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#general-chat
covert spire
I guess the servers are now water cooled
fluid forum
thats cold
grave crest
...seriously? Comon folks, I know this is off topic, but can we not do...this?
polar wraith
+1 @grave crest
fluid forum
I would rather talk about poptart flavors
covert spire
Strawberry
karmic kite
Thats a thing?
polar wraith
Frosted cherry.
ocean sigil
mint trellis
ms!eval bot.sendMessage({to:channelID,message:"Who likes bot evals and cool features?"})
stuck moth
@mint trellis I wouldn't expose an eval function because it is a security hole. Look up SQL injection and xss for similar attacks.
mint trellis
eh it's only accessible by me @stuck moth
stuck moth
it checks your username?
ms!eval bot.sendMessage({to:channelID,message:"Who likes bot evals and cool features?"})
rare birchBOT
Only bot devs can access eval
stuck moth
ah nice
somber summit
Anyone know a good way to track ePackages?
karmic kite
@mint trellis
"The author object follows the structure of the user object, but is only a valid user in the case where the message is generated by a user or bot user. If the message is generated by a webhook, the author object corresponds to the webhook's id, username, and avatar. You can tell if a message is generated by a webhook by checking for the webhook_id on the message object."
Gotta add a check for webhook ID else it can spoofed
@somber summit depends on the shipping company
somber summit
China EMS, I think.
karmic kite
Most tracking systems I've seen from china are unreliable at best
proven olive
They.... track through china, then go on a boat. Which takes a significant amount of time.
Then they get on via USPS.
I've had luck tracking them the whole way via USPS
karmic kite
Ah they don't track this side of the 49th
somber summit
Might have to wait for tracking, ordered the 14th but 8-30 day shipping.
rare birchBOT
@MakerSandbot#7501 by @Codingpro#9213
somber summit
Hopefully I got an early boat.
It’s a wholesale item so it ships in bulk. Either it’s on the move or it’s sitting in a shipping container.
fluid forum
shippers only make money if stuff is moving
dreamy solstice
I want to build an induction coil based sword, like hacksmith's proto saber....
proven olive
@somber summit What did you get, and where did you purchase it from?
somber summit
Dhgate, it’s like chinese eBay, shipped by seller.
He sells shoes and ships them in bulk to the continents.
400 orders, %98 rating, and trusted seller premium. Pretty good.
That %2 is just people complaining about the shipping.
proven olive
Because they're used to Amazon shipping.
Out the door super speedy, super-quick shipping....
90% of stuff doesn't work like that.
somber summit
There were 5 US buyer reviews so that was enough for me to go for it.
There’s of course DHL shipping that’s stupid fast international (talking 3-8 days anywhere in the world) but it gets expensive the bigger it gets.
proven olive
My experience from AliExpress: DHL/etc is absurdly expensive.
fluid forum
it is in the us
it seem any time I get something from China they use DHL or DHL hand off to USPS
proven olive
PCBWay uses DHL for their small orders. $5 for 10 boards, $25 for shipping.
AliExpress? The smallest thing costs $50+ for DHL/UPS/FedEx/TNT
Basically anything that isn't "Super duper slow"
karmic kite
DHL is by far my favourite, as they actually keep to timelines, and customs isn't outrageous even though the shipping is a few dollars more
EX. shipping with DHL for 3 motors, was 40$ of shipping with 17$ duties whereas UPS one motor was 10$ shipping but 95$ of duties.
(Of the same motor)
proven olive
@fluid forum You can actually edit previous messages. Up arrow on PC, or long-press on mobile.
fluid forum
harder with a desk full of legos, not sure where my mouse is..
proven olive
Your keyboard up arrow will, by default, edit the last message you sent.
Or, more accurately: It works for me
dreamy solstice
the most dissapointing lines ever, in a roleplay session
fluid forum
Don't Panic
dreamy solstice
b-but his character needs to be educated!
fluid forum
bring your towel
sleek urchin
Not knowing it..
There's only one word for this. I'm sorry, those with delicate sensibilities will need to close their eyes and stop their ears
...
Belgium.
There, I said it.
dusty citrus
One of my machines actually went overtemp and throttled the CPU clock. I've never seen that message before.
No wonder this 54GB rsync is taking forever. ;)
dusty citrus
Stopped rsync for 10 mins to let it cool down. Restarted rsync -- the automated temperature monitoring did its job. Did not have to reboot or do any maintenance -- machine kept itself safe, and kept running just fine. ;)
ocean sigil
This will be an amazing rocket -- https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/spacex-indicates-it-will-manufacture-the-bfr-rocket-in-los-angeles/ but do they really want us to believe the "F" stands for "Falcon"
ocean sigil
@dusty citrus I see the temperature throttling occasionally on my Ubuntu Mac Mini - especially during large file transfers. The OS seems to handle it just fine.
spice moss
XSpace
languid pagoda
Not if you are Elon Musk. @dreamy solstice
dreamy solstice
a lot of old inspiron laptops use these gpus, what kind of graphics card are they?
is it some bizarre type of pci card? cause I know it isn't mxm or pcie
stuck moth
can you look up the ati chip on it?
dreamy solstice
all I know is, is it's a 01P893 Dell Datm8ub1ac4 Inspiron 4150 Laptop Video Card Board
I'm just wondering what type of card that is
dreamy solstice
aight
stuck moth
are you going to hack it into something else?
sleek urchin
ATI has been part of AMD so long that's probably straight up PCI
err, AGP
not actually that many PCI graphics cards
sleek urchin
speaking of GPUs, this is what $150k worth can do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ue35ago3Y
spice moss
its less than that
well if you have those expensive pc then yeah but with volta it's possible
sleek urchin
I'm doubting that Nvidia's consumer cards will be close to that level of performance in ray tracing quite yet
dusty citrus
@ocean sigil that's exactly what it was -- a giant VM image file from virtualbox/vagrant. Things cooled down with smaller files transferred. I got the 54+ GB transferred, eventually, and nothing to repair -- I'd just never seen this before. Thanks for the additional case history -- helpful to know it's been seen before. ;)
dreamy solstice
no I was wondering what it was because I never saw it before
I saw the picture on google and didn't know what it was
spice moss
polar wraith
@night crescent I saw your blog post about HackSpace #5 and it makes me glad I sprung for the print edition. The production quality on this magazine is phenomenal.
spice moss
@sleek urchin DirectX Raytracing is helping it
@sleek urchin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjf-1BxpR9c
the starwars cinematic demo was https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/directx/2018/03/19/announcing-microsoft-directx-raytracing/ using this with Nvidia RTX
barren hemlock
I think someone hacked into my home network through my roku tv last night
My brother and I stopped it.
