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Maker and geek in the Netherlands.
I randomly favorite cat pictures, a lot.

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easytarget, to Fonts
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Working on a #micropython project that uses a small display?

Disappointed by a lack of #fonts for them?

Presenting:
https://github.com/easytarget/microPyEZfonts

A hundred fonts in various flavors and sizes, plus a small and simple to use font writer to go with them.

mcdanlj, to 3DPrinting
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Today I learned that Cura, PrusaSlicer, and all the PrusaSlicer derivatives I have found ignore internal voids in STL and OBJ files when slicing for . (I would like to know if I've just missed an option for honoring internal voids.)

PrusaSlicer and its derivatives do honor those internal voids in STEP files. Cura does not support STEP files.

I was going to publish STEP, STL, and OBJ files for my next project, but I might give up on STL and OBJ and only publish STEP, because it is designed with intentional voids with internal features.

easytarget,
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@mcdanlj @Triffen

I'm also wondering if it is something to do with how the STL is being rendered (by freecad?)

I tried to expriment, so I took the following .scad:

$fn=90;
difference() {
cylinder(d=24,h=20,center=true);
cube([12,12,16],center=true);
}

And I rendered and exported this to .stl in the latest Openscad.

It imports and slices just fine (with the expected internal void) in SuperSlicer, PrusaSlicer and Cura for me.

I even tried:

difference() {
cylinder(d=24,h=20,center=true);
cylinder(d=23,h=19,center=true);
}

  • to see if thin walls were an issue, but PrusaSlicer still handled it properly (with an 'unstable print' warning).

PrusaSlicer screenshot showing successful processing of internal void

mntmn, to random
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looks like we can get a lil' RISC-V in MNT Reform via RCM4? https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/09/05/raspberry-pi-cm4-compatible-risc-v-som-features-starfive-jh7110-soc/

easytarget,
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@mntmn
I'd been wondering about fitting my VisionFive 2 board into the reform form factor, or as close as I could get.. the keyboard is the thing! So this is welcome, same SOC. Just wish they offered more ram.

Scifive have done a fantastic job upstreaming their JH7110 stuff, Kernel and UBoot/SPL, this bodes well for future OS choice, I just hope Milk-V do the same.

mcdanlj, to random
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People who describe Apple as having had a "change of heart" about Right to Repair are misunderstanding how business works.

Apple are seeing mounting regulatory pressure in Europe, so there is definitely a business reason to change strategy, and I've seen that called out.

But look at the actual requirements for long-term support in the bill they supported. I'm not an Apple fan, but they have done a lot better at keeping their kit running than pretty much any Android manufacturer, and the specifics of the bill they back are closer to Apple's existing commitments to support, which would make it much harder to sell cheap (in every sense of the word) Android devices.

I think that using this as a lever against the Android ecosystem is probably the larger business motivation here, vs. making lemonade from regulatory lemons (from their perspective).

If this legislation (for example) causes Google to provide similar long-term support for their Pixel phones, that would be awesome.

easytarget,
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@mcdanlj
Very much agree, if Apple get an advantage over Android here because their policy has always been one of LTS and slow depreciation then I do not mind seeing that rewarded.

The companies most affected are the ones who have harmed their users the most with no updates and dark patterned money-grubbing UI's

I've already decided to get a Fairphone4 once I'm home, I'm totally done with this 'nice hardware, shame about the face' Xiaomi I have at present.

nixCraft, to random
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Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot in Canada: AI-penned Microsoft Travel article recommends food bank as a must-see destination. Be glad Microsoft AI didn't suggest "mortuary." ;)

easytarget,
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@nixCraft
It's not true without links!
Pleas don't make the same citation mistakes that AI makes 😉

I know it's Ars, reliable and findable, but I think my basic premise holds true..

The war on AI begins with humans linking and citing human sources sources to emphasize how fuckin shit an innaccurate AI results are

mcdanlj, to random
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Chrome on my personal laptop has decided that it is managed by my organization. (Anyone who has seen my shop knows this is a questionable concept, but I digress...)

There must be something in .config/google-chrome that I can whack so that it doesn't think some phantom organization is preventing me from doing what I want. But I don't know what.

Just to be clear, this computer and this profile have never been corporate. I have no idea why chrome has this idea... 😡

easytarget,
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@mcdanlj
It's been like this for some time.. I was concerned too.
When I dug deeper i got the impression that the 'organisation' actually refers to it being a package installed to the system itself by the root user, eg it is not a user local install.

I can't remember the full details, but I was reassured enough to stop panicking..

easytarget,
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@mcdanlj
Yes, that was it.. the 'organisation' is, effectively, Fedora itself.

easytarget, to 3DPrinting
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The GOOD thing about procedural is that you can rapidly iterate lots of versions of the same basic design.

the BAD thing is that you can get carried away..

Still rendering after 45 minutes... and I already can see some things to improve, and a bug. Ho Humm.

-v

easytarget,
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@voxpelli
That's true, and I know a lot of work is going on for that recently.

I'm running a recent appimage on Fedora, I suspect I could speed this up with a bit of investigation and some prolonged compilation. 😉

As it stands I'll do my fixups and then leave it overnight (lots of ram on this machine)

mcdanlj, to random
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I'm a member of a forum that uses xenforo, and the way that it exposes what should be internal errors with full stack traces and full file paths to regular users or even users not logged in scares me. Makes me glad that I administer forums — much better security. The only way I would touch Xenforo as an administrator would be to migrate away from it.

Right now the site is so broken that I can't even log in to send them a message about how broken it is. And of course they have no backup mechanism.

🙄

easytarget,
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@mcdanlj
I have two theories (which are mine).

