pokes workstation with a stick.. please come back to life
#general-chat
rapid geode
dusty citrus
for making a custom driver for windows, is there something easier to deal rather than wdf?
dusty citrus
@stray wind thank you for your helpful guides on the learn.adafruit.com they are amazing ❤️
i don't know what i'd do without them
late fulcrum
for making a custom driver for windows, is there something easier to deal rather...
Heh, last time I did that, I didn't use WDF (whatever that is), I just coded it up in visual studio.
dusty citrus
Heh, last time I did that, I didn't use WDF (whatever that is), I just coded it ...
can I ask you how did you make it?
I have no prior experience with windows drivers programming
late fulcrum
I grabbed a driver skeleton from MSDN then started implementing the sections one by one. First, recognize/configure the device, then make the node available to the OS. Then work through the userspace entry points one by one (open, read, write, etc.). Note that this was back in the 1900s and the process may be different these days.
I had no experience with it either, although I had been writing Unix device drivers for years.
night crescent
The Desk of Ladyada - a QFN swapperoo https://youtu.be/_ZXRFM3UD-Y
jolly ether
well now.. butane soldering iron made a nice little fireball to break in the element on it
fickle kayak
Oh，I'm a new member here. Hello, everyone~
wise wyvern
Hey there, is thereanyone in nurnberg for the embedded word expo?:)
jolly ether
I was going to try to make a portable wireless, rechargeable soldering iron out of a vape with some tips.. but uuh.. I don't actually use those devices, so I'd have to buy a new one, and with fees and additional shipping costs being the item that it is.. it would have come out to $120, just for a test to satisfy a little curiosity...
late fulcrum
I was toying with using a vape for some fog effects for a prop, and didn't want to buy one either, but I saw a vid about salvaging LiPo cells from discarded vapes, so I kept a lookout when I was walking around. So far, I've scored two free vapes (one somewhat crushed, I'll use the heater from that one but I'm not going to attempt to use its power cell for anything).
ebon dew
how about a self vaping soldering iron so at least the lead we breath smells like cotton candy. 😛
thick wind
Leaded solder still exists. It's easier to work with, but the tradeoff there is pretty well-known...
arctic folio
pry my leaded solder from my cold dead hands
pallid minnow
hello how do i learn coding?
ebon dew
which language are you interested in?
arctic folio
broadly I think one of the most generic bits of advice to give is that youtube is a pretty terrible source for programming at large (though, maybe not for webdev?)
besides that best resources are language dependant
ebon dew
just remember that when things go really wrong and you get desperate there are 2 sites that people find themselves at. webmd and stackoverflow. neither are really good sources to solve your problems.
stray wind
<@330227457296957440> thank you for your helpful guides on the learn.adafruit.co...
You're quite welcome!
jolly ether
how about a self vaping soldering iron so at least the lead we breath smells lik...
well, we don't really breath lead, lead doesn't vaporize at these temperatures, what you're actually breathing is rosin vapors, and how damaging that can be to inhale will vary, as their chemical compositions vary... I'd imagine some have some stuff in it you don't want to breathe
blissful roost
Personally, I'd rather avoid lead as it's a contaminate.
Very not friendly.
jolly ether
well, good thing I haven't started eating circuit boards yet or it really could be an issue
crystal ore
FR4 is high in fiber! ... glass.
honest jolt
Since sand is crunchy and tastes like salt, glass must taste the same as well I presume! 🤣
rapid geode
glass tastes like chicken
thick wind
No. Chicken tastes like glass.
rapid geode
chicken tastes like kitten
thick wind
Wait, kittens are friends, not food.
You came in at a strange time. I promise you that we're not all eaters of kittens and fiberglass...
But welcome!
blissful roost
chicken tastes like kitten
I've always wondered... How many kittens in a caboodle?
gleaming ibex
At least 4
rapid geode
im gonna go with 13. like a bakers dozen.
gleaming ibex
Also technically that saying is kit and caboodle
gleaming ibex
🤨
blissful roost
Common English sounds like "kitten caboodle" because people say it more like "kit 'n' caboodle".
rapid geode
it is oodles of kittens in a cab
served with a garlic red wine reduction
"Woah there! The owner of adafruit has requested that Discord block any messages our mostly-accurate robots deem to be explicit, so your message has not been sent."
hahahahah
i was posting a picture of a kitten
there
haha
it is official, 4 kittens in a caboodle
AI said so
rapid geode
this was the best one.
supposed to be ratatouille
cooking pizza
with basi
l
i forget exactly what i typed
blissful roost
Why, you dirty rat!
blissful roost
Well, that's at a train station... So, I understand. Lol
rapid geode
ha
blissful roost
Drivers on strike, rat still turns up for work. 🤣
rapid geode
they are in my yard. weve killed like 6 or 7 the alst week
haha
uk?
i heard something about a strike there
blissful roost
Because they support Unions, which they should... But, that's besides the point.
rapid geode
boris would be a good clown if he wasnt actually in charge of things
blissful roost
Well, it's all too politics at that point.
rapid geode
its ok, the world economy is about to colapse into oblivion
blissful roost
Yarp.
rapid geode
the trick is to have everyone elses house drop in value, but mine go up.
blissful roost
But, ehh.
stray wind
Hey folks, please keep the topic within the scope of the server. Thanks!
rapid geode
yeah, sorry
rapid geode
back to kittens in a balsamic vinagrette
blissful roost
Haha
rapid geode
that ai thing is funny though
blissful roost
"Waiter... There's a hair in my salad..."
rapid geode
the pictures are soooo, werid
blissful roost
Check #pet-photos 😁
rapid geode
every time i think ive gotten somewhere in my house rebuild, i realise i have so much more to do.
i need to make some form of home assistant controller now
with a screen in the wall
seems people use rpi's for them
stray wind
For sure, but unless you already have one, they're basically unobtainium at the moment.
rapid geode
i have a pi zero
stray wind
Zero W?
rapid geode
not sure if thats enough
stray wind
or Zero
stray wind
Ah ok, yah no reason that wouldn't work. It can be slow to boot compared to new ones, but handles things like this nicely overall.
rapid geode
cool
stray wind
I used a Zero W to be the receiver on a mailbox notification system I designed for my dad. Other than boot time, it's pretty quick with the code.
blissful roost
I was lucky to snag a Zero 2 W
stray wind
I have one as well, but would have been overkill for the mailbox project. So I didn't use it for that.
rapid geode
i got this pi ages ago for no reason. ha. so its been waiting for a useful project
i also have a few feathers
blissful roost
I need a lot more Zeros, but I can wait.
rapid geode
we were planning a VR stage and 100ish pi's with cameras was one route
unreal marsh
I just got my Pi Zero 2 W .. any suggestions on what cabling I need to hook it up ? I have a Pi 3B+ that the power supply connector seems to fit, but need a USB connection for KBM ?
stray wind
Zero 2 W is still micro. I also thought it was C. But verified.
rapid geode
ah
stray wind
I just got my Pi Zero 2 W .. any suggestions on what cabling I need to hook it u...
