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peterburkimsher

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About peterburkimsher

Email: peterburk@icloud.com

Résumé: http://peterburk.free.fr/Peter_Burkimsher_CV.pdf

Website: https://peterburk.github.io

Recent public activity

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    Not to mention supplying astronauts with food and managing their waste for 6+ months.

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    Comment #48483618

    Another Hackaday reader here. I think that the RPi shines in projects where GPIO are needed, yet the developer needs a full Linux OS (usually to run Python). I agree that vibe codi…

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    Comment #48186863

    I sometimes use a Raspberry Pi at work, and found the miniKVM to be a useful tool for controlling it: https://www.crowdsupply.com/techxartisan/openterface-mini-kv...

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    Comment #47315918

    That’s what I’d like to use it for as well, but it’s difficult to do so because there’s no way to edit the disk image. Any advice on how to create a JSLinux clone with a specific f…

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    Comment #46983504

    Related: PTT BBS is a popular Telnet-based forum in Taiwan, still actively used these days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTT_Bulletin_Board_System

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    Comment #46840412

    Thanks for your long and thoughtful reply! Matrix is just a visualisation tool, I never actually found a practical use for it other than looking cool. The decomposition feature is …

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    Comment #46835232

    I made a parallel literal translator for Farsi: https://pingtype.github.io/farsi.html Paste in some parallel text (e.g. Bible verses, movie subtitles, song lyrics) and read what Fa…

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    Comment #46835166

    Good to see that there are others learning and creating! Another shameless plug for my translator site: https://pingtype.github.io It takes text, adds colours for tones, pinyin, li…

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    Comment #46790053

    Nice work! I’ve been using CamTwist for effects: https://camtwiststudio.com/ It makes a virtual camera device that can integrate into any other app, not just the browser.

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    Comment #46407960

    https://archive.org/details/myspace_artist_data_dump_2009

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    Comment #46344501

    For a fully-legal alternative of metadata archiving, I suggest the iTunes EPF (Enterprise Partner Feed). https://performance-partners.apple.com/epf The best metadata I've found, th…

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    Comment #46258093

    After a concert in London, I missed the last train back to Lancaster. So I made a sign saying that I was on CouchSurfing, and some strangers invited me over! After CouchSurfing sta…

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    Comment #45815541

    Sure, just click my profile name and you'll have my personal website with email address.

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    Comment #45807817

    Was that the Archive.org HTML files, or did you find a source of PureVolume MP3 files? Either way I'm interested; I did some independent research into the MySpace Dragon Hoard for …

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    Comment #45709501

    If you're interested in other PCB edge connectors, here's an HDMI one I designed: https://forum.kicad.info/t/hdmi-pcb-edge-connector-for-raspb...

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    Comment #44819799

    If you're interested in learning languages by reading blocks of text with a word-by-word translator, I've built Pingtype to help with that: https://pingtype.github.io/finnish.html

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    Comment #44449995

    If anybody is interested in beta app testing, I’m happy to invite you to the BeWelcome.org iOS app! Currently it’s just a PWA, but we’re trying to keep it simple so it can get onto…

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    Comment #44220100

    The solution for code signing is coming: through jailbreaks or appdb.to, it's possible to sideload apps without the official app store process. The EU even mandated that there shou…

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    Comment #44153690

    There's a link in the header to "Movies" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhIooD7mFhphhT5nDdhK0...

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    Comment #44153257

    Does it work in Chinese? See the movies feature of http://pingtype.github.io

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    Comment #44147180

    It’s back! “Got it. The number you would dial to reach our Account Security team would be 1-866-961-9253 (US). Thanks, Peter! -Saul”

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    Comment #44143004

    I've got an Elgato Camlink, but need the freeze button (e.g. CamLink input to a Raspberry Pi full-screen, feeding through to HDMI output, with a GPIO button to pause the live strea…