actually they have soem cool stuff there. one of the canada arms, a replica (i think) of one of the appollo capsules
#general-chat
rapid geode
blissful roost
.... Does a not drunk Canadian actually exist?!?
rapid geode
i never said canadian
blissful roost
I assumed a typo, didn't I?!? Lol
rapid geode
learn yer cultures n stuff! 😛
rapid geode
yeah cause you stole ours
rapid geode
empire, pft. all that island is good for is being repeatedly conquered
rapid geode
sure, they were conquered by eton college
blissful roost
We did have this thing... "EEWWW", I think they called it..
Didn't last.
blissful roost
It's dead, Jim
rapid geode
im trying to script a batch exporter in fusion
blissful roost
Sounds like fun.
blissful roost
I have to sit and watch monitors until 7am.. #fun.
blissful roost
Could have no job.
rapid geode
haha
blissful roost
Plus YT, if I'm stuck for anything else.
rapid geode
i dont have a tv. need to get one at some point.
like so
seems expensive
haha
when are 100" roll up tv's going to be $50?
blissful roost
I'm still using a 32" 1080p at home, after my 42" got smashed.
rapid geode
doh
wooden schooner
Cheap projector onto a distant wall
rapid geode
projectors are meh
rapid geode
and there are no distant walls in my house. its too tiny
wooden schooner
Same
rapid geode
this room is 12x14 ft roughly. the tv in the render is 85"
delicate stream
I have a tiny LED projector and I love it for travel movies
wooden schooner
I have to physically tilt the unit even at the max keystone angle because the wall is 10 ft away
frigid tiger
The apple ar headset will be the next step in productivity
delicate stream
SoonTM
blissful roost
Uuuugggggghhhhhhhhhhh
delicate stream
Apple AR will change the world
rapid geode
ar.... no thanks
blissful roost
Lmao
blissful roost
Yes, they will totally change my "Do not give money to Apple" policy. 🤣
delicate stream
frigid tiger
the future is 2040: cars have achieved self driving, all displays have been made obsolete by ar, you still aren't allowed to work from home
blissful roost
I can't do WFH... policy not permitted.
rapid geode
everything in my industry is wfh at this point
it was a pain at first, but we all got used to it. we can have a smaller studio and still have 100 people cause they dont all need desks
blissful roost
I'd love to WFH, but I'd have to get a role which permits it.
I really want to get back to Linux SysAdmin.
blissful roost
I'm thinking I could go for a CKA cert.
At least that would keep me local, with this company.
lusty fossil
I was at 60% WFH. Work clawed back til I'm now at 20%
rapid geode
i need to take everything out of my livingroom to do the hardwood, drywall, paint, etc. but my house is so small i have nowhere to put the stuff
tardy badger
I type out “zee” and I think of all the places that say “z” as zed and I say “zed-ee” and chuckle
tardy badger
i need to take everything out of my livingroom to do the hardwood, drywall, pain...
Just use your front lawn
tardy badger
thats not how it works
I know, and that’s why it’s funny
rapid geode
my front lawn is covered in snow
if it was warm i would put it on the patio covered in plastic
tardy badger
Just put a tarp down, it’ll be fine 🙂
Jokes aside, I also have a small living space.
But I lease so no renovations for me
rapid geode
asa finished house, its perfectly fine. but to renovate, its so awkward
how do you renovate a bathroom when you need the bathroom?
ha
answer, you make a temporaty second bathroom in the corner of the kitchen
then you have to remove that later..
etc etc
blissful roost
Just put a tarp down, it’ll be fine 🙂
rapid geode
but now im stuck. i have a stack of plywood and drywall and the hardwood flooring boxes. whihc i keep having to move around
ponderrs
tardy badger
Invoice phishing scams are interesting
Especially when the come from imaginary companies in countries I never did business lol
sends spam email to trash
Then they try to send follow up emails like “hey thanks for the invoice”
delicate stream
Sometimes I think about using all these tactics I’ve learned that people use to make money… but then I feel sick and stop thinking about it
tardy badger
In this case, it’s not an imaginary company but someone phish as Mainstream New Zealand Ltd.
If someone did a lot of overseas shipping they might pause for thought
But I’ve never used the company nor am I doing any international shipping other than getting stuff from aliexpress and JLCPCB
delicate stream
The only international stuff I usually get is eBay
And my plush waifu from China
tardy badger
Lol
Yeah
Anyway, I get good exposure to random phishing schemes hoping to compromise companies.
tardy badger
Yeah, you have to be so careful doing that. Hats off to them for deleting all their servers lol
I saw one where they locked out all the computers in the scam call center and the employees just started pacing and throwing keyboards
Very satisfying
delicate stream
Hehehehe, yeah… I wanna do that
blissful roost
I was just reading through my logs from a pair of Steam account scammers.
Funny AF.
I got both accounts banned from Discord. Lol
delicate stream
lol
dusty citrus
some years ago around here there was a ponzi scheme called sixthcontent, you could make good money by making thousands of accounts, then even when they exit scammed, I just chargebacked; like you could get an amazon giftcard of 25 euros for just 12.5 euros, pretty surprising the amount of people who though that all of that was legit lol
gusty torrent
I used to work for a company whose accounting department was such chaos that I'm sure they paid every invoice they got because they didn't have any kind of tracking.
The parent company of my current employer is almost like that too - they found out someone was colluding with contractors, fired him, cut off contract which caused a chain reaction of subcontractor bankruptcies putting 500+ people out of work.
dusty citrus
lol
delicate stream
500+ people out of work doesn’t sound so funny…
lusty fossil
500+ people out of work doesn’t sound so funny…
People shouldn't commit fraud
delicate stream
At the school I’m currently placed at, they have new folks in the business office, and they’re digging into stuff that had piled up from the last business manager and his counterpart who basically did the bare minimum… and they’re finding a lot of things we’re just filed as “miscellaneous” and paid on the credit card that maybe should have actually been investigated or challenged…
delicate stream
People shouldn't commit fraud
The people in the subcontractor companies may not have been aware that their bosses were committing fraud
lusty fossil
What I mean is the people committing fraud should have considered their choices
delicate stream
Yeah. It’s funny when one jerk gets canned and ruins themselves because they were doing fraud, not funny when that cascades to impact innocent people
blissful roost
Not on the same level as fraud, but... A couple of our contractors caused a major outage last week.
I'm expecting their contracts won't be retained.
I certainly hope not.
delicate stream
Personally, I think if someone does something like commit fraud, and that leads to the company they work for going bankrupt and innocent people lose their livelihoods, the perpetrator should be held responsible for both the fraud and financial hardship of those innocent people
blissful roost
Completely agree
delicate stream
Put them in the stockade and pelt them with rotten fruit!
Also make them pay every spare penny to those folks. No nice things for them. 25¢ Ramen and a cot.
umbral phoenix
Consequences for financial and corporate crimes are not severe enough, they're often just a cost of doing business. We have life in prison for humans, what about life without income for corporations if the misdeed warrants it?
"oh, we got breached? lol, here have some free credit monitoring"
delicate stream
Yeah… companies should be penalized more. Also the execs should take personal responsibility when they do horribly dumb things
tardy badger
"oh, we got breached? lol, here have some free credit monitoring"
Here’s $5.12
umbral phoenix
yeah, class action settlements are a joke
delicate stream
Here’s $5.12
I got a rock
tardy badger
Class action is great.. for settlement lawyers who get huge paydays
Just go to law school for representing class action suits and you’ll make good money
Mostly because they never go to trial and most companies are okay settling for multi million dollar sums for what they view as an oopsy
umbral phoenix
it is a way to pursue wrongs when individuals can't do it themselves, but it's not enough
delicate stream
Just go to law school for representing class action suits and you’ll make good m...
