Subj : Re: Various Things (1) To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Sat Mar 04 2023 03:14:00 Barry, BM> Right now it's just after breakfast and it that cheesecake would not BM> stand a chance! I've known folks who eat pizza for breakfast (I resemble that remark) . BM> As for the Raspberry Pi's, yes, quite a few but part of the reasoning BM> is compatability. Intended as an inexpensive option to get kids BM> computers (originally something like $5 - $35 -- and grab extra BM> keyboards, mice) they were also used by business: some applications BM> didn't need a $500 computer to do something like an assembly line BM> process, And so it was found the $5 and $10 versions of the Raspnerry BM> Pi were more than capable. These folks think everyone's flush with cash...that's the lobbyists and politicians in Washington. I dare them to try to survive on "the mere pittance" I get each month. BM> So what's this got to do with compatibility? Stuff wears out, gets BM> damaged. I'm guessing sometimes there is a lack of extra space and so BM> a RPi Pico which is around half the width of a deck of cards cannot be BM> replaced by the current RPi 4 which is about the size of a deck of BM> cards. And so the Raspberry Pi folks made the decision to keep the old BM> models. It's the law of entropy...sooner more than later, in this life, things are doomed to fail. BM> Right. There are times when the cheap version would be satisfactory, BM> of course. I have some 'yuck!' keyboards -- some came with a computer. BM> Those keyboards had a bad feel but for a while I was using them with BM> the MythTV Frontends if that computer refused to boot with just a BM> wireless keyboard. Plugged in the junk keyboard, stored it behind the BM> computer. Boot: "I see that junk keyboard and so will continue booting BM> and load the wireless keyboard eventually". As long as it works, and is of reasonable quality, I don't care. BM> Good test of motor skills: grasp the banana without squishing, removal BM> of the peel. Maybe also cognative: don't discard on to the tile floor! They might slip on it if they try to peel away in escape. BM> In the 70's I flew on a few 'puddle jumpers' The life jackets are the airlines complimentary "itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini"...one size fits all. Those are for use if the flight captain decides to land near a hot tub (the ocean). BM> I've not timed but one lately seems like only two seconds: seems like I BM> get the very start of the yellow arrow (for the turn) and I don't make BM> it through the intersection before the signal is red. If I slam on my BM> brakes for the yellow I'm going to get rear-ended. I felt the same way. Or, you could be like the blonde driver, who hit the gas and the brakes, back and forth, with the flashing yellow light. :P BM> Hmmm: a four-way go! That could be interesting! Especially when you try to explain it to your insurance company. BM> The forecast for tomorrow (Friday March 3) is up in the air (no pun BM> intended): apparently the NWS has issued a winter storm warning from BM> Chicago to about 70 miles west -- they might get up to a foot of snow. BM> I'm about 100 miles further west and the current forecast is for rain BM> or half-inch of snow to 2-3 inches of snow, depending on the track. We got thunderstorms and flooding rain here (I'm high enough where flash flooding isn't an issue), but there were numerous reports of tornadoes, very large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding...across the Arklatex, Arklamiss, and MidSouth, from Thursday afternoon into Friday morning. There were some "dead spots" in radar coverage from the National Weather Service, and it was only through spotter/chaser reports/videos, that tornado warnings were issued. Texarkana and Shreveport, among many other areas, got hit. BM> Some sort of weather tomorrow (Friday), nice for the weekend, rainy on BM> Monday, decent but cool for the rest of the week.... I looked at the extended GFS (the Goofus Model ), and if (that's a huge IF) it verifies, we could see a mid-March winter storm here. But, more than 5 days out, I'll take it with a grain of salt. However, at this typing, except for a few bags of microwave popcorn, I have no food here. While my disability payment arrived yesterday, I didn't get a chance to order any food...as I was up into early Friday morning, texting weather updates to friends. So, I basically was exhausted...and insomnia (not weather) has me up tonight. I have got to get back on a regular sleep schedule somehow. I guess I'll have to order from Grubhub later today. A fellow area BBS Sysop is picking me up to do lunch at a local Denny's Sunday morning (we will go Dutch Treat). But, it'll give me a chance to get out of the house, and away from the computer for a bit. BM> There are times it would be handy to have a notification like that here BM> but with what I have isn't going to work. Well, would work but would BM> undo some other monitoring. ...Could do two more cameras (and BM> Raspberry Pi's!) just for 'pinpoint' monitoring -- naaa! I also have a camera with the alarm system, and an intercom with the doorbell camera. But, if my internet/wi-fi is down, I can't view photos from either of them. BM> Wonder if they make a right-angle doorbell camera? Here the side door BM> faces 90ø to the driveway and walk. 'Worse' is it's located on the far BM> side: right side of the door and the access is from the left. ...If BM> had a professionally-installed system quite sure they'd have suitable BM> hardware, snake wiring through.... Solar might not work on that side BM> because of the shade. I got mine through ADT. BM> So the mosquito population could be exterminated by keeping the males BM> sober?! That'd be something to celibate (pun intended). BM> Stay in bed and debris could fly through your roof! If your structure takes a direct hit from a tornado, it's gone... especially if it's rated "strong to violent". Daryl .... I'm Bjorn of Borg. Wimbledon is irrelevant. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .