Cheery

joined 2 years ago
[–] Cheery 2 points 9 months ago

Well, I'm two for three, should I apply anyway?

[–] Cheery 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The number refers to the reported time of death of pope John Paul II, 9:37 PM or 21:37, as Poland uses a 24 hour system. The use of the number is connected with memes about the late pope, as there was almost a cult folllowing for JP2, noone was allowed to even criticize him, after his death, with time popped out evidence of the pope not being such a great person, so people started meme'ing on him.

[–] Cheery 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man, that was a great read, from simple beginnings to selling your product. Thanks for the thorough explanation, I definitely don't plan to sell anything, I was considering learning electronics as a hobby, but it's good to know where to start if it ever comes to that.

[–] Cheery 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for!

[–] Cheery 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion! I do know a bit of Python, so it should be easier on that front at least.

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Learning about electronics (self.askelectronics)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Cheery to c/askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de
 

Hello! What would be a good way to learn about electronics in terms of creating them? I'm particularly interested in building my own keyboards and other PC peripherals, but I'm not sure what tools I would need, or what's a good knowledge base if I run into any issues. Any tips and or suggestions?

[–] Cheery 1 points 2 years ago

I'll have a look, thanks. Ideally I wouldn't have both a KVM and a hub, as the hub already does most of the work, but it is a solution.

[–] Cheery 1 points 2 years ago

That sure would work for me, just more mess for the existing cable mass under my desk 😅

[–] Cheery 1 points 2 years ago

It does have multiple ports I could use, though I was hoping I didn't need additional cables, but sure enough cables are cheaper than a new mobo or a physical KVM.

[–] Cheery 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Remoting is certainly something I haven't thought of, latency shouldn't be a problem, only I'd need both machines to be on. Thanks for suggesting, it would save some money.

[–] Cheery 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I do have free ports, so sounds like a plan, any KVM switches you'd suggest?

[–] Cheery 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That sounds like a solution, although I was hoping I could do it with less cables, there's already a mess under my desk 😅 I'll check it out though, tanks!

 

Hello! I'm in a situation, where I have a work laptop and a personal computer, the latter is used mostly for gaming. In order to switch between them I have to plug all the peripherals from one machine to the other, to help with that I bought a dock, to which I can connect everything, and connect the dock via one USB-C cable. The trouble begins with the monitors, as my laptop supports thunderbolt, but my motherboard doesn't, so it's a bit of a chore to switch them.

To alleviate the issue I'm considering changing my motherboard to one that has thunderbolt 4 support, as I have one 4K monitor and one full HD, and I've read it should support them fine on one cable. Is this a good solution? I'm thinking I might run into some issues with monitors not being connected directly to my GPU, latency or otherwise.

I beseech thee for help o masters of the PC.

[–] Cheery 7 points 2 years ago

Easiest solution would be to work on your grip, you could use those hand grip tools that you squeeze. I personally don't like lifting in gloves, I feel like the bar slips more, especially when my hands get sweaty, you could try to use chalk and see if there's a difference. In the past I also had trouble gripping, but it was due to a tightness in my shoulder, a nerve was getting pinched, so I couldn't hold a tight grip too long. If all else fails I'd suggest going to a physiotherapist to see if there aren't any issues in your arm. In any case good luck, keep it up!

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