Part of me wants to do that… and then give 99% of the money away
tardy badger
It should be reformed so lawyers don’t do it for huge paydays which skiff consumers actually harmed
delicate stream
Yeah, most of the money should go to the harmed parties
tardy badger
My information was leaked as part of the breach, and they wanted me to trust Equifax with monitoring my credit? No thanks..
delicate stream
Yeah…
tardy badger
The lawyers walked away with tens of millions and I got.. $5.20; others were forced to take the credit monitoring
It’s just not right
I did get a notification about the Apple butterfly keyboard settlement
I wasn’t a class member if that suit though
delicate stream
Wait, there was a settlement for that? I didn’t know that… I have a 2020 MacBook Pro, which was impacted, and they replaced it despite being out of warranty, free of charge (which actually included a new battery! Apparently that’s part of the top and can’t be replaced by itself… wasteful, but bonus for me)
tardy badger
Yeah, you can get up to like $300 for a single replacement claim, $500 for two replacements?
Claim period might still be open too
I was fortunate and my mid 2017 mac hasn’t had issues with the keyboard
delicate stream
Hmmm... Do you need to be first hand owner? I got it second hand
tardy badger
I bought mine new but it’s been heavily used for 5 years
delicate stream
Sounds like you got lucky, like how I got lucky with my Switch that I got in 2017 and haven't had JoyCon drift yet, lol
Altho I haven't played it heavily...
tardy badger
My switch mostly collects dust despite me wanting to beat Pokémon scarlet and violet
delicate stream
lmao
tardy badger
I’ve played a little but my depression swings either wanting to play games or bury myself in electronics projects.
Or sitting on the couch playing a phone game solving jigsaw puzzles
delicate stream
My depression typically has me either trying to sleep or watching videos and playing puzzle phone games or walking...
rapid geode
i have a depression in the lawn where i shovelled a hole
delicate stream
Lucky you only have that
tardy badger
i have a depression in the lawn where i shovelled a hole
Presumably to put a tarp down for your furniture 😆
On the note of depression, I love that my brain can vividly imagine things in vast 3D spaces and just conjure up anything. I definitely think that activity leads to depression when there are things in your mind that are from the real world that can not be so easily manipulated if at all.
It’s a balancing act for sure
I do love that at least one of my outlets is making things
delicate stream
All the art I can create in my head, but can't get out to share...
tardy badger
I can feel constructive and try to pump some serotonin into my body.
tardy badger
All the art I can create in my head, but can't get out to share...
Same.. I wish I had the drive to paint
But I start and I just don’t know how to actually make it look how I imagine it
delicate stream
Same.. I wish I had the drive to paint
Unfortunately, while I might have the drive, I don't have the ability...
blissful roost
Shame I can't paint my apartment... Something not boring off-white would be nice.
tardy badger
My town home came with gray walls and white trim which was nice
But now most of my furniture looks weird because I bought gray tones to contrast white walls in my apartment
blissful roost
When I eventually move to the US, my mancave will be black and red.
tardy badger
Unfortunately, while I might have the drive, I don't have the ability...
Drive, ability.. both issues for me
I can freehand drawings based on what I see visually. And have some shapes/characters memorized
But painting is a who other story
tardy badger
When I eventually move to the US, my mancave will be black and red.
Bold colors
blissful roost
😁
tardy badger
Lots of RGB too?
blissful roost
No RGB at all.
tardy badger
Not even to trim the ceiling?
blissful roost
Correct
tardy badger
A bunny run going around the perimeter of the room?
blissful roost
"Mancave".
No buns allowed.
delicate stream
I can freehand drawings based on what I see visually. And have some shapes/chara...
I can't do that DX
tardy badger
Man caves are an interesting concept to me
I just want an office with my stuff that I find comfort in
tardy badger
Ah lol
I rarely ever drink so maybe just a soda stream for me lol
Or a kettle and good assortment of hot cocoa
Maybe some teas
blissful roost
Earl Grey is a must.
tardy badger
My Pokémon stuff too on shelves
delicate stream
tardy badger
An adjustable height desk would be fantastic
blissful roost
We have some motorised desks at work.
Not my thing, but cool.
I want enough space for a 6x monitor mount, 2x3 arrangement.
tardy badger
I managed to mess up my back sleeping early December, being able to stand while I work would be nice
delicate stream
I need a new back
tardy badger
Same
blissful roost
I want less sciatica. Lol
tardy badger
It’s like I turned 30 and my back was like “right, that’s about enough of this” and threw itself out and compressed a disk or something
blissful roost
I also get this odd numbness between my shoulder blades.. very odd.
tardy badger
Be sure to read the “right, that’s about enough of this” in an Australian accent
delicate stream
I can feel my liver and it itches
tardy badger
I have sympathy feelings which is why I could never become a doctor. Your liver itching makes my body physically cringe lol
Now my livers itching
delicate stream
... I shouldn't tell you the rest, huh
blissful roost
Did you know.. French fries didn't come from France...
They were cooked in Greece first.
blissful roost
😁
delicate stream
I should start charging fines for stuff like that :P
blissful roost
I'll send cookies... When I start making them again.
tardy badger
Did you British call fries crisps because they’re usually crispy.
blissful roost
I call fries fries.
tardy badger
Welcome to America
blissful roost
Fries = skinny.
Chips = thick.
delicate stream
Fries = skinny.
Chips = thick.
What about steak fries?
dusty citrus
tavern ;)
blissful roost
Thick = chips.
astral portal
i've been missing the microsd bff all my life and i never knew it
tardy badger
Fries = skinny.
Chips = thick.
Except chips are very very thin and sold in crinkly bags
delicate stream
Steak FRIES
blissful roost
Yeahno. Lol
delicate stream
https://tenor.com/view/jail-right-to-jail-right-away-parks-and-recreation-parks-and-rec-gif-16177531
tardy badger
There’s a restaurant in a tiny town in Wyoming called pitchfork fondue that cooks steaks in hot oil and cools the oil down by making potato chips
lusty fossil
i've been missing the microsd bff all my life and i never knew it
It's so neat. I'm already trying to think of other ways to spend money on adafruit gear to use it. Nice job ladyada! Very sneaky.
tardy badger
They also have fruit salad, regular salad, and dessert lol
delicate stream
There’s a restaurant in a tiny town in Wyoming called pitchfork fondue that cook...
Steak chips
tardy badger
Tis delicious
I knew the owners, they were very nice people
They sold it a few years back
astral portal
in the ...forever i've been here that was the first message i've sent in general (aside from #pet-photos because it's #pet-photos)
astral portal
It's so neat. I'm already trying to think of other ways to spend money on adafru...
i actually have a project planned that the microsd bff will help a ton
lusty fossil
Same!
tardy badger
I’m going to stack the TFT BFF I made with the microSD BFF, and a LiPo power pack I made two years ago
blissful roost
Steak FRIES
tardy badger
Add a 150mA battery and an esp32-s2 qt py, print a small case and have a pager that delivers memes instead of emergencies
blissful roost
Like that?
blissful roost
Correct
astral portal
I’m going to stack the TFT BFF I made with the microSD BFF, and a LiPo power pac...
YOU CAN STACK BFF BOARDS?
blissful roost
That sounds like an intimate question.....
delicate stream
Steak fries
blissful roost
Dem's chips, innit.
astral portal
my brain has expanded
tardy badger
And make sure the BFFs don’t have any conflicting pins of course
delicate stream
Stack 20 microSD BFFs, lol
tardy badger
Just get the extra tall headers
delicate stream
Quick, what can I use to improvise a tab for a battery compartment?
astral portal
Stack 20 microSD BFFs, lol
you theoretically could stack 11 without conflicts
astral portal
Quick, what can I use to improvise a tab for a battery compartment?
glue?
astral portal
what part do you need fixed?
astral portal
ohhh i thought you were talking about one of the battery cover tabs
delicate stream
lol, battery compartment is made of cardboard
tardy badger
Anyway, I’m gonna walk around; hit a button on my phone and the pager goes off “oops, looks like I missed my appointment! Better run!” But in reality it’s a meme
delicate stream
lmao, ttyl
astral portal
lol, battery compartment is made of cardboard
more cardboard then
delicate stream
Cardboard is non-conductive XD
astral portal
add solder
delicate stream
Cardboard + solder = minimally burnt cardboard, possibly a fire, lol
tardy badger
My gif is my idea, foil 🫣
astral portal
Cardboard + solder = minimally burnt cardboard, possibly a fire, lol
use the same thing they use to solder THT where they dip the pins in a pool of melted solder to dip the cardboard and voila
delicate stream
My gif is my idea, foil 🫣
Hmm... but can I solder copper to aluminimum? And don't I have to worry about galvanic corrosion?
lusty fossil
Cardboard + solder = minimally burnt cardboard, possibly a fire, lol
You act like you don't need to keep warm and I just don't understand
delicate stream
use the same thing they use to solder THT where they dip the pins in a pool of m...
delicate stream
You act like you don't need to keep warm and I just don't understand
It's 85F in here already!
astral portal
https://tenor.com/view/fire-flames-hot-burning-gif-14818687
bring a fire extinguisher
delicate stream
bring a fire extinguisher
Having ash for a battery compartment isn't gonna work out XD
tardy badger
Hmm... but can I solder copper to aluminimum? And don't I have to worry about ga...
Not with copper foil
astral portal
dip a lamp mantle in solder and cut it up?
astral portal
i have a hook on my wall SPECIFICALLY for kapton tape
that stuff holds the electrical industry together
delicate stream
Kapton tape is on my mic arm because I use that a lot... copper tape not as much
astral portal
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uh oh (shortened for discord)Copper tape is great for doing touch devices
delicate stream
Copper tape is great for doing touch devices
I did get a touch cap shield I might use it for… not sure why I bought that XD
tardy badger
The tape or touch cap shield?
delicate stream
Touch cap shield. Got the tape for various projects, but largely to be bus bars inside enclosures and such instead of wires
tardy badger
Ah makes sense
delicate stream
Question is… where the heck is all the copper tape
astral portal
Question is… where the heck is all the copper tape
hammerspace
delicate stream
I got 3 different sizes, the smaller sizes had 2 rolls, and I found only the unopened medium roll DX
tardy badger
Oh no
astral portal
https://tenor.com/view/the-legend-of-korra-korra-mad-angry-rage-gif-4514117
ATLA better than TLOK
delicate stream
ATLA better than TLOK
delicate stream
The copper tape
astral portal
i forgot about the cu tape for a sec (typing hard in dark(with onw hand))
delicate stream
Lol
delicate stream
i forgot about the cu tape for a sec (typing hard in dark(with onw hand))
You need practice
astral portal
cmon
astral portal
https://tenor.com/view/brett-yang-twoset-twoset-violin-practice-gif-18633389
i have (satisfactory(i got the game 2 days ago and have already logged ...checks steam 21hrs))
delicate stream
The “typing in the dark with one hand” game? Lol
astral portal
The “typing in the dark with one hand” game? Lol
i have a light-up keyboard it's just too bright
delicate stream
…… wait, why are you typing with one hand? Are you eating Cheetos at your computer? DON’T GET CRUMBS IN YOUR KEYBOARD
astral portal
(you try doing a keyboard swap on a laptop)
astral portal
…… wait, why are you typing with one hand? Are you eating Cheetos at your comput...
mouse
astral portal
i ain't eating cheetos in bed i ain't wanna be murdered by me mum
delicate stream
Lol
astral portal
Mouse ate your other hand?
i need the mouse to point and also so i can see the screen well
tardy badger
Hot take: I like both ATLA and TLOL because they are both good shows that stand on their own
frigid tiger
I want eyetracking tech to replace the mouse, one where you double blink to left click
delicate stream
Hot take: I like both ATLA and TLOL because they are both good shows that stand ...
This is the correct take
delicate stream
i need the mouse to point and also so i can see the screen well
I am confuse
astral portal
YES but TLOK is worse (to me) because one of the things that made ATLA so good was that there was no technology (at least no modern tech) so it was interesting to see how they got around that
astral portal
I am confuse
lying down in bed
delicate stream
I want eyetracking tech to replace the mouse, one where you double blink to left...
I don’t want this because I double blink instinctively sometimes and sometimes my focus point isn’t where I want to click
delicate stream
*YES* but TLOK is worse (to me) because one of the things that made ATLA so good...
I don’t think the fact they didn’t retred the same ground makes it worse. They tackled a new era — where Bending battled technology
delicate stream
lying down in bed
Why can’t you take your hand off the mouse to type?
astral portal
I don’t want this because I double blink instinctively sometimes and sometimes m...
i can go cross-eyed on command and that eye tracking would be a HUGE pain from me just stopping to think for a sec and then the mouse has a seizure
delicate stream
i can go cross-eyed on command and that eye tracking would be a HUGE pain from m...
astral portal
Why can’t you take your hand off the mouse to type?
i would fall flat making it 1: harder to see the screen and 2:neck get sore
astral portal
https://tenor.com/view/star-trek-star-trek-tos-computer-explode-malfunction-gif-...
yoink
delicate stream
i would fall flat making it 1: harder to see the screen and 2:neck get sore
I am further confused....
astral portal
I am further confused....
me no can move arm
delicate stream
I can't imagine how you're laying that you'd not be able to move your arm
astral portal
ON MY SIDE
delicate stream
astral portal
sigh
delicate stream
... where do you have the mouse
astral portal
it's hard to explain without a photo
delicate stream
I'm imagining you to be all contorted in painful ways
astral portal
the way i'm lying is my back is close to the wall i have the laptop resting on one of my legs and the mouse goes in between the laptop and my pillow
astral portal
I'm imagining you to be all contorted in painful ways
actually it's quite comfortable
this all started because i made a typo
delicate stream
Strange XD
astral portal
this is impossible
delicate stream
It is with that attitude... whatever it is
astral portal
?
delicate stream
I dunno what you're saying is impossible XD
astral portal
impossible to explain over text
delicate stream
oop
astral portal
https://adafru.it/1660 there a KiCAD footprint/symbol for this?
static flare
there's an EagleCAD library for it, but I'm not 100% sure if/how you'd do that in KiCAD
delicate stream
There's an import function for KiCAD for EAGLE components
astral portal
you can (i have) import the eagle lib in kicad but then all of the pin names are messed up so without modification you can't use the footprints
delicate stream
oof
astral portal
it is pain
astral portal
wrong gif
astral portal
eh?
delicate stream
GIFs are considered links, and Dyno doesn't like when you post them in rapid succession. Even tho you deleted one, it counts against you
Not sure what the cooldown is
astral portal
i was just about to ask what's the cooldown
delicate stream
Mods might know if they're watching
astral portal
Mods might know if they're watching
mods are always watching
delicate stream
lol
astral portal
you pretty much always have to be watching to stop minor uprisings
frigid tiger
The unbearable weight of knowing you will never able to manufacture silicon ics on your own from silicon dioxide precursors to the final packaged product
astral portal
The unbearable weight of knowing you will never able to manufacture silicon ics ...
the pain
delicate stream
You can make your own silicon at home
astral portal
it probably won't be chip fab quality but it will be "silicon"
delicate stream
Well, it'll be like 1970s-1980s fab quality
astral portal
probably closer to late 60s early 70s
frigid tiger
I'd be okay with z80 or 6502 spec ics
astral portal
you can still get 6502s
delicate stream
Be this kid http://sam.zeloof.xyz/category/semiconductor/
astral portal
i've seen that before
i wonder if there's a Z3
nope
he hasn't uploaded to yt in a year
delicate stream
He's doing 10 micrometer, but I know a lot of earlier stuff is like 100+ micrometer, so much easier
frigid tiger
I wonder how pure your silicon needs to be for the really old stuff
delicate stream
THAT is a good question
Hey Adafruit, inhouse silicon when? https://twitter.com/szeloof/status/1549937044067172352?s=20&t=Cu4GIzv_qAECMZGitHO0RA
astral portal
hmmm the copyright on sam's page says 2018 and their brother's (adam) says 2023
astral portal
Hey Adafruit, inhouse silicon when? https://twitter.com/szeloof/status/154993704...
when cows fly
tardy badger
Lol
delicate stream
hmmm the copyright on sam's page says 2018 and their brother's (adam) says 2023
Sam was active on Twitter as recently as December 23, 2022, so just not updated copyright
astral portal
oooo
delicate stream
when cows fly
I mean, they might do it one day. Not soon, because LadyAda and PT said as much on Ask an Engineer recently, but it might happen eventually, especially if they keep growing
tardy badger
if Adafruit developed their own silicon, I’d guess it would be RISC-V and be a circuitpython first device
frigid tiger
thatd be awesome
astral portal
I mean, they might do it one day. Not soon, because LadyAda and PT said as much ...
it was more of a reference to hilda (a good show on netflix GO WATCH IT RIGHT NOW) than an actual date
delicate stream
it was more of a reference to hilda (a good show on netflix GO WATCH IT RIGHT NO...
