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IoT widgets are cool, but it would be interesting what you could do if you could make the MCU kits completely flat. Very thin, with a completely flat LCD on top, such that you could mount it to the surface of a laptop and run something this fastened on its lid:
esp mon running on a makerfabs esp display 7" - YouTube[^]
But much much thinner than that.
It's 2024. We missed out on the Jetson's style flying briefcase car. Instead, we got the cyberpunk dystopia the sci fi authors promised us. In recompense, I want flat computers.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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(related ?) I think that was the idea when Apple added a Touch Bar instead of regular keys.
it was far from perfect as keys replacement, but it was a good idea.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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I've been helping someone get a new waveshare board running only to fail last minute due to the board being crap and me running out of moves to work around it. It's a brand new board, and library/toolchain support is currently trash.
Yesterday at 3am a windows update rebooted my laptop and launched my dual boot linux mid update (lid closed so I didn't realize) - that nuked my windows. I was going to my sister's that day, and that's the only time I ever use my laptop. Frustrating. Fortunately I got it reinstalled enough that it limped along for the trip but heckin grrr. Serves me right for not turning off scheduled updates.
I've been a bit down on tech over the past few days.
Finally, my makerfabs 7" arrived. At 1024x600 it's pushing the limits of this little ESP32-S3 MCU. I have a header file used for driving displays of various kinds - kind of an all in one Big Ball of Mud that nevertheless has served me quite well for driving LCDs of all kinds from an ESP32. I plugged in the pins and things like horizontal sync, vertical back porch, etc and it fired right up and ran my code.
I needed that. Now I just need to update esp_mon2 to be able drive displays that are this large (and relatively slow updating). Currently if it receives serial data faster than the display can draw it crashes.
It shouldn't be a problem, because I'm on my game now. 
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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There are only two ideas in Modern UI (&/or Web) Design, see the image[^].
Do you like Modern Web Design or Classic?
Here's the difference[^].
I created these memes and they are my contributions to the ongoing UI Design discussion. 
They show you why the UX is so irritating, agitating, annoying and other synonyms.
Uh, and yes, CP Main-Page, I'm looking (scrolling) at you! 
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Yeah, who's offended by scroll bars, even the fat ones?
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You get the last tree that fell in the yard cut, split and stacked when another falls...that's even bigger. ARG
Is it like a law of nature?
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.4.0 (Many new features) JaxCoder.com
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Mike Hankey wrote: Is it like a law of nature?
Nope... it is Murphy's
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: Nope... it is Murphy's
Me an him gotta have a talk.
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.4.0 (Many new features) JaxCoder.com
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It just KNOWS when you are ready for it.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Mike Hankey wrote: Is it like a law of nature?
It's because Mother Nature is a real mother... 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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And it's risen by 30% this year - an extra £60!
So I look around to find out why and it turns out that's not bad - the average rise in the UK this year is 43%. Bloody glad I'm not still 17 ... they pay an average of £3,145 
I'm still going to shop around, but ... looks like it might be not too bad a price after all. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Mine went up 60%.
Getting where I almost can't afford to drive, or eat or ...
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.4.0 (Many new features) JaxCoder.com
Latest Article: EventAggregator
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Yeah - I guess the increase in value due to the cost of EVs has helped push the cost up generally, even if you don't drive an EV (because I can't charge one anywhere near home).
I just tried a couple of the "insurance comparison" sites, and they couldn't get below the renewal price - the closest was £30 more!
I'm really, really glad I'm not 17 any more ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: I'm really, really glad I'm not 17 any more ...
I hear ya
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.4.0 (Many new features) JaxCoder.com
Latest Article: EventAggregator
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Mine went up 40% about 5 months ago, and that's the average increase.
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The old car we just kept about the same, I think an extra £10, but it is terrible.
Looking forward to the main car in the Autumn, I'm expecting an extra £200 at least.
veni bibi saltavi
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I had the same issue. I looked around and got it for less than I paid last year.
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