Talk nerdy to me :D

  • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Retro handhelds.

    My favorite is between the monster (steam deck) and the custom build (miyoo mini plus). A few friends and I geek out over them. And custom Roms, indie devs, ect…

    There’s a ton of Indies onastodon as well.

      • IWW4@lemmy.zip
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        15 days ago

        It will depend on the type of waterways you’re going to use them in. I recommend getting a hull that is known as a dry ski and a stable one. It used to be that some manufacturers were known to be more stable than others, but that’s not really true anymore.

        So factor that in if you’re looking at a Used ski.

        On getting a used one versus a new one really your decision points are the same as buying a used car versus a new car… The features of the new skis Bluetooth, apps and the GPS are really nice if you’re on a big body of water.

        I ski a lot in the Chesapeake Bay, so I really love having a GPS. If you’re just skiing on a lake, where there really isn’t that much of a chance of getting lost an older model will be fine.

        I like having a depth meter but again I’m skiing in a very big complex body water. If you’re just skiing on a lake, you don’treally have to worry about that.

  • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Aztecs.

    Mixtec-Pueblo culture before European contact was vibrant, dynamic, and layered. It was reflected by its surrounding cultures of K’iche’ (Mayan), Chichimeca, Iréchikwa (Purepecha), and Otomi. Their books look like comics painted on accordions. I’ve been to Teotihuacan so I’ve seen the massive pyramids the peoples of the valley built millennia ago. I’ve read about how cities were planned and zoned then built with stone and you can still witness the logic behind those decisions today. The comida is good too.

    I wish I was smart so I could learn Spanish easier.

    • massive_bereavement@fedia.io
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      15 days ago

      On the words of Hernan Cortés: “Su casa es mi casa.”

      Jokes aside, I am positive a Game of Thrones or Vikings-like tv show based on the birth of the Mexicas, then the expansion with finally the fall of the Aztecs would be brutally fantastic.

      I always look at the Mexican flag in awe for what it really means and how it became.

      Any books that you would recommend but aren’t academic?

  • AreaKode@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Arduino, ESP32, smart home automation. I could talk for hours. I’ve started to get into PCB design this year, and I’ve had a lot of fun with it!

    • Xaphanos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      Where can I learn how to link different tech through HA? Insteon switch to flip a wifi bulb. Z Wave switch to open the Shelly relay for the garage door. ZigBee water sensor trips insteon siren. Etc. Is that all YAML? Is the Ecobee thermostat worth it?

      • AreaKode@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        Just install HA and try it out! It’s a lot easier to do than you might think. Every vendor or connection type has its own Integration. Most integrations can be set up through the UI very easily. I have dozens of integrations.

        And the automations have had a lot of work the last few years. They are getting much easier to set up in the UI without having to worry about code or yaml.

          • AreaKode@lemmy.world
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            15 days ago

            Here’s an example. The first picture is part of the UI configuration for this automation. The second picture show the yaml that was generated from this. Utility Room Occupancy is a Zigbee door sensor. When it turns on (the door opens), it triggers the Utility Room Lights on. The light is actually a WiFi LED bulb. The rest of the script turns the light off when the door closes.

            What’s beautiful about Home Assistant is that it just creates devices that look identical no matter what integration you’re using. A light is a light no matter how you interact with it.

            • Xaphanos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              15 days ago

              I really appreciate the help. But you lost me at step zero. What ui configuration for what automation? How do I get THERE?

      • AreaKode@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        The ESP32-S3 has become my standard goto device. If power usage is an issue, the ESP32-C3 is a great option. And the ESP32-C6 opens up Thread capabilities. I recently picked up a device with an ESP32-P4 that I’m wanting to play around with some more.

  • zloubida@sh.itjust.works
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    15 days ago

    Typewriters. I love these machines, and the effect they had on our societies, and how they still have a strong influence on our keyboards and typographical likes.

    And they are beautiful.

  • estutweh@aussie.zone
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    15 days ago

    Type faces (“fonts”) and typesetting. I personally like a face with a large x-height, double story open loop g, and a full range of f-ligatures. The art of lead typesetting has disappeared in favour of software solutions; TeX does a beautiful job, particularly when using Knuth’s faces. (Adobe’s InDesign also deserves an honourable mention, but it’s unfortunately proprietary and closed-source). And when using standard TrueType or OpenType faces, the difference between a page generated by either of them, and one output by Microsoft Word, for example, is noticeably staggering.

    • maxprime@lemmy.ml
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      15 days ago

      One of my favorite parts of being a math teacher is getting to write in latex all the time.

      It’s such a bummer collaborating on a document because they all use Word.

      • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        I used latex once for a technical documentation.

        It certainly makes handling large documents way easier than all the convoluted features word has

  • Denjin@feddit.uk
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    15 days ago

    Korean cooking, specifically their use of fermented and preserved food and how it relates to their climate of very hot summers and very cold winters and also their history as tributary state to Ming China and later under Japanese occupation.