Lol. I started watching that, it's super cute... must continue
astral portal
I mean, they might do it one day. Not soon, because LadyAda and PT said as much ...
i do hope adafruit grows enough that they can make custom chips in-house (doesn't even have to be in-house i just wanna see some chips with the adafruit logo)
astral portal
Lol. I started watching that, it's super cute... must continue
yes
tardy badger
It’s very possible. Adafruit could probably easily pull it off too. There’s quite a few people I’ve found connected or near Adafruit who would be able to make it a reality.
astral portal
there should be a 3rd season but we haven't heard any news recently
tardy badger
But like a 3-5 year reality
Fabless semiconductor companies are the norm these days.
Lots of capacity opening up on older processes too.
delicate stream
28nm go brrrrr
astral portal
Lol. I started watching that, it's super cute... must continue
sadly my favorite character (raven) doesn't appear in s2 and is replaced with a white woff (they actually had a scene where he said he had to go and would be back next year (or s3) for the next raven festival)
astral portal
welp what i said isn't big spoilers
astral portal
Then *life*
cancel life and start watching hilda again
astral portal
don't watch the movie (hilda and the mountain king(that has a FANTASTIC intro sequence)) until you finish s2 because the movie starts at literally the second the last episode of s2 ended at
astral portal
I need to sleep, I wish I could cancel sleep
it's only 10:44 pm
delicate stream
It’s 23:45 here
astral portal
i forgot the pm
astral portal
have you seen trollhunters?
astral portal
watch it
gn
the whole tales of arcadia series is worth watching (trollhunters, 3below, wizards, and the movie trollhunters rise of the titans) in that order (it's the canonical order and if you do it any other way you will have both big spoilers and huge holes in the lore)
gn mods imma sleep
tardy badger
The school district my kids are part of was the victims of a data breach yesterday. Thankfully they didn’t wait till weeks later to admit it.
What a wild world we live in that people go after schools.. the information of children. Truly shameful.
delicate stream
And hospitals…
tardy badger
Yeah..
rain cradle
stupid guys... someone looking for me? :p
delicate stream
Are you a bad one? If not, you’re safe :P
dusty citrus
The school district my kids are part of was the victims of a data breach yesterd...
my university is just straight up dumb, they claim about security and whatever, but then group chats are public, you can get personal informations such as name, mails, numbers, classes and eccetera for both students and teachers, then if you start looking for each individual socials, there's more informations that you can freerly obtain ; I'm sorry but this is ridicolous
also their website is pure trash
but looking for other local universities, it seems to be a common occorrance
but somehow all what scammers could think about is about using the contacts to sell fake books
uncut trench
my university is just straight up dumb, they claim about security and whatever, ...
All it'll take is a good hefty lawsuit when a data breach happens, and they should get the message. Although it's absolutely amazing, and scary, the number of people that just don't understand security.
I had to create an account on a website to allow my doctor to access the info from my new insulin pump. So I throw one of my standard random 24 character passwords at it from my password manager, and it rejects it. Finally figured they had an upper limit of 20 characters on password length. Which to me is truly frightening. There should not be any reasonable upper limit on password length, because you're going to hash it before storage, and that fixes the length of the database field. Upper limit of 1024 characters maybe for the input field, because I can't see anyone hitting that, and it's just an in-memory buffer, so it's free.
astral portal
Non-security people making systems that are inherently insecure always pains me
tardy badger
Yeahhhh
frigid tiger
Be the data breach that forces their hand
dusty citrus
All it'll take is a good hefty lawsuit when a data breach happens, and they shou...
what I find most ridicolous is that they are supposed to teach, when their own products suck, I really despise them, they are just like taxies, a lobby that you can't get rid off
fierce prawn
Just got this little cute small thing
wanton thistle
I know this isnt the right way to make an SMPS, but theres something so alluring about using the analog parts of a microcontroller to make an buck converter
Price wise its either on par or slightly more expensive than using a dedicated buck IC
night crescent
WE ARE LIVE! SHOW AND TELL! https://youtu.be/Kqh_dUhbIFo
shy marlin
when would you have Raspberry Pi computers in stock?
night crescent
WE ARE LIVE! ASK AN ENGINEER! https://youtu.be/ZXNKdwS5EIk
dense mirage
I'm looking at using a ds2413 but have a question about 1wire pins
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-1-wire-gpio-breakout-ds2413/onewire-library
Per the documentation, you set a pin as a onewire pin with OneWire name(pinnumber)
But, how do you unset it? Like, if you want to use that pin as a gpio?
late fulcrum
The library doesn't seem to have anything like a deinit() call, but it doesn't really do anything special, you can just start using the pin yourself and call pinMode() and so forth on it, I don't think it would be a problem. If you want to shift back to using OneWire, you'd just call the OneWire begin() function again.
dense mirage
My understanding is that there is no activity on the 1-wire bus unless I ask devices to talk, right
and the library wouldn't randomly chatter to devices
so as long as I'm not explicitly doing 1-wire requests at the same time, there should be no issue?
late fulcrum
That's my guess. I don't know if devices might try to communicate asynchronously, but I don't think they do.
dense mirage
funky
late fulcrum
Granted, if you have 1-wire devices hooked to it, and start signalling, the devices could get confused and try to respond
dense mirage
Here's the actual context
I have a connector for peripherals
ground, tx/rx, and an ADC to detect which kind of peripheral I have attached using resistors
I'd like to be able to repurpose the rx pin as my onewire pin
as, theoretically, I'd want to pull it high so it's not floating when nothing is attached. I can use that pullup as my onewire parasitic power pullup
so basically - if a certain peripheral is detected, use tx/rx pins as serial. If another is detected, use rx pin for onewire
Seem doable?
late fulcrum
And you'd switch peripherals while powered (hot switching)?
late fulcrum
It seems to me like it should be possible to make it work, you'd need some smarts to detect when the peripheral had been switched and keep track of things and avoid bus contention but it seems doable.
dense mirage
the other peripheral is a couple of relays controlled by a DS2413
late fulcrum
I might use TX for OneWire (so it's still an output pin)
dense mirage
one peripheral shorts the ADC(pulled up to 3.3v normally) to ground, the other peripheral pulls the adc to 1.5v, so I can detect unplugged and each device
late fulcrum
So full volts means nothing's connected?
dense mirage
exactly
dense mirage
I might use TX for OneWire (so it's still an output pin)
problem is, I need to pull it high to power the onewire devices
and I'm not sure thats a good idea
fiery quarry
Serial TX normally idles high anyway
dense mirage
yea - which is why I was thinking I should pull rx up, because it would otherwise be floating if nothing is connected to it. rx high = idle
I really don't know which is better though.
late fulcrum
Ah, that makes sense, and avoids having a tug-of-war
fiery quarry
Wouldn't rx be unused when in OneWire mode. tx idles high in both serial and onewire mode and the detect pin knows what mode to put it in
dense mirage
rx would be the onewire pin as it needs to be pulled high for power
i mean, either would work
but pulling tx high seems like not a great idea?
I mean I guess either way, a tx line is being pulled high from someone's perspective
if I plug a serial device in, my pullup on the rx side is now on the tx side of the other device?
🤦♀️ idek at this point lol 😢
fiery quarry
but pulling tx high seems like not a great idea?
