KayEllen @KayEllen@cybre.space

anyone know how to view the local timeline of a mastodon instance before signing up, like to get a feel for the place w/o having already made an account?

@mhd

@Pheebe Originally i had considered a single proper level sensor like this vs the dumb binary detection scheme I went with, was worried about cost, pit space & reliability, but you bringing up corrosion, over a decade that really could factor in alot. Plus with a proper sensor I can do things like monitor rate of level change vs pump current, and flag if any issues start to occur, like mild clogging or pump wear etc!

@Pheebe that's really cool! When I have time to dedicate back to this I'm going to see if I can make one of these, or maybe go with the ultrasonic, I saw someone use a PI ultrasonic hat to sense pit levels when I was researching this. Cost and pit space will be the main constraints.

@Pheebe I had not looked into those. thanks! I'm slightly concerned about corrosion too, based the idea off the tons of "leak detector" sensors I saw on Amazon, that were nothing more than 2 bits of metal w/ wiring terminals and a 3d printed housing, maybe just junk? A question on the capacitive sensors, the ones I've seen since reading your message all appear to have circuity at the top of the sensor board, so I assume they would not work under 1' of water, for the ones that will be submerged, I'll keep looking into options, but do you know of any that are designed to be fully submerged?

@someodd #VTLife?

@Pheebe I didn't even stop to think about the voltage 🤦

So my instance is closing down. I need to find a new place to call home on mastodon. Anyone have some suggestions of places you'd think I'd fit in well at?

@ottaross I've had tendon things before, I was on bed rest for months after messing up my heel, I really hope this clears up for you, in my case I didn't back off enough soon enough, and paid a hefty price, still am, nearly 2 years later. If it still bothers now, can you see a specialist?

@someodd nice!! I have a VT420 that years ago I setup as a serial to my desktop, used pine/alpine etc, did most stuff on it, was cool. Good memories.