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@vxo@digipres.club

Broadcast engineer, enjoyer of weird technology, cat staff.

probably posting in 256QAM

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JoshuaHolland, to acab
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"The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts...

"At least 94 people died after they were given sedatives and restrained by police from 2012 through 2021, nearly 10% of the more than 1,000 deaths of people subdued by police in ways that are not supposed to be fatal. About half of the 94 who died were Black" #acab
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https://apnews.com/article/investigation-police-use-of-force-sedation-injections-demetrio-jackson-621909ba7491abc2af8ad2e33ba3415b

vxo,
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@JoshuaHolland I didn't even know this was a practice until now and... it very much should not be. This is insanely dangerous to just be dosing people without knowing anything of their medical history and especially with the potential of causing interactions with anything else already in their system

RickiTarr, to random
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Sometimes when you learn how something works, you think, Thanks knowledge, that really helped, everything makes more sense, and other times you look up how wrists turn, and it's like WTF?!

vxo,
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@RickiTarr what the heck kind of spare parts did we evolve out of?!

vxo, to random
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what if we kissed in the horizontal blanking interval

foone, to random
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I got recognized at the electronics fair, but the funniest part is that they didn't fully recognize me at first.

Then I mentioned I was planning to do Terrible Things to a keyboard I bought, and THAT'S WHEN they recognized me.

Apparently my reputation precedes me.

vxo,
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@foone and now I'm laughing because this came to mind:

vxo, to random
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I saw this mystery keyboard that lives in the collection of a German museum on Facebook. This is wild

vxo, to random
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Ummm my cat just fixed a transmitter

It had been refusing to come out of RF mute and fully power up until..... she sniffed it.

It responded with a soft click, the power supply lights turned green, and off it went.

vxo, to random
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this is an unusually great sounding shortwave mystery signal
http://www.numbersoddities.nl/5649khz-2024-03-11-0629utc-unid-marker.mp3

vxo, to Electronics
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I'm looking for recommendations for things to help introduce someone to the world of electronics, both instructional materials and hands-on activities like kit building. I've run into a few people now who are really interested after learning about some project, like console modding or repair, and would love to increase their knowledge.

vxo, to random
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Kinda having a bad time with anxiety today. May I please have some recommendations for fantastic Youtube Poop to help get the right brain chemicals on deck?

vxo, to random
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The four types of fire, according to an Amazon listing: wood, kitchen, vehicle, excessively fire mixtape

vxo, to random
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just randomly buy another old hp/agilent power supply

you'll never regret another old hp/agilent power supply

vxo, to random
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Ah, I guess SacRT has a mascot!

vxo, to random
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I caught the little lioness roaring

Tortoiseshell kitty doing a majestic yawn
Closeup of majestic Kitty yawn

vxo, to random
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I couldn't help but think of @yassie_j when I saw this

ai6yr, to venturacounty
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Shelter in Place for a bear lifted in Santa Paula. #VenturaCounty

vxo,
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@kfcrosby yeah every time I've seen a bear it either completely ignores me or just runs off.
@ai6yr

vxo, to random
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You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.

vxo, to animals
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Cassie says it's cuddles time

pluralistic, to random
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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Boeing's deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/01/boeing-boeing/

1/

vxo,
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@pluralistic oh, only 420 planes were stuffed with reject parts? ONLY? yeah... uh...

ai6yr, (edited ) to Florida
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Friday night and Miami is a HAPPENING PLACE.

(if you're into weather warnings).


vxo,
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@ai6yr and yet Ultra Music Festival continues

vxo, to random
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Wow, modems got TURBO JANKY for a while, didn't they... Supposedly this is just a PCTel reference design, with pretty much everything not absolutely needed stripped off.

generic FCC disclaimer and HSP56 MicroModem label text

vxo,
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In case you're wondering how these worked without an isolation transformer, the secret is in the "Silicon DAA" design. Everything on the phone line side of the modem is powered only by the DC voltage on the line. Serial data communication back to the PCI interface chip is passed via the seemingly random value 2KV rated ceramic disc capacitors.

In case you are wondering if this worked at all: yes, in most cases.

In case you are wondering if this was any good: lol NO

ceramic disc capacitors for data transmission

ai6yr, to Futurology
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I missed this story from last year. Runaway Roomba. (plenty of gadget promotion in here, btw... it's like a Roomba+Ring commercial, LOL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6MQoMje6l0

vxo,
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@zalasur @ai6yr the dry mode on the Braava is not extremely useful, I mostly use it and the dry dusting cloth in conjunction with a ribbon tied to the handle on the back so I can set it off and let my cat play with it! The results are adorable.

ai6yr, to TeslaMotors
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Looks like doors are the hard part of building EVs. Investigation over "intermittent failure of the latch and handle preventing the opening of the driver, front passenger and/or rear doors. " and "emergency override mechanism also fails to open the door" at EV manufacturer Fisker. https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2023/FISKER/OCEAN#investigations

vxo,
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@ai6yr why. why is it so hard to get a DOOR right

beka_valentine, to random
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does Mastodon have an unfollow bug?? i keep finding folx that I was following who I am no longer following, because they refollow me. what the heck

vxo,
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@beka_valentine I was wondering that, noticed the same thing. I've also had things I've boosted not appear on my own timeline for a few minutes (if at all). Did we cross over into Laggiverse?

vxo, to random
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I'll code a gui interface in Visual Basic and see if we can find an IP address

vxo,
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@kevin nyaaaa!

ai6yr, to EPCOT
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What does it mean when most of the plants featured at Epcot's "The Land" are in my backyard? (most being grown in hydroponics) 🤔

(I don't think I can get a floating water ride back there, though).

vxo,
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@ai6yr are you sure? I mean really all you'd need is to construct a long pool with a couple of circulation pumps pushing the water through it so it can propel a raft around :D

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