Didn’t notice. Head down for work in the AM, spent the PM installing gutter shields. Good day!
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#112I did more work lol mostly taking care of the bottom of the list Improvements a few small PRs here and there..
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#113Played with lua as a kernel module.
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#114I did far more work than usual and now my product lead is going to expect this to happen every sprint. They'll be so disappointed.
Same. It's probably just a coincidence though. Because if it weren't, I'd have an addiction I'd need to confront.
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#115Pulled two solar panels off one of my arrays, because a few of them have hot junction boxes from bad connections. Replaced those with spares and got the array back fully online (one of them has been bypassed for arc fault warnings that, digging into the junction box, look legit).
Then I replaced all the fancy, spring loaded, "replace the back of the junction box for new functionality!" interface stuff with some vintage, 1980s style soldering and bypass diodes. Because I don't care about the optimizers on my well-sited array with no shading, and I don't need rapid shutdown for a ground mount array, etc.
And then proceeded to short the leads, put them in the sun, and ensure that the junction box guts didn't get hot, while observing just how brutal on panels doing this is - you really highlight the difference between cells thermally, when in "normal running," you don't see any differences in the array.
And now I'm writing all this up as a blog post. :)
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#116I read half way through this free book by Sven Yrvind called “WITH FOUR SQUARE METERS OF SAIL AND ONE OAR” which is sort of a manifesto about building small boats and living simply. He’s a super interesting guy, I don’t even know how to sail and I was pretty glued to it. Not sure why I decided to latch on and go deep on the subject but you can find it here if you’re interested: https://www.yrvind.com/wp-content/uploa…
I've been on a sailing kick recently, and think you'd like this vlog featuring Sven and one of his boats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bca5_uyH9E4
The sheer utility of every component of the craft is awesome.
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#117Was going through the who is hiring thread then noticed it was down, took a nap than got supper
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#118Curled up in the corner, hugged myself and rocked back and forth, sobbing inconsolably.
Comfort is coming.
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#119I replaced the LCD assembly on a MacBook someone gave me with one I bought of eBay. Somehow I succeeded and I didn't even break any of the ribbon cables.
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same, but I'm now 20 years older.
Almost the same for me. It's for sure 10 years ago, but when I do the calculation, it's 20. :'(