Welcome back to Geeks are sexy. I'm Jason Laduke. This is the fourth Thursday of the month here in Las Vegas It's a it's a pretty cloudy day here in Las Vegas today. It's winter time here, but we're back We're here talking with Ashley Jordan the founder of my education connections Ashley's the owner of my education connections Which is taking on the mission of helping families make informed decisions about college and affordability And I really want to get into that because you and I had a great conversation last week about this whole thing You've been a teacher so you know how confusing and stressful as well as having been a college student. Yeah You know how confusing and stressful the college application process can be for families and You're here to share how she can help your family make the right decision for you. Welcome Ashley. Thank you for being here today Thank you so much for having me Jason. I really appreciate it. I'm glad to be here. It is yeah full cloud today, but it's okay We'll take it. We'll take it here at Las Vegas So tell us about you your background and what made you start this business So I was a teacher. I graduated from college in three years and I got done teacher got done with my college You know a career and I decided that I wanted to be a teacher I went in teaching at risk youth and these were students that were credit deficient for graduation and so they were struggling to graduate and We really wanted to make sure that they had all opportunities Especially for after they finished high school and they just really were not sure of what to do They had no idea what to do how to pay for it where they wanted to be Career-wise and so it was really kind of devastating and I was trying to kind of get them help with these were at rescue So I was trying to get them help with places to live places to stay some of them were sleeping on the bus And then coming to school So it was really kind of devastating until college was just kind of like this dream And so when I found this assessment years later That really helped align student interests and aptitudes with their best choices for not only college But also for major to really get them on the right track to begin with I thought this was phenomenal and something that was really needed within the community for students And that's something that you bring to this that I don't know if it's unique But it's it's very impressive the way you bring these science-based assessments into helping kids figure out What what their options are maybe not what the one right path for them What are the one of those branches on that path they could take can you tell us something about these assessments and how they help you help Right, so our assessments are we're actually developed by psychometricians at Baylor University They're extremely reliable, so they have a point eight five reliability rating Kronba alpha, which is basically a test retest reliability so it could be one one is the most So one is the highest and most you know industry is anywhere from you know point six nine two point nine two So ours is considered excellent in terms of that test retest reliability And so it really gets at the heart of what is this what not only what the student is good at right? But also like what they're passionate about and what they're interested in and it provides them with not only You know best fits in terms of you know the most careers that they would have been exposed to But also things they may not have even thought of and we also are connected to on that which has Additional recommendations for the students while that they can explore so how often do you find that? A kid is set on something They're set on maybe one path and they take this assessment and they realize there's there's options for them They didn't consider and they start to pursue those options. I would say probably 90% of the time They're like oh my gosh, I didn't even know that existed and so what traditionally has happened is students will graduate high school They'll get into college and they'll be like, okay, you know, I'm familiar at their exposed careers right around them So teachers nurses, you know a doctor They don't really realize what's all out there and what opportunities are available to them And so I think probably the biggest thing is That they are just like hey, I didn't even know it existed, right? I didn't know that you could use them like this and this is like just it fits me perfectly And I didn't realize I was out there and so a lot of times students have to then go back to school once They realize this is out there after they get into the working field So not only are they a debt from going to school for something that they didn't even really like or want to pursue But now they have to go back to school again take out more debt more You know get in those loans and get in this kind of you know like hey is this ever gonna Is this ever gonna end kind of thing? So our goal is to really make sure that students are prepared prior to entering into college so that they can really put their Best foot forward graduate on time Mitigating the debt and the loans that they have to take out so they can really have a good start to their future. That's awesome Now one of the things I want to talk about because what the kid wants to do with the kids thinking about is really important, right? Yeah, however Families parents are thinking about this as well Besides what the kid wants to do and besides affordability because we've talked about how important that is What are some of the things that families parents? grandparents caregivers Should be thinking about as they start to help guide their students in these processes Besides just what the kid wants to do right exactly. So here's the thing when my when I told my dad because I wanted to be a teacher for the longest time and Then I kind of had a phase and I don't know most 14-year-olds girls have the same You know, I wanted to be a fashion designer. So I told my dad. I said, yeah dad That's what I want to do and he's like, you know I think you need to take some art classes and really see if that's something that you like I took art classes and I hated it, right? And so I realize that just wasn't for me But I did this while in high school not when I got to college And so I was able to explore those areas of interest while in high school where it wasn't costing us any money It was as elective that I could use to graduate so it really didn't matter, right? And I was like, hey, I hated it. I got an A in the class. I moved on and I realized that's not for me Um, so I you know went back to the teaching that I had kind of wanted to do when I was younger And so my dad was a smart guy, right? He didn't just tell me like no That's a silly dream and you know, what's wrong with you be realistic Which I think is what a lot of times parents they're like, hey be realistic, right? You have to make a living and this is a hard career to go into and what are you thinking? Right explore those areas of interest if your student is really interested in art They're really interested in drama or they're really interested in writing have them Be in your book, right? If they live there for time if they're a photographer They really like photography go to your book take a photography class make sure it's something that they like while they're in high school Where it's not costing you don't don't get involved in social media Explore those areas of interest while it's not costing thousands of dollars and it's affecting the timeline for graduation So your dad let you figure it out for yourself. Yeah, and there's there there are opportunities to do that And that brings us to when should a family be starting to think about this? Yes So and that's a great question and it's one thing that I get a lot of and I say I'll say this and people will be like Oh, that's way too early and it's really not I always say we need to start thinking 8th grade Because especially in the valley. So we're in Las Vegas. We have a wonderful community Magnet schools that offer great areas of specialization for students So they're starting to think about being interested in a certain area They can actually go to a high school that specializes in that so we have performing arts. We have fire fighting Sciences we have medical programs nursing CNA programs I mean the list is endless and so to start thinking about that in 8th grade you have to actually apply In January by January. So you need to start thinking about that in the beginning of 8th grade It seems really young But it's really something that could give them a really great start and really help them explore those areas of interest in a really specialized environment While they're still young and also making sure that they're doing well grade-wise as soon as they get to high school Oftentimes parents will think oh freshman year. I don't really look at that, right? No, they're looking at your entire GPA They're looking at what classes you're taking right GPA course rigor and then your metrics like SAT ACT tests are kind of third in line So it's really really important to make sure that you're thinking about grades and you're thinking about coursework the entire time I think that's a that's a great point. Well, so one it's 8th grade is not too early to take this assessment, right? No, no, yeah, our assessment is actually meant for 14 and up age 14 So 8th grade is the perfect time to take this before you start thinking about what school your kid wants to go to what what high school your kid Might want to pursue things or if they aren't sure to go to a high school They have opportunities to pursue lots of different things, right? So so that's important to think about early as well so We've talked a lot about the kid and what they're gonna do But as as we often overuse in our society takes a village, right? So what are what are some of the roles and responsibilities that teachers have parents have and even the student has to make this a Successful process no matter what the outcome where they end up in college. What are some of the roles responsibilities? What are the things they each need to take on so I definitely think and I'm very big on like the triangular approach, right? So when you're teaching and they teach you this right they teach you this idea of it takes the village But it really takes the teacher the parent and the student right and they're working together within the community to make sure that You know the educational experience is the best for the student and that the parent is involved and that the teacher You know knows and everybody's on the same page and ultimately for students and for parents They really need to make sure that they are starting as early as possible So Jason and I had met last week and we were talking about you know What what parents of students that get into Ivy Leagues know that most of us don't right? And that's kind of the thing is that they start as early as possible So they will actually start they'll get a college advisor. They'll start prepping for ACT SAT tests They will have it mapped out by the time their student is in middle school And it's kind of crazy to think about but that's really what we should be doing by eighth grade We should be thinking about what high school, but also we should be looking at okay over this summer Let's start prepping for these these standardized tests that really unfortunately determine a lot of our students future and their ability to get Acceptance into schools and there's a way to do this smartly where you can Keep options open do the steps you need to take but still let your kid be a kid Right, so I don't want anyone to get the impression that we're that we're talking about okay Let's let's drive these kids into the ground It kind of comes down to not be an outcome dependent on what college they get into right and What we really want to be focused on is what are the steps we can all take to make them successful? Regardless of the outcome. Yeah, and that's another thing too that I'm totally against like I as a teacher I did not ever give a lot of homework. I just didn't think it was that I mean this is controversial But I just didn't ever think it was effective You know we definitely want to make sure that the students have learning opportunities outside of the classroom But ultimately the student does need to be a kid and so by starting early We're actually mitigating the stress because what we're doing to these 16 year old students that are juniors in high school They are taking some of their most rigorous coursework They are then having to apply for scholarships think about colleges and then what let's add on right there SAT-ACT study so study program and so it's insane that what we're doing And so if we start little by little and really get a plan we're actually mitigating the stress We're mitigating the dread right the panic the anxiety from both the student and the parent and we're also helping them guide them to Take these classes along the way that could really be a great way to say hey This is a good fit for you Do you actually like this and that's what we're talking about is find their passion find what they like and then help them Explore those options In a real in a way that the timeline is much longer than what we're traditionally thinking of it as all right Well, we'll have you back some time to talk about the pros and cons of homework I know that is a huge deal right now So that's a huge conversation right now But before we let you go and have you come back for a panel discussion Tell everybody how they can reach you and my education connections. So you can actually reach me on my website It's just www.myeducationconnections.com And then you can also and that's my website and that has all of my contact information It also has information on our services and information on resources free resources for parents and students. All right, great Well, thank you for being here. We're gonna bring you back for the panel discussion students And I just want to jump in on this. It's December right now. I don't know when you're watching this But we're filming in December It's actually a really great timing if you've got that eighth grader or even that freshman high school Coming to see Ashley and trying to set up with the right plan for your family is to help your students So I'm Jason Leduc. This is Geeks are sexy. We'll be right back with Cynthia another. Thanks Jason


So we all depend on the oceans. Half of us get protein from the oceans, but even if you don't like fish, the oceans are important to the quality of your life because they absorb 30% of the carbon dioxide that we emit and thus help stabilize a changing climate. They also produce 50% of the oxygen we breathe. Yet for all of human history, our relationship with the oceans has been defined by two facts. One is that they are mysterious, that we don't and can't know very much about them. It's said that we know less about the sea floor than we know about the surface of the moon. And the second fact has been that that's okay because the oceans are vast and inexhaustible and stable. And yet we now know that that second fact is simply not true. The oceans are changing at a pace we've never seen before. Climate change is the biggest driver of that. We're just coming out of two years of coral bleaching, the largest bleaching event ever affecting 70% of the world's reefs. We also are seeing fisheries shift, fisheries move towards the poles. Countries have depended on those fisheries for centuries, suddenly have no fish to catch. And it's important to recognize that that changing climate is not the only pressure on the oceans. We are going after fish with nets that could catch 747s. We are polluting the coastal environment in a way that makes it very hard for fish to breathe. And we are putting so much plastic in the oceans that there will soon be more plastic than fish. And what's critical here is that we often think of those threats individually, one at a time, when in fact there's every reason to think that they interact. And that if we understand those interactions, we'll have a much better picture of the risk that healthy ecosystems may tip into degraded deserts. And that's the goal of the research that we're now undertaking. We've pulled together a collaboration between Stanford, Oxford University, the Ocean Conservancy, which is a leading NGO, and the Forum to try to bring the power of the fourth industrial revolution to bear on this challenge, understanding the real risks we face from the interaction of stressors on the ocean and identify the actions that can be taken to meet that challenge. That project starts with a model called OSIRIS, don't ask me what it stands for, which attempts to begin to capture the interaction among different groups of species in the oceans, shown in green on this slide, and the interaction among the several stressors or drivers on those systems. It's not a model that will predict exactly what happens, but it's a model that can tell us what matters. And a first run, very crude run, gives you some indication. If you assume all the stressors are additive, you see over 50 years a gradual linear decline in different species groups. If in fact the stressors are synergistic, you see chaos, and many species simply crash out. And that's the challenge, that's the picture we're trying to illuminate. Now the trick is to take that modeling, apply it to a particular system like say Palau or the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic, and begin to say, what are the real areas of risk here? What's the heat map that will guide investigation with the data that we can pull together to understand what's really going on? And so in this project we'll pick a couple of those places and tap into the new data streams that are now becoming available. So ocean going drones on the surface and underwater can cruise the ocean for months at a time. They're being used already in defense and in oil exploration. But their ambition is a digital ocean, as saying chemistry, as saying DNA, as saying fish counts. At the same time we have satellites in a more amazing array than we've ever seen before. Satellites with different kinds of capabilities that can measure ocean temperature, that can take daily pictures that help us measure productivity and the health of coral reefs, that can even take high resolution pictures that identify specific ships. One example of the application of this is Global Fishing Watch put together by Google. It tracks every large fishing boat in the entire ocean every day. And it can track individual boats. So this blue line is the trip of one individual fishing boat across the Pacific to the island nation of Kiribati into that red square, which is a marine protected area, and then fishing. And Google Fishing Watch allows us to catch those people. A second application is MFISH. MFISH puts smartphones in the hands of small community fishermen in Indonesia. It streams data they need on weather, fish stocks, and market prices. But it also provides a platform for collecting data on where they fish and what they catch that guides management of the fishery. And you can imagine as we know more about what data is important, that technology can be used to collect that data from fishermen on the water and also stream guidance to them to manage their fishing activity more effectively. So those are the kinds of possibilities we're trying to develop. We're facing an era in which the oceans will be in upheaval and we need all the tools we can muster to understand what's going on and enable the successful management of that resource. And the goal of this project is to put those tools in the hands of ocean managers, whether they are fishermen or communities or governments, and allow us to adapt to an era of climate change. Thank you very much.


doing at AccelTrad. AccelTrad is basically, I'll go high frequency trading company. So what I'm going to do now is talk briefly about the challenges we face in building and managing this kind of a setup. Hopefully some of the things that we face is going to be contrary to the advice we have heard today and that will probably make you think and reflect on it more. So what is the key challenge here? The system we are building needs to be able to, like between getting a packet on the network and processing and sending out the order, it has to do it in single digit microseconds. Single digit microseconds that changes everything that you know about building software. So like most systems that we've heard about at PEP scale and all that, like a request if it takes a few milliseconds, that's supposed to be good. But if you have to do something within a single digit microsecond, everything changes. You can't access disk, there's no scope for doing extra network hops, all those microservices stuff goes out of the door. No locks, no threads. Sometimes even the kernel gets in your way. So you need to use network stacks that run in the user space because the kernel overhead is too much. You need to use accelerated cards, pin, process to codes, a lot of stuff that you need to do to be able to achieve that kind of latency. And you need to do it at large scale also. Like you need to process about five billion ticks over seven, eight hours. So this is really challenging and a lot of the things that you know about building software changes dramatically when you build systems like this. And this is one aspect of it. The other aspect of it is failure is not at all an option. The speed at which things happen, even a small bug in the system can lead to runaway losses. You might have heard of this popular story that was floating around, like how do you lose half a billion dollars in 30 minutes? That was a bug that caused a trivial bug that caused cascaded and caused a lot of failure within that. So you need different approaches. Like you need to carefully review and reason about every line of code you write. You need rigorous backtesting so that all your strategy that you develop is tested against two, three months of data. And you need to do that every time you make a code change. So where you can leverage some of the other cloud environments that are available. And you need very solid risk management modules where in real time you're measuring a lot of these metrics and then acting upon it. Like not just monitoring manually but systems that monitor and take action. So all these things, you also need to automate everything. Like any manual work leads to more errors, causes problems. So a lot of these things that we do, it might look like it's applicable only to a niche system but it's becoming more and more mainstream nowadays. So because each core stops becoming faster, you need to, like if you want to code to run faster, you need to understand modern hardware. You need to write programs that can leverage some of the features that they're doing to help you make things faster. And a lot of these techniques are now being applied to make mainstream systems faster. So you might have heard about Skylar DB which is a port of Kassandra to C++ which on benchmarks is 10 times faster than the Java equivalent. Not just because of the language, which in the language, but because of using techniques that are more friendly to modern hardware. So the days of free lunch are over. So we have to stop being lazy and try to understand this and try to write good programs instead of just relying on throwing money at solving problems. Thank you.


