The idea of virtualizing computer interface displays and being able to lock them to physical locations in space is really cool. But there is no fucking way I would wear a headset just for that. I’d love to have an intangible screen that magically hangs above my stove to help with cooking tasks. But again… headset? No thanks.

Oh wow, that sounds like a cool project. I will look into it.

I ended up making an awesome esphome rig for my garage door. An esp32 board, a magnetic switch for position detection and a little relay that closes for .5s connected to the wall button wires.

Super simple and it works crazy well. It also cuts out all the proprietary shit the manufacturer would prefer I use.

Your question exposes a language problem.

A router cannot do that. A router connects two networks together and routs traffic between them. That is it.

A home “router” is a combination device that includes a router, a wireless access point, maybe a modem, a managed switch, a dhcp server, a firewall, and more.

If you need a managed switch with more than 4 ports… you buy a managed switch. It is simple.

There are so many things you can do to make these cheap printers reliable that I really could not list them all. When it comes to bed and first layer issues here are the biggest ones

Make sure your X gantry is tight and not sagging. The eccentric nuts on the guide wheels should be set so that there is very little play. If you lift the left side it should not move much without raising the gantry.

Tram your bed with the screws almost bottomed out. Loose screws mean that the bed is moving more and will not likely hold a level for long.

The bed must be warm during abl. these things warp and twist like crazy when you heat them. You will not get good results on these cheap ass beds if your machine measures its shape cold.

If you are not using a pei coated sheet to print on buy one asap. It is a superior print surface and a huge leap in print technology. It’s less important with pei, but it is worth noting that the print surface must be clean. Oils from your fingers mess with adhesion to the print bed.

Those are the big ones. There are like I said a million little things you can do. These things can be made into reliable work horses but it takes A lot of research, work, time, and often money to make them such. My ender 3 has cost me more than a prusa would have, which is pretty dumb tbh. On the other hand, it’s mine and there is no part of it that I do not understand. I like my printer. It’s very fast, very reliable, and I made it that way.

One more vote for the SKR mini e3. Best upgrade you can do for one of these printers.

Man I have never understood what people are doing to make money with a 3d printer. It’s an incredibly inefficient manufacturing technique if you need quantity of a part. So, how does that business even work. Who the hell is buying all those… green rectangles? What are they for??

I don’t want to kink shame the tech press, but we got to talk about the bezel fetish. These are functional devices and they need to interact with a human body, not just slowly rotate on a pedestal during a reveal event.

I guess we have no choice but to see this through. Achieve zero bezel, the press will finally be able to finish. And the the customer complaints will drive us back to sanity over the next few generations.

I have used android phones going back to a galaxy s3, and recently bought an Apple phone. My brother, the battery life on these fucking things is different. The capacity matters but the optimization that Apple is using more than washes it out.

2-3 days without charging is a reality with my 13pro. It’s not catch up. The iPhone was an experimental purchase for me. There are things I don’t love about iOS, but I probably can’t go back to android battery life.