What keyboard set up are you planning to use?
There's two micro ports on it, so you can power from one, and do HID from the other - you might need a micro-to-USB-A adapter for many KB/mice to work. Display is mini or micro HDMI, so you'll need an adapter for that or a cable that has the right ends on it.
I use a little wireless keyboard with a trackpad on it for set up, but I'm usually setting them up initially and then putting them in a project to leave them alone. So I don't need to maintain keyboard availability.
unreal marsh
Im kind of new to this (obviously) .. so thanks for the help. I have a USB KB & mouse .. I also have a KB but how do I "turn on" the bluetooth to get it to recognize? BTW, I have a 16GB microSD card left over from my Pi 3B+ installed
stray wind
Hmm, I'm fuzzy on whether you can simply move an SD card from one type of Pi to another. Is what what you're saying you did? Or do you mean you installed it fresh.
Some of the features are different between the two Pis, so some stuff might not be enabled that you need, and other stuff you don't need might be enabled (Which is less of an issue).
So if you need more USB than it has, you need a USB-micro hub that breaks out to USB-A.
So basically, a USB-A port hub that plugs into USB-micro.
unreal marsh
the micro SD card has Raspbian on it from the Pi3 (NOOBS?) .. do i need to initialize it or load it with another OS? maybe I should try to find a good reference on setting up a new Zero :)
stray wind
I'm genuinely unsure whether that will play nice. In my mind, your best bet is to start fresh by reinstalling Raspbian on a blank SD card, and then setting it up on the Pi Zero. However! You'll need to get your cabling setup going before you can do that so you have a way to get to the Pi to set it up. All of that said, I may be misunderstanding the compatibility between Pis and you might be fine. It's not hard to set up new Pis now, they keep making it easier and easier, so it might be worth going through for your own info anyway.
unreal marsh
I'm genuinely unsure whether that will play nice. In my mind, your best bet is t...
thanks for the tips ..
stray wind
You're very welcome! Good luck! We're here to help along the way, so don't feel like you shouldn't try something because it seems intimidating or out of your wheelhouse. You can always ask here first or after you're part way through. I would suggest the #help-with-linux-sbcs channel moving forward since that's exactly what it's for. 🙂
unreal marsh
will do .. I just jumped in here because there were already some comments on the Pi Zero & I am playing with getting the cabling together now ...
stray wind
Yeah for sure! No worries about bringing it up here. Simply suggesting a good place to go with further questions.
rapid geode
i made a couple more pix with the AI... im affraid to post them. haha
nightmare inducing
need to make it work with voice recognition so the kids can yell at the big tv screen and pictures show up
blissful roost
I just got my Pi Zero 2 W .. any suggestions on what cabling I need to hook it u...
OTG hub. 😁👍
That's 4-port, but one is on the short side.
blissful roost
Limited airflow??
I'd be very tempted to slap a heatsink on it, to reduce throttling.
I got mine because I want to overclock it.
stray wind
Also kind of depends on the code. Our initial code was burning it up, but we switched to using asyncio so it was only doing what it needed to do when it needed to do it, and it cooled off significantly.
In some cases anyway.
blissful roost
I'm planning to run nginx, via Kubernetes.. so, might be notable load. 😁
stray wind
Indeed.
blissful roost
Depends on demand, really.. you'd have to assess that in practice.
stray wind
Exactly.
rapid geode
ill machine an aluminium back for it that the screen mounts to then with some clips to hold it in the wall
stray wind
Also make sure the display isn't giving off a bunch of heat as well. They can do that.
rapid geode
hmmm
blissful roost
I need to get a 3D printed bracket for mine.. and design a carrier board.
rapid geode
this would be a little waveshare 4"
stray wind
Backlight is what heats up.
rapid geode
it would only be on a minute or 2 at a time
stray wind
Ah nah. Won't heat up too bad then.
blissful roost
rapid geode
tap, change whatever settings, then turn itself off after some time out
blissful roost
That's the plan ..
blissful roost
IBM keyboard. 😁
rapid geode
ooh
blissful roost
So, we've got the Pi400... This is a Pi Zero 200. ☺️
rapid geode
haha
i guess at this point the pi zero 2 with a screen and a housing is a perfectly fine tablet
with linux instead of android
blissful roost
The keyboard has 2x USB ports... But I want to convert the mini HDMI to full size, so.. carrier board makes it easier.
I could mount an LCD on the keyboard, in theory
rapid geode
i dont know whats in my samsung tablet. i dont think its mych better than the a53
if at all
my home setup i need a central pc or 2. one screen in the kitchen, one tv in the livignroom, a little home assitant panel, and 2 workstation monitors. plus the thermostats, light switches, and a few other smart items
blissful roost
Only thing I need home-related... Is two new webcams, 1080p
Sure, 6x SAS drives would be nice, but.. ehh
rapid geode
oh, right, security cam and doorbell i need in there too
blissful roost
For me, I need bunnycam. Lol
blissful roost
Nah. Lol
They have their own Twitch account, so I can watch them when I'm at work.
rapid geode
haha
blissful roost
But... My spare phone is now dead, so... 😭
rapid geode
my main phone is dead, im using the spare.
screen bled out purple
replacement seems a pain in the butt
blissful roost
Oof
blissful roost
Double-oof
rapid geode
should make a pi phone. hehe
not sure you can buy 4g/5g chip sets.
ive seen 2g
feathers
blissful roost
Doable, but I don't fancy the struggle with 4G
You can USB it, but..
It would be chonky, I think.
rapid geode
yeah, it seems a project with minimal rewards
blissful roost
Indeed
rapid geode
it would still cost like $200
blissful roost
Now.. I could make a basic 3G phone, with calls and text.
But, not really my bag. 😛
Like.. I have a Pixel 6 Pro. lol
blissful roost
When the pie hits your eye like a big pie in the eye, that's amore!
rapid geode
ha
poor cortana.
anyhow, we never made the pi rig. it would have been fun.
although the fans would still have hated it
they hate everything
hahahah
so many cool tech things would could do for tv but never have the time.
blissful roost
RIP
rapid geode
id like to make a laser scanner. but i dont think anything "easy" is powerful enough.
