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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 16, 2023
Raspberry Pi, Astro Pi, and More
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=> https://news.tuxmachines.org/i/2022/09/bombadillo.thumbnail.jpg ↺ Bombadillo
It has been a dream of mine to create my own personal weather station (PWS). I've been working on this project for over 6 years now. Due to school and scope creep: I have not been able to complete this project. This time will be different. I have a plan. This plan has been split up into two parts: hardware and software. In previous iterations, I have developed hardware and software at the same time without a clear plan, which I believe is part of the reason why it has taken me so long.
With this semester is almost over, I have done a bit of planning so I can hit the ground running with this project. I want to have the hardware installed as soon as reasonably possible so that I can start work on the software remotely.
My Perfect Homelab — An Antithesis
After reading about the new homelab subspace on BBS, it’s time to write a little about my ideas of the perfect homelab, which I wanted to do for a long time.
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My devices don’t need to directly interact with each other, and for the few cases where they do, Bluetooth works fine. This also includes audio streaming. Obviously, I don’t transfer much data between them.
I’ve had this situation for three years, but then needed to have a wired Internet connection for remote work during and after COVID-19 to improve latency. While my connection is now much better than before, my LTE Internet speed was okay for ordinary web browsing and the occassional download and cloud sync.
Slowly awakening. Chilly. Wife slowly arising. So much of my morning involves avoiding having to listen to her go on and on on topics uninteresting to me - which, of course, is likely what you think of what I post.
Someone's post on Gemini had been badly translated from HTML to gemtext. There were HTML tags displayed. So I sent email to alert the person. But I got an automated reply saying my email was rejected because... it contained HTML.
We don't work on Fridays. My wife went to have lunch with a friend and I have the balcony doors open. The kids from the school yard across the street are running and screaming like they always do. I'm sure there are some that are quiet and just stand or sit. They disappear. Maybe that's what they'd like to do. I don't remember school fondly. People feel like search is going down the drain. No wonder! People have been complaining for a while, now. When Reddit was good, people said it was better to search Google than to search Reddit. Then Google started to show search results in conversations including Reddit. Stack Exchange had terrible search, but using Google and just looking for Stack Exchange results was great. People started noticing. Sadly, all the relevant links I can find are on Reddit and people are currently on strike.
Where are the RPG alternatives to Reddit? Edit this page or leave a comment if you know. Also, feel free to copy, edit and repost. This information wants to be shared. 😄
If there’s one thing I learned from Google+ disappearing, it’s that people need to be prepared for alternatives.
The list here shows the raw URLs, too. The Lemmy instances on lemmy.ml and lemm.ee are not the same.
Why will likely never use AI programming tools
If I didn't, I still wouldn't use it due to the ethical/copyright issues, but I don't even have to think that far: I just like writing code.
Why would I give something I like to a robot?
* Gemini links can be opened using => https://gemini.circumlunar.space/software/ ↺ Gemini software
. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.