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ferrix

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Security software developer, fledgling Maker, and pedant. Trying to become a better person than I was yesterday. He/him/his

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StillIRise1963, to random
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Why is everyone pretending Donald didn’t already sell all the best secrets.

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 that's what I don't understand: everyone is treating these documents like discrete things, but ever since xeroxes we have been able to make essentially perfect copies, secretly, infinitely, forever. There's no such thing as "returning" a document anymore.

MLE_online, to random
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Being needy this morning. Blocking the keyboard. Blocking progress on the crossword puzzle

ferrix,
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@MLE_online on the contrary, providing convenient access to the cat in each situation

StillIRise1963, to random
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If you listen to Donald Trump, YOU HAVE NO HOPE.

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 I can't wait until I never have to think about that guy ever again. I know the work won't be over, but I'm still looking forward to it

StillIRise1963, to random
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If people had dental care, they’d have better health at large.

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 I used to not understand why dental care was so expensive and seen as sort of "optional" / additional vs other healthcare.

Someone then explained to me that our society values being able to judge ppl's teeth as a class marker. Minor ashamed I never realized before.

North, to random
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My oxikit-style PSA oxygen concentrator is finished, and it looks appropriately serious. I'll start writing up part 2 of the blog post soon, and then when I finish my torch manifold, I'll be making a video for the YouTube channel.

Side view of the contraption from the previous picture.
Rear view

ferrix,
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@North hyperspace pirate-level

MLE_online, to random
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Just the necessities tonight

ferrix,
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@MLE_online @JamesAkers I wish medium porters would be a fad.

ferrix, to random
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Cc @geekmomprojects and @Jorvon_Moss https://universeodon.com/@breakingtaps/112446595717613619

MLE_online, to random
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He's hiding in my overgrown garden planter

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ferrix,
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@MLE_online happiest I've ever seen a cat outside of a box

MLE_online, to random
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I made myself a little maker's mark stamp for ceramics class -- finally now when there's only a couple of weeks left in the semester

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ferrix,
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@MLE_online in the distant future on antiques road show the expert's eyes light up as they spot this mark

chris_gammell, to random
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I know the answer is "whenever the power company says is cheapest", but from a mental model perspective: is it better to plug in the car to charge on a sunny day where solar is generating excess capacity (on other roofs, not mine)...or better when the overall grid utilization is low, like in the middle of the night?

ferrix,
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@chris_gammell if it was your solar then day, because it takes load off the grid and you probably couldn't sell your excess electrons for as much as grid ones cost. But since it's not your solar, then night, because if you have variable pricing it will be cheap then when load is low.

MLE_online, to random
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One of my classmates is applying for colleges, and she was complaining that she got waitlisted for UCLA. "It's unfair," she said. "I should be allowed in through legacy admissions. My grandpa and dad went to UCLA."

I said I thought the idea of legacy admissions is unfair. She agreed that they kind of are, but said it's still wrong of UCLA to not let her in when her dad and grandpa went there.

ferrix,
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@MLE_online "I agree it's wrong but let's still do it" is a tidy summary of neoliberalism

charliejane, to random
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You know what would make me interested in another Tron movie? If they got a kick-ass trans composer to do the soundtrack again

ferrix,
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@charliejane Trons.

Daojoan, to random
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The conservative paradox is a desperate need to be seen as both powerful dominators and persecuted victims.

ferrix,
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@Daojoan it resolves when you realize they always want to feel like the main character

MLE_online, to random
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Ceramics class!

I finished building my ring jug and I started on an abstract piece of pipes

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ferrix,
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@MLE_online drink coffee from the ring jug while eating a donut shaped like a mug

MLE_online, to random
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I found a piece of junk (a smashed dog kennel) and I'm going to make it into something useful

ferrix,
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@MLE_online that went great!

MLE_online, to random
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I attempted to help my brother with a confounding problem with his car this afternoon, and after a few hours of work, we were no closer to an answer than when we started.

Recently, his battery has been draining down overnight. He thought maybe he had a bad battery, so he got a new one. Same problem.

I went over there today and found that the car is drawing 1.6 amps from the battery even when turned off.

We started troubleshooting by pulling fuses. The car kept drawing 1.6 amps through all of them.

I pulled the main fuse, and the car still drew 1.6 amps.

For a while, we thought it was maybe the alternator rectifier, but that wasn't it.

We unwrapped the sheath from the main bundle of wires coming off the battery and found no shorts.

We disconnected the wiring to the starter and that wasn't it.

The car still draws 1.6 amps! We can't figure out what's doing it!

ferrix,
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@MLE_online got a thermal camera? Something's got to be warmer than the rest of it

jasoncoon, to random
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I've had this 6x6x6 L3D Cube for years. I finally decided it was time to dust if off and replace the built-in controller with a by @wizard!

Photo of the bottom black PCB of the L3D cube. A PixelBlaze Pico is secured in an empty spot, with the antenna near the edge, with red, blue, and black wires running from it to the main control PCB.
A closeup photo of the black PCB with the first LED's data in (DIN) pin labeled with blue masking tape. A blue wire is soldered onto the DIN pin. The resistor FB2 has been removed to sever the connection between the built-in controller and the first LED's DIN pin.
A closeup photo of the black PCB with a black GND wire soldered to the micro USB GND pad, and a red 5V wire soldered to a diode.

ferrix,
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@jasoncoon @wizard ooh, can you make it hold a color pattern inertially steady as the exterior is rotated?

ferrix,
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@jasoncoon @wizard I think you're right, you could make it weeble to orient the pattern up/down though

StillIRise1963, to random
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One of the dumber people I know from undergrad is a physician. Beware out there. Do research and critically assess any professionals you employ. Somebody had to be at the bottom of the graduating class.

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 MDs think they are scientists but they're closer to mechanics

StillIRise1963, to random
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Joe Biden is not on trial for interfering in an election AND he stays awake all day long.

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 "sleepy" Don?

MLE_online, to random
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Apparently the new Outlook has a feature that puts your inbox in "focused" view, meaning that half your emails are hidden, including many that you actually need to see.

Software companies should stop making new features. Every new feature now is terrible.

ferrix,
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@MLE_online waiting for an AI feature to help decide which features are actually good, but if it's honest it would turn itself off

CuriousMagpie, to bookstodon
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Just finished The City in the Middle of the Night by @charliejane - just as good as the first read. It’s a delight to discover the highlights that still resonate.
@bookstodon

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@CuriousMagpie @charliejane @bookstodon that's my next re-read!

StillIRise1963, to random
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If you want to preserve your hierarchical position, how much of an ally can you possibly be?

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 enough to be dangerous

geekmomprojects, to random
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Cuttlefish plushie in progress. LEDs/electronics come next before it is stuffed and sewn closed, but I had to post now because it's looking so CUTE!!!

ferrix,
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@chipperdoodles @geekmomprojects that makes me picture it with a top hat and cane 🎩 🦯 ✨

StillIRise1963, to random
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My husband just suggested putting cement in the air vents of oligarch bunkers.

ferrix,
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@StillIRise1963 @KikoKate evil? Here he wants to give the people free cement, that stuff ain't cheap

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