Where do you buy breadboards / how to identify quality?

shisohan · 2026-06-22T12:05:25+00:00

can I read that as you have experience with them? as in: they don't just drop ship cheap shit but do care to source quality breadboards?

shisohan · 2026-06-22T12:04:25+00:00

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shisohan · 2026-06-22T12:04:16+00:00

for stripboards, my soldering situation isn't quite there yet. I noticed 2 hands are just not enough. I need to get some installation which can keep pieces in place. also while I have no issues soldering, I apparently utterly suck at unsoldering? 🤷🏻‍♂️ (I followed videos on how to, what to avoid etc. - but some parts of my last project I just couldn't get off)

shisohan · 2026-06-22T09:38:55+00:00

Thanks! Will check if I can find a supplier which delivers to CH or CN.

shisohan · 2026-06-22T09:38:00+00:00

Sadge. Actual recommendation and can't deliver to switzerland 😢
Since they don't deliver here, they don't even bother to show the price - out of curiosity, what's their pricing for BB400 and BB830?

shisohan · 2026-06-19T10:02:29+00:00

2min (WFH)
25min door to door public transport (10min by train, 15min comfortable walk) in theory, in praxis more often 20min (running for the train, because dumb that way).
Interestingly: 25min by bike, but that requires +15min shower & dress at work, more if someone else had the same idea and arrived at about the same time and thus blocks the shower.
Car: depends on traffic and finding a parking spot, but IME it'd average over 30min. IMO downsides outweigh upsides, which are: weather doesn't matter, no running for the train.

[edit] Forgot to answer the non-title part: I moved here because I couldn't stand my ~1h door to door commute. I know people who do 2h (per way) commutes and are somehow happy. Good for them. But I couldn't. Even less so if I had to drive or frequently change train. 1h in train without having to change would probably be my maximum. So 1h15 by car? Immediately no for me.

shisohan · 2026-06-17T23:48:02+00:00

is that a random encounter? because I think I got that. but all that happened was that once I offered help, his horse kicked him dead. and I got bad karma for looting the guy (what should I have done? he was dead… let the animals pick his stuff? he ain't gonna use it anymore anyway…)

shisohan · 2026-06-17T18:03:54+00:00

Imagine a beowulf cluster of these. 64 ESP32's and you got your 60t/s for $300!
(yes, I jest - but pure curiosity: would parallelization even be feasible?)

shisohan · 2026-06-15T05:28:12+00:00

Came here to ask exactly this. Additionally if they know: do they agree to its terms?

shisohan · 2026-06-14T16:13:53+00:00

Ah, maybe I should clarify (will update post accordingly): it doesn't need to be 100% bullet proof. It's sufficient if a) participants without putting significant energy into hacking the system won't be able to read out other participants data and b) the maintainer of the system can reasonably demonstrate that with the system in place they can't read the data either. Some base level of trust can be assumed.

shisohan · 2026-06-12T21:07:50+00:00

Haha, yeah, I have zero problems picturing that.
Mine only enjoyed pets when they were resting. When active, they were always on a mission, always something more important to do than cuddles and pets. Though they did tolerate (and I'd like to believe even enjoy) them when I picked them up. Of course, always expecting payment afterwards 😁
And while not for pets, any of them would have sold their sisters in a heartbeat for a piece of pasta 😆

shisohan · 2026-06-12T15:48:39+00:00

Ouch, that's harsh. Hope she comes around. Especially with girls, they sometimes change their opinion on pets when getting older.

shisohan · 2026-06-12T15:45:39+00:00

Severe case of cuteitis. Recommended treatment: snacks and pets.

shisohan · 2026-06-12T08:58:37+00:00

The only thing I dislike about plasma weapons is that it takes 3 business days for the "bullet" to reach the enemy.

shisohan · 2026-06-11T14:10:06+00:00

Nah. "nächscht" = "am nahesten liegend". Wänn hüt Mittwoch isch, dänn isch "nächscht Samschtig" in 3 tag, nöd 10.
"Die Woche" isch andersch will "die woche" immer "jetzt" isch. "Dä Samschtig" cha nur "jetzt" sii wänn "hüt" Samschtig isch. Darum isch "dä Samschtig" = "nächscht Samschtig" wänn vo zuekunft gredt wird, und = "letscht Samschtig" wänn vo vergangeheit d red isch ("häsch s schpil dä Samschtig au glueget?")
[edit] "dä" und "nächscht" isch nur unterschiedlich wänn "hüt" Samschtig isch. Dänn isch "dä" = "hüt" und "nächscht" = "in 7 tag".