That's what I'm saying. tx pulled high is normal operation for both protocols
dense mirage
but if nothing is plugged in, my rx is floating
two birds with one stone - stop the pin from floating and power my onewire stuff
fiery quarry
It can float while it's unused. Isn't that the point of one wire stuff that the data pin provides parasitic power?
dense mirage
My (very limited) understanding is that floating pins = bad
but I guess it doesn't matter if I'm in "discovery" waiting for a device to connect
late fulcrum
While pulling TX high would be harmless, driving OneWire high could cause bus contention, so I now agree with your choice of RX
fiery quarry
Onewire is expecting the pin pulled up till it transmits though
dense mirage
There is no chance that a onewire and serial device could be connected at the same time, to be clear
fiery quarry
Yeah it doesn't matter for an "unused" pin to float and it'll be effectively unused while in 1-wire mode
dense mirage
While pulling TX high would be harmless, *driving* OneWire high could cause bus ...
Sorry what do you mean by bus contention?
late fulcrum
When one device attempts to drive a signal high at the same time another device attempts to drive the same signal low, you get a tug-of-war that can cause large current flow and possible damage.
This is why, now that you explained it, I think RX is a better choice to do double duty as OneWire
gusty torrent
Looks like I got it right.
dense mirage
I see
So if my tx pin is driven high by the board, I might kill a onewire device if it happens to be connected (bug in the code or something)
but the rx pin will never be driven high ever in serial mode
late fulcrum
Yes, that's my thinking
dense mirage
i seee. interesting!
Adafruit recommends 4.7k for the 1-wire pullup. Is it possible that could cause issues for serial?
Usually pullups are much larger I think?
like 10-20k etc
fiery quarry
The 1-wire bus is expected to be pulled up there's no risk there
dense mirage
Yeah but I mean - when in serial mode
late fulcrum
For 5V logic, that will draw a little over 1mA, which shouldn't cause problems
late fulcrum
Then it would draw less than 1mA
late fulcrum
Basically, 3.3V divided by 4700Ω
dense mirage
interesting.
fiery quarry
Yeah should be able to sink and pull that down no problem
dense mirage
Thanks for the help all :)
astral portal
can you stack BFFs on top of an esp32-s2 qt-py? (https://adafru.it/5348)
delicate stream
As far as I know, you should be able to use any BFF with any QT Py
astral portal
no i mean the images show the bff going on the bottom i'm wondering if the bff can go on the top side of the board (the side with the usb port)
delicate stream
Oh, if you’re using pins for spacing, sure, just gotta make sure you have it in the right orientation
Like, the side that would be pressed against the QT Py would be up if it’s on top
astral portal
yeah
dusty citrus
Hi, currently working on a project with a RP2040 chip at the center of it
Designed the PCB and got it printed, it is a fully remote controllable 144/440MHz ham radio transceiver
Waiting on the main vhf/uhf modules to arrive, for now I am working on the software, struggling with getting SPI communication between the rp2040 and the data link chip working.
If anyone has experience with micropython or just rp2040 programming in general I'd really appreciate it if you could DM me to help with getting this working
honest gull
i have a rlly dumb question (bare with me im jus startin to learn this stuff) but ok so i was toying with pico project and i got advice from another member here that the reason stuff wasnt working was because my pins werent soldered so i did that and stuff started (kinda)working
//had some wrong parts//
but i am curious what the difference is between the jumper wires and the pin headers, why do pin headers need solder but jumper wires do not?
topaz mirage
how do u program your mcu through which software environment?
anyone here uses mplab x ide?
So I am trying to add external codebase in mplab x environment anyone knows how to add it? I am generating code thr mplab harmony mcc so files get generated automatically?
delicate stream
i have a rlly dumb question (bare with me im jus startin to learn this stuff) bu...
If you’re working on a breadboard, anything stuck into the board itself gets squeezed inside by little spring fingers, which gives a good, mechanical contact. When you lay a board on top of rows of headers, there isn’t really any pressure so you don’t get that firm connection
wanton thistle
how do u program your mcu through which software environment?
anyone here uses m...
yes
You need a PICkit to program PICs and I think AVRs too
wanton thistle
So I am trying to add external codebase in mplab x environment anyone knows how ...
Harmony should be integrated into mplabx. Use the plug in feature
thick wind
Waiting on the main vhf/uhf modules to arrive, for now I am working on the softw...
Are you supposed to leave the reset pin floating?
steady dove
aww, penguins are so cute!
tardy badger
Yeah, they sent me pictures and a video of a penguin waddling along
steady dove
cooo
the penguins at the zoo here are super fun. They'll hangout by the window and interact with you.
delicate stream
Yeah, they sent me pictures and a video of a penguin waddling along
Share!
delicate stream
Fancy far away fren
spice moss
not animals but the scenes where i was was nice
spice moss
you see the snow covered ice what is the lake
steady dove
omg so cute! that's awesome 🙂
honest gull
If you’re working on a breadboard, anything stuck into the board itself gets squ...
thank u that makes sense 🙂
tardy badger
Punxsutawney Phil: says 6 more weeks of winter
Me: checks the calendar yeah sounds about right. 6ish weeks till the spring equinox
solar kindle
quebec groundhog died. what does that mean?
It means tonight you'll be visited by three spirits: The Spirit of Groundhog Day Past, the Spirit of Groundhog Day Present, and the Spirit of Groundhog Day Yet to Come.
delicate stream
They’ll bring a new groundhog
tardy badger
quebec groundhog died. what does that mean?
Worse, Napoleon will return
rapid geode
6 weeks of frogs
grizzled raptor
6 weeks of frogs
well, it is quebec....
tardy badger
6 weeks of frogs
rapid geode
no
delicate stream
delicate stream
I haven’t seen it yet
tardy badger
It’s an oldie but goodie
verbal rapids
Can anyone recommend a good website that can do accurate 3d printing at a decent price?
Even better if it's a site that can cut acrylic. I found a site that can do that, but the price is crazy for two pieces.
rapid geode
the pricer is always crazy for small things
shapeways is not bad usually. pcbway has cheaper prices if you do more volume - 10+ pieces i think
late fulcrum
I usually have my acrylic cut at Pololu or SendCutSend. I hear OSHPark offers cutting services as well. I don't know as much about 3D printing services, other than they exist. However, you might want to quantify what you're looking for regarding accuracy and price, and possibly related factors like size, complexity, material, etc.
dense mirage
@late fulcrum Question for you related to what you helped me with yesterday - I could just, use i2c for everything and not need to bother switching back and forth
Is i2c suitable for that kind of thing? intra-device connection?
I think most of the time it's used between ics on the same board, right?
I can use an MCP23008 instead of the onewire switch and just speak to the other device over i2c, no reconfiguration junk needed
late fulcrum
You're right, it's designed for short distances, but if your wires don't go too far, it might be a neat overall approach.
dense mirage
How short is short?
🤔 at the slow/standard speeds it seems that I should be able to get meters
stray wind
About 1 meter, as far as I understand it. That said, there's a breakout we have that can extend that length. https://www.adafruit.com/product/4756
I don't see a clear answer on how far it extends it though.
dense mirage
maybe related I don't care about speed at all
so dropping speed to get more distance is totally good by me
stray wind
I think it can also affect data integrity. You'll want to ensure that's not the case.
But yes, that might be an option.
dense mirage
hmm
stray wind
Madbodger would know more than I do. 🙂 I knew about the extender and thought I would mention it.
dense mirage
If only I could communicate mcu-to-mcu with onewire lol
umbral phoenix
there are adapters that run I2C over ethernet wire, can get to 75-100 feet
stray wind
(Many others would know more than I do on this.)
dense mirage
It seems like there should be an easier way of doing something like this
Feels like I'm XY problem-ing a little bit
late fulcrum
You might be able to use onewire like that (I think there's a target implementation). Or you could use ordinary asynchronous serial (which you already have) with a simple protocol. Or these I2C extenders https://www.sparkfun.com/products/16988
umbral phoenix
late fulcrum
You can often enable simple parity checking, but if I'm really looking for reliable transmission, I'll use the common approach of something like a simple CRC check.
dense mirage
gotcha. but that would be handled by your code
late fulcrum
You'll see that used in things like hex files for sending binary data to burn into ROMs or microcontrollers.
late fulcrum
I don't think I2C has built-in error checking either
dense mirage
And there's no such thing as a serial io expander 🤔
late fulcrum
Output is easy: connect your TX lead to several RX inputs. The other way is the tricky one.
dense mirage
This seems harder than serial to 1-wire, but could I switch between serial and i2c?
both are usually implemented in hardware afaik
whereas 1wire is bitbanged
late fulcrum
Perhaps, but you run into the same sorts of gotchas: if the two ends got out of sync somehow, you could end up with one in TX mode trying to drive a lead high and one in I2C mode trying to drive it low at the same time.
