2026-05-16T19:40:35Z https://yabu.me ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ https://yabu.me/npub1ag5lque38jngemtqpfnce5393a7q0kuagyzjntjz275p70e0wgnqgcr4tf https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/360/267/788/283/933/original/3d738f168b583fb2.png https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/360/267/788/283/933/original/3d738f168b583fb2.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfpl4vnp9g3j7zgtplmj0pfm78yu07kjw99rmt95su4f9ygdvefeszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv6d5upr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfr790mqsp9gudf004mjhs3cztl56sdskeut4qwmck35fr9mref7qadkn7k'>nevent1q…kn7k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is a beautiful photo, but it&#39;s not an insect or bug, just saying. 2026-05-25T17:56:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdkzkzx3ca6kkt0mjfhttmn67nkryjand5z529dtsmms3tu5ru8agzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv2wdzua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspwcdgkhnwnryln597aa592tzx5mqp3fql0awgecz2eqlt4695e6sgf6t8j'>nevent1q…6t8j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I get paid for neither! 2026-05-19T20:38:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgsznjd5n5t73sekzrcmqu7zx954nrz23x5z6qv52ax6r7s3wl90gzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvtl7mpw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdzg4j7s3pk3wmz95k698h5v3dpaphz9f4ju5qzruw0dg2tpseks2y96xl'>nevent1q…96xl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And why they can&#39;t grammer. 2026-05-19T18:51:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr6nckmc5f755mh87edvq5atrsquqhe4760tn5af5yv5y3synz9pqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvqa2ray In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsverd0ue76mssdc87tywjcwyypeuukt8taqgrczuhzltnahvaz8xqxjhpmr'>nevent1q…hpmr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is that AI slop? Please tell me the booth is not going to be drowning in AI slop? 2026-05-11T14:56:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswzgxrf0pmcnxudz67xfggpajzguwj6xnrdw6w5xlhus98wx4j3gszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvwf9x82 They should make special chairs for ADHD people with extra arm rests, backs, and foot rests in random places so they can drape themselves around them in more ways. 2026-04-18T07:53:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd4duyue7r4848lhkvmh0r69g04u608mzftzmqkqv7w4teqk6kw4gzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvmen4td If someone got shrunk to the size of a Barbie doll, how would you carry them? It seems that sitting on your shoulder is really hard when you move. Woman&#39;s handbag works, what else? Baby carrier backpack? Fanny pack? Cross-shoulder bag? Hat?<br/><br/>I&#39;m thinking about building a wearable robot, and trying to figure out where to best wear it, so that it&#39;s stable, doesn&#39;t get in the way, but also is visible, and not too much exposed to accidental damage. 2026-04-12T18:38:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgkjv2aa5thc7x78rcxn3wzav3ra9rdsw7y3y2hp4xm2auqyedwrqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv6m5d8y I found this picture on my disk. I know I drew it, but I have no idea what for.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/370/387/076/331/440/original/8aa1dcbb06367abf.png"> <br/> 2026-04-08T18:01:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjmcv98wkwtf0wt76amlhwjgmmn6csae9yak6eysgu0k9nh360cqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv5532z4 Can we improve things somewhat? 2026-03-28T10:17:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg94uflargytlkg9jwlmjhw828sxqeukagm5vuwgfskz3dl3wapaczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvlfc0xt Many people think that a software project is code. They would say things like &#34;forking a project is easy, you just make a copy of the repository&#34;, or &#34;this clean-room re-implementation is a new project&#34;. But a project, whether commercial or open source, consists of people. The code is only a side effect, often necessary to let people from outside of the project make use of it, but not strictly required. There are software projects that produced no code, and ones that produced multiple codebases. 2026-03-23T05:52:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgz6s90rpnhcnzz077pthf3sjzr7cjnwa379qttt2md0mfn95q45czyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv4psyv8 Over the years I&#39;ve seen a lot of bemoaning of the disappearance of experts -- people who have practical deep knowledge about a particular system, profession, or hobby. I&#39;ve heard Tolkien fans complaining how the movies made people only care about Legolas&#39; ass. But I don&#39;t think this is actually what is happening. I think the number of experts is actually growing, they are just drowned in even greater increase of the number of non-experts, and become less visible and harder to find. 2026-02-26T09:45:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8p0f0j373mhr67g6gvgkeqgx95946ps8vc449y4q5fhxxzy4wwrgzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvqk0h8p Slight discrepancy in measurements...