Replying to
@Datassette_User@oldbytes.space It kind of reminds me of a Cray.
Remote
Mark J. Blair
@NF6X@oldbytes.space
mastodon 4.7.2+glitchA feral engineer lurking near Riverside, CA, USA
125 Followers
41 Following
45 Posts
Joined August 17, 2018
Replying to
@nyquildotorg @tubetime My weird brain just imagined the AOL "You've got mail!" voice announcing "You've got cancer!"
Replying to
@mirth@mastodon.sdf.org @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Maybe add some Where's Waldo for variety?
Replying to
@brouhaha@mastodon.social I never bother to get an FMRI because the idea that I am functional is absurd.
Replying to
@paulrickards@mastodon.social @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Ok, now who else wants a gigantic mouse to pose next to their regular sized computers? I'd personally like a giant Amiga 1000 mouse, and that reminds me that I'd also like a giant Amiga 1000 shaped house where the keyboard garage is where I park my vehicles.
Replying to
@tubetime It really irks me that so much hardware is stuffed into a short-term use disposable product. ISTR Big Clive demonstrating that even disposable one-time use e-cigs have rechargeable cells (without the charge circuitry) because they're cheaper than Li primary cells.
Replying to
@JennyFluff@chitter.xyz @lillian@social.treehouse.systems @tendstofortytwo@social.treehouse.systems I can’t wait until I can power my lathe from USB!
Replying to
@haineux @NanoRaptor Any physicist can tell you that assuming a spherical bun of uniform density makes the math a lot easier.
Replying to
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Impressive, indeed. But did you know that the TRS-80 Color Computer was released closer to the Norman Conquest than to the Synod of Worms?
Replying to
@attoparsec@clacks.link @forestine@sunny.garden Bonus points if you add the whole marching band.
Replying to
@colinstu@birdbutt.com @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Vibrato could only make my code better.
Replying to
I have daydreamed about (but never found the gumption to implement so far) approaching circuit-level simulations of both my PDP-11/34A and my VAX-11/730 in much the same manner, except implemented in FPGAs because I'm all about touching hardware. It's good to see that somebody actually had the gumption to create a circuit-level simulation like this.
Replying to
@hypolite @liaizon@social.wake.st @kde@floss.social @IDew@wetdry.world These remind me of the revision control server I set up for the Applications Engineering group at a former employer. I naturally named it "applicator".
Replying to
@soaproot @colinburgess @dantheclamman @billgoats
New song time!
You say You say clam-eh-toe I say clam-ah-toe Let's call the whole thing off
I say O ye'll say cla-may-toh and I'll say cla-mah-to And I'll be in checkout afore ye
Resistance is futile
Replying to
@billgoats @soaproot @dantheclamman @colinburgess
Ok, everybody sing together!
O ye'll say cla-may-toh and I'll say cla-mah-to
And I'll be in checkout afore ye
Replying to
@tpolecat@mastodon.social @rrmutt@mastodon.social @davbucci@mastodon.sdf.org The surprising thing to many seems to be that you often want a reducing lens (i.e., 0.5X, AKA a "Barlow" lens IIRC) on the objective to increase the working distance.
Replying to
@fozztexx@mastodon.fozztexx.com Both of those approaches also work. But this is pretty neat:
https://content.instructables.com/FZV/OQSS/MKOMA9HX/FZVOQSSMKOMA9HX.jpg
I'm late to this party.
https://www.instructables.com/Fixing-Breadboards-for-Wide-Microcontrollers-Pico-/
Replying to
@tubetime It's so cool that the necessary diagnostic instrument is built right in! I'd imagine that the field service engineers appreciated not having to drag it around with them.
Replying to
@fozztexx@mastodon.fozztexx.com With FREE CAD TOOLS! The exact same ones I use professionally for product development! #LivingInTheFuture
Replying to
@mcfly@milliways.social @transworldexpress@milliways.social USA person here: I am so sorry that we, as a nation, are letting everybody down right now.
Replying to
@fozztexx@mastodon.fozztexx.com Are you using a current version of KiCad? v10 can export the silkscreen. I think that v9 could, too.
Replying to
@bitsplusatoms@fosstodon.org @brouhaha@mastodon.social Did I miss something? Are Pis unavailable and/or expensive again?
Replying to
Replying to
@henk@waag.social Having worked at Qualcomm through acquisition and seen it from the inside, this does not surprise me. Still, the mask came off more quickly than I expected. I'm interested in seeing what platform ends up filling the niche that Arduino just abandoned?
Replying to
@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Soldering skill tests for technician job interviews are getting weird.
Replying to
@paulrickards@mastodon.social I don't know why, but my first reactions were "leaf", followed by "map for a D&D encounter".
Replying to
@fozztexx@mastodon.fozztexx.com Oh, so you've used Mentor Graphics IC design software recently, I see. :p
Replying to
@fozztexx@mastodon.fozztexx.com You can tell it's a prototype because it is purple and has blue wires! If it was green and had blue wires, then it could either be a prototype or a Tandy/Radio Shack/TRS-80 commercial product.
Replying to
@fozztexx@mastodon.fozztexx.com But seriously: The high-end pro tools in the $50k per person per year class are a lot crustier.