RedBauble

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Amazon Contractors can't even sing in their cars now. Unions protect against this micromanagement. in c/workreform@lemmy.world
[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Was it in "Ubik" that people had to pay a fee every time they wanted to use their domestic appliances or even open the door to their own house?

YouTube Downloader too ? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Not one in particular, just the first thing that came to mind since I use it a lot on linux. I even use NewPipe on android, didn't even remember it had an option to download

YouTube Downloader too ? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

yt-dlp inside termux?

Recommended containerized CardDAV/CalDAV solution? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Baikal works wonders

What Calendar and To Do solution do you recommend? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
Paying for mullvad via mailed cash in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

I did that some time ago. I just put the letter in an envelope, with just the receiver address on it, went to my local post office, paid for the service and the stamps, left them the letter and I was done.

3rd party Telegram app? in c/fdroid@lemmy.ml
[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nekogram X?

Lines through printed pages in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Also depending on the architecture on the computer, this might be the only possible solution. I have a samsung m2020 series printer connected to a Pi to share it on the local network. Samsung Unified Driver does not work on armhf as it is only compiled for x86/x64, but splix can be compiled on armhf and it actually supports my printer

Lines through printed pages in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Others are saying to switch to the specific driver for your printer. If you do not want to go proprietary you could try and see if your printer is supported by the splix driver

Using an nVidia Tesla p40 for rendering on Linux in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

What did you do to keep the card cool?

Poorly. Had 3d printer a fan duct and ducted a fan to the back of the case, to push-pull air. Those cards are made to work in server racks, with really high pressure and high speed fans, not really for a desktop. I have seen people on reddit mounting a modified 3070ti cooler on the tesla, but I had not had a chanve to try that.

And was it loud?

Yes, depending on the fans used. But high speed fans are generally loud. Also lots of vibrations, but that qas mostly fault of my incredibly sketchy setup

Using an nVidia Tesla p40 for rendering on Linux in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I used to do this with a nvidia tesla m40 and a radeon hd6850. Used the tesla for rendering amd encoding, the radeon for display output. I just followed the arch wiki pages related to nvidia optimus laptops and PRIME offloading. It worked but was a bit junk, in some other tests I did, when the radeon was used to render the DE, I had a much more fluid experience, offloading the rendering seems to lead to some micro stutters every now and then that make it a not so fluid experience. But ymmv I guess. Also I haven't had any luck with two separate nvidia cards, but that was probably due to driver version mismatch between the two cards

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[Advice Request]: managing thermal pads for SMD components in custom PCB (sh.itjust.works)
 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/13637559

Hello everyone, I need some advice.

I am making custom PCBs for a project of mine. It's basically for a little remotely controlled robot using little DC motors. I chose the Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3 as the uC since it has inbuilt wifi/bt, 3.3V regulator that I can use to power the motors (can source up to 700mA) and lipo charging management (the robots will run on battery). As you can see from here, the microcontroller is surface mounted and the pads for the battery are on the bottom layer. Same story goes for the thermal pad of the microcontroller and the thermal pad of the motor driver (datasheet). I have worked with SMD components in the past and can solder them by hand, but I have never worked with SMD components that have thermal pads on the bottom layer. My question is: how to manage (route?) them? My PCB is 2-layer and I was planning on having both layers filled with a ground plane. Do I just connect thermal pads to the ground plane and call it a day? Wouldn't that make the components hard to solder with hot air? Do I make an isolated polygon that only acts as a thermal pad?

Speaking of soldering is even hot air the way to go in this case? My PCB has components on both sides, and I was planning on ordering stencils together with the boards and using solder paste, placing the components and then using hot air to solder the components in place. I thought a hot plate would be better but I don't have access to one and I don't know how that works with components on both sides.

I attached some photos of the PCB in Kicad, and here's the git repo. If it is of any help, I'm planning of having them manifactured by JLCPCB. It is also my first time using KiCad, so go easy on me :)

Thanks!

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Our parents gifted me and my sister the LEGO Doctor Who Set from "The Time of the Doctor" [gallery] (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by RedBauble@sh.itjust.works to c/doctorwho@lemmy.world
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Just thought it would be fitting building while watching the matching Christmas special!

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KIDNEYS! PXL_20231226_003811378

All finished up PXL_20231226_003909786

Nearly 500 smartphone brands have left the market since 2017 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] RedBauble@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That was the Motorola Moto Z series for ya, had pins on the back for modules to be attached. Some modules were a battery pack, jbl speaker, a projector, and even a little printer to have the phone work like a polaroid

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