  • kescusay@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Oh, goddamn it, this is gonna take a while.

    • Code. Like, I actually get real pleasure from seeing elegant and well-structured code. I have no idea why, but I’ll almost start salivating at particularly beautiful code.
    • Anime. Yeah, I’m a walking stereotype, a software developer who likes anime. But have you seen Frieren? It’s so goddamn good.
    • Philosophy. No, not bullshit continental philosophy. I’m talking real philosophy. Analytic philosophy. Distilled and legitimately useful logic. Which of course leads me to…
    • Science. My YouTube feed is full of fascinating deep-dives into esoteric mathematical and scientific topics. Fuck yeah.
    • Tabletop RPGs. Surprisingly, not a huge D&D fan, though it can certainly be fun. These days, I’m much more into story-focused systems, like Fate or Blades in the Dark. Most people I mention that to have never heard of either.
    • Science fiction and fantasy. I mean, are you surprised at this point?
    • Writing science fiction and fantasy. I mean, are you surprised at this point?
    • Politics. Less so nowadays, since our political system is falling apart and we’re being overrun by fascism, but I still do enjoy a meaty policy discussion.

    That’s a good list for starters.

    • Xaphanos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      Who is the most criminally under appreciated philosopher/author and why is it Ursula LeGuinn?

    • Jimbabwe@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      You might be interested in a video game called The Last Sovereign. I discovered it during the recent fiasco around payment processors trying to block lewd stuff, but the nsfw visuals can be turned off if you’re not into that. It’s a very serviceable RPG with turn based combat that is well balanced and engaging. But I’m recommending it because you said philosophy and it’s basically a series of Platonic dialogues between characters discussing life, the nature of man, morality, ethics, sexuality, power, and much more. I’m pleasantly surprised at how often I find myself deeply invested in the conversations. I think the writer(s) must’ve needed an outlet for their philosophical musings and chose this quirky “lewd” RPG as the medium.

    • Xaphanos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      What is a good ruleset for a table that absolutely refuses to read more than an index card of rules but will follow the lead of the referee? Freeform, story-forward, ages 14 to 65? Swords and magic.

      Unrelated, what do you think about the various versions of Traveller?

      • kescusay@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        Oh, you need Fate Accelerated. Six stats, five descriptive phrases that define your character (one of which is your character’s “trouble,” giving the GM automatic story hooks) and a smattering of stunts your character can perform, and off you go!

        Regarding Traveller, I’ve never had the stomach for it. Me and a group once sat down to create characters, and discovered it was so rules-heavy that by the end of two sessions dedicated to character creation, we still didn’t know for sure that we’d done any of the characters correctly.

      • kescusay@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        I’ve read Lord of the Rings a few times. And The Hobbit. And his lesser-known works (e.g., Leaf by Niggle, which is just great). And The Silmarillion. And The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (which, honestly, isn’t his best). And I know what an Istari is (and why Gandalf, being a lesser Ainur, is actually so much more than a mere “wizard”). And I know that while they changed the line from “you cannot pass” to “you shall not pass” for dramatic purposes in the movie, the original line subtly says a whole hell of a lot more about who and what Gandalf is and why the Balrog should have actually been shitting itself.

        So you might say I’m passingly familiar with it.

  • ProfessorScience@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Aperiodic tilings! Just a couple of years ago someone discovered a single tile (down from the set of ~20000 that was first used to prove that aperiodic tiling was even possible) that can completely cover an infinite plane without ever falling into a repeating pattern.

    • Eheran@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      The use of “aperiodic” is somewhat loose here compared to what I would expect. Like… I can instantly see several places with the same pattern just on that small sample…

      • ProfessorScience@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        15 days ago

        Aperiodic, in this sense, doesn’t mean that there aren’t any bits that repeat. In fact, if you pick any patch of tiles of any arbitrary size, that patch will be repeated infinitely many times. What it means to be periodic is that if you slide the whole tiling over so that one of the patches aligns with the repeated bit, there will still be something outside the patch that doesn’t align. Compare that with, say, a repeating grid of squares, where if you slide one square onto a different square then everything lines up, all the way to infinity; it’s impossible to tell that it’s been slid over.

  • BlueLineBae@midwest.socialEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Mixology and movies are probably the top 2 for me. But unfortunately both of these things can be deceptive in conversation. So if I start talking to someone about either one, the enjoyment of the conversation will depend on how deep down the rabbit hole the other person is. But in those rare moments when they seem to be on the same page, I could talk for hours!!

    Some things that have been exciting recently: I wandered into a Binny’s and saw a whole shelf full of Chartreuse which I have not seen in many years!!! On the movie side of things, I’m very excited for Yorgos Lanthimos latest upcoming film! The trailer looked great and he always makes highly interesting films!