You know, even though Republicans have made it very clear how they feel about marginalized people, they'll still pander to them from time to time in the off chance that economic conservatives from those groups choose to prioritize their economic interests above their own human dignity. Those people do exist. Dave Rubin is one example. But I think that the Republican Party in these instances are also probably trying to give themselves plausible So that way whenever they're accused of the phobias or the isms they can point to posts like this to say We're not homophobic But let me tell you what I mean by that specifically. So on June 2nd, New Jersey's GOP made this tweet in celebration of Pride Month The NJ GOP stands with the LGBTQ community in celebrating Pride Month 2022 But as Afree points out, isn't it weird that every time a Republican Party says that Republicans aren't homophobic?  We are homophobic. It's very weird indeed Now, let me show you what they mean by that because these were some of the responses to that tweet What is a woman? Lividicus 1822 Val shall not lie with mankind as with woman kind.  This is normal hashtag What is a woman?  It's always weird when I see Democrats politicize your sexual choice Oh wait, this is a GOP tweet weird y'all are starting to blend together as a one-party choice It's laughable that you think we believe this they get one day they get one month Yeah, so as you can see lots and lots of enthusiasm from the Republican Party's base After they made that tweet very very funny now bit of a side note here It's so telling that these conservatives who claim to care about veterans Don't even know that the entire month of May is literally national military appreciation month You'd think that if they actually cared about veterans and weren't just cynically using veterans to bash pride that they would know this But of course, they don't know this but back to Avery's point They were correct to point out that the base was quick to shoot down even the most Smallest insignificant attempt to make a superficial appeal to queer people But that's not all because yesterday was Juneteenth and if you logged on to Twitter You'd see a bunch of conservatives screeching about how this shouldn't be a holiday Charlie Kirk for example tweeted out you should be working today not taking today off for a CRT inspired federal holiday That competes with July 4th.  Why freedom days July 4th? Not June 19th hashtag woke I don't think that they realize that not everyone was free at the time of our independence But I mean you're woke if you think otherwise this person adds Celebrating the left's woke national holiday is exhibit a of why the national GOP continues to lose just here for the ratio Thank you, Jenna. Who is running this account?   That's gonna be a very big yikes from me But I mean that goes on and on and on but another side note Did you notice how most of the replies there are from blue check marks on Twitter? That's why Twitter has gotten so bad because those racist accounts are being boosted by the algorithm since they pay for Twitter And as a result, that's what you see when you log on to Twitter Racism white supremacy outright Nazism homophobia Transphobia that's the effect that Elon Musk has had on the platform But back to the posts because just to kind of give you an overview as to how triggered the GOP's base was over those two tweets Here's the ratios for both of them over 1,000 comments to less than 200 likes on the pride post and nearly 800 comments to less than 400 likes on the Juneteenth post and it's weird that the GOP would make those posts presumably with the intention of seeming inclusive After their years-long propaganda campaign is actually starting to pay dividends For example, a new Gallup poll finds that support for same-sex relationships has dropped significantly 71% of Americans found same-sex relationships morally acceptable in 2022 But as of 2023 that number has dropped by seven points to 64 percent overall Side note the death penalty also got a five-point bump in support So that's also a little bit depressing But you also see a decline in support for birth control divorce and sex between unmarried couples Which is kind of an overall indication that the country is shifting slightly towards social conservatism Although a bit of a caveat those jumps in those categories are not statistically significant But the decline in support for same-sex relationships is statistically significant with Republicans support dropping by 15 points since 2022 and even the Democratic Party support dropping by six points over the year So this begs the question if your propaganda campaign is working why contradict yourself with these inclusive tweets We all know that you don't mean it and you're just gonna piss off your own base now to be honest I'm not a hundred percent sure why they do things like this But I think it probably comes down to again them having plausible deniability if someone accuses the GOP of being racist or Homophobic well one of their sick of fans can point to these inclusive tweets as evidence that they're actually welcoming to everyone And I think that this is really directed towards the normies more so than the core base And the reason why I think that this is plausible deniability is because the same thing happened with Trump back in 2016 when I would explain to people Conservatives in particular that Trump was anti LGBTQ plus they'd show me this picture of Trump with a pride flag as evidence That that's not actually true Because of course, you know all of his anti LGBTQ plus policies matter less than the one time he held of a fucking pride flag But again, I'm not totally sure why they do this But keep this in mind whenever you hear someone argue that their base is concerned about kitchen table issues and economic issues because That's just not true Their core base is so batched fucking insane that I think the actual party is scared of them because they want them to be hyper-focused on these woke issues Now the party should be afraid of their base because their base is indeed crazy But they shouldn't be surprised that this is their base because when you spend decades pandering to the most extreme elements in society There's gonna come come a time eventually when you're not going to be able to satiate their thirst for even more extremism And it seems like we're kind of at that point right now does it not Okay, wokarion ideology woke task, wokarion, woke Olympic Wokarion What I love is to work around


While it's a weekend of celebration in Bemidji, Aria Shriners had some important work to tend to first. Our Josh Peterson shows us how the use of pop-up clinics has made a difference in many lives. Samford Orthopedics welcomed some very special guests who were wearing some very unique hats. Aria Shriners were on hand for their annual pop-up clinic to help screen children to assist them in getting the care they need. So any child can come from birth to 21 that have orthopedic needs, meaning anything dealing with the bones or the muscles of their body. For 22 years, Bemidji Aria Shriners have come together for one common goal, to help children and their families who are in need of quality care. Just to see that child, the smile on the child's face, regardless of whatever afflicts them, it just melts my heart, it melts all of our Shriners. That's what we're about is taking care of those kids. Over 30 patients will be seen here through the Shrine Clinic here at Samford Health. However, 75% of those patients will be referred to Shriners Hospital down in the Twin Cities. For some families, they're hoping for answers, so that life can return to normal and kids can keep being kids. Then I get some answers to make sure that she's able to walk straight and not fall anymore, because she can't keep up with brother. When she runs, she'll fall. For a weekend that celebrates the Shrine Organization, area Shriners say the feeling of giving back is the true reward. Oh, this is a great, great feeling. You know, our mission is to change the lives of children that need our help, and so this is a great weekend for us. In Babidji, Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. If you missed the screening clinic and would like to set up an appointment with the Shriners Hospital, you can do so by calling the number you see on the screen. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.


What's going on and welcome to the NBA DFS Q&A show? My name is Tom Vecchio I'll be here for the next 30 minutes taking your questions about tonight's NBA sleep as always This is every Wednesday at 4 p.m. You can find it on the fangirl YouTube twitch Twitter Facebook pages You can follow me on Twitter at DFS underscore Tom also at 6 p.m. Tonight right here in the same spot We have a Super Bowl live prop show going over all the props There will be a number of different hosts and analysts on that show So be sure to tune in right here at 6 p.m. For the Super Bowl prop show For this obviously upcoming game. Let's hop into tonight's NBA Slades and literally minutes before we are coming on the air We are getting all of this injury news for specifically some of the West Coast games the one important note at least in the East Coast game is that Keras Lavert is Available to make his calves debut, which is obviously important because we're waiting on the status of Darius Garland And then we get this slew of injury news from the West Coast where we have D'Angelo Russell, Anthony Edwards, Pat Beverly, Nasri, Josh Koji, Terry on Prince all questionable for the Timberalls And then all of a sudden we have LeBron James and Russell Westbrook who are both list as questionable and will be a game time decisions So this changes things massively where there could be immense sources of value for the Timberwolves and if we have Westbrook and LeBron as Game time decisions this could put a massive priority on Anthony Davis. So let's jump in We already got some questions starting off with Grimm on YouTube thoughts on using CJ LB tonight big fan of CJ LB I wrote him up as one of my value plays on numberfire.com obviously seeing an expanded role for The trailblazers due to trades due to injuries, etc. etc. He was gonna start line up last night That's where he should be tonight 34 minutes last night 31.8 fan to points love him in this spot This game has a was it a 224 over under right? 223 and a half over under versus the Lakers. I think that there's a good spot huge pace of spot for Portland They are 20th in a league in pace and the Lakers are number one. So pay some spot weak defense from the Lakers They're not playing a whole lot of it this year. A lot of minutes locked in for him So big fan of LB tonight. I certainly will be going to him as a solid value option Born to laugh on YouTube is saying is there a way to use Vucevich Lamello and a Rosen all-in-one lineup and still have enough for Steph Curry So obviously you're gonna be targeting this game because we have we have a massive 237 point over under and end of two point spread which honestly shapes up to be just a fantastic fantasy environment so you want Lamello and the Rosen and Vuce all from this game and still have salary for Steph so if you lock in those four stars you grew up with 4,300 remaining 4,300 five players left So if we get some of the value with you know players like LLB and Justice Winslow who again should be popular 4,500 remaining per player. I think that's doable. I obviously can't show you a full lineup But 4,500 per player with three spots left locking in four stars going to full stars in scrubs build I love that you know as I said on today's podcast Vucevich is one of my favorite players on the entire slate and then DeRozan is the coverboy for this For the thumbnail on this video. So I'm a big fan of DeRozan Just the shot volume we are seeing from him is unbelievable as of late Extremely high. Yes, we do have some of these games without Zach Levine Levine returned in their most recent game He still took 27 field goal attempts getting enough done when it comes to the peripheral category So to answer your question. Yes, you can get four stars into your lineup Find some value out there and you're still in a spot with 4,500 per player remaining where you can find You know a few more value plays under 4,000 or under 4,500 and you're in a good spot So I am totally on board with that DJ is asking me any love for Damian Jones Chamezzi Matu and PJ Washington Totally we saw Chamezzi Matu. I believe he started the second half if I remember correctly last night against Playing the Timberwolves again against the Timberwolves because Moe Hartlis went out So yes on Chamezzi Matu Damian Jones Also a candidate especially we're gonna be seeing, you know The secondary players from the Timberwolves if they have all their starters listed it's out And it's those depth players for the Timberwolves could be in there I think we're gonna be in for another back-and-forth game as we saw last night and then of course PJ Washington stepping into the starting lineup because Gordon Hayward is at this game as a 237 points over under right 237 Yeah, 237 and this games up at 235 so on board with all these players and really none of them are overly expensive Damian Jones 5500 Chamezzi Matu 243 obviously have to decide between them because they're both listed as centers and then PJ Washington is 40 Yeah, 4900 for PJ Washington. So all of these players are in play. You know, as I've said before When it comes to you know general line of construction, I try and narrow down The value plays that I'm going for on a nightly basis You know having a good pool of value plays prioritizing a number of you know star players and then making sure I cap and limit the exposures to anyone else that gets filtered through you know in through the optimizer where I don't want to be over exposing myself to you know Potentially players from this you know Toronto Oklahoma City game It's got a 204 over under while some of the options and having a few shares of some of the value plays on the thunder or go into Possess Yacum or Van Fleet is great This game ultimately is this a full two steps behind some of these other games that have significantly higher over unders So on board with all the players in the higher over under games. You're saying Doug McDermott to McDermott's okay overall in my opinion You know, we know what we're gonna getting from him We rarely see ceiling games from him if you're looking for Let's see if you're looking for someone at that salary 3800 at power forward small forward. I mean Justice Winslow's just a bit more expensive. I would prefer to go to him and honestly I'd prefer Ella be I just from you know the usage the shot volume ahead of McDermott, so you know, I would take Ella be and Justice Winslow ahead of Doug McDermott and you know, realistically You know, I would I would say we could have get Talon Horton Tucker as a starter But we won't know that for the 10 p.m. Start for the Lakers out in Portland considering this is an East Coast game for McDermott so Yeah, you would have to you'd have to decide early where you'd want to go and for me It would probably be Justice Winslow just taking him for that Michael on YouTube saying do you like Levert only if Garland is ruled out? No, I like Garland Even if Garland is in I like going to Levert as well because we know that the usage overall for The Cavaliers is still gonna be there for him. We obviously have to account for Him joining the lineup. Let's see marketing is out We're the big ones where's Collin Sexton is off the court. Let's just like take off two of the main a player so we know that Obviously, we're gonna see high usage from Mobley and Garland and Kevin Love when he comes off the bench And of course, Ricky Rubio not there anymore to answer your question. Yes, I like Levert I think that they're going to make it a point to get him the ball Even if Garland is there they operated fine when Garland and Sexton were on the court There's no reason that they can't operate totally normally in their offense when Levert and Garland are there. They traded for him for a reason. They want him in the offense So I'm gonna be going to Levert with or without Garland tonight. It's a pace-up spot for Cleveland They're 29th in the league and San Antonio is staying up at six. So it's a great matchup overall It's only a five point spread five and a half point spread I'm on board with with Levert I probably like him even more if Garland is ruled in because if that means he's gonna be less popular I want to go into him even more having more exposure Jeff on Facebook is asking No for that football season is obviously ending Grimm is saying do you like Murray with Garland Levert and Mobley in the Cavs Spurs game all in the same lineup Okay, all in the same lineup for Murray Garland if he plays Levert and Mobley I like that. I think that will help make your lineups a little bit different because overall Getting heavy exposure to those players I think we'll be a little bit behind that the Chicago and Charlotte game and then some of these West Coast games that potentially have you know some value So loading up on this game, which could certainly stay close. I Like that idea. We obviously know the triple double upside from Murray is always gonna be there If you want to lock in Mobley to start personally I prefer playing Mobley at the power forward position just to leave as much flexibility as I can specifically getting to players that sent that are center only, you know a player like Carl Anthony towns or in bead or Yelkic Whenever they happen to be on the slate or Vusevich, you know, I prefer going to Mobley at power forward and then Getting to Garland if he plays as well. I think he's totally fine 80 100. You're left with 57 100 he takes some value with Small forward with LB with Winslow 6200 remaining a totally totally viable lineup Do you like NERC if he's not traded tonight? NERC is in Trade rumors that would be news to me for the For the bulls. I have not seen any of them. I yes, if there are trade rumors for players, you obviously have to keep that in mind. Oh NERC is from Portland, excuse me If he's not if he's gonna be traded you'd have to leave yourself and out when it comes to line of construction Because he's in a West Coast game like you have to have a viable Pivot and that would be at seventy seven hundred dollars NERC itch It's tough to have a natural pivot away from him for the center position because we're only dealing with a six-game slate and none of these options around him are Gonna be playing because these are all East Coast games So you'd have to leave yourself and out to possibly get up to Karl Anthony towns Where you take the extra salary and then upgrade a different position? So yes, the trade deadline is tomorrow. There could be players pulled out of games So if you're gonna be planning on playing NERC itch You have to leave yourself and out in case he's traded and obviously not going to be playing when it comes to Some of the player props on tonight's slate. I took the over on Evan Mobley His points rebounds assist combined. That's sitting at 26 and a half 25 and a half For Mobley 26 and a half. I took the over on that. Obviously very little juice is obviously great I also took the cabs on the spread five and a half points and I took the bulls minus two I think the bulls are in a spot to Rebound, you know a couple of losses for them in a row. This is a winnable match or for them going up against Charlotte losing to Phoenix losing to The 76ers on back-to-back days. Obviously tough matchups. They have Levine back They need to win this game against Charlotte only two point spread So I took the bulls the cabs and the over on Mobley PRA DJs asking thoughts on the shocking Halliburton deal and it just came up that the Kings are keeping Barnes Yeah, learning that players are being kept by teams is also important as you know, we close out today's slate Thoughts on the Halliburton deal I think I'm in line with everyone else where I was Staggered when it happened all right where I had a double check that it was the actual Real woge account and that it wasn't a fake account that the Kings were getting rid of Halliburton And adding another big man when they already have like eight of them So I was absolutely shocked Malik Monk or Davion Mitchell tonight DJs also at also asking I like Davion Mitchell's game like I like what he brings and if he's gonna be in starting lineup Moving forward for the Kings because they absolutely made some trades No Halliburton there. I'm gonna be on board with him was specifically in this game environment You know, I would like Malik Monk a lot if we knew that Westbrook and LeBron James were ruled out so it's possible to You know look to your linux and say okay I want Malik Monk and if we do see him ruled out if we do see LeBron and Westbrook ruled out Can I take more shares of Malik Monk? instead of Davion Mitchell like that's certainly an option if you're looking to have some You know guard exposure that way So if I have to choose right now, it's Davion Mitchell But I would actually take Monk for the three-point upside if LeBron is out Green on YouTube is asking is that a better play than LRB? You're asking about Malik Monk or Because Mitchell obviously doesn't have the same positional eligibility. I Mean I like Malik Monk a lot tonight before that three-point ability going up against Portland if LeBron is out I like LRB, you know overall for his salary sub $4,000 in the starting lineup for Portland Probably playing another 30 plus minutes. You know should easily be exceeding a fantasy value Is that a play? Oh compared to Talon Horton Tucker? THT at 3700 the minutes are okay. The production is never super consistent for him. That's where I have an issue now if you're If you're playing both of them, let's say you make a lineup right where you have Talon Horton Tucker where you actually have LLB in and then we actually get the news that LeBron is ruled out Yeah, I think I get what you're saying Green is Horton better than LRB I think I think I would be willing to start the lineup and then pivot start the lineup without THT and then pivot to THT if LeBron is ruled out, right because Overall his production and minutes are pretty modest to begin with but we have seen him take a step forward in the offense when LeBron sits So you can actually start your lineup without him Wait for the LeBron James news since he's a game time decision if he gets ruled out then to pivot to THT, I think that's an easy way to do it because it's obviously the same game the salaries nearly identical So you're not massively changing your lineup that way. So right now. I'm rolling with CJ If LeBron is ruled out, I would take more shares of THT. I hope that answers it If you know pretty clearly, I think that's what you're asking so An interesting dynamic obviously in a smaller slate where there are less Pivots away from players, especially when we have, you know, three games that all of a sudden have a ton of injury news That are all West Coast games You know, we're getting all this injury news that Minnesota has all these players listed as as okay So Anthony Davis is now listed as probable. I guess that's good. We have LeBron and Westbrook listed as game time decisions We have all of these players for Minnesota being listed as questionable. So if they're gonna be ruled out Jada McDaniels, Malik Beasley, Jordan McLaughlin, like these are players, Jalen Noel, like these are players that could be elevated in overall importance because They're gonna be without a number of their starters. I think this is also a spot where I'd be willing to go back to Carleton Towns I know he didn't have the best game last night But this is still a favorable matchup for him It still features two teams in the top seven of league when it comes to offensive pace So I'd be willing to go back to Carleton Towns after what is ultimately You know a modest performance from last night. How do I feel about Jada McDaniels his minutes? Overall, I'm never like super excited about them But if we're gonna be seeing you know some of the players from Minnesota ruled out like that's the put that's the spot I'd be willing to go to him a bit more just because their rotation could be missing was how many players they've One two three four five six players listed as questionable so the minutes could be significantly elevated for Jada McDaniels instead of you know the the mid-20s like he could be well over 30 and in the starting lineup if some of those players are ruled out Grimm is asking who is your better six-man play that you might want in your lineup as a non starter tonight Love this kind of question. Who are you looking to you know for upside? That also like shouldn't be massively popular You're like you're looking to get you know some good point per dollar value potentially So Kevin Love and Kelly Ubrea I think are great options But they probably are both gonna be pretty popular and they're also not like super cheap So those are great options if they fit what you're looking for Jonathan Kaminga would probably be next for the Warriors We know that this game could certainly turn a little bit back and forth not a whole lot of defense being played from Utah right now specifically without Rudy Gobert. We have seen him take a step back So a three-point spread a two-point spread back and forth nature is always good Jordan Clarkson always fits that mold a Player that can come off the bench get hot. You always want that this game. I'm somewhat avoiding Because we don't want to be having you know too much exposure to a 204 game Devon Vasell would probably be somewhere on that list as well a step behind love and Ubrea for that We're about the salary or how popular they're gonna be. I think Ubrea and Kevin Love are by far number one in number two So that's where I'm ultimately going for this Aaron is asking for upside Fade stars and scrubs for the six and seven K guys versus ten and four K It depends on depends on how many lineups you're running, right? If you're running one lineup is a cash game is a GBP like if you give me a little more info You know, I could answer that a little bit better like if you're running multiple lineups You know, I always like to have a little bit of variation where there's a clear path to getting the stars and scrubs night But if you're looking to be different and you're rolling multiple lineups out, you could certainly go with a very balanced mid-range build You're locking in guys that all have consistent minutes consistent usage, you know high Production Offensive usage all these sorts of things. So the mid-range build is always viable on a nightly basis It just depends on, you know, how many lineups you're rolling out there, you know Push comes to shove generally I lean towards the stars and scrubs build just because you know That's how we see a line of lineups at the top of leaderboards that shake out historically like we're always seeing, you know Players that are $4,000 going for 35 plus, you know scoring, you know, fandom points, whatever might be one lineup in a league for upside total For total scored potential. So if you're going If you're going for the upside I one lineup, I think I would still lean with stars and scrubs I think the value we have tonight is really solid where You can get you can get this value in your lineup I'm also a big fan of Kobe white tonight for the Bulls this overall game environment. We know he's gonna be starting 237 over under so this is where I'm starting off with some of my value I don't hate going to Isaac Acura for Cleveland. I think I'll have less interest in him Specifically if we do see Garland play obviously men's salary for starter is always good We know his offensive upside is limited. So if you're going stars and scrubs and we see Garland ruled out like this Kind of start leaves you a lot of flexibility when it comes to who you want to be prioritizing You want to get to Lamella ball? Awesome, you want to get to de Rosen? Awesome, you're worried about LeBron sitting and you want to prioritize Anthony Davis Totally viable. You're still left with 6,800 You have three players between ball de Rosen and Davis that all legitimately have 60 point upside You're locking in starters. They're all gonna be playing 30 plus minutes or so. Maybe a coro is the you know odd man out but White LB and wins those should all be playing 30 plus minutes DJs asking is Scotty Barnes good value play over Keldon Johnson and Darius Basley also should I stay away from autoporter junior? So I like Scotty Barnes. I like Scotty Barnes to win the rookie of the year. Do I love him tonight? He's okay tonight. I like I love his ability to fill up the stat sheet but ultimately again this game environment at two oh two oh four is just Far less exciting than a game at 217 And if you can look to get up to auto quarter who's in game with a 224 over under and now a one and a half point spread I would you know look to go to him I would prefer Keldon Johnson ahead of Darius Basley and Scotty Barnes But if I have to choose between Basley and Barnes, I would choose Scotty Barnes So there's there's like a lot of good options in that list I would prefer Porter if you can get up to any of them just because the game environment But if you're staying a little bit lower in terms of salary I would take Keldon Johnson You know, we just want this the stronger game environment Darius Basley is a great plate tonight. I don't know about a great plate tonight Let's see what he's projected for Easily 34 minutes 29 a fan new points like slightly Slightly under value his $6,000 salary has jumped up a little bit, you know over the past few games You know specifically with Shea Gilgis Alexander out. I Like them a bit more when he is you know 52 5500 $6,000, you know going up against I would say a surging Toronto team And a game with a 204 over under and a 10-point spread, you know, isn't my favorite I think he's a good plate tonight. I wouldn't say a great plate tonight. So I think he was in a good amount of my Builds I did in the optimizer. This was before all of this injury news. So obviously that's going to change But I know I want to be limiting not only him but my exposure to all of the players in this game I don't want to be taking too many shares of any of them Just that's just the way I do things. I don't want to be focusing in a game with a 204 over under So things will probably change obviously with the optimizer with all of these players being listed as questionable Removing some prioritizing Anthony Davis a bit more because he's listed as Probable with LeBron and Westbrook being listed as game time decisions So that's where I'm going with things. I want to be getting up to DeRozan ball and Vucevich I'm you know and Anthony Davis now those are obviously the top four You know stars on tonight's slate and getting to a lot of the value that we have from Portland. We have value from Minnesota or we potentially have value from Minnesota What would their starting lineup look like if they have all these players ruled out so Beverly who's the list again Beverly? Edwards Russell Beverly Nasred Josh Koji Prince all listed as questionable now, which is fantastic So Malik Beasley at 5,500 if all those players are ruled out I would immediately be prioritizing Malik Beasley and McDaniels almost certainly give me a starting lineup I would assume we would have one of McLaughlin or Jalen Noelle as the starting point guard If Noelle's the starting point guard at $3,500 that's absolutely a spot You want to be going up against Sacramento. They don't play any defense Sacramento bottom-ten the league against point guards this year when it comes to the most fated points allowed per game again Two teams in the top seven when it comes to offensive pace so Minnesota Could be a massive source of value tonight if these players are all ruled out So Beasley 55 Jordan McLaughlin 51 McDaniels 43 No, well 3,500 like there is a lot of value Obviously the issue is that this game is at 10 p.m. And we won't have that news by 7 p.m. Line-up lock Grimm is asking Jordan pool Gary Trent or Terry Rogier in that group. I would prioritize Rogier pool Trent in that order Taking that you know game environment scoring upside all those sorts of things You know we do see Gary Trent hitting a lot of threes as of late, which is of course great He doesn't always fill the stat sheet. I have a little bit more faith in Terry Rogier to get that done and Pool with no Clay Thompson for Golden State is always an option Erin is saying so like Vooch and Winslow Winslow better than Barnes and Nurkage for upside potential tonight Yes, I would I'm going to Vucovich and Winslow like 10 times out of 10 ahead of Barnes and Nurkage for tonight As I said on you know today's podcast You know Vucovich is one of my favorite players on the entire slate this matchup against Charlotte is so so good They're the fourth most Fainted points a lot of per game opposing centers. This is a pace-up spot for Chicago. They're 16th Charlotte is sitting up at 2 we see this game with a 237 of Runder and a two-point spread Everything we possibly want from a DFS environment lies with Chicago and Charlotte so if we're you know talking about players between those two teams and You know Toronto and Oklahoma City like This has an over-under that's over 30 points higher So I'm gonna be leaning on this game 10 times out of 10 now Of course you can get players in this game that are a not popular and be can still go for 30 or 40 points like See ackham going for 40 points is not out of the question even with a 204 over under But him getting 40 points is good is him getting 60 points in this game realistic Like no like it's more realistic that we would see 60 point performances out of the Chicago and Charlotte game Just because there's so many possessions back and forth So many more possessions so many more rebounds assist points. Everything is just significantly higher in Charlotte and Chicago tonight, so that's where I'm leaning. It's gonna be these teams It's going to be these teams specifically with a lot of value potential for Minnesota. Oh, you mean Sacramento with with Harrison Barnes Oh, I thought you mean Scotty Barnes. So Harrison Barnes. Yes So a little bit of clarity on this with Harrison Barnes for Sacramento Oh, totally like I said, this game is gonna be awesome for fantasy production. And yes Limited availability with the roster due to the trades. He's gonna be in starting line Harrison Barnes is shooting over 40% from three from three-point range this year Having a little bit of a a later career resurgence for him Absolutely in play. So get to Harrison Barnes in this matchup I don't know more Halliburton in their lineup. We don't know who's going to be fully available for them due to this trade So yeah, go to Harrison Barnes Totally on board with that all all players in this game are gonna be in play I think we're gonna see that game in this game as Probably just massively popular overall so to recap real quick, I took the over on Evan Mobley 26 and a half points rebounds assist combined for him love this matchup against San Antonio pace up spot That's points in assist. This is points rebounds assist combined the over on it Mobley 26 and a half. I also took the calves minus five and a half and I took the bulls Minus two and a half. Those are the you know three bets. I made so far tonight if we do see LeBron ruled out Well, let's see what are their player props listed for Anthony Davis? 26 points for Anthony Davis right now. What's his points rebounds assist? Oh Anthony Davis only 39 and a half right now and LeBron is listed as questionable that could be a spot to maybe jump on Before he gets ruled out in that line. It shoots up All right, so that does it for today's Q&A show reminder There is a Super Bowl Q&A show 6 p.m. Right here same spots going over some props for that game as a reminder Every week 4 p.m. Right here on the family YouTube twitch Twitter page. You can find this show You can follow me on Twitter at DFS underscore Tom till next time. Good luck near contests


Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Circuit Python Weekly for July 6th, 2021. This is the time of the week that we get together to talk about all things Circuit Python. I'm Katnie, and I'm sponsored by Adafruit to work on Circuit Python. Circuit Python is a version of Python designed to run on tiny computers called microcontrollers. Circuit Python development is primarily sponsored by Adafruit, so if you want to support them and Circuit Python, consider purchasing hardware from Adafruit.com. This meeting is hosted on the Adafruit Discord server. You can join anytime by going to adafru.it-discord. We hold the meeting in the Circuit Python Dev Text Channel and the Circuit Python Voice Channel. This meeting typically happens on Mondays, 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific, except when it coincides with the U.S. holiday, as it did this week, in which case it is held on Tuesday. If the meeting time has changed, we'll notify you via Discord. 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It highlights the latest Python on hardware related news from around the web including Circuit Python, Python and MicroPython developments. To contribute your own news or project, edit next week's draft on GitHub and submit a pull request with the changes. You may also tag a tweet with Circuit Python on Twitter and or email cpnews at adafruit.com. And that is community news. Next up is the state of Circuit Python, the libraries and Blinka. So this is a look at the project overall by the numbers and gives us a chance to take a look at the health of the project and get an idea what's going on with it aside from what it is we're all up to. So I will talk about the project overall. Then I will turn it over to somebody. Not sure who. I'm going to put somebody on the spot. To talk about the core, then I will talk about the libraries and Melissa will talk about Blinka. So overall, we had 30 pull requests merged by 16 different authors. And I took a look at this earlier and there's only one name I don't recognize. And I wanted to especially call it out and that's Sylvia CC. This is not only their first PR to Circuit Python. It's their first PR to or first contribution to open source in general. So congratulations and thank you so much. And we had 16 authors total and eight reviewers. In terms of issues, we had 16 closed issues by eight people and 20 opened by 16 people. So we're up a little bit, but that's not a problem. And with that, I will turn it over to Dan to talk about the core. OK, I'll talk about Circuit Python core. Since this list was made about a week of stuff, we've had 13 pull requests merged, 10 authors, including some people I don't recognize that much, which is great to have some new people working on things, five reviewers. And we've got 18 open pull requests and we have some that are quite recent, like four or five, which are still in process, definitely. There are 10 closed issues by four people and seven new issues opened by six people. We've got 466 open issues. We've got 