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[dusty citrus]

(there's got to be a sanitized version of that idiom)

I use the economic argument, regularly.

Why would they do it? Why come here? Why expend that amount of resources, to do so?

I'm not too wrong:

*Prior to the Cambrian explosion,[note 2] most organisms were simple, composed of individual cells occasionally organized into colonies. * -Wikipedia

so that's only (haha) some 560 mya (give or take, what, 40 my).

[dusty citrus]

1 ly: 5 878 625 373 000 miles. five point eight trillion miles

Take 186,000 miles per second; multiply by 60 seconds per minute; by 60 minutes per hour; by 24 hours per day and by 365.25 days per year -- then compare with the Google-generated constant (shown above). Pretty close.

Talk about your "When are we gonna get there, Mom?"

270,000 AU. 7000 sol-pluto distances (40 AU apiece). To nearest star (besides our sun, as someone pointed out to me once).

some twenty-five trillon miles

[midnight perch]

Well, I mean, I agree but...

"non-living visitors such as robots" ... In other words, we won't travel between stellar systems until we become capable of changing ourselves to make the travel possible.

[dusty citrus]

I would go with 'unless and until' there. 😉

[midnight perch]

Biological living things bigger than tardigrades won't travel between plans, but "we" still might, depending on whether you consider a later and less biological form of human consciousness to still be "us".

er, 'stars', not plans. 😃
I

I travel between plans daily!

[dusty citrus]

haha.

Right of course. But ..

The Simulation Argument implies that if we could in the future, we already have in the past.

In other words we are already A.I. right now, if ever we shall be.
https://www.simulation-argument.com/

[midnight perch]

Is that true of other similar advances?
Did the first cellular living things say to themselves "If we are ever going to be multicellular, they we are already multicellular?"

[dusty citrus]

Not even close in analogy. I am personally positing that a simulated reality is also an A.I. engine.

I don't know if The Argument says that much. I say that much, though. 😉

It just seems to follow: similating the world wouldn't be a dead automatonic kind of endeavour.

The basis of Bostrom's Simulation Argument is numerical.

[midnight perch]

This seems to me to be sort of argument that appears relevant right up until there is a series of escalating incremental advances that leads to AI or non-biological copies of human minds.

At that point life becomes so interesting that the fact that we might still be living in a simulation becomes a less pressing concern.

[dusty citrus]

I believe Bostrom is saying that the odds of being in an 'original' Universe, versus a simulated one, are very low.

(it is assumed it is difficult to tell, if you are inside a simulation)

[midnight perch]

Yes, I get the arguement from probability.

Does it follow that we are probably also Boltzmann Brains, experiencing hallucinations?

Er, not "also" ... that would be weird.

Same class of rather uncompelling argument though.

[dusty citrus]

So. Far more likely you and I are robots in another part of the Milky Way galaxy, arguing over whether or not we are those flesh humans that lived .. a very long time ago, and only once.

Either that, or we are us (flesh) and no robots: not now; not later. (a.i. robots -- simulated beings).

[midnight perch]

The argument is clear, but it is difficult to falsify either possible outcome except by proceeding as if the argument were not true.

So, I shall!

[dusty citrus]

Haha.

I think it's a religion thing here.

Do you think you are real?

that kind of thing.

[midnight perch]

If I start assuming I'm not real, soon enough I won't be.

Regardless of whether I was right.

If I assume I am real, but I am not, little harm will be done by continuing.

[dusty citrus]

I figure on everything being as real as it gets.

Everything I've encountered and sense that I've verified it 'sufficiently' to present purposes.

I'm a toe-stubbing realist (whatever that word was meant to mean, I only mean what I mean it to mean hahah).

I think that things are exactly as they appear to be.

[midnight perch]

It's not that they have to be exactly as they appear.

[dusty citrus]

I also think that implies strong A.I. isn't possible to achieve.

[midnight perch]

It's just that's the most sensible way to proceed.

[dusty citrus]

You could say that Bostrom's argument sealed my doubt.

[midnight perch]

Perhaps you will turn out to be right. What important thing will we discover in the attempt to achieve strong AI?

We'll learn something important about consciousness?

[dusty citrus]

I'm not in any way suggesting not to try to do it.

[midnight perch]

We'll realize chimpanzees deserve human rights?

[dusty citrus]

I'm just saying: I wouldn't personally stake my hopes on it.

[midnight perch]

Hopes schmopes. 😃

[dusty citrus]

I think a lot people talk a lot of malarky about it. I still want to hear from the remaining few. 😉

[midnight perch]

Real transhumanists are generally talking malarky. Because we're not at the point yet where we can see over the intervening hill.

[dusty citrus]

A very good example are the Elon Musk and Google self-piloting automobiles.

[midnight perch]

You think driving a car is Strong AI?

[dusty citrus]

No! I think they are great examples of real machine intelligence.

[midnight perch]

Right.

Artificial stupidity is impressive enough.

[dusty citrus]

hahaha.

[midnight perch]

Can we make AIs as smart as an ant colony?

[dusty citrus]

Very well put.

[midnight perch]

If so, we're going to do (have them do) amazing things.

I notice ants haven't invented Strong AI yet.

As far as I can tell.

[dusty citrus]

Now you're just being clever.

[midnight perch]

Don't say 'just' -- being clever is often the high point of my day, nis.

[dusty citrus]

My mom used to say "Don't get smart with ME, young man!"

[midnight perch]

Hah!

[dusty citrus]

So I would make a face of a 'stupid' person.

My parents were very smart but very concrete.

I just don't see any point to working on a project that has no goal-point one could achieve.

[midnight perch]

Here's the thing. 1) understanding human cognition and consciousness is a pre-requisite (or is not, who knows?) to strong AI, but that's not why we do it.

[dusty citrus]

I'm perfectly okay with someone building something -- anything --- that has a definite goal (a point where one can say "That's what I wanted to build: there it is, right in front of you") followed by, perhaps "Go ahead, try it!"

[midnight perch]

2. Strong AI may well be built (or never built) out of a network of "artificial stupidity" components working together and feeding back and across each other, but we need those "artificial stupidity" modules anyway, even if there is no hope of real AI.

[dusty citrus]

Of course (to your last utterance). However ..

[midnight perch]

So, like human interstellar travel, we're not at the point yet where we waste resources taking those steps.

[dusty citrus]

Oh I was going to say about weaponizing the understanding of cognition.

and surviving /that/.

[midnight perch]

Aye. Good luck, all of us.

[dusty citrus]

what if the very first truly strong A.I. also happens to function as a mind-destroyer?

Maybe in A.I. school, that's A.I. 101: all these must be mind-destroyers to also be A.I.

I'm getting a little out of hand here but I think I had a reasonable (but unexpressed) point to make about that.

I guess I'll use the simpler fall-back (plot of many fictions) and suggest that in the process of building this stuff, we may not survive it (meaningfully). Maybe that's the very nature of the world: we build our replacements, who are not us, who are not of value to us in quite the same way as we value our species as-is-now. Nah, I'm still side-swiping this.

[midnight perch]

I have to go take care of flesh-and-blood offspring who will replace me. Good chatting with you, nis. Thanks for the food for thought.

[dusty citrus]

Hey thanks, eastpole. Keep them advised! They are our replacements!

waits for the Roku to be delivered.

plots to steal your titanium right hip joint while you 'sleep(8)'.

[idle iron]

Just watched a video of a drone with 8 motors that flies in the air and goes underwater, underwater it tilts.... so cool

[abstract violet]

@idle iron share!

[idle iron]

https://vimeo.com/149883258

apparently they are having trouble getting communications to work well underwater

[abstract violet]

cool @idle iron in the video they have it tethered, so im assuming the issues are wireless?

[runic elbow]

Yay, nachos.

[abstract violet]

lucky! I miss eating chips :<

[indigo jetty]

why no chips @abstract violet ?

[runic elbow]

Turns out spicy salsa in the morning can make you sick.

Probably doesn't help that this is the only thing I ate today.

