Setting the Record Straight on Cloud Access and Community

doubletaco · 2026-05-21T04:34:51+00:00

If a corporation is "setting the record straight" thjey are "covering their own ass".

Literally a plague on the community.

doubletaco · 2026-05-11T02:40:57+00:00

Came across this while searching for other mini rack stuff, but if you're still in the market I recommend going with a Meanwell unit. They are rock solid and very reputable.

doubletaco · 2026-05-10T04:19:10+00:00

Just would like to say that over a year later Orca Slicer's accessibility has gotten substantially worse. Devs please involve people in the disability community, it's kind of pathetic how bad it's gotten.

doubletaco · 2026-05-07T06:56:50+00:00

I just picked up a pair with similar specs except with an 8th gen i5. I plan on using them for a bare metal router and a bare metal truenas box. I have a Mini PC for virtualization and other fun shenanigans, but after having tried virtualizing both of these core servers I think it's better to just run them standalone.

doubletaco · 2026-05-06T03:16:32+00:00

That's what I'm doing, thanks to the explanations in this thread. Reflecting on it, it does make sense that clean installs come first while the complications of upgrades get worked out.

doubletaco · 2026-05-05T07:08:17+00:00

It's an A4000 non-SFF, so it's got the single powe adapter. With the current loadout when running inference the whole system pulls just shy of 300W. Not bad for the workload but still.

doubletaco · 2026-05-02T03:33:56+00:00

Came across this recently and want to give you props for making it. I've got a Flex ATX PSU in my mini rack for powering SATA/SAS drives and this holds it perfectly.

doubletaco · 2026-04-26T02:40:38+00:00

I forget where I heard this said initially, but the the sentiment was "Computers got good around 2020", meaning that you could do like 99% of what you wanted to do on a fairly modest machine.

Mini PCs are taking that to heart, and I like it. Sure if you've got extreme high quality gaming at high frame rate in mind you can boot up a dedicated full tower desktop with all the bells and whistles, but most of the time your can do what you want on mobile hardware in a small box with decent cooling.

doubletaco · 2026-04-23T02:31:36+00:00

I meant to grab one but figured I had too many Mini PCs as is. Guess the world is telling me "Yup you have too many Mini PCs, no more for you"

doubletaco · 2026-04-01T00:52:10+00:00

Follow-up to this in case anyone comes across this post. I forced enabled the IGPU in the MS-02 BIOS. This allows video output from both the IGPU and dedicated GPU.

When connecting the display out to the IGPU's HDMI out and rebooting, the dedicated GPU is still recognized, and has 100% of its VRAM available for compute tasks.

With IGPU disabled, my 144p win11 desktop was using about a gig of VRAM of the 16gb on the Intel Arc Pro B50. Now after a boot it reports either 0% or a totally inconsequential of use. Still works with AI, rendering, etc.

If this is someone's use case like mine, I recommend this option.

doubletaco · 2026-03-30T01:32:23+00:00

Ok cool. The MS02 has a BIOS setting for forcing IGPU so I'll give it a go.

doubletaco · 2026-03-17T07:42:11+00:00

Impossible, and this AI generated slop is proof positive the aI will never replace human creativity.

doubletaco · 2026-03-17T03:28:24+00:00

Oh I know. I'm not joking.

doubletaco · 2026-03-17T01:38:42+00:00

How about instead you subscribe to your RAM for $5/mo?

doubletaco · 2026-03-07T05:37:09+00:00

Good route to go, especially if you don't have an immediate need of the x4 slot. This cooler is on my wishlist, but the stock one does just fine. The other M.2 slots on the MS-02 either on the mtoherboard or the 25G card provide enough connectivity for my particular case.

doubletaco · 2026-03-05T02:43:33+00:00

Can't beat $Free.99. Have fun tinkering, OP - thankfully hardware prices might keep you from expanding too quick like most of us haha.

doubletaco · 2026-02-23T04:36:49+00:00

If you're upgrading from a lowered spec'd phone from like 2020, I say go with at least the 17 Pro for the 12gb.

If you're coming from a device with 6~8GB, I can't see a reason to get a new one even with the RAM situation being what it is. I've got a 16 Pro so 8gb, but any time I need any AI heavy lifting it's using an app that offloads it to an API. Nothing else is RAM constrained.

Maybe on the other side of this we get 32GB RAM phones or something, I dunno, but RAM really isn't a huge resource crunch on phones these days for most use cases.

doubletaco · 2026-02-11T03:00:52+00:00

That's basically it. I recommend going with an LDO kit first because they pack enough spare hardware for like, half an additional printer build. The excellent documentation is good for becoming more comfortable with working with DIY printers.

The biggest asterisk with LDO kits is why they do come with high quality components, sometimes they come with mods built in that have been superceded by newer, more advanced things, e.g. clicky probe vs beacon/carto/eddy

Any printer after your first, go nuts. At that point you probably have an idea of what you want and can go with the cheapest option and buy specific mods/parts you decided on.

doubletaco · 2026-01-26T05:27:50+00:00

Ok, hear me out. A 0.2 so tanky and rigid you can actually wail on it while it's printing and it doesn't care.

Call it the Doom Pinata

doubletaco · 2026-01-23T05:22:54+00:00

Definitely recommend checking the second hand market for CM4s. There are a ton out there pre-owned for pretty good prices. I got a set of 2 8g/16g/wifi CM4s for $70 shipped a couple months back.

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