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davidr

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Heinlein is problematic for a lot of reasons, but I've always been inspired by this:

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

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mekkaokereke, to random
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Mark Rober is at it again.👍🏿

Either he's the single greatest detective and criminal justice mind on earth or... SFPD is incentivized to not reduce these car break-ins.🤷🏿‍♂️

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iWWWyG5ZwG8

Everyone knows:

  • which vehicles are targeted
  • what streets they're targeted on
  • about the stolen licence plates
  • where the stolen goods are fenced

We all pretend not to know these things though.🤷🏿‍♂️

He didn't name the neighbourhood that ultimately fenced his laptop, but the Dim Sum there is lit! 👍🏿😋

Google maps screenshot showing Chinatown in San Francisco.

davidr,
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@mekkaokereke Disappointingly few of the thieves got glitter bombed. Why is there a 15s delay with announcement on that?

diyelectromusic, to random
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Wow - that's a lot of bits (at least for me) :)

Finally going to start soldering up one of my pcbs...

davidr,
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@diyelectromusic lil jumpers! Still 1v/o? Love this.

JoscelynTransient, to ADHD
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#ADHD and #kinetic brains - do you have any good tricks for getting yourself to do mental or intellectual work when your brain is hyperfocused on something else?

Last few days, my brain is completely interested and trying to pull me towards certain entertainment content, but I have a lot of work I need to do for my dayjob that requires my brain to be able to focus and flow, at least a bit. And I am STRUGGLING to get my brain to stop interrupting my work focus every five seconds to tell me to play a game or read a comic.

My usual coping skills ain't working (e.g. basic mindfulness, using music to change the emotional context of work, trying to grab onto the tasks that interest me, etc.), and I'd love new ideas!

#ADHDisaster #WorkWithMeBrain #WallOfAwful

davidr,
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@JoscelynTransient Loud music...oh, you tried that.

How about panicking that you'll be discovered as an imposter who has been slacking off and they will chop your body into tiny bits and then fire the bits?

For me, the main impediment is not a different hyper focus (bc my work is mostly fun and interesting to me, how lucky). The main impediment is overwhelm at the hugeness of effort or a Big Boring First Step.

Finding some route around that initial hurdle often breaks the dam.

davidr, to python
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How much an insane dinosaur will I be if I ask my junior #developer to use 2 space indents in #python vs the PEP-8 4 space waste-of-whitespace?

Actually, I think I might prefer 3, but I'm pretty sure everyone will hate me if I pick an odd prime...

davidr,
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@alecthegeek Oh, I have no problem looking insane to the junior dev.

This is more of an "other parents" situation. How does feel about people who use 2 space indents?

davidr, to geopolitics
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These nitwits still don't get it.

Maybe the economic metrics you've chosen to measure and maximize don't address the actual kitchen table that affect the 99%.

How are homelessness, low wages, unavailable housing, lack of union protection, terror over medical debt, etc captured? They aren't!

"The economy grew" could be like a person building muscle or like a cancer metastasizing.

Measure the right variables.

https://www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/11th-hour/are-americans-unhappy-strong-economy-rcna139546

davidr,
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@flipsideza prices go up? all hail The Line!

davidr, to OSINT
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I was doing some extremely basic this weekend. Just going through pipe bomber info released by the

One task I set myself was to find the camera each video/photo was taken from. I found them all except this famous shot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ0KUK7PmuY

Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/j9dddxVZSfQQZXL66

Reverse angle shows that the lightpole has to be the camera. Those exist nowadays, but except for a paintjob this light has been here since at least 2007.

davidr,
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The published a lot on the but missing some things

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/suspected-pipe-bombs-in-washington-dc

There are vidcaps there that aren't from videos posted. Also videos in some early reporting that aren't on the page

Anyway, the next task was figuring out how tall the bomber is. The obvs place to start is the trashcan, but nope. Too many trashcans look exactly like that except for scale

davidr,
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First stab was via the scooter in the DNC video that the walks right next to. In 2021, there were only a few companies providing scooters and this one looks a lot like one of them that has a known height. I got 5'9"

Second stab was from a video the didn't post but did in early reporting. Bomber walks close to a car of known height. I got 5'9" again

It's worth noting that as much as I don't like her, popular suspect is easily in the clear. She is 5'3".

davidr, to fediverse
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can keywords and users but how do I filter keywords from a particular user?

Like lets say I love card games and don't want to filter "card" out. But one particular person I follow talks about their business card collection too much. How can I filter "'card' but only in posts from @businesscardfan"?

davidr, to programming
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You know that thing where you find old of your own and marvel at how stupid you used to be?

I just had the opposite. "Wow, this is a good idea. Hey, that was my idea!"

What a warm and fuzzy feeling! I've grown as a professional!