72 open issues for 7.00, which we probably need to prune. And I won't read the rest of the statistics right now. You can look at them in the notes. OK. All right, thanks, Dan. Next up is the libraries. So across all of the libraries, this applies to all the Adafruit Circuit Python libraries and a few extras. So everything that starts with Adafruit underscore Circuit Python underscore and things like the community bundle and our cookie cutter as well. So we had 17 pull requests merged by seven authors and six reviewers. We closed one that was 12 days old. The rest were two or one or zero days old. We had six closed issues by five people and nine open by seven people, leaving us with 315 open issues and 59 open pull requests. If you're interested in contributing to Circuit Python on the Python side of things, check out circuitpython.org slash contributing. You'll find all of this and more, a list of open pull requests, a list of open issues, and some library infrastructure issues. Find a PR or issue that speaks to you. If you have hardware for pull requests, feel free to test it, leave us a comment, let us know you did. You can also check for syntax or coding style and that sort of thing as well, which you can do without the hardware. So you can leave comments and let us know and once you've done that a few times and you're comfortable with it, we can talk about leveling you up to our review team. And the more reviewers we have, the more authors we can support. So it's always important to add to the review team. And there were no new libraries this week, but there are a number of updated libraries, which I will not read off. I did not type up my overall, so I'll try and fumble through something. We are still working on getting through all of the current open pull requests, the older ones. We're staying up to date pretty well on newer ones, but there's obviously a good 50 or so older ones that we're still trying to get through and Jose David has been pushing hard to make sure that we get through that stuff. And so that's been good because we don't wanna let all of this languish. If you are waiting on us for something and it's been more than 24 business hours, one to two business days, feel free to ping us to have us take a look at whatever it is, because obviously we're doing our best to keep up, but the more people involved, the easier it gets. So with that, I will turn it over to Melissa to talk about Blinka. Hello, let's see here. Sorry, I realized I had to redo my microphone settings here, so I lost my place. No worries. Okay, for Blinka this week, Blinka is our circuit Python compatibility layer for MicroPython and Raspberry Pi and other single board computers. And this week we had zero pull requests merge. There are five open pull requests currently amongst all the different repositories. And there were zero closed issues by zero people and four open by four people, leaving a net of 61 open issues. There were 11,493 Pi wheels downloads in the last month and there are currently 75 boards supported. And that's it. Great, thank you. And that has been the state of circuit Python, libraries and Blinka. Next up is Hogger Ports. Hogger Ports is an opportunity for us to call out folks for doing amazing things in our community and sometimes just call out the whole community for being great. It is held as a round robin where I will start and then I will go down the list. Alphabetically and I use the notes document for who to read off. And if you are listed as text only, I will read your notes.  So I will start and we will head down the list. So let's see. First up, Hogger Ports to all of the Adafruit Learn Guide authors and everyone involved in moderating and publishing guides, congrats on reaching 2,500. Special Hogger Ports and for all her moderation work in the Adafruit Learn system to Justin and Sheehan and all of LearnDev for all the new features and always being quick to fix the bugs I find and probably most importantly to me to fix the problems I cause for myself. Hogger Ports to Jeff for enacting a code of conduct in a separate community. We had a quick chat about that a while back and it's always good to see more communities having codes of conduct and creating safer spaces. To Karila for starting a new LED animation and helping me with some coding questions and to Dan for answering a question about keypad. And next up is Maker Melissa. This week I have a group hug. Great. All right, next up I have some notes from Somersoft who says retroactive group hug from my period of absence. And then I have a hugger port that was just added by Sylvia who says thanks so much to everybody who helped me, sorry I don't know everyone yet, hugs from me too. And then loop around and I have some more notes from Sea Grover who says a hugger port to JB3 Joe Banks for the Circuit Python language plugin for Adam. Very easy to use and the plotter is utterly amazing. And next up is Dan. Thanks. Thanks to Microdev who's been reviewing various PR that necessarily related to the kind of things that they work on normally, that's fairly helpful. Especially when we're not around to do it. Thanks to Scott for continuing on the BLE workflow work. Most recently he did BLE serial for the REPL. Thanks to Dave Putz for continuing to think and work on Pulsio which is great to have some other somebody else working on that. And thanks to you Katnie for thinking about simplifying PyPixelBuff and underscore PixelBuff and trying to figure out a simpler way of importing and naming them instead of the current scheme which is way too complicated. Okay. All right, thanks Dan. Next up I have notes from David Glauda who says hugger port to Dan H for supporting and including the SNES joystick and librarian guide. Now I need to find a retro joystick and connector to Phil and Lamore for publicly asking the right questions to Siemens, Texas Instruments, Arduino and others and to all the writers and contributors of the 2,500 learn guides. And next up is FOMI guy. Alrighty, thanks Katnie. Yep, definitely echoing a big hug to all the authors and any other moderators in the learn guide system. It's really cool to see that hit the 2,500 milestone there on the number of guides. A hug for Brent and any other Adafruit IO developers. I'm not aware of any other names, but if they're out there definitely thanks to them as well for all their work on Whippersnapper. I had a chance to play with that over the weekend and I thought that's a really, really cool system that probably took a lot of hard work to get up and running. And lastly, a hug report to Les Samurai-Pourpay for starting up many different PRs related to a change in display IO group and to Jose David for helping review some of those as well. And that's it for me this week, thanks. All right, thank you. Next up is I've notes from Hier Effect who says a hug report to Tan Newt for discussions and a group hug. And last but not least, we have Jeff. Hello, I have a hug report in anticipation for Dan who will probably be reviewing my upcoming Flash Savings poll request. And to ask Patrick W for the ESP-IDF update and to MicroDev and some others for working on some problems that popped up after that went in. I got a little bit frustrated on Friday when it was stopping me from doing what I needed to do, but overall the improvements from the update are gonna be really nice to have and the kinks are getting worked out. So thank you to all of you who worked on that. Thank you. And that is hug reports. Next up is status updates. Status updates is a chance to sync up on what we've been up to over the last week and what we're going to be doing over the next week. It's an opportunity for folks to provide tips and tricks to quick questions that folks might have about what they are doing. And this is also held as a round robin where I will start the same and go down the list. If you have notes in the notes document, I will either call on you or if you're listed as text only or missing meeting, I will read your notes off for you. And with that, I will get started. So last week for me was a short week, only three days. I started the MacroPad library and published the MacroPad guide, which the guide is really what took the most time. This week, I am gonna be finishing up the MacroPad library and then adding anything to the MacroPad guide that's needed, we wanted to get through it to get it published. So there's if new projects crop up, that sort of thing, we can always add them. Think about a possible MacroPad project. I'm not sure what I wanna do with it yet, but have to think about that. And then once all that's settled, probably more template work and then beginning to replace the CirclePython Essentials pages in the older board guides with the templates. Next up, I have some notes from Kmatch, who's missing meeting. About a month ago, some totally new and paid work has come across my desk that is taking me full time to come up to speed and learn to learn and execute. If there's anything CirclePython related, you need my specific attention, feel free to ping me on Discord. And next up is Maker Melissa. Hello, so last week I worked on some stability improvements for the web serial ESP tool for the ESP32. It's working a little bit better, but unfortunately it's refusing to cooperate despite it's matching the official ESP tool byte for byte and what it's sending. So I'm gonna be putting that on hold for the moment. This week I'm gonna be working on the Microsoft Flow Cat Detector Guide that I had started a couple weeks ago. And after that, I'll be playing catch-up with some GitHub issues and possibly resuming the ESP tool if I think of something. And that's it. Excellent, thank you. Next up I have some notes from Somersoft who is text only. So the past few weeks, Adabot added some testing, fixed an oversight from adding tests that broke stuff, did some dependency cleanup and updates and started piloting, includes applying black formatting and adding pre-commit for black pilot runs on pushes and PRs. And this week continue work on Adabot Piland back up to the top and I have some more notes from C Grover who is text only. So between some carpentry projects, I'm still plugging away at converting old in place Arduino projects to circuit Python. Phil Burgess' fake TV project