Treczoks

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 27 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

A good part of this may be due to the fact that people stay indoors during thunderstorms. Giraffes not so much.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

And foreign guests won't, probably.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago

But will it have consequences? The whole structure of the current US government is built on and around the notion that laws and consequences are not applicable to the "in-people".

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

For years, quantum computers are only good for doing quantum computing benchmarks. They promise to solve everything, but I'd bet that we get both power from fusion (cold or hot) and have a concious AI decades before a quantum computer solves significant real-world problems.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

When my wife and i moved into a flat, I noticed the lock was nearly done for. So I exchanged the cylinder with something that was a real quality lock, and gave the landlord a copy of the key in a sealed case.

When we moved out, I informed the landlord that we had exchanged the lock because it was busted, and i would replace the current lock anyway - if they provided a new cylinder i would install it for them. They declined and insisted that I install the original lock. They didn't test it, and had to get a locksmith...

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Everybody would question if Trump was not mentioned at all, so they left a few places unredacted to avoid looking biased.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

Bet on it: for the FBI under Trump it is more important to protect the guilty wealthy and influential criminals than protecting and providing justice to the victims.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (15 children)

I'm sure Russia is interfering, too. Even while they are short of money, they know that every cent spent to buy an American politician is worth a dollar in return. And for some cases, they just use some compromat, so they are even cheaper.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

When I designed an adapter to use a 32k EEPROM in a C64. All electronics I needed sandwiched between two IC sockets.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Master and Commander. Wonderful movie, but opened at the wrong time. Could have been a nice series of movies.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

That's why I, as a seasoned programmer, keep my fingers out of UI design. I leave that to the professionals.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Six million idiots deep enough in the Republican MAGA Nazi shit. Every one is one too many.

 

I plan to make a BIG pot of onion gravy soon. Is there a rule of thumb about the volume and weight relation of sliced onions?

So, my big pot holds about 12l - I'd go for 10l here to have room to stir - if thinly sliced on a mandolin, how many kilograms of onions would that be?

Or, the other way round, if one slices a kilogram of onions, how much volume would that fill?

 

Looks like Jesus took the wheel.

 

I've got an HTML file on my phone, and would like to view it. But Firefox on Android has neither a menu entry "Open File", nor does using the file:// method work, nor is any app associated with the .html file extension.

BTW, Chrome suffers from the same problem. And it is not an issue with the file, it works when opened via the https:// method from my home server.

Why, oh why, can't I open a local file on Android?

 

Although I work with Audio, I have no real clue on how audio works on Linux, despite using it since Kernel 0.97...

What I have: I've got a machine with normal onboard audio IOs and a BT dongle. It is running Ubuntu Server.

What I want: I want it to take the analog signal from LineIn and forward this to a BT speaker linked to the BT dongle. This should preferably run like a service, so it autostarts when booting the server.

Any idea where to start, which programs and systems to look for?

 

I don't have a YouTube login on purpose. After having had issues with some random videos asking me to login to confirm my age (no porn or anything, seems to be random harrasment), I now get "log in to prove that you are not a bot" (rough translation).

 
  1. Januar 1933: Paul von Hindenburg: "Wenn er erst mal Reichskanzler ist, haben wir ihn unter Kontrolle"

  2. Januar 2025: Friedrich Merz: "Wir werden nächste Woche in den Deutschen Bundestag Anträge einbringen, die ausschließlich unserer Überzeugung entsprechen. [...] Und wir werden sie einbringen, unabhängig davon, wer ihnen zustimmt."

 

Because you now did it to yourself.

 

My problem: I want to create an inventory of my parts. For that I need data I could look up on BL. Sadly, my storage has no internet whatsoever, so I need an offline solution.

I have found the LDRAW library inside the Studio installation, which gives me the parts and their design. They contain the name of the part, too, but only as a comment, and I have yet to verify if this is consistent. I think I could rig a software that renders me the picture as I need it for my application, so that's that.

But there are other files inside the Studio installation, and I wonder if there is a way to find the following information from this:

  • BL Category (Like "Brick" or "Plate Modified")
  • LEGO part numbers and colors that exists for a certain design
  • Parts Weight

I don't need any rapidly changing data like price or availability.

Has anyone here done this, or knows a software that does this?

 

Sounds easy? Well, it should have been. I'm not talking about a "Hello, World!" (although it is more or less on the same level for me). The goal was to write a set of three MQTT clients that properly talk with each other and interact nicely.

So I had to learn Python and MQTT on the same day. Should not be an issue after 40 years of programming. But it quickly turned out that the Python library/package for MQTT on Ubuntu was heavily outdated (1.6), and did not supply all the functions the documentation and examples (2.0) asked for. Using pip3 didn't work, as it complained that the package structure was maintained by the OS. In the end, I had to virtualize the python3 system and pip3 the 2.0 package there and run it.

After about three hours, I had the clients working as they should. Yes, I think MQTT is a good base for the next project.

 

The new Eldorado Fortress is listed at €214.99. Is it just me, or is this set much to expensive for what it is? When I saw it, I thought "Maybe €150, €170 tops", and was shocked when I heard the real price.

I know (who doesn't?) that LEGO is not cheap, but this is not a Starwars set, it is 100% their own IP.

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