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All things considered that was a better outcome than I expected.

You'll be tagged as the one who thought a shitpost was serious, got corrected, and doubled down.

That's a little hopeful to hear. When I was researching my purchase I had considered a Qidi machine but the reviews were inconsistent at the time. This was back early '24 though. I think my Microcenter warranty on the P1S is running out soon.

As much as I'm distressed to see the current situation with Bambu Lab I wouldn't consider it "falling for relentless marketing". They are/were genuinely ahead of the curve.

I've owned 3 different 3D printers before my P1S in the nearly decade I've been 3D printing (I got my first in 2017) and Bambu was the first to actually deliver on being "plug and play" when compared to the competition.

I'm hopeful the situation when my P1S kicks the bucket has changed (it may already have but I'm not in the market so I haven't checked). But for now I'm just not updating the firmware.

There are guides to disabling OnStar effectively which should assuage those concerns. Well, for the 23 and older models. Not sure about the new stuff.

A quick terminator on the cellular antenna makes it receive no cell signal - the other features that don't rely on cellular all continue working.

A wood chuck could chuck so much wood there would be no wood for a wood chuck to chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood.

One other benefit for road tripping - at least it's one I find to be a benefit, is the DCFC charging wait (for trips that can't be made on a single charge).

Growing up my family went on a lot of road trips and the emphasis was always on reducing time at stops. No time to relax, no time to use the restroom, no time to eat.

Charging gives an actual estimate on when you're road ready again, giving you real time where there is no thought in the back of your mind "I'm delaying our arrival".

Sure you can get cars with faster DCFC and we're getting to the point where charge time and refilling a tank are more or less the same. But I can enjoy the wait while I lasts.

This is actually the slogan of WeRateDogs! https://weratedogs.com/

I will eventually forget as I do everything, but last month when I was in and out of the vet because my dog was having some complications the receptionist said my dog is so cute she'd die for him and I haven't forgotten yet.

There's also speculative decand adjacent techniques getting traction, increasing performance of the models on the same hardware.

Thanks! I think it's a 2 now. We still don't know the cause of what happened Friday but his heart issues aren't as severe as they sounded! Apparently the way his valves are made the heart murmur sound much worse. So nothing has escalated and we're back to observation!

4. Today I find out if my dog has months to live or years to live. The face will change depending on the outcome.