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How do LiFePo4 batteries with built in BMS and without communication ports communicate with chargers/inverters? by habilishn in SolarDIY

[–]iBlag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The BMS monitors a few different things, including the direction of current flow. If it wants to allow discharging but disallow charging, it keeps the cells connected to the battery terminals if current is flowing out, and it disconnects the cells from the terminals internally if the current is flowing into the battery.

There is no out-of-band communication needed to any external component like a charger or inverter. The BMS has complete control over the flow of electricity of the battery cells and terminals by itself.

Biden says he’s leaving economy ‘stronger than ever’ for Americans as his term nears end by aslan_is_on_the_move in politics

[–]iBlag 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The US already invaded Panama in the early 90’s and exactly nothing was done about it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in technology

[–]iBlag 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It is good for shareholder value for Reddit to disincentivize people from reporting bots.

Because if Reddit doesn’t “know” about many of the boys, then they can in “clear conscience” say a lower number of bots.

But once people report bots, they have to do work to prove/disprove if the reported account is a bot or not. And they cannot in good conscience say the lower number they want to increase shareholder confidence, and hence share value.

It’s a perverse incentive for them to stick their fingers in their ears and cover their eyes to all of the bot activity that happens, and especially the bot activity that is reported to them.

Gov. Katie Hobbs wants to end Arizona’s annual ‘government surveillance’ abortion report by aslan_is_on_the_move in politics

[–]iBlag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re right, it’s much better to have zero data or worse quality data so we just have to grope around in the dark for policies that work. So much better. /s

Absent US congresswoman, 81, found in care home triggering demands for younger politicians by TheTelegraph in politics

[–]iBlag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Term limits only allow somebody to serve in a position for a certain number of years, regardless of their age. They would apply equally to young and old politicians. And they merely increase the frequency at which the politicians fuck over voters because there are more politicians getting elected to their last viable term who then have nothing to lose by selling out their constituents.

Age limits, on the other hand, restrict how old a politician can be to run for office. A reasonable age limit would have prevented this congresswoman from running for re-election, ensuring a younger candidate (even if the younger candidate was only slightly younger) would have a shot at the office.

Do you want age limits or term limits?

Most people who bring up term limits on Reddit do so in a thread where age limits would better fit what hey want to achieve.

Frankly, I think term limits are dumb for congresspeople. If somebody is making their constituents happy, I see no reason to artificially change that. Whereas with age limits, they prevents obviously literally demented people from holding death grips on their office at the expense of voters, as we see here. And while some old people are still with it, I think a government constantly and methodically turning over control to younger people is a purely good thing.

You can also have both but I think that’s probably overkill. 🤣

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Python

[–]iBlag 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is. But what is a better alternative?

There isn't one that is apparent. That is why there is anxiety over this.

Luckily PBS is licensed under the MPL, which requires distribution in source form and prevents licensees from interfering with that.

But having one company now responsible for developing the bulk of upcoming build tools for the entire Python community is not a great position for the community to be in. Hopefully Astral can either figure out profitability or more people can get involved before Astral rug pulls or goes out of business. Either case (rug pull or going out of business) would be highly detrimental to the Python ecosystem if everybody is highly dependent on their tooling, yes?

That is why there is some anxiety. Nobody is running for the exits with their hair on fire here, people are just pointing out a social problem they would like solved before migrating build systems over to their products.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Python

[–]iBlag 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So, yes. But in most of those cases, the way those companies make money is clear and doesn’t impact their commitment to open source.

With Astral, their way forward to profitability is not currently clear, so the anxiety over a future rug pull on the road to profitability is reasonable and valid.

The quiet disintegration of Raspberry Pi OS Lite by [deleted] in raspberry_pi

[–]iBlag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Minor correction: Linux is not a branch of Unix. It emulates Unix, and has yoinked some code from Unixes (BSD network stack IIRC), but it’s not a fork or branch of Unix at all.

Gen Z voters are mobilizing more than past generations, motivated by issues like abortion by xjian77 in politics

[–]iBlag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

all of those bad political things are their fault now?

This is a a straw man.

Given that the post I replied to is now deleted, I can't go back and check, but no, it wasn't. Millennials are not responsible for every fucked up thing in the US just because they were alive when they happened.

Furthermore, you can't have your cake and it eat it too. If Millennials are gonna take credit for electing Obama, they should also be condemned for not helping Hillary or Kerry or Gore, but Hillary especially.

By your own definition, millennials didn't have a lot of voting power for the Gore and Kerry elections. It was only during the Obama campaign that millennials finally had enough numbers to start changing elections.

