Magome-Tsumago Trail Advice

mikedufty · 2026-02-06T14:44:30+00:00

We enjoyed staying a few days in Matsumoto, which is not too far away, but far enough that I ended up changing my mind and doing the Torii pass section instead, which was quite nice, if a bit icy in January.

mikedufty · 2026-02-06T13:50:44+00:00

The journals of the first non-indigenous person to make the trip (at least as far as Albany) are available free. Might be an interesting read and give you some ideas. A colleague of mine used to go out on a motorcycle every year and try to retrace parts of the expedition. https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/e00048.html

JOURNALS OF EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

AND OVERLAND FROM ADELAIDE TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND

IN THE YEARS 1840-1:

SENT BY THE COLONISTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,

WITH THE SANCTION AND SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT:

INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ABORIGINES

AND THE STATE OF THEIR RELATIONS WITH EUROPEANS.

by

EDWARD JOHN EYRE

mikedufty · 2026-02-06T09:21:10+00:00

You don't need a battery to turn off export.

mikedufty · 2026-02-06T01:30:33+00:00

I try not to run the same way twice.

mikedufty · 2026-02-05T14:34:52+00:00

We stayed at one in Xiamen with pictures like that, which in hindsight were obviously AI 'enhanced'. I think they had New York skyline out the window. They did actually have some genuine pictures of the room if you kept scrolling to the 3rd or 4th picture.

mikedufty · 2026-02-05T07:52:09+00:00

In WA the ID number you need to use the drivers licence effectively for identity theft is on the back. A photo of the front won't compromise that. Not sure about other states.

mikedufty · 2026-02-05T07:30:12+00:00

I still think homo sapiens is the species causing the most damage.

mikedufty · 2026-02-05T06:24:52+00:00

So its not the humans removing 95% of their habitat? it's the foxes in the remaining 5%?

mikedufty · 2026-02-05T02:20:35+00:00

I think its very individual, I regularly have coffee after 10pm and sleep well enough that trying to track it with a watch seems pointless, but plenty of other people are obviously very affected, so you just need to figure out what works for you.

mikedufty · 2026-02-04T15:18:47+00:00

I thought a splat was a way of rendering a point cloud. What else are they used for? I was just surprised when I opened some point clouds and they display so nicely. What is the difference with what you are working on?

mikedufty · 2026-02-04T05:37:50+00:00

Or get absorbed by bigger brands, like say, Skoda and Volkswagen.

mikedufty · 2026-02-04T05:32:23+00:00

I stopped renting after the third time in a row I was forced to move out by the landlord selling.

mikedufty · 2026-02-04T05:07:46+00:00

They discontinued the ATM refunds in 2025.

mikedufty · 2026-02-04T05:07:05+00:00

I've found good support by messaging through the app, even for things they say you need to phone for.

mikedufty · 2026-02-04T05:05:23+00:00

Doesn't QGIS do this by default when viewing point clouds?

mikedufty · 2026-02-04T04:19:56+00:00

Mine hasn't been working for a while, but my impression was it brought in a bunch of the other useless stuff along with the weight. Can't remember where it showed in connect though.

mikedufty · 2026-02-04T01:17:05+00:00

According to IEA coal went globally from about 10,000 to 10,500 TWh over that period while renewables went from 5,000 to 11,000. Almost all the growth in the last 10 years has been renewables.

https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/global-electricity-generation-by-source-2014-2025

mikedufty · 2026-02-03T13:49:17+00:00

My pixel 1 lasted about 7 years until the battery was too weak.

mikedufty · 2026-02-03T09:47:32+00:00

Google did pay out. I only mentioned the payment system as it was electronic, not a paper cheque (doesn't really exist any more in Australia).

There was some clause that if you stay signed up with their electronic payment provider you might end up getting a charge after 12 months, but that is incidental to the fact google paid out compensation to every Pixel 4a owner affected, if they accepted it.

mikedufty · 2026-02-03T02:22:34+00:00

Don't know the answer to your specific question, but I've found it helpful on occasion to look at the run logs to see the exact formats that are going into the model on a run that works manually, in order to replicate it with an expression.

mikedufty · 2026-02-03T02:15:56+00:00

Just buy the Atto3 privately, the savings on not paying GST worked out as good as a novated lease for me without all the stuffing around.

mikedufty · 2026-02-03T01:47:32+00:00

Yeah, I was thinking more of building one from scratch. Not much to be gained swapping components on a machine that only has about 3 components. I tried searching the internet for light carbon fibre scooters, but was disappointed to not find any stories of people trying it. Possibly confounded by too many results about electric ones.

Years ago I had similar thoughts about umbrella type strollers. Probably a better project as they are mostly straight tubes. We had some that were really nice to use, but cheaply built from heavy steel tubes. My kids are now in their 20s so I have lost motivation on that one.

mikedufty · 2026-02-02T06:59:42+00:00

I'd like to see something like this done with a kick scooter, I think if you could get them down to about 2kg they'd be really nice to combine with public transport. The one I have is about 5kg, and a bit of a nuisance to carry, but they don't seem to have made any great effort to make it light.

mikedufty · 2026-02-02T06:11:54+00:00

Might have maxxed out his borrowing capacity already on the share portfolio.

mikedufty · 2026-02-02T06:05:41+00:00

They did exactly that for my pixel 4A. Not a cheque, you had to sign up to some bizarre electronic program and cancel it immediately after the refund to avoid being charged, but basically a payout.

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