#robotics Logs

Feb 19 2018

02:05 AM rue_bed: AND CHROMIUM JUST FROZE THE WINDOW MANAGER AGAIN FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
02:08 AM rue_bed: dont know how it does that
02:08 AM polprog: for me it was kicads 3d viewer :o
02:08 AM rue_bed: it freezes up the graphics card somehow
02:08 AM rue_bed: the mouse will move, keyboard wont respond
02:08 AM rue_bed: I can ssh in and reboot it
02:08 AM polprog: same
02:08 AM AchiestDragon: the google version seems more stable
01:31 PM AchiestDragon: well so much for having twin grid feeds to the town , 2hr power outage today
01:33 PM AchiestDragon: but was about 2 years since the last one
01:34 PM robotustra: do wind and solar generators for backups
01:35 PM Tom_L: all you need then is a sunny or windy day
01:37 PM robotustra: or charged accums from previous windy or sunny days
01:38 PM AchiestDragon: no loss , other than loss of internet during it , and this pc down ,laptop has 3hrs on battery , just no good music streams
01:41 PM AchiestDragon: i had a ups , the batteries need replacing every year or 2 , i gave up on it as it would not realy be used enough to justify the cost of batteries
01:42 PM AchiestDragon: and well the laptop runs on batteries or mains anyway , the main issue is no power = no kettle = no coffee thats more of a problem
01:57 PM SpeedEvil: AchiestDragon: Blowtorch
02:19 PM theBear: the tricky bit is getting the laptop to go with the blowtorch
02:21 PM SpeedEvil: I (alas before digital cameras) made an internal combustion laptop.
02:21 PM SpeedEvil: That is - generator in the battery bay.
02:21 PM SpeedEvil: https://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-engine-babe-bee.html
02:27 PM z64555: rotary?
02:27 PM z64555: or turbine, maybe
02:27 PM * z64555 actually clicks the link
03:11 PM tttb3 is now known as tttb
05:00 PM SpeedEvil: naah - boring 2-stroke
10:07 PM AchiestDragon: the other intersting fact is the phone hard lines where out also so even a router on ups would not have been any help
10:08 PM AchiestDragon: guess they cant put power over fiber
10:14 PM Triffid_Hunter: rue_: nope, but google translate does a passable job
11:22 PM rue_shop3: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2750463
11:22 PM rue_shop3: Triffid_Hunter, its translation is out, I need someone who can help me with alternate interpretations