<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/124/899/801/250/058/original/51ca1d69c5daf6cf.jpg"> <br/> 2026-02-24T09:29:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs99lz0tcyknwjt2fzfj9ethswtaclehlt446tpr7esvnk7l33nydgzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvw3kcjf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs83jhdhgy9uz4fztprp5uzuxruk32435z8wva6a8urs7hm29rnkrsnm50t5'>nevent1q…50t5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Inspired by this webcomic.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/030/511/628/487/434/original/c10856736a1c9fa5.jpg"> <br/> 2026-02-07T17:26:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs83jhdhgy9uz4fztprp5uzuxruk32435z8wva6a8urs7hm29rnkrszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvr9uwlu Nobles: What is the purpose of life? Is it poetry? Is it philosophy? Maybe it&#39;s in the pleasures of the body?<br/><br/>Everyone else: Fucking do some work will you? 2026-02-07T17:09:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfeltuj8jzgq4d22yx6zymg5gugkndyhu8tya9996c49fy99rnlwqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvjh5vk8 Home computers were famously supposed to become the bicycles for the mind. But what about bicycles for the soul? Well, that&#39;s actually easy. Bicycles are the bicycles for the soul. 2026-01-27T19:42:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs858gw75wzpttwzvs62sjvqauld4d378k7fzkz8h2r2dakkv30hdczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvjvpxn9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdxq57ej7cuc708zffkutxgq6pw7aq4dfqpqqp06mdywkm3ep72ce2gykh'>nevent1q…gykh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ignoring the comical aspect, the next size in the A* and B* series is always half of the previous one. So the smaller dimension stays the same, and the other is halved (and becomes the new smaller dimension). 2026-01-11T15:29:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsprs2vy4evnl98jl6j8pp50f7edd7zfd4mxrafra8fvwzgcvrsycgzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezva4zud4 FOSS software is not free as in beer or free as in freedom, it&#39;s free as in free kittens. You have to take care of them forever. 2025-11-06T12:33:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsykzekw3lxe6n3dl3r4u9d479289ndgdp2u36qsdqemkp2kkw2y9szyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv8qm5cv What a (daylight) savings! 2025-11-02T19:17:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyk59mh6q3ncwdepas6jqc6gnflx5ccvvcretqvkd5kvpf4qku3qszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvkl60zr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgzl7529685lz3v5dvet7p9tdm5nl5xw2mck9w7u0fv4u2anl306gxlfcs5'>nevent1q…fcs5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Since those cooling systems are not designed and maintained to keep the water drinkable, it becomes &#34;grey water&#34;. And sure, you could have a closed system with a cooling tower, like in the nuclear plants, but that costs money, it&#39;s much cheaper to just take fresh cold water, run it through your dirty system, and get rid of it back into the river or wherever you took it from.<br/><br/>As usual, it doesn&#39;t have to be like that, but in practice it is because it&#39;s cheaper. 2025-10-22T15:10:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdt6a45atgcumham8rjqewu0uukm575dw5hxrgqpmucqh0qtcn86szyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvztu030 Happy AWS is down holiday to those who celebrate! 2025-10-20T12:20:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs25wkgz7a3uf80wl063r7any5nqra7pz0uh3q2ae4l3uegxy0r7hszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvl3dhvg What if a database query language, but lower case? 2025-10-19T08:16:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsff9l995cqkyzm857c3smzqmca8zuaq7hts3h5ve565apmln7utwqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvjdpyev Every change is for the worse when you are perfectly adapted. 2025-09-30T11:22:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrrz4dsja04u6k24p0z0nke90wekcjs9647t634jd3mhysywxezqczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvqpn9nu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstp5qmskjzrmyp8sd0a6c6sekxa937l4jpz72swnc9sum4wdl8sdcqur9x9'>nevent1q…r9x9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t understand why people focus on the least important and least breaking change, and ignore all the other pointless changes that Python 3 does pretty much every release, that each kill off a part of the community&#39;s tools and libraries. 2025-08-30T19:48:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2mfjeq3qxdcn7expkzkpemccf4w8je7ax3zksrtjcax7zytplleqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvrg6mny What if the world is turn-based, but we can&#39;t see it, because we have no perception of time while we wait for our turn? 2025-08-17T11:02:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy5zx4fs7ankgdejh5szltwlawdn24m46uxfd37n6drt5fczk986czyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv7m5t8q Any technical solution that is supposed to block teenagers from anything is not going to work very well, because you are facing an opponent that:<br/><br/>* is smarter than you,<br/>* is very dedicated,<br/>* has a lot of free time,<br/>* has an extensive network of friends,<br/>* faces no serious consequences if caught,<br/>* outnumbers you,<br/>* considers you an immoral crook.