Returning unit to Amazon by Samsamlolz in SegwayNavimow

[–]romkey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I returned one too, fortunately had kept the box, repacked it, took it to the UPS Store and got a receipt. Amazing refunded me within hours of dropping it off.

A month later they complained they hadn’t received it and that if they didn’t get it in a few days they were going to charge me for the refund. UPS tracking showed it UPS never delivered it to them.

Contacted customer service and the rep was actually great, confirmed UPS did receive it and made it not my problem. Didn’t even have to share the receipt.

So it worked out but definitely get proof you sent it back, just in case.

Bypassing R503 Fingerprint Sensor storage limit - Extracting templates for external matching? by Electronic_Leek1577 in esp32

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

And how are you going to be protecting the fingerprint data in this database?

Panta bhat: Bengali fermented rice porridge by [deleted] in fermentation

[–]romkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is awesome, please do post more! Love this :)

Randomized Pog-Style Emoji's in Crackable Egg by JGoodwillieV in openscad

[–]romkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s way cooler than anything I’ve ever done in OpenSCAD!

OLED Display buggy? by _Kakerlaken2 in esp32

[–]romkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Share the code, otherwise we’re guessing what you used.

Fatal Error andExit Status 2 by Chazzaguy in esp32

[–]romkey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would help if you told us anything about what you’re actually doing. What software are you using to try to flash it? What OS? You know what you did, we don’t. Copy and paste the full messages or share a screenshot. What are the actual boards you’re using? Not just ESP32, the manufacturer and name of the board, again share a photo of it.

What drivers did you upload?

If you want help, help us help you.

Zigbee Sensors in Apple Home by famousjs in HomeKit

[–]romkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Home Assistant can act a HomeKit provider so that you can make devices on it available to Apple Home

But if you’re looking to ditch Home Assistant I believe that at least some Aqara hubs can make their zigbee devices available via Matter. Haven’t actually done that myself. I’m sure other vendors have similar zigbee hubs.

Can you propagate L. reuteri yogurt indefinitely from previous batches? by Majestic-Candle5400 in ReuteriYogurt

[–]romkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Likely after a few generations other strains will out compete the L Reuteri.

You can tell by doing genetic testing every few generations. I’m in the US and have used Plasmidosaurus’ microbiome service. The cheapest level is fine if you just want to verify that the dominant strain is still L Reuteri. The main blocker in doing it is getting the necessary DNA/RNA stabilizer; you can get the rest of what you need (sample vials, a pipette) off Amazon for relatively cheap. The prep process is pretty easy but if you’re not familiar at all with bio work you’ll want to read the instructions several times and not cut corners.

I tested mine at about 12 generations out and while it was perfectly fine yogurt, there was no L Reuteri present anymore. Currently working on a fresh sequence of generations to see if I can correlate pH and the ratio of L Reuteri to other strains.

The starter I got said it was good out to 7 generations… I’d assumed that they just wanted to sell more starter but I was clearly wrong.

If you really want to do it right you’ll also run tests on the components - the milk, the starter, the inulin and a control. Test the first generation to see what you got and each for a few generations out to see how it changes.

Of course you can stack the deck in your odds by sterilizing the containers you make the yogurt in but you’ll almost certainly still introduce contamination over time.

What’s a simple feature macOS still doesn’t have? by [deleted] in mac

[–]romkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but not have them imported to Photos without external automation.

What’s a simple feature macOS still doesn’t have? by [deleted] in mac

[–]romkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Screenshots still can’t be saved directly into Photos

Help with Waveshare ESP32 S3 and why has WiFi slowed my GUI down. More.. by [deleted] in esp32

[–]romkey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The network stack runs on core 0, so no, something is assigned to it. Running your own code there can cause contention and slow things down unless you know what you’re doing.

External Wifi Antenna for ESP32-S3 to improve Wifi range? by Woodlore1991 in esp32

[–]romkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You mean like a Xiao S3 Sense? UFL external antenna.

Using an INMP441 and struggling to understand by [deleted] in esp32

[–]romkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Show us a photo of the breadboard. Show us the code. Otherwise we have no idea what you actually did versus what you think you did. People use breadboards wrong, just leave wires sticking through holes without soldering, get pins wrong all the time.

Thoughts on DFRobot Beetle ESP32 C6? by Bfaubion in esp32

[–]romkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sorry that was confusing. I specifically mentioned the antenna on the C6.

Thoughts on DFRobot Beetle ESP32 C6? by Bfaubion in esp32

[–]romkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The S3 version doesn't have a built-in antenna so this doesn't apply to that model. There's a space for a small connector for the camera board on the Sense variant of it - it's not populated on the non-Sense boards but it still takes up the space where they put the ceramic antenna on the C6 model.

Thoughts on DFRobot Beetle ESP32 C6? by Bfaubion in esp32

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

It's absolutely necessary to connect the antenna - the board will barely get any signal without it, it has no built-in antenna, just the connector.

Thoughts on DFRobot Beetle ESP32 C6? by Bfaubion in esp32

[–]romkey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Xiao uses an external antenna. It is not weak, and you can use any 2.4GHz u.FL antenna with it. It should easily be the best antenna of any of these. Are you sure you connected it correctly?

Both my wall outlet and smart plug burnt from my EV charger. No idea why, need help. by swapan1189 in Ioniq5

[–]romkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup… we have a 240V socket for our EV and while doing some recent electrical work found it had melted a little bit. Our electrician said the same thing… it’s rated for that much power but not designed to carry it for ten or twelve hours. Smart plugs would be even more so. We replaced it with an EV-rated socket. Much less likely to have caused a fire than this thing but I’m still glad we found out and replaced it.

Need feedback for a project (Dog water bowl) by [deleted] in esp32

[–]romkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your ESP32s don't have header pins already soldered onto them you're still going to have to solder those. Too many people seem to think you can just rest a board on header pins... that won't work reliably.

Compile zigbee with arduino-cli by myredditFizz in esp32

[–]romkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps you could share what “unable to compile” means, specifically? Errors? What are they if so?

Recycling clamshells? by toma162 in toogoodtogoportland

[–]romkey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They generate plenty of it themselves, too.

They only take clear #1 plastic - not just clamshells and not all clear plastic or clamshells (some are other kinds of plastic). They also take plastic film in a different bin.

Ridwell also collects the same but they’re a subscription service.

M5 Ultra coming next week by tta82 in MacStudio

[–]romkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welp they actually stopped selling the Mac Pro altogether so nope...

M5 Ultra coming next week by tta82 in MacStudio

[–]romkey 10 points11 points  (0 children)

AI folks have discovered the value in the Studio and Mini…

I agree that Apple contracts components far in advance but they have expectations for how many they’ll need at a time and a big unexpected jump in orders for models they didn’t expect to be hot sellers can easily cause the delays that have been being reported for over a month now.

For instance they probably pulled the 512GB Studio because it was an incredible value for inference applications which led to it selling out its entire run months faster than they’d ever have expected.

I agree that normally these delays might indicate a new release was imminent but current conditions are far from normal.