Massimo Banzi

Professional Nerd. Co-Founder @arduino.cc , Founder of SuperModerno. Interaction Design prof. Tweeting a link doesn't endorse its content.

[Arduino @arduino]

See how @mbanzi and the SuperModerno team automated their workspace with the Arduino UNO Q, connecting design lamps and custom triggers through different wireless protocols. 💡

Watch the video for a step-by-step walkthrough from concept to prototype! https://t.co/dTR209ZcHg

[Jeff Geerling @geerlingguy]

I've seen a few people trying to defend @BambulabGlobal's bullying of an open source developer over completely legal AGPL code use...

Now @conservancy is raising funds to stop companies like Bambu Labs from abusing the AGPL and open source devs: https://t.co/bGDJUC6whp

[Josef Prusa @josefprusa]

BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their fork, with the same networking binary black box in question today. Why are they willing to burn the goodwill over it?
There's something most have sensed but never seen it all in one place, the five-law framework China built between 2017 and 2023 ⤵️

So maybe their hand is forced as their "network" is too valuable already? Each law on its own, interesting, okay... Read them together, and add any Chinese company with big reach to the mix you get the complete picture.

1) National Intelligence Law (2017)
All organizations and citizens must "support, assist, and cooperate" with intelligence work. The same law makes it illegal to disclose that cooperation happened. Cooperation is mandatory, and silence about it is mandatory too.

2) Cryptography Law (2020)
Commercial encryption must be state-approved and state-reviewed. When authorities request it, companies must provide decryption keys or plaintext. The state on both sides of that equation is the same one.

3) Data Security Law (2021)
Article 2 gives the state extraterritorial reach over data that touches Chinese national security or public interests. So EU/US data hosting does nothing to make it safe, because jurisdiction follows the company, not the server location.

4) Counter-Espionage Law revision (2023)
The general definition of espionage was expanded to cover "documents, data, materials, or items related to national security and interests." Industrial data is one of the intended targets since the revision.

5) Network Product Security Vulnerability regulation (2021)
Any company or researcher that discovers a software vulnerability must report it to MIIT within 48 hours. From there it flows to CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database of Information Security), operated by the 13th Bureau of the Ministry of State Security. Microsoft's threat intelligence team documented Chinese state-hacker zero-day usage rising after this took effect. Shows the willingness to use the “tools” China built.

Together they describe a system with no neutral exits. Cooperation is required, encryption is real but the spare keys live at the ministry, jurisdiction follows the company across borders, industrial data is in scope, and discovered vulnerabilities flow to an intelligence agency 😬

3D printing became strategic for China in 2020 and joined the “Made in China 2025” plan soon after. Why does 3D printing matter so much? 1/x

[GamersNexus @GamersNexus]

Get fucked, @BambulabGlobal. With permission of the developer to rehost, grab OrcaSlicer-BambuLab here: https://t.co/2V2YZHy2Fl

[clem 🤗 @ClementDelangue]

@atreides_sf Let’s be real, closed model sota was distilled from a mix of web and open-source

[Massimo Banzi @mbanzi]

@geerlingguy Apple has forgotten it was a pioneer of Interaction Design and went all in with eyecandy. The Liquid Glass interface had made the phone way less usable :(

[Massimo Banzi @mbanzi]

@DanielBogdanoff Looks good to me :)

[Massimo Banzi @mbanzi]

@HSkelsen @PietroLeveratto Lo sai vero che è impossibile? Almeno il 20% dei siti del mondo usano CloudFlare. Il loro DNS risponde a 1700 miliardi di richieste al giorno... Direi che è difficile da evitare senza perdersi un pezzo significativo di Internet

[Prusa3D @Prusa3D]

Introducing the INDX! ✨ Fast and affordable 8-material printing exclusively on the Prusa CORE One. INDX is a revolutionary way of looking at toolchanger systems. Imagine your CORE One loaded with eight spools, swapping tools in seconds with near-zero waste. It’s a huge leap forward and a great example of two European companies, Prusa Research and the Swedish extrusion leaders at Bondtech, collaborating to push the entire industry ahead. 🦾
Read more on our blog: https://t.co/LFgJ2Xedfj

[Massimo Banzi @mbanzi]

@pier_dr @arduino Thanks 🙏

[Alberto Alemanno 🇪🇺 @alemannoEU]

European independence cannot be established in speeches.

Unless von der Leyen is ready to do what it takes to advance the ambitions that she so eloquently proclaims, she will remain a symbol of Europe’s unfulfilled promise.

My latest @ProSyn https://t.co/md3MWl5xKK #SOTEU #EUCO

[Massimo Banzi @mbanzi]

@NathanBuilds @BambulabGlobal the fact that you need to have an account to download an stl freely provided by a user is a pain in the ass. just a way to collect emails to spam...

[Massimo Banzi @mbanzi]

@duttprasan @arduino It's a fake arduino, I'm pretty sure it's explosive even without detonator 😂

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

There is no moral justification for today’s extraordinary concentration of wealth.

It is distorting politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.

Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of our economy and our democracy.

[Massimo Banzi @mbanzi]

@RogerUnchained @josefprusa Don't worry we complain about any country. This turn is a Chinese company next it will be another country btw. The CCP is a political party. He didn't insult the Chinese people.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

How is it that Atlassian builds tools that:

- SO MANY people use

- SO MANY people dislike (JIRA, Confluence. Previously also HipChat)

They are defying the conventional wisdom for business success that starts with "build something people will love"

[Josef Prusa @josefprusa]

Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead - you just don't know it yet ➡️ https://t.co/D45JEQPdR6

[Silkie Carlo @silkiecarlo]

MUST read on algorithms in the NHS!

A young Brit was in need of a liver transplant when she found out an algorithm would be making the life or death decision 😳

Unbelievable story and incredible reporting by @madhumita29

https://t.co/hOq3F6yAyv

[Massimo Banzi @mbanzi]

Sabato 23 Dicembre sono live su Filo Connesso. Mentre cucinate il bollito per Natale collegatevi :) https://t.co/SnclQSyIe1

[LaBombetta Rettiliana ™️👽 @LaBombetta76]

Io che provo ad arrivare alla fine del 2023
#buongiornissimostanchezza