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I love the lengths it went to explain how to flash the microSD, connect the ribbon cable for the display driver board and then skipped over almost everything di

I love the lengths it went to explain how to flash the microSD, connect the ribbon cable for the display driver board and then skipped over almost everything different and interesting about the project.

xupybd 5y ago
It looks like that page is just a setup guide. At least it's linked as a setup guide on the GitHub page.
dexterhaslem 5y ago
that was seriously strange pacing
- dylan604 5y ago
  draw a circle. draw the rest of the fucking owl.
  - randmeerkat 5y ago
    Bahahaha
  - M_bara 5y ago
    Thereisnoowl. At least there’s one in the online guardian newspaper. His comments are interesting to say the least. https://profile.theguardian.com/user/id/3031812?page=1 https://profile.theguardian.com/user/id/3031812?page=1
    - 45ure 5y ago
      The parent is referencing r/restofthefuckingowl For tutorials and diagrams with a comical lack of instructions between the start and end.
azernik 5y ago
Its audience is not curious hackers; it's other organizations who might want to use this solution.
- kelnos 5y ago
  > it's other organizations who might want to use this solution. ... who would not be able to do so, given only this guide.
  - azernik 5y ago
    Only because of dead links to the case and RFID reader parts. Otherwise, it's a fairly straightforward step-by-step setup guide. (Specifically for an IT person setting up the hardware terminal.) The actual UI and backend are out of scope of the guide; the last step in the process is pointing the hardware at a web page that renders the UI and actually logs the punch-in and punch-out. If I were deploying this, it makes sense - web devs and IT people can look at the main GH page to set up the backend and web app; and then they send this page to someone with only moderate technical skills to set up the hardware terminals.
icelancer 5y ago
"The rest is trivial and left as an exercise to the reader"

xupybd 5y ago

It looks like that page is just a setup guide. At least it's linked as a setup guide on the GitHub page.

dexterhaslem 5y ago

that was seriously strange pacing

dylan604 5y ago
draw a circle. draw the rest of the fucking owl.
- randmeerkat 5y ago
  Bahahaha
- M_bara 5y ago
  Thereisnoowl. At least there’s one in the online guardian newspaper. His comments are interesting to say the least. https://profile.theguardian.com/user/id/3031812?page=1 https://profile.theguardian.com/user/id/3031812?page=1
  - 45ure 5y ago
    The parent is referencing r/restofthefuckingowl For tutorials and diagrams with a comical lack of instructions between the start and end.

azernik 5y ago

Its audience is not curious hackers; it's other organizations who might want to use this solution.

kelnos 5y ago
> it's other organizations who might want to use this solution. ... who would not be able to do so, given only this guide.
- azernik 5y ago
  Only because of dead links to the case and RFID reader parts. Otherwise, it's a fairly straightforward step-by-step setup guide. (Specifically for an IT person setting up the hardware terminal.) The actual UI and backend are out of scope of the guide; the last step in the process is pointing the hardware at a web page that renders the UI and actually logs the punch-in and punch-out. If I were deploying this, it makes sense - web devs and IT people can look at the main GH page to set up the backend and web app; and then they send this page to someone with only moderate technical skills to set up the hardware terminals.

icelancer 5y ago

"The rest is trivial and left as an exercise to the reader"