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vik

@vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz

Aged RepRap core developer, ex- firefighter, emergency medic, longhair coder, Incident Creator at the Masterton Fab Lab, and a Twitter refugee.

"Si potest non bonum esse, cave."

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It's one thing to hear "we're going to make one small change," from the dev team, and quite another to hear it when your stuck on the pointy end of a rocket.

vik,
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@futuresprog
Erm, erm, do you like red wine or white?

vik, to random
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The Chang'e 6 lunar lander turns out to have deployed a rover camera. Shots of lander on surface, and onboard video of the prep and ascent of lunar samples : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnonHQ_s1p8

vik,
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@tsturm Also showing everyone which way up the craft should land 😜

vik,
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@tsturm It really depends on how rapidly the CZ-10 heavy lifter comes along. That's allegedly well on target and may fly next year, beating its original timescale by two years and moving lunar landing plans accordingly - if all continues to go exceptionally well.

lightweight, to random
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It's really frustrating that many consumer electronics manufacturers don't offer replacement parts for their goods. I've had 3 sets of earbuds go through the wash (my boys, one of them twice!), damaging the charging cases, although the buds themselves seem fine. But you can't buy replacement cases - you need a whole new set, rendering the old earbuds redundant. Wasteful. I've managed to find second-hand cases on eBay, but none of the vendors ship to NZ. Tried YouShop, but... 1/2

vik,
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@lightweight Tell them it's a "lithium capacitor" ...

I can see silly things evolving around this problem, which is not unique to NZ. Probably in the vein of "black powder substitutes" for firearms. In the US there are historical arduous shipping limitations on gunpowder, so olde worlde gun enthusiasts there use the substitute which is black powder in all but name with no safety advantages whatsoever. Hence "Lithium capacitor."

mez, to random
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Saw that Microsoft saying it’s a website’s fault if your password gets swept up by Recall if the site doesn’t cloak the password entry field following “standard internet protocols” which completely ignores the accessibility case for showing someone what they’ve typed in to their password field. Pretty sure every password manager lets you do this, and a ton of sites as well.

What a head-in-the-sand take.

vik,
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@mez Plus the slight issue that passwords are not only typed in to the internet.

Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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"It's the future, why haven't we cured hiccups," whined Vena, between hiccups.

Her robotic companion rose, shrieking, "Destroy all humans!"

Vena hiccuped again, "Sorry, that isn't going to work twice."

"Then I am out of ideas," said Robonnie, sounding defeated, curling up on a cushion.

Vena stifled yet another hiccup, and started to speak, only to jump as something slammed into the window.

"Ow," said Robonnie's remote drone.

"I'm cured!"

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #SciFi

vik,
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@Teryl_Pacieco
Does anyone else just not get hiccups? Used to as a small kid, haven't for many decades.
@Unixbigot

vik, to random
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PSA Nearly collapsed coughing with covid - because my daughter showed me someone falling for "Swedish Lemon Angels - NutriBullet™ Version"

Covid and bloopers don't mix, folks.

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A reminder that I am available for hire to grasp journalists who describe energy-storage projects using “megawatts” by the shoulders and shout at them. I also do product design and engineering, shouting is more of a community service.

vik,
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@Unixbigot
Do you offer a setting-feet-on-fire service for "stores enough power to run n-thousand homes?"

puck, to random
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I'm rather pleased with today's purchase. 4 port power switchable USB hub. Now the music accessories plugged into my iMac can be powered off. And, more importantly, the digital piano (out of shot, an 88 key Roland) can be disconnected without having to remove the USB cable (happens often).

I should have bought this hub many months ago.

vik,
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@puck
You could put an MQTT plug on the USB hub?

vik,
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@puck
Eyes nearby Athom 4-channel ESP32 relay board

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I may have just emptied my entire "get this circuit board made someday" folder into JLCPCB's website. I couldn't help it, they drove a $3/5pcb special up to my house.

vik,
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@Unixbigot
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o5Pu1rMxxTA/UMEFc0EijAI/AAAAAAAAYjM/w5PKPAhfc54/s1600/Puss+in+Boots+cute+expression.jpeg

vik, to random
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Bugger. Failed a RAT.

vik, to random
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Well, to my great not-surprise the solar power installers say there's nothing wrong with our installation, and Powerco say there's nothing wrong with our meter, but both agree that we shouldn't be exporting solar power after sunset and then getting charged for it. So, time for both sides to get some ground-truth data. And when they've done that we'll discuss compensation and the inconvenience of involving the power disputes tribunal.

vik, to random
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Two letters from The Ministry in the snail mail today: One containing road user charge licences for The Fleet, the other a letter reminding me to buy road user charge licences ...

vik, to Starlink
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Well bugger. appears to be down over most of the globe.

vik,
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@lightweight Fixed, but like the mysterious Bing outage there is no stated root cause.

vik, to esp32
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I've got this WROOM Opensmart board, works fine with . That is until I put any kind of ultrasound sensor on its power rails, and then the wifi doesn't work (5V) or it stalls the micro (3V3). Ah, you think, dud board. So I try a Pico W. Wifi works, but ultrasound doesn't (3V3). I have 3 different types of SR04-ish sensors and a bunch of MaxSonars. I have 3 ESP32's and 2 Pico W's. The sensors work on Arduinos. What am I missing?

vik, to random
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Yes! I have sponsorship for Mexico. Arriba!

vik,
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@haakon Yep. Going to represent the local NZ Fab Lab at the Fab Lab conference in Puebla, present the RepRapMicron, and run a workshop making Quirkey accessibility keyboards.

vik,
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@haakon I'm totally stoked. This is one heck of an opportunity and bound to be quite the experience.

vik,
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@haakon
I did offer to do Quirkey builds at Everything Open, and I'll certainly make the offer again for next time. It was easier traveling without a workshop for 15 people in the luggage though!
@everythingopen

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@haakon
Yeah, that. No glue in the new version though, so easier on the flooring and bench tops ...
@everythingopen

vik, (edited ) to homeassistant
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Next project is a 15 tonne water tank level monitor. So, your thoughts:

vik,
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Ultrasonic thingy it is. Managed to hook an ancient MaxSonic up to a Pi Pico W and get meaningful results, so I'll figure out a way to waterproof everything and still let the squeaks out.

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