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Extelec

@Extelec@mstdn.social

Tesla coils - HV experiments - 3D printing - Programming - Kits via https://mstdn.social/@ExtKits - Notts Gaussfest Organiser - Electronics and shed science. - Retro computing

https://www.extremeelectronics.co.uk

Playing with forces I don't understand.

#HighVoltage #RetroComputing #Science

Toots don't necessarily reflect the views of my employer. I work for myself.

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thomasfuchs, to random
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Just sayin’ it’s nice to see one of the big AI players saying out loud what I’ve been saying: generative AI is fundamentally broken and cannot be fixed. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

https://futurism.com/the-byte/ceo-google-ai-hallucinations

ExtKits, to science
@ExtKits@mstdn.social avatar

Morse Practice Kits - Easy to build Morse oscillators
 

The kit consists of pairs of morse practice kits. Each pair of kits can work stand alone or with the included 5M as a morse transmit/receive station.

Ideal for Scouts communication or electronic badges or as a simple to construct electronic kit for anyone.

Batteries ARE included with a long life 3V button cell (UK only), or you can have the option of a three cell AAA battery ho... Read More

woodpunk, to uk
@woodpunk@mastodon.online avatar

FREE 3D Printer! Any #UK #maker that wants this customised and upgraded Ender 2 #3dprinter just needs to come and collect it from J4/J5 M40 ASAP, ideally this weekend.

I gave about 20 of these away, back when I had a big following on the other site, before it became a festering shitpile and this is the last one I have left. It was the testbed for customisation, so it's fully loaded!

NanoRaptor, to random
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social avatar
clive, to random
@clive@saturation.social avatar

If you haven't seen it yet, go check out @ernie's new search engine ...

... which automatically appends "&udm=14" to the end of your search query ...

... thereby triggering Google to give you your results with no AI answer at the top, and (for me, anyway) no ads

It's like google from 2004 or something

https://udm14.com

chrisjrn, to random
@chrisjrn@social.coop avatar

Many thanks to @glyph for what feels to me like a truthy, level-headed summary of the AI hype cycle. Do read. https://blog.glyph.im/2024/05/grand-unified-ai-hype.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

ifixcoinops, to random
@ifixcoinops@retro.social avatar

Ooooh should Pinball Dad stick his toe in the Linux Discourse

I've been on it since 2010, I guess I should maybe?

How about I stick my whole entire foot in, maybe if I poison it with my footstink then it'll die down a bit

ifixcoinops,
@ifixcoinops@retro.social avatar

Linux is a bit shit sometimes,

There's your headline. I don't care whether you use linux or not; ten years ago that might have mattered, I might be trying to get more people to use it so that adobe or whoever would put more effort into supporting it, but that doesn't really matter anymore, these days everything either Just Works or there's a native equivalent that's better and I've no selfish reason to recommend linux anymore, so if you're happy with windows stick with windows.

If you're not happy with windows, here's the other half of that sentence at the top of this post:

Linux is a bit shit sometimes - but when it's a bit shit, it's a bit shit in the way of a cat who watches the mouse run across the living room floor, not in the way of a cat who suddenly decides to bite you for no reason. It's not actively malicious, it's just a bit shit sometimes, which these days is tbh pretty damn good compared with a lot of stuff.

Like, it's not bad because it's being hollowed out for investors, it's not bad because it's spying on you to make more money, it's not bad because its makers know you've gotta take it anyway, it's not bad because it knows it can get a lot worse before you look elsewhere, it's just... bad. But bad in like a normal way, like a bike with a wonky gear shifter and tyres that keep going soft, not like a bike that shows you adverts.

There's my linux recommendation.

LINUX: It's A Bit Shit Sometimes™

mcc, to random
@mcc@mastodon.social avatar

Remember: They're not AI PCs, they're Surveillance PCs https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112475611939997391

mcc,
@mcc@mastodon.social avatar

My experience with Windows 10 was me turning off the "Bing" features, and one day turning on my computer and discovering overnight with an automatic update Microsoft had turned them back on, and everything I typed into the Start search was being forwarded to a network service. This happened more than once.

