Fascinating! Thank you for including a picture of the new design, using the ribs to reinforce the surface should improve things a lot with minimal material added.

Yeah just say you accept either prepaid with Monero (XMR) or using the cash-on-delivery option. A link to getmonero.org in the FAQ would be appreciated, but is not required.

I prefer public discussion. If you must reach me privately, please send me a simplex invite, the lemmy chat is not encrypted.

Don't dry filament in the oven. Simply put the filament spool on the print bed, set it to 60°C (PLA) or 70°C (PETG) and cover it with a cardboard box to trap the heat. Poke 3 holes in the box to lead damp air escape. Let it cook for 2-4h, then flip the spool and wait for another 2-4h. Store in air tight container with some silica gel to keep it dry.

Either monero or cash is fine as payment. You don't need to support both.

I can not take any privacy service seriously which does not accept monero and/or cash. You exceed expectations by not even including kyc'd payment methods.

Your landing page does not load at all without javascript. For a privacy service this is an immediate red flag. It doesn't have to be pretty, but I expect to be able to read all text without JS.

I'm not a fan of your "litepaper". It contains too much marketing (mission statement, ownership, zero knowledge praise) and user guide (website, payment, dashboard, referral). The first block belongs on an about us page, the second on an faq page. As it is right now, it feels a bit like a shitcoin whitepaper. Instead use it to exclusively explain how your tech works, and why I it is better then what your competition does.

Ultimately you could just be another ANOM, and it's up to you to sufficiently proof you aren't. Sorry to be this harsh, but your presentation does not give me the confidence to even try your service.

• There are plenty of VPNs that accept credit cards Paypal etc etc
• There are plenty of VPNs that have company and contact information on their website

Vote with your wallet.

AI has the potential to become a tool which strongly favors and benefits the ruling class. Us peasants get the locked down version, while government agencies get to use the full power for cyber warfare and disinformation campaigns, and large corpos get to manipulate ("advertise") to you in most manipulative way to act in their best interest.

The way I see it good people shy away form using AI, leaving only the assholes wielding their new would powers. Those with ill intentions will find ways to use it, no matter how many laws you put up to prevent it. To defend yourself the best approach would be to learn how to use AI yourself, so that you can detect and react when AI is used against your best interests.

Does this make me pro or con AI? I honestly don't know. Maybe complex things are never that black and white to begin with.

In my experience it works extremely well for everything online and digital content. The instance I'm on? 100% crowd funded with microdonations and the hoster directly accepts it without conversion back to fiat. I pay my email and VPN also like this, and on mullvad you even get a 10% discount.

But yes, for everything physical it's a long way ahead to become widely accepted.

Do not use "paste" that already has a low viscosity at room temp, it will get more liquid as it heats up. Good thermal paste doesn't even cost much, and a syringe last for years of regular service on multiple devices. Repasting is not difficult.

This phone was designed poorly, the magnets are doomed to rip the back glass off eventually.

Damn, this makes it even more infuriating that they don't offer replacement parts :(

Armbian is a thing, and devices like the RK3588 are powerful enough for light desktop use. Performance is still far below that of what any Intel or AMD based system can provide.