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Re:Geothermal energy could outperform nuclear power on Sunday September 15, 2024 @12:18AM (#41545182)
Look up Fervo Energy, I think you will be surprised how quickly their method will grow and expand as they gain more experience with their current projects.
Re:Geothermal energy could outperform nuclear power on Sunday September 15, 2024 @12:16AM (#41545173)
They fracture the granite and prop it open with sand or other materials, it doesn't really erode the same as surface granite, which is extremely slow to erode as is.
Re:Guix on the Framework 13 AMD on Friday February 16, 2024 @08:44PM (#39405488)
I manage to run OpenSuse with Cinnamon desktop on my AMD Framework 13, with a dell dock and 2 odd monitors, the scaling sometimes gets stupid, but that's the only annoying thing I have noticed so far. OpenSuse has been more of a learning curve than any hardware issue, mostly due to myself being used to Debian and Manjaro/Arch.
I did this. Automated the open/close of the door based on sunrise/sunset. Large water container, with automated heat tape for cold weather. Large food container built into the wall that I only fill monthly. Automated heat tape in the egg box where they roll out, so they don't freeze. Fan in the window that turns on when its hot inside the coop. Automated light in the coop that turns on morning/evening.
Re:PsychOS Linux – 32-bit distro for older computers on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:10PM (#33400028)
I loved Crunchbang, there was also ArchBang, which I used a few times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArchBang https://archbang.org/

I'm surprised this one[0] hasn't been mentioned, it is my favorite so far.

[0] https://kno.wled.ge/

A fast and feature-rich implementation of an ESP8266/ESP32 webserver to control NeoPixel (WS2812B, WS2811, SK6812) LEDs or also SPI based chipsets like the WS2801 and APA102!

Re:Solar-powered robotic beekeeping on Thursday March 31, 2022 @08:49PM (#30874006)
My Uncle uses hives like these, they aren't great for a commercial setup, but they are very nice to work with and manage the bees in.

https://horizontalhive.com/how-to-build/layens-beehive-desig...

Re:Easy way to control led's with a Raspberry Pi on Friday February 11, 2022 @04:23PM (#30307144)
This looks pretty cool. I'll have to put it on a rpiW I have laying around to test it out. Most of the time I use WLED[0] and a small esp8266/32.

Any plans for more effects? Or mqtt?

[0] https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/releases

Re:Node-Red on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:40AM (#30071634)
Thank you for creating this tool, I use it on multiple machines and enjoy when i find another new use for it.
Thank you for this wonderful piece of software.

my use of it for hobbyist projects helped me get my foot in the door for my current employment in automation and controls. I have multiple instances of it running to track various things, run my chicken coop door, send alerts, aggregate data... It's uses are endless and I enjoy the puzzle of using the new updates to the software to make my old flows better.

Re:Anxiety is in your body, not your mind on Sunday April 11, 2021 @11:40PM (#26775877)
I had work related anxiety for awhile, and then one day I realized I could co-op that energy to go faster, by body and mind eventually decided they didn't like that mind hack and the anxiety subsided.
Re:Ubiquiti Networks Breach on Monday January 11, 2021 @07:39PM (#25740613)
I had a fitlet2, was super excited about it, and took awhile to find one.

I had to do some work to get it to boot properly, and it worked great for a year or so, but then it just died one day, and I could never figure out what its problem was.

Out of warranty by the dead date, never bought another.

Been using a $100 HP 8300 SFF with an i7 since, it's a bit overkill, but the price was right.

Just purchased a Lenovo M90n iot when it was on sale for $215, will see how it works out once I get it.

Re:Fair-Code Automation with n8n.io on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:48PM (#25641437)
Sorry, I apparently can't format very well on n my phone
Re:Fair-Code Automation with n8n.io on Monday January 04, 2021 @09:47PM (#25641431)
I have 10 setups running now I think, may have missed some too.

1- Homeassistant on ODroidC4 2- Raspberry Pi controlling my chicken coop in barn 3- Docker 1, not sure what it does anymore 4- Docker 2, used to run chicken coop, has a bunch of legacy stuff I don't want to move, like my discord firewall connection to block/allow kids Internet and kids pi-hole 5- Docker 3, fresh setup to standardize my data collection via MQTT to influxDB and Ignition Maker Edition 6- Raspberrypi at cousins restaurant, monitors temps, send alerts to discord and POS printers, runs the door dingers out speakers, different per door and volume changes by time of day/day of week 7- Docker on resturant camera server, don't think it does anything really 8- RaspberryPi at resturant in the shed, watches the freezer temp and building temp, was going to watch power and the door also, never got around to it 9- Raspberrypi at Buddies shop, watches his boiler temps 10- Docker at buddies house, collects the shop boiler data and pushes to influxdb for Grafana, I think, I may have bypassed that part of it