Instead of robots that write code but sometimes hallucinate and launch the missiles, could we have the industry work on robots that are able to vacuum without supervision, that won't sometimes scrub catshit into the carpet, and also not spy on you, is that too much to ask of capitalism?
The UPP battery I got for the tandem #BikeFriday project has been okay, afaict (or might be part of the hangup that happens in regen braking), but I hate that it has this XLR plug with that fiddly sliding plastic cover, also seems to lack a fuse, unlike the previous generation of generic downtube pack (dolphin) that had a barrel connector charge port. I can see the argument against the barrel connector, but why have a 3-pin port and not include a thermistor? #eBikes
in any case, I'm thinking of a generic charge controller to cut off at a given voltage or temperature, and maybe report the charge level over http / ethernet, if anyone has hardware+software suggestions. I think there's a teensy in a box here somewhere, maybe lacking an ethernet module or something, or do we just do a raspberry pi with a whole linux stack and plug in 3-5 somethings on USB for the voltage sensing and relay thingy? (not all e-bikes are in the same spot but maybe 15ft of usb...)
@enobacon I can't speak for the living plant, but FWIW the wood is HIGHLY sought after for wood working hand tools. If you ever cut off a large-ish chunk... 😬
chromebook unlock screen... WTF is it doing that it can't take input? If you just woke up and the screen is still locked, you only have that one job. Yes there are 150 tabs in the background, why are they activating first?
@enobacon To be fair, when I first wake up, I can’t always take input either.
Normally during resume everything is being restored from memory or disk, blocking some resources. Chromebooks may automatically move from suspend-to-memory to suspend-to-disk AKA hibernate due to low battery. Waking from hibernation is notably slower.
I'm thinking air-to-air heat pumps are not actually a great answer to the heating problem. Blowing around warm air isn't terribly comfortable to start with, and even if you have an inverter, you can't lower the outlet temperature so much or it feels chilly, so it has to run hotter in cycles, which means short-cycling, which means not running when you have free power from solar & also needing higher currents (for the hotter cycles) while running when you don't have solar, and the source is cold
Running at around 250W, the air blowing across the room feels too chilly, but then it still overshoots the set point and gets too warm. Used 500Wh overnight.
750Wh / 24hrs, so it ran for three hours total at 250W, while overshooting the set point by 3-5°F. On nights where it was too cold to function, the day was above 40 and there were times when it wasn't running, a thermal battery that could hold 2-3x the available solar for that day might be possible with a water heating coil+tank.
I've been running ubuntu with the default gnome desktop for a week on one computer, and the clock in the top middle of the screen... cannot be moved? I cannot ever find it without looking at the bottom right, top right, and top left corner first. 😒
I feel like if the media paid more attention to which judges bike to work and how they rule when they preside over traffic court, that we would have better judges in all of the courts.
RT @enobacon I've got that list of plate numbers for the cars with missing or obscured plates whenever you are ready to send these drivers a postcard @ tedwheeler @ CommMapp #pdxBikes, LMK where to send it or should I come downtown & read this into the public record 3min at a time? #VisionZero