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vik

@vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz

Aged RepRap core developer, ex- firefighter, emergency medic, longhair coder, Incident Creator at the Masterton Fab Lab, and a Twitter refugee.

"Si potest non bonum esse, cave."

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scruss, to random
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Thinking of making a
"Loud Bikes Get Piano Wire"
sign for our street (effectively a crescent, with a school on it) 'cos we've recently gained a couple of twats who like to razz up and down it way above the speed limit on racing motorbikes.

I'd like them to stop, please.

vik,
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@scruss This is why we're not allowed RPG's.

nivrig, to random
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Proper Heisenbug has appeared with the bob clipping. Goes weird if I remove debug log line 🤦🏻‍♂️

vik,
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@nivrig Each bit lovingly recreated in the style of Shockley.

lightweight, to random
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Fascinating... just saw an ad on Facebook that Thrifty (car rentals) have gone 100% EV... I wonder what they know that the rest of the population don't...

vik,
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@lightweight Somewhere inexpensive that services and maintains EVs?

vik, to random
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Another score for predator-free NZ
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lightweight, to TeslaMotors
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Blimey - according to https://thedriven.io/2024/01/25/worlds-largest-ev-battery-maker-set-to-cut-costs-in-half-by-mid-2024/ the world's largest battery manufacturer, China's CATL will be halving the price of its Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries this year. "This means the price of an average 60 kWh battery pack will have dropped from $US6,776.00 to just $3,388.00 in just 12 months, saving EV manufacturers over $3,000 per vehicle."

Our (MG4 Excite) has a 51kWh pack... So we could replace a future (post 7yr warranty) failed pack for well under US$3k...

vik,
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@lightweight Another thing to consider is that your replacement battery pack is likely to have a greater capacity than your old one as technology progresses.

vik, to random
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Thought, aimed partly in the direction of @Br3nda, I've just been using my laptop's air vent to dry my CPAP, and it occurred to me that it might be possible to make a food dehydrator basically powered by the waste air/heat from a laptop in the same way.

vik, to random
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I found a blog post from a person who was at and is making my Quirkey keyboard - out of cardboard! http://www.mawsonlakes.org/building-a-cheap-n-cheerful-quirkey-one-handed-keyboard/

lightweight, to random
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Ouch, my former employer is caught up in the gov't service downsizing: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/516748/about-30-jobs-to-go-at-crown-forestry-institute-scion

vik,
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@lightweight It's not like we need to grow more trees or anything...

vik,
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@lightweight Yup, politicians are either cutting government services so their mates can barge in, or creating government services so their mates can run them. Kind of win-win as long as you're on the winning side.

vik,
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@lightweight Pretty much Doesn't do much for the environment either in this case.

vik,
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@lightweight Last politician strangled with the guts of the last bureaucrat etc.

vik, to homeassistant
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Managed to get working with a pico W. The only trick was with the initial firmware load. The ESPhome menu offers direct connect an webserial, neither of which seem to be actually supported. But the download option is fine - it automagically builds a UF2 file that you just download and put in the pi yourself. After that it's all over wifi as usual.

Unixbigot, to random
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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,
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@Unixbigot I do recall a young brat in a supermarket in New Lynn around that time being chided by Mum going "Oh do stop that, Anakin!" Possibly one and the same?

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

vik, to homeassistant
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Greenhouse now monitored by (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, to random
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There's a really odd-looking plant in the garden this morning.

vik,
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@sbisson Funny, I was thinking much the same myself.

vik, to random
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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.

vik, to 3DPrinting
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A 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, (edited ) to homeassistant
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- 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, to random
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Our water blaster gone done blowed up real good 😬

vik, to random
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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, to random
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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,
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@haakon Not if there is a requirement on people to use the power at that point to, say, keep their job. Then it just becomes a most excellent revenue stream and does not actually reduce demand.

vik, to random
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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,
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@futuresprog Time to get in the EV and buy petrol? That always gives me a giggle, until I pay up.

Andy_European, to Rejoin
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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 .

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

https://apple.news/ANxkGu3XUT8iIpFlnBJDUag

vik,
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@Andy_European From the outside looking in, it's either going to be rejoin the EU or be rescued by it. Not sure which would get the best terms?

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