<br/><br/>You really, *really* want to have them on your side. That means education rather than control. 2025-07-31T20:04:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhg8qcfqujpwe3pmwrg8tpc94chlwfnplqzywegv97hkv7k6qjzszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvp7dul2 The idyllic farm life looks much better on photos and movies, when you can&#39;t smell it. 2025-07-31T16:09:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9va8sy7zg030g9aqzu4a20rjnf6xcs3jfgzudy293wxe6edhhm7szyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvq7p9du In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstcv5qah6sxkkx8l4fpylpzggn8aavrlhu0jv2gt283g845cvvdasmhh902'>nevent1q…h902</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>or a cured patient is a poor customer 2025-07-31T10:50:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf2z5347ddxpw39ep3z0npu3e0adtk46gwj0e7s542q23t8h4076qzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvgc97hd Remember when medicine was about curing diseases and not managing symptoms? 2025-07-31T10:14:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0ffwkdz9eqr9raf5q2r9s006dpszwjldtqz5x5txnhht79lm887gzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvkh4ryc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsquxr3gm7qqzy2w7ela5lea0agd3nwy467vg8e7n0w4y55whk4l2q5uym84'>nevent1q…ym84</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Funny how it&#39;s fine for them to replace you with automation, but they get all upset if your automate your work yourself. 2025-07-10T21:44:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs27xch60j0guzv2m2st47hr5wefng0g3j7fv82tkkc4m7le6nhrdgzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvwsws7k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5mle43umgz6e7uwnr63hshn273ex6yq6vxfvwkrlyyl9sd2vpccp2h0ef'>nevent1q…h0ef</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and that&#39;s how brown space was invented 2025-07-02T21:17:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8mlds4ss6lxxlt5xp7qczww7y5ss2wjkty6ran04nhlp8d7cvunczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvktg6xk A day of tech support role playing. I can&#39;t decide if I hate Linux or my printer more. 2025-06-27T18:49:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2d772vnfjq52vwr88zw2ss4lphu4q69uzz39psmel64phup7jzwszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvgpykp3 I really miss sitting with some friends and talking about how awesome something is. There are so few things left. 2025-05-14T18:56:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz3glr9kq00extwsvtw022mghw7nxxlv2mehsk4r69zrnp7hddkhszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvvptf5z I love many old SciFi books for how little politics they have, and for the fact that even when they do have politics, they are dominated by reasonable people trying to do the best they can based on available information. No feuding, no power struggles, no backstabbing or zero-sum games, no ego games. Unless it&#39;s a villain, then all that is permitted, but ultimately futile. Fairness always triumphs, even with bad endings. It&#39;s really refreshing. 2025-04-24T21:16:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsduzn9m946rt4yg39sxlskczne4jka0gdxts3ts0du8xarhktmupczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvl9gd64 How would brutalist computing look like? 2025-04-20T20:32:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2a9j4h7w2dyffnvl6vjjy8pr0k6yftatvp6f525e8dty4g5rrffczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvgcmg4y The performance of coding assistants is a testament to how inadequate our tools are and how they make us repeat the same work over and over again, to the point where most of it can just be done using autocomplete. 2025-04-19T15:09:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8he6ju3sak03qd70a2jqv83ggt8332qxcwahwtgmg4740xswzxqszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvarumuk You know how the generally accepted career advice for programmers is to change jobs, or at least projects, every 2-3 years? I think this may actually explain why otherwise smart people are so easily tricked into using coding assistant tools. 2-3 years is how long it takes to really start feeling the consequences of your technical decisions. Those people never experienced it, because they keep running from the chaos they cause. Any technical debt they encounter comes from other, stupider people. 