#garfield Logs

Sep 25 2020

01:21 AM rue_mohr: what the fuck
01:27 AM rue_mohr: newegg did a rma return of my laptop before I got it and refunded me short $20 of what I paid
01:27 AM rue_mohr: W T F
01:27 AM rue_mohr: I need that flipping laptop
01:32 AM rue_bed2: damnit
01:32 AM rue_bed2: that puts me behind too
01:32 AM rue_bed2: does everything to do wiht this tech school have to be a complete nightmare??????
01:33 AM rue_bed2: tommorowo I will have to try again
01:33 AM rue_bed2: damnit
01:34 AM rue_bed2: damnit
01:34 AM rue_bed2: I needed that to be done
05:19 AM Tom_itx: dealing with tech schools here is no different
05:25 AM polprog: heh, we are to sign up for the language classes today for th euni
05:26 AM polprog: the enrollment starts at 12:00 via a web application
05:26 AM polprog: it's 12:25, the servers are still down or throwing timeouts
05:27 AM polprog: i guess thats what happens when you have thousands of people trying to log in at once
05:30 AM Tom_itx: that happened here several times with the covid unemployment stuff
05:32 AM polprog: this happens here every semester as far as i can tell
05:42 AM Tom_itx is now known as Tom_L
02:25 PM aandrew: rue_mohr> I just find it amusing how many ways there are to use the thing
02:25 PM aandrew: what thing is that, rue_mohr
02:27 PM aandrew: there, I put about 50 videos from Samm Sheperd on my plex server, along with a bunch from Experimental Airlines on foamboard construction of wings and so on
02:27 PM aandrew: then I went through and sorted the 140-some-odd Howard Johnson high speed digital design lectures
02:27 PM aandrew: I put them in my plex server as tv shows so I could organize them by "seasons", seems to work ok
03:40 PM aandrew: well
03:40 PM aandrew: the 10 CDR/DVDRs I have don't have what I want on them, so now I get to go through the 20ish 3.5" and 2.5" IDE drives to see what's there
03:40 PM aandrew: I have a feeling I should probably be ready to dump whatever is on them on to a fresh drive before they die (if they're not already dead)
03:41 PM aandrew: then my son can take apart the dead ones and I can keep the cores for melting down
03:42 PM aandrew: I did find some *ancient* dos utilities and old program code and apps on the CDs I found though
03:42 PM aandrew: wonder if I should upload that shit ot the internet archive so I don't have to keep them around
03:47 PM reversedelta: yes, please do! someone else will probably find it useful.
04:11 PM Tom_L: finished up the e-stop circuit a bit ago
04:51 PM polprog: hmm, i expected the hot air station to come today
04:52 PM polprog: ill have to go to the pharmacy to get some needles for the paste
04:52 PM Tom_L: reversedelta, you're new here
04:52 PM Tom_L: who might you be?
04:53 PM polprog: please select all squared that contain traffic lights while you got our attention
04:53 PM polprog: :)
04:53 PM polprog: squares*
04:54 PM Tom_L: pharmacy needles may be too small
04:54 PM polprog: i checked the gauges, gonna look for gauge 10 or wider
04:55 PM polprog: i tried gauge 19, was too small
04:56 PM polprog: 10G is 2.6mm inner, should be good
04:57 PM reversedelta: Hello, all. I'm just a garf-fan who's returning to Freenode after a long time.
04:57 PM polprog: i wonder where my pipe could be
04:57 PM reversedelta: I'm an occasional contributor to Square Root of Minus Garfield, and a fan of the Being Jim Davis podcast.
04:57 PM Tom_L: reversedelta, i've never seen you here before
04:58 PM polprog: ive seen you join but not say anything
04:58 PM reversedelta: Tom_L, I'm new here. I just joined last night. Going with the flow.
04:59 PM polprog: well
04:59 PM Tom_L: we cover alot of territory here
04:59 PM reversedelta: thanks, I look forward to lurking!
04:59 PM polprog: https://polprog.net/rozne1/ircjunk/various/garfield.gif
04:59 PM Tom_L: no lurkers allowed. only active participants
05:00 PM reversedelta: okay, I'll pay more attention to this channel
05:00 PM polprog: i guess people who set this channel up like Garfield
05:00 PM polprog: i do as well
05:08 PM zhanx_workshop: my tower system will hold 400 plants and i plan on having 100 2.5 gallon and 50 5 gallon dutch buckets, my dutch bucket system will happen this year after as i am now getting free buckets from the ice cream shop
05:08 PM zhanx_workshop: aquaponics update complete for rue
05:37 PM Tom_L: zhanx_workshop, well fixed?
