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Core One vs. Voron 2.4.

I also have a V2.4 and it's the most reliable printer I own. It's the second printer I built and the third I've owned. And having built it from scratch, I know if anything breaks, I can fix it. I added an in-chamber carbon filter, a mod that let's me probe the bed with the nozzle itself, and some custom designed magnetic attachments for the side panels. Oh and a kinematic bed mod -- this let's the bed expand with heat while keeping the center in the same spot.

It's fantastic and I regularly print PLA, PETG, and ABS. I do like tinkering, but I will not touch this one because it's such a reliable workhorse. The one last mod I would contemplate is a way to wipe the nozzle automatically.

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IBM and Moderna have simulated the longest mRNA pattern without AI — they used a quantum computer instead

This article is very poorly written. It conflates protein structure with RNA structure. Proteins are polymers of 20 types of amino acids with comparatively widely varied chemical properties and structures. RNA is a polymer of 4 types of nucleotides with very similar chemical properties and structures. Predicting the secondary structure (structure on a local scale) of RNA is essentially a solved problem on traditional computers and clever but human written algorithms up to several thousand nucleotides.

The novelty here is an iterative increase in complexity in what can be tackled by quantum computing.

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[troubleshooting] Adhesion issue

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Those are a lot of fun to play with! Glad you got it working! Textured PEI sheets are great for PLA in general. Usually a good wipe with isopropyl alcohol before a print works to keep the adhesion strong. I find every once in a while actually washing and scrubbing it with dish soap and hot water is needed to refresh the PEI surface.