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Saved me a paragraph there.

Something must be done!

This is something, therefore it must be done.

• c suite morons the world over

You’re a good man, Charlie Brown. A good solution to a situation I was considering.

R.I.P. maemo Linux forums, I knew thee well.

In case you weren’t joking, there’s an excellent project called valetudo that allows you to neuter the phone-home capabilities of supported models of these dodgy chinese spyware machines that happen to also clean your house, with very decent home assistant compatibility.

If you’re buying a 1k+ $£€ robot, make sure you really own it properly and hack it.

Bames Jonds havink a stronk. Call a bondulance.

Owned by an Israeli billionaire, with all the implications that come with that.

I would like to add a second for termix, it’s a pretty acceptable replacement and self hosting is a +.

Of course they have, it’s just the people asking for it are also the people who own, one way or another, the creatures we are presented with as political candidates. I.E. the billionaire and ownership class. What the plebs want doesn’t matter, and the squeaky wheel gets the grease every time.

First and best info would be, what does your budget for the printer look like?

Does he have much space to keep it and it’s peripherals?

Are you thinking an FDM printer that lays down many layers of hot material, or a resin printer that exposes liquid resin to a light source to set it in layers?

There are many good options at different price points, and I’m sure other people will know more than me but I hope this helps a little. Happy to provide more in-depth info.

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/adapter/ub5a/

I use one of these with a gaming desktop pc that lives behind my living room TV, it works perfectly for a headset and 8bitdo controller at the same time. Pc runs bazzite these days but has also run Ubuntu and Mint previously with zero issues. Hope that’s the sort of info you were looking for.

I first heard a variation on this decades ago in regards to designing latches on field gates to keep horses in, but allow humans access. The problem being that a lot of horses are wicked smart and shockingly dexterous with their lips, and so many people are shockingly dense and lacking in fine motor skills.

To be honest we Brits sent you lot away already carrying it. No way we didn’t still have it or get it back from you. The UK is at best a couple years behind, as always.