There are soft serial and soft I2C implementations too, which are handy if you run out of hardware ports and want more.
late fulcrum
Heh, I was thinking the same thing. I was even looking at the schematic of the TCA9548 I2C multiplexer chip to see if it could be used to switch asynchronous serial signals instead of I2C. Weirdly, it looks like it could (it's basically a MOSFET bus switch), but since its control input is I2C and is also tied to the multiplexer inputs, it wouldn't work well that way. If the multiplexer inputs were on separate pins, it might, which makes me wonder if there's a variant of the chip like that, or if there's a multiplexer chip that would do what you're looking for.
dense mirage
Here's the overall problem bc idk if I've really communicated it well
I'm building a device. The device can be connected to two peripherals
Peripheral 1 is another MCU, I need to be able to respond to requests for information from the other side and send information, error states, etc over unprompted as well.
Peripheral 2 is a bunch of relays. 2 minimum, but I'd like to be able to control as many as four. I'm using one of these bog standard relay boards. 5v input, each "input" pin is pulled low to enable that relay.
I need to be able to tell which peripheral is connected without power - optimally a resistor-based identification system of some kind
late fulcrum
I assume by "without power", you mean the peripheral is connected but not powered? Measuring a resistor without any power would be problematic.
dense mirage
Currently I plan on doing detection via a gnd pin and adc pulled up to 5v. If I short the adc and gnd, I read 0v and know I am plugged in to peripheral 1. If I read 2.5v I know I am plugged in to periphreal 2. 5v = no connection.
dense mirage
I assume by "without power", you mean the peripheral is connected but not powere...
Yes.
I think if I just add a 5v supply to the 2nd peripheral I can connect their grounds and use my two serial pins as pulldowns for relays - but I only get two relays that way, and I can't use the optoisolators on the relay board. Theoretically that is enough but if there is an easy way to control four, that would be great
late fulcrum
You could use SPI for both (a GPIO expander or shift register for the relays, or SPI target hardware/software for the MCU), or I2C (there are I2C GPIO expanders as well) like we were discussing previously
rain cradle
I'm building a device. The device can be connected to two peripherals
Periphera...
maybe you could have an input pin on the "brain" device which is pulled low on one peripheral and high on the second one (assuming they get power over the wire connecting them to the main chip and not only data)
thick wind
Wait, so is this a device that sits between primary controller and relay board, or a device with the capability to connect to either or, exclusively with the same port?
dense mirage
One device with one peripheral port that can be connected to one of two peripherals at a time.
tardy badger
Yeah, you don't need CS if there's only one target
Isn’t this target dependent?
I thought some spi devices use CS as a trigger to stop idling
late fulcrum
Those devices, you'd simply wire CS to be always asserted
late fulcrum
I think it's usually active low, so I'd probably just ground it.
rain cradle
... respond to requests for information ...
since one of the posible peripherals is another MCU to which you can talk... wouldn't it be easier to send a SPI message to check if the MCU is there?
i dont really understand why you need a "without power" way of identifying, you'd only need to know what is connected once the main MCU is about to work, and at that point you'll mostly want the second one (if using that peripheral) to be running too
dense mirage
Because this device is a battery
tardy badger
I think it's usually active low, so I'd probably just ground it.
Oh right, yeah CS is usually active low.
dense mirage
I'm checking to see if the device at the other end is a charger or is asking for power
The device in question has no power until I can confirm that the cable is fully seated and that the cable is plugged in to something asking for power, safety feature
This also lets me kill power immediately if the cable is unplugged
The relays/peripheral 2 is a charger, big cc/cv power supply and a bunch of fans that I'd like to be able to control. Can disable charge current until I confirm that the cable is seated, etc etc so that I don't have charge voltage chilling on the plug at all times
late fulcrum
Sounds like a neat project
dense mirage
I did not like the state of safety in off-the-shelf chargers so I'm doing it myself LOL
late fulcrum
I know that feeling!
dense mirage
These relay boards work by having a common 5v rail and multiple "control" lines that are pulled to ground to trigger individual relays
Modern mcu boards are only 3.3v tolerant
so there's no way to use one of these with a samd21 or something without additional hardware
late fulcrum
If you have an outboard chip to drive the relay lines, you could choose one that supports whichever logic levels you need.
dense mirage
It's got to be just regular ol gpios :(
late fulcrum
That's why I mentioned GPIO expanders and shift registers, which could deal with fanning out two signals to 4 (or more) as well as dealing with different logic levels.
dense mirage
Got it. (?)
This is the schematic for these common relay boards
I bet the opto side will run on 3.3
late fulcrum
I'm guessing so, if Vcc and JD-Vcc are indeed separate
dense mirage
They are
Have one and have continuity tested
These boards seem to use an "817c" optocoupler
Can't seem to figure out what the voltage minimum is in the datasheet
late fulcrum
Yeah, the current transfer ratio should be at least 50%, so if the resistor passes 1mA through the LED, it'll provide at least 0.5mA to the transistor base, which is probably enough to operate the relay coil. Those relays probably take 100mA or so on their coils, so if the transistor provides a current gain of 200 (many do), you should be in good shape.
thick wind
Can't seem to figure out what the voltage minimum is in the datasheet
Optocouplers are essentially LEDs, so they’re current-driven, not voltage driven. I would imagine that if you can find out the forward voltage and it’s less than 3.2v, you should be able to replace the resistors to work with 3.3v logic
late fulcrum
The forward voltage for that one is pretty low (1.2V typical, 1.4V max) since it's an infrared LED. I don't know the value of the current limiting resistor.
However, I suspect that the stock resistors would work fine with 3.3V
dense mirage
The forward voltage for that one is pretty low (1.2V typical, 1.4V max) since it...
ppl do basically exactly what I want and have no issues apparently! woo!
late fulcrum
Hanging drywall is fun, you might want some drywall tees and maybe stilts if you're doing a ceiling. Taping and spackling is a whole 'nother skill set (but a 12" spackle blade makes it a lot easier and quicker)
dense mirage
Has anybody done a streamlined tutorial on how to change the SERCOMs in a SAMD board?
https://www.sigmdel.ca/michel/ha/xiao/seeeduino_xiao_sercom_en.html
I found this but it doesn't really tell you how
umbral phoenix
rapid geode
Hanging drywall is fun, you might want some drywall tees and maybe stilts if you...
i have a lift. im just procrasticnating
dense mirage
<https://learn.adafruit.com/using-atsamd21-sercom-to-add-more-spi-i2c-serial-por...
