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- Comment on This is my greatest achievement in retro gaming 3 months ago:
I’m really glad that it works, and please don’t take this the wrong way… but the solder joints look awful.
The only reason I’m saying this is because I suspect that after repeated use, they might fail and you will have to redo them. Maybe redo them now?
May I ask what your soldering technique is? Did you by any chance try to apply the solder to the iron and then struggle to apply that to the pins? This is a common misconception among beginners, hence me asking - you’re supposed to heat the pins with the iron and then apply solder to the heated pins, where it will flow into place. Also, applying flux beforehand will help with that.
- Comment on Shit, I'd pay $9 3 months ago:
This has existed long before the AI hype. Dialog systems were around in the 80s, operating off of tapes. The concept itself is even older.
I ran an Asterisk server with speech recognition 20 years ago. Sure, TTS didn’t nearly have the recognition rates it has today, but it was enough to figure out the caller’s intent from the email message that was delivered after the fact.
I still run a very similar setup today, except I no longer self host and pretty much ever component has improved. Honestly, its a godsend to be able to deal with people or businesses that still rely on phone conversations, something I will never tolerate. I simply don’t do phone calls.
- Comment on Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras? 3 months ago:
The latest Raspberry Pi cameras have decent sensors, variants with night vision are available. Axis makes reliable, network attached cameras.
Open-source software like Frigate or ZoneMinder exists.
- Comment on Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras? 3 months ago:
Still, would you really want that? A half-baked device in your network, a device you suspect would constantly betray you, if given the chance?
I personally can’t imagine getting used to that. I’d despise the device (and myself probably).
- Comment on I would also be confused 4 months ago:
I’m 100% sure I can wash that throw.
- Comment on Remember when buying shoes came off as some kind of science. The shoe sales person was always considered right 4 months ago:
In the 40s, fluoroscopy was available, basically giving you a real-time, animated view of an X-ray picture. And yes, it did have all the associated dangers of prolonged X-ray exposure.
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
What? We’re not talking about death here, what kind of a reply is that? We’re talking about making a decision at a very young age that might have irreversible consequences, a decision many 20yos are simply ill equipped to make, in particular, when alternatives exist.
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
No, they’re not always reversible. You can opt for one that isn’t, and even if you decide to go for it, it might simply not work.
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
I’ve had a vasectomy. Give it a few years, 22 might be a bit young.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
Yes, but many things can be mapped to “language”, let’s say a grammar describing state machines, so it can be used to generate control actions.
Transformer models etc. are not only useful for conversational AI and translations.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
In the same vein, I’d like to remind people that feminism is also for men.
As a start, I think bell hooks’ The Will to Change can be a good intro.
- Comment on Inside of Sensirion's SCD4x 1 year ago:
Yes, same here. As I said, it was quite interesting and I did it for the same reason, to combine interests.
- Comment on Inside of Sensirion's SCD4x 1 year ago:
Sure. It’s just that I determined the same effect could be achieved by a preprogrammed cycle of ventilation and misting - no closed loop needed, as the conditions in the cultivation chamber do not vary enough to warrant the setup.
- Comment on Inside of Sensirion's SCD4x 1 year ago:
Funny enough, I also used Sensirion sensors for mushroom cultivation, even had a mobile dashboard using MQTT dash.
After a couple of years, I went back to basic “gardening” to focus on the essentials, but it was interesting for a while. Unless going commercial, I do not consider the sensors to have added significant value beyond providing an interesting side project.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Check if your solder contains flux. Often, you will want to apply additional flux manually anyway.
But, most importantly: it looks like you’re trying to touch the hot iron with your solder (or vice versa). Don’t do that. Use the iron to heat up the wire and then touch the solder to the wire and let it wick up once sufficiently hot. However, you will want to have a bit of melted solder on the tip of your iron to enhance heat conductivity.
As others have said, pre-tin your wires before connecting them to anything.
And yeah, so far, it’s a hot mess. But you’ll get there in no time. Watch a video for proper technique.