[abstract violet]

@indigo jetty can't have anything with a lot of carbs atm

[bold turtle]

For @thin canopy and @tiny moat

[abstract violet]

pokes at it oooh 😃 is this the password manager? what's that sticking out near the pins ;3

[bold turtle]

Yes, it is

ad the little board soldered to the featherwing is an RTC

the JST is a lipo battery

You should come join us @abstract violet

[abstract violet]

@bold turtle will, but preparing lunches for tomorrow and.. possibly ice cream! -- will join if its still running then :3

[bold turtle]

@abstract violet we're in voice in Marie Curie

[bold turtle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zyjSBSvqPc

[gray pilot]

Are you guys hearing me???

Yes, I noticed that. Hacking system to resolve issue. Please Stand By.... 😃

[dusty citrus]

thank ye

[dusty citrus]

phase (-90) + (-90) + (-90) + (-90) = 360 @ 2x voltage because diode or am I way off?

[runic elbow]

I don't know what that is, or what it does, but it looks neat.

[thin canopy]

@runic elbow we're watching @tiny moat 's live feed and chatting in the Marie Curie voiced channel

[runic elbow]

Oh cool

[thin canopy]

Adam is repairing a high voltage unit for his SEM.

SEM = Scanning Electron Microscope

[runic elbow]

Sounds awesome.

[gray pilot]

@tiny moat Sorry about the drop-out. My comcast went down in the area. Just got it back. Looks like things finished up real nice. Did ya find the acrylic screw? :))

[tiny moat]

@gray pilot no, but I found a stainless one that will work.

[spice moss]

most streamed person that is adam McCombs right?

[tender nimbus]

Hello !

How many of you like the idea of directly connecting the mobile to power supply (I.E. Connecting the pins of battery connector in mobile directly to a power supply with step down circuit providing 3.7V) and Partioning you SD Card and adding extra RAM !

Later Updating to Nougat !

☺

[abstract violet]

@bold turtle ah sorry I missed it >.< -- finished cooking at 23:50 and passed out shortly after 🤣

[tiny moat]

?users

[polar wraith]

[silence from the bot]

[tiny moat]

What command is it to view number of users?

[tiny moat]

?help

[polar wraith]

You can just look at the user list and add the online and adafruit user counts. 😃

Less helpful if you're writing a program, though....

[tiny moat]

But I want to see registered to this server.

[polar wraith]

Ahhhhh, sorry. I made an incorrect assumption.

[tiny moat]

Not just online.

?

Hm. It DMs me the help page.

[polar wraith]

I really REALLY need to work on the bot this weekend.

[tiny moat]

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[idle iron]

I was planning on going to Radio Shack today... but apparently the 11 in my town are all permently closed down. Did something happen to Radio Shack I don't know about?

[elfin wave]

they closed 😄

but yeah, they're going out of business

or most of them are? definitely the one closest to me

sadly, even most of the stuff I got at a discount there was still more expensive (and lower quality) than adafruit stuff

[idle iron]

i just need a 2 pin JST female connector...

[elfin wave]

yeah, being able to just stop in somewhere would be nice

[idle iron]

yeah looked on radio shack website nearest one is now 70 miles away

[tiny moat]

@idle iron RC hobby shop?

[idle iron]

Im gana look to see if the local electronic shop is still open "Sparky Electronics", then if not then ill just take the 2 pin connector off my GPU fan and just solder the fan back on....

@tiny moat yeah I'm thinking RC hobby shops will have it for sure.

[stuck moth]

@tiny moat do you ahve a recording of your stream? I'm curious how it went with having discord voice chat going

[vast condor]

@idle iron Amazon?

[idle iron]

i ended up cutting a micro usb charger and using it with a improvised battery pack, so far no issues when using it

to power Circuit Playground Express

[vast condor]

I must have missed the back story on this @idle iron ,why not use micro USB to power it or a LiPo?

[idle iron]

i was using a micro USB to power it but i want it portable, I dont have any LiPo laying around... but i had some other junk... so i just used what i had

i would have went to radio shack to get what i need but the 11 in my town are all closed now... someone suggested a RC shop.... ive never been to one

all i wanted was a 2pin connector to make a custom battery pack but im not willing to pay shipping on a 0.10 part

[vast condor]

Heard that. Resourceful.

[idle iron]

over all im happy with what i got going, just have to disconnect battery pack when i connect to pc.... the battery pack doesnt lock in there but the PC usb does... kind feel like i might brake it when i disconnect it from the pc

[vast condor]

Need to Jerry rig a interrupt switch.

[idle iron]

only switch i have is 10A 120V... kinda big for this

usually i work with A/C

im trying to learn circuitpython right now, was gana try learn arduino but couldnt get it to work but circuitpython is working.... just have to find like a bible or something with refrences to what things do

[vast condor]

What problems did you have with getting Arduino to work?

[idle iron]

"error: libraries\Adafruit_CircuitPlayground\utility\ffft.S.o: Conflicting CPU architectures 12/0"

[stuck moth]

awesome @idle iron !

[idle iron]

couldnt get the sketch to work

[stuck moth]

https://circuitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ is a good API reference

[idle iron]

i tried uploading anyways and got the text to speach to kinda work but i could tell it wasnt working right the first neopixel was orange and blinding me

[stuck moth]

there are also a number of learn guides: https://learn.adafruit.com/search?q=circuitpython&

[idle iron]

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-m0-express-designed-for-circuit-python-circuitpython/circuitpython-blinky

i did that

but i still dont understand

[stuck moth]

woo! thats a start

[idle iron]

like for "import digitalio" what all can it do?

how do i turn off the green on light...

[stuck moth]

the on light can't be changed but the D13 led can

[idle iron]

mkay good to know, so im not searching for something not possible

[vast condor]

A start indeed. I get my M0 next week and will be doing some heavy learning/tinkering. I'll try to document some simple stuff I learn that isn't already in a learning guide.

[stuck moth]

Ton'ys digitalio video from last week is really good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJJ4WkPRddc

hes doing analogio right now I think

[vast condor]

I have servos, LEDs, sensors everywhere, all kinds of stuff I can learn to control when I get my board.

That's great. So many resources

[idle iron]

I will watch that video tonight for sure.

[stuck moth]

😃

[elfin wave]

Did my first escape room tonight. Now I'm thinking about all the things I can do of my own.

I know there are a lot of cool things on the blog

If I can think of something to do with the circuit playground maybe I can get double extra credit...

Actually I bet with all those sensors I could make a puzzle box with like five layers...

[idle iron]

that sounds fun, can i test it out?

Neopixels are blinding.... so bright, very very bright... need sunglasses

[stuck moth]

or eclipse glasses?

[idle iron]

yeah

when is the eclipse?

...i just googled it

less then 3 days in Oregon

[vast condor]

Given the recent talk of the sun, I decided to take on a solar project

Not sure what I want to make yet.

[stuck moth]

@idle iron its more than just oregon but its closest for me. I'm just gonna see most of it from my house

[idle iron]

yeah its like from one side of USA to the other, kinda far from where i am in Cali though....

[stuck moth]

yup yup

it'll be super busy too

my parents are heading down though

[idle iron]

circuitpython seems to be easy to use, got PuTTY serial working... The videos on learning this stuff by Tony D are full of info... Easy to understand and really explained well.

[stuck moth]

glad you like them @idle iron

[idle iron]

was looking into Smart Eyes and came across these funny dudes on the subject https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9WnTjhkyUg

[runic elbow]

That looks awesome.

[abstract violet]

@idle iron looking at that makes my eyes feel itchy!

[idle iron]

Working on two versions of the same project at once on CPX, makecode and circuitpython. I like how the python stuff doesn't get deleted when i switch over to makecode.

[tender nimbus]

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Aug 19, 2017, 3:11 PM

[tender nimbus]

Yo !

Coool...... Command !

[abstract violet]

Joined a peaceful rally at the city hall today

[lethal plank]

That's Vancouver Town Hall right?

[abstract violet]

@lethal plank yup!

[idle iron]

On CPX when I use makecode I get some crazy noise on A0, but not when I use circuitpython. So much noise just touching it I can feel it shock me also makes the speaker quietly buzz. Any fix for this?

