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@inawhilecrocodile absolutely, my students had the same idea a couple of years ago: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=sZssYagAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=sZssYagAAAAJ:1sJd4Hv_s6UC
Sadly, this never went anywhere further, project-wise 🤷
@dat keep an eye on the dumpster 😉
@dat don't throw it out - the Samsung panel is a very unique piece of hardware, they actually had a dedicated LCD fabrication line only for this model. And with Linux, it's still quite useable.
If one of you nerds in northern Germany or maybe southern Denmark wants a HUGE touchscreen for 300 bucks, there's a working Samsung SUR40 (aka Microsoft Pixelsense) for sale in Lower Saxony: https://www.ebay.de/itm/158218959099
Hit me up if you want to install Linux, I wrote the kernel driver for the touchscreen together with @mkalten 😁
(beware: pickup only, it's 37 kg and nearly impossible to carry alone, I know this from firsthand experience 😖)
@anneroth hmm, wo könnte man diese Datenbank wohl finden... 🤔
@jwildeboer The stove in our new house inexplicably has WiFi. That's staying disconnected for sure 😬
@tubetime No, wait, even better: 3-phase power! I mean, it obviously has 3 phases and ground, right? 😬
@tubetime you just _know_ that someone, somewhere is running 220 V over that thing 🫣
@rygorous @regehr ah neat, if you look closely, you can see a bit of the time multiplexing going on in the yellow text (b/c rolling camera shutter)
@billgoats niiice, including the ancient sigil of the Bundespost 👍
Free product idea: high-speed adjustable desk for extra productivity, no more waiting 30 seconds for the new position with 12 g acceleration! 💪
(some anchoring required)
@scanlime without the context of the previous post, the second one had me _very_ confused at first 🤔
@datatrash @cwebber They had me at "human-led process". 😑
@cwebber But what happened, slop remake?
@cwebber I vaguely remember playing it for 5 minutes on a demo unit (Megadrive, probably?) in a department store. Apparently didn't leave a big impression (Earthworm Jim was way cooler IIRC) 🤷
@weirdunits I've told you so many times, no chili in the particle accelerator! 😒
@cabel It me. 🤷
@phoerious My first thought was the brushes as well, but the smoke definitely came from the battery - on closer inspection, it seems like one of the battery connectors had bad contact -> higher resistance -> heat. So the lithium cells might actually still be ok once I clean the contacts.
DIY achievement unlocked: abused my tiny old cordless drill so badly that the battery started to smoke 😬 (yes, lithium battery 🫣)
It's now chilling outside at a safe distance while the big brother finishes the job.
Me vs. the garden hose
