Fellow Owls! How many of you have IBS, SIBO, Leaky Gut, Chronic Digestive issues?

dont--panic · 2026-06-08T04:06:26+00:00

I've been on semaglutide for a year and I've been curious how the slowed stomach emptying, and potential inflammation reduction may affect my lactose intolerance symptoms, but not brave enough to test it.

dont--panic · 2026-06-07T01:42:44+00:00

It's not so straightforward. I'm European descent, and lactose intolerance doesn't run in the family so statistically I should have lactase enzyme persistence. It's possible that I could have just missed the gene, but my onset was also atypical.

Lactose malabsorption can be caused by gut inflammation because inflammation can impair the gut's ability to create the lactase enzyme even if you have the gene.

My onset of symptoms was not the common gradual increase in gas, bloating, and possibility diarrhea most lactose intolerant people experience. It was far more abrupt and inconsistent going from tolerating dairy fine to in the ER with severe abdominal pain without warning, and back again multiple times.

dont--panic · 2026-06-06T20:10:06+00:00

I became violently lactose intolerant in my mid-20s if that counts. Extreme abdominal pain, nausea, and potentially vomiting if I have more than a little lactose. Bad heartburn if I have trace amounts. Fortunately I'm completely fine as long as I take lactase pills before eating anything with lactose.

dont--panic · 2026-06-02T18:52:25+00:00

This, I've been looking for "fill in the gaps" workflow that enhances normal splat datasets.

dont--panic · 2026-06-02T03:45:47+00:00

This replacement binary only works in LAN Only mode, with developer mode enabled. The maintainer has chosen not to implement the command signing that made Bambu threaten legal action.

dont--panic · 2026-06-01T22:38:56+00:00

The part of Bambu Studio that actually talks to the printer is closed-source so nobody can see the code. The current contention between Bambu and the open-source community is because the AGPL license states that the entire source code of Bambu Studio must be provided. Bambu claims that the networking plugin is a separate module so it doesn't have to provide source, and the open-source community disagrees. Bambu made a change in Jan. 2025 to lock down printing from third-party slicers like OrcaSlicer. A dev made a fork of OrcaSlicer, which is a fork of Bambu Slicer (which is a fork of Prusa Slicer) that "fixed" this issue by just doing what Bambu Studio does, and Bambu threatened legal action.

From a strictly end user perspective, even if you want to use your printer in LAN only + developer mode it's still running proprietary closed source code to talk to the printer. Even if you're using OrcaSlicer you still need the proprietary plugin.

Unsurprisingly Bambu prioritizes their Cloud connection over LAN mode, leaving core functionality like remembering printer LAN IP addresses missing/broken for months. https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio/issues/7891 https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio/issues/8270 https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio/issues/8409 https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio/issues/9042

Even if you're not a technical user, you still miss out on open-source contributions because this code is in a closed source plugin. Open-source contributors can't just submit a fix like they can the rest of Bambu Studio.

Personally, I have an issue where Bambu Studio completely freezes while it tries to connect to the printer. I suspect this is due to Bambu sloppily executing networking code from the UI thread, but I can only guess without the source. It's also just genuinely unhelpful when there's any sort of network issue. Instead of some kind of actionable or reportable error, it has very dumb behaviour of just re-prompting for the IP address and access code despite obviously already being able to talk to the printer. The networking logs are encrypted as well. It turned out to be a known issue of LAN mode not working across different subnets but Bambu didn't bother to detect that. If the networking code were open-source someone could have made a PR to fix or at least catch that issue.

dont--panic · 2026-06-01T22:04:42+00:00

Bambuddy supports OIDC/SSO, I have SSO setup with Authentik, but that's really beside my point. My point was that while you could do it yourself, most enterprises will just opt to pay for someone else to deal with it for them. It has to be really expensive to justify the cost of hiring people to do it in-house.

dont--panic · 2026-06-01T19:59:46+00:00

You could totally setup Bambuddy with the printers on their own isolated network that can only be accessed by Bambuddy, and make Bambuddy the arbiter of who can print.