[dusty citrus]

There is a fix in CircuitPython for the speaker buzzing...it turns it off by default... I wonder if makecode needs this by default, except that it would need to turn it back on if needed by code.

[bold turtle]

I HAZ A HAPPY!!!!!

oh dear why did that shrink down so evil?

[dusty citrus]

^ @stuck moth This is the fix, right? https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues/126

@bold turtle What is that?

[bold turtle]

That's my password keeper... FINALLY able to load the config for stuff off the SD card, instead of having to reflash the firmware to change stuff

well, to change what stuff the buttons type

[dusty citrus]

Nice, so it's a circuit python password keeper?

[bold turtle]

No, Arduino

[dusty citrus]

Ah...

[bold turtle]

Circ Py is not quite there yet for doing this much drawing quickly on that big of a screen

[dusty citrus]

yeah, understood.

[bold turtle]

(the fact that I'm doing the testing code on my m0 express will not be mentioned in the hearing range of a certain AdaFruitian in the PNW, lest he decide to excommuicate me for sacrilige 😉 )

[stuck moth]

Yes you are right @dusty citrus

[idle iron]

going to work on an RNG based game and call it "Serendipity", may claim it's for psychic training 🤑

[chilly steeple]

CLICK THE OCTOPUS

[runic elbow]

Done.

[hollow oasis]

Spent the last 3 hours trying to toggle a pin on a SAMD21 chip. Atmel was able to read the ID so soldering shouldn't be an issue, but I couldn't toggle the pin no matter what I tried in Arduino or in Atmel studio.

ARGHH

/rant

[stuck moth]

@hollow oasis any luck?

[spice moss]

hi @stuck moth

[stuck moth]

hi @spice moss

[spice moss]

this rock formation i saw today

@stuck moth bedrock have rock top of it

[runic elbow]

That looks pretty cool.

[spice moss]

tree is top of the rock

[runic elbow]

Just a heads up, eventuantually I'm going to be changing my name to "Lemon Man". Just a warning to prevent any confusion.

[chilly steeple]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322985156615077889/348957966952824835/unknown.png

[runic elbow]

I can't tell if that is cute or terrifying.

[bold turtle]

@runic elbow porque no los dos?

[runic elbow]

I'm sorry, what?

[sudden sapphire]

is that an octopus?

[bold turtle]

@runic elbow Sorry... semi-local thing. Literally "Why not both"

[runic elbow]

Oh, ok.

Oh, by the way, although it is already obvious, I have changed my name to Lemon Man.

[chilly steeple]

why? Peppercatt is better.

[runic elbow]

No idea.

[chilly steeple]

Hmmn...

[runic elbow]

It's an Adventure Time reference.

[chilly steeple]

oh. ok

[bold turtle]

See, now, in my head, peppercat and lemon man are combining in my head to become sour puss.....

[runic elbow]

Oh god.

[chilly steeple]

Ha!

[bold turtle]

@runic elbow ❤

[chilly steeple]

🐙

[runic elbow]

But yeah, the octopus is terrifyingly adorable.

[indigo jetty]

pretty off reference but when girlfriend was pregnant some of friends refered to the baby as "lemon sweets"

https://youtu.be/dmxhLEoJf-o?t=23s

[runic elbow]

Oh my.

Well that was terrifying.

[chilly steeple]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWl73zP1SmU

[crude trench]

Nothing is off topic in #general-chat

[chilly steeple]

yeah.

[runic elbow]

Yeah, I'm already tired of Lemon Man. I'll change it back later.

[chilly steeple]

k

[abstract violet]

cephalopods are amazinggg :3

[lethal plank]

If anyone is looking for a platform to build a serious robot off of, Nvidia has one of their dev boards/kits for $200 USD

http://www.nvidia.com/object/JetsonTX1DeveloperKitSE?ncid=pa-twi-nstrjntxssldv-20070

[chilly steeple]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusher_(railway_station_attendant)

[tender nimbus]

Someone or the other should post solar eclipse !

☀

[stuck moth]

@tiny moat is camping and hoping to live stream it @tender nimbus

[runic elbow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHCUfzPOfew Anyone remember these things?

I remember these being quite popular.

[steel patio]

I have one of those in the other room!!!

[runic elbow]

Really?

What colour is it?

[steel patio]

red like the one in that video

[runic elbow]

Huh.

Neat.

I used to love these.

[bold turtle]

glares at dyno

[steel patio]

Before that video the one have was the only one I'd ever seen

[runic elbow]

I kind find it weird how it just stopped existing after three years on sale.

Like, a whole bunch of people seemed to like them, then no one talked about them anymore. And they were never sold again.

[tender nimbus]

If someone can then please post some pics of solar eclipse if any near you !

🌇

[fair summit]

On the way to totality. Harriman TN. Through a solar telescope.

[stuck moth]

ok, just ordered a ryzen 5

[indigo jetty]

Nice!

How deep did you have to go?

New ram etc

[spice moss]

my PC upgrade plan to i9

GTX 1080 or 1070

laptop upgrade to zephyrus

[stuck moth]

@indigo jetty pretty deep, mobo, ram and graphics card

keep the case, psu and ssd

[spice moss]

how big SSD?

[stuck moth]

I don't expect to ever be able to update the cpu without mobo and ram as well

the one it has is 256G

[spice moss]

I have started to look 512G minumum

[stuck moth]

yeah, there is a sale today for the 500G evo

anything I buy next will be that big

[spice moss]

FinalFantasy XV Windows Edition have 4K

even beyond it

[stuck moth]

I'm more interested in ultrawide than 4k

[spice moss]

HDR?

[stuck moth]

maybe, depends on when I buy it

[indigo jetty]

I bought a 27" monitor from Korea eBay 5 or 6 years ago and it's still going strong

It was pretty good at the time

Ips panel and 2560x1440 resolution or something, which was massive at the time

It was a weird time, an equivalent monitor in Europe would have been minimum €600 and this was less than €300

[stuck moth]

yeah, my primary is a dell 25" 1440p now

dean at adafruit has an ultrawide dell though and it looks awesome

[sudden sapphire]

I actually use a TV I dn't watch. It does just fine

[spice moss]

age of empires get definite edition from old ones and IV is coming too

[indigo jetty]

New addition for my office

A dedicated high chair (bear is only on loan from my daughters room)

[lost condor]

Eclipse was really cool

[stuck moth]

cool! graet pic!

[lost condor]

It really was spectacular. I always thought the corona pictures you see in textbooks were through a telescope or specialized hardware

But no, that's really what it looks like

My pic is at a really small focal length in order to fit the ground and sky in at the same time, so it doesn't wuite do it justice.

[stuck moth]

I'm a little jealous. I had to use my pinhole box

[lost condor]

I'm really glad I took the drive up to see totality.

I got 98% at my house

But totality is completely different from any percentage

It's absolutely crazy

[sturdy hawk]

After watching the video streams today I can't wait for 2024.

it will be 98% where I live but I think I will drive the few hours to get 3min of totality

[lost condor]

98% looks like nothing but dim sunlight. It's interesting and all, but it just feels like wearing sunglesses.

[indigo jetty]

I remeber it being wierd that it got noticably colder (but I could be imagining that, it was 20 years ago or so 😛 )

[stuck moth]

yeah, it was definitely chillier here

[lost condor]

It definitely does get colder

[tiny moat]

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[chilly steeple]

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Aug 22, 2017, 4:28 AM

[indigo jetty]

I stayed up to late, its going to be a long day

Also spotify web player absolutely loves trying to play music out over my phones speakers, its a weird "feature" that it tries to default to your phone

[spice moss]

@indigo jetty how is your spotify connect is connecting?

seems like to your phone

[indigo jetty]

yeah, but it seems to do it by default

[spice moss]

it do default what is your latest connection from the device i think

[indigo jetty]

So like I might have been listening to spotify on my phone hours ago, then go to listen on the webplayer and it will start playing on the phone

[spice moss]

lets say you use spotify connect to your mobile speakers then it should play there if webplayer see it

[indigo jetty]

yeah I think its cool that you can control it from the web player, but just the fact it defaults to the phone seems bad design to me

a few times last night I managed to blare music out of my phone speakers by mistake

[spice moss]

now it's in Xbox too

so you can play your music from phone to xbox so your webplayer should see it too

[indigo jetty]

yeah I've been using the PS4 version of it for a while

I mainly use an Amazon Echo as my speaker

if im not listening via headphones

[spice moss]

have you checked where it is connected?

in webplayer?

