Extelec

Edent, 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago) to random

You receive a call on your phone.
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraud.

"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?

The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."

Your phone buzzes. You tap the notification This is what you see.

Still think it is a scam?
1/3

Extelec, 2 months ago to random

Microsoft cares about your privacy.

But, we share your data with 728 partners.

How about Not sharing the data for privacy.

Extelec, 2 months ago to random

Its it just me, or does anyone else think this when they read about Microsoft Copilot.

Extelec, 6 months ago to retrocomputing

You are in a semi-circular room, with an exit to the West, which is open.

#Zork, #Cray #RetroComputing

Extelec, 5 months ago to retrocomputing

Just found this...

Does anyone remember these ? :)

I'd be interested in a drive if anyone can spare one. (I realise they are incredibly rare)

#RetroComputing #floppy #computers

Extelec, 1 month ago to random

If asking for directions to walk to a place was on an Internet technical forum.

"Well I wouldn't start from here"

"Catch a bus, the driver will know"

"Why do you want to go there xxx is better"

"You are using the wrong shoes, try £5000 worth of wellingtons"

"My friend once walked to somewhere else"

"Don't walk trains are better"

"Turn right before you get to the bridge"

"Never heard of xxx "

"Read the f%£%%$g map!"

Extelec, 4 months ago to random

Ask Microsoft: Are you using our personal data to train AI?

We had four lawyers, three privacy experts, and two campaigners look at Microsoft's new Service Agreement, and none of our experts could tell if Microsoft plans on using your personal data – including audio, video, chat, and attachments from 130 products, including Office, Skype, Teams, and Xbox – to train its AI models.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/microsoft-ai/

Extelec, 6 months ago to random

Well my clock's DVI output looks OK.

DVI connector case in black, showing the time in blue.

Extelec, 6 months ago to random

Microsoft update to 365 groups has developed a distinctly a Starship Troopers vibe.

Extelec, 9 months ago to Electronics

Nottingham Gaussfest (Teslathon) registrations for visitors and exhibitors are now open.

This year it will be held on Saturday 4th November

Visitors will see demos of high voltage equipment.

Exhibitors with any high voltage equipment, teslacoils, electro static, n'stuff welcome.

Details https://www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/nottingham-gaussfest/

Please boost for coverage and redistribute to your networks.

@ExtKits

#teslacoils, #highvoltage #electronics #sparks #gaussfest #electrostatic #wimshurst #vandegraaff

A CD being destroyed by high voltage, discharges in purple, CD black/golden
A HUGE Wimshurst on a table. Large silver segmented disks, disks and two long discharge wands.
A large tesla coil outside on grass, electrical discharges to the ground, against a green building Hazard tape in the foreground and background.

Extelec, 1 month ago to random

So happy. I now have 2 Farnsworth's (technically one is a Woodroffe for reasons people who know me will appreciate)

They can talk to each other with both audio and video, either both on the same network or externally via a Strowger server (I decided against calling this Exchange) over UDP

Code (PhiloFax)for the Farnsworths is in github ExtremeElectronics/PhiloFax

Details on the build https://www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/farnsworth-warehouse-13-artifact-creation/

Big thanks to @brian for sharing his pico camera code and circuit

Extelec, 10 months ago to random

Oooo this looks interesting:) @ExtKits

Extelec, 8 months ago to tesla

Nottingham Gaussfest

Tesla coils, Wimshurst machines, Van de Graaff , Jacobs ladders generators and all sorts of high voltage demonstrations. (plus a pair of beam engines)

Please register to visit (or if you have something HV to demo)

https://www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/nottingham-gaussfest/

#gaussfest #tesla #TeslaCoils #HighVoltage #electronics #makers #wimshurst #VanDeGraaff

Large electrical discharges from a huge tesla coil at night at Nottingham Gaussfest
Van De Graaff machines and a Wimshurst machine at Nottingham Gaussfest
Small Tesla coil and a couple of people viewing (in masks) at Nottingham Gaussfest

Extelec, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

With all of the discussion about the possibility of an extra leap second. I wonder how many know about the second that is removed from GMT every leap year. This is the first second after 12:00PM on the 31st of March.

Due to the way that GMT was created in 1847, The Railways made a mistake and started one 1/4 second early.

To counteract this every leap year GMT misses a second.

This is usually is overlooked as the UK has already swapped to BST

1/2

Extelec, 4 months ago to random

The problem with the subscription model isn't you have to pay for it. Its you are tied in to using a single vendor. There is no competition. So there are no longer any reasons to be competitive.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/19/hps_ceo_spells_it_out/

Extelec, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

UK move to digital voice should be complete by 2025
I'm interested to see how far they have got.

So, if you are in the UK

Extelec, 4 months ago to random

Loads wrong with it, but the proof of principle is confirmed as viable :)

Steel ball rotates on a circular acrylic frame. With a single coil of wire around the track

Extelec, 6 months ago to RaspberryPi

I'll be giving a talk on the Pico Cray at Cambridge Raspberry Jam next Saturday.
So. If you want to see the Pico Cray, Pico Lynx and a few Pico Computers. Plus talks by MakerCubbard and someone called Eben Upton.

Workshops and an assortment of show and tell.

@ExtKits
#camjam #RaspberryPi #Pico

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cambridge-raspberry-jam-camjam-25th-november-2023-tickets-747983838797?aff=ebdsshother

Extelec, 3 months ago to random

Just checked next weeks diary, there is NO extra day.

Leap years are a SCAM.

Extelec, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

For all you people, supporting IMAP mail on Outlook. Beware the New Outlook app. Not only does it not quite support all IMAP accounts. It sends the login details and stores them ON MICROSOFT'S servers.

Some details here https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/officeinsider/forum/all/imap-support-for-new-outlook-for-windows/469fd2ef-9d44-42f3-800c-dda6d69e3c9c

and Yes, I personally use Thunderbird, I suspect ill be setting this up for people quite a lot soon.

Extelec, 1 month ago to Dogs

"Advanced" dog puzzle...
#dogs #Germanshepherds #dogsofmastodon

German Shepherd playing with a triangular red and yellow dog puzzle. Turns up upside down and emptys the treats in 10 seconds.

Extelec, 6 months ago to animals

Prepare to be judged by the Friday #GermanShepard #dogsofmastodon #dogs #dogstodon

Extelec, 23 days ago to random

BASIC is 60 years old today.

This was my first BASIC book, although my first actual BASIC was NASCOM Tiny Basic IIRC 1978

Extelec, 3 days ago to random

The likely orientation of un-soldered sm components when hand soldering.

Upsidedown
Somewhere across the room
Upsidedown and across the room*
Stuck to your tweezers.
Stuck to your solderingiron
Stuck to your elbow.
Stuck to flux on your pcb, then upside down when moved.
In plain sight on your pcb, but can't be found.
^above & upsidedown.
Lost. **
Lost and upsidedown* **

*pure conjecture no one has ever seen this.

** properly Lost, not recently seen travelling at speed

Extelec, 2 months ago to random

Tonight's task, remove 400mV of noise from the pico's a2d input that I'm using for audio.

Oscilloscope with a blue grid background showing spiky impulsive noise in yellow