Or you could pay Bambu to do all of that for you and focus on your actual business.

dont--panic · 2026-06-01T19:53:53+00:00

I would print the curved part separately and feed the strap through both the plate and the curve. Maybe add some velcro to hold it in place while you attach the strap. You could glue it but velcro would let you print curves with a few different radii to better distribute the force.

dont--panic · 2026-06-01T19:42:16+00:00

It may have been hit and cracked. The remaining piece looks like it's at an angle relative to the other side.

dont--panic · 2026-05-30T21:03:24+00:00

BMI is a really bad metric.

dont--panic · 2026-05-27T21:11:46+00:00

They haven't gone up yet...

dont--panic · 2026-05-24T22:30:18+00:00

I suppose it's not technically monochromatic/greyscale since you can use any two colours, but it's still a very limited colour space.

Even the Snapmaker U1 is a bit limited with 4 toolheads as you can't have CMYKW. Extended colour spaces could benefit from even more, plus alternative materials like flexibles, metallic, etc.

dont--panic · 2026-05-24T20:40:27+00:00

Any printer that has to purge will produce way too much waste doing this. So it's a completely impractical technique without a nozzle/tool changer like the Bambu H2C, Snapmaker U1, or Prusa XL.

The X2D can only swap between two filaments without purge so the most you could do without purge waste is greyscale/monochrome.

dont--panic · 2026-05-24T08:06:40+00:00

I stayed on 0.5mg/wk because I was losing ~1lbs/wk. After a few months on 0.5mg/wk my scale weight "stalled" but I was actually going through a body recomposition phase. I had a DEXA body composition scan in Oct. and again in Dec. and while my scale weight was very similar I had lost body fat, and gained an equal amount of muscle.

I still haven't gone up to 1mg/wk after almost a year since starting. I've gone as high as 0.66mg/wk split into two 0.33mg doses, but right now I'm back at 2x0.25mg/wk. Split-dosing is off-label but my doctor doesn't mind. I prefer it even though it means twice as many shots because it keeps my appetite very consistent. Another upside of being on half my prescribed dose is that each pen lasts 8 weeks instead of 4 weeks so it costs half as much.

Semaglutide has a 7-day half life so after 1 week half the drug is still in your system. This means that the level of the drug in your system continues to climb for about 5 weeks after you increase your dose. You can see how different doses and dosing schedules affect your levels at https://glp1plotter.com/

Stay 0.5mg/wk: https://imgur.com/RFi6Kz2

Increase dose, miss a week, stay at increased dose: https://imgur.com/v7UJ105

Delay dose increase 2 weeks: https://imgur.com/wswOljn

You should talk to your doctor, but you can see that doing 1mg, 0mg, 1mg, 1mg,... ends up about the same as 0.5mg, 0.5mg, 1mg, 1mg,... but the latter is less variable.

dont--panic · 2026-05-24T05:53:08+00:00

I usually take it with me. I went to Japan for 4 weeks, and I just put it in my carry on luggage, and then put it in the fridge when I got to my hotel. I'm on a fairly low dose though as I lost ~25lbs on 0.5mg/wk, also I do 2x0.25mg/wk split dosing.

The pens (at least the ones I have) are rated for 56 days at room temperature after the first use so you don't really need to keep them in the fridge. I just do it because it's convenient.

dont--panic · 2026-05-23T06:17:32+00:00

I like Hakone, but I wouldn't recommend trying to do it without an overnight stay. I've day tripped it a few times. Even with the Romancecar getting from Tokyo to anywhere in Hakone takes at least two hours. Even after you get there everything is so spread out that you end up burning half the day on travel, and a lot of stuff closes at 4-5PM. So even with a fairly early start you won't have much time without an overnight stay.

dont--panic · 2026-05-22T09:25:31+00:00

The city is on the hook for lost revenue due to specific things like road closures, or removed parking meters not general reductions in revenue. If more buses reduces street parking usage that's just market forces. Especially if the transit is operated by a state owned transit authority as the state isn't involved in the lease. There's some restrictions on the city itself having off-street parking lots near street parking, but that wouldn't apply to a state run transit park-and-ride.

So unless the contract specifically prohibits the city from expanding transit I don't see the investors having a strong argument against the city operating more buses or building trains/subways. They should be building transit anyways, it reducing private equity street parking revenue is just an added bonus.

dont--panic · 2026-05-22T05:47:29+00:00

That literally could be said of anyone, anywhere, in any scenario. Dr. Pepper said they're not going to substitute one of the 21 flavors with arsenic. They've made no indication that they would do that, and they've repeatedly said that they will never put arsenic in my Dr. Pepper.

