Jimbabwe

joined 11 months ago
[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The “joke” is that it’s an issue that people feel compelled to comment on, but the sleeping person can’t. Predictably, most people are blowing straight past this and commenting their opinions, but most of the other replies are joking or whimsical. Yours is straightforward no-nonsense. If I had to guess, I’d say that’s why you’re being singled out.

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Unfortunately I’m not young enough to pull this off anymore, but back in my early 20’s I would engage in some light identity theft for the purposes of free luxury golfing. I have two rich uncles who are both avid golfers and both members of a ridiculously expensive country club in the city where we live. They also both have sons, and the club benefits extend to all minor children. So, I’d pretend to be my 17yo cousin and with my other cousin (who was only lying about his age, not who he was), we’d regularly hit the links. For non-members, the typical price for a round of golf was like $200

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 43 points 6 days ago (11 children)

Never start a machined bolt/nut with your electric drill. Start it by hand first.

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I sang this song to my newborn baby daughter to get her to sleep. Apple Blossom, too. Some of the best White Stripes songs have a lullaby-esque quality to them. Thanks for the post! ❤️

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In a perfect world, they keep right on marching to the kremlin, shoot Putin in the head, turn around and walk home to Ukraine without any more death or suffering

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With a splash of “that’s not a knife.. THIS is a knife”

There’s something inherently satisfying about the oppressed/harassed/accosted person who whips out a bigger stick and shuts that shit down.

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Unrelated to the story, but that dune buggy/atv thing in the thumbnail looks fun as hell

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

In front of a tavern,

flat on his faaace,

a booze hound,

Named Barney,

Is pleading his caaaase..

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I’m not usually this petty, but… haha, get fucked

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Look, you seem like a nice lemming so I’m gonna let you go with a warning and a pinch of civil asset forfeiture.

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 65 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Sigh, I guess I’m the one that has to point out that red shirt deaths were a TOS thing and these uniforms are clearly TNG.

Worst. Meme. Ever.

 

Hello, and thank you in advance.

I'm making a privacy friendly "ring" cam/doorbell following this guide: https://tristam.ie/2023/758/ which has been great, but requires running a micro-usb cable down to the doorbell for power. I'm hoping to improve on this by using the existing doorbell power instead.

The problem is that I'm a DIY electronics noob and I can't create a mental model for how it should all work. The picture I attached is my existing doorbell wiring scheme, which is as simple as it comes. I totally get how this works. Pressing the doorbell completes the circuit and makes the bingbongs. But this will have to change so the new door cam gets power full time. Ideally without the chime bingbonging full time.

In addition to the ESP-32CAM, button, ring lights, etc., I also bought these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079FJSYGY which I thought might be needed to complete the circuit?

I measured the voltage after the transformer and it was around 18 volts, but maybe this is AC and I want DC?

Generally I don't know where in "the loop" to put things. Also, all the existing components are very far apart from each other, so I would love a solution that doesn't involve running any new wires through the walls.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!!

xoJimbabwe

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