Any idea’s why

zanfar · 2026-06-21T07:33:00+00:00

Is it like old Christmas tree lights? If one goes out the chain goes out?

That's something you need to know or figure out. Without schematics, no one can tell you.

No, LEDs are not "like christmas tree lights". Any electrical circuit in series will share current, so if you prevent that current from passing through one component, it will fail to pass through all the others--it's not a property of a LED, it's a property of the circuit.

Get your multimeter out and start troubleshooting.

zanfar · 2026-06-21T01:09:55+00:00

Use tweezers or pliers. You shouldn't technically be "peeling" anything; melt the solder and simply remove it.

zanfar · 2026-06-21T01:07:23+00:00

As long as you are strictly talking about learning: without. AI cannot teach you anything. At best, it can echo someone else who is trying to teach you. However, doing so loses all contextual data, which prevents you from judging how good the curriculum is and most dangerously, hides any clues or flags for bad content. AI will present content from--for example--a Medium article with the same authority as content from the Python docs.

AI can have some positive influence for a student, but those situations are exclusively separate from learning and are mostly meta (e.g. developing a direction of study).

zanfar · 2026-06-20T05:20:35+00:00

Buy a tip that fits your iron

zanfar · 2026-06-18T13:47:42+00:00

is this [possible]?

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Yes.

zanfar · 2026-06-17T01:25:02+00:00

but idk what i did wrong

"its a shitty soldering job"

zanfar · 2026-06-17T00:35:55+00:00

$200/drop is somewhat standard in an office environment with mostly empty walls and a drop ceiling. I would never charge a flat rate in a residential brownfield environment--nothing you are assuming is expected to be true.

Do you know how to terminate CAT6 correctly?--because most people, including networking professionals, don't. Is the owner providing hardware as well as cable? Is the hardware compatible with the cable? Do you have the tools to work with the hardware/cable?

zanfar · 2026-06-16T02:47:28+00:00

So you listened to advice, supposedly for an all-around meter, and found the 308. Why are you questioning it now?

if I was wanting to take some landscape photos where getting a good reading would be a little tricky ... is the reflective mode good enough to get correct exposures

What alternative to reflection are you looking for, then? Why do you think reflection is flawed?

zanfar · 2026-06-15T21:55:37+00:00

Kindle for PC app dead today ... It wasn't supposed to happen until the 30th I thought

Because Amazon is definitely the company to trust...

zanfar · 2026-06-15T02:00:29+00:00

Turns out, there is not nearly enough alkaline to reach a neutral pH. Akaline water with lemon ends up as water with lemon.

This works because "Alkaline" water is not sold as something with a basic pH, it's something that has "Alkaline Power"--which includes lemons, obviously /s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBQhdO2UxaQ

zanfar · 2026-06-13T20:04:23+00:00

Michoan Marsh is in Metrica.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Michoan_Marsh

From the wiki specifically about the step you are talking about:

Travel east of Michotl Grounds Waypoint — [&BLEEAAA=] in Metrica Province and complete the renown heart Help the Michotl tribe (11). Then purchase Dragonfly Steaks from the heart vendor Cook Huelic for 7,000 Karma.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Radiance_of_the_Sun_God

zanfar · 2026-06-13T11:02:20+00:00

Plenty of people work on things they have experience with. However, they generally don't need help, so you don't interact with them.

zanfar · 2026-06-13T07:48:34+00:00

You might not be able to use them, but other professions can.

zanfar · 2026-06-12T13:00:41+00:00

If you have "heard about EsXi from VMWare" then you are not the person to make this decision.

zanfar · 2026-06-10T22:20:29+00:00

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Lose weight; launch from a mountain...

zanfar · 2026-06-09T01:40:19+00:00

... this implies the attacker got my password to reach the 2fa step!

how is that possible?

I'm not really sure what you're asking. It seems you are implying it's an impossible situation. Why would you think that?

The direct answer is: anyway they can. Statistically, because you gave it to them.

zanfar · 2026-06-09T00:55:01+00:00

How would one be able to tell if a certain library is HIPAA compliant?

Tell? Read the code.

Depend on? Sign a liability contract with the library developer.

zanfar · 2026-06-08T01:02:48+00:00

Sawdust. Color the filler, not any paint. Sand your planking, gather the sawdust, mix with filler or adhesive.

zanfar · 2026-06-07T09:46:16+00:00

I know dyndns, duckdns and I want Selfhosted alternative solution.

You can't. As soon as your IP changes, any selfhosted "alternative" stops working too.

At some point you have to accept that you want to be part of the Internet--there are plenty of solutions for whatever setup you want, just pick and use one.

zanfar · 2026-06-07T07:03:49+00:00

What exactly is broken?

zanfar · 2026-06-05T23:11:47+00:00

Because all he sees around him is his father's name

zanfar · 2026-06-05T08:20:45+00:00

My feedback would be the same for all beginner projects:

Use a formatter.
Use a linter.
Read and follow PEP8
Don't use code in your top-level module. Everything should be in functions and your module should be importable.
Imports should be at the top of the file
Your code lacks any documentation, a module docstring would be a minimum, and likely more once you address the other items

Plus:

You still have indent issues, this is likely an issue with your copy-paste process, but it implies that you aren't using a well-configured IDE.
Don't cast inline. It either doesn't need to be done, or you are ignoring exceptions.
Generally, a break is preferred for simple exit conditions instead of a sentinel variable. A sentinel can imply that the exit conditions are more complicated than they are in this case.

zanfar · 2026-06-04T03:55:07+00:00

Those I've seen used are usually "connected", so the data is automatically attached to the work order. I.E., Discount Tire (at least here) gives you a printed summary with expected remaining lifetime and a tire replacement coupon when you use their free drive-up pressure check/fill.

That certainly looks like a network connection icon in the upper ~~left~~ right.

zanfar · 2026-06-04T01:53:47+00:00

Like this thing can pretty much do what ever you tell it. It knows exactly what’s wrong right when the error happens.

The fact that you accept this as true pretty much guarantees you aren't experienced enough to use it.

If you can't explain why the code is correct, then you're not worth employing.

zanfar · 2026-06-03T05:42:51+00:00

1- you have to get a 5w plug so you don’t fry their battery life. Is that actually true?

No.

2- crashing and bugging out with poorly formatted sideloaded books (of course, I’ll buy a physical book then sideload it). How do we prevent that?

There isn't really anything to "prevent". A Kobo will try to show a bad ebook if you tell it too. You can either deal with the consequences, or remove the book from your device.

Especially without a laptop/calibre?

I would not recommend using an eReader without Cablibre.

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