leisesprecher

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[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The new Intel chips already addressed that, at least for notebook class devices.

Realistically, there wasn't really a reason for Intel and AMD to be super power efficient, simply because there wasn't any competition for quite a while. It took Apple Silicon to show how powerful arm can be and how easy the transition could be.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Post a photo of a virus and let's get this debate settled in sharia court once and for all!

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 17 points 3 days ago (5 children)

You don't have to get all philosophical, since the value art is almost by definition debatable.

These models can't do basic logic. They already fail at this. And that's actually relevant to corpos if you can suddenly convince a chatbot to reduce your bill by 60% because bears don't eat mangos or some other nonsensical statement.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Even ascribing consciousness into others or ourselves is actually pretty stupid if you think about it.

Stemming from religion there's this idea that human "souls" are somehow special and exist on a plane outside reality. But that's not the case.

We are just semi-rigid blobs of mostly water that grew into weird shapes.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 5 points 5 days ago

And Hitler planned to conquer the world.

There's a good chance, you simply cannot retire in 30 years. Or at least not fully. State funded pensions are struggling worldwide. If less new tax payers are coming in, whose taxes pay your pension?

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you see the world that simplistic, maybe you should have refrained from procreating.

Birth control can fail. Pills can be forgotten or interfere with other medications, IUDs can fall out unnoticed, condoms can break or slip off, etc.

If you have sex often enough, the chances of having birth control fail at some point creep up to 100%, and if you're "lucky" that results in a pregnancy, and if the mother either has no access to abortions, or simply doesn't want one, you have a child.

Unplanned doesn't mean unwanted or unloved. Many people in principle would like a child but don't know if now is the right time and this person is the right partner, but if random chance over, they'll take that hint and become parents.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 28 points 5 days ago

Antifa ist Handarbeit.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The real question is, why are you so sure about that?

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

As an academic discussion, sure.

But why exactly are these guys in charge of almost everything to some degree? Economics is essentially string theory for people who are not smart enough for physics - theoretically maybe sound, but utterly useless for reality.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 28 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Hähnchen means little rooster, btw.

So this is an article about Hähnchen energy.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago

WFH + useless meetings = all my chores are done.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

But she was elected directly by actual people, wasn't she? It's not like she was put in an office by her party alone, people voted for her - as far as I remember even after the Jewish space laser incident.

And that's fucking scary. I don't think the smoke screen theory is wrong, but it seems more like a collateral benefit. People in the US are stupid, brainwashed or insane enough to elect a person like her into a position of power.

 

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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