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John, 12 days ago to random

Jeff Geerling did an interesting project with the raspberry pi 5, to be a set-top box(*), but his parts cost came to $110 which is dangerously close to that of an N100 mini PC. So unless you really want to stay inside the raspberry pi ecosystem, I don't recommend.

• • archaic naming. We can't balance things on top of tv sets anymore.

vees, 14 days ago to random

I have a shocking number of blank and unwritten CD-R and DVD-RW disks. I can't think of any practical use for them that isn't already served by my NAS. Somehow I still have this weird impetus not to throw them out.

eheisman, 15 days ago to random

spouse complains about the alarm clock and our coffee maker slowly drifting apart.

me: "I once read this article in a early 2000s Mac magazine about how this thing called Bluetooth was going to synchronize all these things"

spouse: "it exists, it's called a smart home, and we choose not to have one"

me: "... yeah, but it was, like, without the targeted advertising"

DataAngler, 30 days ago to random

League of Legends but for #rstats folks wrangling legends in multi-layer charts and maps

ai6yr, 1 month ago to gardening

GREAT opportunity for those in the Conejo Valley/Thousand Oaks/Newbury Park. There is an opportunity for $250 in FREE PLANTS (plus help) to convert your yard into a native garden from the local Audubon society. #gardening #ThousandOaks #ConejoValley #garden #free #grant #plants https://wp.conejovalleyaudubon.org/conservation/lawns-to-habitat/

ai6yr, 1 month ago to random

AP: Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland... "Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed." https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/unstable-nuclear-waste-dams-threaten-fertile-central-asia-heartland-2024-04-23/
#nuclearwaste #nuclearpower #landslides #disasters #uranium

ai6yr, 1 month ago to Software

Full ground stop on all Alaska Airlines and Horizon Airlines flights, due to "an issue while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and balance" https://abc7.com/alaska-airlines-ground-stop-flight-company-issues-stop-nationwide-for-all-and-horizon-flights/14681955/
#software #glitch #aviation #groundstop #AlaskaAirlines #HorizonAirlines

eheisman, 4 months ago to random

Clearly see where the fog bank over the Walla Walla valley starts shortly before dropping off the Columbia plateau into Milton-Freewater, OR.

Photos taken about a minute apart.

#wawx #orwx
(I was in the passenger seat! Don't 🤳and 🚗!)

Same road, but only the road and some of the shoulder visible, the rest covered in dense fog. No vehicles are visible ahead.

eheisman, 4 months ago to Weather

Anyone know how to report bugs for the search by location feature on weather.gov?

Recently, when I put in my zip code or my town, or use the bookmark for the forecast: I either get an error, a page for the forecast zone, or today I started getting a forecast for a town 20 miles north.

#wawx #weather

ai6yr, 5 months ago to ai

"California eyes using generative artificial intelligence to help solve traffic problems" ... "The California Department of Transportation is asking technology companies to come up with generative AI tools that could help reduce traffic and make roads safer" 🙄 #AI #traffic https://abc7.com/california-artificial-intelligence-traffic-solutions/14300492/

eheisman, 5 months ago to random

A few days ago, I did a Monte Carlo simulation of Dreidel in #rstats to figure out how long to expect a game to last for a given number of players and "buy in". I had some grand plans to visualize results, which I haven't completed yet.

I did confirm that the average game for 3 players, 7 tokens each, if you aren't playing with edible tokens, will last forever (or at least for adult players it certainly feels that way.)

#mazeldon

eheisman, 8 months ago to spiders

I have had a medium-sized jumping #spider crawling around my desk all day. The best part when it crawled onto my monitor and was chasing the mouse cursor around the screen.

eheisman, 8 months ago to random

Dear Safeway, I don't think I ever need 3 digits of precision in distance in finding the nearest pharmacy. (besides, all you have is my zip code so far)

eheisman, 8 months ago to vinyl

Looking to move my dad's #vinyl #lp #record collection cross country (very) soon - about 36" linear. Does anyone have recommendations/experience?

A bunch of websites talk about cleaning and individual wrapping each. Am I going to regret not doing that?

I am thinking about boxing it up and mailing UPS, rather than letting them sit for about a month in a moving container.

(Please boost for reach)

eheisman, 9 months ago to random

Grue, sitting in his favorite chair, in what appears to be a very uncomfortable position.

Happy #caturday!

eheisman, 11 months ago to random

Schlage, I get that your marketing team was aiming for "home is your castle" with calling this door handle style Camelot, but it just makes me think of the Monte Python song.

eheisman, 11 months ago to random

#sunflowers in bloom on the south side of my house.

Last year, a friend of my kid gave him one volunteer sunflower from their yard as a birthday gift. This year we have a dozen or so!

#bloomscrolling

eheisman, 1 year ago to random

#wildflowers native landscaping in full bloom in the front yard. So much nicer than a lawn.

#WallaWallaWA #bloomscrolling

Red penstemon, yellow cinquefoil, Idaho fescue, and blue flax in the background, arranged along a chain link fence.

eheisman, 1 year ago to random

Momma spent the day relaxing, so I did some #woodworking with my kid.

He decided to make a bird for her desk: the idea and sketch were his, shared the coping saw and sanding. I did a little carving.