#garfield Logs

Jun 18 2023

12:39 AM rue_shop5: were now getting HAIL
12:51 AM rue_shop5: thunder and lightning
12:51 AM rue_shop5: hail in summer
11:55 AM rue_mohr: - fix space invaders board for david
12:12 PM Tom_L: :)
12:19 PM rue_mohr: its got a problem with the random noise generator that does sound effects
12:21 PM Tom_L: every had a sata buss go wonky?
12:21 PM Tom_L: getting errors on one ssd but swapped MB out and it's fine
12:22 PM Tom_L: and by itself on the original one it's fine but put it with 2 more and it isn't
12:22 PM rue_mohr: did you do a cable wiggle and or swap?
12:23 PM rue_mohr: but ssds fail a lot
12:24 PM Tom_L: yeah i moved cables around
12:24 PM Tom_L: i'm pretty much convinced it's the MB
12:24 PM Tom_L: it's in a box on the shelf now
12:25 PM rue_mohr: did you reinstall the os when you switched?
12:25 PM Tom_L: no
12:25 PM rue_mohr: hmm
12:25 PM Tom_L: i did have to reactivate windows
12:25 PM rue_mohr: I have a MB with caps so bad that often the USB doesn't even work
12:25 PM Tom_L: but the failing one was linux
12:26 PM rue_mohr: if you rewrite a drive, all the bad sectors are automatically dealt with
12:26 PM Tom_L: it's been ok ever since i did the swap
12:26 PM rue_mohr: mhm
12:26 PM rue_mohr: could be the MB...
12:26 PM rue_mohr: did its caps look ok?
12:26 PM Tom_L: i didn't look
12:26 PM Tom_L: i had a spare anyway
12:27 PM rue_mohr: hmm
12:27 PM rue_mohr: your livley latley
12:27 PM Tom_L: i can change that
12:27 PM rue_mohr: ? no its not often I get to chat with ya :]
12:27 PM Tom_L: went thru a spell i suppose
12:28 PM rue_mohr: sunny day today
12:29 PM Tom_L: finished cleaning the yard after the storm
12:30 PM Tom_L: sycamores continually drop branches anyway
12:32 PM Tom_L: and if it gets near or over 100 they shed their bark
12:36 PM rue_shop5: its sunny and I want to do outside tings, but the thing I want to do is inside
12:36 PM rue_shop5: and its not all that warm outside anyhow
12:39 PM Tom_L: been going thru some old code fixing a few things
12:40 PM Tom_L: so open the roof hatch and make the inside outside
12:43 PM rue_shop5: heh
02:35 PM rue_mohr: - take the low-drag pneumatic check valve and hook two up to a speaker to make an air pump
02:35 PM rue_mohr: - change the gasket on the truck doors
02:35 PM rue_mohr: - 1 bit computer , assemble programming interface
02:35 PM rue_mohr: - assemble irrigation water movment pumps and summer cooling system
02:35 PM rue_mohr: - build shed solar charge controller
02:35 PM rue_mohr: - test the new cnc motor driver at 120V
02:36 PM rue_mohr: - clean deck
02:36 PM rue_mohr: - strip down printers
02:36 PM rue_mohr: - become a robot and hide in a hole while all the humans kill each other
02:36 PM rue_mohr: - fix space invaders board for david
02:36 PM rue_mohr: - replace seat on trike
04:16 PM rue_mohr: ok, changed the seat on the trike and took it for a test ride, went well
04:16 PM rue_mohr: - lengthen chain on trike
05:11 PM Tom_L: cool
06:15 PM rue_shop5: I'm kinda temped to make another trike to get it 'right'
06:31 PM Tom_L: may as well
06:58 PM rue_shop5: trying to be cautious with remaining time alive
07:25 PM Tom_L: came to that realization finally?
07:25 PM Tom_L: i did
07:27 PM Tom_L: you know you're getting closer when your friends start to disappear and ppl start opening doors for ya and calling ya 'sir'
08:32 PM rue_shop5: oh I'v known it for a while
08:33 PM rue_shop5: the place I work in filled with people who are at the end of their life and never saw it comming
08:41 PM Tom_L: i suppose so
10:07 PM aandrew: Tom_L> and if it gets near or over 100 they shed their bark
10:07 PM aandrew: they get naked when it gets too hot?
10:13 PM Tom_L: it's a thing
10:14 PM Tom_L: https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/home-garden/how-to/2007/07/29/shedding-bark-is-normal-for/23762986007/
10:14 PM Tom_L: not the best article... it typically happens at those temps
10:14 PM Tom_L: and not much lower
10:16 PM Tom_L: https://www.forestwildlife.org/why-do-sycamore-trees-shed-their-bark/
10:17 PM Tom_L: Shedding or peeling bark is characteristic of trees such as the sycamore, redbud, silver maple, shagbark hickory, birch, and Scotch pine.
10:40 PM rue_mohr: arg, the serial uploader for the 1 bit computer doesn't want to work anymore