Mark Shane Hayden @msh@coales.co

Lots of new people out there... #welcome

Here are my #introductions

I'm a nerd from #YYC (Calgary, Canada) into #FOSS software, #Linux and a bit of #BSD among other things. I host my own email and web including the mastodon instance https://coales.co as a hobby.

I work on #python stuff like #flask, #django and #tryton personally, and professionally in the field of #automation #SCADA .

Also big advocate of #openhardware.

I'm kind of libertarian but closer to Chomsky than Rand.

It seems like only yesterday when it was 1500000000 where has the time gone?

This is super cool!

@SexyCyborg collaborated with #Creality and @wjsteele@twitter.com to make an affordable #InfiniteZ #3Dprinter with a conveyor belt for a print bed!

https://youtu.be/1UwaWLnGmXk

So let me see if I have this right...

Labour day was created on North America so that workers could spend a day off work so they could labour at home and get their households ready for autumn and winter in advance. That way they can free up time to put more hours in at work leading into the Christmas shopping season.

Have I got it right?

Good news everyone!

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-jeff-bezos-bill-gates-zuckerberg-net-worths-lose-billions-2020-9

The installers came to replace the big window on the front of my house today and I just realised that it is also 21 years ago today that I bought this house.

Heck time flies but also happy birthday house I guess!

...and there is probably one thing even more evil than gluing/soldering the cells into devices: battery controllers with DRM built in. Yes, just like how printer makers were putting electronics in their ink cartridges preventing refills. Some devices and battery packs have self destructing charge controllers that stop working when the input voltage goes too low to prevent 3rd party cell replacement.

I know. Liability blah blah blah. That is the excuse. The real reason is planned obsolescence.

For all the amazing progress in battery tech there has been a very serious regression: the abandonment of standard retail/consumer sizes:

https://youtu.be/QVBCSXEhIe0

The comments are mostly typical YouTube tech-bro of course: lots of "just buy 18650 or pillow cells from Alibaba, rip the old battery apart and put in the new cells". No. Just no. Yes Fran has the ability to do that but I'm sure she'd rather spend that time doing her actual projects, and few other people are even able to...

I bought a Dremel™️ accessory kit and I think I'm gonna need my Dremel™️ to get it open for the first time.

This Friday's theme music:

The Final Countdown...except played in a major key

#CityPlanning

When people start to favourite and boost one of my old toots

https://youtu.be/FJl_4IsQJ2g?t=6m15s

Hmm...so running `apt update && apt upgrade` and rebooting made phone calls come back again on #mobian

Imma gonna leave it like this for awhile and just *use* my Free/open fondleslab for a change. Maybe think of some app ideas since @thatgeoguy asked before. Maybe a fitness tracker for when I go jogging would be nice...hmm...

I'm back on my #PinePhone BS again this weekend. Tried out a few more OSes and tried installing to internal flash. Wifi, LTE data and SMS Just Work™️ with everything. Ironically voice calls are the trickiest thing to get working on this "phone" 😂

Was beginners' luck having calls work initially without effort I guesd. but I'm still learning and having fun.