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Are there any programmable digital picture frames? (lem.trashbrain.org)
 

Not sure where I ask, I figure here might be good.

I want a digital picture frame that has some sort of API to update. I'm not picky on what as long as I can add and remove content from code. Like an actual Dropbox App integration would be fine too, where whatever files I put in a folder automatically get added to the rotation. Most of them I've seen are along the lines of "login to this terrible web site to manage pictures" or "pull out SD card or plug computer to frame to update".

I don't even mind hosting, like if I give a URL that returns a list of other images to rotate through or something. Fine, that works.

I am aware I could do this with a Pi and any LCD, but I would like a single hardware unit that someone else makes pretty.

What things really helped you toget better at programming? in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 2 points 9 months ago

Competitions. In college I did the ACM ICPC and trained hard with my schools programming team.

These days I do advent of code, which will start on Dec 1. But you can go fo previous years now. It is great.

Correct use of pot handle? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the picture is unclear somehow, the spoon is over the pot so it isn't shifting the center of mass outward.

Correct use of pot handle? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 4 points 1 year ago

People seem to expect a lot of wild action over an active stovetop. That hasn't so much been my experience....I mean after college.

Correct use of pot handle? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 35 points 1 year ago

That is the best compliment I've gotten in a while.

Correct use of pot handle? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Why would anything be swinging over a hot stove?

Correct use of pot handle? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Note: house is only not covered in objects because the cleaners are literally still here.

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Correct use of pot handle? (lem.trashbrain.org)
 

I think the hole in the pot handle works great as a place to set the spoon. My friend thinks this should be illegal.

Fisker debuts an entire range of new EVs, including one sub-$30,000 in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 1 points 1 year ago

I would absolutely take that trade-off. I don't need a lot of range.

Fisker debuts an entire range of new EVs, including one sub-$30,000 in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. I have no stats. Do you have any idea how many miles or how many charge/discharge cycles you've done?

Fisker debuts an entire range of new EVs, including one sub-$30,000 in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, you can outsource key parts of your business but absolutely need to keep your eyes on it. We won't know if they are on it or not for a while.

Fisker debuts an entire range of new EVs, including one sub-$30,000 in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 2 points 1 year ago (19 children)

I am not buying an EV until they are using LFP batteries. LiFePo4 have so much more life...I really don't want to be replacing huge banks of lithium ion in 5 years.

Some manufacturers seem to be getting on board with this. Disappointing that hedge clipper (what I know Fisker for) here isn't one of them. Sorry..that is Fiskar, a totally different company.

Three Body Problem (Netflix) in c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 2 points 1 year ago

Before looking at the trailer, I was expecting a complete white wash without any of the Chinese history. But after seeing that, I have some hope that it is faithful. We shall see.

Hard times in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 13 points 1 year ago

Ha, yeah. I like it when I set off the alarms at stores and then ask, you want to look at my stuff? They just wave and say, naw, your good. Couldn't get caught if I tried.

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Little computers? Who do people like? (lem.trashbrain.org)
 

I have two systems that I need to replace. One is my backup server, which runs FreeBSD and uses some USB attached drives. Really that could be done with anything that is like a Pi, except amd64/x86.

The other is my pfSense router. It is having some hardware issue, which isn't surprising, I pulled parts out of my scrap pile to make it. For that, I need something that can take an pcie card for my dual 10g network card. Does anyone have any ITX or smallish machines they like? Actual smallness doesn't matter so much as not being expensive.

How do people go about finding things these days? I used to use newegg, but mostly now it seems to be a trap of accidentally ordering parts from the moon. Amazon is fine if you know exactly what you want already. Pcpartspicker works well, if you are building a full system from parts (which I do for bigger machines) but I don't know where to get barebones boxes.

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XKCD - Infrastructures (lem.trashbrain.org)
 

https://xkcd.com/743/

Old but still quite relevant

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If my federation working? (lem.trashbrain.org)
 

If anyone sees this, the answer is probably yes. I can't tell if this thing is working.

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