[indigo jetty]

yeah it seems to load kind of slow though, so you can press play before you see its connected to something else

im not sure

I just know I have done it way more than I should have

[spice moss]

@indigo jetty so you could do in mobile to switch connect device to ps4 for example and then webplayer if you press play on webplayer

it could be that by default spotify account where you listened previously so it keeps it by default place to listen

hey Sims 4 gets Dogs and Cats expansion so you could have #334806266327072770 and #pet-photos from the game

[indigo jetty]

@polar wraith Im looking at your Circuit playground video on youtube (it autoplayed after your newest video)

Its really good (the audio is a bit noisey, but the format and content)

[polar wraith]

Thank you, @indigo jetty!

[indigo jetty]

haha

i said I was fond of bemax

[polar wraith]

That darn bot!

[indigo jetty]

but I said I was a socker

but with a u

[polar wraith]

Heh. I haven't unpacked him yet since the move....

[indigo jetty]

Im currently on a youtube autoplay journey

currently watching JP circuit playground password vault

[polar wraith]

I haven't watched that one, but I'm really interested in it.

[indigo jetty]

I'm not sure I would ever use what he made

but there is some interesting things he does it in it

like copper tape to extend the touch sensors

[elfin wave]

re totality, Buffalo is under it in 2024 and I am v excited

[plush musk]

I'm a little late in posting these since I was stuck in a traffic nightmare yesterday coming back to Chicago from Southern Illinois to view the eclipse. Anyways, here are a couple of photos of the eclipse as viewed near Makanda, IL.

Crescent shadows

Taken during totality

[viral spruce]

So yesterday I didn't think my puppy would stare at the sun. She has a penchant for being not as bright as the other dog. I let her out, turned around and she was staring right at it. Had to yank her away really quickly

[abstract violet]

she doing alright @viral spruce ?! :<

[indigo jetty]

We have a saying in Ireland, she'll be better before she's twice married

It's an old saying that predates divorce legalisation

@abstract violet i haven't bottomed out on that lens on the pi camera test yet. One thing for sure is it will need something to support the lens clip

[abstract violet]

Was thinking of using it for the rpi camera on my octoprint setup

[indigo jetty]

As it can't be clipped directly onto the camera board (might knock off a component)

I'm using an old webcam

From an Xbox 360 of all places

[abstract violet]

oh, wha for kinect?

[bold turtle]

@indigo jetty Reuse ALL the electronics!

[indigo jetty]

No before kinnect

[abstract violet]

ah!

[indigo jetty]

http://static2.gamespot.com/uploads/scale_super/gamespot/images/2006/features/hardware/xboxcamera/747860-xboxcamera_002.jpg

[abstract violet]

@bold turtle agreed 😃 although i have more controllers than i have use for XD

[bold turtle]

perks up

[abstract violet]

@indigo jetty Oooh yeah that! -- looks cool 😄

[bold turtle]

Wha... what kind of controllers, @abstract violet ...?

[indigo jetty]

They sold them off for a couple of dollars at stage so I bought a couple

[abstract violet]

@bold turtle I have ps3/ps4/xbox one (mostly for pc), steam controller, and some random stuffs in storage

@indigo jetty yeah, really useful for projects other than original purpose.. using a an old microsoft cam as a secondary octoprint camera

[bold turtle]

@abstract violet Well, if you have to, I'll be helpful and take the extras off your hand....

[abstract violet]

@bold turtle when I do the long overdue spring cleaning ill think boutcha

[viral spruce]

@abstract violet yeah, she's fine somehow

[bold turtle]

maybe Pooch eyes aren't as fragile?

[viral spruce]

I have no idea how dogs work

[bold turtle]

@viral spruce and they're IMPOSSIBLE to get schematics for 😉

[bold turtle]

Hrm... i am missing a Pi

[fair summit]

Nice eclipse totality photo by my nephew.

We have a video of transition to/from totality as well. This was a Panasonic DMC-FZ70 which has a 20-1200mm (full-frame equivalent) superzoom lens with a 60x zoom.

[hearty fiber]

@ogredrew#6724 sorry, i got hungry

[lost condor]

I definitely learned my lesson for photographing the eclipse. Next time I'm going to head somewhere that it will happen closer to the horizon.

It's easy to forget just how small the angular size of the sun and the moon really are.

I planned for it as much as I could, but still ended up with only about 30 pixels of sun

[runic elbow]

I could use my Pi for so much, create many things with it. And yet this is what I choose to do with it.

[bold turtle]

@hearty fiber Well, you didn't eat the pi, cuz I found it

[bold turtle]

Hey @night crescent, I've got a picture for you and Limor

I don't have a problem I SWEAR

13 of those compartments have things that came from adafruit.com

14 if you count the elcosure on the edge

[chilly steeple]

doughnut.

[dusty citrus]

?help

[indigo jetty]

its a nice case @ogredrew#6724

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/lego-mindstorms-robotics-books

May be of some use to people

(there is more arduino books than the name suggests)

[vast condor]

Thanks @indigo jetty! The non-profit I volunteer for uses Lego mindstorms for a Lego robotics class they teach for kids.

[viral spruce]

@bold turtle I have the same carry-case for all of my tools , I like the little boxes/slots

[bold turtle]

@viral spruce Yeah, I ❤ it. Yay for harbor freight specials

[viral spruce]

agreed!

their never-ceasing 20% off anything coupon is the greatest

[bold turtle]

(I live 2 miles from a harbor freight. This is a challenge)

[viral spruce]

There used to be none near me, then they opened one up and I was weak.

They have suuuuper cheap clamps

[bold turtle]

I may have bought 4 plastic ammo boxes for storing stuff in all in one go...

.... for 13$

[viral spruce]

tip: army supply stores have those, but metal, and $1/ea usually

[bold turtle]

Plastic is better in this case, and the only army supply store I know of around here is not somewhere I particularly care to be

[viral spruce]

There's a wicked large Army/Navy (mainly navy) surplus in Mystic, CT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvQ9DjJNal0

[stuck moth]

@ogredrew#6724 are you set to invisible? Its hard to mention you

[indigo jetty]

yeah doesnt seem to highlight at least

noticed the same earlier

I picked up there in ikea last week

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00283103/

pretty nice size

for storing shields etc

Also a few these, which are really handy for storing ongoing projects as the fit a half breadboard pretty nicely

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80098583/

[bold turtle]

@stuck moth yeah, sorry

I kinda do that at work

[stuck moth]

@bold turtle works better now I think

[dusty citrus]

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[solar ridge]

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[runic elbow]

Adafruit, I kind of did something to your mascot.

I don't know how I feel about the fact that I made this.

[indigo jetty]

Its pretty good @runic elbow even if a bit disturbing 😃

[runic elbow]

Thank you.

[stuck moth]

is that adabot's cousin @runic elbow

[indigo jetty]

thats it's happy to only see a couple of times a year at Holidays

[runic elbow]

It might be, Tannewt.

[crude trench]

Rick Adabot, his brother in law

[runic elbow]

OK, so I put Ricks face on a pug, someones charater, and a troll.

Probably.

I wonder what else I should put Ricks face on.

[indigo jetty]

Morty

[runic elbow]

Oh god, that is an amazing idea.

[spice moss]

Bender is a Adabot long lost cousin

[runic elbow]

I feel almost powerful with GIMP.

AW JEEZ RICK

[stuck moth]

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[runic elbow]

I should probably start doing something different.

[indigo jetty]

https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/BogusClosedBoilweevil

I actually am super impressed with this €3 macro lens for my phone

[tiny moat]

Testing

[stuck moth]

?mute @tiny moat 1

[solar ridge]

My role isn't high enough to mute this user. Move the Dyno role up above other roles.

