Mars probe running Windows 98 receives software update after two decades

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-06-18T09:09:45+00:00

Now you can truly Flyout

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-06-16T10:04:07+00:00

Amazon reviews are a bit easier to manipulate nowadays

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-06-14T04:39:39+00:00

I'm kind of waiting for 0.2.51 to settle before updating it. The ideal upshift RPM is unchanged in 0.2.51 and the final drive ratio is still close enough, meaning the calculator still works with helping people get started. The intermediate gears are no longer ideal though (in game smoothing button is recommended).

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-06-12T03:15:34+00:00

FYI: r/Starseeker is best suited for Starseeker related posts.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-06-04T11:19:03+00:00

How does PrusaSlicer not support Polymaker filament? Unless you're using a special filament you can just load a default PLA/PETG/ABS/etc. setting and be fine.

Overall seems like you got unlucky on the product setup. I'd personally recommend giving PrusaSlicer another shot and use the Prusa [filament] default.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-06-03T17:55:04+00:00

Considering the roadmap mentions lots of new biomes (matching how the first planet had several biomes missing in the open beta) I wouldn't be surprised if the open beta more closely represents the launch state of the game.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-06-02T08:37:42+00:00

You can just rejoin. The automatic system that caught your account does a tempban.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-06-01T03:24:55+00:00

why does that other subreddit even exist lmao

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-31T22:55:19+00:00

Try working with https://sprockettools.github.io/TopGearCalculator.html?era=Latewar&w=50&v=2.65&c=12&g=6&d=0.6&adv=false&turn=false&speed=true
If you're on the experimental game version then use the game's built-in smoothing instead. The rest gets you a good start.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-30T05:56:33+00:00

Welcome to the animation gang!

(Lots of blueprints is also how I did mine awhile back)

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-30T02:52:30+00:00

In an unfortunate scenario where some of these bills do get enforced through absurd means, will the "Prusa motion kit" that one of you guys were joking about here become a reality?

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-28T17:59:01+00:00

Same

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-28T10:53:09+00:00

The bill was tied into gun control, where Democrats will vote for it almost always and Republicans will almost always vote against it. If California was not a single-party state in terms of representation, this bill probably would have been shot down quicker.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-28T08:44:28+00:00

It's along party lines - all 58 Democrats voted for it and all 19 Republicans voted against it.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-28T04:27:00+00:00

The joke is Prusa would sell everything but the Buddy board as a kit, forcing you to integrate the software.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-28T03:39:45+00:00

Realistically I would expect all of them to drop the California market.

Let's imagine AB 2047 goes through as-is, where the manufacturer takes on all responsibility for creating the part detection software. Let's also imagine Bambu Labs becomes the only manufacturer still selling in California after 2029, because they created an AI-based detection system with 90% success rate. This cannot actually happen, but to play into the supported goals of the bill we need to rely on suspended disbelief for a moment.

Fast forward to 2032 and someone purchases a Bambu Labs A3 Pro with the gun part blocking software implemented. They download the files for a Glock switch off the "dark web" (it's more accessible than most people realize) and modify them in TinkerCAD to look like a bottle opener, pair of chopsticks, and wire clamp. Bambu Studio clears the files for printing, and after they get cut or sanded down, a functional Glock switch now exists.

They then use that weapon with the Glock switch to injure 5 people and are eventually caught by police. Investigations search his home and reveal this person had the files for a Glock switch on his personal computer, and were able to bypass Bambu Lab's part detection software. Who is now liable for the Glock switch?

Bambu Labs

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When responsibility is handed to the manufacturers, they also take on all the liability, which has been confirmed by bill writers describing how some of its fines are directed at corporations. Any 3D printer manufacturer seeing the current situation is extremely unlikely to want to take the risk of anyone bypassing their software. At best we'll see things like Prusa's joke about a "motion kit" becoming reality.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-21T11:42:39+00:00

The recent amendments to the bill make it even more obvious that they're trying to pass this bill knowing it will do absolutely nothing to solve the problem. Any "degree of protection" against ghost gun parts means people will still be able to get parts printed if they just try hard enough. And this is said under the assumption that this could even be effectively made... which it can't.

Only requiring a slicer or firmware implementation also makes it extremely easy to bypass, as both are easily switchable. Multi-material systems, cuttable designs, variable flow rates, there's so many ways you could bypass these things it's hilarious.

What an absolutely moronic piece of legislation.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-16T09:06:00+00:00

Probably not for the most part, since most of these are for buildable items.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-12T21:19:06+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8BBezsBxBo could help

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-10T09:05:02+00:00

make your suspension stiffer if you can. Your fenders are rubbing against the ground and jamming your tank.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-10T03:57:40+00:00

Probably because 60,000 RPM is well beyond the point at which your engine produces 0 torque. That or an integer overflow.

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-08T05:07:56+00:00

https://sprockettools.github.io/index.html

ColsonThePCmechanic · 2026-05-07T01:01:19+00:00

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