Question - will pads assigned to SERCOMs still work as GPIOs if you've not done serial.begin etc?
ie use a pin for gpio, then serial, then gpio without power cycling or recompiling?
umbral phoenix
not 100% but I suspect you could do Serial.end() then init the GPIO
not sure how to de-init the GPIO, or if you need to, maybe just set pin mode back to default??
dense mirage
hmmm
tardy badger
First attempt at white chocolate creameux setting in the fridge
rapid geode
gimmie
tardy badger
Going to attempt strawberry cupcakes with white chocolate creameux frosting with sliced fresh strawberries on top
rapid geode
ooh
tardy badger
She wanted strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, figured I’d try to go a little gourmet for her birthday tomorrow
rapid geode
ah
tardy badger
I was hard pressed to find a pack of mostly ripe ones from Walmart this evening though
rapid geode
i want a pizza
rapid geode
is dominoes as terrible in the usa as it is here?
tardy badger
Yes
rapid geode
hehe
delicate stream
Dominos here is great
tardy badger
Papa Johns is where it’s at
delicate stream
People eat Papa John's????
rapid geode
d
tardy badger
Other than the founder being… yeah
rapid geode
well that too. but i had it once, possibly the worst pizza i every tried
tardy badger
But I don’t have papa johns anywhere close so we just buy Costco pizza fresh
rapid geode
classed as non edible
tardy badger
$11 for a highly cheesy pizza is great
delicate stream
Domino's is my go-to... so good around here
rapid geode
$11, sounds very expensive
tardy badger
Equivalent to an extra large from other places
delicate stream
Pizza Hut is dead here
tardy badger
Yeah, Costco pizza is best price for value of all to go pizza
Granted it’s super simple choice wise: Cheese, pepperoni, or half cheese half pepperoni
rapid geode
the only pizza close enough to walk to here, is pizza pizza... which on a scale of 1 to 10, where 2 is eating the box... its a 1
tardy badger
Costco is.. 5 minutes drive wise
tardy badger
Little Caesar’s varies so wildly
rapid geode
mostly cause i ate it ever day at school for 5 years
it was $1 a slice. not worth it
haha
tardy badger
Most of the time we do homemade, but we had a Costco gift card so we’ve done a bit of Costco pizza lately
rapid geode
i do home made, but i dont have any dough handy
need to make some
so the only choices i have tonight are dominos, and pizza nova (which is an 8, but ive had it the last 3 times)
they all seem to have rigged the prices to be identical. $31 for 2 pizzas delivered
$6 delivery charge. amazon should do pizza
tardy badger
We have a place 10 minutes up the road called mod pizza which is pretty good
They have a “build the pizza in front of you” setup
Pretty good. I usually do a buffalo chicken pizza with blue cheese, Parmesan, bacon, and such
Pretty good
rapid geode
99% od all pizza places here build in front of you
mostly cause they have no choice, the restaurants are so tiny
i used to have 6 pizza places outside my door. now i got snow. haha
alternatively, i can make mac n cheese
or fettucine alfredo. hmm
tardy badger
Can’t go wrong with pasta
rapid geode
i have pasta 3-4 days a week.
delicate stream
mmm pasta
tardy badger
Lol
tardy badger
Sure, if it’s a meal in New York, or can be one for you too lol
delicate stream
Nova lox bagels
delicate stream
Strawberry cream cheese
delicate stream
Pizza sauce and cheese
late fulcrum
I have issues with Domino's political views, so I avoid them. Pizza Hut is okay. I used to go to the local Al's Pizza, but they closed when their building got demolished. Now I drive up to Maryland to another good local joint, King's Pizza. There's also Mama Lucci's a few towns over, a great Egyptian/Middle East/Greek/Italian place.
delicate stream
I've never heard anything political about Domino's... Most local places suck, unfortunately
delicate stream
None pizza with left beef
rapid geode
100% beef free
i only eat the left side of the pizza
😛
haha
anyhow
its hard to keep track of the companies whos former owners have said really dumb things recently
luckily most of them arent in canada anyway
late fulcrum
While I like Papa John's Pizza, the local ones are all owned by a local crank I prefer not to do business with. I was pleasantly surprised to find good Chicago style pizza locally.
delicate stream
I never had Papa John's... they don't really exist around here
tardy badger
They’re much bigger in the south and southeast than anywhere else
rapid geode
local franchise owners can ruin everything. the local pizza hut owner/manager here is a shambles. if the pizza comes in 2 hours ice cold, they offer a $5 discount
assuming they deliver it at all
ive never seen the same driver twice
tardy badger
Geez
rapid geode
yeah they are bad
tardy badger
Delivery where I am is hit and miss
rapid geode
the one near my old place was good
tardy badger
We can only get grub hub or Uber eats so selection is not great
Half the food comes in either wrong or cold
late fulcrum
There was one of the classic wedge-window Pizza Huts up on I-70 near Baltimore with a real fireplace and good food and service. I'd stop there when I was travelling that way. Unfortunately, they closed their doors a couple of years ago.
delicate stream
There is one Domino's here that's absolutely horrible because the owner of that franchise is an idiot... He also owns a McDonald's down the street that's just as bad
tardy badger
We usually just stick to what’s within 5 minutes of where we are
rapid geode
uber eats is on the blkacklist
tardy badger
Your personal black list?
rapid geode
they feel like laws are too inconvenient for them
delicate stream
Delivery services are on my black list
tardy badger
Ah, yeah contract worker laws here suck bad
late fulcrum
Not many places deliver where I live anyway, but I'll usually just take my trike and pick things up (unless it's nasty out, when I'll drive)
rapid geode
well more than that. they ride bikes on sidewalks, block roads, park in bike lanes
and then complain its not profitable if they have to obey laws
anyhow
haha
i want them banned from the city
and it may happen
late fulcrum
I ride my trike on sidewalks a lot, but I try not to be a menace or block things.
delicate stream
I ride my bike on the sidewalk a lot because otherwise cars try to run me over
rapid geode
sidewalks here have 1000s of people on them.
if it was in the suburbs that would be different
delicate stream
My area is kinda suburban
tardy badger
My area is.. sprawl
late fulcrum
I'm out in the country, sidewalks are sometimes empty, but usually I'll see someone walking their dog or somesuch
tardy badger
Car land
delicate stream
Gotta drive to really go anywhere here, or long bike ride. Sidewalks are generally clear, occasionally someone walking around... sidewalks are also usually wide enough to pass someone safely, or I stop/slow [usually not going fast anyway]
late fulcrum
Amusingly, in places where the sidewalks are really crowded (and here I'm thinking like New York City), it's safer to bike in the streets, as the cars generally aren't moving very fast, and they're accustomed to seeing bikes.
rapid geode
typical quiet day here
late fulcrum
That is ... quite.
rapid geode
im not sure what that is. film fest maybe?
stage up in the back gorund, maybe a concert
they loooove to close that road
ha
delicate stream
typical quiet day here
rapid geode
my condo was out of frame on the right of that
blue jays /maple leafs / raptors stadium isnt too far either. its just crazy busy all the time. even at 4am
much quieter where i am now
frigid tiger
Imagine if malls were right next door to living accommodations instead of the edge of town
fierce prawn
Imagine if malls were right next door to living accommodations instead of the ed...
Best for me
No more long distance to shopping
blissful roost
Imagine if malls were right next door to living accommodations instead of the ed...
Takes me less than 5 minutes to walk into the nearest "mall".
astral portal
the bane of laptops everywhere (dramatic pause) bed comforters (thunder lightning sting sound effect)
fierce prawn
P is pwm right?
@delicate stream
gusty torrent
P is pwm right?
<@381566293368897537>
Its the Micropython pin number (which is also the RP2040 GPIO number)
ebon dew
Yeah it says Micropython right there in color chart. If it was CircuitPython would probably be labled as D. Seems like a naming convention for GPIO than pretty pins for buses.
I don't own a single Seeed product though.
Is that a pico powered Pi Hat for something @gusty torrent? 9v or 5v barrel jack input to the capacitors?
Almost looks like IDC interface for something... perhaps you're own version of scorpio, RGB matrix driver, pyportal kind of thing?
No label on the 8 or 14 pin dips so no way to know what it does. That's a ton of resistors and caps though.
delicate stream
Is it audio related? The number of caps makes me feel like it is
delicate stream
P is pwm right?
<@381566293368897537>
Please don’t ping me specifically for random questions — things like that where anyone can answer
gusty torrent
Is it audio related? The number of caps makes me feel like it is
You're pretty close. Its a dual-purpose USB/I2S DAC that can be connected on the I2S via hat header. Bitbangs the I2S via PIO.
delicate stream
Ahh
gusty torrent
Second version of one that originally appeared in a japanese magazine about a year and a half ago.
delicate stream
Nice!
gusty torrent
Original version had USB only, no hat connector and lousy noise isolation.
delicate stream
Lol, I bet there’s a lot less parts on that version
delicate stream
Big changes
gusty torrent
Gonna go BOM shopping tomorrow
In THEORY I can get everything at one shop
The only iffy things would be the DC-DC converter to generate the +/-9V, the 3.5mm jack and the audio-quality op amp.
delicate stream
Good luck :0
tardy badger
In THEORY I can get everything at one shop
I have envy. All I can do I order and wait a week
late fulcrum
The only iffy things would be the DC-DC converter to generate the +/-9V, the 3.5...
