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gadgetoid

@gadgetoid@fosstodon.org

I’ve been a hobbyist games and technology writer for over 20 years. I keep the lights on by writing MIT-licensed embedded hardware drivers at Pimoroni in Python, MicroPython and C++.

Hobbies include music, videogames, skateboarding, baking and making videos about frothing milk.

Tech @ https://gadgetoid.com
Software @ Pimoroni
Pi pinout - https://pinout.xyz
Pico pinout - https://pico.pinout.xyz

He/Him.

#Technology #RaspberryPi #Making #VideoGames #MiniComputers

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andypiper, to fediverse
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Very exciting that @drlucyrogers is here in the #fediverse! Let's welcome her! Great talk at #emfcamp about the science and wonders of looking up, so hoping to see that video available before too long 🎉

gadgetoid,
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@andypiper @drlucyrogers have noticed @Konichiwakitty pop up too! Is this finally it- the last holdouts are becoming one of us, one of us! 🤣

gadgetoid, to random
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How easy is the music, partying and abundant alcohol consumption to avoid while at EMF? 😆 Can people just swing by my house so I don't have to pretend to like camping, or that I'm able to hold a conversation anywhere but an anechoic chamber?

gsuberland, to random
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the #emfcamp swap shop has new policies

Sign in the swap shop that says "no orphaned sourced. do not leave radioactives unattended. do not supply the spider nuclear program. it has been 1 days since the furry nuclear program was dispatched"

gadgetoid,
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@gsuberland well the fomo might be strong but at least I can say I was irradiated slightly less than the average EMF attendee this weekend!

kytta, to random
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Alright, what’s the deal with every YouTuber doing ad reads for data deletion services? Seemingly everyone got a deal with either #DeleteMe or Aura. I find the idea of such services good, but I’ve never used one nor even investigated them. The amount of creators they sponsor makes them seem very suspicious; it’s like VPN and Raycon and Raid Shadow Legends all over again 🤨 Does anyone know what’s up with that?

gadgetoid,
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@kytta ha! My trust for a service or product is inversely proportional to how much I hear about it from YouTubers.

How do they work, anyway? Can I just delete someone I don’t like?

gadgetoid,
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@kytta is this installing plugins to Wordpress to fix Wordpress security all over again? 🤣

Surely there’s a vanishingly small pool of people who’d be interested in deletion services,too. I guess they pop up, advertise hard, try to get acquired before they fall off the end of their cash runway?

gadgetoid, to random
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Why pay for education when you can just put the wrong answer on the internet and people will fall over themselves to teach you for free!? FREE! Hahahaha, the joke's on them.

gadgetoid, to random
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How do you budget for subscriptions, supporting developers or projects? How many “it’s just X a month” can you sustain? How do we encourage this model? What do you feel about this model?

gadgetoid,
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@deshipu I’ve never found that a barrier to subscriptions but it certainly makes me consider very careful what I subscribe to.

JennyList, to random
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Can I make a suggestion? How about if people going to #EMFcamp have a non-volatile #EMFnamebadge?

The event badge is a thing of beauty, but its display is small and it needs to be powered on to see the name.

Can I suggest people have something that's large enough to read, and which doesn't need batteries? One of the e-ink badges for example, or just a big bit of card with your name written in marker pen.

I know I'm not alone in having a poor memory for names and faces.

gadgetoid,
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@philpem @JennyList 🎉 came here for the Badger mention 🤣

gadgetoid, to random
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I am so deeply, deeply tired of every god damned "can be answered with a tutorial" technical question search being overwhelmingly flooded with videos. I don't want videos. I don't want to listen to something I can read. I am at least 50% deaf. GIVE ME WORDS DAMN YOU. WOOORDSSSSS!

gadgetoid, to retrogaming
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Kids these days be “yeah I love the PlayStation 2 is my favourite but I also collect Xbox games…”

gadgetoid,
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They’ll be “oh do you remember that old game with the blue hedgehog? Yeah Sonic Colours… great game, defined my childhood.”

gadgetoid,
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@deshipu my littlest certainly does make a pong 🤣

gadgetoid, to random
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I guess for #emfcamp next year I’m going to have to submit a talk to get a day pass? 🤔

What’s the least dull topic? “Bending MicroPython to my whims”, or “writing chip drivers in Python against my better judgement”?

gadgetoid, to Electronics
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My KiCAD efforts so far…

#Electronics #MechanicalKeyboard

philpem, to RaspberryPi
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Tonight on "what the frisk?", a Raspberry Pi device tree overlay that works fine on 32-bit Pi OS, but on a 64-bit Pi Zero 2W it kills the WiFi. I have no idea where to even start figuring this out.

gadgetoid,
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@philpem what does the overlay do? 🤔

Edit: or rather, that’s it supposed to do 🤣🤣 other than bork the wifi

gadgetoid, to random
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God f&*%£king damn it, everyone is going to EMF

gadgetoid, to random
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spot the deliberate mistake 😆

(May or may not be a test to see if you find anything I've missed, hahaha)

gadgetoid,
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@sad_electronics and yes I absolutely blame (or do I mean thank?) you for me giving it a try 😆

gadgetoid, to random
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Okay I've got actual stuff done in actual KiCad... first attempt at doing any kind of PCB work in years!

gadgetoid, to random
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Do #EMFCamp do day passes? 🤣😭

gadgetoid,
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Nearby paragliding schools?

gadgetoid,
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System of forgotten subterranean tunnels?

gadgetoid,
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A 36” sewer pipe?

gadgetoid,
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A weakness to baked goods?

gadgetoid,
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An elaborate changing of the guard ceremony during which there is a temporarily lapse in vigilance?

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