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Radomir Dopieralski

#nobot #robots #python #micropython #vim #pygame #circuitpython #gamedev #electronics

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arturo182, to random
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Elektor US using a crappy AI generated image as cover 🤢

deshipu,
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@arturo182 slop

deshipu, to random
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Whenever people learn that I can draw, make computer games, design electronics, and build tiny robots, they always insist that this should be my day job, because it's such a waste for me to be a software engineer.

I usually just tell them that those jobs don't pay well in comparison, and that shuts them up, with a vague complaint about capitalism.

But I'm actually offended that they consider those things more valuable somehow than my problem solving and programming experience and skills.

deshipu,
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I mean (almost) anybody can learn to draw. It's not rocket science. All you have to do is keep drawing, for hundreds, thousands of hours. If you have at least one working eye and hand, it's just a question of practice. Same with pretty much any "artistic" skill.

Engineering is harder, because you can't just practice it on your own at home. You have to work on real projects with real people and witness how it all works together in reality. Books can help, and practice too, but it's not all.

deshipu,
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@circfruit perhaps for the audience

deshipu,
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I don't want to diminish artistic projects here. Just knowing how to draw or how to code a game or whatever is not enough to actually finish a project. Especially when other people are involved.

This is something people don't appreciate: being an artist means you have to not only do the artsy skill, but also a fair bit of problem solving, logistics, management, and most importantly, leading. This is the actual hard part of doing anything, but it's not something we are taught to value.

deshipu,
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@circfruit someone has to

deshipu, to random
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Why can't I use my phone or tablet as a touchpad for my computer?

deshipu,
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Also, a webcam, external speaker, GPS and bluetooth dongle, please.

deshipu, to random
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Turns out that reading Girl's Last Tour to the end while you are sick and depressed is not a great idea.

piggo, to random
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>Lua considers both zero and the empty string as true in conditional tests.
what the absolute fuck, why

deshipu,
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@piggo nothing like trying a new language to realize how arbitrary it all is, eh

gvy_dvpont, to random
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when you successfully rescue $20 worth of parts from a failed PCB and then promptly apply the wrong voltage on the new version and kill your dev board

deshipu,
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@gvy_dvpont RIP

attie, to random
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HELP!!

Panda, Hedgehog(?), Cow, Dog, Dog, Dog...

These all have brains, right? clicks skip.

Ohhh, it's not a hedgehog, it's a SOFA...?! 🤦‍♀️

... oh, damn.

Another variant of the image... the thing that still kind of looks like a hedgehog, might now be considered more sofa-esque.
A final screenshot stating "It looks like something went wrong"...

deshipu,
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@attie they don't want any disabled humans, only fully functioning specimen

deshipu, to random
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Packet-switched rail network.

piggo, to random
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succeeded in brewing tea, on the third attempt after leaving the water cool back down twice. and I have a kettle that beeps now ...

deshipu,
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@piggo time for a shock collar I suppose

maxamillion, to opensource
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IBM is releasing a family of Granite code models to the open-source community. The aim is to make coding as easy as possible — for as many developers as possible.

https://research.ibm.com/blog/granite-code-models-open-source

deshipu,
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@maxamillion but is it a monolith?

deshipu,
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@maxamillion I meant monolithic code, but it's mostly because it sounds amusing together with the word granite.

deshipu, to random
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I want to see a Girl's Last Tour and Blame crossover.

nthp, to random
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Love how the screen looks in direct sunlight. Reminds me of my og Pebble (same display type)

deshipu,
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@nthp Yeah, but not that great indoors.

piggo, to random
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i'm a fan of these two day weeks, it's pretty good, we should do this with every week

deshipu,
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@piggo I don't know, I had to do a week's work in two days and now I'm even more tired.

deshipu, (edited ) to random
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What do you visualize when you hear the phrase "fish sandwich"?

deshipu, to random
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Don't store your whole passwords in the password manager.

Have a short personal phrase that you add to the front or end of the stored password.

This way even if your stored passwords leak, they don't grant immediate access.

deshipu, to random
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The raspberry pi pico could be 1/3 shorter if you just removed all the extra gnd pins.

deshipu,
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@hrw That's great, and I'm more than happy to use whatever I have in my drawer at the moment for my one-off personal projects.

However, for projects that I design for others to build, I would prefer the board to be still available for purchase in, say, five years from now. Pi pico has a high chance for that, even if it's a clone and not the original. Some random footprint from a one-off production run, not so much.

deshipu,
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@mansr I'm not, and it's not a product.

deshipu,
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@hrw I do where it makes sense, but at the small quantities I usually aim for the pico is cheaper.

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2024-04-15 Columba palumbus spotted in Wrocław, Poland 51,10496° N, 17,00471° E

deshipu,
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@SimonMolinsky a fly larping as a wasp

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