(laser line scanner)
basically it has to take pictures and "know" the scanner position to turn the pixels into 3d points.
normally they use an arm with encoders
but i want something to bring to set
and scan cars and props
whole jacinth
old-school laser printers often had a photodiode at the end of the laser sweep for timing and synchronization (typically a three-phase synchronous motor polygon scanner), sometimes with a pick-off mirror to make the wiring more manageable
rapid geode
line generation isnt the issue. spacial awareness is.
hmm
haven though about the project in a while
artec leo scanner use structured light, image recognition and i think gyro/accelerometer. like a smart photogrammtry. quality isnt up to my needS though
also $25k usd
haha
it is fast thoguh
whole jacinth
oh, it sounds like you actually need 2-D laser scanning; that makes it somewhat more complicated
rapid geode
3d
we have a leica lidar (2 actually) for large sets. we need something from medium and small props. also something for people but that is a separate problem
whole jacinth
but you're basically scanning the laser in two dimensions to digitize 3-D, unless you're doing some weird stuff with laser focus?
rapid geode
most scanners are made for engineering or for construction. film has more weirder needs
oh, yes
take a photo of the laser projection. then work out how that line fits in 3d
prefereble at 1000 lines a second
also storing and processing later can be viable too
whole jacinth
hm, at 1000 lines per second, affordable X-Y galvos are probably too slow, so you're probably looking at a polygon scanner plus a galvo for vertical?
whole jacinth
you mean this is a handheld device and you're literally moving it with your hand to do the vertical sweep?
rapid geode
yes
so mirror on a 60000rpm motor or the like
6-12" field
then you slowly move your hand around the object
each image becomes a line of points, stored in order for surface reconstructions
whole jacinth
that might be really rough on the polygon scanner bearings due to reaction torques from gyroscope action
rapid geode
obviously a 1000+fps camera is needed too
yes
1000lps might be optimistic
maybe 100
whole jacinth
("really rough" = possibly ruin the bearings within a single session)
rapid geode
the faro does 500k points a second.
i do not know if it has a galvo
how does a laser level work, i dont iven think they have mechanical parts
whole jacinth
the kind of level that projects a line? i've seen both static ones (that use a diffraction grating or cylindrical lens) and ones that use a polygon scanner
whole jacinth
but i recall it's easier to get a uniform line covering a wide angle if you use a scanner
rapid geode
ths is still the more trivial aspect of the project. how do i have it understant its position, within microns
jolly ether
been doing more soldering on electronics with a butane torch.. and ya know.. I'm starting to prefer it over digitally controlled smart irons
rapid geode
the xyz coordinates of each pixel recorded need to be within abou 0.1mm or better
whole jacinth
how far away is your object from the scanner?
rapid geode
6-12"?
fairly close
i dont think an MMU alone will do it, although it would be a base point for sure
i want to avoid post "fitting". this is always a roadblock. aligning lidars for example can literally take days if you dont have gps pre alignment enabled
the holy grail of on set scanning it to walk on set, wave around the scanner for 1-2 minutes and run away
haha
whole jacinth
still sounds like quite a harsh set of requirements to me
whole jacinth
fixed set, or on location?
rapid geode
random. so we couldnt set up tracking cameras for example
the crew hates that we are even there at all haha
i bascially want an untethered one of those
and ideally not 50k
creaform makes a hand held, but they use calibration markers. (stickers on everything and a special shape)
oooh
maybe thats the key, a calibrated cube
stick a 100mm cube somewhere in view
MMU gets close, then the cube is used to tweak
hmm
that doesnt really work though, cause with mmu only, each line will have a variance
at random
anyhow, theres a reason it isnt at walmart for $50. it is a complext problem to solve
late fulcrum
That's why the structured light ones are popular
rapid geode
yeah but they mostly suck
and even the leo has a big detachment from scanning and seeing the result. you get a rough preview for coverage
usng the faro with polyworks you see in real time the full res mesh
late fulcrum
I guess you don't really need a 1000fps camera, just a 1000sps sensor
rapid geode
well it would need a lens etc
late fulcrum
Yeah, just not a lot of pixels, which considerably reduces the data rate and simplifies processing
rapid geode
youd want at least 1000x1000 pixels
if you have a 300mm field and you want a 0.1mm fidelity youd need 3000. but 1000 is probably fine here
there tends to be a lot of overlap as well
late fulcrum
I don't think so. Since you're scanning, only one point is illuminated at a time, so there's no advantage to gathering, then discarding the other pixels.
late fulcrum
Not really. It's scanning the line, so it's just sweeping a beam. Sure, you could use a line imager, but again, you don't need to.
rapid geode
are you proposing to sync capture and the galvo, to know the direction of the laser?
like lidar
i guess that can work
hmm
late fulcrum
Yes. It's actually not very complicated, as you can use the same mirror to sweep both in synchrony.
rapid geode
so how in this situation do you know the position of the laser hit?
late fulcrum
That comes from the angles of the mirrors.
rapid geode
triangulation?
sensor offset form the laser
meeting at the same point
hmm
i dont see this having micron precision. but maybe im overthinking it
late fulcrum
Angle is easy, distance is the trickier part, but you'd have exactly the same problem with a full frame sensor, so presumably you'd already come up with a way to use it to measure distance.
rapid geode
none of this solves the core issue though, of spacial awareness
late fulcrum
That is indeed a separate (and, happily, separable) problem
rapid geode
with the full frame sensor, you get a line and (with a known camera base point) you can know its position by angles. i guess its the same idea, except you are doing a whole line at once
with a defined fidelity
(x pixels)
late fulcrum
You aren't really doing the whole line at once, but you can process a line at a time if you wish.
rapid geode
well, if the image shows a line thats one block of data
late fulcrum
An advantage of the single-sensor approach is that it doesn't enforce pixels and you can crank up the resolution as far as your optics and circuitry can manage for a given scan rate.
rapid geode
yeah. basically the same as lidar. mirror and traverse speed define the resolution
late fulcrum
I'm unsure what "if the image shows a line" means here.
rapid geode
shine a laser line on an object. take a phot of it
because you know the cameras sensor dimensions, lensing, laser offset, you can turn the pixels of the line into a position
late fulcrum
Do you mean a literal laser line (cylindrical lense) or apparent laser line (laser bounced off a spinning mirror)?
rapid geode
in this case literal
late fulcrum
That has the largish disadvantage of making the problem much harder
rapid geode
in real time probably. the laser sweep defines a plane. the camera projects the photo of the line onto the plane. so in a non real time app, it is simple
IF you have base coordinates for the plane
in 3dsmax i can script this actually
but it suuuuuper slow
late fulcrum
I think if you work it out formally, you'll see that the "line at a time" approach introduces unresolvable ambiguities. This may be fine for your use case, but personally I strongly prefer a raster scanning approach.
rapid geode
i see many potential issues
but in my head i do not see how raster makes it better yet, haha
what does the sensor see back i guess is where im lost.
