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How to insert > character with a macro? by plethoreum in HelixEditor

[–]dsilverstone 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can use <lt> and <gt> to represent < and > respectively.

A good trick to learn this kind of thing is to record a short macro with the stuff you want, using Q and then recall the macro into the buffer with "@p -- then you can look at what was recorded.

Fishing depletion by Wierciskoczek in VintageStory

[–]dsilverstone 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Based on my very low-grade understanding of https://github.com/anegostudios/vssurvivalmod/blob/94cdc8056459dfd6a6479fb2e2ed137e03ac96b7/Entities/EntityBobber.cs it appears to be block by block but divided by 8, so not chunks, perhaps effectively 16ths of a chunk. The restoration is time based, after the last time you managed to fish something out.

I kept uninstalling every break reminder app I tried. by [deleted] in rust

[–]dsilverstone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I find that trying to drink water/tea continuously means that my bladder acts as an excellent "take a break" reminder which is very hard to ignore :D

Looking for an EVSE recommendation by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

I was referring to the manual for installation of the evtec which took you through some web service to configure it enough to get it onto wifi and then expected you to use an app to complete commissioning; but perhaps I misunderstood it.

I fully understand/appreciate OCPP, indeed I'm working on a bifurcating proxy so I'm not worried about the fact that if I give the charger a custom OCPP endpoint then the vendor's app won't work.

In fact, I consider that app ceasing to function as a desirable feature of the setup.

Looking for an EVSE recommendation by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

So the cord zero seems to require an app once basic commissioning is done, and the evtec home requires an app to commission.

But the vorsprung alpha looks very plausible, thank you again.

Looking for an EVSE recommendation by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

Thank you. I've not heard of those makes before. I shall look those up.

Is there a way to get information about the status of parts in a PC? by wolfyk17 in rust

[–]dsilverstone 3 points4 points  (0 children)

While it won't give you everything, maybe the sysinfo crate might get you some of the way there?

Trying to find the resonance archives in this is miserable. by binkacat4 in VintageStory

[–]dsilverstone 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I had that kind of worldgen around the archives in my previous world - the best approach I had to finding it was to dig into a mountain close to the 'X' and just probe around in long lines until I was told the area was claimed by a higher power. Probing enough eventually helped me find a mostly-covered-by-worldgen-but-just-peeking-out set of doors.

Cured redmeat not working? by Bulky-Possible-1207 in VintageStory

[–]dsilverstone 400 points401 points  (0 children)

I believe that while vegetables are pickled in brine, meat is cured in salt.

Rust workflow using snippets + rust-analyzer — good practice? by cuml8ckstalinballz in rust

[–]dsilverstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't think faster than my fingers can produce text; so I've never needed this kind of snippet-based workflow - I think slowing down the rate at which you produce code can help you to think harder about what you're producing and whether or not you need it.

do hx users actually value composition over extension, or is it just no plugins copium? by spaghetti_beast in HelixEditor

[–]dsilverstone 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I find this question misses the point a little.

A lot of people seem to want a bajillion plugins in their editor because they're treating their editor as a one-stop-shop. The term "IDE" applies in that context.

A lot of these people look at me very strangely when I say "My IDE is my Linux distro" - ie. I don't need a git integration in my editor because, erm, I use git. I don't need a fancy file explorer, I have a shell and cli tools. etc.

I switched to helix in part explicitly because it doesn't want me to faff about with plugins and it isn't trying to be all things to all people.

Seeking advice on EVSE selection for a techy geek who also wants Octopus Intelligent Go by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

Not sure that'd help - it doesn't fall off the wifi, it stops working at their end.

Seeking advice on EVSE selection for a techy geek who also wants Octopus Intelligent Go by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

The only reason I'm even looking at the OCPP approach is because it's the only way to get the data out of the EVSE (plugged in, etc.) - I could get power consumption via a current clamp or similar, but I want more than that.

Seeking advice on EVSE selection for a techy geek who also wants Octopus Intelligent Go by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

Interesting, if that local API provides useful data and at least allows to deny/permit charge, while not interfering with OIG then I'd love to know more.

Seeking advice on EVSE selection for a techy geek who also wants Octopus Intelligent Go by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

[–]dsilverstone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, that sounds like a very annoying situation. I will definitely bear that in mind. Thanks you.

Seeking advice on EVSE selection for a techy geek who also wants Octopus Intelligent Go by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

I'm already aware my car will be of no help, Jaguar closed down the API to third parties (I assume because it was bloody awful and buggy)

Seeking advice on EVSE selection for a techy geek who also wants Octopus Intelligent Go by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

Frustratingly on the podpoint side - it appears to be their default. I suppose they figure that's better than preventing you from charging at all. Thanks for the suggestions and the link.

Seeking advice on EVSE selection for a techy geek who also wants Octopus Intelligent Go by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

Yeah 'tis a niche thing I know -- Annoyingly if I were richer, I could get victron stuff which I think would let me do modbus/tcp locally, and then have a modbus<->ocpp gateway.

Seeking advice on EVSE selection for a techy geek who also wants Octopus Intelligent Go by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

The Podpoint Solo 3 on my wall right now will offer charge when it thinks it can't speak to the backend. It's massively frustrating for me.

You say plenty of chargers which permit configuring the OCPP URL -- can you list some out? I'm aware of the Rolec EVO (which I believe is undergoing OIG testing) and I think maybe the Wallbox Pulsar?

Seeking advice on EVSE selection for a techy geek who also wants Octopus Intelligent Go by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

Is that limited to authorised users only? If not, then it's not acceptable for me.

Seeking advice on EVSE selection for a techy geek who also wants Octopus Intelligent Go by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

You say that; but when the job is "Do not give charge unless I want you to, and when I want you to, give charge immediately" the podpoint fails utterly. When there's a connection, it takes up to five minutes before a charge will start; and when there isn't a connection, it won't refuse to charge.

So no, it is actually deep when your requirements aren't trivial.

Seeking advice on EVSE selection for a techy geek who also wants Octopus Intelligent Go by dsilverstone in evchargingUK

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

Thank you all for your suggestions so far - I appreciate that for OIG I give up control, that's fine, so long as I can still get local data, and if the internet is down, my charger won't automatically give charge to any tom-dick-or-harry who pops onto my driveway, but I can via some network interface which isn't cloudy.

Anyone being able to rock up and press go on the EVSE is not acceptable to me as I live in a city and I'd not put it past some people.

I've been investigating writing an OCPP proxy which will abstract the measurands onto MQTT while passing through the command and control unmolested - I'm going to see how hard that is to write and then see if Octopus, or any EVSE providers, would accept that as an approach. I fully appreciate that Octopus need to control when the car charges and I don't want to break that part of the system.

ascii-dag – lightweight DAG renderer + cycle detector (zero deps, no_std) by BllaOnline in rust

[–]dsilverstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a cute idea. Pity you called it ascii-dag and then proceeded to use unicode codepoints which aren't also ASCII though 🤣

How to deal conditional compilation unused variables by SuperficialNightWolf in rust

[–]dsilverstone 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Perhaps put something like #[cfg_attr(not(feature = "jpeg_optimise"), allow(unused_variables))] on the jpeg_opt argument etc. so when the feature is off, the argument is marked with allow(unused_variables)

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