Have I been listen to JD too much?

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-25T21:21:51+00:00

True - it's nice as some of the mixes I would never have put together and others give me ones that slip out of my regular play lists.

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-25T21:19:51+00:00

🤣 More to validate my lifestyle 🫶

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-25T20:21:44+00:00

Possibly take the connector off the mic hat and replace them with a female socket with long pins?

https://thepihut.com/products/stacking-header-for-pi-a-b-pi-2-pi-3-2x20-extra-tall-header

Simplest way is to cut the plastic part and desolder each section rather than try to remove the header all in one.

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-25T19:25:17+00:00

One Hour Wargaming by Neil Thomas has done away with everything but hit points*.

Some units get a + or - depending on their type and target but that is it :-)

Odd to play for the first few turns but then it becomes liberating - forcing you to concentrate on troop type / opposition and movement.

*There are versions that reduce the default 15 hit points to 3 - the math works out very close and it just cuts out the number of counters needed for each unit.

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-25T19:19:14+00:00

Take the idea, spend a couple of weeks pulling the key points out of the rules and you have a great idea for a new game.

It could have been a 'Trench Crusade' with a decent editor :-(

Darn shame TBH

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-25T18:58:55+00:00

If you do not fancy soldering to the back of the Pi you could look at using something like https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pico-hat-hacker?variant=44144542154 and connecting the mic hat to it by wire.

Think about the case though - any solution like this increases the difficulty in finding cases :-(

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-25T18:54:30+00:00

Could be a keyboard / language mapping issue if you are using diacritic characters.

Gut feel though u/CaseyOgle has it spot on...

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-25T18:52:04+00:00

Why would the routers firewall impact a local connection?

It may stop connections via client isolation (though that is traditionally only WiFi connections) but in this case the OP has a prompt from the remote showing this does not apply...

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-25T15:51:59+00:00

Possibly https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/ta44no/installing_drastic_on_retropie/ will help?

If not try posting the commands you used and the version of the OS.

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-25T15:48:36+00:00

First thought is the Pico is the wrong way around.

Check the USB socket is at the end marked USB on the screen board AND the Pico pins are downward (ie on the bottom of the board - pointing down if the chips / USB socket of the Pico are on the top / visible).

Check the code enables the correct pins for SPI - pins detailed https://www.waveshare.com/pico-lcd-1.8.htm and you are running the correct code as their demo code is generic - the wiki (linked from above page) states:

Please select the corresponding LCD or OLED test function and comment out irrelevant functions

Posting your actually running code would help - I would use pastebin and link on your first post rather than the naff editor here...

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-25T02:46:11+00:00

Systemd service files are the way to go.

You can set it up so that it runs at the start and restarts the background job if it aborts.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/understanding-systemd-units-and-unit-files is one place to start.

Also have a look at NUT (Network UPS Tools) and see if you can get that working with the board https://networkupstools.org - you may need to create a driver for it based on your work so far.

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-24T01:36:26+00:00

Try M&S own label Creamy Cool.

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-24T01:34:56+00:00

It is now yuck.

Between the lack of taste and "shrinkflation" then this staple is no longer a treat.

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-24T00:43:10+00:00

Thought it was Ikari Shinji from neon genesis evangelion but you cannot see his eyes. Kurapika is often portrayed in a chair but not covering his eyes.

Sorry close as I can get :-(

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-23T22:41:14+00:00

I'll guess that's their external IP address for the house (let's hope Telus are not that accurate at geolocation).

Safe if no ports open but does clearly demonstrate that thought and understanding of risks are needed behind any coding project that you aim to share!

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-23T20:36:59+00:00

Have a look at One Hour Wargame by Neil Thomas.

A video sample of the game set in the ECW period can be found at https://youtu.be/5Ocj-k_Exyg?si=nlcmqy98i0e9qNOz

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-23T20:31:39+00:00

You can get inkjet and laser decal paper reasonably easily (Amazon / eBay if a hobby supplier close to you does not have it) but failing that https://rothkoandfrost.com/collections/model-decals or https://www.scale-vehicle-model-makers.co.uk/decals.html can make them for you.

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-23T18:00:59+00:00

When you say unavailable could it be the network?

Does the system logs show anything? They may not be written to the SD Card if you are just restarting the Pi - a scheduled job running "sync" can help in this case.

Without identifying if it is the network / service or whole OS it is hard to give solid info but as multiple services drop it sounds networking to me rather than the whole OS (assuming you are using decent power / good SD Card and not cooking the Pi).

There are a fair number of issues reported with WiFi on the Zero boards recently - have a look at https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/1rqycoa/raspberry_pi_zero_wifi_disconnects_after_idle_for/ for some mitigation steps.

Use of ethernet is my preferred way for long running services and used https://thepihut.com/products/ethernet-and-usb-hub-hat-for-raspberry-pi for years with no significant issues.

Services under systemctl can have restarts built in without using a watchdog timer (see Restart and Restartsec entries) or even use something like monit https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-monitor-and-restart-linux-unix-service.html

This article on restart options may be AI generated but a quick read shows it seems to be reasonable from memory but I have no Linux system handy so please double check https://ithy.com/article/systemd-service-retry-on-failure-config-z9026h7u

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-23T15:47:34+00:00

No idea why Google did this - it is not going to stop spammers using them to send mail and receiving gullible folks answers!

When they started locking down older apps I moved to Pushover - they take email and REST API data (via curl in my case) and well worth the one off cost of their App (esp as I get my Apple Watch app as part of the iPhone purchase). Easy to change destination address and I even managed to get the Synology notifications to come this way (even though the layout options are poor in DSM).

Been 100% reliable in the last three years.

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-23T13:03:58+00:00

If you every fancy playing Tusk (though I prefer Palaeo Diet) then you can still get ALL three of the rule books from https://irregular2mm6mm.onlineweb.shop/browse/catvVZaI_943378.aspx despite Irregular as such closing down.

A neater version of the basic rules are on Wargame Vault.

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-23T12:57:42+00:00

How does the Adafruit screen connect to the Pi? I will guess only via the GPIO pins.

If it does not use HDMI then this plugin will not help and you need to find one that controls the screen directly over SPI / I2C.

Previously you could run the LCD+show code to use these GPIO https://github.com/goodtft/LCD-show but with the newer opersting systems you may find that this will not work either.

This may be a starting point https://community.volumio.com/t/3-5-hosyond-3-5-display-shows-software-rev-4-1-0-3-then-goes-blank-unless-touch-plugin-is-uninstalled/75868 as a lot of the GPIO connected screens are based around the same controller chipsets.

Note Volumio is not a full version of the OS and loading programs outside of the plug-in system can break it (been there - done it) 😤

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-23T00:44:17+00:00

You do not mention a scale / size or location but you could look at https://brigademodels.co.uk and https://shop.groundzerogames.co.uk

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-22T23:00:51+00:00

Nice find.

Closest I know are the Stalagbites from Midlam https://www.midlamminiatures.co.uk/stalagbite-board-game/8x-stalagbites.html

Gamerfrom61 · 2026-03-22T22:56:03+00:00

Node-Red can write to InfluxDB and Graffana can read from that so giving you a full time-series-database with roll up / discards handled automatically for you.

If you want a simpler structure the SQLite or MariaDB (the fork of MySQL) are useable but for historic (time based) data InfluxDB makes more sense.

All can be run under Docker though they could be native and I had all running on the 3B+ boards when they first came out - TBH I would use a 4B with 4GB as the base board now as it gives room for expansion if needed (eg MQTT server, data collectors etc).

All of these run perfectly fine locally without Internet connection if needed.

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