with lidar it sees back reflectance. and measures time for distance
late fulcrum
Time of flight, yeah. Not really practical with a camera (speed of light and all that)
rapid geode
time of flite is not viable for this sype of scanner
late fulcrum
Right.
rapid geode
k
oooh, hmm. so you talking scan line. the lasers sweeps, and the sensor sees another sweep, and when the sensor sees a laser it knows where the 2 vectors meet
so it is still "seeing" the area space, just point by point
late fulcrum
I'm thinking a collinear arrangement, so the sensor sees wherever the laser is pointing
It still sees the area point by point, but there's only one vector
late fulcrum
It would always see the reflection from the laser (if any). There are optics tricks to separate the outgoing and incoming beams
As I said, the distance is the tricky part.
late fulcrum
Ah, you were thinking of measuring distance via parallax?
rapid geode
yes
the sensor would have to overscan by a fair bit
or, a single line scanner. "find the pixel" save its number
that would be a high precision instrument though to line up
late fulcrum
So you're thinking you'd have the offset perpendicular to the line?
rapid geode
my original idea, if you can imagine it, was the laser sweep is horizontal. above that, looking "down" at a slight angle is a camera/sensor. in one shot mode, it would capture a picture of the line across the object. then processing would effectively recreate the camera in 3d and re project the image onto a plane that represents the laser sweep. those projected pixel coordinates would be stored.
inside 3dsmax that is "easy" math.
because all those tools exist
texture projection etc
it would basically process at a couple frames per second here
on my threadripper
haha
so it is not fast
but it is "easy"
late fulcrum
I'm not familiar with 3dsmax but I am familiar with optimizing code for ridiculous speedups (I ported a Matlab implemention that ran in 7 hours to a Cell/BBE version that ran in 1 second)
rapid geode
ha
in max you have modules (plugins). one is for example a texture projection shader that takes an image and projects it onto you plane (or anything else). you can from there read that texture in the texture space of the plane, and from there know where is in 3d space
you could imagine that it takes each photo of the laser line and puts it on a plane inside the 3d space
if it had transparency, you would see all the lines
but we then convert them all to vertices, and then in turn mesh them
using a variety of methods
so, at this point, yes, there might be hardware setups that accomplish the same and will be faster, but the real issue i need to solve it spacial awareness of the scanner head as a whole
where does my laser plane move
late fulcrum
Heh meshes
rapid geode
yup. now just make is 3 or 4 billion faces
😛
my lidar scanner makes 151 million points per pass
might be up to 50 passes in a set scan
and then they ask why its not done yet
hahaha
doesnt help that the meshing algorithm isnt structured. it just looks for nearby points in space, instead of already knowing the order. except if you use polyworks. It knows the order and will meshin seconds instead of days
but it is not really compatible with our wrokflow in other ways
and costs $20000
late fulcrum
Yeah, that graphic is from some demeshing code I wrote that had to wrestle with the equivalent problem
rapid geode
a year
sooo, to be accurate to 0.1mm at 300mm, i need angular accuracy of .019 degrees, and positional of 0.1mm.
hmmmmmm
normally done with an arm of course.
how do we do that floatin in air
cant tamper with the props, cant paint them, cant take longer than a few minutes... cant lay down or set up trackers, outside maybe a caibration object
late fulcrum
I've had to get somewhat creative with my prop replicas sometimes
rapid geode
the best i had was on killjoys. they sent over a bung of prop sci fi legs. i was like "can i spray paint them white" .... "no, those are viktorias actual real life legs"
yeahhhhh, send them back, we'll eye it
haha
yes, she can walk on that
arctic folio
strictly speaking that's a pegleg
rapid geode
transparent with bones
arctic folio
though if I ever had a prosthetic I'd play it that way
rapid geode
yeah, exactly. why you need it to look 'normal"?
anyhow, they were gross, full of some sort of gel
haah
i didnt want to tamper with them
and then have her get all mad
arctic folio
https://www.faro.com/en/Products/Hardware/ScanArms
I've got this idea in my head to strap a kinematic indicator head to my 3d printer and make a ghetto CMM
would be handy for modeling nontrivial splines
rapid geode
other than printers not being very precise, should totally work
arctic folio
it's about as precise as it can print :^)
rapid geode
fair enough haha
i need to design an affordable cnc probe
i did a tool setter already
arctic folio
there are a handful of 3d printable ones already out there
theres one that uses a PCB with BBs soldered to it
rapid geode
probes are tricky cause they are basically reliant on how precice you can make it
yeah
even a renishaw is just the bb's on a pcb
just made to crazy tolerance
i uses a 500nm linear sensor in my tool setter. so its independent of a lot of the usually issues in a tool setter
it actually knows where it is
i want to do something like that for the probe
but i dont know how yet
arctic folio
it knows where it is because it knows where it is not
rapid geode
well normally its just a switch. on, off, move the machine slow to catch it.
mine will tell you your tool is 4.0025mm without even moving.
which helps to make the device fairly cheap
arctic folio
blissful roost
Is that the missile that knows where it is according to where it's not?
rapid geode
as long as its not going to my house
full oriole
Hı guys i need tr keyboard_layout For RP pico rubber ducky
topaz mirage
Anyone has tried connecting esp32 to mqqt broker?
thick wind
Anyone has tried connecting esp32 to mqqt broker?
Rather than ask if anyone's done it before, you'll get better feedback if you just post your question directly.
Something like this, right?
blissful roost
I have 3x M200 laptops, because reasons.. lol
One is non-functional, because I put the CPU in a desktop. 😁
I can still use them for IRC, or some silly side projects..
The screen is really nice.. 12" LCD @1400x1050.
rapid geode
ah
my work computer is getting old too. 2015. i need to request a dual epyc. they should go dor it.... no? ok...
actually even though its old i cant complain too much. it does what it needs to do
thick wind
One is non-functional, because I put the CPU in a desktop. 😁
Ooooo, time to tear it down for parts, or retrofit another SBC in there somehow...?
blissful roost
I'll keep one as original, one for spares... I might look at a project for the 3rd.
rapid geode
oooh. i had the dumbest idea just now. we have old mac pros we have no use for but noone wants to throw them away. i should strip one out and put a pi zero inside.
well that was easy, im allowed to ake all the broken ones. about 8
ponders
(we had about 100_
well, there we go. 8 mac pros saved from e waste. now to create a plan for what goes inside
blissful roost
Ok, that's weird..
I just got an email telling me that I've applied for a job vacancy..
Seems legit, but.. ??
Maybe a pocket-press on the apply button by accident.
rapid geode
O_o
fron a job site you were searching?
or random
actually i got the job i have now by random. somone found my 5 year old resume on a website.
sometimes i dont even regret taking it
haha
blissful roost
fron a job site you were searching?
