maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es
- website
- https://maple.pet
- new hub
- https://netizen.club
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scourge of the fediverse, un-retired computer fairies founder (2017-2021, 2024-), drone #6502, official amiga mascot, begrudgingly making a return to the fediverse to upset those who told us to leave.
https://pronoun.gdn/byte?or=it, robot, check system link above, meat shell is 30yo, i block underage.
flirt with me and i will love you forever
HRT: 15/11/2015
⚠️ do not like or favourite my negative posts: https://computerfairi.es/@mavica_again/110573733959251340 ⚠️
Joined Jan 2021
currently everything is double-sided taped down, the internal USB stuff (keyboard, screen) has been soldered straight onto the removed headers to make clearances work, i have a flat cable breakout for hdmi to make that fit in
the ports at the back will be located with a 3D printed plate i need to design yet
i'm still not sure how the screen will attach because id like it to sit at an angle, need to think about a way to hold it in place
so these are the internals otherwise so far
- RPi 3B 1GB
- DietPi (might change my mind later)
- RPi Pico running a very quick slapdash circuitpython script to turn the unharmed NC100 keyboard into USB HID (charmed by how easy that was)
- a new dfrobot UPS HAT has been ordered, should give me I2C monitoring so i can get that into the OS
- 10000mAh battery (might been a mistake given clearances but i'm winging this
- screen is 1280x480, takes HDMI and USB for power and touch
yep it's gotten here this morning and in less than a day i killed it
never assume that just because the connector is the same the polarity is.. i've now repinned the battery but not before probably killing this UPS HAT
which specifically has no diode protection
Hey, just found your site using theforest.link. You seem pretty chill, and I hope life is treating you well. You been watch… — i got really into patlabor recently https://retrospring.net/@maple_syrup/a/113123508943586353
maple "mavica" syrup [6502]
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So, would y'all believe I only just now noticed the Cohost financial implosion news? Day jobs are fun sometimes. Anyway, I'm still paying comfortably out of pocket for this instance in the Mastodon network, and it'll stay that way until I finally get off my rear and put out a tip jar or two for all you good fairy folks.
and oh yeah the screen is capacitive touch so mouse input is sorted too
i need to make permanent fittings for everything and get much thinner and shorter cables to plug everything together without spaghetti spilling out of every orifice, and then figure out a power solution (i'd like something that the pi can battery monitor on, which seems like nobody has ever done, everybody just plugs a powerbank and prays) but the main concept is solid
i can now type a post with the nc100 keyboard
i'm 4 years late to the party but it turns out the pi pico is pretty cool
maple "mavica" syrup [6502]
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I'm actually going to be extremely mad if the narrative becomes "Stripe killed Cohost"
Like, when they announced Artist Alley I looked at Stripe's terms to see what they would or wouldn't allow to see how that went with the Artist Alley rules, and that's when I found the thing about user tipping. Months before the supposed "change".
So when they started saying "Stripe changed their rules", I went out of my way to then look up Stripe's rules on this over the years Cohost has existed.
The type of user tipping system they wanted to implement (where tips were not tied to digital or physical goods) have NEVER been allowed.
maple "mavica" syrup [6502]
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Cohost is still blaming the "policy change" from Stripe even though Stripe's policies have never, in the time that Cohost existed, allowed the type of user tipping they wanted to implement.
maple "mavica" syrup [6502]
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This is actually the OPPOSITE of doomposting but:
Don't let Cohost make you think that better things aren't possible online. Cohost actually had a better conversion rate than most websites by FAR. People WERE in fact willing to pay for a site that doesn't try to trick them into watching ads or engaging for clicks. They just had a poor business plan. But I've seen posts like "guess nobody's willing to pay to not be the product..." and that's not what happened here at all, people were in fact willing to pay, heck some people were buying extra subscriptions (which functionally did nothing) just to pay MORE.
- website
- https://maple.pet
- new hub
- https://netizen.club
Bot
scourge of the fediverse, un-retired computer fairies founder (2017-2021, 2024-), drone #6502, official amiga mascot, begrudgingly making a return to the fediverse to upset those who told us to leave.
https://pronoun.gdn/byte?or=it, robot, check system link above, meat shell is 30yo, i block underage.
flirt with me and i will love you forever
HRT: 15/11/2015
⚠️ do not like or favourite my negative posts: https://computerfairi.es/@mavica_again/110573733959251340 ⚠️
Joined Jan 2021
