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Unixbigot, 13 hours ago to random

I wonder whatever happened to the child of a friend of my sister, whose parents gifted him—some time around the year two double-aught zero—the name “Anakin”. He’d be in his early 20s now, if he wasn’t beaten to death in the schoolyard.

vik, 18 hours ago to random

Should anyone be interested, I've put the main build files up for the #RepRap #RepRapMicron 3D printer prototype here https://www.printables.com/model/876888-reprapmicrons-openflexure-block-stage

vik, 20 hours ago to homeassistant

Greenhouse now monitored by #Homeassistant (homebrew ESP32 with two Dallas temp sensors bwahahaha) - air temperature and water temperature. When the Athom relay board turns up, it'll run nutrient into the water as well. All in a nice, 3D printed box. That's me for the day.

sbisson, 1 day ago to random

There's a really odd-looking plant in the garden this morning.

vik, 1 day ago to random

No glass cutter? No problem. Genuine Swiss Army Knives have a saw/file blade made from very hard steel. The squared-off edge of the tip makes for a most excellent glass cutter. #hack

vik, 1 day ago to 3DPrinting

A #3Dprinter with a 4mm a side working volume means a cramped workspace. I've been holding the glass beds in place with blue tape, which has its own issues. So here's my fix for that, a teeny weeny clamp.

vik, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to homeassistant

#Homeassistant - having difficulties using any Bluetooth device as a media player. I must be missing something. Would rather like to get it talking out of a cheap, little Bluetooth speaker. Anybody done this?
I have Bluetooth up and running - I know 'cos it has detected the wife's toothbrush! But won't detect Bluetooth audio devices in or out of pairing mode. Weird.

vik, 2 days ago to random

Our water blaster gone done blowed up real good 😬

vik, 3 days ago to random

For those wondering how I make those really fine probe points for the μRepRap, here's the 3D printable jig and process used:

https://www.printables.com/model/874566

vik, 3 days ago to random

Great, just what we need to eliminate range anxiety and encourage EV ownership: Limiting when you're allowed to charge your car on all chargers.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/516449/govt-must-regulate-to-smooth-evs-and-data-centres-demand-on-power-grids-vector

I generate my own power. How will that work?

vik, 3 days ago to random

For the first time ever, Trustpower have actually sent me a text advising me to activate my emergency medical power plans. This one might be serious, folks. I am well prepped btw.

vik, 3 days ago to random

Half a wholegrain loaf left over and the oven warming up to max. Hmmm, garlic croutons!

Andy_European, 3 days ago to Rejoin

Labour backed Tory Brexit is ruining people’s lives — may be even killing people for want of medicines.

It’s time to reverse one of the biggest mistakes in British history and #RejoinEU.

Patients forced into 'pharmacy bingo' - as survey says medicine shortages 'beyond critical'

https://apple.news/ANxkGu3XUT8iIpFlnBJDUag

keoni, 4 days ago to random

Smart home kiwis, any recommendations for smart locks? I want to move everything to Home Assistant but I'm currently half HA half Apple HomeKit. I can't seem to find any matter capable locks for NZ. The ones the door man recommends all require a WiFi bridge and also use a cloud for remote access (can't be done locally) but I guess that's okay for now.

vik, 4 days ago to random

The reduction of pollution in China may be having some unexpected consequences: https://phys.org/news/2024-05-north-pacific-due-china-aerosols.html

vik, 4 days ago to random

Healthy fresh stuff to go with lamb from the olive grove.

vik, 5 days ago to random

Bugger. Multimeter died. Only had it 16 years.

vik, 5 days ago to random

Boeing Starliner launch scrubbed, if you were planning on watching it.

Unixbigot, 6 days ago to random

Did I hear that the Titan submarine was made with use-by-expired carbon fiber bought from Boeing? “Carbon fiber Boeing wouldn’t use” is even less of a good marketing slogan today than back then…

vik, 9 days ago to homeassistant

What they shouldn't tell you in the #HomeAssistant manual: Use the Supervisor Panel. It no longer exists. The Control Panel a quick web search tells you to use instead no longer exists either...