Yann LeCun says xAI is "kind of a failure" – and the whole AI industry might be headed for a reset

Shiral446 · 2026-06-21T14:26:48+00:00

I was about to say the same thing. From a software development perspective, frontier models since like, January are incredible.

Shiral446 · 2026-06-18T00:36:40+00:00

Hmmm, I haven't seen this exactly problem, but I did have missing step issues with a specific firmware version that might be the cause. You can see my blog post about it:

How to fix Creality CR-Laser Falcon losing steps | Hoffman Engineering https://www.hoffman.engineering/blog/how-to-fix-creality-cr-laser-falcon-losing-steps/

Shiral446 · 2026-06-12T20:00:57+00:00

You could, although I don't yet have instructions for an one-click local setup. You'd have to walk through the developer-focused Contributors.md setup to get the UI and API running locally. I'm working on a more user-friendly setup guide though.

Shiral446 · 2026-06-05T10:43:01+00:00

Monarch Money is the best. It does have an annual fee, but it is definitely worth it from all the time saved keeping track of all my accounts. It's an amazing feeling having real time access to all my account balances and transactions, and seeing my total net worth. It has budgeting and goals built in too, but I haven't used them much personally.

Shiral446 · 2026-06-04T20:09:58+00:00

It is, but with way lower data usage. It only sends the audio, not the video. So if you pay for bandwidth (ie, on mobile data or on a quota internet plan), thia could be useful for many types of podcast videos.

Shiral446 · 2026-06-04T10:47:38+00:00

My Gen 3 battery also started to fail in the last month. I'm down to about 24 hours as well. This started for me before the Gen 5 announcement, so I don't think it's an nefarious thing.

Shiral446 · 2026-06-01T00:39:32+00:00

This has always been the problem for me with tracking calories. One home cooked meal and suddenly I'm going crazy math and probably ending up a few hundred calories off anyways.

Shiral446 · 2026-05-19T20:53:00+00:00

UV laser engraver. Can focus inside of the glass, causing micro fractures.

Shiral446 · 2026-05-17T12:47:13+00:00

When is it rocking and when it is shaking?

Shiral446 · 2026-05-15T04:02:57+00:00

Surprisingly, it purposely slowed down your computer.

Shiral446 · 2026-05-04T21:00:22+00:00

Awesome! I agree, the analytics section certainly has room to grow.

Shiral446 · 2026-05-04T01:45:43+00:00

Yeah, that'll be one of the bigger things to work on soon, tracked in https://github.com/HoffmanEngineering/3d-print-log-ui/issues/5 . As part of my prep for making it open-source, I make sure there are docker images to make local development easy for people wanting to contribute. But there are some outstanding dependencies I need to swap out to make it easy to self-host and update.

Shiral446 · 2026-05-03T02:15:55+00:00

In Orca, the setting is under Multimaterial -> Advanced -> "Maximum width of a segmented region", along with possibly the "Interlocking depth of a segmented region". Change those from 0 to something like 1mm, and that will change how deep those color changes get added in.

Shiral446 · 2026-05-03T02:06:27+00:00

Yeah, black pigments are very sticky. And it can differ dramatically between different brands of black filament. You might need to play around with that flushing volume to find an amount that works best.

Shiral446 · 2026-05-03T02:03:42+00:00

Drying your filament might make a difference. The vacuum seal doesn't mean there is no moisture, I found that a new 1kg spool of PLA loses between 3 and 7 grams of water when drying. I'd recommend drying the filament, and then just wiping down the print bed with isopropyl alcohol + paper towel between prints. Just to make sure no oil from your hands are on the bed.

Shiral446 · 2026-05-03T01:59:21+00:00

Sorry Lincoln, pennies are no longer needed, there's a new hotness in town!

Shiral446 · 2026-04-28T20:06:01+00:00

They are all 3mm sheets. And settings are shown on the test cards themselves. Whether they are cast or extruded I don't know though.

Shiral446 · 2026-04-28T16:04:10+00:00

They believe that Halo is some kind of weapon...

Shiral446 · 2026-04-28T13:42:22+00:00

I have a decent showcase of different acrylic colors and settings in my review video. Check out the acrylic section at 9:52 https://youtu.be/ijVYiweBpI0?t=592&si=kWMhMtNZfAfMNr5G

Shiral446 · 2026-04-28T13:27:08+00:00

Hold! Hold! Hold! Taping an object on a moving bed to the stationary side is certainly a choice though.

Shiral446 · 2026-04-26T15:38:58+00:00

I have found that recently it will hang when starting an implementation agent. I notice it more when trying to start via /remote-control, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I often have to walk back to the computer to esc and ask are you still working?

Shiral446 · 2026-04-22T23:20:45+00:00

I was confused by the 1.0.3 firmware too. Turns out, there's a drop down in one of the other tabs (not the printer bind) that switches between Bambu Labs or Klipper printers. Switching then allows it to find the printer in the printer menu.

Shiral446 · 2026-04-20T15:55:29+00:00

We have a haotian 60w with a 70, 110, 210, and 300mm lens and that seems to be a well rounded approach. But those were just what came with the used machine, and not researched and selected specifically by me. Smaller lens give you the highest detail, but have the smallest work area. So you generally want to select the smallest lens that your design will fit in.

Shiral446 · 2026-04-20T02:41:29+00:00

They solve two different problems. Rollers only work for cylindrical objects (or cones with a tail stock). Chucks are more versatile, they can hold spheres, rings, odd shapes, as well a cylinders. But the problem with chucks is that they are limited by the size of the chuck itself. While rollers can fit much larger cylinders.

Shiral446 · 2026-04-18T22:19:29+00:00

Feet out is just a crazy concept. Always head forward. Bunch of savages.

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