It won't be enough to turn Windows 11's "AI" surveillance features off. Based on how they behaved with Win10, you have to assume a feature you turn off today will be silently turned on later.

LewisWorkshop, to random
@LewisWorkshop@mastodon.online avatar

Maker's Central was a great success - both generally and for me specifically. What other events would you like to see Lewis Workshop at?

*Don't say @emf - it's not a practical option for me as a business unless they change the way the night market works.

GossiTheDog, to random
@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social avatar

For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

video/mp4

GossiTheDog,
@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social avatar

The UK’s ICO have opened an investigation into Copilot+ Recall. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o

clive, to random
@clive@saturation.social avatar

How to make Google more usable with this One Weird Trick

By @ernie: https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/

neop, to random
@neop@mstdn.social avatar

Someone help this little bug pls ;w;

lizardbill, to random
@lizardbill@hachyderm.io avatar

Microsoft Open-Sources the original source code for GW-BASIC from 1983 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/microsoft-open-sources-gw-basic/

maketvee, to random German
@maketvee@leds.social avatar

Two mini projects I recently made, shown in their natural environment .

On the left:
8x8 matrix of WS2816 LEDs on a 12.2x12.2mm PCB. Package is 1313, gap between the LEDs is 0.2mm. Driven by a @wizard Pixelblaze.

On the right:
Hand-soldered LED strip with a density of 1000 LED/m using side emitting addressable LEDs with a thickness of 1mm.

Video of a lego figure hold a 8x8 mini led matrix and a hand soldered 25 LED strip

SydPark, to ilaughed
@SydPark@mastodon.social avatar

Happy Sunday 💕

"Helping Mama do dishes is exhausting puppy work!"
©️ vomlancegermanshepherds

quantensalat, to hamradio
@quantensalat@astrodon.social avatar

Direct generation of radio waves using a special generator:

Next super long wave Grimeton transmission on 17.2 kHz will be on Alexanderson Day July 6, tuning of the transmitter 8:30 UTC, transmission 9:00 UTC

Since it is in the audio spectrum, It can be received in Europe using merely a long wire and a sound card input! More specialized loop or active antennas are advisable.

isotopp, (edited ) to random German
@isotopp@chaos.social avatar

Source: https://x.com/KatysCartoons/status/1504463231380865031

https://x.com/KatysCartoons

slashdot, to random
@slashdot@mastodon.cloud avatar

How an 'Unprecedented' Google Cloud Event Wiped Out a Major Customer's Account https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/18/1842259/how-an-unprecedented-google-cloud-event-wiped-out-a-major-customers-account?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

niconiconi, to random

It's not bare-metal programming if your devboard has solder mask.

etchedpixels, to gentoo
@etchedpixels@mastodon.social avatar

Nice to see and catching up with which has had a

"Microsoft co-pilot laundered code is not accepted in this project"

for a long time. Possibly I need to generalize the rule these days.

joenash, to random
@joenash@hachyderm.io avatar

One day something I work on for @emf will not be the subject of a plea for help but today is not the day! Got access to a big laser cutter? Love games? Coming to EMF? Read on:

https://blog.emfcamp.org/2024/05/17/help-the-EMF-arcade/

neotron, to random
@neotron@hachyderm.io avatar

Testing some new PCBs from Elecrow. VGA works, and SD Card, PCM Audio, PS/2 keyboard ... looking good! Plus they are blue :)

The plan is for you to be able to purchase them from Elecrow directly, saving me from having to box and ship them.

dirkdierickx, to hardware
@dirkdierickx@mastodon-belgium.be avatar

z80-open-silicon - is a silicon clone, pin compatible, open-source replacement for classic Z80.

https://github.com/rejunity/z80-open-silicon

info, to random
@info@emfcamp.org avatar

Morning all! Check out the new improved map, with tree-shaped trees and everything! Also road names - we’ll be on Dipole Hill.

https://map.emfcamp.org

adamsdesk, to Funny
@adamsdesk@fosstodon.org avatar

Thursday is here and that means its time for a Throwback tech comic strip.

Server Connection, circa 2006
by @ChrisPirillo & Brad Fitzpatrick

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lockergnome/500464688/

License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

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