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colson

Rings of Power

I just don't get it. I don't understand how this show even made it to production with this story. I don't understand how no one stopped to look at these characters and not realize they just don't fit in this world. The story doesn't fit.

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colson

Maybe Eat Other Pi?

I really like Raspberry Pi. The concept is great - a hobbyist device that has almost everything you could need to prototype lightweight electronics, all in one convenient bundle for a really cheap price.... at least until the pandemic and post-pandemic supply-chain woes. Scalper pricing…

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colson

... And Then It No Longer Worked

My adventures with the TronXY X5SA continues. After my nice, long write-up about getting everything working I went to bed. I woke up fresh the next day and started doing some testing before work. I started my workday only to have the power go out…

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colson

TronXY Klipper Is Now Installed

Sweet baby jayzus. @tshackelton from the TronXY Discord is awesome - walked me all the way through the setup with a couple of hiccups but whooooojeezusthankgoditsdone. So - let's start with the obvious - the upgrade path for Klipper on the X5SA is seemingly different…

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colson

TronXY X5SA Klipper woes

Printer X5SA Board: cxy-v6-191017 Original firmware: Marlin v1.31 Flashed to: Marlin v1.32 printer.cfg using (Github) - verified the serial is set correctly A) (M v1.31) compiled klipper, put klipper.bin in bare sd card, inserted and powered up. No effect B) - renamed the file update.bin…

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