05:39 PM zhanx_workshop: waiting on a cap for it, so i can put the pipe back in, should be here next friday or before
05:39 PM Tom_L: even better deal if they're full of ice cream!
05:40 PM zhanx_workshop: i am not able to consume milk with out issues so thankfully they are not
05:40 PM Tom_L: mmmm
08:38 PM rue_mohr: aandrew, LM555
08:41 PM rue_mohr: well, I did call that channel garfield, it stands to reason
08:41 PM rue_mohr: polprog, it was me that set up the channel
08:41 PM rue_mohr: is for relaxing
08:42 PM rue_mohr: and lazagna, but..
08:42 PM rue_mohr: zhanx_workshop, thankyou
08:44 PM zhanx_workshop: no problem rue_mohr i will do a photo write up in about a month when its done
08:50 PM Tom_L: hah, sorting thru my pile of mill notes i found the pn for the rotary switch
08:50 PM Tom_L: wasn't really looking
08:51 PM Tom_L: notebook is alot thinner now
08:52 PM Tom_L: tested the estop loop live on the stepper drivers
08:53 PM rue_mohr: :)
08:53 PM Tom_L: had to reverse the logic so they were disabled until power on and out of estop but it works good
08:56 PM Tom_L: https://datasheet.octopart.com/105-SR2612F-26-21RN-Alpha-Taiwan-datasheet-160895.pdf
08:56 PM Tom_L: SR2612F-0112-21R0B-D8-N
08:56 PM Tom_L: FWIW
09:07 PM rue_mohr: oh, not the switch I thought you means
09:07 PM rue_mohr: t
09:07 PM rue_mohr: was that for the axis select?
09:08 PM Tom_L: axis and jog rate
09:08 PM Tom_L: you can pin it to limit rotation
09:09 PM zhanx_workshop: clouds are messing with me, had to bump to the phone
09:15 PM Tom_L: rue_mohr, remember what your fpga board cost?
09:16 PM Tom_L: i was looking for someone and found mine for like $19
09:16 PM Tom_L: some obscure site
09:30 PM Tom_L: https://www.kimstarw.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=305902
09:30 PM Tom_L: i found one cheaper but can't find it now
09:44 PM rue_mohr: Tom_L, about $25 I think
09:44 PM rue_mohr: but I have to make sure I can develop for it
09:44 PM rue_mohr: aka, there has to be software that works on linux
09:44 PM rue_mohr: for compiling and programming
09:47 PM Tom_L: webpack runs on linux
09:48 PM Tom_L: i forgot what you had for a programmer but it's the same chip as you got iirc
09:57 PM rue_mohr: oh
09:57 PM rue_mohr: thats what I have to watch, chip support
09:57 PM rue_mohr: CA $24.38
09:58 PM Tom_L: same board i got
09:58 PM rue_mohr: ah, the one I got was $28.23 cad
09:59 PM rue_mohr: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1000006622145.html
09:59 PM rue_mohr: the peice is different now
09:59 PM rue_mohr: r
10:01 PM rue_mohr: damnit I have to try to get a laptop again
10:02 PM Tom_L: wonder why they returned it
10:03 PM rue_mohr: I dont think they had it
10:04 PM rue_mohr: 12 results
10:06 PM rue_mohr: crap $949
10:23 PM rue_mohr: comes to over 1k w taxes and crap
10:23 PM rue_mohr: damnit
10:24 PM * rue_mohr is bad mood, goes to take nap
10:28 PM rue_bed: why the hell is is that every time i need to get a laptop I cant get what i WANT
10:30 PM rue_bed: oh damn, I wonder if I should have tried amazon
10:31 PM rue_bed: 8-| >>Usually ships within 1 to 2 months.<<
10:32 PM rue_bed: yea, looks like I should have
10:32 PM rue_bed: damnit
10:33 PM rue_bed: ok, this weekend will be painfull
10:34 PM rue_bed: gonna have to push like crazy the whole way
10:34 PM rue_bed: ugh
10:35 PM rue_bed: I just want to be able to focus on one thing
10:36 PM rue_bed: need to clear my head
10:36 PM rue_bed: hollowpoint? no...
10:37 PM rue_bed: power supply, where is that at
10:37 PM rue_bed: I think I need something that needs doing and not planning
10:38 PM rue_bed: the power supply needs a heatsink
10:38 PM rue_bed: and a 4905 based power stage
10:45 PM Tom_L: now you got something to do