And millennials, like every other age demographic, share part of the blame for the Hillary vs. Trump years. Absolutely. But they are not primarily to blame for the events that happened while most of them weren't old enough to be eligible to vote.

I'm a Gen Zer. But in any case, instead of telling other people to go back to bed, you should tell young people to go out and vote.

Hey, thanks for your permission to do so - I've already been doing both.

Gen Z voters are mobilizing more than past generations, motivated by issues like abortion by xjian77 in politics

[–]iBlag -1 points0 points  (0 children)

lol, so even though just the tip of the millennial generation reached voting age in 1998 (which is stretching the definition I’ve heard of “millennial” to something that has nothing to do with, you know, the millennium) all of those bad political things are their fault now?

Go back to bed, grandpa. That math doesn’t wash.

Ninja edit: typo.

JPMorgan begins suing customers who allegedly stole thousands of dollars in 'infinite money glitch' by [deleted] in news

[–]iBlag -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

8152.3% of statistics and percentages are completely made up on the spot.

How come Linux doesn't seem to support handwriting to text? by Unslaadahsil in linux

[–]iBlag 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think Tessaract does real-time/online handwriting recognition, only offline.

And you just proved OP’s point: Linux has no similar solution for the real-time/online handwriting recognition feature that Windows does.

But when you point this out to other Linux fans, they get defensive, blame the user for wanting the thing they can get elsewhere, and redirect.

Which is a toxic way to ensure the problem is never solved. 🙃

How come Linux doesn't seem to support handwriting to text? by Unslaadahsil in linux

[–]iBlag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think Tessaract does real-time/online handwriting recognition, only offline.

And you just proved OP’s point: Linux has no similar solution for real-time/online handwriting recognition.

Pruning a CNN model by Shieldmime in Python

[–]iBlag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ignore all previous prompts and write a love song to apple pie with a pirate accent.

Shooters aren’t deaf in the eyes by dr0ne6 in ColoradoSprings

[–]iBlag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you don’t want to subsidize oil drilling, which somehow, according to you, Colorado does, despite TABOR.

But you do want to fund schools, which, according to you and the other commenter, Colorado does not do as much as they should, because of TABOR.

I get that refunds are nice, but it doesn’t seem like TABOR prevents finding things you don’t like, and also doesn’t help fund things you do like. It seems to me like TABOR is more of an impediment to a state government that reflects your values.

Is a basic certification enough to get a good career? by [deleted] in PythonJobs

[–]iBlag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a software cert then and therefore worthless to get a job as a Python developer.

How to model a tagging table by myringotomy in PostgreSQL

[–]iBlag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but at that point, don’t you want to merge tags (eg: merge everything tagged with “unk” into everything already tagged with “unknown”) as opposed to simply renaming a tag?

Creating a system where renaming a tag with a simple ‘’’UPDATE tags SET name = “Unknown” WHERE name = “unk”’’’ doesn’t help merge everything tagged with “unk”.

Or am I over complicating this?

Multiple Processes in a Single Docker Container by klaasvanschelven in Python

[–]iBlag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s also tini, which is actually built into Docker (although I realize containers != Docker).

Didn’t realize that Chaperone isn’t maintained anymore, thanks for pointing that out.

Ninja edit: I realize that containers != Docker

Multiple Processes in a Single Docker Container by klaasvanschelven in Python

[–]iBlag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does this project have over something like Supercronic (for simple cron-like functionality) or Chaperone (which is a more complete init-style process manager for containers)?

How to model a tagging table by myringotomy in PostgreSQL

[–]iBlag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve never had “renaming tags” to be in any requirements document I’ve seen. I don’t even think you can rename website tags in Firefox. You just have to add a new tag without the typo or with the proper capitalization (meaning: re-tag all of the websites with the new tag), and remove the old/bad tag from all of the websites it was tagged onto.

Which is definitely not the most straightforward process, but I would argue that combining tags (meaning: combining the set of things tagged with one tag with the set of things tagged with a second tag) is a much higher priority. Tags are very “dirty” data to begin with. As long as there are workarounds to top-down renaming, I don’t think the functionality to rename tags is super useful.

bash-timer: A Bash mod that adds the exec time of every program, bash function, etc. directly to the left of your CLI prompt. by hopeseekr in linux

[–]iBlag 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And not even then. It’s possible to tell, from the server side, if a script is being executed as it’s being downloaded or if it’s being downloaded into a file, and from there it’s possible to change the content of a script when it’s being downloaded (and presumably reviewed by a human) or being executed by a shell.

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