I get regular emails from job sites and I was reading it.. I certainly didn't mean to apply as the role is beyond my current skillset.
rapid geode
ahhh
blissful roost
It's a DevOps role, for essentially a Linux SysAdmin..
I'd love to get back to all that, but my current role hasn't prepared me for all the tools/skills necessary for that one.
rapid geode
do what our IT hires usually do... lie
blissful roost
I can't do that.
blissful roost
RAM is easy. 🤣
crystal ore
"Do I need to quit Firefox before installing the RAM?"
blissful roost
I can install RAM blindfolded, with one hand tied behind my back.
rapid geode
unfortunately it was on MY machine, so...
blissful roost
... and, yes.. I have. Lol
rapid geode
hard fail
our artists are a mixed bag when knowing how computers work, but when you hire someone for IT, you kinda have an expectation
blissful roost
I have years of experience, including hardware, servers and SysAdmin.
rapid geode
your hired!
we have a hard time with IT cause our needs are weird and niche
and people who are good at it (rightly) want too much money
one guy messed with IIS and locked up the entire studio (100's of machines) at once. we dont even know how he managed that still. every single machine froze
hasty quarry
Why is sinx ≈ x (small angles) so important…
I just don’t really see why that heuristic is apparently so useful
crystal ore
I just don’t really see why that heuristic is apparently so useful
Well, for example it's why pendulums work so well.
hasty quarry
What do you mean
crystal ore
The restoring force for a pendulum goes as the sine of the angle, but since it's so close to being equal to the angle itself, that means that the pendulum will count off (almost) the same time period whether the angle is large or small.
It also comes in very handy for basic trig calculations. "Well, that object is spans 1 degree, and it's 6 meters away. That means it's about 10 cm tall."
I mean it's not "so important", but it's a useful approximation to have for back-of-the-envelope stuff.
quartz wren
Y'all remember how I was talking about making my own soldering station using 3D printer parts? Well, my iron crapped out on me so I decided to revisit it. I made a custom heat block to thread the tips I have into and put a heat cartridge and thermistor from a 3D printer into it and control via a 3D printer controller... Works pretty well!
night crescent
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quartz wren
Not the prettiest design but I'm happy with how it turned out
quartz wren
Yep, the heaters can get quite hot, generally the limiting factor is the temperature feedback, which for cheaper designs is a thermistor
And caps out at about 300C
But apparently 285 is perfect for making amazing looking solder joints
rapid geode
ahh
quartz wren
It takes practice just like any skill
I've been soldering since I was 9, so for about 18 years
rapid geode
i have a stupid hirose connector for a servo drive that i ruined 3 of gave up
ha
why cant they just use usb!
😛
quartz wren
I was trying to make a flexible backplane for a homebrew computer project using IDE cables that have all 40 pins and broke more connectors than ended up on the cable
Finesse takes practice
quartz wren
And this was yesterday
rapid geode
i got a hot air station. havent got to use it yet
quartz wren
I just haven't practiced the skill so I'm not great at it yet haha
quartz wren
i got a hot air station. havent got to use it yet
I'm thinking I may make one of those next hehe
Lots more effort though
rapid geode
i used a heat gun to remove chips from a cnc control board. figured id get the correct tool for next time
quartz wren
I don't even have a heat gun anymore, the cheapo one I had stopped working
rapid geode
i have several. usually for more ham fisted industrial uses
quartz wren
But I don't use them much anyway, was much more devastating when my soldering iron quit
rapid geode
like melting butter on popcorn
rapid geode
normally i use to to strip paint
jolly ether
hey.. do any of you use hot plates for solder jobs or desoldering jobs?
rapid geode
in this case i want to steal the analogue chips from these boards that drive analogue servos
quartz wren
I'm in the process of designing 4 homebrew computers on 2 different architectures and my brain is starting to get slow
rapid geode
ha
i just stole 8 mac pros for... science.
not 100% sure what to stick in the cases yet
well, obviously computers
no fish tanks
quartz wren
not 100% sure what to stick in the cases yet
RPi Zero cluster
rapid geode
that was one thought, but apparently you cant get any
quartz wren
Hmmm
rapid geode
but i also dont have much use for that
quartz wren
no fish tanks
Well I mean you have no fish so why not get some? 
rapid geode
i was wondering if i could fit all my computers in one case
lenovo workstation with a quadro. home assistant pc. media pc. storage array.
in one box
quartz wren
Probably doable but heat management is going to be your biggest contention
rapid geode
these dont get too hot. quadro is like 50w
hmm. is it? ha i should check
47
and 160w for the rtx4000
quartz wren
I mean regardless, anything even somewhat modern is going to produce enough heat to worry about if you're packing several devices into the same space
Usually it's just a matter of making sure there's adequate airflow
rapid geode
yeah
we have racks with 8 mini itx xeons in 4u
but, they also sound like a jet engine
cant have that
water cool it all and use the heat for the sink
ha
i dont want the fuss of water cooling though
quartz wren
Alright I gotta go run an errand in a bit, may be back to chat later but I'm very all over the place lately so I can't make any promises
quartz wren
Nice talking to you!
quartz wren
DEMO!
formal hull
i have a propmaker featherwing and feather m4. am i able to hook up like 3 different momentary switches that trigger 3 different sounds?
i hope im not writing in the wrong chat.
vestal pier
hey.. do any of you use hot plates for solder jobs or desoldering jobs?
I use a mini-hotplate for SMD soldering small PCBs
late fulcrum
i have a propmaker featherwing and feather m4. am i able to hook up like 3 diff...
Yes, it should be capable of that fairly easily
formal hull
Yes, it should be capable of that fairly easily
🤗 thank you
gusty pilot
i was wondering if i could fit all my computers in one case
Yes. It's just a matter of finding a big enough case.
jolly ether
i think it's time I get some semblance of a desktop power supply so I think I'll make one that fits to the front lip of my desk
hasty quarry
What a great job. I can pull that off myself, but regardless it's always good to see
ebon dew
i haven't seen the adafruit RSS/blog this active in a while. the past 2 days have been awesome reading new stuff.
rapid geode
Yes. It's just a matter of finding a big enough case.
