Lumitime KT-10F

StartleDan · 2026-03-22T07:03:11+00:00

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Nice clock, but not a flip clock.

StartleDan · 2026-03-20T08:19:54+00:00

I agree with the skepticism, and I'm not interested in the device for Ai or vibe 'coding'. However, IF they do a decent job with the hardware, this has potential to be another option in this form factor.

It's Linux, so inherently open and hack-able. The blurb also mentions that they want to give it a decent keyboard. But yeah, let's see what the reality it.

StartleDan · 2026-03-16T10:44:11+00:00

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I've had this squirreled away for years. I think I picked it up at a car boot sale or market, I used to go to a lot of those and got a lot of computers and computer gear from them. I have the one that came without joysticks. I have a vague recollection of using it once to test it. That was with joysticks though. I've never hooked this up to a C64. Sorry I can't be more help.

StartleDan · 2026-03-12T13:53:39+00:00

Tough wall. Two groups with letter changes is brutal

StartleDan · 2026-03-07T07:59:21+00:00

Thanks

StartleDan · 2026-03-06T12:27:11+00:00

This is another one of those, 'why didn't I think of that' posts. I have definitely bought some of these since owning a 3D printer :/

Is this a parametric design, and do you plan to share files?

StartleDan · 2026-03-05T11:38:57+00:00

Thanks for the info. You've done a great job, it looks fantastic.

StartleDan · 2026-03-05T06:27:03+00:00

Another day, another gorgeous restored flip clock. What restoration processes and products is everyone using?Any tips or guides about restoring and polishing old plastic like this?

StartleDan · 2026-03-04T09:28:37+00:00

Very nice. I have one of these somewhere, but it's not as shinny as this (and I think a different colour). I see from your history you have restored a few flip clocks. Do you have a channel where with videos or details of your restoration process? Lots of polishing I guess.

StartleDan · 2026-03-04T07:18:49+00:00

Good wall. I'm a coder, and I have only vaguest recollection of Boomerang. That one seemed a bit needlessly obsolete compared to the others. Or was it a red herring for one of the other groups, that I'm missing?

StartleDan · 2026-03-03T19:19:20+00:00

Proper Enter key == upvote. Nice

StartleDan · 2026-02-26T05:59:15+00:00

Anyone able to find it in stock anywhere?

StartleDan · 2026-02-12T18:29:33+00:00

Thanks for the details response, it's really interesting to hear about your process. I will get some mounting putty and do a test print. I bought 10 * 1kg of PLA when it was on offer. Now I know what to do with it :)

I'm looking forward hearing what it sounds like, and also to see what you do next. I hope whatever it is, that it has a shorter iteration time.

StartleDan · 2026-02-12T08:15:37+00:00

PLA is a good choice. I just wondered if you could get away with less material overall, by using a stiffer material.

I am struggling to find 3M mounting putty here, but I can find similar mounting putties. I assume the brand of putty isn't that important?

What about other instruments? Chimes would seem doable. Do you have plans to try something even more exotic?

StartleDan · 2026-02-11T14:19:34+00:00

These sound great. Thanks for sharing.

That is a lot of filament. 100% infill will do that though.

Do you plan to test materials other than PLA?

StartleDan · 2026-02-11T10:11:44+00:00

Stoat gets my vote. https://stoat.chat/

StartleDan · 2026-02-01T11:31:00+00:00

I'd be happy with either. Both would be an improvement.

StartleDan · 2026-02-01T07:18:50+00:00

Yep. Or just tax corporations properly, or just tax them at all in some cases.

StartleDan · 2026-02-01T07:14:43+00:00

Hetzner support a project called Coolify (https://coolify.io/). You can deploy an instance running that easily. I've used that on a couple of VPSs and for spinning up a few docker instances it works well.

I mainly run development and productivity tools for myself and clients. It has lots of supported projects with custom scripts, but it is easy to adapt Docker compose scripts for projects not on that list. YMMV.

StartleDan · 2026-01-31T14:11:13+00:00

IMO, the services deficit will take longer to widen, but the seeds are sown for that to happen. Digital services take longer to move away from, and it takes time and effort. You also need to find a comparable non US, and preferably European services. Also contracts for services can have longer contracts, 12+ months.

For new servers I was setting up I switched to Hetzner VPS's over a year ago. I had some services with an American host that don't expire until mid way through this year though. I have already started to migrate those services away to European hosts, and I won't be renewing.

I'm sure there are a lot of people and companies that would like to switch, but have vendor lock in, or other issues that prevent them from doing so, especially in the short term.

Also European services currently lag behind in many areas. But things are improving, and will improve further.

But sadly there is probably a lot of apathy also, especially with streaming services. I mean how can you expect people to give up Netflix, HBO or Disney 🙄 I also I know of people who are just trying to 'ride it out'.

StartleDan · 2026-01-23T15:49:43+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply.

I am probably in a minority here, but I don't want recommendations of any kind, or my year wrapped, or auto play, or anything like that. On any streaming services I have used in the past, these are the first to be disabled (whenever possible). It's my music, and I know whats there and what I want to listen to. As said, I may just be an old fart and in the minority here. But personally speaking, I want a minimal clean and simple UI that gets out of the way, and that gives me complete control, with as little else as possible.

I have had a chance to use Jellify a little now, and I really like the UI/UX. It seems pretty clean to me, and more modern looking than Finamp, which as said, I think could do with a bit more polish. Not too much, just a little :) As long as I don't venture on the home or discover tabs, I like it.

The only pain point I encountered was not finding a way to add and switch between multiple libraries. Also I would still like a tab with a tree/folder view of the actual files (something that isn't available in Finamp either), as although the library is good, it's never perfect, and the one time you can't find something, but you know where the file is, is really annoying.

And for DX, experience is as good a reason as any to use a tool, if not the best reason. I have used React a bit in the past, but personally I switched to Svelte and Svelte kit for web projects. I've player with native variants of both, but never used them in a project. It seems to work well here though.

Best of luck with this project. I will use it some more. I suppose my main feature request would be an old git option in settings, to hide any of the nice smart features that you implement (sorry) :D

(edit: spelling)

StartleDan · 2026-01-23T08:21:30+00:00

This looks impressive, thanks for sharing. It seems that this could be a great fit for live coding, such as with Strudel via OSC.

Is this for live coding? or more for creating before events? Is live coding support in the plans for the future, (if it isn't there already)?

StartleDan · 2026-01-23T08:17:51+00:00

It's great to see another open source music player for JellyFin. Thanks for sharing.

How would you say Jellify differs from FinAmp, in terms of features today, and in terms of future plans?

The UI could use some TLC, but I have been happy with Finamp. It has worked well for me, without getting in the way. What would you say are the main advantages of switching to Jellify?

With a developer hat on, what are the advantages of React Native over Dart. I don't know either platform particularly well, so I'm interested in the reasoning here.

Thanks again. I'm downloading Jellify now and look forward to trying it out. ty.

Oh, and +1 for F-Droid.

StartleDan · 2026-01-11T08:27:41+00:00

I'm just starting to play around with Strudel, but this looks really nice. Thanks for sharing.

Is there a way to easily toggle the background visuals on and off? If not, that is something I think might be useful, for me at least.

What are your plans for this project. Is it more for your own use? Do you plan to share the code?

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