[12:47] Good morning, fellow travelers [12:47] how's the morning so far? [12:49] sleepy [12:49] I should not have stayed up so late [12:49] Playing Skyrim? [12:50] a little bit [12:50] but honestly just hung out and didn't go to bed [12:50] that whole "quiet time" at night sucks you in [12:50] I know days like that well [12:50] the boy is in bed, the dogs worn out and napping [12:50] especially when it gets cool out [12:51] just don't want to end the peace and spoil it with sleep [12:51] Naturally [12:51] how's the pupper situation? [12:51] picked up an RC car yesterday and spent some time researching upgrades/mods to do to it :) [12:51] she's good. Vet checked out yesterday and getting glowing reviews from everyone [12:51] Nice! [12:51] just work, and chaos, and work [12:52] re: RC car - batteries or gas? [12:52] https://photos.app.goo.gl/Q1YCQnMUxqvQSTt99 [12:52] battery car, got my first lipo battery for it [12:52] nice! [12:53] yea, pretty fun [12:53] I reallyh want to get one of these rock crawler things [12:53] PLanning on bringing that for the vacation? [12:53] https://youtu.be/ZTV_llRm--k?t=539 [12:53] Yea, definitely think this is a camping toy to bring [12:54] see if I can get the boy into wrenching/mod'ing the thing [12:54] INdeed [12:54] so, when's the model airplanes? :) [12:54] that's usually the natural progression. ;) [12:54] airplanes scare me. I don't like driving what I can't see [12:55] the drone is hard enough and it has a camera on it and hovers and gps mapping/etc [12:55] Silly Rick, it's not about flying them [12:55] I think JoDee's dad only flew a handful of the ones that he built [12:58] But yeah, learning how RC cars work is pretty sweet. And yeah, the modding stuff is fascinating [12:58] I had one of those cheap RC cars from Radio Shack and still had a lot of fun with it [12:58] until the antenna broke on the transmitter and I couldn't manage to get it to work right ever again [13:19] Photos from PyOhio 2017 are up: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikepirnat/sets/72157693157734770 [14:05] The back of my head made it into several pictures! [14:17] I like this one https://flic.kr/p/26igqg9 [14:17] :P [14:29] I like that one too [14:29] https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikepirnat/29484723998/in/photostream/ < this one is where I tell everyone there's no Santa Claus [14:30] https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikepirnat/28485434767/in/photostream/ <- THis is where I drop the beat [14:30] also tired this morning. I accidentaly had non-decaf yesterday (forgot to say decaf on my iced latte). Was up until about 3am. :/ [14:30] :) [14:31] I like this one as well: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikepirnat/28484404027/ [14:31] So fancy! [14:33] morning [14:33] rick_h_: I got this for Rowan this xmas. It's awesome and fun: https://www.horizonhobby.com/ruckus-1-18-4wd-monster-truck--black-red-rtr-ecx01000t1 [14:33] wow, rick_h_ dressing up! === widox_ is now known as widox [14:34] working on my marketing :P [14:34] "the fish was thiiiiis biiiiiig" [14:34] rick_h_: and my dad got him this plane, which is even more awesome because it can correct itself mid-flight if you push a button, and the controller has 3 levels, beginner/inter/advanced which has increasing degrees of freedom (aka: beginner won't let you stall out): https://www.horizonhobby.com/product/airplanes/learn-to-fly-on-my-own/trainer/sport-cub-s-rtf-with-safe-reg%3B-technology-hbz4400 [14:35] greg-g: oooooh [14:35] greg-g: nice [14:36] both great intro to the hobby choices, if I may say so myself :) [14:36] (my dad has something like 4 RC planes) [14:37] I think they're like cats [14:37] we picked up this thing yesterday https://traxxas.com/products/models/electric/58024slash [14:37] (as a crazy cat lady at the cat practice explained it) [14:37] it goes something like 1, 2, all [14:39] cmaloney: :) :) [14:42] rick_h_: let me know when you've taken it mostly apart (drivetrain and all) the first time, and if you get it back together OK :P I did some in-hobby-shop wrenching with the boy for our first repair, walking up to the counter with the truck a couple times "uhhh, I'm confused by this" :) [14:42] greg-g: yea, I was looking last night at the low CG body you