Saris

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by Saris 4y ago
Awesome! That's good to hear.
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by Saris 4y ago
I tried this about a month ago, but it caused my android tablet to hard reboot when trying to connect to my PC.
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by Saris 4y ago
Thanks! It's so strange that it doesn't default to something reasonable like that. It needs an "export to STL" button that just works with one click.
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by Saris 4y ago
I tried FreeCAD last year, and exporting for 3D printing led to round parts being made of distinct 'faces' instead of anything close to round. I never could figure out how to solve that. In general I found it almost comically hard
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by Saris 4y ago
They're pretty neat! I've been playing around with one of these lately, it uses the ESP32-S3: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804766379290.html
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by Saris 4y ago
Ah ok I see. Using ESP32s connected via Wifi and MQTT to a host (Pi or something) would be the easiest way I can think of to coordinate that. You could also go without a host, by having the ESP with the ball randomly choose another and send
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by Saris 4y ago
Not being based out of China is good yeah. The ESP series can disable wifi/bt entirely if needed, their low power sleep is pretty good. IIRC someone got a year or more out of a single 18650 cell doing very slow updates.
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by Saris 4y ago
Normally only if the display has its own controller, and you talk to it via SPI, i2c, or an 8 or 16 bit interface. But those methods are slower and if you're doing a higher resolution user interface, the RGB interface lets you drive st
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by Saris 4y ago
Interesting, to me that seems like a downside having external Wifi/BT over SPI
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by Saris 4y ago
Digikey stocks Espressif boards for $8+ depending on the model. No point in ordering random ones from Amazon IMO.
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by Saris 4y ago
ESP32 dev kits are $8 on digikey, and directly from Espressif Systems: https://www.digikey.com/short/zz709bvv The ESP32-C3 dev board is around $8 too, and the ESP32-S3 around $15 if you need tons of IO and an RGB inter
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by Saris 4y ago
You could use addressable RGB LEDs, like the WS2812B. You just need to supply power and a single IO line to control them so you don't need any external hardware like MOSFETs. The ESP32 can read the camera, recognize objects/colors
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by Saris 4y ago
Compared to the ESP32-S3, the RP2040 doesn't have Wifi/BT, doesn't have an RGB display controller, has slower clocks, and has less RAM and Flash. For most IoT devices the ESP32-S3 is overkill unless running a large display, a
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by Saris 4y ago
The S3 also has RGB display support which is great for projects with a display. The IPS version of this is my current favorite: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804766379290.html
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by Saris 4y ago
I use Grav on my personal site, it's ok. The editor is the main weak point, editing in markdown instead of a full page drag and drop editor like WPBakery is much harder and slower. It's a struggle for me to even figure out basics,
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by Saris 4y ago
That's true, but you're locked to them, if they vanish or decide to terminate your account for some reason, you're pretty much hosed.
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by Saris 4y ago
Except it's essentially the only CMS with a decent user experience, and plenty of plugins to add the functionality needed without ever looking at any code. If a WordPress alternative shows any code to the user, it has already failed
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by Saris 4y ago
Is it really though? What's the alternative for a drag and drop website for non technical people? I haven't found one that works any better.
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by Saris 4y ago
Debian.
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by Saris 4y ago
Regarding the thermal paste pump-out, it's due to using thin paste that's not designed for direct die-to-heatsink contact (Arctic MX-5, etc). The constant thermal expansion/contraction 'pumps' the paste out the side
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by Saris 4y ago
Just shows what ease of use can do for a service.
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by Saris 4y ago
I find my oneplus 7 pro to be surprisingly good at maintaining a good GPS position, phones usually support a bunch of GPS systems so maybe that has something to do with it. I use LocusMaps with the openandromaps.org maps loaded for my state
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by Saris 4y ago
It's too bad ARM boards are so expensive, it makes them nearly pointless for projects unless you need the GPIO.
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by Saris 4y ago
I can't figure out the prices per month thing, if I select GP Compute and 'Monthly' it just says "Sorry, no results…" Their pricing page is really confusing to navigate and figure out what's what.
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by Saris 4y ago
Somewhat funny bug, after running via docker and getting to the initial account creation webpage, the email field has a limit of 25 characters and won't accept my email. I changed the character limit in the browser dev tools and it acc
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by Saris 4y ago
I may be missing something, but why? Wouldn't the buyer just look at how many people arrived at their website from the ad?
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by Saris 4y ago
As I get older I feel that I care less about watching shows and movies, I would rather watch something interesting on YT, read a book, or just do some other hobby. Music is handled by Spotify and I'm happy with that, Games through Stea
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by Saris 4y ago
Also easy support by Arduino probably helps a lot of people get going, a lot of MCUs can be hard to get started with for people new to embedded programming.
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by Saris 4y ago
The safest choice is KeePass since it's designed well for security, and stores your database locally.
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by Saris 4y ago
Well, what's the alternative besides a local keepass DB or something?

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