [link=(https://enderext...

[quote]used to use a VPN, but i dont anymore and have no issues. I also use real debrid.[/quote] Same...

[quote]The Unabomber lived in a tiny cabin in Montana with no utilities at all. He subsisted on wild things supplemented by what he grew, and lived on about $400 per year.[/quote] I think you're making a lot of assumptions here. No utility service does not mean he didn't have access to power/ener...

Check this GitHub [link=(https://github.com/bigtreetech/BIGTREETECH-SKR-mini-E3/tree/master/firmware/V1.2/Marlin-2.0.x-SKR-Mini-E3-V1.2)]bigtreetech[/link]. There is instructions on there as well for building with Arduino IDE. Unless you are really just set on building with VSCode, I would use the A...

No advice on the camera, but if you play your cards right this could be a good thing for you....

My first attempt was with Marlin 2.X.X in VSCode since I work in it daily. I was getting errors as well. I ultimately decided to go with Marlin 1.9.x bug fix since my board isn't 32bit and that is what Marlin 2 is really for. Also, instead of troubleshooting the VSCode errors I used an Arduino Uno t...

[quote]Any downsides to placing an indoor camera on a windowsill and facing it outside other than not having sound?[/quote] I've had one of the indoor ones outside in my carport for about a year and a half now. No issues. Only problem I can see with having it look out a window is potential glare ...