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The corruption in our government is so obvious it's really sad they don't even take the time to hide it. Doesn't matter if you're left or right, black or white, Windows or MacOS user. They have turned to technology and sadly AI to monitor your activity. Just like how age (ID) verification has bipartisan support, so too will this 3D printer ban. You know what else has bipartisan support?
War on *personal* manufacturing. But otherwise, I agree. He was very vague for the first few minutes, almost as if he was trying to keep you there longer to get more ad views. I think the point was supposed to be "if you think this is just about blocking 3d printers from making untraceable gun parts, you're wrong, it's the thin end of the wedge for the government to block anything they don't want you to make, on any kind of computerized equipment."
What does stopping 3D printed guns do?
Honda has been attacking people 3D printing parts..
The problem is that our government is now turning to computers and AI to limit what people can do. Which is so idiotic that I can't even being to imagine what chaos this will cause. Flock cameras, OnStar, ID Verification, and now 3D printing? While depending on AI that sometimes can't make coherent sentences? The only reason people haven't tried to stop this is because it hasn't had a direct effect on them yet.
Their idea of control is an illusion. The stupidity of these people knows no limits. They think computers are totally under Microsoft, Apple's, and even Linux Torvald's control, but that couldn't be further from the truth. That type of control is limited to iOS, and nobody is 3D printing from an iPhone. Before someone corrects me, but yes I know you can 3D print from an iPhone but you wouldn't want to. Every other computer and OS is open for business.
Tell us moar? Maybe start a different thread. 6 rotors? That's basically porn. May have to label it NSFW.
Our government is asking all criminals to please throw away their old 3D printers and computers. Please upgrade your computer to Windows 11. You can repair a 3D printer indefinitely. It's a huge disconnect from reality.
The problem is that they're reproduction, as in someone remade the part. They maybe very similar, but not the original part. This I don't agree with. If your business is depending on people buying over priced plastic then that's a you problem.
I've put part numbers on things I've made, but that's to help others find the part. It also helps make the part look more "authentic". I don't think it matters if they do or don't, it's just companies abusing their power. Just look at Nintendo and them removing open source Switch emulators. Emulators are legal, but that isn't stopping Nintendo. The only time reverse engineered car parts can be illegal is when they use logos, but with a large enough army of lawyers then anything can be considered illegal. It's hard to make a 3D printed Honda badge without the Honda logo. I get what Honda is doing too, I just don't like it.
The reason they're doing this is because Luigi Mangione 3D printed a gun and killed one of their fellow bourgeoisie. So of course, them thinking they can turn technology against people have passed laws. Lots of laws. So many laws. The three areas where they can "do something" about this is.
I suspect the major ones will comply (i.e. makerworld, printables, etc). Yes, they'll still be available on other sites but as long as the files vanish off the main sites the politicians generally end up happy that they accomplished something that they can tell the voters.
Do printables even have gun parts to 3D print? I see toy guns and prop guns but nothing for real guns. What I did find is a website dedicated to hosting files to make guns called defcad. According to this Wired article, the design Luigi used was known as the "ghost gun" and was already freely available. In fact his version was outdated. Also he made it out of purple filament which makes it look more like a child's toy. My guess is that he found it on a forum, which is where I'd imagine people would go to if they wanted a file to print their own gun.
I see two problems with this. One being laws today may have a greater impact later on in the future. Lots of laws had almost no impact until someone decided to abuse it. The second problem is that nobody can actually fulfill these requests. Maybe if you put an AI to determine what a gun is, but AI isn't never good enough to do this 100%. Also again, lots of tools are open source and therefore can have these parts removed. An example is CachyOS's FireFox Pure which strips out all of the telemetry crap that comes with FireFox. Unless the software is 100% closed source then no law is going to do anything.
PETG would still be a better choice over PLA. Not the ideal choice but it shows how little these lawmakers know about 3D printing.
Yea but these BS laws are inherently unenforceable. You're not going to stop someone from 3D printing a gun, let alone going to home depot and making one using plumbing supplies. I also don't get the whole reason to stop this considering how easy it is to acquire a gun in the United States? The reason to be afraid is they'll use AI to determine what is or isn't a gun. That's going to go as well as Flock cameras. But again, open source means this stuff can just be ripped out.