#tagTeam
dreamy solstice
what's the most efficient way to fix laggy bluetooth audio?
cause it is making me murderous
sleek urchin
free game alert https://www.humblebundle.com/store/f1-2015
gray aspen
Thanks @sleek urchin
dreamy solstice
flat lynx
Twitter
spice moss
rare birchBOT
MakerSandbot#7501 by Codingpro#9213
dusty citrus
I'm I using the attiny correctly
?
How do I know that I'm using it correctly
<@&327289013561982976>
dusty citrus
No
IF you rotate it 90 degrees you short all the pins together on one side of the board. So you have that part right. ;)
stray wind
@dusty citrus You need to give people a chance to answer before tagging the Community Helpers. It's late on a Friday, it can take a while to get a response.
dusty citrus
Overheard:
: cuz I know _handle_ is my bestest friend and would definitely do work to help me 😃
dusty citrus
Dairy Queen's three-season hut was open this afternoon. I didn't see any customers, but they had the napkin holder outside the pass-thru window on the ledge, and a tips jar. March 23rd.
And that's in the coldest part of Connecticut.
vestal phoenix
Can't wait till it warms up and this rolls around. Then you can't get that New, new, new jingle out of your head...
@dusty citrus Did you have a question on using the Trinket MO or that other chip on the breadboard? Or using the Trinket MO to program an attiny chip?
dusty citrus
Using Trinket M0 to program an attiny chip
grave crest
Spend $200 or more, get a free ice cream!
and don't forget to use the code "BrainFreeze" for 10% off your order!
[not really a free ice cream offer or coupon code]
covert spire
I’ll probably have to park my bike out front to chase ‘em
abstract violet
omg is that for real :OOOOO
tender nimbus
@dusty citrus So how are you doin it..?
vestal phoenix
@dusty citrus There is this guide https://learn.adafruit.com/stand-alone-programming-avrs-using-circuitpython/overview and note the subtle changes needed to work with a Trinket M0. I guess you are fluent in non-arduino AVR programming to create your own hex file to load your program on the chip. Good luck.
@grave crest Ladyada: Please tell me your name, where you are from, and a project you are working on or want to work on and get free sprinkles on your ice cream cone. Mr. Certainly: Certainly. Some cold and noisy server room. I want to keep from bumping my head on the racks and stop tripping over the extension cords and cables all over the floor. [not really, but tell them you won product id over 9000]
dusty citrus
😃
mint trellis
😃
cursive pike
Arrived from Amazon today. i may have an LED problem, but these are so nice and bright.
In the same package. I definitely have a breadboard addiction.
Saner, there was also a press and pan for making homemade corn tortillas. I finally had it with not having a reliable source of fresh corn tortillas.
Being a maker & all...
dusty citrus
Have some Paris. Have some portraiture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8debCAIzLc
cursive pike
I knew this day would come eventually.. I just didn't think it would be so soon....
I've had to move each LED colour to its own drawer!
dusty citrus
You need a lab assistant. ;)
cursive pike
While I'm there, I decided to reorg my drawers of headers
proven olive
Always good to have your drawers organized
cursive pike
@proven olive Everything in its place.
proven olive
Indeed!
dusty citrus
I dropped my drawers.
grave crest
So....either my macbook is finally starting to go on the fritz....or there's something seriously wrong.
I closed the lid on the google "blank page"....and about 2 minutes later, it opened the plex page for my plex server, and jumped to the crime movies folder I have....and started to play reservoir dogs.
while the lid was closed.
I've also noticed several times after opening the lid, something was clicked -- like a note in Google Keep, or a random webpage loaded (like the trackpad went on the fritz)
but today's Reservoir Dogs scared the poodle outta me, since my speakers were still connected.
proven olive
@grave crest I've had a laptop do similar before. Basically, it was the track pad becoming super sensitive and going berserk when the lid was closed.
grave crest
I've tried telling it that everything was allright...not to panic....but I think it's secretly reading russian classic literature when I'm not looking.
Or it was reading Camus and having an existentialistic crisis.
"Does it really matter that I'm a trackpad?"
dusty citrus
My thumb invariably touches the trackpad when I'm typing, unless the trackpad is situated off to one side (as on the Logitech K400 keyboard).
So I often disable it, when using the laptop as a laptop (somewhat rare; I use it as a desktop, mostly).
I think I've found two different ways to disable the trackpad.
grave crest
Eh, I've had this machine since late-2013. If this is the worst that is happening to it, I really can't complain.
In terms of raw power, it's more than sufficient for anything I throw at it for a daily driver.
dusty citrus
In Linux it is usually possible to disable the PC speaker by unloading the kernel module, or blacklisting it so that it never loads in the first place.
On my microwave oven, however, a pair of side-cutters was required to silence itt. ;)
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/nobeep.conf
blacklist pcspkr
It takes a lot more effort to nail down all the ways the computer can beep at you, if you do not disable this kernel module.
OTOH, disabling the module is so effective, I've forgotten all the things that needed to be done, otherwise, to avoid beeps.
I don't think I've seen a Canadian coin in, like, three years or more. That's astonishing.
There was always a certain amount of it given as change by mistake.
tender nimbus
@cursive pike How much did you get them for...?
cursive pike
@tender nimbus which? The LEDs, Breadboars, or Tortilla tools?
tender nimbus
LEDs and Breadboard
cursive pike
$20 for the LEDs (90 of each colour), $11.50 for the 3 breadboards. All $ CDN.
tender nimbus
OH...!
fluid forum
That not a bad price
tall tartan
ms!help
rare birchBOT
@MakerSandbot#7501 by @Codingpro#9213
tender nimbus
How do you guys make Web Bots....?
dreamy solstice
my laptop restarts every time I shut the lid
it started doing this ever since I installed a UEFI hard drive into it
is there any way to fix this?
it's got something to do with the bios, but I dont know how to fix it
I have tried reverting the bios to default settings
tame saddle
is your bios up-to-date?
dreamy solstice
yes
and nevermind
I changed the power settings
closing the lid does absolutely nothing but turn off the screen now
I think my laptop just doesnt support going to sleep with the UEFI boot mode
viral spruce
A person on craigslist classifieds listed a "mac monitor" which turned out to be a 27" cinema display with a failed inverter. One PSU swap later aaaand 😃
abstract violet
nice save @viral spruce ! 😄
sleek urchin
heh, the joys of repaired junk monitors
covert spire
Ya can 3D print with trash filament also
dreamy solstice
what
cursive pike
@viral spruce What were the symptoms? I have one that isn't backlighting... from what I have been able to ascertain it works... just balck screen.
viral spruce
@cursive pike there was a faint hum coming from the top right side of the screen (I have REALLY sensitive hearing). whenever I maxed it the brightness out, it'd black out until I turned it back down
mint trellis
1000 ** giveaway in MakerSandbox! (Coins if u were wondering)
cursive pike
@viral spruce OK, I'm pretty sure my problem is the backlight.
barren hemlock
When you use the String variable and name the variable Words
cursive pike
I think I've reached the limit of my patience/frustration with bitscope. I need a real 'scope & logic analyzer.