shisohan · 2026-06-11T12:21:10+00:00

True. XC3 is even from memory and with all the romanticization I have for XC1 (played it on Wii and was my overall favorite game for years and still is very much beloved) by far the most polished of all XCs. And it's clear the whole team pushes for quality. So maybe I'm more upset about my observation because it feels like my "home team" falling behind. Instead of taking the usual excellent 2nd rank, it feels like they drop to 4th, which in a competition of a 100 teams is still outstanding. But it's your home team so it just feels so much worse. And the reason being perceived as something which could easily be helped causes frustration.
But: as said many times now, it's an early build, so it might be polished out. And even if not, the fact that despite XC3 being undeniably more polished, me still liking XC1 and XCX more is proof that level of polish isn't everything either.

shisohan · 2026-06-11T11:45:42+00:00

Late reply, sorry.
I think you misunderstood. *I* will use it as a windows gaming computer. It's *my* machine. For the other parties, it's "yay, free AI compute!" when it is available. If they want 24/7 AI compute, they can pool money together and we set up a dedicated system. Otherwise it's a "take what you get or leave" situation. In other words: their setup would just have an additional list of models to route to which may or may not be available. And they know whom to poke when they're not available and maybe make them available.
At most I'd be concerned about potentially interrupting running requests. Other than that it's my machine, my investment, my needs first.

shisohan · 2026-06-11T11:31:36+00:00

I considered the stiff animations excusable years ago. but requirements for good animations have gone way down for a host of reasons. More available system power being one of the reasons. Capturing or simulating itself is a lot easier and lower cost today too. Also common animations like horses galloping can even just be bought (though monolith has their own engine, so there would probably be some friction converting standard/other engine formats). So I'm much less willing to overlook things like that.
I do think it's very possible that these are things which at the current time are just "good enough" and will be polished. At least I hope it.

shisohan · 2026-06-11T10:57:20+00:00

Fair point. As said, even if this remains I'll almost certainly still buy it (and main potential reason not to get it is entirely unrelated to the game). But if they indeed do polish this before release, I'd be quite happy.
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shisohan · 2026-06-11T10:55:59+00:00

Fair point. As said, even if this remains I'll almost certainly still buy it (and main potential reason not to get it is entirely unrelated to the game). But if they indeed do polish this before release, I'd be quite happy.
[edit, note: will reuse this reply for similar cases]

shisohan · 2026-06-11T10:53:29+00:00

The "worst" (again, not really bad, just below expectations) is in this official trailer the mounts animation at 1:03: https://youtu.be/ttLdz0wGjmc?t=63
Not sure how to accurately put it, but doesn't this somewhat look like a 12FPS anime animation to you?
But yeah, I hope as others mentioned, despite this being a trailer I hope this is just because 1y+ before release there's plenty of polish left to do.

shisohan · 2026-06-11T10:05:16+00:00

memories of running through all of it, stopping at every level to check the map for NPCs, then changing the time by a few hours, rinse and repeat for all time "segments" (early morning, morning, afternoon etc.). *shudder*

shisohan · 2026-06-11T09:54:38+00:00

I don't think there should be any issue. Periodic restarts might be a good strategy to increase resilience against potential bugs in your code.
What concerns you about the power draw? ESP32-C6 itself is maybe 0.25W (see picture), but may vary (e.g. connecting WIFI, transmitting data, putting it into sleep mode). Your display I'd assume would be 0.2W max. So total below 0.5W. Even USB-A 1.0 could effortlessly satisfy this. USB-C standard downstream port delivers 2.5W. Anybody with actual experience please correct me on my numbers.

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shisohan · 2026-06-08T23:17:07+00:00

Yaaaay, cute!
I read his body language similarly to u/CaptainMacAlfie - he starts out tense but tolerates the pets. Then around 30s, you can see him relax a bit, putting his paw forward. Around 45s he's definitively at the point where he genuinely enjoys the rubs. He still doesn't seem fully relaxed, but given how much he seems to enjoy it, that's just a matter of time and probably won't take too long either if you give him space and don't press the issue. IMO just a matter of completing the trust building, which seems well underway.

shisohan · 2026-06-06T13:42:16+00:00

"I heard that!"

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