can get and seems fun to take it kinda-apart to get it updated [14:43] not having all the right tools from the outset was a mistake (mostly tiny size wrench and alan wrench) [14:43] Now you'll need a 3d printer to design and make your own parts [14:46] yea, I saw the little kits and laughed "I have all the tools!" and then saw some YT video mentioning a 1.5mm hex and went...oh hmmmm [14:46] brousch: once I have a freaking hobby/tool corner in some building that's the... third? thing I'm getting (after a real upright toolbox and a good work table) [14:47] * greg-g dreams of midwest house/basement/backyard/garage sizes [14:47] stupid most expensive place in the world [14:47] The problem becomes balancing your 3d printing hobby with the hobby you are using it for [14:47] greg-g: hah, it's still not big enough! [14:47] I need my shed out back...mini-pole barn [14:47] Have I told you lately that the bay area is stupid? :P I'm so wishing for a crash soon (sorry for any fallout! ;) ) [14:48] hah, I just finally have equity! [14:48] don't take it away from me [14:48] it's funding my bathroom remodel [14:49] oh, in other fun news: I may have convinced my wife that we need an f-250/some 3/4 ton truck to do our travel plans (20ish foot trailer plus slide in truck camper as a mobile office). The numbers were pretty tight, payload wise, with a halfton truck [14:49] And my roof repairs! [14:49] greg-g: +100 [14:49] greg-g: too many folks squeeze a half ton into that work vs doing it with some buffer [14:49] * greg-g has a spreadsheet, of course [14:50] greg-g: did you look at vans? [14:50] greg-g: I am seeing a lot of folks with smaller trailers going the van route to have more cargo space enclosed/etc and seems to be a sweet setup [14:51] We had a van when my parents did camping. it was quite nice [14:52] but we were also limited on the trailer size we could have because of where it was stored (side of my parents house isn't that long / wide) [14:52] yeah, considering that as well, but those are $$$ and not quickly converterable to having a work area (table+chair/bench that I can sit at with my kinesis and laptop, mostly) unless you throw more money at it. We can find an old f-250 for around $5k. The cost difference will more than pay for the gas consumption difference :) [14:52] yea, and since small trailers are horrible for storage space it seems great to have room for the bins for tools/water stuff/etc [14:53] greg-g: gotcha, yea all depends on requirements/what you can get for sure [14:53] just be careful with trucks. SOme of them have had rather tough lives pulling stumps and what-not [14:53] hey, I've only pulled one stump out with mine :P [14:53] heh [14:54] I'm surprised it didn't put out robotic arms and just dig it out [14:54] seems like it would be an option on that model [14:54] hey, I've got an old paid off truck now [14:54] none of this fancy "adaptive cruise control" or "self parking assist" crap :P [14:55] though I do want to see what it would take to get a new head unit that does android auto on it [14:55] I still haven't gotten my 2018 map update to install...and it's july [15:07] greg-g: that plane looks so cool [15:07] maybe I do need a rock crawler and a plane...and maybe a helicoptor [15:07] * rick_h_ wonders if I can get the wife to agree to add addition to the house for an RC garage [15:08] :) :) :) [15:08] rick_h_: it's a cool ass trainer [15:08] yea, that video is cool with the different modes/etc on it [15:09] I'm just cheering it on "do a barrel roll!" [15:33] rick_h_: What happened to the white beast? [15:33] * cmaloney is really behind in his knowledge of rick_h_ [17:17] Apparently Guido is stepping down as BDFL [17:19] yea, that's kind of big [17:19] will be curious how that moves forward [17:20] same [17:22] So he died? [17:22] no, he just got tired [17:22] But for life! [17:41] 1https://www.mail-archive.com/python-committers@python.org/msg05628.html [17:41] -1 [19:18] BDFL doesn't say whose life, could mean life span of time as BD I guess? [20:42] python has good stewards. [21:16] Yeah, this shouldn't be worrying [21:16] more worrisome is that Guido is burning out [21:50] i think he's been that way for a while. [21:51] extending 2.7 support for 5 additional years was the first sign of giving up.