Kai Blin
@kblin.bsky.social
Microbiology PhD, co-author of antiSMASH, Open Source geek, views are my own. @[email protected]
Elsevier's 41% profit margin doesn't come from charging reasonable prices.
November 27, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Elsevier's 41% profit margin doesn't come from charging reasonable prices.
I certainly remember faffing about with Iomega Zip drives to get a whopping 100 MB of storage in the late nineties. But the parallel port drives where a pain to use. Certainly wouldn't have bothered with that if writing 650 MB to CDs had been an alternative.
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I certainly remember faffing about with Iomega Zip drives to get a whopping 100 MB of storage in the late nineties. But the parallel port drives where a pain to use. Certainly wouldn't have bothered with that if writing 650 MB to CDs had been an alternative.
It's a re-run of the old "Monsanto is evil, Monsanto uses GMOs => GMOs are evil" movie that I've seen before
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It's a re-run of the old "Monsanto is evil, Monsanto uses GMOs => GMOs are evil" movie that I've seen before
For your use case, maybe music-assistant.io might help? It should support a wide range of music sources and music players. Haven't tried it myself yet, as until last week, my Sonos system was working fine.
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
For your use case, maybe music-assistant.io might help? It should support a wide range of music sources and music players. Haven't tried it myself yet, as until last week, my Sonos system was working fine.
My interim solution is to run a home assistant trigger to turn down the volume if it goes above 50%, but I would prefer not to have to rely on a kludge like that.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
My interim solution is to run a home assistant trigger to turn down the volume if it goes above 50%, but I would prefer not to have to rely on a kludge like that.
My assumption is that I won't be able to reuse the existing speakers I have. Which is a shame, I kind of like the ikea symfonisk bookshelf speakers. Not to mention the money sunk into them. But if they are likely to cause hearing damage if you turn them on in the morning, I need an alternative
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
My assumption is that I won't be able to reuse the existing speakers I have. Which is a shame, I kind of like the ikea symfonisk bookshelf speakers. Not to mention the money sunk into them. But if they are likely to cause hearing damage if you turn them on in the morning, I need an alternative
I guess instead of a quick grep through a log file, I'll go run Wireshark next night to figure out what's happening.
It's like you need to DIY anything you want to be able to maintain these days. I guess I'll be reading up on FLOSS multi-room audio projects tonight. 3/3
It's like you need to DIY anything you want to be able to maintain these days. I guess I'll be reading up on FLOSS multi-room audio projects tonight. 3/3
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I guess instead of a quick grep through a log file, I'll go run Wireshark next night to figure out what's happening.
It's like you need to DIY anything you want to be able to maintain these days. I guess I'll be reading up on FLOSS multi-room audio projects tonight. 3/3
It's like you need to DIY anything you want to be able to maintain these days. I guess I'll be reading up on FLOSS multi-room audio projects tonight. 3/3
Turns out that that info was patched out in a recent-ish firmware update. The device still collects the info. It just doesn't share it anymore. Whoever committed that change should be ashamed of themselves. Why are you removing diagnostic options for customers? 2/?
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Turns out that that info was patched out in a recent-ish firmware update. The device still collects the info. It just doesn't share it anymore. Whoever committed that change should be ashamed of themselves. Why are you removing diagnostic options for customers? 2/?
Great question! By answering many questions on biostars 🌟 using a chat model 🤖, you can prøve multiple things: Not only do you impress your peers with how smart you are 🎓 — you also prove that you have no thoughts on you own🤦♂️
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Great question! By answering many questions on biostars 🌟 using a chat model 🤖, you can prøve multiple things: Not only do you impress your peers with how smart you are 🎓 — you also prove that you have no thoughts on you own🤦♂️
Having said all that, I'm no mycologist, just an interested amateur with additional interest in fungal natural products and toxins.
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Having said all that, I'm no mycologist, just an interested amateur with additional interest in fungal natural products and toxins.
If you have potassium hydroxide that should give an even clearer colour reaction on the cap for the yellowing Agaricus sp.
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If you have potassium hydroxide that should give an even clearer colour reaction on the cap for the yellowing Agaricus sp.
