Treczoks

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Boebert faces first election Tuesday since switching districts and the vaping scandal in c/news
[–] Treczoks 4 points 1 hour ago

I don't really expect smart decisions from Republican voters, so it remains to be seen if they are at least smart enough to vote her out.

What's the worst invention of the 21st century? in c/[email protected]
[–] Treczoks 1 points 2 hours ago

SPAM. Not the food variety, but the other. Inventend by a lawyer.

Phone Link is Microsoft's late and closed source alternative to KDE Connect. It requires you sign in to a Microsoft Account for it to work. in c/[email protected]
[–] Treczoks 2 points 2 hours ago

"Alternative"

The YouTube app could finally get a sleep timer (APK teardown) in c/[email protected]
[–] Treczoks 1 points 9 hours ago

Poor idiots.

Could Nigel Farage become the next Tory leader? In some ways, he already has in c/[email protected]
[–] Treczoks 4 points 16 hours ago

Well, he comes with heartful recommendations by Putin. A proud figurehead for the Tories, methinks.

Nigel Farage praised by Russian state media over Ukraine war comments in c/[email protected]
[–] Treczoks 2 points 16 hours ago

Now even the dumbest idiot should know that Farage should not be voted for.

Liability Reinsurance Crisis Could Be Looming, TransRe CEO Says in c/housing_bubble_2
[–] Treczoks 4 points 16 hours ago

Well, they took the risk to make big money.

Scottish Water dumps sewage on doorsteps of party leaders for 18,000 hours in c/[email protected]
[–] Treczoks 16 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Unless they dump it right into parliament, nothing is going to happen.

The YouTube app could finally get a sleep timer (APK teardown) in c/[email protected]
[–] Treczoks 2 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

Who is watching YT videos through this app? I occasionally run into it when clicking on a link on my phone, but I close it before the ads are through. Because it has become nearly as much ads as content, and is completely unbearable. If the video seem important or interesting, I may forward the link to my PC, where I can watch the video without ads.

Urteil: 1,3 Kilometer zum Strand sind nicht "wenige Gehminuten" in c/[email protected]
[–] Treczoks 11 points 16 hours ago

Erinnert mich an einen Sketch mit Dieter Hallervorden. Er und seine Begleiterin (Name vergessen) steigen auf der Alm in eine Ente (oder anderen Kleinwagen), und heizen wie bekloppt los. Es folgen einige Stunt-Szenen wie das Paar halsbrecherisch durch den Verkehr brettert, und endet am Strand. Sie stoppt die Stoppuhr und sagt sowas wie "Nur 15 Minuten vom Hotel zum Strand!"

Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission in c/windows11
[–] Treczoks 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't that data theft or something? I know the legal situation for ~~users~~ victims in the US is generally bleak, but uploading private data without consent must be something that should have consequences even in the land of the free businesses.

Deadline looms for alleged LockBit extortion of Feds over 33TB of data in c/technology
[–] Treczoks 13 points 17 hours ago

Putting those LockBit people assigned - what has happened to those who caused the data breach? Microsofts buggy software, incompetent admins, stupid users, TLAs who store away known vulnerabilities instead of getting them fixed, etc.?

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Extracting Data from Stud.io 2.0 (self.lego)
submitted 6 days ago by Treczoks to c/lego
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My problem: I want to create an inventory of my parts. For that I need data I could look up on BL. Sadly, my storage has no internet whatsoever, so I need an offline solution.

I have found the LDRAW library inside the Studio installation, which gives me the parts and their design. They contain the name of the part, too, but only as a comment, and I have yet to verify if this is consistent. I think I could rig a software that renders me the picture as I need it for my application, so that's that.

But there are other files inside the Studio installation, and I wonder if there is a way to find the following information from this:

  • BL Category (Like "Brick" or "Plate Modified")
  • LEGO part numbers and colors that exists for a certain design
  • Parts Weight

I don't need any rapidly changing data like price or availability.

Has anyone here done this, or knows a software that does this?

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Wrote my first longer Python program (self.linux)
 

Sounds easy? Well, it should have been. I'm not talking about a "Hello, World!" (although it is more or less on the same level for me). The goal was to write a set of three MQTT clients that properly talk with each other and interact nicely.

So I had to learn Python and MQTT on the same day. Should not be an issue after 40 years of programming. But it quickly turned out that the Python library/package for MQTT on Ubuntu was heavily outdated (1.6), and did not supply all the functions the documentation and examples (2.0) asked for. Using pip3 didn't work, as it complained that the package structure was maintained by the OS. In the end, I had to virtualize the python3 system and pip3 the 2.0 package there and run it.

After about three hours, I had the clients working as they should. Yes, I think MQTT is a good base for the next project.

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Is there a community for the engine behind wikipedia (mediawiki)? (self.wikipedia)
submitted 11 months ago by Treczoks to c/wikipedia
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I was just wondering. There was or is a mediawiki group on Reddit, but so far I could not find one here.

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Anyone else thinking that the new Eldorado Fortress is too expensive? (self.lego)
submitted 11 months ago by Treczoks to c/lego
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The new Eldorado Fortress is listed at €214.99. Is it just me, or is this set much to expensive for what it is? When I saw it, I thought "Maybe €150, €170 tops", and was shocked when I heard the real price.

I know (who doesn't?) that LEGO is not cheap, but this is not a Starwars set, it is 100% their own IP.

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