  1. 95% of all logfiles is stack trace.
  2. 99.9(recurring) of stack traces are never examined

I genuinely believe that the resources used for unnecessary stack tracing has had a small, but measurable, effect on the climate.

And I hold Java accountable for that.

lauren, to random
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This morning I've already been admonished twice here for calling Meta's CEO "Zuck". In one case, I was warned that this "humanizes" him like a friend. In the other case, I was told that it unnecessarily "dehumanizes" him in the manner that Musk would. Two completely opposing interpretations.

Thanks guys.

In fact, the reason I use it is because of what it rhymes with in my head, which I feel is a good description of his personality.

So there. Now you know.

easytarget,
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@lauren
Humm. So you are using it as an insult..

And you are doing that on Mastodon instead of Twitter.

I think you have the wrong platform.

jwildeboer, (edited ) to random
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PSA: buy a cheap brother b/w laser printer (a printer, not a multifunction thing) and a canon selphy photo printer instead of whatever Spyware from HP etc that also prints stuff. You get the most beautiful colour pictures in a standard format and a very reliable always-working workhorse to print pages fast and easy without all the Spyware and hardware weirdness that ink printers have devolved into.

UPDATE: clarified that I am NOT talking about a multifunction device. Just a printer.

easytarget,
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@mcdanlj @jwildeboer
I have a old'ish Samsung ML series laserprinter, it cost 80 euros and lasted 6 years on the small 'demo' cartridge it came with (I really don't print much). I reckon the 1500 sheet aftermarket cartridge it now has will outlast me :-)

Only other problem has been the sheet pickup rollers getting glossy, but they cleaned up well. No duplex unit, sometimes a pita; but also one less thing to fail.

It's plugged into my fritz.box, browseable, and after installing 'splix' I can print from my Fedora boxes with a nonsense free driver. One of my better purchases..

lauren, to random
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Don't let hatred of Musk lead to trusting of Zuck.

easytarget,
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@lauren
Lauren, don't let your hatered of Mark Zuckerberg lead to you de-humanising him as 'zuck'.

When you do that you are walking the same road as Elon Musk

jwildeboer, (edited ) to Facebook
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isn't planning to open up federation for anytime soon, IMHO. It was just a marketing bluff to get that sweet ad money from advertisers who need a new place to spend their money now that goes down the drain. That's why they created shadow accounts for Instagram users, so they can claim 100M users in just a few days. And you can only delete your threads account by deleting your complete Insta profile. Weirdest opt-out ever :)

easytarget,
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@jwildeboer
You may want to read Threads own help article about the fediverse:

https://help.instagram.com/169559812696339

easytarget, to random
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Bob and Chuck being cute as hell.

nixCraft, to linux
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Wow. Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability: CentOS Stream will now be the sole repository for public RHEL-related source code releases. For Red Hat customers and partners, source code will remain available via the Red Hat Customer Portal. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream What do you think?

easytarget,
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@nixCraft
What worries me is that it won't be long before they start looking at ways to monetize .

easytarget,
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@bragefuglseth
I think you are right, but I'd also be totally unsurprised if there is somebody in RH/IBM tasked with finding a way to do exactly that..

jwildeboer, to random
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So you build a carbon-fibre pipe, slap some hefty titanium at the front and end, put it down to 4000m under the sea in two hours. Repeatedly, over several years. I am not a material expert, but that sounds like uncharted territories. Even the smallest material defect could lead to disaster :( Screenshot from this video where the chief pilot explains some more details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PGpjEDc96I

easytarget,
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@jwildeboer
Yes, I was thinking about this too, not pleasent but far more likely than other explanations.

I made the mistake of reading a smug 'Armchair Aquanaut' piece in today, followed by an outpouring of kiddie-level discussions and ignorant opinions, much of it mixed with a nasty gloating about the passengers and owner somehow deserving to die. Not a good feel there.

kwf, to random
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Having one of those "fuck it, let's throw half my GM300s in the e-waste" sort of days

easytarget,
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@kwf
That's a nostalgia kick for me. I spent many 'happy' hours in my first job at Motorola testing a modified and encrypted version of them intended for some military applications. Not sure if they were ever sold, I returned to UK before the project ended. 'twas a very long time ago and I was a real greenhorn.

foone, to random
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I need to figure out how to rebuild Pipeworks Bundles files from scratch. So far my editing of them as mainly been jamming resources into them on top of existing resources, but that won't do for my Magnum Opus of a hack.

I'm going to port Alex Trebek into Wheel of Fortune.

easytarget,
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@foone
Love the reference, quite possibly the best short sci-fi story ever written.

NedMan, to random
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Apparently my AliExpress order of a 10 pack of PG7 cable glands reproduced during shipping and became 100 PG7 cable glands. 😲. Probably amounts to a life time supply for me. 😁

easytarget,
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@mcdanlj @NedMan
My failed attempt to buy 2 ultrasonic distance sensors....

Aka the day I learned what '/lot' means in AliExpress listings.

itsfoss, to linux
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Ubuntu is now available for StarFive VisionFive 2!

https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-riscv-visionfive-2/

easytarget,
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@itsfoss
This is very good news, but....
"Limitations
USB and PCIe are not supported by the 6.2 kernel. We expect future upstream kernel revisions to add these."

Makes this very much a WIP.
I will continue to use the StarFive engineerin release since I boot from a NVMe and control a USBserial 3d printer with mine.

easytarget, to random
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Fun tip:
(almost) Everything on .py (https://www.festi.info/boxes.py/) an be cut from cardboard. And even the humblest cheap diode can cut cardboard packaging.

I've used this to good effect with some of the 'hinged box' designs for presents and gifts.

But this is more practical, a sorting tray that took an hour from thinking about it to fully assembled. So tight it doesn't need glue, and fully once it gets manky or superseded.

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