Ok, next step for me would be a spore print. Similar-looking, and deadly, Amanita sp. have white spores, Agaricus should be brown.
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ok, next step for me would be a spore print. Similar-looking, and deadly, Amanita sp. have white spores, Agaricus should be brown.
I've got these growing in my garden in early fall, so I looked them up before to figure out how concerned I had to be on behalf of the then-toddler.
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I've got these growing in my garden in early fall, so I looked them up before to figure out how concerned I had to be on behalf of the then-toddler.
Looks a bit like an Inky Mushroom (Agaricus moelleri) then, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricu... or an A. xanthodermus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricu...
Either way, I wouldn't eat any Agaricus species that stains yellow.
Either way, I wouldn't eat any Agaricus species that stains yellow.
Agaricus moelleri - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Looks a bit like an Inky Mushroom (Agaricus moelleri) then, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricu... or an A. xanthodermus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricu...
Either way, I wouldn't eat any Agaricus species that stains yellow.
Either way, I wouldn't eat any Agaricus species that stains yellow.
If you cut it, does it turn yellow ay the cut?
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
If you cut it, does it turn yellow ay the cut?
I'm not surprised it's country music. A lot of AI slop is aggressively mid, and a lot of the last decade of country pre-AI was aggressively mid already.
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm not surprised it's country music. A lot of AI slop is aggressively mid, and a lot of the last decade of country pre-AI was aggressively mid already.
As a parent, you need to have "the talk" about microtransactions way before you need to talk about other drugs.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
As a parent, you need to have "the talk" about microtransactions way before you need to talk about other drugs.
Anyway, if you're in 🇩🇰 and need a breakout board to root your Dreame vacuum, hit me up. I had to order 10 PCBs, and a lot of the other components also came in 10-20 packs, so I have plenty of spares to share.
6/6
6/6
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Anyway, if you're in 🇩🇰 and need a breakout board to root your Dreame vacuum, hit me up. I had to order 10 PCBs, and a lot of the other components also came in 10-20 packs, so I have plenty of spares to share.
6/6
6/6
I specifically bought a model that was possible to hack. I'd have gladly bought one that was local-only from the factory instead.
The FLOSS project I used explicitly doesn't want too much publicity, so I won't link them here. But thanks to them, great docs, great project. 5/?
The FLOSS project I used explicitly doesn't want too much publicity, so I won't link them here. But thanks to them, great docs, great project. 5/?
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I specifically bought a model that was possible to hack. I'd have gladly bought one that was local-only from the factory instead.
The FLOSS project I used explicitly doesn't want too much publicity, so I won't link them here. But thanks to them, great docs, great project. 5/?
The FLOSS project I used explicitly doesn't want too much publicity, so I won't link them here. But thanks to them, great docs, great project. 5/?
It's certainly something that is currently limited to pretty tech-affine people. But now that I've done this, it's working great. Clearly, you don't need a cloud connection to run a robot vacuum with advanced mapping and pathfinding features. So why can't I just buy one I don't need to hack? 3/?
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It's certainly something that is currently limited to pretty tech-affine people. But now that I've done this, it's working great. Clearly, you don't need a cloud connection to run a robot vacuum with advanced mapping and pathfinding features. So why can't I just buy one I don't need to hack? 3/?
Fortunately, there's people who figure out how to root and replace the firmware on some of these to get rid of the cloud connection in favour of a local control UI.
The process is pretty involved. I had to order a PCB, solder components, and then run the tools to root the system. 2/2
The process is pretty involved. I had to order a PCB, solder components, and then run the tools to root the system. 2/2
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Fortunately, there's people who figure out how to root and replace the firmware on some of these to get rid of the cloud connection in favour of a local control UI.
The process is pretty involved. I had to order a PCB, solder components, and then run the tools to root the system. 2/2
The process is pretty involved. I had to order a PCB, solder components, and then run the tools to root the system. 2/2
I guess my microbiology bias is showing. I'd settle for unicellular organisms. But fair enough, I guess.
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I guess my microbiology bias is showing. I'd settle for unicellular organisms. But fair enough, I guess.