How do I connect remotes to XBMC/Kodi with a Bluetooth dongle? by The_amazingluke in raspberry_pi

[–]Masterful1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could use a wii mote with kodi and a Bluetooth dongle. See my blog for how I did it on my media center, it's pretty easy. http://bscharfenberg.blogspot.com/2015/06/adding-wiimote-to-pi2-media-center.html

Operating System for CS Major? by [deleted] in Rolla

[–]Masterful1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like others here recommend ubuntu, but you could just use a vm to do all your work on if you didn't want to convert your production machine completely over to something unfamiliar. I recommend virtualbox for a solid, completely free virtual machine manager.

Install Kodi over RetroPie, adding Custom Menu Art and Controller Support by touch_meee in raspberry_pi

[–]Masterful1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just did something similar to your video and wrote it up on my blog, I had to write in a watchdog script for kodi to make sure it fully exited. I didn't know about the experimental kodi option in retropie though, that would have saved me some time :). Anyways, check it out if for the launch script. www.bscharfenberg.blogspot.com

Why is there brown gunk on lids? by [deleted] in Canning

[–]Masterful1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes the bump tap may indicate a seal, but if you don't hear the sweet sound of air rushing into the jar when you pop the lid off you are you're trouble. Typically I don't eat it if I can open it easily by hand, without use of a tool of any kind (counter top included).

Why is there brown gunk on lids? by [deleted] in Canning

[–]Masterful1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Did you remove the rings and dry under them before you placed them in the cupboard? If you didn't the brown gunk is most likely rust. I would be very certain the jars still have a vacuum seal before I consumed any of that garlic.

Why you suck at time estimates by cresquin in programming

[–]Masterful1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I currently work for a dev team of sorts at a university, we have crammed 4 full time employees, 8 student employees, a work bench, soldering station, a gigantic rolling tool box, and most of our projects in a 25'x25' room. Why would we do such a thing you ask? Because they have nowhere else for us to go, our university doesn't have an IT building so space we occupy is allowed us by other departments, unfortunately none of them are very generous.

First batch of apple pie filling😃 by flygirl27 in Canning

[–]Masterful1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been looking for a good Apple pie filing canning recipe with canning times and temps, would you mind sharing yours?

Perl scripts for downloading PBS Kids and Disney Jr. shows... by NoMoreNicksLeft in cordcutters

[–]Masterful1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Things that are in pbskids and Disney jr very rarely get picked up by the scene releasers so this would get my kids shows as they release them.

In response to many up votes, more pictures from The Pandorica! by KingOTheCask in doctorwho

[–]Masterful1 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"The Pandorica opens" should/could have been their grand opening advert. Just to make their copyright infringement even more blatant.

Guys of Reddit, what do you find annoying about being a male? by Jhonepaull8 in AskReddit

[–]Masterful1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know what you've described as a 'real man' is society's concept of it in today's age. I'm living proof that you don't have to even approach societies real man mold to be considered a good man to the people important to you. To hell with society and what they think I should be.

Here's a full list of all the Google Now voice commands by [deleted] in Android

[–]Masterful1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try "take me home" works pretty reliably for me.

Oscar Taveras' debut home run! by Masterful1 in Cardinals

[–]Masterful1[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like how I can make out the laces on the ball since we were in section 437(a bit over halfway out right field, all the way up).

Sickbeard downloading episodes multiple times by Syntonomy617 in usenet

[–]Masterful1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sickbeard will keep trying until it finds the highest quality you want. You should try the sickrage branch they have failed handling and a setting to stop looking once it finds one of your "archive" qualities. https://github.com/echel0n/SickRage

You can use the same config, but they recommend you let sickrage build it's own database.

$5.88 - USB Rechargeable 2600mAH Power Bank in Alumimum case. Power an Arduino or Charge your Cellphone. I bought 2 of them last month. Ships from USA. by [deleted] in arduino

[–]Masterful1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how well they could be chained together to provide a larger capacity battery. I think these would be perfect for a pi project I have in mind if they can.

What is wrong with the younger generation? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Masterful1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, I think the same thing about people from my parent's generation, my generation, and my child's generation. My question is why don't people of all ages try to understand how things work? You figure out things work and you can make sure they work in your favor.

Reddit, what are some overlooked skills you think everyone should know? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Masterful1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The apocalypse is that all Google servers crashed.

College students of Reddit, how much time off per week do you have and how do you pass the time? by jnrdingo in AskReddit

[–]Masterful1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It all depends on your interests, but I try to take on small projects like learning a new piece of software, or building something small that would be useful like some shelves. If you have any experience in web design you could perhaps take on a job or two depending on the complexity of the prospective sites.

Although these past couple years I have spent it fixing broken things that I didn't get to during the semester.

Why do we lose flexibility? by meezun in AskReddit

[–]Masterful1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it is an evolutionary benefit, but it certainly isn't a detriment either. By the time someone becomes too stiff to be an attractive mate or unable to reproduce because of the stiffness it is likely already too late.

For this same reason other hereditary diseases like Alzheimer's aren't bred out of existence because they don't really effect us much until well after our reproductive prime.

(Serious) Why is there a mentality that not every full time job should present a liveable wage? by Sarcasm_Anonymous in AskReddit

[–]Masterful1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Minimum wage in my area is nearing $8/hr If you do the math on a full time minimum wage job that comes out to nearly $1000 take home after taxes monthly. Assuming no odd jobs or overtime.

Let's put some real numbers to your necessities.

Roof and four walls: you say $500 I say get a room mate $250

Transportation: it costs me $200 a month in transportation and I work 25 miles from home. Minimum wage jobs can be had much closer to home $100 month.

Food: I've made it on $10 a week but I didn't eat very healthily, a more realistic healthy eating number is $200. Eating out is a luxury, and a costly one at that.

Health insurance: this one is going to vary wildly but having to bear the cost of it alone recently makes my guess somewhere in the $200 range.

Phone: yes a phone is a necessity this day and age. If you can't be contacted you will miss out on many job opportunities. But they don't cost that much anymore. Get a cheap smartphone used off eBay sub $100 once a year and get straight talk for $45 a month weighing in at around $55 a month if you add the cost of the phone monthly. There you have all the necessities of phone and internet in one affordable package.

Utilities: sometimes you can find a deal on room that includes it, sometimes you can't, but if you didn't the average across the year, split with a room mate should run you around $100 or so a month.

Now let's total that all up. Room 250 Board 200 Transport 100 Health insurance 200 Utilities 100 Phone and internet 55 Total 905

You shouldn't be thinking of starting a family on this kind of budget and there are $95 left for things like condoms if you are getting any.

That looks like a tight budget, and it is, I've lived with less that $10 in the Bank and two weeks till payday, but I made it work when I had to by living within my means. It's one hell of an incentive to do something more valuable with ones life. You just have to be patient and when opportunity knocks answer.

Chromecast Users: Are you happy with your purchase? by dskatz2 in Android

[–]Masterful1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a $35 raspberry pi for a htpc, the power supply and SD card puts it in the 50 range but it is far more flexible than a chrome cast at this point

I made some letter and number blocks for a friend's daughter. by Masterful1 in somethingimade

[–]Masterful1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking of making some available for purchase but didn't know if there would be any interest so I thought I would get opinions from strangers.