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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    Because they're not scared of dying, they're considerate of others and are trying to reduce harm to others. Putting others well being ahead of your own discomfort is noble IMHO. Whether or not you believe in the virus or if the public is misled, making fun of people looking out for each other is...
  2. J

    Monetising Geographic Domain Name

    Hi all, I'm in touch with someone who's owned a local domain name for almost 15 years now (eg. suburb.com). The suburb/town has over 30,000 people, and 22,000 searches for the name a month on Google. The owner is interested in building a website to promote their own businesses on it and I'm...
  3. J

    To mold or not to mold...help is appreciated

    Impossible for us to help without numbers or details. Materials, dimensions, thicknesses, use case, 3d printing process etc. Ask your engineer, or if they don't know then seek a manufacturing engineer experienced with polymers. A consulting call with the right person will give you the answers...
  4. J

    Sleep

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    Unless you have an underlying problem, the only effective way is to make a routine. Choose your wake up and bed time goals and stick to it. Turn your phone off and leave it in another room. Even if you're not tired get into bed at the right time. Even if you are tired, get up at the right time...
  5. J

    Idea: Remote controlled automatic plant watering

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    Stick with the pi, you're familiar with it at this point. You can always hire a programmer off fiverr to convert it to a different language when you start producing it later. For learning control, watch the first two videos here (click the link to open the playlist)(there's a surprise for you...
  6. J

    Idea: Remote controlled automatic plant watering

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    Damn that's annoying. Not much you can do about that. Yeah that's pretty much what it is. If the error changed with temperature then it'd be a temperature dependant error. If it was always 2% off then that'd be a steady state error (for example if your speedo was 2km/h fast). The sensors...
  7. J

    Idea: Remote controlled automatic plant watering

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    Definitely go with an ADC. Inaccurate in what way? If its a steady state error than it can easily be compensated for in software
  8. J

    Idea: Remote controlled automatic plant watering

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    It'd probably be better to just send a command to the pi rather than take control of it over the web. ie send it a message instead of logging in. Look up TCP or go on relevant forums to get examples/advice of people doing this. It'll just require the device connecting to their wifi (only...
  9. J

    Idea: Remote controlled automatic plant watering

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    If you're worried about the sensor wires or wires you've got hooked up to the GPIO, don't be. They'd all be part of an IC (integrated circuitboard) when you manufacture it. If it's more complicated then that I'd be happy to look over a circuit diagram or the system in more detail if you'd like...
  10. J

    Idea: Remote controlled automatic plant watering

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    Those are definitely good points and the final product would require a proper failure and risk analysis to find and mitigate those types of problems. To address your points... 1. Easy enough to have a small cell battery in case of blackouts to operate the microcontroller. Or a low battery...
  11. J

    Idea: Remote controlled automatic plant watering

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    Setting it up the way you envision (full remote control outside the home) is definitely possible to do, for an embedded system it might be easier to code another device (ESP32 or another low power chip with wifi capability) other than a raspberry pi due to the OS complicating things. However if...
  12. J

    Slowlane salesman, 180k/year.

    SLOWLANE INTRO 
    Are there any contracts in place to prevent you making an improved version of what you're selling already?
  13. J

    I've Read UNSCRIPTED!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Admittedly the first few chapters were a bit slow and the generalisations marketed as truths across the population triggered my accuracy radar. However, the overarching message is entirely spot on and the rest of the book is incredibly informative, stuff you don't hear elsewhere.
  14. J

    I've Read The Millionaire Fastlane!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Read the book. Really helped consolidate background thoughts I had previously and bring them to light. CENTS/NECST framework is eye opening.
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