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[–] pageflight 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

For trails I already use OSM, how is it for navigation?

Apple maps? Other preferences?

I wonder what the options are no buck Google Navigation on my EV's infotainment console.

[–] pageflight 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

20ly away. I guess that does qualify as "nearby," astronomically.

[–] pageflight 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sorry Susie, you will always be plagued by Calvins.

[–] pageflight 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is this the same incident? Some more detail from CBC:

Israeli forces fired on the crowd on three occasions overnight and into Sunday, killing two people and wounding nine, including a child, according to Al-Awda Hospital, which received the casualties.

Israel's military said in a statement that it fired warning shots at "several gatherings of dozens of suspects who were advancing toward the troops and posed a threat to them."

[–] pageflight 3 points 4 days ago

Medical School Dean George Q. Daley ’82 wrote in a Wednesday email sent to first-year students and obtained by The Crimson that his office began receiving complaints from students and faculty within days after the session was first publicized last week.

The guest lecture — by Tufts professor Barry S. Levy [...]"

Nice job Tufts.

“We are committed to exploring the most educationally rigorous means to teach and learn about the impact of war on the delivery of healthcare and on the health of affected populations, and to do so in a way that does not divide members of our community who hold disparate views,” he wrote.

Can't offend those backing genocide!

[–] pageflight 6 points 4 days ago

Me debugging SQL syntax errors in complied dbt models.

I really enjoyed working with SQLDelight when I was briefly writing a Kotlin backend, sadly it wasn't complete enough. (It "generates typesafe Kotlin APIs from your SQL statements.")

[–] pageflight 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Reminds me of AWS Lambda. Gateway Error 502 you say? Gotta go digging in the application logs!

[–] pageflight 1 points 6 days ago

I found the Lawrence Systems videos very helpful to get a sense of what the administration tools actually would be like to use. And have been pleasantly surprised with the reality (got set up in the last month, only point of comparison is consumer routers + FreshTomato).

[–] pageflight 2 points 6 days ago

One of the attractions is Unifi for me was that even if you can use the cloud management, it's still possible to do it all self-hosted (even run the network controller on any OS) too. I didn't feel like it was being too pushy about going cloud.

 

I was looking to see what would happen on the 3rd floor with a ceiling-mounted AP on the 2nd floor. New to Unifi, I keep being surprised with delight how much useful tooling & info there is.

Here's for the U6+:

radiation patterns

[–] pageflight 3 points 6 days ago

Google too: from The Verge:

In the weeks after Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israel, employees at Google’s cloud division worked directly with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) — even as the company told both the public and its own employees that Google only worked with civilian government ministries, the documents reportedly show.

They've also fired 50 employees for protesting.

Join unions, ask recruiters if the workforce is unionized.

[–] pageflight 36 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I started messing with Linux, then became a developer. Whatever draws your interest!

[–] pageflight 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

1 Declare ceasefire 2 Get hostages, time, good press 3 Keep genociding 4 Act surprised

 

Something to break the infinite scroll.

 

Not the most beautiful, but pretty tasty, and I think that was the right timing -- crispy and just starting to brown on the outside, moist and flaky inside.

 

I don't have a 3D printer, but I have a wood shop, so I carved a mount for my analog adapter board + TBS Fusion to clip onto my Walksnail Goggles X strap. Works well so far!

clipped onto goggles

separate

It would have been easier to drill the holes for the side where the cords plug in before cutting out the interior. I ended up finishing the profile with a jigsaw, just going very slowly to avoid splitting off the side.

cutouts

I used a scrap left over from turning a piece of birch.

bandsaw

 

Temperature of the oven (green) and the oil / Yorkshire puddings (yellow). I think I did not heat the oil quite hot enough this time (looks like about 410F), since the batter didn't sizzle as much as usual when I poured it in and I didn't get good cup shapes.

Batter is equal mass of eggs, soy milk, and all purpose flour (200g each / 4 eggs), whisked and rested overnight in the fridge.

 

Today, Rivian announced that it is opening up the Rivian Adventure Network of fast chargers to drivers of all other makes of electric vehicles, beginning with its location in Joshua Tree, California. The Joshua Tree Charging Outpost, which has 12 DC fast chargers, is now accessible to any EV with a CCS1 charging port, as well as any Tesla or EV equipped with a native NACS (J3400) port using an adapter. A planned hardware upgrade in the future will add native NACS cables. (Rivian is switching the plugs on its own EVs from CCS1 to NACS in 2025.)

Rivian notes that the new chargers—which are rated at 900 V, meet the design and siting requirements set out under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure programs created by US President Joe Biden to disburse federal money to states to build out EV charging infrastructure in the US. By opening up to non-Rivian EVs, the network becomes eligible to apply for funding under those programs.

 

Found it on the curb, and I liked the design. Looks like solid wood, but the joints are all coming apart and look tricky to reinforce. Would you bother?

 

I found a guide for some CA utilities, and for Eversource in NJ when a property is vacant, but haven't found any references for Eversource in MA. Curious if anyone has experience, but I'm planning to call them soon.

 

Adapter will go on sale via dealers at that point, although from what I read any 3rd party adapter (cheaper and available now) will work as well.

 

I'd like to make our front entryway lights motion sensing. However the wiring is a little complicated. And I'd like the lights to be operable normally if the automation doesn't work for some reason.

There are three light switches: one by the front door, one up the staircase at the landing, and one at the back of the entryway at another interior door. My favorite switch is the CloudFree motion sense switch, running Tasmota, but I don't see it or a similar switch available for three-way wiring.

There are two light fixtures: One hanging lamp, and one track light. The bulb in the hanging lamp is hidden, so although I could swap it out with something smart, it wouldn't be easy to just put a motion sensing bulb in there. And the bulbs in the track light are some small/unusual base, not something I can upgrade.

How would you automate the lights? Grateful for any ideas!

 

I had an easy maiden flight for my Reptile Dragon 2. But despite balancing right on the CG dots, I needed quite a lot of up elevator trim for level flight at about half throttle.

trim

I put my rx at the tail using the extra servo opening.

Rx

Plenty of room for the FC. The PDB install is a little clunky, but the wires are stiff enough to just hold it. I put the vtx up front.

main bay

A little custom trimming to fit a RunCam orange, though after one crash in my Zohd XL I have had a lot of trouble with that camera and will probably look for something else.

nose

Next upgrade is probably digital FPV, but I haven't decided on a system yet. Walksnail? Nice if I didn't need a separate action camera.

 

It took lots of repetition honing, stropping, going through setup, realizing the chip breaker was right on the edge of the blade, repeat, new error. The first picture is progress: small and crunchy, long and crinkley, long and papery.

Sharpening using Atoma 400/600/1200 diamond plates + a strop I had around. I found Wood By Wright's setup video helpful and have been enjoying Rex Kreuger's videos on sharpening and other things.

I worked so hard for these shavings, surely there's something fun to do with them.

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