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Written by Alex Volkov on 2024-12-20 at 04:12

I want to highlight https://video.canadiancivil.com/home peertube server, where Canadian urbanists @reece and @shifter that I follow on youtube are posting videos on fedi.

Please go and check out the server.

Heres a bit of background about the server— https://video.canadiancivil.com/w/wFXsQU6npQkDopwp8EZmUy

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Written by Alex Volkov on 2024-09-05 at 03:30

This is a nice tutorial by the way that I skip ahead sometimes, but it gives me basic pointers on accounting and gnucash -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89get440Awg&list=PLmgR2eygrwdjq61sLZd7dDbb1AYw_MTV7

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Written by Alex Volkov on 2024-09-05 at 02:10

I'm trying out Gnucash, and the first thing it does -- gives me error message that an account is read-only -- open account option and remove placeholder checkbox.

Except I have no idea where the account options are.

Turns out I need to right-click -> edit account -> uncheck Placeholder checkbox.

Googling this showed mailing lists that didn't give good info.

Classic GNU utils -- renaming options without updating documentation, and assuming newbies know everything

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Written by Alex Volkov on 2024-02-01 at 01:06

I fond this absolute unit with a floppy drive at a local value village, but I have a bigger fish to fry at the moment.

I think CRT Dude either coveted or cursed a Sony Mavica like that in one of his videos.

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Written by Alex Volkov on 2023-11-21 at 00:38

Looking at the photos, it seemed that printed parts with 1 perimeter layer instead of 2.

No wonder they are more brittle.

Here's a completely unfair comparison to a much bulkier shape at 0.2mm with 2 layers, that took an actual effort to punch through.

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Written by Alex Volkov on 2023-11-21 at 00:12

This is why I shouldn't be using 0,3mm layer height for prototypes (or most of the things).

Printing at 0.3mm may save 50% of time but it's a false economy, overhangs that come out decently at 0.2mm are just awful at 0.3mm; and the part itself is so brittle it falls apart by just holding it.

See description of each part for details.

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Written by Alex Volkov on 2023-10-22 at 20:04

I made a breakout board/soldering jig/ header jig for Raspberry Pi Pico.

https://www.printables.com/model/623098-parametric-breakout-board-for-raspberry-pi-pico

It was really easy because someone else did the heavy lifting of designing the model. I just had to tweak a few parameters to make it work for a different board. That's why I'm a fan of OpenScad.

[#]OpenSCAD #3dprinting #pico

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Written by Alex Volkov on 2023-10-17 at 04:45

I tried running TinyGo on Arduino Nano, here's how it went

https://flamy.ca/blog/2023-10-17-tinygo-intro.html

[#]Golang #TinyGo

I mentioned writing this post a while ago. I finally did it.

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Written by Alex Volkov on 2023-10-09 at 02:03

The statue of Conrad now lives at Robertson Parkette, which is at the intersection of Coxwell and Danforth.

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