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does anyone use a modern screen-foldable phone as their regular phone?
  • Fold 4 daily driver. It's easily my favorite phone since my motoX many years ago. I can't imagine going back to a non-foldable. Looking at floorplans, videos, documents, photos, you name it is so much nicer on a small tablet vs a phone screen. I'll absolutely be getting another foldable when I'm done with this one.

  • Has anyone tried this out? Turbocase Generates A PCB Shell For You
    hackaday.com Turbocase Generates A PCB Shell For You

    Our PCBs greatly benefit from cases – what’s with all the pins that can be accidentally shorted, connectors that stick out of the outline, and cables pulling the board into different di…

    Turbocase Generates A PCB Shell For You

    I came across this today and I thought it might be an incredibly powerful tool. So I was curious to see if anybody in this community has used it yet?

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    Turbocase Generates A PCB Shell For You
    hackaday.com Turbocase Generates A PCB Shell For You

    Our PCBs greatly benefit from cases – what’s with all the pins that can be accidentally shorted, connectors that stick out of the outline, and cables pulling the board into different di…

    Turbocase Generates A PCB Shell For You
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    Best Buy Membership "discount"
  • Some less tired viewers have correctly pointed out that the "warranty" was added for a price and discounted in the cart, as well as free delivery. Perhaps, if you don't find the UI misleading like I did, this isn't a bad thing.

  • Best Buy Membership "discount"
  • Back when they introduced their marketplace, I found an extremely good deal. Thinking it was too good to be true, but cheap enough to say "what the heck," I bought it anyway. Fast forward a week and I received a completely different item than what was described (no surprise, to be honest) in the listing. Naturally, I reached out to customer service for a refund because the item I received was not as advertised. To my surprise, Newegg refused to refund me the whole amount even though they acknowledged the listing was essentially a scam, so I back charged through my credit card. Then, they banned my account. I had been an avid supporter of the company and built many computers from things purchased there, up until that complete joke of a refund process.

    Newegg died the day they sold out way back in the 2010s, screw that horrible customer service.

  • Best Buy Membership "discount"

    So I was shopping with my wife today and I said "oh let's see if my membership helps out." So we went and added the same item to each of our carts, and to our surprise, the total was the same! So what is it exactly that I'm paying for in this membership if the items "original price" is higher for me than it is for regular shoppers?

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    I just wanted some insights from other fathers...
  • I'd like to chime in and say that there are some great pieces of advice here, thanks for being good, Lemmy!

    My advice for conception is to just enjoy your partner. Don't make it work, go on dates, use foreplay, make it fun, and you'll build memories as well as a stronger bond. Always communicate with your partner, that makes everything better, even the uncomfortable things, just remember to be kind.

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    Beautiful women murals HI
  • I have no idea how sexual orientation is, in any way, related to my comment. You can keep that kind of nonsense to yourself. This mural is essentially a bad Zoom call screenshot to my eyes. Just a bizarre angle to capture and span across a huge building, regardless of the subject's eye liner.

  • Autonomous LED Driver Dev PCB

    Greetings again! Yesterday I posted the schematic for this circuit, and today I have routed it as a 2 layer PCB. The intent of this board is for it to be a playground to build autonomous LED animations with the LP5812 ICs from TI, which seem pretty neat.

    I'm hoping to get feedback on this design and sanity checks to make sure I haven't missed something when routing this out. I couldn't figure out how to upload multiple photos, so I'll add some more views in the comments. Cheers!

    If you're interested in the KiCad files or other related things, I've got it on GitHub.

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    Autonomous LED Driver Dev Board Schematic
  • Yeah I hear that some people like to keep the bus pullups closer to the host. The other gotcha is that the voltage for the I2C doesn't have to match the VCC pin and I didn't want to assume that users would want those coupled together. Perhaps I can add some DNP resistors so users can have a choice of a pull-up on the dev board if they like.

  • Autonomous LED Driver Dev Board Schematic
  • Naturally, just like a making a pull request, I found that my annotations were incorrect for the LEDs (it doesn't functionally change the schematic) after posting. My intent is to have all odd LEDs on U1 and even on U2 so that when I place them in a circle it's easy to make usable patterns with one controller at a time as I learn how to use animation engines.

  • Autonomous LED Driver Dev Board Schematic

    Greetings! I've been throwing this schematic together as I want to experiment with the TI LP5812 IC which is an i2c controlled autonomous matrix LED driver. I am a novice when it comes to electronics so I'm looking to see if I've missed anything in this demo board schematic.

    The intended purpose of this circuit will be to provide a playground to experiment with different lighting patterns by allowing the user to interact with two of these LP5812 ICs over i2c as each can only drive 4 RGB leds each.

    My main points of concern: Making sure that I haven't missed anything critical in the rather dense TI datasheet https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lp5812.pdf?ts=1710689049125 as well as making sure that my schematic makes sense.

    I chose not to include i2c pullups on this dev board as I felt that was best left for the host to configure, but I'm happy to learn. Thank you!

    Here's a link to the KiCad project if you'd like to see more https://github.com/scytherswings/Starlight-LP5812-Dev-Board/tree/main

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    Streaming media company Plex raises new funds as it nears profitability
    techcrunch.com Streaming media company Plex raises new funds as it nears profitability | TechCrunch

    Media streamer Plex has raised new capital. The company, which began as a media organization startup, has morphed over the years to become a one-stop shop

    Streaming media company Plex raises new funds as it nears profitability | TechCrunch

    I hope this doesn't mean they are on the slippery slope of selling user data, thoughts?

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    Securing our home labs: Home Assistant code review - The GitHub Blog
    github.blog Securing our home labs: Home Assistant code review

    The GitHub Security Lab examined the most popular open source software running on our home labs, with the aim of enhancing its security. Here's what we found and what you can do to better protect your own smart home.

    Securing our home labs: Home Assistant code review
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    Leased Solar Systems Are Failing Across America
    time.com Rooftop Solar Power Has a Dark Side

    The companies that own many leased solar systems on Americans' rooftops are going out of business, leaving homeowners in a lurch.

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