My role isn't high enough to mute this user. Move the Dyno role up above other roles.

[tiny moat]

Hm

[stuck moth]

?mute @elfin wave 1

[solar ridge]

My role isn't high enough to mute this user. Move the Dyno role up above other roles.

My role isn't high enough to mute this user. Move the Dyno role up above other roles.

[stuck moth]

hrm

[elfin wave]

mwahaha!

[stuck moth]

?mute @elfin wave 1

[solar ridge]

Sigafoos#6538 has been muted.

[stuck moth]

hehe

[tiny moat]

How rude.

[elfin wave]

phew I'm back

[solar ridge]

Sigafoos#6538 has been muted.

Unmuted Sigafoos#6538.

[idle iron]

@pepercatt I love Rick and Morty, that's my favorite Sci-Fi show. I want to make a portal gun with CPX....

[viral spruce]

@idle iron you should!

[chilly steeple]

my hobby: looking at everyone's profile and looking at their badges

[polar wraith]

Hey all. So I've joined the Tripoli Rocketry Association, which does high-powered rocketry. I am planning my first dual-deployment rocket (where a drogue chute comes out at apogee, slowing the rocket, and then a main chute comes out when the rocket falls to about 500 feet AGL). There are a number of commercial electronics packages available, but I look at the specs on all of them and think, "I can do better on my own." So I'm going to build a Feather M0/CircuitPython flight controller and data logger for a high-powered rocket. The one I'm planning to build is 4" in diameter and 6'2" tall, and it flies to about 4,500 feet on the smallest motor....

[abstract violet]

sounds awesome @polar wraith ! Will you have photos/videos ?

[polar wraith]

@abstract violet Absolutely! Here's the electronics BoM for the flight controller: http://www.adafruit.com/wishlists/443357

And here's the rocket I'm going to start with: https://www.locprecision.com/product/hyperloc-835/

[abstract violet]

oohhh! 😄 awesome -- 8) snakes on a rocket

what happened to the adafruit emoji's 😦

[indigo jetty]

still here for me @abstract violet

[polar wraith]

Confirmed. 😃

[indigo jetty]

sounds like a really awesome project @polar wraith

[abstract violet]

🤔 I dont see any blinky lights on that list @polar wraith 😝

[polar wraith]

There's an OLED display for status. If you put holes in the side of the airframe the aerodynamic pressures can rip it open. I thought about status LEDs. I still might do that, but they'll be inside the rocket at launch.

[indigo jetty]

what is a maker project without blinking lights

[polar wraith]

LOL!!! Oh, ok, I'll add blinking lights.

[indigo jetty]

I would say do whatever is most aerodynamic!

[abstract violet]

what's the shell made of @polar wraith

[polar wraith]

Fiberglass-wrapped cardboard tube.

[abstract violet]

@polar wraith will this be on a youtube series 😉

[polar wraith]

Oh yes. I just got my new camera for YouTube videos!

[abstract violet]

curious how the electronics bay inside one would fit those components.. if that's what its used for

funny they call it E-Bay

xD

[polar wraith]

Right? 😃 The electronics bay is where you put the flight control hardware. It's sufficiently large that there shouldn't be any problem fitting in the components. The rocket itself is 4" in diameter....

[indigo jetty]

sigh 😛

[abstract violet]

where is the launch site at?

[polar wraith]

Mansfield, WA.

[spice moss]

@polar wraith have you seen demo of the rocket launch where was used Windows 10 Iot core and Entityframework

[polar wraith]

No! That would be interesting. I'm going to use CircuitPython for mine.

[abstract violet]

oooh far

[spice moss]

circuitpython what get commands from pi what have windows 10 iot core

[polar wraith]

@abstract violet Yes, but these go high enough that you have to have an FAA waiver, 72 hour advance notice to SEATAC ATC, and a NOTAM. 😉

[abstract violet]

@polar wraith wears a helmet ⛑ 🤕

[polar wraith]

Hahahahahaha!

I'll have to put a CircuitPython sticker on the payload section....

[spice moss]

@polar wraith check this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYa7EdMnP4E

[polar wraith]

Thanks @spice moss!

[dark sage]

😂

Oh shoot sorry I forgot about bad language being forbidden

[tender nimbus]

Hey I found something Coool Wierd......Bizare.....

Search for : Russian Sleep Experiment

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11656849

[indigo jetty]

@dark sage dyno can't see your pictures... Yet

I think I'm going to try do a live stream Saturday night (my time, maybe around 2 or 3 PM EST), it will be my first so if anyone has any pointers I'm all ears!

I want to cover using Sonoff devices (basically a relay with a esp8266)

[dark sage]

@tender nimbus I've seen that story! It's fiction apparently

[tender nimbus]

Fiction ?

[dark sage]

@indigo jetty yeah luckily haha

You should do a livestream!

@tender nimbus that is was not a real story

[tender nimbus]

@dark sage Thank God Nothing such Bizare happend

😷

[polar wraith]

@indigo jetty Be sure to put a reminder in here!

[indigo jetty]

You guys will probably be my only viewers 😃

[polar wraith]

Well then you'll have a kind audience! 😉

[indigo jetty]

😃

[polar wraith]

Side note: I planned out the high-power rocket build. I'll buy the parts in mid-September (budgetary reasons). This will give me a month and a half to build, program, and test it. The launch site is scheduled for early November. And speaking of rockets, SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg today; the launch window opens at 11:40 a.m. Pacific time. https://spacex.com/webcast

I'm going to create a blog for the build, starting with a Fritzing diagram of the control electronics. I'll upload the flight controller code to my GitHub account and share that, too, for anyone interested.

[indigo jetty]

That's sounds really interesting @polar wraith

[polar wraith]

Thanks, @indigo jetty. I haven't seen "rocket flight controllers" on the Adafruit site yet. 😃

[idle iron]

@viral spruce made the glow that would come off Rick's portal gun with makecode

[earnest turtle]

Hello everybody and thank you for let me join 😃

[polar wraith]

@earnest turtle Welcome!

[runic elbow]

I'm currently working a bit on BATCH. And I'm having a lot of fun with it.

I have a VERY simple GUI put together.

Here's what I have, so far.

Here's a slightly less broken version of it.

[stuck moth]

@runic elbow have you tried python at all? then I could run it on my mac

[runic elbow]

I have done a bit on my Pi, but the keyboard for it won't work anymore. So Im doing stuff on my PC, now.

And that was for Minecraft Pi.

I have no idea how to get Python running on my PC.

[stuck moth]

@runic elbow https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

[runic elbow]

Oh cool. Thanks.

Which one should I get? There's so many.

Wait, I think I got it.

[stuck moth]

the latest python 3

[runic elbow]

Yep. That's what I clicked.

[stuck moth]

perfect 😃

[runic elbow]

Ooh, Python looks pretty neat!

Can't wait to make stuff with it.

[stuck moth]

😃

[bold turtle]

hrm... apparently, i have managed to accidentially acquire UV reactive breadboard wires....

[ebon temple]

so is one of these two phil, and one all the adafruit peoples, or one troll, one real..etc? @night crescent @pure epoch

[stuck moth]

the first is phil

[viral spruce]

@idle iron YES! That's totally awesome, now you just need a prop

[stuck moth]

a second sometimes happens when someone tries it out before commiting to it

[abstract violet]

currently trying to look for real exoplanets using a mini-game inside eve.. https://www.eveonline.com/discovery

[runic elbow]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAYWAeStTDmSBMzZhFcTkDw This seems pretty awesome.

[spice moss]

well this is something interestign https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/microsoft-unveils-project-brainwave/

[polar wraith]

Thanks @spice moss ! I saw this internally and can't comment further, but I appreciate you posting it.

[stuck moth]

?memberinfo @grave crest

?whois @grave crest

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?whois @bold turtle

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[stuck moth]

who is join #2?

[bold turtle]

I am a meat popcicle?

[stuck moth]

?whois @stuck moth

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[elfin wave]

?whois @elfin wave

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[elfin wave]

wow I'm such a johnny-come-lately 😃

[bold turtle]

I'm just all sad @grave crest beat me

@stuck moth if you've got the time/brain, you could check the chat for the night we started this?

