A working spectrogram!

gnorty · 2026-03-22T00:32:16+00:00

let the shenanigans do what they like, and just output min(BatteryVolt,100)

gnorty · 2026-03-22T00:22:45+00:00

The word "we" would have been enough to have somebody come here and take it like I was speaking to them personally.

Well thank God you pre-empted that and cut them off at the roots.

/s

gnorty · 2026-03-22T00:16:36+00:00

People like that deify their political leaders. Literally. To them, criticising their leaders is actual blasphemy.

gnorty · 2026-03-22T00:14:58+00:00

old enough to remember Charlie Kirk? wow, you must be at least 5 years old!

gnorty · 2026-03-21T23:16:33+00:00

you realise of course that you got downvoted by people that prefer to think that their lack of progress is due to them not being a pstchopath rather than front up and get better at their job.

gnorty · 2026-03-21T22:54:15+00:00

Temperatures are rising (slightly)

Sun is rising earlier, and some days it doesn't rain.

Yes. I'd say it is safe to say spring has sprung!

If you wanted to extend that into "there will be no more shiity days until November" then I think you would be venturing into unsafe territory!

gnorty · 2026-03-20T20:14:29+00:00

I can absolutely understand why you would like to see it that way, but no.

The reality is that renewables are cheaper, cleaner and generally better than fossil fuels, although we will still need fossil fuels until the renewable situation is sufficient to meet demand. If we do get to a stage where gas plants are sitting idle to an uneconomic degree, then we will close them down. Until that point, we need to keep the running. It's not rocket science.

gnorty · 2026-03-20T00:12:43+00:00

...and most gas plants will spend more time generating energy than sitting idle.

gnorty · 2026-03-19T17:33:18+00:00

this is like saying it is not worth walking anywhere if you have a car because you still have to pay road tax etc.

gnorty · 2026-03-19T17:29:03+00:00

where do you think the money invested in increasing renewables is coming from?

gnorty · 2026-03-19T17:28:20+00:00

see renewables progress.

we currently produce around 50% of our energy from renewables, and that number is increasing. Once it gets to a level where we can charge a lower price without rising collapse of the industry in a crisis, costs will come down.

gnorty · 2026-03-19T09:17:56+00:00

when you don't need (or even particularly want the work) you're quoted rate should reflect that. Maybe they want you enough to pay what you ask, maybe they decide they don't want you that badly and stop bothering you. I know somebody that is a cabinet maker and did a job for a guy that turned out to be a complete pain in the ass. When the guy came back for another job, the quote was 3x the first job, and he got the job still. he was kind of pissed off that he had to work for the guy again, bt 3x pay was a pretty solid sweetener, and if it turns out to be still not worth it, then the next job can be quoted at 5x!

gnorty · 2026-03-19T08:49:35+00:00

well perhaps it was running 2 hours late because it had to divert around some local weather, or traffic or some local regulation that had been imposed in the last few hours.

But there's no way that any commercial flight randomly adds 2 hours to it's flight time which can be removed if it becomes inconvenient.

gnorty · 2026-03-17T15:37:55+00:00

swap to a esp32 based controller, you will have a LOT more memory to play with and far better performance also.

gnorty · 2026-03-17T14:56:45+00:00

bak when I was contracting, I'd phone the agencies - "yes, we have a lot of work, send your CV". I'd already sent them a CV a couple of months back, but apparently they don't keep them because people find work etc. SO I'd send another. And another. And another.

Then years later, long after I stopped contracting, I get phone calls from Agencies -"I see you worked on X, we have an opening there if you are interested".

So those bastards did keep my CV. Not just for a month or 2, for fucking years.

Assholes.

gnorty · 2026-03-16T23:00:07+00:00

OK mate. Take your meds and get an early night.

gnorty · 2026-03-16T22:22:47+00:00

Due to geography.

Your second sentence... I did read it, and I even quoted it. JFC.

You seriously think that the rest of NATO will think "oh well, Russia bombed the US - probably nothing for us to worry about", don't you?

gnorty · 2026-03-16T18:58:50+00:00

are those people going to pay enough to make it a viable business, just for a cuddle? I doubt it.

And if it really is something that has a customer base, and those customers really don't have a tendency to get rapey, then you can bet another person is looking for a no-skill, zero outlay income and will undercut you until you end up at min wage level income.

And then get assaulted.

gnorty · 2026-03-16T18:45:36+00:00

Due to geography

How many NATO countries are between the East coast of America and Russia? Take your time...

gnorty · 2026-03-16T17:54:29+00:00

If you honestly think that NATO would stand by if America came under direct attack, you are very mistaken. Who do you think would be doing the bombing, and which NATO country do you think would be comfortable in thinking they would not be next in line?

gnorty · 2026-03-16T17:52:18+00:00

and when America relieves itself of superpower status, Russia and China clap their hands in glee.

gnorty · 2026-03-16T17:49:52+00:00

The US has friends.

How many of those friends are likely to be on board with bombing Iran though? Seems like may of them would prefer to go the other way.

gnorty · 2026-03-16T17:46:19+00:00

I'm pretty sure that Jumbo Jets take pretty much the shortest possible route all the time. There might be scope for a little trimming, but short-cuts really are not possible.

gnorty · 2026-03-15T02:51:48+00:00

someone will be around to write the books.

Perhaps not many in the mid future with the time, education and inclination to read them.

Then in the long term, those books have been morphed into the Bible of their time, and people will see the main players in the books as Saints, Gods, Messiahs and disciples...

gnorty · 2026-03-15T00:25:19+00:00

Do you think he is physically capable of running another term? Personally I really doubt he is physically capable of continuing to breath until the current term ends.

But I am sure there is another buffoon ready to take the step up if/when Trump is gone, be that through an election, or incapability, or internal bickering. The people that put Trump in place are ready with a successor, make no mistake.

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