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When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was a confluence of state repression and the sometimes capricious attention of a Western audience that, as she asserts, often views Chinese activists more as ideological tokens than as genuine human beings.

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[-] rickdg@lemmy.world 100 points 1 year ago

Given how much the CCP controls China, you’re always a bit suspicious that any cool content from there is actually state-sponsored (TikTok seems to have a lot of channels like that). That was the first impression I got from the first video I saw of sexycyborg and I’m sure that a lot people dismissed her for similar reasons. But if you learn about her story, it all seems legit and she’s a very inspiring hacker.

[-] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 64 points 1 year ago

She developed a new form of 3D printer for printing extremely long objects.

The printer can effectively print a chain forever if given enough filament, as it prints at a 45 degree angle on a belt.

Good for cosplay swords, poles, staffs, belts, lamp posts, other long and hard things.

[-] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago

Combine that with the multi filament feature of Bamboo printers(IIRC), and hot swappable spools, and you can literally print until something else in the system breaks.

There are replacements for other parts too, like the diamond tip that's supposed to be really durable.

[-] calavera@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

You are talking about that conveyor belt printer from creality? I didn't know it was her

[-] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

She made the prototype and collaborated with them, so the story goes.

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