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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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chrisjrn, to random
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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™

LewisWorkshop, to random
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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.

clive, to random
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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 #SAQ 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.
#hamradio
#electronics

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/

rbreich, to random
@rbreich@masto.ai avatar

Half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food and housing costs.

A third of the workers have had to rely on at least one government assistance program.

Amazon's stock hit an all time high in April. Jeff Bezos is now worth $203 billion.

This is what oligarchy looks like.

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

#hardware #opensource #oshw #retrocomputing

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/

info, to random
@info@emfcamp.org avatar

It is two weeks to go! This time in a fortnight we’ll be welcoming you all on site!

Useful prep for you:

⛺️ Shake the cobwebs out of your tents and check your packing lists! https://www.emfcamp.org/about/what-to-bring

🚆Trains are disrupted Sunday, check your going home plans work ok. https://www.emfcamp.org/about/travel

🚙 Lift sharing at https://wiki.emfcamp.org/2024/wiki/Lift_sharing

📞 Register your phone if you’re bringing one on https://phones.emfcamp.org and remember you can make call groups too!

gutenberg_org, to science
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social avatar

in 1888.

Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.

Experiments with alternate currents of very high frequency and their application to methods of artificial illumination. By Nikola Tesla

https://teslasciencecenter.org/announcements/experiments-with-alternate-currents-of-very-high-frequency-and-their-application-to-methods-of-artificial-illumination-by-nikola-tesla/

stux, to random
@stux@mstdn.social avatar

I need your help ❤️

Over 4-5 days new server- and media storage bills are coming in for this month

Currently I am still over €428 short this month😿😟

For upcoming weekend I have a server migration planned to scale down the costs by another €200 on the main servers but that will only take effect next month

If you can, please help out 🙏

https://paypal.me/stuxOS
https://patreon.com/mstdn
https://ko-fi.com/mstdn
https://liberapay.com/mstdn
https://opencollective.com/mstdn
https://bunq.me/stuxhost

Thank you ❤️

johnlogic, to ArtificialIntelligence
@johnlogic@sfba.social avatar

Earlier today I searched on an interesting question, and found this article that appears to have been generated synthetically by an LLM AI and not proofread at all by humans.

Can you spot where it breaks?

"Can I Use a Crows Foot on a Torque Wrench? Explained by Experts"

By Michael Graw
September 22, 2023

https://www.toolsadvisor.org/can-i-use-a-crows-foot-on-a-torque-wrench/

when #ArtificialIntelligence demonstrates #RealStupidity

jjimenezshaw, to programming
@jjimenezshaw@mapstodon.space avatar

"If the authors of computer programming books wrote arithmetic textbooks..."

A colleague used this image to describe the documentation of a library. Meaning that the documentation was the example with the rabbits, but they have to use the library as the second part of the image.

joshourisman, to animals
@joshourisman@hachyderm.io avatar

I’ve got my towel, let’s go travel the galaxy! 👍

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