Aaron Parecki

Reinder Dijkhuis Does Art https://mastodon.art/@reinderdijkhuis • Sep 27
@aaronpk The largest item I've managed is a mattress, but to be honest, I did have to get off my bike and walk with it to my apartment.

haha that's awesome. The biggest I've done is a TV!

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland • 63°F

Fri, Sep 27, 2019 3:43pm +02:00
https://adactio.com/notes/15863

🎉 see you soon!

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland • 64°F

Fri, Sep 27, 2019 2:01pm +02:00
KTamas, Dark Mode UI Design Specialist https://twitter.com/KTamas • Sep 27
wow, a three color eink display? haven't seen that before

"three color" -- black, red, and white (no color). kind of misleading IMO.

I actually used the "two color" version, black and white.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland • 64°F

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Fri, Sep 27, 2019 1:12pm +02:00
KTamas, Dark Mode UI Design Specialist https://twitter.com/KTamas • Sep 27
thanks! what's the epaper display you were using?

It was the Waveshare "HAT" version for the Pi Zero. The only thing I didn't like about it is that the whole contraption ends up being almost an inch thick. I'm going to try it again using an esp32-e-paper combo device that's as thin as just one board!

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland • 64°F

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Fri, Sep 27, 2019 1:08pm +02:00
KTamas, Dark Mode UI Design Specialist https://twitter.com/KTamas • Sep 27
@aaronpk hey! the eink/raspizerow thing you showed at XOXO, is it open-sourced somewhere? would love to do something similar

I haven't published the actual code I used, but it's all based on the examples from Waveshare anyway: https://github.com/waveshare/e-Paper

The real work was in gathering the data in the first place, then it's a matter of drawing rectangles on the screen.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland • 64°F

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Fri, Sep 27, 2019 1:00pm +02:00
fluffy https://twitter.com/fluffy • Sep 27
When you finish a PhD in computer science, they take you to a special room and explain that you must never use recursion in real life. Its only purpose is to make programming hard for undergrads.

This is my new favorite meme

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland • 58°F

Fri, Sep 27, 2019 7:44am +02:00
Heather Downing https://twitter.com/quorralyne • Sep 26
Hey, do you ever close out of an app, only to scroll through your list of apps and reflexively open the exact same app again?

Maybe I'm the only one.

Sometimes I scroll thru all my apps and put my phone away and then open the exact same app on my iPad 🤦‍♂️

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland • 58°F

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Fri, Sep 27, 2019 7:41am +02:00
Ian https://chaos.social/@iamthefij • Sep 26
@aaronpk well don’t leave us hanging!

haha! It was pretty bumpy there for a while, definitely spilled my drink, but they found smooth air after like 10 minutes and it was fine

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland • 57°F

Fri, Sep 27, 2019 7:04am +02:00
Johan Bové https://social.johanbove.info/profile/johan • Sep 26
Depends largely on where in the airport you're buying your coffee for sure. In most cases coffee you buy at the "kiosks" on the station platforms will in most cases be not as good as the coffee you can find at the coffee places within the station itself. Matter of how space they have within their little booths probably. Welcome back to Europe by the way!

I actually went out of the way to find a shop with a real espresso machine instead of one of the electronic push-button ones!

Rees, Nordrhein-Westfalen • 61°F

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Thu, Sep 26, 2019 10:08am +02:00
K. Mikey M. https://twitter.com/kmikeym • Sep 26
my trick is to always order an americano, it won’t be “good” but it will be less bad

That's my go-to as well. Took me a little bit to realize it's called a "long black" in Australia tho!

Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen • 61°F

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Thu, Sep 26, 2019 9:14am +02:00
Beko Pharm https://social.tchncs.de/@bekopharm • Sep 26
@aaronpk
I wish but I've a cold and little ones. Have fun :)

ah too bad! There's a few more coming up if you need some more time to plan ahead! https://2019.indieweb.org/

Troisdorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen • 59°F

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Beko Pharm https://social.tchncs.de/@bekopharm • Sep 26
@aaronpk Hm…? You in the area? :-D
Well I doubt you'll find _any_ coffee to go here that you like ;-)

I flew in to Frankfurt this morning and am on the train to Amsterdam now! You should come to IndieWebCamp Amsterdam this weekend if you're free!

Troisdorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen • 59°F

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Thu, Sep 26, 2019 8:24am +02:00
Paul Feinberg https://twitter.com/feinbergpaul • Sep 26
He is a top secret government worker.....probably works on spying on us all through cameras which is why he creates a channel to market cameras to anyone......🤣 alright enough conspiracy theories for one day. I am very curious as well lol

‪@CameraComedy ‬here's one for you! 👆😂

Frankfurt am Main, Hessen • 57°F

Thu, Sep 26, 2019 6:48am +02:00
Aaron Davis https://readwriterespond.com/ • Sep 26

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Yes there is a little pier at St Kilda where they hang out!

Frankfurt am Main, Hessen • 57°F

Thu, Sep 26, 2019 6:45am +02:00
1x void yeller https://twitter.com/ungoldman • Sep 25
Google Glass brought up issues of consent to be filmed/monitored/etc, inserting always-on Alexa *and* some kind of visual intermediary between your face and world is another magnitude of problematic

I'm hoping they learned something from Google. These don't have a visual display, and are still only activated with the wake word (assuming you trust that), so maybe I'm hopeful?

United Flight 944 ORD to FRA • 55°F

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Wed, Sep 25, 2019 11:32pm +00:00
The Everyday Dad https://twitter.com/every_daydad • Sep 25
It is but while I’m traveling it’s not a short trip so I’m bringing my full studio with me.

wow, you clearly do a very different kind of travel than me! 😂 I'm usually out and back in 2-10 days tops.

I am *so curious* what your actual job is!

United Flight 944 ORD to FRA • 55°F

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Wed, Sep 25, 2019 11:15pm +00:00
Gerald Undone https://twitter.com/GeraldUndone • Sep 25
Somebody explain Tik Tok to me like I'm 5. And why I keep hearing about people joining it... also like I'm 5. 🤷‍♂️

It's like Vine but for young people. or so I'm told.

United Flight 944 ORD to FRA • 55°F

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Wed, Sep 25, 2019 11:12pm +00:00
The Everyday Dad https://twitter.com/every_daydad • Sep 25
Looks like my traveling starts next week so I’m doing a quick fire sale of video gear I won’t be taking with me.

Sony RX1007 $950 (with Nd kit)
Lumix GX9 $600 (with kit lens)
AT2020 microphone x2 $50 (loose)
Lumix 30mm macro $200
Viltrox EF-M2 $150 (MFT to EF)

wait why are you not taking the RX100vii? I thought that was the best travel camera!

It's the biggest camera I've been taking with me as I've been traveling. What are you bringing instead?

United Flight 944 ORD to FRA • 55°F

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Wed, Sep 25, 2019 10:49pm +00:00
Michael Beckwith https://twitter.com/tw2113 • Sep 25
depends...done as a passenger or as a pilot?

haha I sure hope the pilots aren't trying to google stuff. Tho they do rely a lot on iPads now.

United Flight 944 ORD to FRA in Maria-Chapdelaine, Québec • 55°F

Wed, Sep 25, 2019 9:34pm +00:00
Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/ • Sep 25
On my way to Amsterdam for @IndieWebCamp and @ViewSourceConf!

This 8 hour flight seems like nothing in comparison to last week's 15 hours to Australia!

Oh no, I take it back, there are three teenage boys in the row behind me arguing in excruciating detail whether the phrase "back to the future" makes sense. This is gonna be a long flight.

Chicago, Illinois, USA • 77°F

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