is a favorite and now works on the Metro M4 and NeoPixel Shield as well as a portable Neo Trinkie version. Wrapping up a PyPortal touchscreen version of the thermal camera this week, non-circuit Python, the interfering carpentry projects are the last few punch list items from the home remodel project. Only two left on the list. Embarrassingly, the remodel project was finished 15 years ago. That's how remodeling goes. Next up is Dan. Hi, so I finished the guide for keypads, the keypad module and there's some examples in there that are very simple, but all three ways of doing keypads which work on the macro pad and then make your keyboards and also on SNES controllers and Pi badge and things like that. I'm still working on debugging RP2040 audio. I fixed one problem last week which made it work properly on the feather RP2040 but not on the macro pad which was confusing and now it turns out there's some conflict between the display, maybe probably the DMA and audio and I fixed one of those bugs but there appear to be more so there's still a work to do on that. I prepared a draft of the 700 alpha.4 release notes and I could probably do that any time and I might do that after the meeting if it looks reasonable enough just to get a bunch of changes that need to get them out for now and then you might have an alpha that five soon with a bunch more fixes. Okay. I have a bug for you as well that I haven't yet filed. I keep getting garbage on the display on macro pad and I tried it on two of them and both of them it's the same thing so it's not a hardware issue on one of them. Okay. I haven't worked on display itself only that display messes up audio. Oh fair enough. All right well incoming bug anyway. Yeah, thanks. It might be interesting to each other, yeah. Possibly. All right so next up I have notes from David. This is non-circuit Python tried out beta access for Whippersnapper and Adafruit IO. Project turn on LED of Metro M4 when light level on PyPortal is high. Multi-ticket report on problems, feature ideas, glitches and questions. Future Python code for the Buzz controller now generate a keyboard event with PyInput. Next up is Foamy Guy. All right last week I learned a little bit about the midpoint circle algorithm which it turns out is what is sometimes used to draw circles on two dimensional arrays like pixels. So I had a lot to brush up on geometry for that but I got a really basic version of that working to draw some circles into a bitmap and display it with display IO. Over the weekend I tried out the beta access for Whippersnapper, had a whole lot of fun with that. Definitely super excited to see that come along, get more devices added and more sensors and things like that. Super cool stuff there. And then I was also working on reviewing those PRs for the display IO group changes for this upcoming week. It'll be a little bit of a light week for me. I've got classes going on in the evenings that I'm teaching so I'll have limited time a little bit but I am gonna keep going on those display IO group reviews and also work on trying to expand a little further on that circle algorithm to try to make it so that you can specify only a certain region of the circle that should get drawn. Right now we get just all or none but it would be nice to be able to say like give me 90 degrees of a circle or whatever degrees you want. So that's one of the things I'll be working on and that's it for me. Thank you. Very cool. Thank you. All right, next up I have some notes. That was in the right place here. Sorry, trying to take timestamps and didn't actually click in the right place in the document. So I have notes from Hierophact. He says, last week finished up sleep memory for the STM32. Basic sleep file name transition storage but it's buggy and moving family fourth of July disruption. This week, fixed file name storage across deep sleep, test file name stuff across all ports, make RTC timekeeping on STM32 more consistent and import rebase of exception storage PR double check sizes across small builds. And next up is Jeff. Hi again. So last week I wrapped up telling you that I had been working on for quite a while which was the camera code and guide. And if you didn't hear about that, that's circuit Python support for the Ovi 2640 and 7670 cameras that works on the ESP32S2 and the Pico and the 7670 also works on the Grand Central. Real excited to have that finally in a good spot. And I started on a new calculator project with custom PCB. Actually last week I probably also said I started it on at the previous week but last week I received the circuit boards, soldered them up, 3D printing key caps, working on an enclosure which is what you're gonna have 3D printing in the background and got kind of a start on the firmware. So this week I need to finish the flash size savings PR that I put in a couple of weeks ago. We're waiting on that in order that we can fit some new features in. And I thought the technical part was settled but there are some problems when we build circuit Python with the Clang C compiler, which is used on Mac computers and with an aspect of the C language standard called strict aliasing. So I am working on those things. If that gets wrapped up, which I'm less upbeat that that's gonna actually happen this week, it will be getting back to the calculator project where I need to work on the graphics and presentation of it. And I also need to check on guide feedback which should be pretty quick. I looked and I'm only responsible for one half of 1% of those 2,500 guides. So it was all the rest of you who did it all. Anyway, and the other stuff is I have to get the downstairs, meaning my office and the guest room tidied up because we have overnight guests coming next weekend. Can you believe it? And that's what's up with me. Thanks, Jeff. And that wraps up status updates. It's gonna be a quick one. So next is in the weeds, which is an opportunity for long form discussions, things that don't fit in status updates and so on. I don't have any in the weeds topics at the moment. I guess I will ask, is anybody else who has a macropad running into weird display garbage on CircuitPython? Like basically it'll run just fine and display like simple text for 10 minutes, let's say, or longer or shorter. And then everything gets garbled and like there's a little flicker, but the text just looks like it's jumbled basically. That's why I keep referring to it as garbage because it's not, sometimes Blinka's upside down when it's showing the repel and it does it, it's bizarre. And it's done it on two of them. What else are you doing at the same time? If anything. Well, in this case, checking for the rotary encoder and like the rotary encoder value and maybe like which key is being pressed. But like sometimes like, I guess maybe that's it is the simplest version of it that was doing it. Is that to display the SH-1106? Yes. Okay, I noticed an issue that popped up. I'll drop a link in here so I can find the right tab. This person was not using the macro pad specifically, but they are using that display and they were getting some artifacts on the screen as well. It was showing seemingly unrelated pixels and kind of text intermixed. I will try to get videos or images of it when it does it because describing is obviously only half working. Jerry, in terms of the repel, no, it's not just with the repel. I'm also using basically using the simple display text or simple text display library as well to display lines of code. Is the problem with the display and not like if you connect with the serial program? The problem, I don't, oh, I don't follow your question.  Oh. Does it? Oh, I haven't tried that. I haven't let it run just on power. It's usually connected to my computer. Well, what I meant to like is if you open up like a serial monitor type program, does it look fine on there? Yes. Okay, so it's just the display. So it might be like an visualization or the driver possibly. I actually am not using the, or well, I guess I take the back. I don't know what board.display uses. Like I don't understand the magic behind board and display. Yeah. But I'm not using the display iOS H1106 library directly. I'm just using the display. Right, right. It's built in. All it does is it has initializations in that library, but we have them built into the circuit Python and the board definition. Okay. Yeah, I will, not quite what, it doesn't quite look like that image that Jeff posted, but I'll try and get some video and post it. I just wanted to know whether it was just me, but it sounds like it's not. Yeah. Okay, right on. If it doesn't have a breakout version of that display, do they, cause I missed out on getting macro pad and I have a feeling I'm not getting one anytime soon. So. Not the exact same version. I think it looks like a SH 1106 G as opposed to the SH 1106. Well, there's also a SH 1107, which is on the 128 by 64 feather wing, for instance, and that has a different problem. Since we had the 1106, but I didn't really want to talk about that. That's fair. Okay. I will post an issue then to somewhere. I'll ask in the channel where best to post it. Probably the circuit Python repo. That's what I figured, but. Yeah. If it happens when you don't use the library that is in the bundle, then post it to the circuit Python. Okay. Right on. I will do that. I will wait until it jumbles and get some images of it. All right. Sounds good. I think with that, it's all we've got for in the weeds. So I will wrap up. This has been the circuit Python weekly for July 6th. Yes. 2021. Thank you to everyone who participated. If you want to support Adafruit and Circuit Python and those of us that work on Circuit Python, consider purchasing from the Adafruit shop at adafruit.com. The video of this meeting will be released on YouTube at youtube.com slash Adafruit and the podcast will be available on major podcast services. It will also be featured in the Python for Microcontrollers newsletter. Visit adafruitdaily.com to subscribe. The next meeting will be held on Monday at the usual time, 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific. This meeting is held on the Adafruit Discord which you can join anytime by going to adafru.it slash discord. 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