Troompa Loompa doo-ba-dee-doo, I’ve got a briefing just for you. Troompa Loompa doo-ba-dee-dee, Guess who forgot about diplomacy?

What do you get when you govern by tweet? Policy swings that can’t stand on two feet. Blame goes flying in every direction, While facts get lost in the news correction!

You’ll get no… grown-up debate, Just vibes and polls and culture war bait. Why not try… something brand new? Like telling the truth—too radical for you?

Troompa Loompa doo-ba-dee-done, Can’t name a win, but they sure spin one. Troompa Loompa doom and despair, Try finding a budget—if you dare!

How do they cope with a crisis or two? By holding a hearing and blaming a few. If something breaks, just shrug and say, “Let’s ban books or TikTok today!”

They don’t want… nuance or plans, Just memes and PACs and high-fives from fans. If you’re wise, you’ll listen to me: Don’t run the country like reality TV.

Troompa Loompa doo-ba-dee-dough, Good luck, America—enjoy the show!

I don’t understand why this is such a big deal. There is no huge open source scene for regular printers. Because it’s a tool, not a hobby. People want a print on paper and move on. This gatekeeping gotta go: It’s holding 3D printing back. Bambu did for 3D printing what Apple did for mobile phones: They made 3D printing clean, simple and easy. If you want to fiddle around with custom firmware and usability hacks and cobbled together components, power to you. I’ll be over here, actually printing things.

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What now?

They are not changing anything. They are warning the customer import charges wil incur if the purchase proceeds. They gain nothing and stand to lose a sale.

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The old internet was hidden behind dial-up modems and TCP-IP stacks and weird telnet and usenet protocols. This complexity worked as a filter and the people using it were mostly academics, students, techies and other nerds (me amongst them). The moment uncle Bob could poke his way through social media on his phone from the shitter, the whole thing cascaded into Eternal September and “the old internet” was lost forever.