fireduck

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Are there any programmable digital picture frames? (lem.trashbrain.org)
 

Not sure where I ask, I figure here might be good.

I want a digital picture frame that has some sort of API to update. I'm not picky on what as long as I can add and remove content from code. Like an actual Dropbox App integration would be fine too, where whatever files I put in a folder automatically get added to the rotation. Most of them I've seen are along the lines of "login to this terrible web site to manage pictures" or "pull out SD card or plug computer to frame to update".

I don't even mind hosting, like if I give a URL that returns a list of other images to rotate through or something. Fine, that works.

I am aware I could do this with a Pi and any LCD, but I would like a single hardware unit that someone else makes pretty.

What things really helped you toget better at programming? in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 2 points 10 months ago

Competitions. In college I did the ACM ICPC and trained hard with my schools programming team.

These days I do advent of code, which will start on Dec 1. But you can go fo previous years now. It is great.

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Correct use of pot handle? (lem.trashbrain.org)
 

I think the hole in the pot handle works great as a place to set the spoon. My friend thinks this should be illegal.

Fisker debuts an entire range of new EVs, including one sub-$30,000 in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 1 points 1 year ago

I would absolutely take that trade-off. I don't need a lot of range.

Fisker debuts an entire range of new EVs, including one sub-$30,000 in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. I have no stats. Do you have any idea how many miles or how many charge/discharge cycles you've done?

Fisker debuts an entire range of new EVs, including one sub-$30,000 in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, you can outsource key parts of your business but absolutely need to keep your eyes on it. We won't know if they are on it or not for a while.

Fisker debuts an entire range of new EVs, including one sub-$30,000 in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 2 points 1 year ago (19 children)

I am not buying an EV until they are using LFP batteries. LiFePo4 have so much more life...I really don't want to be replacing huge banks of lithium ion in 5 years.

Some manufacturers seem to be getting on board with this. Disappointing that hedge clipper (what I know Fisker for) here isn't one of them. Sorry..that is Fiskar, a totally different company.

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Little computers? Who do people like? (lem.trashbrain.org)
 

I have two systems that I need to replace. One is my backup server, which runs FreeBSD and uses some USB attached drives. Really that could be done with anything that is like a Pi, except amd64/x86.

The other is my pfSense router. It is having some hardware issue, which isn't surprising, I pulled parts out of my scrap pile to make it. For that, I need something that can take an pcie card for my dual 10g network card. Does anyone have any ITX or smallish machines they like? Actual smallness doesn't matter so much as not being expensive.

How do people go about finding things these days? I used to use newegg, but mostly now it seems to be a trap of accidentally ordering parts from the moon. Amazon is fine if you know exactly what you want already. Pcpartspicker works well, if you are building a full system from parts (which I do for bigger machines) but I don't know where to get barebones boxes.

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XKCD - Infrastructures (lem.trashbrain.org)
 

https://xkcd.com/743/

Old but still quite relevant

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Finally beat SE. I'm done. (lem.trashbrain.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org to c/factorio@lemmy.ml
3 comments fedilink
 

This was a long slog. 45k cargo rockets.

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Rescue Refueling Operation (lem.trashbrain.org)
 

The big ship got pulled away in a vortex so was nearly out of fuel. It ran to the nearest star and waited for the fast shuttle to meet it there and bring it more.

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If my federation working? (lem.trashbrain.org)
 

If anyone sees this, the answer is probably yes. I can't tell if this thing is working.