Unless I can find some docs that have real information in them.
grave crest
Rigol + Salae?
grave crest
(this one...hurts. Right after christmas, they increased the price by several hundred dollars.) And they killed their lowest end non-pro 4 port version too.
There are ways to cough unlock features on the Rigol. I'll leave that to you and Mr. Google to figure out.
Official way is to buy licenses from Rigol, which we should all do to support the manufacturer.
The Saleae -- It went from $479 to $700. Ooph.
There are also Saleae clones that spoof a valid Saleae so they can use the same absolutely gorgeous UI.
That's a very gray area...as it doesn't compensate the creators for their commercial product.
Also, you're now adding in another element of uncertainty -- is it an issue with a cheaply made diagnostic tool? or is it actually an issue with your circuit?
cursive pike
@grave crest The DS1054Z. That's what I was just looking at.
grave crest
1054Z is probably still the best bang-for-the-buck, before unlocking any features. and it's amazing after you unlock them.
4 channel? yes please.
Mr. SEM -- Adam -- uses that very model for his troubleshooting on his electronic microscopes. That kinda sold me on it.
cursive pike
Looks good. Once I have income stablized I'll get one.
grave crest
And don't forget to use the adafruit discount code on it.
If you are a member of the EEVblog forums, I think they have a discount code for their reseller of choice, tequipment.
Whatever you do, buy from a reputable seller (Adafruit, digikey, tequipment, etc). There are many places that'll charge a few dollars less, but give you the China-version which carries absolutely no US warranty.
cursive pike
Hmm.. I see it on Amazon.ca for about the same amount but in CDN.
Interesting... I don't know if I'd be getting the US warrentee anyway... not being in the US afterall.
grave crest
Good question -- TEquipment might be a canada reseller? I can't say for sure.
Just be mindful -- the chinese versions aren't even setup for English.
stuck moth
@cursive pike I'd start with the saleae personally too
sleek urchin
free game alert https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-darkness-ii
tame saddle
The Darness game? wha? I loved that comic back in the day...
@cursive pike Saleae does have the enthusiast discount. i'll get you a link in a sec...
grave crest
tame saddle
yeah...that one! only for Logic 8 though. no Pro...
grave crest
I got mine black friday 2017 from Sparkfun.
Bright red Saleae Logic Pro 8 w/ 20% off...came out to $384. Now they're $700. When I saw the new price, I think I nearly fainted.
The Logic 8....old price was $220. Now they're $400. That's practically doubled. Don't get me wrong, they're good devices. But wow, if you didn't get lucky earlier....and if you don't qualify for the Student/Startup pricing....oofph.
fluid forum
Yeah, that's just rough
grave crest
Anyone here familiar with drones (DJI's offerings)....or could point me in the direction of the right place to ask questions? I have an opportunity to get a DJI Phantom 3 Standard (an older-ish model) brand new, potentially at a discount.
Need to get some idea what a good vs great price is on that model....and if it's even worth looking at with the offerings out there today.
karmic kite
Whats the price and condition @grave crest
grave crest
@karmic kite Not too sure on the price - less than list of $500. Possibly as much as 30-50% off that, depending on the sales presented at the time. And the condition is brand new, sealed.
karmic kite
If I'm not mistaken there going for more then that in CAD
500 USD = 640 CAD. So for here it sounds about the going rate
grave crest
If things work out, I might be able to get it for $250-350 USD + 7% taxes (can't dodge feeding the Governor).
karmic kite
Ah Uncle Sam likes his fair share. But that doesn't sound like a bad deal at all. blades and battery included?
grave crest
I'd assume so, as it's a factory sealed retail box.
I'm not well-versed in drones. I'm not exactly pinching pennies, so I don't mind springing for a little bit more in cost if it'll net me a worthwhile performance gain. But common sense tells me, even being totally ignorant, that a DJI Phantom for $250-350 isn't bad. Especially on the $250 side of that.
karmic kite
The biggest thing is for a new pilot batteries and blades tend to be the biggest lament. unless you're flying somewhere with out obstructions. and battery life is usually only about 20 minutes on the phantom 3 iirc.
So for 250 that sounds like a decent deal to me
grave crest
Just spoke with a friend who works at the place...they have a few current sales which stack.... $286 out the door.
Hmm. It's tempting.
karmic kite
Other thing to note with the phantom 3's if you fly in a no fly zone (Here its 9km from an airport or hospital) it'll cut power to the motors
I've seen more then one drone needing surgery because of it
grave crest
Oh really? That's programmed into its GPS?
karmic kite
@grave crest indeed
you can override it, but 1) voids warranty 2) causes backlog in airports
grave crest
Yeah, well...I have no intention of causing that. There are some old "airports" in rural PA that might still show up on GPS maps, but they're nothing more than an abandoned cleared field. Being within 5 miles of them is a non-issue. But as always, play nicely with the law kids 😃
covert spire
I usually try not to Map those
Although, some tend to be crop duster “airports”
Really, to Map each rural airport, it really is per one to check on
As for that being said, I know that has been hot topic to some drone fans in rural areas, as you normally just see open land, but sometimes has no fly zones
I’ll still to RC planes
Same fly zone restrictions (for most part in rural)
karmic kite
I mostly use planes as well, but for heavy lift we need a decent runway
fluid forum
What about heavy lift helicopters? Do cranes strapped to gas cans with roters
Okay that's not RC, but it's sorta on topic.
covert spire
Way random, Hahahahahahaha!
Any RC plane with good bit weight to it needs fairly long enough run way, in rural, there’s plenty of clearings you can find that works
Although, I do know of RC air field place in North Carolina
I think Meccano is referring to gas powered RC planes that have bit of stronger frame, I got looking into RC bomber as I like WWII models, and a bomber can be used for candy drop
fluid forum
It's late, it took me to long to remember it was RC not actual...
covert spire
Only 1 am
fluid forum
Heavy Lift is just nuts in that regard
covert spire
And just taken me 20 times checking clocks to notice
fluid forum
True and my code is still broken so it must not be that rate
covert spire
Yea, 20 lbs of candy payload affects a lot
fluid forum
Well in the big stuff it's like 20 tons
fluid forum
I have seen one once
covert spire
But as soon as I had funds, I couldn’t find it again
fluid forum
Ouch
covert spire
Yea . . .
fluid forum
Special order?
fluid forum
I'm the deets, I'll ask local for you
covert spire
Well, right now I blown my funds again . . .
fluid forum
Dm
covert spire
Ah
mint trellis
lol you should probanly come up with a name 😃
karmic kite
@covert spire @fluid forum saeaerodesign is the competition. 1000W electric motor for heavy lift. We were able to stable carry 22 pounds with a 10 pound bird
covert spire
Noice
karmic kite
And as for helicopter heavy carry a6 motor quadcopter named franken stein
covert spire
Yea, the kit I want is more like 30 lbs
Hahahahahahaha!
