Elwell

foone, 10 days ago to random

Personally I only use the most legitimate of software.

revk, 17 days ago to random

And my son visited...

exador23, 1 month ago to random

seems legit.

Elwell, 2 months ago to random

Ok, I think I'm definitely going to try and start my next spare time project (despite a @jonty style stack overload already).

https://github.com/Elwell/telescope-tracker

No, I've never done model building before. No, I've never built a robot before. No, I don't have enough time for this. Nope I don't really have the space either.

Right, lets go!

Elwell, 3 months ago to homeassistant

dammit. Going round shops that have large (~3x5") e-ink labels, I'm now seriously thinking about a couple for home to link into #homeassistant. Hell I could even do a @revk doorbell if we ever got any visitors/deliveries

foone, 3 months ago to random

if I had more time and money and electrical engineering experience I'd waste a lot of it building a universal low/zero-latency KVM system.

I just want to be able to mix modern machines and ones that use PS/2/XT keyboards and VGA displays. As well as being universally modular and expandable, in case I need to hook up 20 486s for some reason

revk, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Naming….

My settings work has some basic data types and I am just adding the “fixed array of uint8_t”. Not sure if to name it “bytes” or “octets” or avoid the question and call it “fixed”…

I am old enough to remember when bytes were not always octets. But they have been the same for many many decades now. And “octets” sounds “woke” somehow :-) :-) :-)

revk, 4 months ago to random

Arg! Latest bright idea for GPS logger…
I am now pondering if I can make the ordnance survey postcode location database in a format of a single file that can be loaded on an SD card and easily indexed using lat/lon (or E/W). I’ll have to ponder the format.
That way it would be possible to have a self contained in car GPS logger that automatically emails you a list of post codes you visited whilst out, with times and mileage.
Instant expense claim, not even needing a local server!

NanoRaptor, 4 months ago to random

The internet has ruined me. I’m having an issue with blender where it’s insta-crash as soon as I add a second UV to an object. Boom. Quit.

And diagnosing the problem or finding a fix is probably on a forum somewhere and oh gods I’m too old for that shit. So I’ll complain about it on social media instead and that’ll have to be my satisfaction.