Except wait. This means my peak is behind me. I'm on the down slope. These are my declining years!

Soon some young pup will burst into the saloon and challenge the old dog to a duel he can't win.

davidr, to random
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I live in the US. I'll be visiting the UK this summer. What do I need to know/do, technologically-speaking?

I know the plugs are different. Phone service? WiFi standards? Uh...keyboard layouts should be OK.

What have I not even thought to ask?

davidr, to animals
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Our alerts us to mice.

He doesn't alert on the sound of mice in the walls.

He doesn't alert on the sight of mice.

He doesn't catch any mice or even chase any mice.

Our cat is so stupid I'm not sure he would even recognize a mouse.

But when our cat is meowing around the house there is a mouse.

The mouse is always already dead, caught in one of my traps.

Our cat is a mouse spirit medium.

davidr, to IBM
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Big anniversary! What should I get her?

I know! Nobody ever got divorced for buying

davidr, to random
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Series 10 is a complete horror show. I understand why and if I'd watched it in 2020 it would have resonated and been a great comfort. But...it's still a horror show.

in particular was just...wow. Descent into madness. There's a lot of raw emotion on the screen in the studio portions especially.

Less light entertainment and more group therapy. It's an interesting season to watch to understand the psychology of the show, but don't start there.

davidr, to Software
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I knew he was smart albeit cocky.

I stopped him on everything he was doing to concentrate on a branch he's been "this week for sure"ing for months. (Those other things weren't moving either)

I suggested that we pair-program it to get it optimized

He turned me down on Thursday

Today he changed his mind

As a parent of 5, I know how to be gentle but firm. I've been told I'm good at teaching. I love fixing things

I feel like tomorrow will be fun.

recursive, (edited ) to random
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Confronted by the only known portrait of Adrien-Marie Legendre
https://www.numericana.com/answer/record.htm#legendre

(Marked media as sensitive because it's scaring me every time I see it my notifications)

davidr,
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@recursive the gentleman with the thistledown hair

https://images.app.goo.gl/bfNx6rckBe7rSSqg8

davidr, to art
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davidr,
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(except I'm done...)

davidr, to web
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I've been following @andybaio links to cool stuff on the for probably over a decade. Very frequently awesome stuff in there

However, the top item I see today is the " off-the-shelf parts ". Ooh, neat, perhaps a fun project!

2x ViperX 300 Robot Arm 6DOF: $5,695.95 ea
2x WidowX 250 Robot Arm 6DOF: $3,295.95 ea
1x Tracer AGV: $8,999.95 ea

$27k for the basic equipment + another $4k for incidentals.

"DIY" is doing a lot of work here

(also, it's a waldo, not a robot)

davidr, to ComputerScience
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and ball trees seem cool, but require full knowledge of the thing I'm searching for. What if it's 7 dimensional and I only know 4 of the values?

I feel like a "parallel kd tree" with a separate binary index on each dimension would work better here.

Reduce depth. Allow unspecified values. It'd also be a snap to create and search each dim in parallel.

This must already exist...

davidr, to microsoft
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Any company that uses for is fundamentally unserious.

davidr, to drinkstodon
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@drinkstodon

L I M O N C E L L O

davidr, to Finance
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I'm no or genius, but.

As an , if I had any other series that was pretty smooth for several years and then started getting very spiky month to month, I'd look for some underlying malfunction.

davidr, to python
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I have literally one step left on my #python #pyqtgraph "measurement distance #simulator" #data vis project and I'm suddenly like...ugh, can I even go on

Meanwhile, I woke up at literally 2am with an idea for a scheduling algorithm based around a spring network #physics model that I'm excited to try instead

(Obviously neither of these gets the trash emptied, the kitchen organized, the TV movie folder fixed or the plumber called)

#adhd

davidr, to firefox
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And speaking of

I paid for a subscription. And they are now effectively blocking , at least on . Every fetch requires me to "verify I'm a human" so none of the images or load. It works in (for now...?)

, just say "no" to this kind of garbage.

davidr, to Cat
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We got a new-to-us on Thursday afternoon.

Thurs aft: It was under the bed
Fri noon: Under the couch
Fri evening: Spotted briefly coming out from under the couch

It is now Saturday evening and we haven't seen the cat in almost 24h. It's a big house with LOTS of places to hide.

Negligible chance it's gotten out. The other 3 seemed to trigger on it a couple times but we still couldn't find it.

I just hope it isn't stuck somewhere...

davidr, to guitar
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omg omg omg omg

18yo started learning a couple weeks ago and doesn't object to being guitar buddies! I've never played with anyone!

Also 16yo is in chorus and was willing to sing the gospel song the class has been practicing!

So we just had a 3 member family

We sound awful! But we had fun! And I think maybe intrigued the 23yo...

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