Author: Aaron Peterson
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Archival Media
My Pa told me to keep my floppy disks clean. Having a dirty disk that damages drives that damages other disks that damages other drives was an early lesson. This was also the analogy for sex education. Having burnt backups to CD rom and having them fail in a matter of weeks, I became aware…
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Animatronic RoboKaraoke
Message Sasquatch on discord to get an account. Overview For the Toorcamp NIGHTMRKT, provide a karaoke bar experience.Allow people to provide their own Karaoke file for playing. (or buy one) Provide royalty free songs that are interesting, probably by using AI. Provide an animatronic band to play along with the karaoke singer, as a kids…
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Check in Alert
For people who live alone who fear a fall or other incapacitation event, it could be useful to alert someone to check in with the requestor. ==Prior art== https://www.ncoa.org/adviser/paid-media/best-medical-alert-systems-pm-7 I know someone who sends all is well messages, but missing a message will not trigger a response in regular people. We tend to ignore things…
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DeviceTree for Login Page
I just realized that I can script a few commands to make a background image and or screen saver for sddm that shows some device details. it would be good to refresh it periodically. Top something that lists users logged in. This may already exist. lspci -tv and lsusb -tv
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Cat Proof
The computer should earn the trust we give it. ECC memory, cosmic rays happen. Endurance SD cards –and even these should not be trusted. Storage — would be nice to have two or more m.2 drives on a laptop. older laptops may have msata and sata. Choose a brand with very high TBW and warranty.…