O_o they are mac pro cases.
gusty pilot
O_o they are mac pro cases.
ahh I missed that part
honest moth
FRAGMENT 24 [Lore_Dump]
||The Lab is down, but the project can finally continue now that we have the parts.||
||<[We've had them for a while, they were buried by miscellaneous junk....which means the only limiting factor this whole time was you. Too much time has passed since then, Ms. [data_expunged]. The fact that you've made me remain in stasis for this long is, in my opinion, unforgivable. You know what our mission entails, as well as how many it could jeopardize should we fail to pull this off.]>||
||I'm sorry {null}, but it was the only way to ensure your safety after your last near-death. Everyone is still looking for you out there, despite the circumstances of your sudden disappearance.||
||<[...they never confirmed me as dead, did they?]>||
||No parts, no evidence. Only a smoldering crater.||
||<[Damn it, I was hoping you set up a decoy or something, but I digress. Thanks for helping me out of there regardless.]>||
||You can thank me later. Right now, we need to get to work. You coming back online was more than enough to arouse suspicion and allow them to pinpoint our exact location. I'll try to hold them back, but-<[Then we need to hurry.]>||
blissful roost
Spam is spam.
honest moth
[also called "May is making a Protogen and felt that some partial backstory had to be established first to add curiosity to what the full story might be."]
rapid geode
i only know protomolecules
honest moth
Such lazy...
i feel you
i don't want to relearn c++ or python, nor get either of the two working again to then build a prototype circuit of what my protogen's visor will potentially do/look like.
but alas, the only way i'm going to finish this project is if i actively put in the effort to do so.
honest moth
Such lazy...
...got any lo-fi recommendations?
blissful roost
Errr.... no. lol
I'm working on PCB designs for a Z80 build, but there's already so much pre-existing content that it's easy to base my work on that.
honest moth
ah, i see
blissful roost
I'm not an EE, I'm a technician/bodger. 😛
late fulcrum
Heh, I too am a bodger!
late fulcrum
i don't want to relearn c++ or python, nor get either of the two working again t...
Sounds like a job for Forth! Or perhaps Rust or even Lua.
blissful roost
Ohh... in other news..
I'm getting put on the Redhat course next week. 😄
Not sure what the exact cert is, if any... but, all good.
late fulcrum
Heh, I'm in the middle of nVidia training
blissful roost
I'm definitely keen, because I need more angles to leverage an application for 3rd line roles.
Spent 6 years at a webhosting company, including 4.5 as a Linux SysAdmin.... but, w/e
Manglement around here seems to operate more on office politics than actual merit.
rapid geode
im a mechanical bodger, the electronics part i suck at
blissful roost
I tend to be good at most things I put my mind to.. Just haven't had much opportunity to practice electronics.
rapid geode
im good at eating pies, and yelling at interns. thats my key skills
blissful roost
Pies, easy done... 😄
The latter? I don't have any interns. 😛
rapid geode
we havent had interns in like 10 + years. we got a slew of them this we on some program
blissful roost
I've got one "certified network professional" who's so inept, I'd be better off with an empty chair....
But.. shouting at him is beyond my reasonable authority.
blissful roost
I'd assume that calling him a blithering, useless 🤬 🤬 would cause a problem with HR...
rapid geode
possibly
blissful roost
Another colleague has handed in his notice, but I'm certainly less bothered about that.
rapid geode
one guy yelled at an owner here once, and the owner had to apologise
blissful roost
He's turned into a whiny man-child recently, so I don't much care.
rapid geode
whiney i cant deal with. if you got an issue (a real one) with someone, you need to tell them.
blissful roost
Yarp.
rapid geode
or if you have an issue with the task, same thing. if you think its wrong, bad, etc, and you cant explain why, then, i cant help you
blissful roost
Like, this useless numpty I mentioned above....
If he can't pick up on the training I'll be giving him, my feedback will be "Incapable and unwilling to perform his job. Recommendation: Dismissal under probationary"
Our job isn't difficult.. it's pretty much baby-sitting and housekeeping.
It's trivial... I could teach a child to do this job.
rapid geode
"use as VFX blood reference"
blissful roost
If a man in his.. 50s (?) can't do it.. he's either too inept, or too lazy.
Neither is worth wasting a chair.
rapid geode
we hire management often by hiring people to prep snacks etc, then they grow into the position. works pretty well. but occasions we get "good at cutting vegetables". which is code for, yeah, nope.
blissful roost
hahaha
I'm actually a pretty good cook, but.. I won't work in food service again.
I'm certainly not fast enough for a commercial kitchen.
rapid geode
yeah, this isnt food service, this is minumum wage "do something useful". our job is so weird it is easier to train someone from the ground up.
blissful roost
Fair enough
rapid geode
one supervisor and one producer started as vegetable cutters
on the artist side it is different. we try to hire people who at least have a few years under them. otherwise we spend more money babysitting than they are worth
blissful roost
My first job out of school was at a wholesale butchers, preparing meat for airline catering companies. 🙂
I got pretty good at that, but I couldn't do the coldroom work now.
rapid geode
ha, i worked at cathay pacific doing catering
rapid geode
heard of them. i assume they are american?
rapid geode
up here it was cathay and lufthansa in various forms
ah
lufthansa had hagen das
mmm
haha
this was pre 911. security was funny back then. very lazy until you got to royal jordanain.... cough
blissful roost
DANGit... now I have to buy ice cream later. 😛
blissful roost
sounds good, but not a fan of white chocolate
rapid geode
to eat alone yeah, but in this it works
blissful roost
Never liked white chocolate, in anything.
rapid geode
how bout pumpkin cream cheesecake with 70% dark lindt shavings?
not sure why i put raspberries on it
blissful roost
Errrkkkk
rapid geode
i want a rapsberry pi controlled cheesecake oven
blissful roost
Pumpkin only makes it worse... 😅
rapid geode
you are dead to me
blissful roost
Well, not the case.
People might do it for Halloween.
Just not as common as in the US.
rapid geode
you guys put animals in pies. weirdos
rapid geode
its wrong, on every level
blissful roost
No.. that's a broken elevator. 😛
rapid geode
pies are for fruits, no exceptions
blissful roost
What about pizza pie?
blissful roost
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit..
Wisdom is knowing that it doesn't go in a fruit salad.
rapid geode
alright david mitchel
blissful roost
Bacon != fruit.
No seeds.
rapid geode
bacon is a valid substitute for all food groups
blissful roost
STAHP! lol
rapid geode
i need to make pizza dough tomorrow.
i miss that cake. haha. 2 lindt bars in there.
honest moth
Sounds like a job for Forth! Or perhaps Rust or even Lua.
Maybe...I really just need to relearn some stuff i haven't practiced in a while in general.
although, i wouldn't mind learning a new language.
rapid geode
so, i have one idead for my mac pro cases. to design a 3d printer that fits inside of it
honest moth
Sounds like a job for Forth! Or perhaps Rust or even Lua.
Do you have any course recommendations for me to check out?
alpine kiln
Arduino IDE is back.
I need some context here 😅
honest moth
I need some context here 😅
had it purged from my system a while back and never re-installed it
[WHOOO BOY, THAT'S A FLOOD OF MUCH-NEEDED MEMORIES.]
