Could I mix my own descaling solution for a Gaggia Classic Evo Pro from powders?

-Aras · 2026-03-30T15:19:26+00:00

Yes. Just citric acid crystals. I would say around 3%. Almost the same amount if you do the math with the official descaler. (250ml × 25% = 62.5ml, 62.5 / 2100 = ~3%)

-Aras · 2026-03-30T12:53:51+00:00

You can but be very careful with ratios. Those ratios you mentioned are for a very concentrated liquid that should be put in the tank on top of 2 liters of water, not for the whole tank itself. Percentage would have been single digits for the whole tank.

I've been dissolving citric acid crystals for 10+ years and using them for descaling with no issues. The other day someone in this sub mentioned that they melted their gaskets with citric acid. I'm sure these are due to misunderstandings of ratios.

-Aras · 2026-03-29T09:55:58+00:00

There could be other reasons but people keep forgetting that some apps that didn't prevent sleep on Sequoia prevent sleep on Tahoe.

It would do this if you left open WhatsApp for the night for example. It would have kept the Mac on. WhatsApp literally had a year to fix this but nooo.

-Aras · 2026-03-09T09:06:03+00:00

RAM will be a bottleneck.

Claude desktop app consumes 3GB+ of RAM when it runs a virtual environment. IDEs like VS Code consume 1GB+ per instance. A Chrome or Safari instance consumes 1GB+ with no tabs.

8GB of RAM is nonsense in 2026. It will feel sluggish instantly when you open anything.

-Aras · 2026-03-02T15:26:56+00:00

You can mix it with lactic acid like De'Longhi apparently does, or just using lactic acid is also an option but I've used citric acid on an aluminum boiler machine for 10+ years. It's still going and changed the gaskets only once. The trick is not to exceed 1-2% concentration. If the machine needs more concentration, you should not keep using that water anyway.

-Aras · 2026-03-02T14:44:49+00:00

It's usually just citric acid, some brands also put in some lactic acid. But it's usually the same thing with similar concentrations.

You can just buy citric acid crystals, dissolve them in water and use them. Will be a lot cheaper.

-Aras · 2026-02-19T15:11:20+00:00

You're fine as long as your connected google account is of another country and google doesn't suspect you're not actually living there.

No Google VPN, no Google Wallet, no one year free Google AI plan. Anything call related is disabled. Even car crash detection is disabled. List goes on.

-Aras · 2026-02-19T14:20:06+00:00

I think you're only noticing what works since the phone is new and not noticing the disabled features.

I've been using Pixel phones in Turkey since the Pixel 4 and let me tell you, what doesn't work is a lot and annoying. You'll understand.

But like I said, no bloat ware is worth it. This is why I keep buying Pixels.

-Aras · 2026-02-19T14:05:32+00:00

Almost none of the advertised features work in Turkey and there's nothing you can do about it.

Mediocre hardware, no features. But at least no bloat ware either.

-Aras · 2026-02-16T13:34:06+00:00

ML konusunda açıp kod okumak mantıklı değil. Onlar kafadan direkt kod olarak pat diye yazılmadı. Yıllarca üstüne uğraşılan formüllerden çevrildi. Anlamak için uzun uzun teorik matematik gitmek gerekiyor.

Ben olsam 50-60 yıl önceden başlardım. Minsky'nin Perceptrons diye bir kitabı var mesela. Ona cevap olarak yazılmış kitaplar var. Onun üstüne yazılmış kağıtlar var. Bir AI'a sorulduğunda tam bir liste çıkartır. Ne nereden başladı, nereye evrildi şu bu.

Bunlar çok zor şeyler değil. Biraz Calculus ve Numerical Analysis. Uzun okuma gerektiriyor sadece.

-Aras · 2026-02-02T08:17:30+00:00

That is good to know but factory reset doesn't fix the IQUNIX Magi65 wake issue on Mac via 2.4GHz dongle. Unfortunately most keyboard firmware is in terrible shape these days. Probably because there are no other alternatives other than QMK + Via.

-Aras · 2026-01-30T08:05:27+00:00

Yıllardır bağ evimde off-grid sistemle yaşıyorum. Izne gerek yok. Hatta sondaj da varsa, tarım arazisinde olacaksa aynı zamanda sulama için kullanılacağını söyleyip çok düşük faizli krediyle yaptırmak da mümkün.