[elfin wave]

@bold turtle I just noticed your marathon (right?) icon. I'm such a lapsed halo fan, I can't believe it took me this long!

[bold turtle]

@stuck moth: it's @timber rampart

?whois @timber rampart

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[bold turtle]

@elfin wave Yup

[stuck moth]

?whois @rare bolt

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?whois @late stratus

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[indigo jetty]

?whois @indigo jetty

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[indigo jetty]

At least I beat @elfin wave 😂

[stuck moth]

we're all here now 😃

[spice moss]

?whois @spice moss

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?whois @idle iron

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[idle iron]

I've been a vegetarian since Jully, almost vegan. I do ocasionaly have milk and eggs, cause like all the best recipes call for it. People always ask "why?" Honistly I don't care about animals, I just have gotten sick of meat(steak atleast 6 meals a week for 29 years)

I'm doing the world a favor by not eating something I no longer care for, have done extensive research and know animals take exponentially more water to produce food then plants.

I just felt like sharing something random about me....

[gloomy pilot]

?whois @gloomy pilot

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[bold turtle]

@idle iron your body, your life, your call. As long as you don't try to force it on anyone else, 👍

[indigo jetty]

@idle iron i get similar "why's?" for not drinking alcohol, I don't have any good reason I just never got into it. I've no problem with other people drinking, I would never try convince anyone of anything, I even worked in a bar for years

I'm getting some things ready for the stream tomorrow, this will be main top down camera

[idle iron]

😀

[indigo jetty]

It's two gopro mounts attached to a desk microphone stand

I probably eventually should add a light ring around the camera but I won't have time tonight or tomorrow

Got my second led light today, one causes too much of a shadow so hopefully two will do the trick

[indigo jetty]

May look kinda of silly, but a blu taced macro lens on an old Web camera is working surprisingly well

[abstract violet]

@indigo jetty cool set up!

@indigo jetty I found a comparable clip on lens for my rpi camera, now just to get it focused ...

[indigo jetty]

Everytime my camera is focusing I think of another Canadian

Ave, he does lots of tear downs and stuff

[abstract violet]

@glass lava ooh are you doing a teardown??

[tiny moat]

?Whois @tiny moat

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[tiny moat]

?Whois @solar ridge

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Aug 25, 2017, 11:32 PM

[rugged summit]

@indigo jetty Focus Euph Uque!

[indigo jetty]

Nicely avoided @rugged summit

[elfin wave]

Just did my second escape room! My heart's still pumping.

[bold turtle]

@tiny moat nice round number you got there

[tiny moat]

I know. I didn't even try.

[lost condor]

Man, I'm supposed to be doing my first real televised parade with my RGB Sousa next weekend and I went and tore up my knee.

Hopefully the doctors can make some miracles happen.

Or maybe I can just limp the parade in a leg brace. 😄

[ancient rivet]

bummer @lost condor

or maybe you could convert to sedentary sousa?

http://sedentarysousa.com/

[lost condor]

I'm already sedentary enough. 😄

[bold turtle]

@lost condor get a motorized scooter, become RGB SousaBot for the day?

[lost condor]

I'm considering it....I do have access to a segway

Well, a mini segway

[bold turtle]

mini....segway?

[lost condor]

Yeah....it's Segway's answer to the "hover board" stuff

[bold turtle]

That.... does not look like a horrible abomination of technology designed to kill you...

[lost condor]

Now, combine it with someone wearing a sousaphone.

[bold turtle]

That... does not sound like designed to kil... designed to maim hilariously, possibly....

[dusty citrus]

Nintendo Switch kiosk powered by Raspberry Pi.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/5vu3o5/nintendo_switch_kiosk_powered_by_raspberry_pi/

[fair summit]

@jaswope can you sit down and play, in a wheelchair? Get someone to push you.

[lost condor]

That's the backup plan

Also, it's DragonCon, so the idea was floated to do a Hodor/Bran thing

[abstract violet]

?Whois @abstract violet

[solar ridge]

cascade#3765

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[abstract violet]

I miss that shirt x)

[solar ridge]

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[chilly steeple]

?whois @chilly steeple

[indigo jetty]

Created a YouTube event for my stream later, pretty excited /nervous 😂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkcaNYafFds

[sudden sapphire]

hello everyone

[tender nimbus]

?whois @tender nimbus

[solar ridge]

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[tender nimbus]

Oh I was 67th to JOIN discord !

[sudden sapphire]

nice

[dusty citrus]

?whois @dusty citrus

[solar ridge]

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Aug 26, 2017, 2:24 PM

[dusty citrus]

I was 8 :D

[stuck moth]

#34 in first game

gotta practice crouching

55

[elfin wave]

@stuck moth and others who have PUBG, I'm Sigafoos on Steam if you want to group up sometime.

[indigo jetty]

My stream has started 😂

https://www.reddit.com/r/arduino/comments/6w59xh/live_stream_of_creating_a_smart_plug_using_a

[bold turtle]

@indigo jetty : twitch q: c04x: can the sonoff sense current draw on the switched side?

[abstract violet]

An year old but have not seen this until last night!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp6F_ApUq-c

[spice moss]

you might get some cosplay ideas https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1815087115/iron-sky-the-roleplaying-game

I give a small idea and it have lead to this

[sudden sapphire]

world domination!!

[stuck moth]

winner winner chicken dinner!

[indigo jetty]

You did not!? @stuck moth

I'm still going hungry!

[stuck moth]

yup!

I think I only killed two people

mostly my stealth skills

[indigo jetty]

We have a saying, Doesn't matter, had chicken

[stuck moth]

when it was three remaining the other two saw each other

and I saw one of them

the guy I saw killed the other person then I killed him 😃

[indigo jetty]

I'm just finished my live stream, went OK. Few technical issues and I forgot a USB extension cable my male USB programer was really awkward to use

Hug report to @bold turtle for sticking with me the whole way anyways!

[stuck moth]

yay!

[indigo jetty]

Now I just need to pack all this up and go home...

[stuck moth]

I'm tannewt_ on steam if you want to add me

[abstract violet]

@indigo jetty agh i missed it. how long was the stream on for?

[indigo jetty]

3 hours!

I expected 2 tops

I had a driver issue that ment I needed to restart my PC

But I was streaming with that PC!

Cool!

I might play some later

I said I wouldn't play til I released another video, a stream counts right?

[stuck moth]

definitely!

[abstract violet]

@indigo jetty shall catch up with it 😃 been curious about them sonoff devices.. might play wif one

[gray pilot]

I see a Blue microphone. Nice.

[indigo jetty]

Yeah I got a blue snow ball when I started making videos

I felt audio was pretty much the most import thing and the most often got wrong in videos

@abstract violet I'm not sure if I recommend it to be honest!

There are probably better ways to spend a few hours

[abstract violet]

haha 😃 what do you mean!

[gray pilot]

I got my son the same kind and he uses it all the time. Loves it.

[indigo jetty]

Will do something less hard wary next stream

I spent a long time doing this 😱

One thing that I used that worked really well was the neopixel ring connected to telegram

I had friends watching the stream that would change the colour of the neopixels based on something needing my attention

[bold turtle]

@stuck moth dwmc = me

[gray pilot]

You mean the text would be parsed and then the ring would change accordingly

[indigo jetty]

Yup

[gray pilot]

Now THAT'S a very clever idea. 💯

[indigo jetty]

I was watching jp stream the other day and he didn't have his mic on the start and I thought it would be good to have a visual way of getting my attention

I already had it built for the learn guide I'm writing for it

Thanks @gray pilot

[bold turtle]

We could have used one of those for @night crescent on this weeks AaE too

[gray pilot]

@indigo jetty Yer Velcome.... better???

[indigo jetty]

I've no idea what I said to anger dyno

[gray pilot]

You didn't, I think it was my "cum" that triggered it.

[indigo jetty]

It was me

Cause it deleted the message

[gray pilot]

oh, hmm, see no reason...

[indigo jetty]

Ha

[gray pilot]

So the bot doesn't like certain phrases.

