asciilifeform: reminds me of... i gotta have seen it in a mircea_popescu article, can't think where else could've. that thing in egypt, made from hippo leather
asciilifeform: lol, was it n00b's 1st thrashing or wat
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: then power down lobbes's unit and put its disk in dulap, i'ma snapshot
asciilifeform: ok BingoBoingo when you get there, feel free to re-ignite C ( disk is ready )
asciilifeform: ( some folx have FG, those will have 1 empty hole )
asciilifeform: rk, in case anyone forgot, has 1 usb3 and usb2 holes.
asciilifeform: ( pizarro per se has no use for the old drives once we get errybody onto the new )
asciilifeform: diana_coman, mod6 , lobbes : if yer feeling brave, can also keep old drive on usb2 jack, as auxiliary storage, see just how long they live...
asciilifeform: diana_coman, mod6 , lobbes , also give signal re whether you want the newer iptables-enabled kernel to go on your boot sd , when we take the boxen down ( iirc we already did mod6's )☟︎
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo: linux is retarded enuff that can't properly copy from living drive
asciilifeform: ( i expect operation will take ~3hr per. )
asciilifeform: diana_coman, mod6 , lobbes , let BingoBoingo & asciilifeform know when is good day to take down yer units and copy contents to new drives.☟︎
asciilifeform: it made a+++ packaging tho, recommended for fyootoor use
asciilifeform: the availability of thinking-man tech that can't be repackaged and sold to the lolcats, is ~0 .
asciilifeform: phf: we did have the 'mass marketism' thread, aha
asciilifeform: ( and the ones that ~do~ come with controller, are marketed to the idjit 'hackaday' crowd, and so they get this ersatz thing that half-worx )
asciilifeform: it's very spiffy tech but has fallen victim to crappleization.
asciilifeform: phf: as i reckon, they're designed from the start to be integrated into some starvation-cheap konsoomer crapola . ergo they omit the controller.
asciilifeform: phf: iirc damned things are even temperature-sensitive
asciilifeform: ( who the fuck wants to contend with TWO linux boxen , with TWO batteries, etc )
asciilifeform: d00d had fpga & buncha FETs for taking the outputs to the magic voltage, buck converter for generating same, painstakenly hand-placed ribbon connectors, etc
asciilifeform: phf: i read'em, intensely hand-sewn thing that works when phase of moon is just-so..
asciilifeform: it can e.g. 'display latest log line'
asciilifeform: and it's a fairly gnarly analogue device, with peculiar voltages and very particular ( per panel ) timings.
asciilifeform: phf: you can get up to 10" panels, for ~pennies, the issue is the controller, nobody makes 1 that works with the surplus 'kindle' etc panels.
asciilifeform: phf: funnily enuff i have that screen, experimented with use as indicator. it's dog slow.