Which isn’t good considering it’s mostly foam
karmic kite
Balsa and sitka is the way to go
covert spire
Not carbon fiber tubes?
karmic kite
We've tried that but for sake of structure it doesnt hold up as the wings are a moment arm and carbon doesnt like to bend
covert spire
Ah
karmic kite
Maybe if we reinforce a carbon wrap with a sitka frame...
covert spire
Trying to calculate if you can push for 28 lbs?
karmic kite
By our competition carbon fibre isn't allowed but for personal use it could be fun
the birds I've seen with carbon fibre only usually use it for the fuselage and have the wings and tail out of balsa
covert spire
The ones I seen use carbon fiber is large scale warbirds, for quick connect wings
Otherwise it’s just balsa frame
They use fiberglass for fuselage
That is kit I would like to use for candy drop
Tho, it may more do like 2 lbs of candy
karmic kite
Those landing gears make me nervous but I've seen quite a few of those at the flying field!
They're pretty neat!
I kinda wanna play with a dual motor/prop plane and remove the rudder. IE. control the yaw with motor differential
covert spire
That sounds like swapping out the controller board to play with motor drive
Or being able to at least have each motor on different channel
Then 2 throttle sticks for them
karmic kite
Most controllers support channel mixing, might need to get creative and swap channels around. As typically your right stick has a lot more mixing with split channels
covert spire
You had to mention playing with motor speeds
I’m not fan of small blades on Osprey tho
karmic kite
VTOL's need fast and small props
they'd need larger wings, pushing the turbulence away from the fuse in vertical flight
its only 5 channel??
covert spire
Yea, he explained how the flight controller had most of the angles pre-programmed, so the tilt isn’t among the channels needed
I suggested before I seen the video
I still want one
karmic kite
its tempting
covert spire
Just the blades seem weird compared to real Osprey
But you know there is the temptation of having both vertical & horizontal flight
Why have choice?
Both!
karmic kite
Gyros and Flight Stablizers are usually external to a reciever, so could probably get some channel mixing external baords as well
I have a couple cheap quad copters that are really similar
covert spire
May have to, to dual channel the motors on that
karmic kite
transistioning from vertical to horizontal is actually really easy
covert spire
Well, it’s matter of buying one or building one
In RC, it is easy
Especially in electric
karmic kite
Electric makes everything so much easier
Just bought a ton of new motors on sponsorship to try for next year. from 90kV up to 500kV
karmic kite
Well thats where heavy lift is nice, throw a fat 7Ah battery in there and go for an hour
motor kV - RPM/Volt (Dumb measurement)
karmic kite
huh its only a 3 cell
dreamy solstice
hey
anyone know of an affordable adapter that will give my laptop a pcie 1x slot?(no thunderbolt, my laptop doesnt have it)
because I am trying to make a solution for an egpu, that works on mpcie or expresscard34
pure topaz
dreamy solstice
thanks
mint trellis
lol
karmic kite
Fair price for :
AMD Phenom II
Quadro FX580
8 GB DDR3
1 TB 7200RPM HDD
500 Watt Power Supply
PCIe USB 3.0
I was thinking 150$ CAD just as its still a half decent drafting station
dreamy solstice
in all, just from a basic guess, $800 or so
wait
which version of the phenom 2?
x4? x2 etc
cause they go for about $30
the gpu is about $100
the ram would be about $80
karmic kite
GPU is like 20$
dreamy solstice
oh
karmic kite
x4 phenom
dreamy solstice
yeah, the cpu would be about $30
the hdd would be about $50
the pcie usb card might be around $30
karmic kite
its also depressing... this is the first computer I actually worked on and upgraded, so its about 12 years old
dreamy solstice
the psu iiiiis... around $30-50
tender nimbus
What will you do with that pc....?
karmic kite
Getting rid of it, buying one brand new rig, and getting rid of 3 old ones
tender nimbus
Hmmmm
dreamy solstice
so around $280, plus the case
karmic kite
So 300$ ish
dreamy solstice
yeah
tender nimbus
I dont have any xp wid server grade things so bye....!
dreamy solstice
I have a 2007 xp desktop that I upgraded it until it could run starbound
upgrading with things like, $40 worth of stuff from ebay
karmic kite
I still ran GMOD and minecraft servers on this guy until recently
switching to AWS for game servers now
dreamy solstice
my current laptop is pretty beefy
despite it's, cons
it's gpu sucks
and it's bluetooth
but overall, it's decent
karmic kite
Mobile GPU's rarely survive long
dreamy solstice
like they just stop working altogether oooor?
dreamy solstice
luckily I am working on getting an egpu for my laptop
got a pretty good radeon card
just need to hook it up to my laptop
once I get the right adapters
karmic kite
Ehhh... never a good experience with external GPU's
dreamy solstice
they are at least day and night better than the hd 3000
karmic kite
This is true
I'm sitting here staring at my I7-8700 and new RAM just patiently waiting on the MOBO to get here
dreamy solstice
heh, I know how that feels
oh hey, my new pcie wifi card wont arrive till either april 2-5
and I cant use a wee little bluetooth earpiece on my laptop unless I am no more than a foot away from the laptop, with the earbud perfectly pointed towards the laptop
it had like, bluetooth 2.0
the new card has 4.1
dreamy solstice
yes
for audio
cant even handle simple audio
it's not the 100mpbs router, or the 3.1 ghz core i5 in my laptop, it's the sucky wifi card that others have had issues with
some like, intel centrino wifi card from 2012
karmic kite
oof
dreamy solstice
what's weird is, the entire laptop is from 2012
yet it runs some stuff it shouldnt be able to run
like it runs starbound
even some big beefy desktops cry a little when they run that game
sleek urchin
!!! Reboot Marathon! https://www.twitch.tv/shoutfactorytv
starting in a half hour
That show, such nostalgia
rare birchBOT
Join me and my bot friends: discord.gg/4bh5dDz !
fluid forum
I can't feel my mouth
fluid forum
I Still highly recommend hot wings
fair summit
I thought you went to the dentist
fluid forum
not this late at night
sorry I did mention it in general and suddenly thought the context would be missed
tame saddle
lol. i was going to say "reach up...", as in you can't feel what you're not touching. 😄
@grave crest just noticed. Grats on the Master Punner tag! You have definitely earned it. 👍
grave crest
@tame saddle Thanks! I wasn't exactly expecting that, it came out of the blue.
tame saddle
Thats the best way! makes it that much sweeter!
fluid forum
so has @proven olive bees knocked from his perch ?
grave crest
I'd like to think we're a team
proven olive
I'm in SF right now
fluid forum
it's still sorta late
proven olive
So there needs to be a fill in
grave crest
Just flew in? Are your arms tired? And what's up with airline food anyways?
thin canopy
"one airline lunch, coming up!"
grave crest
@proven olive I wasn't vying for your spot, honest. I was just wisecracking and our benevolent overlords tagged me as such.