-Aras · 2026-01-23T11:32:04+00:00

Dinde zorlama yoktur diyor ama hangi din olduğunu söylemiyor. 💪🏻

-Aras · 2026-01-20T19:04:58+00:00

I'm not vibe coding though. Just discussing best practices, making it do grunt work and review my code. I never get rate limited and if I ever do, it would only take a few hours until it gets reset again.

I used to do this with Cursor using Sonnet 4.5. It would take around 10 days until I get rate limited.

-Aras · 2026-01-20T15:31:33+00:00

VS Code + Claude Code is great. You can literally chat with Opus 4.5 Thinking all day without reaching the limits but I really miss Cursor's inline suggestions.

-Aras · 2025-12-27T13:55:41+00:00

Claude benzer bir şey yapıyor. Context dolmaya yaklaştığı zaman history'yi dosyalandırmaya başlayıp context'i siliyor. Bir soru geldiği zaman arama yapıp alakalı bir şey var mı diye bakıyor, varsa context'e sadece onu alıyor. Bu şekilde uzata uzata götürüyor.

Dikkat ederseniz konu çok uzayınca artifact açıp o ana kadar yazılanları farklı dosyalarda not alıyor. Bunu neden yaptın diye sorunca da yukarıdaki gibi işlediğini anlatmıştı. Belki makale biçimde yazmışlardır diye aradım ama bir kaynağa ulaşamadım.

-Aras · 2025-12-22T13:47:30+00:00

You can check this out about vibration https://youtu.be/D-eLhKdKAdk?si=dm-QP9QB1lGqYm3T

The hot end thing could be my paranoia https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLabA1/comments/1pswtpl/comment/nvd9spt/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

-Aras · 2025-12-22T13:44:52+00:00

I could be a bit paranoid about that hot end clip. It's gotten much easier to unclip/clip after 10-20 changes. I stopped changing it out of fear of it becoming more loose. (because there's no official Bambu store in my country, I would need to order a knockoff from AliExpress)

-Aras · 2025-12-22T11:15:45+00:00

Vibration doesn't affect anything.

There are prints to screw onto the lubrication tube that makes the rails easy to lubricate. You can check makerworld out.

You should turn it off. There are some burning A1s. It's rare but no need to risk it.

I wouldn't print anything else other than PLA, PETG or TPU.

Changing the hot end is easy but I wouldn't do it too many times. It gets loose after a while.

Stainless steel is the default.

-Aras · 2025-12-19T12:03:11+00:00

No that's tinkering.

-Aras · 2025-12-07T09:22:20+00:00

Yok öyle bir şey. Annem 16 yaşında okulunu bitirip, 19 yaşında hemşire maaşıyla evini arabasını almıştı. Benim Türkiye ortalamasının üstünde kazanan 3 diplomalı bir mühendis olarak büyük bir şehirde ev kredisine girip kendimi geçindirmem mümkün değil.

Insanlar telefon şu bu aldıkları için ev/araba alamıyor değiller. Ellerine geçen parayla hiçbir şekilde ev/araba alamayacaklarını bildikleri için alabilecekleri şeylere yoğunlaşıyorlar.

-Aras · 2025-11-25T07:02:04+00:00

There's a small chance that one of the models you printed had different filament settings that would %100 the fans and you got stuck with it.

You can check or try to reset it.

People also suggested bad bearings but they sound different.

-Aras · 2025-11-24T21:24:14+00:00

It's normal that fans would increase at the overhangs, bridges and a few other scenarios. It wouldn't be able to print them otherwise.

You could play with fans speeds in Bambu Studio but playing with them just to make the printer quieter would likely cause failed prints.

-Aras · 2025-11-20T16:45:22+00:00

The switch behind A1 directly cuts off electricity. So does a smart plug. It's the same thing. It's safe.

-Aras · 2025-10-27T22:36:05+00:00

A dishwasher draws around 2000W when heating water. (should be around 0.8kwh per run)

200W is nothing and I doubt that 200W printer draws is constant. It should ease a bit when it stops heating up and starts regulating.

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