I am so tempted by the new Prusa Core One.
#3dprinting #prusa #prusacoreone
I am so tempted by the new Prusa Core One.
#3dprinting #prusa #prusacoreone
Example. #35 in the Top Paid games - “Metro Exodus”.
Last updated 3 years ago. Most of the reviews are 2 years old with a common theme that it doesn’t play on a new M1 Pro. If the game has not been updated for 3 years, and, it doesn’t play - how can it still be #35 in the chart!
Maybe cross posting to BlueSky works in the Mac app.
Another
Another attempt to cross post to BSky
Please can I ask everyone…….. can we all agree, for tomorrow - no Silo spoilers.
#appleTV #silo
A test post from micro.blog to bluesky.
It’s always the simplest of solutions…. “Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops”.
I wonder how many lines of code were required to introduce this feature. <10?
#iOS
“I wonder too, what taste Cheetos-dusted 78-year-old testicles leave in one’s mouth. Whatever the flavor, I hope it lingers. "
Well said.
Brighton Ruby tickets are now available. I can’t recommend this 1 day conference enough. Truly great content and people. Please support the event.
#rails #brighton_ruby #ruby
Now this is a great post. Short and sweet.
Safely Passing Ruby Variables to JavaScript in ERB
#Rails #erb #json
Trump Reveals First Targets on Military Hit List in Shocking Interview….
And if he wins he’ll have immunity yeah?!
Sat in Nero’s Cafe, Heathrow T3, waiting for relatives arriving from Bangkok. A chap has just rushed back. He’s lost his phone and apparently just minutes previous was sat next to where I am. I recognise the look of terror on his face. I feel for him.
The Rails World 2024 videos are up on YouTube.
I’m very interested in the PWA talk. While the Hotwire Native work is super quick to get started with, I need to investigate PWA - maybe it will provide what I’m looking for without the “native” hurdle.
#Rails #RailsWorld2024
That’s The Lincoln Lawyer Series 1 done. Absolutely brilliant with twists and turns right up to the final scene.
#TheLincolnLawyer
I see Apple TV has just posted a new trailer for Silo series 2. I can’t express how excited I am. I think I just did a little wee.
15th November can’t come soon enough.
Do you?
My favourite is the Sakura Writoll 0.5.
Basics: It’s very light. The silicone grip is … grippy. It’s very comfortable to use.
Killer: The pencil top button retracts the pencil lead in to a sheilded tip, protecting the lead.
Improve: It's a shame the pencil is plastic, an aluminium version would be great.
Anyhow. I thnk It’s a very good pencil. You can buy one through JetPens or Amazon.
Thinking of buying a new car?
This article had me thinking.
Given the Man Child Elon’s brilliance in people management, as demonstrated at Twitter/X, are there potential risks to the Tesla platform?
I pre-ordered the device I think the day it was announced or the day I saw the first video review on YT. I figured even if the device was only half as good as the video review then I stand to save a considerable amount of waste going to recycling and possibly save some money.
So back in July I plonked down £24 knowing I’ll have to wait until sometime in the distant future. I was not too bothered as I could stop adding spool ends to my recycling box and instead grow a supply of spool ends ready to create some monster spool of incompatible PLA - brands/colours/finishes - for prototyping.
The device arrived on October 7th - yesterday. Of course I immediately found the time to open the box, select two spool ends and prepared to marvel at how such a tiny device was going to be fun and good for helping me reduce waste. Nope. Turns out the most powerful USB charger I own was not strong enough to power the device, it requires 5v at 2amps.
I ordered up a Belkin Boost Dual Charge USB-A adapter from Amazon (£15) that offers 2 x 12watts of power which fortunately arrived today. I powered up the SUNLU device and the display shone bright.
I cut the filament on an angle to provide as large contact area as possible, inserted the ends into the thin Bowden tube type connector. This part was actually very easy, not too fiddly and I was able to place the joint into the heated clamp without issue. The manual says that it can take up to 3 minutes for the device to heat up to the PLA default of 185 degrees, however the device was much quicker taking maybe 30 seconds to reach temperature. A few seconds later the device bleeped to tell me the join was complete and I just had to wait for the join to cool.
I found holding the hot joint straight to help ensure a quality connection very difficult, bend this way, over compensate too far the other way. In the end I placed the joint in the connector tube cutter, this worked well, keeping the joint nice and straight while it cooled. Of course I was then ideally placed to complete the cut to remove the connector tube.
The end result……
Sure I need to practice. I don’t like that bump. But I’m impressed that my impatient self was able to achieve this connection on my first attempt.
Even after only playing for maybe 30 minutes I really do think this tiny device will deliver on my goals, reduce waste and save money. Of course time will tell, but right now I give this a thumbs up.
#3DPrinting
A question regarding High Protein foods/snacks.
Q : are all protein ingredients equally digestible and absorbable by a human?
I got to wondering if some cheaper high protein foods might include protein in that just passes through.
So my SUNLU Filament Connector arrived today…..
And now I find out I don’t have a USB A charger with enough wattage to power the darn thing.
AAARRRGGGGHHHH. I waited months for it to arrive and …. fail.
#3DPrinting
Podcast recommendation. “The AI Fix”
Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley relay the week’s AI news with a sprinkling of cheek and fun. (Mark is the funnier)
#PodcastRecommendation
Imagine that you have a “has_and_belongs_to_many” association and you wish to present the check boxes as “Tags” that can be selected………
Because I’m a Tailwinds CSS #FanBoy I’m only specifying styles that cover the check/un-check changes. I’ll make the check boxes look like Tags inline within the HTML using TailwindsCSS.
We can now use the collection_check_boxes Action View Form Helper and some TailwindCSS to build the interface.
The form helper outputs a CHECKBOX and a LABEL for each of item in our collection. However we HIDE the CHECKBOX and use the active LABEL to check/uncheck the value.
The CSS we defined in Step 1 uses a simple query to change the visual stying of the LABEL directly after each hidden CHECKBOX.
I like this solution because we’re using our tools to their best advantage. Rails brings a super powerful form helper, CSS manages the switching of styles - AND - there is no JavaScript.
Sure I’m using some TailwindsCSS to style the tags, but that’s just because I’m lazy, and besides once your interface is finished you’ll move the Tailwinds definitions into CSS anyway. Won’t you.
So, let’s give this (micro.blog) another go.
My hope is that I can write some (short/small) blog posts. Just lately I keep coming across little Rails/TailwindsCSS/AlpineJS nuggets that I think should be shared.
#rails #aplinejs #tailwindscss
This week I will be mostly Parse-Platforming.
#parse-platform