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  1. Comment on What are the simple things in your life that you are thankful for? in ~life

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    In September we celebrated 1 year since we moved to Germany. Im thankful for the time we have had here, and our growing support network here.

    In September we celebrated 1 year since we moved to Germany. Im thankful for the time we have had here, and our growing support network here.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Been working on crabroll, my rust-based esp32 powered home-assistant compatible window blind controller. Been working on the stepper motor kinimatics for almsost 2 weeks. Ive been working on...

    Been working on crabroll, my rust-based esp32 powered home-assistant compatible window blind controller. Been working on the stepper motor kinimatics for almsost 2 weeks. Ive been working on adapting the algoritm described in this paper to use integers rather than floating point numbers (the esp32c3 does not have an FPU), and its been kicking my butt. I managed to regain most of my precision by rejiggering the order of operations and storing divison remainders between iterations, but im still overshooting my target by a couple of steps, leading to sharp deceleration. Also, for some reason, I randomly go above my target acceleration. My acceleration graph is very... spikey.

    Ive been writing down all the modifications ive been making, and at this point, I have half a paper out of it.

    Its been pretty cool being able to run simulations of this motion planner all in rusts unit test system.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Fifty Shades of OOP in ~comp

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    I had no clue we had a #tildes channel. I just finished setting up a proper bouncer, so IRC is finally persistent for me!

    I had no clue we had a #tildes channel. I just finished setting up a proper bouncer, so IRC is finally persistent for me!

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Want to get a 3D printer for miniatures that work well with open source software in ~hobbies

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    Fair enough. For me, its the other way around. My first printer was an Ender 3 pro, wasn't a year in before I klipperized it and put dual z belts on it, another year and I redid the electronics...

    Fair enough. For me, its the other way around. My first printer was an Ender 3 pro, wasn't a year in before I klipperized it and put dual z belts on it, another year and I redid the electronics enclosure and cable management. This year im buying a voron kit to build. Im definitely one of those people who enjoys the printer more than the printing.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Want to get a 3D printer for miniatures that work well with open source software in ~hobbies

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    Id call sovol doable for a motivated entry level. Its not necessarily plug and play, but its a lot easier than building your own printer from scratch...

    Id call sovol doable for a motivated entry level. Its not necessarily plug and play, but its a lot easier than building your own printer from scratch...

    4 votes

  6. Comment on Cell phone advice in ~tech

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    The 7 released just this year, and the 6 in 2022, so I doubt a new models coming out next year.

    The 7 released just this year, and the 6 in 2022, so I doubt a new models coming out next year.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Cell phone advice in ~tech

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    Me and my wife both have phones from the Samsung Galaxy Xcover line. Headphone jack, micro-sd slot, and removable battery, at the cost of being a little bulky. I have a 6 pro and she has a 7....

    Me and my wife both have phones from the Samsung Galaxy Xcover line. Headphone jack, micro-sd slot, and removable battery, at the cost of being a little bulky. I have a 6 pro and she has a 7. Other than the usual android/sony bloatware, no complaints.

    10 votes

  8. Comment on Cell phone advice in ~tech

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    There is also the samsung galaxy Xcover line. It even has a replaceable battery.

    There is also the samsung galaxy Xcover line. It even has a replaceable battery.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on Is there a postman alternative without the bloat? in ~tech

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    Im not a webdev, so I rarely use it, but hurl is a part of my toolkit.

    Im not a webdev, so I rarely use it, but hurl is a part of my toolkit.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on What's your video game comfort food? in ~games

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    Me too! I love booting up hardspace just to slowly and methodically disassemble a few ships. Got all the achievements by my second play through, but I keep going.

    Me too! I love booting up hardspace just to slowly and methodically disassemble a few ships. Got all the achievements by my second play through, but I keep going.

  12. Comment on Recommendations for a Linux based job/ticket management system in ~tech

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    If you are ok self hosting something, Taiga is a self-hosted jira replacement.

    If you are ok self hosting something, Taiga is a self-hosted jira replacement.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Swedish startup Saveggy launches pilot scheme for edible, plastic-free packaging for cucumbers – innovative solution made from just two ingredients: rapeseed oil and gluten-free oat oil in ~food

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    Sounds to me a cool option would be to geneticly engineer english cucumbers to have thicker skin.