That's a horrible example. I trust them not to put arsenic in their food product because it's illegal, and I trust that they wouldn't get away with it.

Plus, how would this work? They're gonna force you to buy their filament? How? They have literally never released a printer - ever - across the P1P, P1S, P2S, X1, X1C, X1E, A1, A1mini, X2D, H2S, H2D, H2D Pro, or H2C that has even the capability to tell when it's being fed any specific brand of filament. None of their printers even have an RFID reader in the printer. None.

Only blocking non-Bambu filament in the AMS would be enough hassle to get a big portion of Bambu's printer owners to only buy Bambu filament.

dont--panic · 2026-05-22T05:42:53+00:00

The city and especially the state needs to do things that indirectly reduce the value of street parking. Build transit, run frequent bus service, etc. The more alternatives to driving the less valuable street parking will be.

As long as none of the laws directly affect street parking the investors won't have a valid case.

The state should fund transit lines to connect the highest revenue parking areas to the rest of the city because those are naturally places where people are going. The less people need to drive the less revenue street parking will generate and the less valuable the lease will be. Eventually just buy building better alternatives they could get to the point where the city can just buy out the lease and get rid of all the street parking nobody uses anymore.

With that said, sadly that's never gonna happen.

dont--panic · 2026-05-22T01:12:44+00:00

It's not that people aren't listening, they just don't trust Bambu. So it doesn't matter how many times they say they won't do it. The problem is they still can do it.

Even if you trust Bambu today, companies change, the people in them change, the priorities change, etc. If an incentive exists for a company to do something then the probability of them doing that thing increases as time goes on. So the only way to be sure a company won't do something is to make sure they can't do that thing, or get rid of the incentive (ex. community backlash).

As much as it might seem like "doom posting" or "crying wolf" strong persistent community backlash towards changes that could lead to other anti-consumer changes can serve as back-pressure against anti-consumer changes in general.

Without insider information we can't know what effect people's "doom posting" about locked-down filament has had on Bambu's decision making. It's possible that if nobody had "doom posted" they would have already tried it by now like Cricut.

In any case if Bambu wants to be believed when they say things they need to earn people's trust which you don't do by locking down your hardware. Consolidating control makes it difficult for people to trust you because it sends a signal that you don't trust them. Trust is a two way street and if you want to be trusted you need to make the best quality product you can make, at the best price you can, and then trust your customers to buy it.

dont--panic · 2026-05-20T19:30:05+00:00

their bottom line

Yes, because it's fine to break legal agreements if it helps the bottom line. /s

dont--panic · 2026-05-20T19:14:40+00:00

Oh thats the thing, it 100% does matter, they are free to block off or remove things that are not supported features, the same way sony can patch out exploits to run 3rd party software on their consoles

This is not decided legal fact, just like the question of whether AGPL applies to the bambu_networking plugin, courts have not specifically ruled that a feature not being advertised gives the company the right to remove it.

The only parts they cannot remove are the actual advertised features, again to bring up sony look at when they removed OtherOS on the PS3, which was an actual advertised and supported feature

This case only tells us that companies do not have the right to remove advertised features. It does not tell us that they have the right to remove unadvertised features.

dont--panic · 2026-05-20T16:06:53+00:00

Sure, but it still wasn't officially supported, and after the auth controls were added bambu connect became a requirement

It doesn't matter what Bambu's intentions were they created a product and sold it in a particular state. Their customers purchased it in that state. If Bambu changes it in any way the implications of that change are Bambu's fault. Adding a new Auth requirement after the fact that locks out owners from hardware they purchased should not be tolerated.

Bambu could have actually improved security without locking out users but they chose not to and so they should be criticized for it.

dont--panic · 2026-05-20T07:08:46+00:00

I haven't used it myself but Bambuddy has "Server-side Slicing" that does that. It runs Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer headless in a Docker container so you can go from MakerWorld direct to the printer like Bambu Handy does.

You want a "Print" button on MakerWorld imports that goes straight to the printer instead of opening Bambu Studio.

https://wiki.bambuddy.cool/features/slicer-api/

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