2025-04-12T17:35:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs94klp8rlyt7a574lj0kw9zxg469cfr6satxlyghjlyhu9zdmen6szyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv97cytx Rest is for the weak! 2025-03-26T09:46:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxf5qtk7y5z5j5cuhpxs9ezg7lf0e2mtdawpp0khdpgl6aersz5nqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv30h3rd There is more cost to programming assistants than I have realized. I was recently talking with a friend, and I mentioned a new programming language that has some interesting features. The friend told me that they won&#39;t try it, because the programming assistant doesn&#39;t support it, because there aren&#39;t enough examples out there to train it.<br/><br/>We are literally throwing away innovation and diversity in exchange for convenience. 2025-03-22T21:45:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgaux75hnu9vv0hjkqpf9c7axp2uwhy5nltjhf9wtd7r7nkqmntdgzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvvagdeq You can&#39;t beat politicians with politics. 2025-02-25T11:05:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs05mysaeftl8sjm6syhdz6wd3gufg6ptqswlvx3jdcgudv6u9da0czyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv7h4y5j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9g0wh5s3u07vthkfpqud6zmapr0ng59dvhgnyp3w82rqfq6jkgcqpcfl56'>nevent1q…fl56</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>said piggo 2025-01-10T22:50:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst5ptn07ac7g0l2we9w6m8yt86j59ffyjwkckwre9knmhggh53rxczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvx5zwsl I could get used to only having to do my &#34;hobby&#34; job and not my &#34;day&#34; job. 2025-01-02T21:29:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstgcycm8yymngkmrqe59c8yyewp8shejzzaykmyjta88tzftwzcqqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvg0dcvj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspgm20e8var6d0hpj9mukq5pcjl359dpxwh8h03evkpvseeu0z7rsnzajnq'>nevent1q…ajnq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When available, a trackball (the kind you use with your whole hand, not your thumb) is best for me. 2024-12-15T19:08:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrxc484f753tlaklcm29ayv4uz3jv5rnf99n3j2v5933d9lpcgw2szyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv2nzx45 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ycr0p04apfsg6ypv6zmealwqhshzs8zwxrt2xy0tgcjgljpg82gehry6u'>nevent1q…ry6u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How does Mac 2024 translate to non-Apple calendars? 2024-12-13T15:50:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8m4zuk9742ldlwlykv3vgcyqauqe7fedtppawdzc3vz0pcyutcaczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvy78lvx Every time an author looks at the last 50 years of history, takes what didn&#39;t change in all that time, and says it out loud, they are accused of predicting the future. This keeps happening, from Verne to Orwell, from Blues Brothers to The Simpsons. 2024-11-17T15:09:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsghwyplj43fc6tvstpt846nfg877xa0p9flcrcvjm00hffp5e4paczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvky5k6h If you think &#34;I know what I need to do, I just have to do it&#34;, there are two possibilities. Either you have no actual idea what doing it actually entails, and you are just lying to yourself, or that thing is not in fact what you need to do, and you are completely wrong about the whole thing.<br/><br/>The work that can be planned is not the real work. The goal that can be envisioned is not the real goal. 2024-11-13T15:30:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvq290zhwfgqm2vtuk97jm28ujx7c8tqne8g9zck4e5y7z47e300szyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvtyz2rc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyxyr7jwlkpw525s0zq3lnz2h52wpslq5vf9fsr6ky5gpe44h098cp3j5kx'>nevent1q…j5kx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>anarchists organize! 2024-11-06T20:26:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr50684jrutxp86h4l59fjzh7se78p5wrvllrvgucyevtqdg8almszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvdhjc52 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2l04r8jpmht69es3kurucwmtlrhqwk6d4ed5jxapseedrew6xlgqmyh4wc'>nevent1q…h4wc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Made a start on the servo horn.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/376/128/098/374/351/original/2e21bcae16bc6188.png"> <br/> 2024-10-26T22:40:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2l04r8jpmht69es3kurucwmtlrhqwk6d4ed5jxapseedrew6xlgqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvwrwdfx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz5cv9uh90plg8cpl7prqsc4ng7flfuxyrjuckm0yz8wz3lhxsgqcyv7gly'>nevent1q…7gly</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The tibias and the brackets fastening the servos to the body of the robots are going to need some more thought. I want them to snap into place, and I want to be able to disassemble the robot again if a servo needs replacing, but I don&#39;t want them to fall apart while the robot is walking. 