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by robotguy 2y ago
Yeah, I immediately noticed the extra arm in this one: https://wattenberger.com/thoughts/our-interfaces-have-lost-t...
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by robotguy 2y ago
Seeing the disk IO animation reminded me of Melvin Kaye[0]: Mel never wrote time-delay loops, either, even when the balky Flexowriter required a delay between output characters to work right. He just located instructions on the drum
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by robotguy 2y ago
Same here, but I'm still using (glances left, glances right) Alien Blue on iOS (Shhhh...). I have NEVER seen an ad on mobile Reddit. Someday they'll do something so that it stops working and I'll be off Reddit.
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by robotguy 2y ago
I'm building a functional 1:12 scale scientific weather station: https://imgur.com/a/miniature-weather-station-kkw7RLI The data path will be the same as my DIY full-size weather station; ESP32(MQTT)-->WiFi--&g
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by robotguy 2y ago
Reminded me of Control Systems classes back in my EE days. Just in case anyone else wants to nerd it up, here's the nostalgia-induced Wikipedia rabbit hole I went down: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damping#Oscilla
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by robotguy 2y ago
When auto stereograms were all the rage in the late 80's I had a program on my Mac Plus that let me make/edit them and I used to edit for hours WHILE looking at them in 3D. Then one time I was walking down a hallway with a repetit
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by robotguy 2y ago
I tend to like games for their individual puzzles/tricks. I fondly remember the babel fish puzzle in HHGTTG, but my favorite was Leather Goddesses of Phobos. It was a bit risque (usually a draw for a teen), and the game "knew&quot
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by robotguy 2y ago
Reminds me of a saying I heard while living in upstate New York as a kid: You know you live in a small town when, if you leave your windows rolled down in your car at the supermarket, you come back out to find a bag of zucchini on your fron
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by robotguy 2y ago
>once in a while my eyes and brain will snap onto repetitive patterns like grid paper or just text without any intention to do so. When autostereograms were all the rage in the late 80's I had a program on my Mac Plus that let me ma
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by robotguy 2y ago
Excerpts from my list that might be popular here: Embedded - a podcast about making and loving gadgets. It is for hardware and software engineers, makers, and hobbyists. No Such Thing as a Fish - QI researchers Dan Schreiber, James Harkin,
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by robotguy 2y ago
Whenever I want to baffle someone with terminology, I always lead with “Well, I may be just an unfrozen caveman engineer but…” and then launch into as many TLAs as possible.
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by robotguy 2y ago
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” ― Seneca I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have. -Coleman Cox “If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your s
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by robotguy 2y ago
https://imgur.com/a/zHAcpzX I built my own using sensors from Sparkfun (also available elsewhere, it’s a pretty standard kit). It uses an ESP32 to read the sensors and submit the data to MQTT, then Node Red on a Pi to
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by robotguy 2y ago
From experience: several layers of self-amalgamating tape and liquid electrical tape will produce a wire splice that is waterproof to 6000 meters.
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by robotguy 2y ago
Is anyone else here old enough for this comment section to trigger nostalgia for alt.rec.science-fiction.science?
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by robotguy 2y ago
I would be interested in hearing about what kind of "programming" you considered for the "Home". I have been over-ambitiously thinking about a project like this (been calling it my "Building X" project) using a
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by robotguy 2y ago
From what I understand, F1 is about "emphasizing the importance of driver talent and creating a level playing field", hence the ban of tech like traction control. As an engineer, I'd love to see what the technology could do i
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by robotguy 2y ago
I built a meter so I can see at a glance how many people are on the Minecraft server where I play: https://imgur.com/a/QHpVbY1 White dots at the bottom are WS2812 LEDs that light up when specific players are online.
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by robotguy 2y ago
In the late 90’s I worked for an inventor prototyping a 6dof controller. We spent many hours “testing” in Descent. Good times…
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by robotguy 3y ago
A bit late but a note for next year: Entemann’s snack pies are square…
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by robotguy 3y ago
I’m a big Adam’s fan and Last Chance to See is my favorite book of his. It’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the title. If you’re interested, try the audiobook. It’s narrated by Adam’s himself.
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by robotguy 3y ago
At my last job, subsidiary of a pretty large corporation, it was not only against company policy to use a phone while driving on-the-clock , it was forbidden to text or even call someone if you knew they were driving. Not very enforceable,
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by robotguy 3y ago
Oh man, I had something like that as a kid, for my overbite. It was called a bionator and was like a retainer on steroids.
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by robotguy 3y ago
Furniture restorers, horologists, metal workers, ceramicists, upholsterers and all manner of skilled craftsmen and women have been brought together in one extraordinary space to restore much loved possessions to their former glory. BBC show
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by robotguy 3y ago
Malicious charger = Trojan horse?
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by robotguy 3y ago
https://www.miniatua.com/work/ibm1401/
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by robotguy 3y ago
You might check out the Platinum Pro Use II. https://www.jetpens.com/Platinum-Pro-Use-II-05-Drafting-Penc... They’re out of production and even more expensive than a Rotring, but it’s my fave (even more than my R800). You c
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by robotguy 3y ago
>I realized I was being a little ridiculous Anything worth doing is worth overdoing...
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by robotguy 3y ago
I got into it watching Adam Savage. The method he uses is really easy; glue & staples, build all 6 sides, cut off the top with the table saw. One Day Builds: Adam Savage Makes Something Wonderful from Scratch https://youtu.be
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by robotguy 3y ago
I have moved beyond hobbies into METAHOBBIES. Specifically: Collecting Hobbies. I find that following my ADHD hyperfocus until the next shiny thing comes along has led to a massively diverse array of introductory knowledge and mediocre skil

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