I generally don’t do GUIs for C. But I’m also an embedded C person.

When I have I’ll generate DLLs for the C portion then just pull them into a python based interface or something with easier to deal with gui implementations.

Programming languages are tools. Would you use a wrench to drive a nail? You could. But it would be painful, you’re gonna miss and whack your hand at least once.

If it’s a learning exercise, go for the C implementation, why not? I’ve written an XML parser in LabVIEW. (I never stopped to ask whether I should…) Is that the right tool for the job? Fuck no.

If this is an exercise in software engineering be an engineer and use the 99% already built and verified system to do the job it’s meant to.

Or you can write an entire theme park simulator in assembly because you like pain or something.

Off lease corporate thin clients with fresh ssds. You can get something that runs off a laptop power supply, will handle more than you’re going to throw at it, and they’re insanely cheap.

I moved to one from a pi when I got serious about home assistant.

I also run a stack of networking utilities on my OPNSense router.

Jellyfin has been a bit more difficult to transition, I’m still running it on my wife’s gaming computer. I’ve pre transcoded most of our collection, but not all of it. I need to find something very cheap but also capable of handling the odd 4k transcode.

The door monitor mostly helps when a kid walks off leaving it open thinking they closed it.

The freezer temperature monitoring has saved the contents several times. A breaker had tripped once and I didn’t notice, it let me know that I needed a generator during a power outage, and one of the kids snuck an ice cream and left the lid wide open.

So yeah, it’s been useful. It’s not needed 99% of the time.

Nothing needs to be, but I do like to monitor door status and temperature for my fridge and deep freezers with home assistant.

I did print myself a herome mount and everything awhile back. Added dual fans and whatnot, I was having a terrible time with petg surface quality, the dual fans helped a lot. I also had to reassemble my hotend to reprint something I messed up lol.

I’m at the point now where I’ve replaced so much on my ender that it doesn’t really look like the machine I bought, except that it’s still i3.

I’ll check out the orbiter, thanks!

The lack of banding and wobble is excellent, especially compared to where you came from. You’ve got me thinking about a new extruder. I’ve got some no name aluminum extruder setup right now, but I’ve put enough abrasive filament through that it’s made all my filament paths oblong.

Nice work!

Also, working physical interfaces for everything where possible.

Lights that come on auto-magically are great, low light after bed time, that shuts itself off after you stumble back to bed, etc.

But you also need to allow overrides, like someone double taps the lights on you override the automations for an hour or two to handle corner cases like when your 6 year old pukes all over the hall and bathroom and you need cleaning light not stumbling light.

Also, light switches and lamps should work like light switches and lamps for guests, because these interfaces aren’t bad, they work, well even.

Liberals and fascists must both defend capital even when doing so is in direct conflict with their stated aims.

They are on the same team.

As long as the donations keep rolling in…

Like actual brown shirts?

It’s almost like brain damage makes people more reactionary. I wonder if there’s a lesson there.

“Tech writers learn about steganography, more at eleven.”

Is your upright the one with all the little compartments? That one looked to me like the most efficient upright design I’ve ever seen.

If you believe the Supreme Court is going to do anything positive, I have an incredible opportunity for you.

I have been tasked with selling a large amount of scrap iron. It is currently located in France, and you’ll need to arrange for the removal, but I’m authorized to offer it for pennies on the dollar!

They’re pissy cause it being open source and more efficient means that it’s gonna be more cost effective for people to use. Which is real bad if your company overcommitted to the slop and needs to recover losses.

In addition, be prepared for them to criminalize any actions that actually move the needle. If you aren’t already a criminal, they will make you one.

Large American media outlets have been failing the people for the entirety of their existence.

They have been successfully serving the interests of the wealthy and powerful.

It is as foretold by Richard Pryor.

And roadkill! Last winter they spent months on this deer in a field near the road.

Why don’t they just fuck and get it over with?