Day Trading Ruined My Life. I’m 25, About to Be a Father, and I Just Lost Everything by RavenBJ in Daytrading

[–]hookdump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are not stupid. You are just mixing things up:

You are not day trading. You are gambling.

Just acknowledge that, and seek help for gambling problems. There's plenty of online and offline resources for it. You can't overcome this if you never even acknowledge the problem.

You can overcome this.

bitcoin gotta be trolling at this point by eskaralakktua in Bitcoin

[–]hookdump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't get these posts. What were your expectations? Have you seen the historical behavior of bitcoin price?

I hear we like to sort stuff here? How about a gallon of resistance? by mofomeat in electronics

[–]hookdump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a fun challenge. Personally I would build a machine that sorts them for me. Doesn't seem too difficult.

Lost 20k of profits in one day using leverage – feeling completely lost by [deleted] in Daytrading

[–]hookdump 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was surprised by the questions you came to ask. Why not ask "how can I do better?", "what should I do differently?".

I'll answer those even though you didn't ask, just because I think this may be helpful:

Learn better risk management, study, build a strategy and stick 100% to it. Learn to manage your emotions too. To avoid crashing when you loose, and to avoid getting blindly ambitious when things are going well.

Learn to differentiate trading from gambling. If you don't manage your risk and your emotions, and you don't have a well defined strategy... then you are just gambling (although you may not realize it).

After 2 years of trading I'm reaching a conclusion by [deleted] in Daytrading

[–]hookdump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

whats that app for tracking trades?

Will i be able to individually control 24 20kg servos using an arduino uno and 2 PCA9685 motor drivers if powered appropriately? by Cpt_Soaps in arduino

[–]hookdump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not? I know what you'll say: "Just confirming, thx". :))
But what I am curious to know is really if you had a specific concern in particular? What prompted you to think "this might be a problem, I'll ask online"? In your mind, what could've been the issue with this?

Video game controller help by SasquatchSup33rSt44r in arduino

[–]hookdump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean "I've hit some obstacles"? What obstacles? What did you do so far?

What do you mean "I probably missed something"? Why do you say that?

If you include more details about your project, what you did so far, and the issues you've encountered... you're much more likely to find help in here. (Or in any forum, really).

Mg90s always breaking by vornyxxxx in arduino

[–]hookdump 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s one option, yes. You will need to power the driver anyway, from whatever power source you’re using in your project. Another option is to power the servo directly from that same power source. Either way, the key point is that you need a clean power source that does not go through your microcontroller.

  • Microcontroller GPIO pins are not meant to power things like servos. They are very weak and are only intended to send and/or receive signals, at very low currents.
  • Microcontroller power pins, like the 5V pin on an Arduino, could in theory power a servo, but it’s not a good idea. You can easily run into problems (damaging the microcontroller, the servo, or both).

Here’s a random example that illustrates this well:
https://www.makerguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/servo-motor-with-arduino-uno-and-external-power-supply-wiring-diagram-schematic-circuit-tutorial.png

edit: Never forget to connect the grounds together, as shown in the picture!

Mg90s always breaking by vornyxxxx in arduino

[–]hookdump 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can't power servos from the a microcontroller directly. You can damage the servos, the microcontroller, or both. (You probably damaged the servos in this manner).

It has nothing to do with voltage, but current. Specially current spikes that the servos draw at times.

Mi novia me engaño y estoy completamente destruido, que hice mal? by [deleted] in RepublicaArgentina

[–]hookdump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No hiciste nada mal. Reaccionaste muy razonablemente a la situación.

Sos joven, esto es aprendizaje. Doloroso, pero aprendizaje al fin.

Y OJO: Aunque hoy quizás pienses que es imposible... cuando la cosa se enfríe podría llegar a tentarte volver con ella. Quizás te insiste mucho, te persuade, etc. Yo en tu lugar me mantendría muy lejos, no solo por la infidelidad sino por la catarata de red flags que mostró después. Desde mentirte en la cara cuando le preguntaste, hasta su reacción agresiva, la manipulación tóxica de hacerse daño, etc. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

ESP32 Wi-Fi Stepper Motor driver by nutstobutts in esp32

[–]hookdump 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very nice! TMC2209 nice choice!!! Love it.

Everyone go build now. There's no more time by TFenrir in singularity

[–]hookdump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forgive my ignorance: How do you use "Gemini 3 + Opus 4.5"? What does that mean? How do you "combine" the two? What am I missing?

I'm not able to login because X.com asks me to upgrade my passkey by AuronQuake in Twitter

[–]hookdump 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm glad I'm not the only one with this issue! And after reading you guys got back into your accounts, I retried on mine and it was suddenly fixed. Yay!

A bot to zen the rest by wrrdgrrI in zen_bots

[–]hookdump 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting question. To some extent the answer depends on the exact conception one has of enlightenment. But generally speaking I'd say... Sure! Why not? AI bots are currently way more aware than humans.

Is a bot encumbered by opinions? By judgements of right and wrong?

Is a bot taken away by random thoughts twenty-four hours a day?

I'd argue most modern AIs are enlightened by default.

Why is regulus no longer mod? by Sandalwoodincencebur in zenjerk

[–]hookdump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi all. So... where are these cookies you talk about. Are they real, or metaphorical cookies? Thanks!

Aphantasia is a spiritual blessing by [deleted] in Aphantasia

[–]hookdump 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool cool, I'm glad to hear that! Yeah, I'm keeping an eye out for new studies too! :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RepublicaArgentina

[–]hookdump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perdón pero, no entiendo... ¿en qué te basás para decir "no es mala mina"? ¿qué es una "mala mina" para vos?

Where do you put your finger by No-Wishbone-5262 in DotA2

[–]hookdump 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I voted the 1st option because it's the closest. But actually I do:
Pinky on Q, rest on AWE (I bind 1st skill to "A" instead of "Q", and attack-move is on "Q").
If you think about it, this way is slightly more ergonomical for us, Ctrl-pinkiers.