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		xormapmap on July 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A world where people pay for software Nobody is QAing 3D printer firmware because they thought it would be fun. They are doing it because their printer crashed and now they can no longer print.

asyx on July 27, 2023 | [–]

But we're talking here about thermal runaway protection. Not "my prints are ugly let me fix this".

In the same way you want your 3D printer to not burn your house down you want your dishwasher to not flood your house.

Sounds very similar to me.

spencerflem on July 27, 2023 | [–]

presumably hackers use dishwashers too

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