2024-10-25T18:15:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz5cv9uh90plg8cpl7prqsc4ng7flfuxyrjuckm0yz8wz3lhxsgqczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvrt4tvh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg24flepg4s6z8tz55m2h9w5q2g4m8xz9mwnh7av62ql0vc602ztqx8u6ku'>nevent1q…u6ku</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Of course someone has to design it, and the first step has to be to figure out how to make the femur mate with the servo shaft. For this, I need to know the so called &#34;spline&#34; — the pattern of teeth on the servo shaft and on the inside of the servo horn. To discover that, I used a sharpie to add some contrast to the servo shaft, and made a photo through microscope. A quick count reveals that I have to make at total of 28 teeth. The exact dimensions of the teeth to be determined in the future.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/369/409/875/226/935/original/09d32eecc989ebb2.png"> <br/> 2024-10-25T18:12:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg24flepg4s6z8tz55m2h9w5q2g4m8xz9mwnh7av62ql0vc602ztqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvnd4dln Having finally dipped my toe in the 3D printing, and having seen that I can easily order parts made of nylon, I&#39;m now considering simplifying the Wee Bug assembly by using nylon 3D printed legs, instead of the current legs made of PCB that require two dozens of tiny screws. The nylon legs could go directly on the servo shafts, snap over the servo cases, or into the holes in the robot&#39;s body. It would greatly speed up and simplify the assembly, without rising the price that much.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/369/393/399/942/193/original/32c8423b19a6dbde.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-25T18:08:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2c6dkuz6nhejzj8p8gpv9l4y0la6qzyw8zrmm63jyzymm5jep3mqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv42xx5d I increasingly feel like I have two jobs at work: the actual work on the project we own, that we carefully planned, and that we keep putting off because there is never enough time for it, and the bullshit tasks that our management drops on us by surprise with short deadlines and no planning, which take most of the time and energy. Sometimes I feel like I should take PTO just to have time to do the first job. 2024-10-22T17:51:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxxy78mr7sr5jxd6qlj5gjrqcvz20g2hjh6k5hy35qwwsa3csy0nqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvuyz36x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2y52qzfemzmrerz9jye6sdhp6ctst0m268hmtzcp5un2luvpflegc53fux'>nevent1q…3fux</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s an interesting read, and since I&#39;ve recently read the old &#34;Systems of Survival&#34; book by Jane Jacobs, I wonder if this has to do with leaning more towards one or the other of the moral syndromes (incidentally, that would also fit with the corruption).<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_of_Survival">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_of_Survival</a> 2024-10-21T13:35:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw48w43vl5vqx9x899etp47caquggy66e957lw2tm5kew2c68nl6gzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvk25ppm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr89d0jmpp8r2y66mw6uw5jcqj58clwg5ec4qhdknwtqe6np8366sdst4l3'>nevent1q…t4l3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>dat antenna... 2024-10-20T19:02:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfvwpd0nx4j2dmahqlejw6nn0hm68h28k9grdtgpzgscgc9nzwu3qzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv33nyyn Linux is actually the name of the penguin. The operating system is called Linux&#39;s monster. 2024-10-17T19:15:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspvsghr00hac0tulud0jrf0cnf9sdtjjgzg293ernhhgxu5cw0jkgzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv8msuaw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvs7qlpvrjvakudnufesa9s9sdkckv9yedz8t9w8ta3zuyccqe3lglxfrd5'>nevent1q…frd5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m so jealous when I see people complaining about Matrix, because I still haven&#39;t been able to log in, despite repeated attempts and 25 years of experience touching computers. 2024-10-13T18:21:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsduj3zvyr5axgz93tdvp6wxdhz0v0rmjge0txfam5s7z3xj9xq0lszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv2xqgxt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgjjjj0ftd84nung09szsqmwryy3k60ptrs9w834j79cc655q42lc0k44ma'>nevent1q…44ma</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But think about the poor monster! Why does nobody think of the monsters! 2024-10-13T17:50:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgh8upm987vdyjrrv39vf54qus03tfu7uthypgwkv9ltcum75pkzgzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvnuuv9z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspusn9jx3yjn7w7dth46hw3ps9v8t2d7670a30kq47xat05m3tckcemch9d'>nevent1q…ch9d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure, have you ever had a nightmare about yourself doing horrible things to others? It&#39;s still a nightmare, even if it&#39;s yourself doing it. In fact, it&#39;s even worse because it&#39;s yourself. 