Techy stuff

[mlooney 3,417]

For reasons I'm not sure on, I installed XFCE4 on my chromebook. Then spent some quality time setting up a developer environment on it. This allows me to do "useful" work while laying on my back in bed.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

4 hours ago, mlooney said:

For reasons I'm not sure on, I installed XFCE4 on my chromebook. Then spent some quality time setting up a developer environment on it. This allows me to do "useful" work while laying on my back in bed.

What sort of useful work? What is the goal?

[mlooney 3,417]

40 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

What sort of useful work? What is the goal?

Working on Project X and it's related Project X2.  Need a fairly robust Perl install, LaTex, LibreOffice, Okular and Gimp

[mlooney 3,417]

My new printer arrived yesterday afternoon and I didn't have enough spoons to deal with it.  So I set it up this morning.  Given that it's an older model Brother printer, it was really just a case of plugging it in and printing a test page.

[mlooney 3,417]

How to tell when a photo is staged and by some one that doesn't know how a tool is used. For those not familiar with soldering irons, the part she is holding gets very hot. Enough so melt soft metals. The black and gray part is what you are supposed to hold the iron by.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

You would generally have a protective mat under the work piece as well, to catch solder drops. Also, remove your rings around electrical BS.

Yellow eye wear at an indoor bench? I don't think so, am I wrong?

It also does not appear to be being assembled nor disassembled, it is merely a prop.

All of those subtleties are nothing compared to cooking your fingers; good catch!

[mlooney 3,417]

Yeah the other safety failures pale in comparison to where she is holding the iron.

[mlooney 3,417]

A hobby that I almost got into way the fuck back in the day. Might try it now because Morse code isn't a requirement any more.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

Ham radio. Best for transmitting salty language over a fat bandwidth.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

-  ....  .-  -     ..  ...     .-     ...-  .  .-.  -.--     ..-.  ..-  -.  -.  -.--     .--.  ..  -.-.  -  ..-  .-.  .     ---  ..-.     .-     ....  .-  --     .-.  .-  -..  ..  ---  .-.-.-     ....  ---  .--     --  .-  -.  -.--     -.-.  ....  .  -.-.  -.-     --  .-  .-.  -.-  ...  --..--     ...  -  .-  .-.  ...  --..--     ---  .-.     .  .-..  -..  .  .-.     ...  ..  --.  -.  ...     -..  ..  -..     -.--  ---  ..-     --.  ..  ...-  .     -.--  ---  ..-  .-.  ...  .  .-..  ..-.     ..-.  ---  .-.     -  ....  .-  -  ..--..

 

[mlooney 3,417]

8 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

-  ....  .-  -     ..  ...     .-     ...-  .  .-.  -.--     ..-.  ..-  -.  -.  -.--     .--.  ..  -.-.  -  ..-  .-.  .     ---  ..-.     .-     ....  .-  --     .-.  .-  -..  ..  ---  .-.-.-     ....  ---  .--     --  .-  -.  -.--     -.-.  ....  .  -.-.  -.-     --  .-  .-.  -.-  ...  --..--     ...  -  .-  .-.  ...  --..--     ---  .-.     .  .-..  -..  .  .-.     ...  ..  --.  -.  ...     -..  ..  -..     -.--  ---  ..-     --.  ..  ...-  .     -.--  ---  ..-  .-.  ...  .  .-..  ..-.     ..-.  ---  .-.     -  ....  .-  -  ..--..

 

Oh, several.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

I was thinking semaphore flags might be a better idea the next time the website goes down

[mlooney 3,417]

http://semaphorify.info/?c=The website is down

[Darth Fluffy 302]

3 hours ago, mlooney said:

Oh, several.

Good job!

[mlooney 3,417]

Don't forget the mlooney and /me are separate mind sets.  Not quite separate identities, but close.