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More oddness. After the reboot things seemed to be better but now have yesterdays daytime video as the night video. I'm sure I checked the night video after a couple of hours too. Time to refresh the code and investigate. Might be something I've done by accident while looking at the code

I did a remote reboot last night and that cured it. Well, probably cured it. The daytime video wasn't available afterwards and when I checked this morning it was only images from today, so it looks like it cleared out the offending files and sorted itself out. We'll see tomorrow if the problem comes back.

I now have several days worth concatenated, but curiously not the night ones. The code is all there to remove the old videos but it doesn't seem to do anything at the moment. Haven't checked the cron job itself yet. Could be a timing issue where it's deleting the day mp4 just after concatenating it into the updated one

I saw a report on non-planar printing a little while ago. Looks interesting. Seems to only available via a Slic3r plugin at the moment

Aha. Now I see the difference. One was wrapped around a hot cup to make it warp

Were they printed on the same printer or on different printers? My next thought is that one printer has less detailed stepping

On the sloping parts it looks like they were sliced with two different layer heights. Having never printed with anything other than a 0.4mm nozzle I can't think of any other reason for the differences

Fascinating video, especially the effects of it in space. It's not something I'd heard of before and even as an occaisonal juggler I'd not really take much notice of when throwing anything of that fits that set of rules. Tried it tonight with the nearest equivalent, an electric fly swat, and it seems almost impossible to throw so that it rotates just around that axis

I hadn't tinkered with mine, just been in to look at a few things. I'm assuming it's sunwait too. It's been running constantly for a week without problem, so I'll see how it behaves tomorrow

Had a little oddity happen overnight. The daytime images from yesterday didn't get deleted so the daytime video covers both days. First time I've seen that happen, so must just be a little timing issue

Instead of using sudo before every command, type sudo su at the command prompt. That will give you root (super user) access for everything until you type exit, at which point you'll be return to normal user status

It's a nice easy project. There's a couple of bits where the installation instructions need a little improvement, and there might be some differences between the with and without temperature probe html versions. My projects for today, once I've got the dull work stuff out of the way, are to wipe the card for the Pi and start again from the beginning to see if minor display issues were me or not, and to design and print an indoor case I can put in the window All the outdoor stuff and the associated solar power can wait until I have a shed to mount it on Total spend so far is £13 for the Pi Zero WH, £27 for a 5MP fisheye lens camera, and £4 for a camera adaptor cable. Total £44, but still needs a case and its own power supply

I have mine up and running, but pointing out of the spare room winow for now. Looks like the double glazing is giving a green cast to the light domes of London and Chelmsford And not only can I see it's a clear night, but a near neighbour has left their bright bathroom light on. Again. 🤬 I've tinkered with the settings to give a 1600x1200 display so that the image is bigger on my tablet and phone. Need to fix the sunset time

I've just ordered a Pi Zero WH and a fisheye lens so I can try this out as well. I can make up a case on the 3D printer and source a dome once I'm happy with it

There was a bit of a discussion of it on here a few months ago https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/346858-3d-printed-tracker/ I haven't heard if anyone has made their own yet, so maybe I should order up some parts and get printing during the summer lull

Doesn't quite work on a laptop though, even doing the cross-eyed thing.

It's been producing good results for me. Even better now I've ditched their slicer and got the latest version of Cura which has profiles ready for it. Had to tweak the settings a little for retraction, but other than that it produces some really good quality prints. It might be a little big for some people though as the build volume is 300x300x400mm so it takes up a bit of space for everything. Fans are a bit noisy too but not a problem

It's a CR-10S, and that came from Technology Outlet too

I've been really happy with my Creality printer. Except for the last week where it seems to have started over extruding and clogging up the hot end badly. That I think was a symptom of the motherboard failing, which it finally did yesterday. Today I'll find out what the retailer's after sales service is like as it is still under guarantee

I have the light from a galaxy gravitationally lensed by a cluster

Watching now on iPlayer. Forgot it was Sunday First time the telly has been on in a month, so I'm glad it's all still working

Somehow I missed this completely, and don't remember hearing about it afterwards either. Would have loved to have seen it.

I've been selective with the news this week as it's reached saturation point. Did see the Guardian piece on it. The differences are quite stunning https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/11/positively-alpine-disbelief-air-pollution-falls-lockdown-coronavirus

When I did mine I replaced the PTFE washer with I think six layers of milk carton washers. Came out as slightly thicker than the original washer once compressed but had more slip to it

North Essex Astronomical Society have a live stargazing event being streamed via Facebook. I saw a bit of the last one, and it was one of the members streaming from his own observatory with live stacking of nebula images. It's been made available on YouTube for posterity Looks like they are also holding their monthly meeting online too https://www.facebook.com/northessexastro