Really caught me by surprise.
fluid forum
now you can knive
proven olive
@grave crest 'Master Punner' is not a one person job!
fluid forum
we need 26 hour a day coverage
grave crest
26 hour a day coverage? Where are we, on DS9?
fluid forum
well I figured adafruit would ship to mars if it ever came up.
tame saddle
No kidding, i did check to see if Andon still retained his tag after I congratted you...
it was an apprehensive moment. man...that makes me sound really lonely. lol
grave crest
I sure hoped he retained his tag. Otherwise I'd have to talk to scott and have Andon reinstated. No way I'd take it from someone, never ask that of anyone.
Silly little thing, but still 😃
proven olive
It's like a black belt, but for punning. There can be many!
fluid forum
Team punner masters
covert spire
My Kung Fu has Red Belt for highest rank
So, fitting red colour for the masters of dah puns
Tho I was thinking of Andon while in chat n another server
Fun pun chat
dreamy solstice
laptops that overheat are blessings in the winter, and a curse the rest of the time
they will keep you warm all the time, you just need that warmth in the winter
cold lark
I made a video about a hovercraft ops? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx7hKx-9-ak
karmic kite
!!!
covert spire
Well, I see @karmic kite is trying to get 1/13847372828374748328822873747372728847377273857727734884727748482747477288447733 of things wanted to do to, done in life
sleek urchin
free game alert https://www.humblebundle.com/store/spec-ops-the-line
karmic kite
@covert spire the more time I spend around adafruit and the local makerspace the more I give up on trying to get them all finished... but Id be lying if I said I wasnt going to try starting all of the projects
covert spire
Truthfully, you could finish all if ya didn’t start any new, but life would be too boring
karmic kite
True. The current problem is Im expected to get my new rig on the same day as the adabox...
dreamy solstice
my bluetooth is so slow that my bluetooth mouse is lagging
is there anyway to fix this?
I have bluetooth 2.1
karmic kite
Not as far as Im aware, I know your getting a new card soon but have you considered a usb bluetooth?
dreamy solstice
from my experience, dongles dont last long
I had a DESKTOP
and the dongle died
karmic kite
Bluetooth in general with peripherals doesnt typically last long imho.
dreamy solstice
it was a wifi dongle, and it ended up snapped in half
karmic kite
Excuse the question, but user error?
dreamy solstice
it got kicked
it was also manufactured with a crooked connector
which didnt help
karmic kite
Ah. Cant blame one manufacturer flaw on the group. But it would be a quick upgrade
dreamy solstice
dongles are also slow
as usb is slower than pcie
I had a 76mbps wifi dongle, that couldnt even stream sd video
it was usb
karmic kite
Bluetooth doesnt need equivelant bandwidth of wifi
dreamy solstice
I was saying that usb tends to be slow
and if a pcie card lags on bluetooth
a usb stick probably would too
except the really good dongles
which I cant afford
copper bobcat
@grave crest
grave crest
@copper bobcat Very nifty
copper bobcat
@grave crest That feeling when I've actually lost some capacity (or the reporting got better...). Used to say 31Wh (24 design). Now it's saying 25 (24 design).
dreamy solstice
did you know that macs can support windows?
both the software and, physical windows
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/409563999001116682/429094814005460992/574017db54691.png
this mac is supporting a window, literally
also is that netbook running linux?
copper bobcat
@dreamy solstice aye. Linux (Arch), Android x86 (Oreo), and Windows.
dreamy solstice
cool
I wish my laptop could run linux AND windows, but virtual box doesnt want to work with any linux iso
copper bobcat
Wat
copper bobcat
I mean you could dual boot :P Wait WHAT? Seriously just 32bit CPU?
dreamy solstice
tried reinstalling virtualbox, updating it
didnt work, and I dont want to dual boot
I want to have both running simultaniously so I can instantly switch oses without having to reboot or anything like that
copper bobcat
I mean that error would suggest you aren't even using a 64 bit CPU. There's also a setting for extended instructions. That might be it.
dreamy solstice
I have a 64 bit cpu
it's a core i5 2520m
I just had a thought, what if, a character on a discord rp server, joins the discord rp server that they were created in.
that'd be an interesting paradox
copper bobcat
copper bobcat
GPD Pocket
copper bobcat
@grave crest little did I know the GPD was normal size and I'm just huge.
grave crest
Palm a basketball? More like a spinning beach ball!
copper bobcat
@grave crest overall I'd say worth it only if you can really find a use for it. Even I don't have a hard set use but I love electronics enough that I had to geek out on it ($450 secondhand)
grave crest
If I saw this 8 years ago or so, I'd be drooling all over it.
It really is a netbook refined.
copper bobcat
@grave crest Harks back to when I had this http://oldcomputers.net/pics/portfolio-hand.jpg
copper bobcat
Quad core Atom (Cherrytrail)
copper bobcat
It's not like the Atoms of old
dreamy solstice
what is the most demanding thing it can run well
copper bobcat
It's a name now not a death sentence
grave crest
I saw reviews of people playing Skyrim and Rocket League on it.
dreamy solstice
lol what?
grave crest
Ultra low settings of course.
dreamy solstice
oh
copper bobcat
Works fine for my SDR stuffs
grave crest
But....for an atom with integrated graphics to even load skyrim...
grave crest
One gig for every inch of screen, plus an extra for good measure.
grave crest
128gb ssd emmc -- so a wee bit slow
dreamy solstice
yeah
grave crest
but not a death sentence either
dreamy solstice
and that capacity is terrible
I can barely get away with a 300 gb hdd
my 500gb hdd is already filling up
copper bobcat
What? 128 is great considering 32/64 in the related craptops
dreamy solstice
true
copper bobcat
Also it's not really a main machine by any stretch. I still have my full laptop.
grave crest
I'm just trying to think where something like that would outperform a 12" Macbook (non-pro)
Personal use case, of course.
dreamy solstice
my full laptop runs starbound at 20 fps
most laptops can only reach 15 or so on that game
copper bobcat
grave crest
I am intrigued.
copper bobcat
Text one is a GPS module I cobbled together. Bottom is a TV tuner hooked up.
Also compatible with Thinkpad nubs
grave crest
nice!
copper bobcat
Screw that, spend the money on a Thinkpad lol
And as a DSLR controller
Expandable storage kek
@grave crest re: the keyboard https://photos.app.goo.gl/KRx12ys00Qmeq4Zk1
dusty citrus
What a horrible layout
really. They should've taken one more step and raffled off the letter ordering by a cold draw. ASDF? No let's do UBTJ there.
