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KobraPi

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What

... a hobby! I deal with 3D printing, programming, microcontrollers and single-board computers and plan to use this server here to control and monitor a 3D printer. Already runs a power consumption monitor including automatic shutdown of the printer, a temperature monitor including fan control for the server and this self-programmed website here in a flask-gunicorn framework.
Sockets switchable via Wi-Fi, flashed with Tasmota to control power and for consumption measurement, and self-built Esp32 Wi-Fi cameras are also used.
I have implemented the usage of the Telegram bot API to monitor and control printer and server.
I like Python, taught myself and use Pycharm as an IDE and GitHub as a code repository.

Worldwide

... access? No way! Since I'm ā€œstuckā€ behind a CGNAT with my internet provider and don't get a public IP, I decided to rent a virtual private server from IONOS and redirect my NoIP domain to that VPS. I have added all the necessary devices to a virtual private network from ZeroTier. Via that VPN I have worldwide access to my devices, including this Raspberry Pi as a print server.

Why

... I am doing this? Because I can and I really want to learn more, just for fun.
As a little play on words, I named this server KobraPi because my 3D printer is an Anycubic Kobra 2 Plus and the printer server is a Raspberry Pi.
By the way, my nickname is based on a similar play on words ;-)

Want

... to know more about me?
This is a private project, but it's possible to search for the code and hunt for an Easter egg here!
Maybe you find more information about me, it's no secret. Good luck and have fun!

Yours sincerely, D3adCow1220

useless knowledge


Austria: Dead cow, Cobra needed seven shots—Uproar over poor hit rate

13.Dec 2019

Excitement online because the Austrian Cobra needed several attempts to shoot down a cow. Studies have shown that ā€œnormalā€ police officers have a hit rate of just 20 percent when using their weapon on duty. However, the fact that members of the Cobra special task force do not appear to be much more accurate is new. They are said to have needed seven shots in Matrei am Brenner to incapacitate an escaped cow. This is being hotly debated on social media, and Cobra is being criticized.

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