Heheh, the engineer is engi-here, this time, to stay.
dusty citrus
nvm I realized that open office != libre office lol
real falcon
does any distro still use open office?
wanton thistle
yea turns out Libre office is updated more often lol
slim shard
I think Oracle effectively killed openoffice, in hope of gaining great amounts of money or somesuch?
also my brain breaks a little bit every time I read "OpenOffice.org", like it is a website and not a program (okay, apparently that was a trademark dodge, not that it is any easier for me to bear witness to)
wanton thistle
I find it funny that microcontrollers are in stock with DIP packages but SMDs are hard to come by. Maybe I should redesign things using DIP packages just so I can build stuff 🤔
wanton thistle
I think Oracle effectively killed openoffice, in hope of gaining great amounts o...
which sucks because..there does need to be a competitor to M$. But TBH, I did all my reports and what not for college using open office so it got me by. But now that I work in an office? I think thats where office shines since its more user friendly.
late fulcrum
Which office shines? LibreOffice? OpenOffice?
thick wind
In this context, I assumed MS Office?
late fulcrum
I assumed the opposite, as I've seen MS Office and it is pretty much the opposite of user friendly (add one character to a sentence and the entire document formatting goes nuts)
blissful roost
I'm forced to use MS Office at work, which is understandable.
Annoying, but... Ehh
crystal ore
The Office365 version is even worse. All the unfriendliness of desktop Office, plus lots of missing features!
untold bobcat
im working on this repo that has pi pico tutorials for beginners its a work in progress but im looking for some feedback https://github.com/AndrewSae/Raspberry-Pi-Pico-Project-Tutorials
rocky viper
Does anyone know how to code in VBA
tardy badger
Out of context sigh 😞
lapis bluff
@rocky viper Yes, I expect someone knows how to code in VBA. That someone, of course, would not be me! In other words, if you have a question, don't ask about the question, just ask the question.
ebon dew
This is general chat tho. Everything being out of context is still within scope. 😁
rapid geode
today there is no sigh's that are out of context
unless its a pizza sigh
cause... who would sigh about pizza?
mmm, i could turn the mac pros into pizza ovens
ebon dew
🍕 pies
rapid geode
mm, pie oven, controlled by rasperry pi
blissful roost
rPieOven.
wanton thistle
For someone who only has c experience and knows a bit about html, is it hard to do?
wanton thistle
easiest it probably browser based
ahh so html?
rapid geode
well, php etc, as youll be talking to a back end
depends how it needs to respond as well. browser isnt super intercative
like you wouldnt do a cnc control in a browser
rapid geode
but to show sensors, data, etc, thats what id do
im sure pi experts would have better ideas
that are more efficient
wanton thistle
It would be interesting to add a web based interface but for the application, it wouldnt make sense. You kind of want to watch whats going on (Coffee roaster)
or even a reflow oven.
Not something you want to set and forget
rapid geode
yeah, you need instant response with those
not 'set to 300f" ok, ill think about it and get back to you...
haha
wanton thistle
it would sort of make sense to do that with an air fryer, but those things are so loud anyway.
Plus I got a big 4" nextion LCD screen to use, so I'll have a nice display anyway 🙂
rapid geode
i need to computer control my bbq with a camera inside
haha
actually my kitchen oven is wifi connected alexa controlled
ive never used that function yet. kinda scared
haha
kinda a funky screen too
split in 3
stray wind
That's bonkers. Fancy. What brand?
rapid geode
bosch
you can program recipies
not quite like a rational comercial oven, but kinda half way
i mostly use it for baking. i need to make brioche burger buns tomorrow. mmm
stray wind
Bosch is good. Our new dishwasher is the same. The one that came with the house died promptly, which is fine because the new one is so amazing.
rapid geode
they are nice, but in canada they are overpriced by a lot
like more than double
also they only sell one model, in england thay have like 14 ranging from cheap (no wifi) to fancy with steam etc
mines in the middle somewere
stray wind
Oof re: Canada. I only lived in an apartment when I was living in Canada, so I never had to replace appliances.
rapid geode
i bought as basket case house, so i have had to buy literally everything
stray wind
Our dishwasher is topish of the line, except the controls are on the front instead of the top of the door (saved ~200USD) and there's no third drawer in it for flatware etc (saved another ~100USD).
rapid geode
the last few years prices and supply have been.... fun
stray wind
i bought as basket case house, so i have had to buy literally everything
I mean, that's good and bad. At least you have what you want (our current fridge is terrible), but bad that you had to buy everything.
rapid geode
i have a built in bosch dishwasher. so it looks like cabinets. common in europe, but not so much here
stray wind
Fancier.
I remember someone saying that they lived somewhere for a year before realising they had a dishwasher because it looked like the cupboards. 😄
rapid geode
fridge is built in too, but thats my own "hack". epoxy ftw
rapid geode
ha
thats why i want the built in fridge. when the brats come over they wont know where to find the food
haha
stray wind
Hah!
rapid geode
"what cake, there is no cake here"
i ordered a bosch induction cooktop on amazon from spain....
do not recomend
ha
came smashed to bits
then they wanted me to mail it back at my expense ($500) before they send me a new one
i had to google translate so many swear words
in the end i have a good one and the broken one in the shed in case i need spare parts
stray wind
Oof. But good on the spare parts bit.
rapid geode
yeah, the other option was literally 4x the price for the same one at home depot
sooo
haha
appliances are a scam
anyhow
figuring out the "smart" wiring is my next trick. while the walls are still open.
i know what the end result should be, but i got a few gaps in the plan still. like running a monitor 60 ft from the main computer
with usb
wanton thistle
actually my kitchen oven is wifi connected alexa controlled
thats a no from me dogg lol. I would never get a wifi controlled device. I see commercials for a wifi-connected toaster oven that scans QR codes.
really?
Also I found out too late to avoid Samsung appliances. TVs are good but ovens? You have to make sure theres a repair shop close by
rapid geode
i have a samsung washer as it was the only compact one available. Gotta keep an eye on the casting and maybe pull it apart and epoxy paint it in 3-4 years.
frigid tiger
Do they make wifi controlled water boilers
frigid tiger
Also I found out too late to avoid Samsung appliances. TVs are good but ovens? Y...