IBM did a good job on the Selectric keyboard. You would think that people would have respect, but they don't.
winged flint
When you realize that "pics" stands for Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention and Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme
cerulean badge
@someone ಠ_ಠ (danielchristensen) wassup, random person
cold lark
@someone ¯(°_o)/¯ (MakeModelCreate) hi
fluid forum
that worries we that will drop today of all days
karmic kite
@someone
karmic kite
yea I was trying it on a different server, it was 50/50 if it works or not
covert spire
@someone
karmic kite
@someone
covert spire
@someone
fluid forum
maybe tweet them?
covert spire
Meh
covert spire
Probably has to get me
fluid forum
I just tested that
did not work
but I could try again
@someone ヽ༼ ಠ益ಠ ༽ﾉ (threadwitch)
sorry
covert spire
I just tried it in bunch of servers
covert spire
¯_(ツ)_/¯
fluid forum
@someone (∩ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)⊃━✿✿✿✿✿✿ (Sabakarp)
covert spire
This may take a while
fluid forum
this server has a ton
covert spire
Yeap
fluid forum
are we on any smaller ones together ?
karmic kite
one guy just tried 10 minutes apart and it worked for him
fluid forum
did you restart discord ?
fluid forum
it did not work from my phone
covert spire
Ah
Well, I don’t know if I’ll be trying it again
I don’t know next time I can get back to computer
covert spire
Meh, I’m going to be in woods pretty much this week
fluid forum
the woods are fun
fluid forum
oh ?
covert spire
Oh, you know it has to be making related
Felt, basket weaving, bow & arrows (traditional), flute (Native American, European, & Asian) and bunch of other stuff
There is matchless fire starting, and some other survival stuff from long ago
chilly steeple
i made a server for cats
fluid forum
meow
dusty citrus
i wish we had more local events here in south africa pretoria,
many guys here building and making but no groups or events
fluid forum
why don't you try to set one up?
fluid forum
some of it may be free, start with a meeetup
cedar totem
Or you could try making a kick starter to start it.
fluid forum
that would be more of an indigogo if it's to fund something that want deliver a product, I think
barren hemlock
@someone ヽ༼ ಠ益ಠ ༽ﾉ (farhatahmed1996)
covert spire
@someone
abstract violet
@someone ヽ༼ ಠ益ಠ ༽ﾉ (Potato King)
burnt gyro
@someone
dreamy solstice
are there any usb to mpcie adapters that would work with a mpcie intel wireless card?
because my laptop's bios auto blocks my new intel 7620 wireless ac card because of it's whitelist thing, so I cant install it internally...
fluid forum
lol
dreamy solstice
sigh
fluid forum
?
dreamy solstice
the @ someone spam gets kinda annoying
fluid forum
it will die down once the novelness dies down
also discord is not making it permanent
dreamy solstice
good
dusty citrus
This discord server is aimed at all ages. If you're old enough to understand this place and want to participate (or even if you aren't) you are welcome here.
That has consequences. ;)
dreamy solstice
?
simple fable
yawns
simple fable
i couldn't sleep last night. total insomnia. hopefully i sleep well tonight.
i can recommend "boring documentaries" on YouTube as a sleep aid -- i finally fell asleep to a documentary on Egyptian History
light ice
@simple fable try Melatonin - safe and works
simple fable
i have melatonin, but i think i might have become dependent on it. i took it for 3 nights running, and then when i didn't take it last night, i couldn't sleep. 😬
karmic kite
melatonin has a habit of becoming inoperative if taken too many nights in a row
Sleep cognitive behaviour therapy can work wonders as well
abstract violet
I find meditating helps more consistently for me -- counting breaths and reseting count if my mind wanders.
proven olive
Melatonin is something that will make you somewhat dependent on it. It's useful for the occasional sleepless night, but if you use it regularly, you need it.
grave crest
I've gotten very used to setting a 2 hour timer on my ipad to "stop playing", then I open twitch to a streamer playing a game.
It's not something I'm actively engaged in watching, and it turns off after I'm fast asleep so it doesn't wake me up later.
brightness on minimum, volume around 20% or so
Otherwise, I'm up all night thinking through things and can't "turn off". Put on something in the background, I'm out like an LED connected backwards. Poof.
somber summit
Is advertising allowed on the forums? Nothing like an Adafruit competitor, just a useful accessory.
grave crest
I don't speak for the admins here, but generally they're pretty chill about stuff like that. Use your best judgement. :)
Ask yourself -- is it relevant to electronics/topics at hand? Is it appropriate for all ages?
somber summit
Thanks! Here it is: http://voltacharger.refr.cc/Giraffe
It’s a magnetic charging cable that can universally charge Micro USB, Lightning, and USB C. Unlike competitors, they offer a lifetime warranty to replace any damage whatsoever. I already use a cable daily for charging a phone and plan to use Micro USB tips to charge my Adafruit projects. The cable is Quick Charge 3.0 compatible and makes plugging electronics in easier. Plus, you won’t ever have to deal with the Micro USB locking system wearing out since you’ll never have to plug a cable in.
The link btw is a free 10% off and I get the 10%.
karmic kite
@proven olive If I'm not mistaken melatonin is naturally in your body and how you sleep, the supplement just gives you more of it no?
proven olive
If you're taking the pills, then your body doesn't produce it as much.
karmic kite
Ah I see
proven olive
Then you stop taking it and you have waaay less than you should
karmic kite
I spent nearly 22 years of my life with clinical insomnia, CBT was the only thing that really helped consistently
proven olive
Sometimes bodies just don't make the stuff it should, such as insulin for diabetics
In those cases, supplements are amazing and great
karmic kite
in some cases yes!
grave crest
It seems I'm so musically challenged, I have a hard time playing the radio. Literally.
Anyone use CubicSDR on MacOS? I can't seem to get any "click & drag" functionality to work. It clicks & drags, but only for a fraction of a second (as if I lifted the mouse button really quickly, but I didn't). If I move the click & drag fast, I can get a larger movement...but still, only for a brief moment.
So I figure I'd ask if anyone else has the same complication. I'm currently running Sierra (haven't upgraded to High Sierra yet -- maybe that's the issue?)
barren hemlock
@grave crest are you using an actual computer mouse? not the track pad
grave crest
@barren hemlock I used both, same result.
barren hemlock
What program are you using?
barren hemlock
one sec
Try sdr console v3
I have not had much problem with my RTL dongle with this program
grave crest
That appears to be for Windows, is it not?
grave crest
I really don't use software like that, it's usually a nightmare of compatibility & fit n' finish issues.
barren hemlock
Do you have an old windows computer?
dreamy solstice
is there a way to remote control a virtual machine using vnc?
and only that virtual machine?
grave crest
@dreamy solstice Yes. I use TeamViewer just in the same fashion. The Virtual Machine is just a windows or Linux install -- it has virtually no idea it is not "real". So you give it an IP address, etc just like a real bare-metal computer....and you install the software you need.
