leisesprecher

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[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 43 points 3 weeks ago

I'm kind of pissed that such obvious and preventable idiocy leads to an almost immediate liver transplant.

Yes, that's just a lucky coincidence for him, but still...

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

As shown above, they don't read the label. Ironically, you didn't even read the screenshot that's the cause of all of this - which disproves your point entirely.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 12 points 1 month ago

It's not inherent in terms of "more store=more fast".

You could absolutely take older, more established production nodes to produce higher quality, longer lasting flash storage. The limitation hardly ever is space, but heat. So putting that kind of flash storage, with intentionally slowed down controllers, into regular 2.5 or even 3.5" form factors should be possible.

Cost could be an issue because the market isn't seen as very large.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 27 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I still wonder, what's stopping vendors from producing "chonk store" devices. Slow, but reliable bulk storage SSDs.

Just in terms of physical space, you could easily fit 200 micro SD cards in a 2.5" drive, have everything replicated five times and end up with a reasonably reliable device (extremely simplified, I know).

I just want something for luke-warm storage that didn't require a datacenter and/or 500W continuous power draw.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 31 points 1 month ago

What if, that might overwhelm you, this doesn't answer the question at all?

You're simply pushing the question half a millimeter to the side. Nothing more.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 102 points 1 month ago (4 children)

That's what I'm asking myself with pretty much any "sexy" decoration.

Why put a poster of a nude girl in your locker, break room, bedroom, whatever? The only explanation I can find is performative display of (hetero) masculinity.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 12 points 1 month ago

Man sollte die Sorgen der Echsen ernst nehmen! Sonst spielt man nur der AfD in die Hände!!!

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Because it's not using hot steam, but vapor, it's more like sweating.

The heat exchangers are sprayed with misted water, which evaporates and takes away heat. But the resulting vapor is still only slightly above ambient temperature and can't be reasonably condensated.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I really wonder what's going on in the editors minds here.

The entire premise of the article is "All experts say no, but I think yes" - why would anyone about any topic publish this? If it would be an actual debate, maybe some contrarian but actual experts arguing in favor of sentience, you could get into an argument here. But this article is blatant science denial. Climate change deniers and antivaxxers use the exact same approach "facts say X, but my feelings say Y".

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago

Wie soll man denn sowas auf Papier bringen???

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 35 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Wo bekommt man den?

Ich hätte ein paar Denkmäler zu schützen.

 

I'm trying to get an old Windows game running for a friend.

It seems to be a 16bit macromedia app and I kind of got it running in a Win 98 VM using Virtualbox. DOSBox seems to get confused by it being a Windows app.

Thing is, the friend is very much not good with tech and I want to set everything up for him to "just work". Installing VBox might be a bit too much.

Apparently, you can install Windows inside DOSBox, but is that really stable and usable for layman? Are there any other approaches?

 

I asked a while ago, how to build an automatic light switch and finally got around to actually building it.

My board is an ESP8266 mini D, and ignoring all the sensor parts, my problem right now is powering the actual light.

It's just a small LED array and I connected it directly to the 5V and GND pins (controlled via a transistor).

Measuring from the wall (so including the PSU), this whole setup pulls about 3W (so far expected), however, one small component close to the USB connector gets uncomfortably warm, and I'm not sure, whether that's ok.

The hot component is one of the two small thingies circled in the picture. I thought the 5V get pulled directly from the USB plug, so I'm not sure, why there is any circuitry involved.

 

I'm trying to build a very simple, stupid light switch for my grow light. Essentially, I want to turn on the light, if it gets too dark outside, so that my plants can survive the northern winter.

Since I'm a software guy, my first thought was an ESP32, but that seems excessive.

My current approach would be something like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/313561010352 In conjunction with a relay, both powered by a USB-PSU.

If the light level is low enough, the logic DO pin should send a signal and that should be enough to trigger a small relay, so that the relay then closes the circuit to switch on the lights.

Is that idea completely stupid? With electronics, I'm usually missing something very obvious.

The lights themselves are already just usb powered and only draw 5W, so that shouldn't be problem.

What I'm concerned with is the actual switching. Is the logic signal "strong" enough to activate a relay? Would simple transistor maybe sufficient?

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