The anti🚫-derailment🚃 & thread🧵 hijacking🔫 thread🧵 ⁉

[Eriequiet]

@Pilgrimsmaster

The most flexible in my opinion would be a Power bank with Type C PD

I have a pretty hefty one already, but I was a little sketched out… by that idea I didn’t wanna hit those 18650s crazy hard and cause them to throw a spicy fit

Am I overthinking how much of a load it’s pulling?

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@Eriequiet

Am I overthinking how much of a load it’s pulling?

Yeah, thats what PD ones are made for.
Power Delivery
As long as its a good quality brand using good quality cells, you’ll have no issues.

Not as convenient, but as an alternative, I also have a DeWalt Battery adapter for an 18V DeWalt Battery via a barrel connector.

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@Eriequiet

I have a pretty hefty one already,

I have the Pinecil V1
I beleive there is a V2 out now, Which I assume you will get.

FYI, I beleive the V1 only needs 45W whereas, the V2 requires 65W.

EDIT
Yep, here you go, this is what I read
and where I read it

Any USB-C power supply that supports PD (Power Delivery) and has at least the minimum Volt/amps listed should work. The USB-C PD65W, 3.25A, 20V is recommended, but a lower PD45W will also work on V1

https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinecil_Power_Supplies

[Hamspiced]

i use my old macbook usb-c charger.

But since we are in this thread. Can anyone reccomend a cheap <100 desktop powersupply with PD?

[Eriequiet]

I found an Amazon basics 65w pd for 20$
Should be sufficient

Are ts100 and pinecil tips interchangeable?

[Hamspiced]

Yes same mechanic one screw

[ThePolishedTurd]

@Pilgrimsmaster

Not as convenient, but as an alternative, I also have a DeWalt Battery adapter for an 18V DeWalt Battery via a barrel connector.

Be careful with that. DeWalt batteries do not have BMSs built into them. They rely on the device they are connected to for low voltage cutoff.

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@ThePolishedTurd

Be careful with that.

Thanks for that; it is actually something I made but I have only tested that it works, but never used as it is not particularly convenient. O have a number of alternatives, so I dont forsee myself ever actually using it

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@Hamspiced

Can anyone reccomend a cheap <100 desktop powersupply with PD?

Well, funny you should ask

@Pilgrimsmaster

I have a number of portable supplies and a couple of mains supplies.

This being one of them

PinePower - 120W Desktop Power Supply - US version - PINE STORE

That’s actually my main Pinecil power supply

No issues whatsoever

I’m not drunk on Pine64 Kool-aid, I don’t have a Choice supportive bias

In my personal experience, Pine64 products have just served me well, they are cheap, but well made.

I have no problem recommending them

[Pilgrimsmaster]

Here’s @darthdomo “review” of Pine power

@darthdomo

I also picked up one of their PinePower 65W USB power supplies. Wanted this as a supply for my pinecil since I was just using my laptop charger before, and it’ll also be a good backup in case something happens to my laptop charger. It’s also really nice for the price, recommended if anyone is in need of a supply. It has two type-Cs, and one type A. All of the ports can deliver the full power (not all at once), so you don’t have to constantly check which port to use.

I’m not sure if his opinion has changed, but I agree, and mine hasn’t

[Hamspiced]

Those are really nice but I’m in the market for something adjustable with precision control.

DC Power Supply Variable, 30V 5A Adjustable Switching Regulated DC Bench Power Supply with High Precision 4-Digits LED Display, 5V/2A USB Port, Coarse and Fine Adjustments Jesverty SPS-3005 https://a.co/d/01khtLP

Those would be great if there were additional USB options.

[Precision]

I use a Pinecil V2 as my main iron and i love it, it heats up so quickly and i find it very comfortable to use compared to other irons.
I power it via a cheap 65w PD phone charger and a silicone usb c cable.

[invalid_signal]

Learned how to use some transform tools in GIMP with this one lol

[SnarkBe]

LTT… Can’t stand him. He’s just too… much. Entertaining for sure. But I prefer quieter tech reviewers.

[invalid_signal]

I liked him at first, but then kind of fell out. Don’t hate the guy or any of his teammates, watched GamersNexus’ video today and couldn’t resist haha

Was about to take a screenshot and poke fun about GN saying “not going to make a whole video on LTT’s response.” Then change one of the vid topics on the left to “Whole new video on LTT Response.”
But my ride is here to go pick up my car from the shop.

[ThePolishedTurd]

@Pilgrimsmaster

so I dont forsee myself ever actually using it

You can use it I just mean be careful. Keep an eye on the pack voltage. It shouldn’t get below 15V(best to keep it above 16V) otherwise the charger might not allow it to charge.

[ChuckyCheegles]

In case anyone wants it. Here’s a prompt for ChatGPT or GPT-3.5(would probably work with 4 but I don’t pay for it) that converts any standard form of measurement into an “anything but metric” version.

Your task is to replace the given measurement with an unconventional unit of measurement with roughly equivalent value. Please provide the unconventional measurement only, without any extra text.

Original Measurement: {Input Goes Here}

Unconventional Measurement:
(e.g., like 3 bowling balls or 10 bags of groceries)

It’s part of a stupid program I’m writing but I figured this part is just fun for everyone.

Edit: To clarify GPT models are not great at this so it will likely give unrealistic replies.

[enginerd]

@ChuckyCheegles

I don’t pay for it

I wouldn’t pay for anything from Open AI, they appear to have ties to a doomsday cult that claims that AI might destroy the universe, etc…

And the DT club should include the premium Pilgrimsmaster package, right?

I’m joking, he’s a free AI.

[XEMON]

I have a dumb it/programming questions for the expert here

I can do C and assembly but when it comes to pyton and application/software …

So I made a few little programs, mostly fancy/specific calculators, to make my life easier in python (I used to have them in large excell spreadsheet but it was a pain and if I typed the wrong box it was a mess). Made a little window with boxes and notes on how to fill it in

Here is the question:
Is there a way to turn them into executable files?
As mentioned they are in pyton, so right now I need pycharm to run them … I’d like to have them on a flash drive and be able to run them from any computer without having to install a bunch of things …
Bonus points if there is an easy/automated way to do it

[Hamspiced]

In Terminal or Powershell

chmod +x  yourscript.py
./yourscript.py 

or call the app to run

python yourscript.py

Or you can use Pycharm to convert it to exe.