Are you going with a switched-capacitor converter or an inductive one?
gusty torrent
Its not my design but this is the component: https://akizukidenshi.com/download/ds/minmax/mau.pdf
delicate stream
Unrelated: is 2023 the year of baby toys from companies that have nothing to do with babies? XD
whole jacinth
Unrelated: is 2023 the year of baby toys from companies that have nothing to do ...
clearly, the corporate mass surveillance apparatus has seeded your advertising profiles with baby stuff because Adafruit has been talking about baby stuff
delicate stream
Should we cancel babies so this can’t happen again??? No babies, just POOF adults
verbal rapids
I'm so happy. I got my new split ortho keyboard working with modtap and tapdance and all that. Next up, adding in BADUSB
delicate stream
I dunno what modtap and tapdance are, but yay keebs!
verbal rapids
both let you make a key have multiple functions. with mod tap, tapping the key sends one key, holding it sends out a modifier like shift. tap dance sends whatever you want depending on how many times you press the key in a given time
i just wish i could turn off the darn green leds from the chips that are shining through my case.
rain cradle
i have a tapdance on "`" to make a code block on discord
verbal rapids
That's a great idea
rain cradle
and another one on spacebar so double tapping it (or any even number of taps) sends 4x instead of 2x, for indenting
verbal rapids
how do you make a code block on discord anyway? isn't it three graves?
rain cradle
exactly, and i get it written with double tap on grave
verbal rapids
does it somehow automatically add it to the beginning and end of what you have written?'
delicate stream
Is that what you call `? I always called it a reverse tick
verbal rapids
can you share the code?
rain cradle
can you share the code?
yes, but it is QMK
verbal rapids
i'm on KMK, but I'm sure I can get it to work
rain cradle
verbal rapids
it disappeared
rain cradle
VSCode
with one of the prebuilt color themes
so, pressing the ` key quickly, 2 times or more, sends the triple backticks for openning and closing, and then moves up so your cursor is inside the block
verbal rapids
oh, does your code create an empty codeblock?
rain cradle
i usually proceed by:
- copy some code
- use the tap dance
- Ctrl+V it
verbal rapids
gotcha
rain cradle
and for the spacebar ```c
void td_spc_each(tap_dance_state_t *state, void *user_data) {
unregister_code16(KC_SPC);
register_code16(KC_SPC);
if ((state->count % 2) == 0) {
unregister_code16(KC_SPC);
tap_code16(KC_SPC);
register_code16(KC_SPC);
}
return;
}
I think I'll do mine a bit differently. I'll have it send home, enter three graves and a new line, hit end, then another new line followed by three graves
that way i can do it in the reverse order. paste code then add the code block stuff around it'
rain cradle
and for the spacebar ```c
void td_spc_each(tap_dance_state_t *state, void *user_...
it is a little messy with (un)register instead of tap, so i can also hold the key too
rain cradle
im working on a custom PCB design, my current idea for the layout is "weird" to say the least 🤣
verbal rapids
just having the enter key beneath the quote key is odd
ooh, do you have any pictures of the layout you can share? i like looking at crazy layouts
rain cradle
verbal rapids
I'm subbed to OLKB on reddit just to see what crazy stuff they come up with. It really makes me want to make a keyboard with chocs
rain cradle
i still need to make further thinking about layout, removing the 2 columns to the right of the letters may be more trouble than i currently think it will be
note: PDB isn't even synch with the layout image
verbal rapids
I like it. what are the plans for the big areas under the keys?
touchpad or something?
rain cradle
screens, one of them (big under right thumb) with touch sensor
verbal rapids
very nice. I was thinking my next keyboard would have some way to control the mouse. I wasn't sure if I wanted a trackpad, a nub, or a trackball.
now you've given me a new idea. touch sensitive screen
my other big plan for this weekend is to get WSL working so that it doesn't force Virtualbox to work in software emulation mode.
rain cradle
WSL takes like 5 minutes to get setup
well, a little longer if you also take into account the time that the particular distro will take to download and install
but WSL itself, is fast to configure
verbal rapids
yeah, i had it up and running recently. i think i found a solution to the virtualbox problem too.
rain cradle
very nice. I was thinking my next keyboard would have some way to control the m...
and the best thing is, im only using a little amount of pins to drive all of that, i have like 17 unused GPIOs on each half
verbal rapids
i will break them out on a connector so i can test other hardware with jumper wires easily 🙂
verbal rapids
That is really cool
rain cradle
That is really cool
shift registers for the win
verbal rapids
with my keyboard right now, i just have one rp2040 running everything. it can fit all twelve columns and five rows by using the I2C connections to two separate TCA8418 breakout boards'
rain cradle
with my keyboard right now, i just have one rp2040 running everything. it can f...
im scanning all 29 keys on each half using only 3 GPIOs: SPI(SCK+MISO) + CS
verbal rapids
slick
rain cradle
and the touchscreen's IRQ pin is also wired to the input of one of the registers, so it doesn't take an extra pin
verbal rapids
All of this makes me want to buy a 3D printer. That way I can easily attach any sort of additions to this keyboard. I can use this as my 'test keyboard'
delicate stream
No home is complete without a 3D printer
verbal rapids
i can't mooch off of my coworker's printer forever. i'm happy enough he printed me this one case
rain cradle
you making me feel bad, guys... #help-with-hw-design message
verbal rapids
I don't get it
rain cradle
All of that was 100% done by me
verbal rapids
nice
rain cradle
I don't get it
you both saying you want/need 3D-printers, and i havent used mine in like 4 years
verbal rapids
looks like you've mastered 3d printing
oh, lol
i'm sure if i had one, i'd use it only sparingly
delicate stream
I have 5 printers, but haven’t used any in a while >~> not enough time or energy to do maintenance and watch prints…
rain cradle
looks like you've mastered 3d printing
printing was the easy part, designing (and sanding) were the troble part
there's also 2 others i built and sold, i dont think i have pics of them on hand
verbal rapids
two printers?
rain cradle
two other rubik-cube-like puzzles
verbal rapids
ah, ok
grizzled raptor
That's -5.8 feels like -25.6 freedom units.
verbal rapids
that all blue puzzle on the right, I've got one just like it around here. I think mine was made by mefferts. it's really cool
delicate stream
It’s 24F currently here
verbal rapids
yikes
rain cradle
that all blue puzzle on the right, I've got one just like it around here. I thi...
oh, the mixup
i hadnt stickered mine as the design has bad clearances and can barely turn it
but i love the puzzle idea
verbal rapids
sounds like you made the puzzle perfectly. the one i have by mefferts also has bad clearances and can barely be turned
rapid geode
a balmy -13 here
verbal rapids
it's -9 C here. 17 F
it's warmer than they predicted yesterday. it was supposed to be in the single digits
late fulcrum
I just have one 3D printer, and it seems to get used every few days for something (bits and bobs for costumes, repair parts, decorative items like this Terok Nor/DS9 model we used as a tree topper, project parts, brackets, custom tools, etc.)
tardy badger
That’s a nice topper
verbal rapids
i never watched star trek, but that looks really nice
but if i had a 3d printer, i think that's what i'd use it for. like i have a shelf that's missing a bracket. I could create and print a replacement. Little stuff like that.
late fulcrum
Exactly. The little coin cell tray in my water filter broke, so I just printed a replacement
delicate stream
i never watched star trek, but that looks really nice
You should fix that 
verbal rapids
I feel I can't rightly call myself a nerd until I do. That said, I have watched Battlestar Galactica
late fulcrum
The original one, or the reboot?
verbal rapids
reboot
delicate stream
I need to finish the reboot… and rewatch the original
verbal rapids
the one with Edward James Olmos