I have been very unimpressed by Samsungs offerings in general
frigid tiger
All their home appliances are ewaste, they’ve been cutting corners on the phones for a good while now, their TVs are bundled with software they pretty much abandon after a few years
wanton thistle
Ive seen some TVs stream ads in as well
makes me really hesitant to even buy a new tv if the ones I have break.
rapid geode
im looking for a 75 ot 85" tv and is seems it will be samsung
late fulcrum
My last TV was a plasma (branded Philips, but the innards were 90% Samsung). It died a few times over the years and I'd repair it and keep going, but it finally died one time too many so I got a nice LG OLED. I never connected it to the internet so it wouldn't be able to stream ads, listen in, or anything else like that.
rapid geode
at work we have lg oleds. nice, but too much money for me at home
wanton thistle
as much as I am against buying stuff, the newer 27" monitors look very very nice
and for the price they have them at BJ's wholesale, its very tempting
But hey, if I upgrade i'll be able to program in 1080P Super HD
tardy badger
I loathe smart TVs
I refuse to connect my Samsung TV to the internet and have been contemplating ways to disable Bluetooth advertising
arctic folio
Fortunately it seems you can get the screens+a box from China in a handy unit
rapid geode
if you look for industrial/commercial monitors they will be "dumb tv's". our oleds have everything disabled except just playing the inputs. as for the cheap smrt tvs, never had one
id prefer a dumb tv
but, anything under $2000 it seems to be forced on you
quartz wren
Y'all rember when I was trying to get a negative voltage reference from only positive voltage input? Someone sent me a schematic to do it with a 555, a cap, and some diodes! Made it into a potted module so it can be small and not fragile
I can pull 100mA at -6v with a 12v input
quartz wren
Pot is bad, m'kay!
Nah, it's the only thing that keeps me sane
Not even kidding
Helps with the bipolar swings
blissful roost
I would agree, but... I've not seen my sanity in years. 🤣
quartz wren
Oh neither have I, don't get me wrong... I misspoke, I meant to say it keeps me less insane
But hey I finally made a potted module that works
Every time prior that I've tried to do a circuit that's all mounted on a chip and potted, the circuits just didn't work
This one worked on the first try
Progress! 💪
quartz wren
I made the modifications to the schematic that I used if anyone wants to exactly recreate this
Actually not 100% sure if the output capacitor values are correct but it isn't super important
It may be 4.7uf and 1000uf but at these frequencies those values can fudge a little
ebon dew
That's interesting. What environment is the epoxy protecting it from?
torn hollow
Rpi Zero 2 Ws in stock on Digikey!
real falcon
2 left apparently
fair brook
Uh. Hi
vestal pier
Zeros all gone
rapid geode
O-o
ebon dew
all the S3's sold out fast on adafruit so i picked up a devboard qt py s3. is the dev board harder to work with? didn't realize it was a dev board until after i'd bought it.
hopefully can just throw circuit python on there and be ok? :/
blissful roost
£13... Can't even buy a Pi Zero, because no stock. 🤣
blissful roost
Not yet...
blissful roost
But the point is.. to use my old Pentium M laptop. 😁
rapid geode
with fancy dock
blissful roost
Yeah
blissful roost
2004, single core.. 32bit. 2GHz.
2GB RAM and a 16GB CF card for storage.
None of my Pi boards do anything useful, yet...
rapid geode
ha
this is what i do to old computers
haha
cpu are pretty
- didnt even have those 5 years before going in the bin.
poor things
if you ever want free computers, make friends with someone at an animation studio.
just biding my time for these to be 'obsolete' 😛
haha
summer grove
Hi - looking for the RGB matrix bonnet for my Pi Zero, but it has been out of stock for a while. Any other suggestions?
astral portal
just biding my time for these to be 'obsolete' 😛
Please mail me one
The rtx 2080 ti please
astral portal
Witch one is better?
astral portal
Gimmie
rapid geode
above a 3090
astral portal
GIMMIE
rapid geode
except this is 2000 series
astral portal
And that means?
astral portal
Gimmie any card
astral portal
AMAZING
rapid geode
unfortunately we keep gpus the longest. it will be 10 years before those are in the free box
astral portal
Those are worth their weight in gold
astral portal
:(
astral portal
That’s probably 1000’s of dollars worth of cards
rapid geode
not sure how many we have. probably enough to make xmas gifts for the staff
astral portal
Maybe one extra to mail?
rapid geode
haha
astral portal
Where did you get all those cards?
rapid geode
the store haha. im not sure where we order. there were mostly from the before times.
when things were in stock and normal price
astral portal
Next gpu shortage you will have a storage room full of gold
My pi 4 came from the before times
rapid geode
yeah, we mostly have quadros, cause they are easier to buy
i guess the newest machines have epycs and a4000's. me wants one
haha
my works amchines are getting old. xeons from 2015-2016
need epycs!
haha
astral portal
i guess the newest machines have epycs and a4000's. me wants one
So do all of us
rapid geode
ha
astral portal
Me wish me had better computer than sams laptop/glowy slab
quartz wren
That's interesting. What environment is the epoxy protecting it from?
just from physical bumping
it's a fragile circuit without a board
but I wanted it compact
astral portal
Hmm, let me check the storage room...
rapid geode
hahaha
i worry when someone has nft in their name.
ha
anyhow. time to build a wall
12 foot drywall is real heavy
ebon dew
titan xp is on par with a 3060 ti or 2080 super. that ain't a chump card.
didn't know they made star wars branded cards, very cool
guess that would be the titan xp collectors edition?
it's in the top 30 of GPU's, and you have a wall of them. good lord.
rapid geode
haha
thats the old ones. we have a wall of titan rtx's as well
we put 2 or 4 per machine
rapid geode
if your watching The Boys, this is what a lot of it was redered on
ebon dew
though i don't need much and don't play games anymore.
rapid geode
yeah at home i have a quadro p1000 and it is "fine".
for work, we use a gpu renderer for some shows. so we loaded up
ebon dew
my new microcontroller hobby suits my wallet much nicer than PC's these days.
dram prices are back to normal. GPU's are still ungodly high.
rapid geode
the boys the expanse and locke and key were on those gpus. poor things. they need a rest, i will take care of them....
gpus here are normal ish
BUT like with other products normal has shifted up the scale
i think a 3070ti is like $800cdn now
if i cant steal anything form work ill buy one of those
ebon dew
yeah i'm not buying that when dram prices, ssds, m2, etc.. are still relatively the same budget. any GPU makes the budget skyrocket.
rapid geode
but you dont need those gpus
ebon dew
need vs want sure.
rapid geode
we got to a point several years ago where in 99% of cases, the cheapest machines are just fine
my cases are... special. haha.
ebon dew
well in order to play any new game you have to drop at least 350 for a capable GPU
rapid geode
but i do fusion 360 and max and most everything else on the p1000
ebon dew
vs 5 years ago that was about 200
rapid geode
(which is like a 1650?)
i thnk i 1650s is $299cdn
checks
i got the quadro cause at the time that was all i could order
ebon dew
yeah the 1650 is the lowest gpu i'd put in a system
i miss the cheap 750 and 1050 ti's 😦
ebon dew
yeah that's my point. for an office pc you used to be able to get away with a $50 GPU.