#flex-dev Logs

Mar 25 2025

04:21 AM Tom_L: morning
05:31 AM JT-Cave: morning
10:40 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> morning all..........going to the mid 80's today.............
10:52 AM JT-Shop: I need a more comfortable bicycle seat...
10:52 AM rdtsc-w: work shop temperature yesterday was 66 degrees; today it is 58... heat went out
10:55 AM JT-Shop: seems like every seat on amazon is junk
10:59 AM lcnc-relay: <travis_farmer@> get padded bike shorts 😉
11:00 AM JT-Shop: got them
11:24 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> JT-Shop: find a real bike shop nearby..... some actually have try outs.
11:30 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> JT-Shop: real shorts are a good start. think closely about what seat feature you need more....... wider, skinnier, softer, etc, etc.....
11:36 AM JT-Cave: real shorts?
11:37 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> padded cycling shorts
11:38 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> nothing much more painful than a saddle sore.... like sitting on a needle.
11:47 AM rdtsc-w: last mountain bike I got (geesh over a decade ago) came with a carbon-fiber ultra-small and lightweight seat... might as well sit on a cactus - quickly was replaced.
12:37 PM JT-Shop: I have padded riding shorts
01:03 PM JT-Shop: I have serfas rx saddles on both bikes
01:04 PM JT-Shop: actually the road bike has a serfas ics seat
05:57 PM Tom_L: leds are taking shape
05:58 PM JT-Shop: actually I'm stuck now...
05:59 PM Tom_L: stuck how?
05:59 PM JT-Shop: it's a catch 22 with the way I built this project
05:59 PM JT-Shop: you have to subclass a button to intercept the paintEvent
06:01 PM Tom_L: does that interfere with making it into a dynamic property?
06:01 PM JT-Shop: no a dynamic property is totally different
06:01 PM Tom_L: hmm
06:02 PM Tom_L: a button probably can't be a container either to drop an led onto
06:03 PM JT-Shop: no
06:03 PM Tom_L: if that were true it would make it independent and able to put on just about any button
06:03 PM Tom_L: but that doesn't seem to be the case
06:03 PM xxcoder1: new container that has a button and led?
06:05 PM JT-Shop: the problem is the button is defined in the ui so I can't subclass that
06:06 PM xxcoder1: bah I wish I could remember more lol
06:06 PM Tom_L: yeah
06:06 PM JT-Shop: but like any problem you just have to find the solution
06:06 PM Tom_L: create a new widget button with an led property
06:06 PM xxcoder1: indeed. im sure theres a solution. it might be a new object that basically is button recreation, but with led
06:06 PM Tom_L: he's trying to stick with standard widgets though
06:06 PM JT-Shop: somehow Chris is creating custom buttons in designer...
06:07 PM Tom_L: above my pay grade
06:07 PM JT-Shop: a challenge at my pay grade
06:08 PM Tom_L: right up yer alley
06:09 PM JT-Shop: aging tank motor tomorrow
06:14 PM Tom_L: should be getting close to the end
06:15 PM JT-Shop: yup real close
06:15 PM JT-Shop: going to give them the final invoice tomorrow
06:15 PM Tom_L: figure out mounts for the sensors?
06:16 PM JT-Shop: yup
06:16 PM Tom_L: was their old system failing that they needed an upgrade?
06:19 PM JT-Shop: the old system was crap and old for sure and a cobbled up crap
06:19 PM xxcoder1: hope its bottom-p upgrade, not just new payer covering dump
06:19 PM xxcoder1: layer
06:20 PM Tom_L: jt doesn't do anything half arse
06:20 PM xxcoder1: ahh was thinking it was new system jt is trying to use
06:21 PM xxcoder1: sorry :D I do know you dont half-ass anything
06:21 PM Tom_L: the cabinet he did a while back
06:21 PM Tom_L: he's installing
06:21 PM Tom_L: and gradually putting it all online
06:25 PM Tom_L: gonna be an early night tonight, i'm pooped
06:25 PM JT-Shop: me too
07:26 PM rdtsc is now known as rdtsc_
07:28 PM rdtsc_ is now known as rdtsc