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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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emf, to random
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Our talk lineup has now been announced! See the list of talks and workshops for EMF 2024 here:

https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2024

If you have a ticket, you can favourite the talks you're interested in to help our automatic scheduler put them in the best slot.

Extelec,
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@emf is this the complete schedule or are there more to come ?

Extelec,
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@asj @emf I was interested in talks specifically, mine is still showing as awaiting the next round ?

Ryanteck, to random
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One Downside of Solar Panels:

Pigeons.

Extelec,
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@Ryanteck trees are worse.

Extelec,
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@Ryanteck but they do cast big shadows.

Dtl, to random
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It's horrible out. Must be a bank holiday.

Extelec,
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@trcwm @Dtl Euston?

Extelec,
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@Dtl @johncarlosbaez please no, not the Donald duck look. Put some clothes on!

blogmywiki, to random
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Anyway, I wrote a thing about why I think AI assistants are a doomed class of device. Ping this back to me in 5 years when everyone has abandoned phones and has a little gizmo with an annoying personality stapled to their shoulder. http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2024/05/the-terminal-problem-with-ai-assistants/

Extelec,
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@blogmywiki Share and enjoy!

woodpunk, to DaftPunk
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A bit of from on a Sunday morning, just for a change.

My son bought this Neck deep album nine years ago and it remained sealed until this morning, when we cracked it open. I feel the same way about sealed as I feel about sealed : pointless.

I'm a music fan, not a record collector.

Extelec,
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@woodpunk it's those sorts of opinions that have created quantum physics.

Extelec, to random
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Quick tip...

If you have drilled a hole in the wrong place, paint around the outside of the hole with yellow paint, and the hole will get magically filled in.

Doesn't work for you ?

No, me neither, but our council seems to think this is the way to fix potholes.

JennyList, to random
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All this AI stuff is confusing if you grew up on a farm.

Only farm kids, looking at a field of cows sired by a prize bull, will get this.

Extelec, (edited )
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@JennyList I agree. Not a farm kid, but I was involved with a company that bred pigs. So the confusion is real.

Extelec, to random
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Honeysuckle trim and gazebo repair this weekend (if it isn't raining). Started today, managed to clear back so we can again see our

Three dogs rest here, because they all loved it under this honeysuckle bush.

Old broken gazebo post needs digging out of the concrete it was set in 20+ years ago, I'm not looking forward to this.

Concrete dog lots of twigs, leaves and some stones with moss.

Extelec,
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Zeus (Rottweiler / great Dane) and Charlea (Rottweiler) playing tug of war and Socks (Collie/Shepard)

Socks Collie/Shepard.

cymplecy, to random
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How do I get back the standard #GIMP layers option in the top box

Extelec,
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@cymplecy Gimp 2.10.20

Extelec,
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@cymplecy Sorry, never played with the right hand pane :( Usually turned off for more space.

Edent, (edited ) to random
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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,
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@Edent Id go with yes, its a scam, Why does it need your passcode if you are already logged in to their app.

Dtl, to science
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Does your turbo pump overheat because your x-ray gun is outgassing?
You need Dr Dave's patent pending fan-in-a-retort-stand.
Guaranteed to reduce the pump temperature by as much as some amount! Or your broken pump back!

Extelec,
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@Dtl I can see you are a retort stands biggest fan.

Extelec, to random
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BASIC is 60 years old today.

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

Extelec,
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@DeltaWye I thought you would have added a print "OLD" in there too..

Extelec, to random
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New project PCBs arrived so I now have a small Pi Picow phone, the Pi-Tele-Cow.

This is a Full stack* develpment. I'm writing or modifying all the code from UDP upwards.

SIP RDP etc..

Currently can make and receive calls via SIP (with errors)

This is being developed alongside the Farnsworths.

*Full Stack refers to my pile of unfinished projects.

Any similarity with any other logos is purely coincidental.

White 3d printed case on top of a circuit diagram. Blue PCB with 15 push buttons 0-9 * # answer and call clear

Extelec,
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@a2es Personally I wouldn't be that impressed. :)

SIP and SDP seam to "mostly" make sense. but I haven't really pushed to anything our side the local net yet. Ive still got errors when I cancel a call, and I need to sort the timers out. Then on to RTP.

My big problem with SIP is so much crap is hung off it. There really should have been a "phone protocol" rather than gluing functionality on top of SIP.

I still think my biggest challenge will be RTP Especially being limited to only WiFI

Extelec,
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@a2es Ill probably approach NAT traversal by pushing the server into the Cloud, It can't be a problem if it isn't there :)

Extelec,
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@a2es Yes, I've been looking into that. Thanks..

Extelec,
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Yay, one SIP timer working, more info sent to the display and a few bugs ironed out.

Now if I could only stop it crashing the WIFI access point when your decline a call :)

colinstu, to queer
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PCB

Extelec,
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@colinstu Paging @rc2014

lpbkdotnet, to random
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Me, on the subject of trying to make 1950s era telephone exchange equipment behave itself:

"The whole thing is essentially a pile of a million springs that all have to be exactly the right amount of springy"

Damnit.

Now I've got to count them to work out how many there actually are.

Extelec,
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@marrold @lpbkdotnet no but interesting I've never seen that before.

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