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There is currently huge debate in the 3D printing world related to information logged by Bambu Lab printers.

Those printers encrypt their logged files and I’m curious to see if there is a way to decrypt them to finally seen what kind of information is stored and tracked.

Here are some sample files. What would be the first step to attempt to decrypt them? Is there a way to see which encryption method they are using and then throw hashpower to these files using tools like hashcat?

https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio/issues/1261#issuecomment-1423022959

With the imminent demise of Mint.com, one of the biggest budgeting app/website is going to disappear. What's a good alternative?

I am almost 50 years old. I played video games for many years, starting with a Commodore 64. I stopped with the PS3 (even if technically I have a Nintendo Switch that I almost never use). I initially thought this was due to lack of time, but I feel that this is a mix of things: lack of time for sure, games getting way too long to play, use of the iPhone is taking almost all of my daily screen time.

I felt the need to go back to video gaming and I thought retro gaming would have been a great option. Out of nostalgia, I bought an original Commodore 64 with original CRT screen and original floppy disk.

After a couple of days of excitement, I am bored by the C64. First of all, it takes so much space! Floppy disk is incredibly slow, it's super difficult to find new games (these floppy disks with games are crazy expensive on eBay), and the games themselves are pretty basic.

I am torn. Should I just give up with video gaming? Should I explore retro gaming more, maybe using a multi-system platform like the Overcame console? Should I try to install tons of ROMS on a Raspberry Pi? Should I forget about retro gaming and get a PS5?

Has anyone gone through the same path?

I was born in 1973.

My first exciting thing was my Commodore 64. I loved playing games with friends, I loved typing code from magazines, I loved creating sprites on paper and dreaming of giving them life on my Commodore 64.

My second exciting thing was my first modem and the first connections to the local BBS in my town. I loved chatting with people, I loved downloading JPGs (well, you can imagine what kind).

My third exciting thing was the internet. This was an evolution of my second exciting thing, it was BBS on steroids. I loved visiting my local newsstand and buying the new issue of .Net magazine. The final pages always included a list of cool new websites to try.

My fourth exciting thing was social media. I loved keeping in touch with friends on Twitter, Friendfeed, Facebook, etc.

My fifth exciting thing was Bitcoin. I got lost in the rabbit hole, having fun mining with my computer (when it was too late to make money), spending hours reading posts on btctalk, buying my first Bitcoin from a guy at a coffee shop for cash, mining with my first Butterfly hardware (again, not enough to make a profit), building my Raspiblitz, staring at Blockchain.info waiting for the next block to be mined.

It has now been quite a while since the last time I was excited about something. The top excitement for Bitcoin was maybe around 2015. Now it's just all about money money money on crypto or developments that are way too complex for me to understand.

What is exciting you nowadays? Any new technology, any new website, any new cool thing going on in the tech world?

I have been a long-time user of a comic books forum that unfortunately decided some time ago to migrate to Tapatalk. I now hate even clicking on the forum's link because of the ads, pop-ups, etc. of the Tapatalk format.

I am trying to convince the other users of the forum to migrate to another platform and I was wondering if there is a clear winner between all the open source platforms out there, such as phpbb, discourse, etc.

Hello,

I have been recently appointed to run a new program at a post-grad school as faculty. I will have to work with other faculty and staff and I need to properly organize tasks, goals, etc.

I have been working for few startups in the past and I am familiar with some project management tools, such as Basecamp, Pivotal Tracker, etc. but I have been away from that field for three years now.

What do you think would be a good tool to use at school to organize the new program? I need something easy to use (other faculties and staff do not have any previous experience with these tools) and the least invasive possible.

I will need to create goals, setup tasks for these goals, assign them to different people, monitor their status, share documents, keep discussions on track, etc.

The school does not have a Dropbox account. They are sharing docs and spreadsheet on the school's Google Apps accounts.

Thanks!