As long as there is network connectivity between the VM and the computer you're using, you're golden.
@barren hemlock I've pruned down my setup just so I wouldn't have to use a Windows computer. I could, but I strongly prefer not to.
stable vault
@grave crest I am running both MacOS (High Sierra) and win 10 and have never seen this problem when moving a window ( btw I don't use CubicSDR). I can't find any forum posts describing this either. However there's this https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/120148/cant-move-spaces-from-one-screen-to-another . ( I realize that this is not vary smiler to your problem but its something ¯_(ツ)_/¯ )
stable vault
Lol now that I look more closely at the forum post it is not similar at all. welp
grave crest
Haha, that's allright
The click and drag is behaving as if i lifted my finger from the mouse button -- even though I didn't.
Which is...weird.
shrugs cubicSDR works for the most part though! 😃
barren hemlock
Linux is superior
I don't like apple that much. You cant tinker with them like other systems
dreamy solstice
^
sleek urchin
Finally got my MOdel M I've had in storage after it was a dumpster rescue cleaned up
Such a nice keyboard.
pairs quite nicely with Cool Retro Term
sleek urchin
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZ9rycxXkAAfhHa.jpg this is hitting the spot
sleek urchin
I've had a dumpster rescue model m sitting around in a container for years now
finally took the time to get it cleaned... pretty sure it was in a wood shop or something
so much gunk and other stuff
sooo hard to scrub it all out
I gave up and got it 'clean enough'
dreamy solstice
if I overclock my raspberry pi 2(700 mhz- 1ghz) if I clock it to 1ghz, could it run minecraft java with optifine?
for instance, the latest snapshots of 1.13 perform very well compared to other versions due to being optimized,,, finally.
spice moss
plush musk
A little late to this but @sleek urchin I've put my keyboard in the dishwasher before (top rack) to clean it. Just make sure it's completely dry before plugging it in.
plush musk
Yeah, with that keyboard I can understand.
sleek urchin
plus, if water gets between the front plate and the back plate, it gets trapped in the membranes
would then have to pop all the plastic rivets (which, granted, break anyways due to age)and replace them
plush musk
@sleek urchin , approx. what year was it manufactured? Is it PS/2 interface?
sleek urchin
AT cable, actually, but that's electrically the same
18 FEB 86 specifically for the manufacture date, according to the label on the bottom
plush musk
OK, was wondering if these were what we had in my lab in grad school, but I think this is ~5 years older. We had a few IBM RS/6000 workstations and then a bunch of IBM X-station client terminals.
sleek urchin
there have been a whole lot of various IBM keyboards over the ages
plush musk
Looks like Chinese soldering irons (p. 43) and pick-and-place machines (p. 39) are going to be subject to the upcoming proposed U.S. tariffs. https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/Press/Releases/301FRN.pdf
sleek urchin
as are LEDs, and both photosensitive and non-photosensitive semi-conductors
basically all chinese electronics
karmic kite
crusader kings free on steam rn
dreamy solstice
to continue, please provide a string value containing:
the batman symbol. 5 random numbers,, 20 greek symbols, 12 question marks and 2 kilobytes of code from minecraft 1.12.2.jar, the blueprint to the apollo spaceships, the largest 64 bit integer, in base 10, binary, hex, morse code, enigma, base64, ascii and sign language, the name of your grandfather's first pet, 90 excerpts from shakespear, and finally the first 0 digits of your first computer's ip address
copper bobcat
@grave crest and you thought the GPD was small
runic elbow
Good lord, who would make something that small?
Why would someone make something that small?
copper bobcat
Zipit Z2. Was originally designed as a messenger right when the iPhone launched.
grave crest
🐜 <-- found the target user for that machine
copper bobcat
What...
runic elbow
I don't even have a use for one of those, but I want it.
copper bobcat
And on it now is an OpenWRT build with Gmenu2x
grave crest
It's ok, the bot can smite legit words if it detects a possible naughty word embedded in it.
runic elbow
Neat
grave crest
So, I just got a phone call from the "IRS" demanding that I pay back taxes that I owed -- exactly $4987.32 cents worth. Must pay right now. Or they'd call my local police department to have the sheriff arrest me for intentionally defrauding the government.
Of course it was a scam. It was a glorious 47 minutes I wasted on the phone with them -- if they were talking to me, they weren't trying to intimidate someone else. And make no mistake, they were rather brutish and mean, yelling at me, bullying me, threatening me. All water off a duck's back 🦆.
But I wanted to use this as an opportunity to ask a favor of everyone -- remind your family, your loved ones, your grandmas and grandpas -- that the IRS will never call you. [All of their correspondence is officially done via postal mail].
Same goes for "you have a virus" scams from people falsely claiming to be "Microsoft", "Dell", etc. They'll never cold call you claiming something is wrong.
fluid forum
I have been getting callas every day on this one
I have herd reports of people getting money out of the scammers
vestal phoenix
@grave crest Bravo! I like to top off those scam conversations by asking "What's the frequency, Kenneth?"
Getting on the Do not call registry leads to more calls.
fluid forum
it's soposed to reduce them, thing is they are on the hook for $1,500 per call if they call you
grave crest
I think the law is the last thing the IRS scammers are thinking about -- between fraud, impersonating a federal agent, and being unable to sleep at night for stealing from poor ol' granny.
fluid forum
yeah , they just don't care, and are praying on peoples feer
cursive pike
@unkempt shoal When it comes down to it, it's their call because they're writing the cheques.
unkempt shoal
Thats true 😦
cursive pike
If there's some misunderstanding, a meeting might be able to clear it up.
unkempt shoal
But even if there was a misunderstanding, and by clearing it up
can we still move forward positivel?
cursive pike
If you end it cleanly and professionally, they might come back to you later for more work. Who knows.
It's possible, yes. But from what you've said, I'd go in assuming it'll be wrapped up.
If so, shake hands and move on.
dusty citrus
@cursive pike what kind of board is that
cursive pike
@dusty citrus A RISC-V arduino UNO format dev board from SiFive
@dusty citrus The "HiFive1" https://www.sifive.com/products/hifive1/
@dusty citrus They sent me one to play with.
dusty citrus
Thanks @cursive pike how do you like it so far I am looking at them online and might consider getting one
cursive pike
@dusty citrus It just arrived this morning. It'll be a whilke before I have time to do much with it.
dusty citrus
Okay when you get a chance to mess around with it can you message me and tell me your opinion on it
stuck moth
@cursive pike I have one I've been meaning to mess with too
cursive pike
@stuck moth It has some nice specs.