Whatch your language

Watch your language.

nope

wierd

[indigo jetty]

It's mag azine

[gray pilot]

there it goes.

ok time for webcast, catch ya on the flip side

[indigo jetty]

Enjoy

[elfin wave]

I can't believe you got a chicken dinner already! I have like 40 hours in the game and haven't won yet

But then I'm An Old now

[indigo jetty]

Me two @elfin wave

I've more than 40 though

Lots of seconds

Don't have the nerve of @stuck moth apparently 😂

[elfin wave]

I actually haven't played in a few weeks. Not since I could honk I think!

I have fun though, so I don't mind

[indigo jetty]

Me at the final circle

http://68.media.tumblr.com/e331d894976d3fcaf2724fa4813be860/tumblr_inline_nrqtkjZMOM1s62pp9_540.gif

also probably doing this

[dusty citrus]

lol

Cleaning the man cave

[stuck moth]

@elfin wave yeah, I was surprised. I got pretty lucky I think. I was being stealth

[idle iron]

that was a nice stream, the trinket give away

[indigo jetty]

Magazine maga

Thanks @stuck moth

[runic elbow]

If the multiverse theory is true, there is a universe in which it isn't.

[stuck moth]

@indigo jetty wanna squad up? I see you are playing PUBG

[tender nimbus]

how many indians here ?

🇮🇳

[chilly steeple]

I hear the 🚟 emoj is the least used.🚟🚟🚟🚟🚟

🚟🚟🚟🚟🚟🚟

[indigo jetty]

@stuck moth sorry I'm only seeing this now. I left my game in after playing earlier. Hopefully will be on later though!

How are you liking it?

[stuck moth]

pretty fun! was just gonna take a break

you should add me as a steam friend

[indigo jetty]

My steam is witnessmenow (I think 😀)

[stuck moth]

kk

[indigo jetty]

I'm not at home I will do later

[stuck moth]

kk, I sent you a friend request

[indigo jetty]

Cool

[stuck moth]

time to head to the farmers market

[indigo jetty]

I played a couple of duos earlier, didn't do much of note!

[stuck moth]

yeah, I haven't made the top 30 today

that last round I only had a pistol and shotgun

[indigo jetty]

Awesome, got some tomatoes and chillis from my garden today (first produce of the season 😂)

Yeah it can kind of go in waves

[stuck moth]

yummy!

yup yup, still learning the map and shooting and such

varies a lot with if you end up in the first zone or not

[viral spruce]

Ah, took a few days off from looking at a computer to swim and paddleboard before the semester starts 💯

[spice moss]

I shoot long over 2 hour Foam building Q Craft Firefly Alliance Cruiser. I need to timelapse it

[viral spruce]

@spice moss Do it!

[spice moss]

in my Firefly cargo crate unboxing I said that i shoot a video about building it so now timelapse then upload

[viral spruce]

it's a bit too late now (obv.) but next time you're 'lapsing try out Hyperlapse (https://hyperlapse.instagram.com/). It does stabilization for you, it's buttery smooth

actually, how do you shoot your lapses?

[spice moss]

I did timelapse kinda in before using Azure Media Services and Timelapse service

now just need to automize the process

[viral spruce]

ooh that's neat, let me know if you figure out how to automate it

[spice moss]

@viral spruce check this out https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/media-services/media-services-hyperlapse-content

I am going to make logic app for it so it could even upload it to YouTube or instagram for example

[bold turtle]

Need opinions

Is it fairly obvious what that is supposed to be?

[thin canopy]

1/2 an Arduino UNO? 😉

(looks like an SD card to me)

[bold turtle]

Cedar, yer horrible

[spice moss]

looks like pocked tablet with some buttons

[indigo jetty]

Its a micro SD

[fair summit]

@bold turtle Is that just a bitmap you drew in Paint or similar? Could you put the letters "SD" on it?

[bold turtle]

@fair summit drawn using adafruit_glx primitives

[fair summit]

so you could paint text on top if you felt like it. It does look like a uSD card but it's hard to separate that from my expectations given our Adalogger discussions earlier today. Ask an innocent like a family member?

[bold turtle]

The only family member I have handy wouldn't know a uSD card from a toggle switch, so...

[thin canopy]

How about something like the 6th on the second row of sample icons?

[abstract violet]

Anyone here with a project blog?

[viral spruce]

@abstract violet what do you mean? just logging?

[idle iron]

after feeding my CPX pet IR signals, would it be bad for it to randomly send IR it recieved when angry?

like if it asks to eat some IR signals, and you send it some via a remote, then later on you make it upset so it sends the signal to try and mess with you... IDK if that would potentially be bad

[lethal plank]

That's actually a hilarious idea. A device that continually gathered IR signals from a room and then at random intervals, sent random ones back out.

A much more frustrating TV-BE-GONE

[runic elbow]

Pineapple pizza, WHOO!

[abstract violet]

@viral spruce a blog. could be just logs or more detailed.. etc, just an electronics 'blog' in general..

[runic elbow]

I've accidentally made Discord in the browser fullscreen, and I can't get out. Which key gets me out of this?

[abstract violet]

F11?

[idle iron]

Anyone want to test this and let me know if temp and stuff is okay? temp for me is around 80-85 fahrenheit

[hollow oasis]

@runic elbow it is dangerous, as I understand it, to let your pineapple preferences in pizza be known in a public sphere.

@abstract violet Just been to Shenzhen. There is a booming business in iphone cases, judging from the number of stalls that are selling almost identical cases

The most interesting thing I saw was a watch that you could slot a sim card into and start making calls.

It had bluetooth, touchscreen, and speakers too

Cost about $20 ~

[elfin wave]

I have a cheap smart watch that's honestly kinda useless... I need to figure out if I can hack it or something

[spice moss]

what smartwatch?

[elfin wave]

I'll have to look when I get home

[spice moss]

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/08/28/windows-mixed-reality-holiday-update/#ofq3kZhD55ohXyfG.97

[nova raptor]

Don't know how many of y'all subscribe to the Humble Bundle book emails, but there's a nice collection of Make EBooks on right now. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/electronics-programming-make-book Excited about the trinket book and the flora books... plus, I have a general weakness for book bundles. 😃

[elfin wave]

I think I bought the last bundle like this and haven't done anything with the books yet

which... I should!

[stuck moth]

thanks for the link @nova raptor !

[spice moss]

soon @stuck moth play VR games and make Circuitpython wearables

[stuck moth]

I'm not interested in VR

CircuitPython wearables would be cool though

[spice moss]

@stuck moth think VR gloves what use CircuitPython

[spice moss]

for windows there is lots of stuff and some of you might have used even seen used in @night crescent shows

https://github.com/Awesome-Windows/Awesome

[gray pilot]

Downloading Destiny 2 Beta for PC. Anybody ever play this game?

[stuck moth]

I played the first one on PS4

[gray pilot]

I've never played. My son works for Bungi. He's a software Engineer and is having a fabulous time working for them. He gave me a code to get it for free so I figured it was time to see what Destiny is all about. I'm a Sins of the Solar System guy. Not really a FPS type but will try it out anyway.

At 16 GB this download is going to take some time.

Both my boys play it on PS4. But now that it runs on the PC, I can join them.

[stuck moth]

I'll have it on PC too. my new graphics card came with a code

[gray pilot]

Nice.

[idle iron]

I didn't care for the first Destiny, went from lvl 1 - 30 and seen less then 10 other players out and about killing stuff... was not the MMO experience I was looking for. I guess the servers have far too many shards.

[stuck moth]

@idle iron it lost me when I needed a bunch more relic iron...

[idle iron]

Im down to check out Destiny 2 beta though, I got a nice emblem from the last beta.

[gray pilot]

So, what's a 60 year old guy like me who's had 4 heart attacks, 2 L4 heria's, Cateract eyes, tinitus, rheumetoid arthritis, bacterial ulcers, and is standing on a rock cliff overlooking Lake Superior to do??? JUMP, that's what!!!😃

[idle iron]

https://www.bungie.net/en/Help/Article/45831#Requirements kinda high reqs

[gray pilot]

@idle iron Thanks for the link. I'll definitly check it out.

