#garfield Logs

Mar 19 2025

12:50 PM aandrew: rue_mohr: here's an article from the canadian that was detained: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney
01:04 PM aandrew: TL;DR: visa was denied due to agent not liking the work being related to hemp; bounced her, she went to canada, tried again in a few months
01:04 PM aandrew: the second attempt (at the same crossing) was where she was denied and detained this time
01:04 PM aandrew: she was crossing at San Ysidro because it's close to her immigration lawyer's offices which I assume are in San Diego
01:04 PM aandrew: but yeah this sure sounds like a fucked up response
01:04 PM aandrew: and we'll never hear CBP's side because that's not how it works
01:04 PM aandrew: I had a similar issue when I was getting my TN renewed about 10 years ago
03:56 PM rifraf: morning
03:57 PM Tom_L: afternoon
03:58 PM rifraf: aandrew sorta, drop bear is more a mythical creature that we use to keep people away :) but with sounds like what i been posting is pretty easy to convince people of the drop bear
04:01 PM rifraf: when you hear those sounds be wary, drop bears will drop from the tree when you walk beneath and tear you apart
04:02 PM rifraf: most of the time no warning though, you never know when one is up there sitting and waiting for you
04:06 PM rifraf: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zISOYuVmmyI
04:07 PM rifraf: don't forget to love vegemite, keeps us safe but since tourists cannot eat it, well, poor them :P
05:33 PM polprog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tevoj4hn1pM
06:00 PM aandrew: yeah I don't *mind* vegemite but it's definitely not something I'd seek out
06:00 PM aandrew: mostly I eat it just to shock brits and aussies. :-)
06:23 PM rue_mohr: arg, someone managed to find my phone number and ordered more sprayers
06:23 PM Tom_L: haha
06:24 PM Tom_L: you want sales don't ya???
06:24 PM Tom_L: you ever use F-Droid?
06:26 PM rue_mohr: aandrew, vegimite is paste soy sauce, how can you eat that
06:26 PM rue_mohr: no, never used it
06:36 PM rue_mohr: <rue_mohr> Ryan Dutcher: 3x 14" sprayers
06:36 PM rue_mohr: <rue_mohr> Drew Johnson: 2x 3", 2x 12"
06:40 PM Tom_L: alternate to android playstore for open source apps
06:41 PM aandrew: rue_mohr> arg, someone managed to find my phone number and ordered more sprayers
06:41 PM aandrew: LOL
06:42 PM aandrew: the way you phrase that is awesome
06:42 PM aandrew: rue_mohr> aandrew, vegimite is paste soy sauce, how can you eat that
06:42 PM aandrew: I eat peanut butter with cheddar cheese. You be the judge of how I can eat that
07:12 PM * rue_mohr shudders
07:12 PM rue_mohr: its soy sauce paste
07:13 PM aandrew: I didn't say I *like* it, only that I can stomach it :-)
07:27 PM rue_mohr: ok, reprioritizing
07:27 PM rue_mohr: finish first order
07:27 PM rue_mohr: then work on other orders
07:27 PM rue_mohr: and I need to order tube
07:29 PM Tom_L: i bet you go thru quite a bit of tube
07:30 PM rue_mohr: yea
07:30 PM Tom_L: 12' sticks?
07:30 PM aandrew: did you get anywhere with your dual-unit-of-measure-specification of metal pin?