    Sounds to me a cool option would be to geneticly engineer english cucumbers to have thicker skin.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on What game is your personal "Silksong"? in ~games

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    Factorio: Space Age. The Factorio devs have been amazing with their attention to QOL and sheer polish for their game, and I knew it was going to be a good expansion when the second blog post about...

    Factorio: Space Age. The Factorio devs have been amazing with their attention to QOL and sheer polish for their game, and I knew it was going to be a good expansion when the second blog post about the expansion was not actually about new features, but about QOL and polish improvements. Every single weekly blog post was a massive hype builder, a topic of conversation for me and my friends that were also Factorio fans. When it did finally release, it absolutely lived up to the hype and then some. I took a week off from work for the release, and probably clocked 60 hours in that week. I did burn out after about a month, but I finally beat the expansion only a couple weeks ago, with a grand total of 250 hours put into the game since the expansion came out.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on Master Boot Record - C:\chkdsk /F (2016) in ~music

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    Interrupt request is great, im a sucker for the first track.

    Interrupt request is great, im a sucker for the first track.

  16. Comment on How to not build the Torment Nexus in ~tech

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    I'm not currently working for a company building a Torment Nexus, nor do I plan to work for one, ever. However, I grew up during the time that the author described as 'hopeful', hopeful that we...

    I'm not currently working for a company building a Torment Nexus, nor do I plan to work for one, ever. However, I grew up during the time that the author described as 'hopeful', hopeful that we could use technology to actually improve the world, that things were getting better. I went into computing as a career not just because I thought I could make a living out of it, but because I genuinely loved the field and thought I could do good through it. That feeling was stripped almost before I started my education.

    I mean, even before, there were parts of tech I didn't like, I was a FOSS software nerd overall. But I naively thought that somehow, software that did good would win, and that harmful software would be rejected. In some ways, I feel robbed of the future I grew up to believe I could contribute to.

    20 votes

  18. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Im making good progress on my roller blinds project, now called Crabroll. I have all the electronics, Ive written a (very basic) driver for the tmc2209, I have the esp32 connected over wifi and...

    Im making good progress on my roller blinds project, now called Crabroll. I have all the electronics, Ive written a (very basic) driver for the tmc2209, I have the esp32 connected over wifi and connecting to an mqtt broker, and Im working on proving the ability to send and receive messages. After that, I have to sit down and draw up a proper architecture diagram for the whole system, to figure out how everything fits together.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on What happens when a Windows virus runs on Linux? in ~tech

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    NOTE: this is as I recall it, wine may do some other directory mapping I am not immediately aware of. So there is a (weak) sandbox, as proton does have a virtual FS (called wine prefixes), because...

    NOTE: this is as I recall it, wine may do some other directory mapping I am not immediately aware of.

    So there is a (weak) sandbox, as proton does have a virtual FS (called wine prefixes), because programs expect a windows-like file structure. However, wine also mounts the linux root FS under Z:\, so that programs like editors can access your persistent linux files through things like file open dialogues. So, knowing that, most viruses will mostly be focusing on well-known directories under C:\, not for a linux-like filesystem that happens to be under Z:\, and wont do much outside of their wineprefix.

    Of course, that goes out the window if:

    1. The virus is actually targeting linux computers running the program under wine (very unlikely)
    2. Its some form of general data stealer/ransomware, affecting every file on every drive it can get its grubby little hands on.

    If your worried about those or other potential directory mapping tricks wine may do, run it inside of a VM, a container, or a firejail.

    17 votes

  20. Comment on China massively overbuilt high-speed rail, says leading economic geographer in ~transport

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    Also, keep in mind that buying for a trip today is ~2x the price of buying a month or more in advance. I take the ICE (germanys HSR system) monthly, and Frankfurt-Berlin usually costs ~50€.

    Also, keep in mind that buying for a trip today is ~2x the price of buying a month or more in advance. I take the ICE (germanys HSR system) monthly, and Frankfurt-Berlin usually costs ~50€.

    3 votes