[thin canopy]

Started a new project today. Needed to update some old web connections.

[viral spruce]

I like that chair

[thin canopy]

That chair is about 50 yrs old. I have two more to restore.

[viral spruce]

ooh, stephen wolfram is giving a talk at makerfaire nyc this year!

[indigo jetty]

Does anyone have a subscription to make?

(magazine)

Actually never mind, I see the August /September edition came out in July

[gray pilot]

@indigo jetty I do. In case you need anything.

[indigo jetty]

Thanks @gray pilot , I think im in the next episode but I wasnt sure if that was the one that was currently out, but I doubt it judging by when it came out

[elfin wave]

cool!

[bold turtle]

@gray pilot Well, your son should recognize my avitar 😉

[elfin wave]

is anyone else here a ham license holder? I've tuned my radio to 144.390 to try to hear APRS traffic and am not getting anything

there's some APRS stuff by me but not a ton, so I'd still expect to hear something

https://aprs.fi/#!lat=42.89270&lng=-78.88840

[elfin wave]

this is a really cool image! https://gallery.mailchimp.com/86903b65c84293425f40fa9a5/images/66259ac4-33c3-4a89-b2b1-8d1e735cf6ae.png

[idle iron]

i tried the destiny 2 beta, if you liked the first one you will probably like this, other wise don't even bother with it... same game just more story

[abstract violet]

how's the multiplayer aspect @idle iron ?

[spice moss]

@viral spruce check this out https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Seth-Juarez/New-Command-Line-features-in-Windows-10-Fall-Creators-Update

[idle iron]

@abstract violet pvp? okay. Other then that still horrible, no 60+ boss battles.

i guess Defiance spoiled me on what a MMORPG should be

[abstract violet]

@idle iron looks interesting

[bold turtle]

... I just realized how much space there is on an M0... #BitmapsForTheWin!

[stuck moth]

@bold turtle I'm working on the M4 now

[bold turtle]

@stuck moth share the love?

[stuck moth]

right now it doesn't work at all

[bold turtle]

oh drat

[stuck moth]

just getting it going

working on the REPL now

I think the clocks are setup right

[bold turtle]

I shall cross my fingers for no hardware-or-@stuck moth damaging experiences

[stuck moth]

thanks!

the hardware has been tested with arduino so hopefully its ok

[bold turtle]

OK, this is cool, and you peeps should appreciate it: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/DewLeaf

[runic elbow]

Hey, does anyone know how to change the date on a Colemen Chronograph watch?

[spice moss]

@stuck moth M4 the powerhorse rosie

[spice moss]

omg so retro https://blog.hackster.io/80s-desktop-driving-game-converted-to-play-outrun-bd8fcae9abd8 I played on this device back in the day

[spice moss]

@stuck moth have you tried PUBG?

[elfin wave]

he got a chicken dinner already!

v jealous

[spice moss]

https://youtu.be/FwoFi1wpBOY gaming this style from raspi

[elfin wave]

that seems extremely unlikely for a few reasons. but I'll watch the video to see now.

ahhh, streaming. okay, that makes more sense.

[indigo jetty]

The steam tv is so cheap that I think it's probably has easy to get one of them

[elfin wave]

I've considered getting a steam link for the heck of it

[indigo jetty]

I got one, never use it!

Seems decent though

[abstract violet]

Its nice, I use it for playing multiplayer games or when the media server acts up and need to mirror vlc instead :]

[stuck moth]

@spice moss yup, and got chicken dinner in game 5. haven't gotten it since then though I haven't had a ton of time to play.

[abstract violet]

@faint glacier hows your project going?

[faint glacier]

Been a while since I updated you guys, hasn't it?

Current version of the lighted mask.

https://www.facebook.com/B34T.S.UD/videos/vb.135230637058773/148083582440145/ - Video

For the next version, I am going to experiment with a combination of craft foam and fiberglass to see if I can make armor costuming that will actually stand up to the kind of abuse I put it through. Because personally, I hate gluing foam floor mats edge-to-edge using contact cement. I'd much rather be able to hot-glue more easily bendable pieces together using hot glue and then use fiberglass on the finished product to get the rigidity that I need.

[abstract violet]

is that running through an Rpi @faint glacier ?

[faint glacier]

No, that one is running through a Gemma.

[spice moss]

@faint glacier you use CF100 foam?

[faint glacier]

No clue what that is. If it's the same stuff that foam puzzle mats are made of, then yes, that's what I used.

[spice moss]

@faint glacier check https://www.poly-props.com/cf100foam

[faint glacier]

I used foam puzzle mats

From home depot

[abstract violet]

was shared this link, uses adafruit PiTFT / Powerboost 1000c and a RPi W: http://imgur.com/gallery/CG9w4

[runic elbow]

I got a track ball mouse! Unfortunately, one of the plastic things on one of the actual buttons broke.

The actual track ball part of it works, though. So that's good.

[spice moss]

hack it with adafruit parts and it's like a new

[runic elbow]

I would, but I don't actually ave anything that would work.

Have*

Maybe if my school still has the 3D printr, maybe I could see if I could use it to print a new plasic block.

Plastic*

Also, Ishould probably get a physical keyboard for my tablet.

[spice moss]

think having ball in center what glows

[runic elbow]

That woul actually be pretty neat.

Glowing track ball.

I don't have any Adafruit items to do this, but I might have something else.

[elfin wave]

The Steam Link that we were talking about yesterday is on sale at Amazon (US) for $15 today

I felt like I had to buy it, y'know?

[indigo jetty]

Haha

[spice moss]

steamlink to samsung QLED TVs

Samsung announced it in IFA andalso 32:9 gaming monitor

[polar wraith]

@spice moss That sounds pretty cool! I'll have to check it out.

32:9 would be really handy for people who need a lot of screen real estate.

[spice moss]

it started when 3D hangout ended

@polar wraith like phil?

[polar wraith]

I do! Yes!

[spice moss]

think 3 monitor of those 32:9 monitors stacked

[polar wraith]

That would be pretty amazing. (I have multiple monitors at work and would love these.)

But ... According to ARSTechnica, the pixel density isn't really high enough. It might be better to wait for the new graphics cards to drive an actual UHD display in wide screen. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/01/crazy-ultrawide-329-and-241-displays-will-be-released-by-samsung-and-lg-this-year/

[spice moss]

@polar wraith think reusable rockets with circuitpython

[polar wraith]

@spice moss The one I'm building is re-usable. It just doesn't have the pretty landings that SpaceX has. 😃

[elfin wave]

hmm, if you send a rocket with circuitpython that might force my hand of whether I want to use arduino or CP for my high altitude balloon...

I want to have the record for highest altitude that's run python 😄

[polar wraith]

@elfin wave I'll compete with you for that. Of course, the FAA waiver for our launch site only allows us to go to 14,000 AGL. I'll have to head out to the desert for bigger stuff. 😃

[spice moss]

soon we have space race?

[polar wraith]

I hope so! 😃

[tender nimbus]

Hello !

[spice moss]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/08/31/star-wars-the-last-jedi-new-droid-bb-9e-revealed

[stuck moth]

@gray pilot If you haven't seen it, Kerbal Space Program is a game that could satiate your rocket desires for a lot less money.

[chilly steeple]

@elfin wave no the iss has a Pi that runs python

[elfin wave]

curses

circuit python then

[chilly steeple]

OK

[ancient rivet]

iss has two pi's (https://astro-pi.org/)

with really nice cases

https://www.raspberrypi.org/app/uploads/2015/05/IMG_2020.jpg

[abstract violet]

Speaking of Pi's -- not an official raspberry pi, but saw this recently: http://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=197

$8 - A7 Quad Core

[indigo jetty]

finally got my chicken dinner!

[elfin wave]

Woo I'm the official worst PUBG player here! Golf rules!

[indigo jetty]

my hours to dinner ratio is pretty poor, you still have time @elfin wave

I'll be doing another live stream Saturday if anyone want to join in. Will be converting an "remote" control car into a WiFi controlled one with an esp8266