@stuck moth It’s FAST
At least the clock is. I haven’t seen benchmarks yet.
stuck moth
yeah, I mean to get into RISC-V stuff. maybe after 3.x is out the door
though that'll probably be nRF52 polish time
dreamy solstice
as of 2018, is 8gb of ram enough for, modern software needs?
pure topaz
Yeah, will do most things just fine, as long as you are not doing extreme thing such as rendering and like machine learning
or 100 google chrome tabs
sleek urchin
I'd say 8GB is a perfectly fine baseline for long term relevance
pure topaz
I think it is because chrome seperates each tab into their own enviroment
so it keeps malicious code away from other tabs memory
sleek urchin
I ended up getting some more RAM and bumping my PC up to 16GB.
but then, I do way more than just game
grave crest
8gb is fine for me, unless you are doing complex tasks for graphics/video, massive number crunching, virtualization, etc. For a non-technical college curriculum, high school, or casual use machine, it'll be perfectly fine.
Though, you cant do any harm going to 16gb - especially if this is a new purchase you plan on using 2-5 years.
sleek urchin
heh, this was an older one, but I always figured it was a reasonable upgrade path
just didn't think it'd cost as much as it did at this point...
grave crest
Ram prices, like ssd prices and graphics card, have been rather high - each for various reasons
sleek urchin
add to that passive component prices
=p
but yeah, 16GB, was a nice upgrade
but then, I've never been one to constantly leave dozens and dozens of browser tabs open
dreamy solstice
yeah
I do casual gaming and casual web browsing
a lot of casual stuff
but from my experience, 4gb computers are slow nowadays
unborn finch
I'm using 5GB basically only running firefox
quiet urchin
Hi everyone! just wanted you to know that this account, @quiet urchin Is replacing my old account, @vague mist.
dreamy solstice
well, for extremely simple uses, you could get away with just 2gb, on windows 7 even...
karmic kite
Well after the latex debate, naturally comes the question of how to pronounce "gif" 😛
fluid forum
That one is in my understanding, to late to change to a j
cursive pike
Whew.. just finished writing a section for my next guide on adder and subtractor circuits, that delves into logic simplification.
dreamy solstice
vestal phoenix
@karmic kite I would say with a hard "G" like saying "gift". But what about the acronym for Disk Operating System (DOS)?
dreamy solstice
did you know that you can repair a usb cable with aluminum foil?
cause I just did
karmic kite
@vestal phoenix D-AW-S, is there ever been a debate on that?
What about SQL?
vestal phoenix
@karmic kite I've heard it pronounced the same as the Spanish word for "two". I say "doss" and "sequel".
karmic kite
never seen that before
somber summit
I just bought Nike Air Mag socks to wear with my Air Mags... noice.
dreamy solstice
hey, so if I were to connect an ipad to a computer via a lightning cable, could I set up a usb ethernet connection and control the pc using the ipad, over the lightning cable?
sleek urchin
doubt it, apple wouldn't allow for it most likely
grave crest
I don't think you can do that -- the closest I could suggest would be to install teamviewer (or a similar remote control program) on the computer, and the iOS compatible client on the tablet. I know for sure teamviewer has compatibility for iOS->computer, as I use that frequently.
dreamy solstice
I was wondering if there's means of doing that over a wired connection
sleek urchin
in another world, sure
but you're talking apple products
so no
even if USB Gadgets are a thing that would let you have ethernet fun over that way
dreamy solstice
can I build a interdimensional portal to travel to the parralel universe where this is possible? (yes this is a joke)
fluid forum
what about synergy ?
somber summit
Synergy only works with MacOS, Windows, and Linux.
sleek urchin
fluid forum
omg yes
dreamy solstice
I must make an army of them
sleek urchin
THIS JUST IN: the official Solo A Star Wars Story trailer just dropped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPEYpryMp2s
sleek urchin
why did they wait so long to release the official trailer on youtube then?
dreamy solstice
dunno
sleek urchin
because the teaser trailers have been out since the superbowl
karmic kite
PSU with no 12V 8 pin CPU cable... thinking I'm gonna turn this into a bench top power supply
dreamy solstice
so somehow my friend's flash drive broke, he sent me this image, is this repairable?https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/397873040769417218/432919804144386053/20180409_110832.jpg
dreamy solstice
so it'd be possible but not with tools that the average person would have?
barren hemlock
you could solder wires to the individual traces between the pcb layers and try that but that is why i say is would be difficult
dreamy solstice
ok
willow anvil
Any have the new RPi model 3 b+? It worth it? I was debating on making a small compute cluster/web server out of 6 of them
dreamy solstice
I dont own one but I've heard great things about it
dusty citrus
nintendo labo garage is basically a microcontroller for kids
grave crest
sharp tartan
@willow anvil 6??
dont
6*35 is about 210, you can get a server off ebay for about 250-300 thats probably much better
or just rent something in the cloud
willow anvil
I mean for fun mostly
sharp tartan
expensive fun project
willow anvil
true
sharp tartan
i wouldnt
sharp tartan
then buy a 2u style server
barren hemlock
the cloud is not secure
sharp tartan
i mean like digitalocean or something
barren hemlock
you are sharing core with other people
sharp tartan
yeah
barren hemlock
*cores
sharp tartan
not in all cases
willow anvil
I suppose, but I also use the pi for a lot of random other stuff
sharp tartan
you can get pretty cheap dedicated servers nowadays
willow anvil
hosting game servers mostly
willow anvil
I mean I have cloud stuff already
sharp tartan
so whats the reason for this?
willow anvil
they have trouble hosting game servers
sharp tartan
their serverless platform?
willow anvil
standard EC2
sharp tartan
hmm, never used, my digitalocean droplet has always been fine, and my friend used to run a server hosting company and used ovh dedicated servers
willow anvil
droplets for hosting games?
sharp tartan
why not? what game is it
sharp tartan
oh
that seems like a good option then, to host at home
what about just buying a server instead of many pis?
sharp tartan
pi's are relatively overpirced
willow anvil
they do feel as such
so buying old model 3 b's are on the cheap
since people are selling for then new ones
sharp tartan
you do you
willow anvil
karmic kite
@willow anvil Why not use amazon gamelift? ec2 isnt meant for gaming
dreamy solstice
will readyboost actually help my pc run a little faster?
karmic kite
Is your memory your bottle neck? If you open task manager is it at 100% memory use?
dreamy solstice
my memory is at 88%, and it's only that high because I am running a virtual machine with 4gb of ram dedicated to it,
dusty citrus
why is there no bots in an engineering server?
dreamy solstice
probably because it's either not that great of a server, or they have no need for bots
if a server has no bots, it's either young, poorly developed, or lacks the need for bots
dusty citrus
bots are fun and fun is important so bots are a must.
dreamy solstice
I know of a server(draconity.org server) that has no bots