07:30 PM Tom_L: heh
07:30 PM rue_mohr: I think their stock is 20', so we have to get them cut down for transport
07:31 PM Tom_L: perfect length to tie under the s10 and haul
07:31 PM rue_mohr: aandrew, unobtainium, but I have a 3 yr or so supply
07:31 PM rue_mohr: heh
07:31 PM Tom_L: i hauled an I beam home that way :)
07:31 PM rue_mohr: yea, you said
07:31 PM rue_mohr: I have a rack
07:31 PM rue_mohr: 12'
07:31 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:443/~webpage/patio/patio23.jpg
07:32 PM rue_mohr: you need to finish paintin it
07:32 PM Tom_L: ya do what ya gotta do
07:32 PM aandrew: ... tie *under* your truck? heh
07:32 PM Tom_L: yes
07:32 PM aandrew: I guess you can't put it in the bed and hang it over the roof, the bed's only 8' at best so you'd have a kind of pole vault thing going on
07:32 PM aandrew: honestly that's kind of brilliant... I don't think I'd have thought of that
07:33 PM Tom_L: it would hear up the roof too
07:33 PM Tom_L: s/hear/tear
07:33 PM aandrew: yeah that'd be a lot of weight on the edge of the roof
07:34 PM aandrew: I have a dent in the roof of my passat right above the driver seat because I stood there (near the edge) intentionally because I thought it'd be stronger
07:34 PM aandrew: doesn't hurt anything but hurt my feelings a little... damn car calling me a lardass
07:34 PM aandrew: I bet a decent body guy could pop that out with 10 minutes and some straps
07:35 PM Tom_L: i got lucky too on the upright posts at the scrap... able to find enough that were the same
07:35 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:443/~webpage/patio/patio8.jpg
07:36 PM Tom_L: 5 in all
07:36 PM aandrew: nice. that was a good find!
07:36 PM Tom_L: they'd been there for many years but some conglomerate bought them and now it's just not the same
07:37 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:443/~webpage/patio/patio2.jpg
07:37 PM Tom_L: my neighbor worked at a large construction company and borrowed a hole saw for me
07:38 PM aandrew: hahaha
07:39 PM aandrew: when I wanted to run a conduit/drain out the side of the garage I'd rented one of those coring drills and made a reasonable attempt at it on my own, but my son stopped by and was like "dude, just let me" and did it way faster/better
07:47 PM rue_mohr: $250 for 100feet
07:51 PM rue_mohr: and 30 taxes
08:03 PM rue_shop3: need spring wire too
08:03 PM rue_shop3: have to figure out where we were buying that from
08:13 PM rue_shop3: bike chain
08:17 PM Tom_L: if the spring wire isn't the same you may need to adjust the gcode for bending it
08:25 PM rue_shop3: 3d print more handles
08:25 PM rue_shop3: yea, I saw the package
08:30 PM aandrew: I want to write some VHDL but am too lazy to write it
08:30 PM aandrew: that's a pretty messed up thing
08:34 PM rue_shop3: then write it in verilog
08:35 PM rue_shop3: I have 11 cast , finished, triggers left
08:35 PM rue_shop3: bag of gosh-knows unfinished
08:36 PM rue_shop3: haha 78pcs apr 17 2002
08:37 PM aandrew: oh god I do not like verilog
08:37 PM rue_shop3: 49 left
08:39 PM rue_shop3: tomorrow I plan to slot the tubes, I have them all set up for it
08:39 PM rue_shop3: windstorm, so I'm not sure its a good idea to start a 3d print
08:50 PM rue_mohr: what for me tho
08:50 PM rue_mohr: what do I do to get closer to understanding life as a robot
08:51 PM rue_mohr: joystick
08:51 PM rue_mohr: do I build in li-ion batteries?
08:51 PM rue_mohr: I should put on supper
08:51 PM rue_mohr: then make a machine to put it on for me automatically tomorrow
09:27 PM rue_mohr: the CH32 ADC is NOISY little bugger
09:27 PM rue_mohr: /4 and still had to use an averager
09:29 PM rue_mohr: well, iir filter
09:30 PM rue_mohr: but I have a position stream from my joystick
09:30 PM rue_mohr: now I just need to set up the target joystick
09:35 PM rue_mohr: B136
09:35 PM rue_mohr: B135
09:35 PM rue_mohr: B134
09:35 PM rue_mohr: 135
09:35 PM rue_mohr: B134
09:35 PM rue_mohr: 135
09:35 PM rue_mohr: B134
09:35 PM rue_mohr: B135
09:35 PM rue_mohr: B134
09:51 PM rue_mohr: heh, rump is going to start a new australia
09:51 PM rue_mohr: heh, deport everyone he deems a criminal to another country
09:51 PM rue_mohr: hah