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this is a great project! i'm working on a go rewrite right now (i wish the author had chosen a less broken language in the first place lol). question: how hard would it be to make this work for a nutrient suspension? i'm asking because i have switched to soylent (for obvious reasons that i will not belabor here) but am frustrated that i still have to remember to prepare and consume it at the correct interval. it woul…
I mean this in the nicest way possible, but is this satire? I actually can't tell. Between go rewrite, criticizing the language choice, and wanting to just stick a tube in your mouth and be automatically fed soylent this almost seems generated by a markov chain. If sincere I apologize.
cool. but I won't subject my cat to "kibble".
Sorry to be boring but a simple timer seems more sensible. Dispense the preset amount everyday at the same time. And kitty needs water.
> Sorry to be boring but a simple timer seems more sensible. Not all projects are about being sensible. This is "hacker" News after all. > And kitty needs water. Water and food have different needs; an automatic water fountain like http://www.amazon.com/Drinkwell-Platinum-Pet-Fountain-168oz/... keeps a pool of water fresh at all times, without needing to dispense a particular measure of it.
Problem is: people in the node.js community have a pattern of going from the "weekend hack" to the "production" stage in weeks. Code maturity has no meaning to some.
http://www.super-feeder.com/csfmodel.html
0 5,11,17 * * * /home/pi/bin/feed - > /dev/null 2>&1
#!/bin/bash
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
(
source gpio
echo "Using pin 12"
gpio mode 12 out
gpio mode 12 out
gpio write 12 0
sleep 1
echo "Turn On"
gpio write 12 1
sleep 20
echo "Turn Off"
gpio write 12 0
) 2>&1 | logger -p local0.info -s -t feed
gpio write 12 0
exit 0
/home/pi/bin/gpio is from here: https://github.com/lasandell/RaspberryPi.git
this is a great project! i'm working on a go rewrite right now (i wish the author had chosen a less broken language in the first place lol). question: how hard would it be to make this work for a nutrient suspension? i'm asking because i have switched to soylent (for obvious reasons that i will not belabor here) but am frustrated that i still have to remember to prepare and consume it at the correct interval. it woul…
I mean this in the nicest way possible, but is this satire? I actually can't tell. Between go rewrite, criticizing the language choice, and wanting to just stick a tube in your mouth and be automatically fed soylent this almost seems generated by a markov chain. If sincere I apologize.
this is a great project! i'm working on a go rewrite right now (i wish the author had chosen a less broken language in the first place lol). question: how hard would it be to make this work for a nutrient suspension? i'm asking because i have switched to soylent (for obvious reasons that i will not belabor here) but am frustrated that i still have to remember to prepare and consume it at the correct interval. it woul…
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Most likely due to lack of resources.
Why does it need a mobile phone to work at all?!
I built one of these a couple of months ago using a rPI and a simple relay to control the 12v feed to one of these: http://www.super-feeder.com/csfmodel.html Literally the code to feed them is a crontab: 0 5,11,17 * * * /home/pi/bin/feed - > /dev/null 2>&1 Using this script in /home/pi/bin/feed: #!/bin/bash export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH ( source gpio echo "Using pin 12" gpio mode 12 out gpio mode 12 out gpio write 12 0…
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What do you mean? What do you feed them instead? Curious. I have 3 cats and they are on the kibble. 1 of them has IBS. I always wonder(ed) if it's cos of this solid food full or "fillers".
Wet food is almost certainly healthier for cats. Less carbs, more moisture, fewer urinary tract issues, etc. Kibble is great for when you need to get away for the weekend, however.