2024-10-13T17:48:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv43t0380alvkat33qmqcepp02f67aa2cj3n2fktfascaqdz4usrczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvw7ewwm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkkqpkuqq8yxgg59p6vucjafjgpe3ecmecjruwpsukeqxz248ynssa0ws3'>nevent1q…0ws3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m guessing there, but I think it&#39;s because with the regular buttons, you want them to make contact no matter how they are pressed, but with the d-pad, you want it to only react to being pressed straight in that direction, and not to sideways movements. In particular, you don&#39;t want it to bounce when the finger on the d-pad moves sideways. 2024-10-03T18:06:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8jd8zgv6qylap00hp4d4x9s84ucf5euqpewjtcuxnw66dkn60k7qzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvtgppm7 I feel like there is a great need for a book about automating things. Not about a particular tool, but about the general patterns and pitfalls of automation. I&#39;ve been trying to collect some patterns and anti-patterns on the topic, but it seems to me that it&#39;s such a common thing, that there should be some resources on that somewhere, or at least some research into what works and what doesn&#39;t and good practices and so on. But I haven&#39;t really seen anything like this. 2024-10-02T22:03:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2mjawu2pjzh567w7p8h4dvmu0fckunum9rljnz6av0pg86hwngegzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvs228n5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst2lny9a8mdh58wcx79x8zj3t7v9j9ne7fehs79r9q6wa0k2j6qlqd4283m'>nevent1q…283m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That looks a lot like the 8bitdo. 2024-10-01T21:42:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0z2u77vxz8l0ydd5gwclge3zvejauv35epqjqf056m9vs6ewhdxqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvt6d9wf Did you mean &#34;Cumbrian explosion&#34;? 2024-09-25T17:24:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszlnv9alsn2hjsv592aq6gtzywclnzclgmz2tmpsgnazs7gfcglpgzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvsk0t8d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspd856srdr8fp6e67s2yg0nmt9geww57nd5c8gmrf895zrpchernskh53j6'>nevent1q…53j6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are virtual pets in again?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/194/962/480/153/952/original/c174a125ca854658.png"> <br/> 2024-09-24T22:48:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxw9gl2adlu5h9dggngjm54ceh7e6kks93wk7tmtxttsxtvgzzm4szyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvf9ycwq The computers offered a great opportunity for neurodiverse people, who flocked to them and are probably greatly responsible for the computer revolution. It was the perfect mix of formal rules, immediate feedback, logical organization, and safe environment.<br/><br/>But today tech has become a tool of power, and it has changed. It&#39;s no longer simple or logical, and definitely not safe. It&#39;s rapidly becoming less and less appealing to the kind of people who do the actual hard work.<br/><br/>The normies took over. 2024-09-21T09:05:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2lgpwe9mny8m864zq6e8c9flj2drk72nsdqfdfc545htl0jvtvdgzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvgzhfyw Here&#39;s an interesting exercise. If you were writing a novel set in the 80s, but wanted to have small useful robots common in the people&#39;s homes, what kind of invention or change to the world would be required to do it realistically?<br/><br/>A new kind of actuator? A dedicated processor? Power source? Economic changes? Different kinds of research dominating? Different ethics? Politics? Changes in the laws of physics? What do you think? 2024-09-19T13:36:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrqgw38dhglcpfu3d9x3ml5e40jgtkkmjj3z30jplus6sfmupc8qczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv5qx39z Lawnmower season ends. Leafblower season opens. 2024-09-19T07:17:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspd856srdr8fp6e67s2yg0nmt9geww57nd5c8gmrf895zrpchernszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvffc8wt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqeqlxn8kyl9hzaahfsxnfu0vnp7a6q834nj7vayp33dsdxcsug2s5z9m83'>nevent1q…9m83</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I ported a boulderdash-like game that I previously wrote for micro:bit to to CircuitPython, and it works pretty well. I might actually try and extend it.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/120/408/166/382/832/original/67d08098dffebdaf.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-11T18:48:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgqe47m2spakw6wrstysyjs8ccrhrmz3qr0cezh0ym645rfhgcprqzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvc727yp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8p6prz47cwa8aunzk5unm58vkqzf9uk8t9yznv6d6zcke8uhwl6qlfcqnu'>nevent1q…cqnu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s great to be working on the same project for over a decade. You really get to experience the consequences of your own decisions, and you can really learn a lot this way.<br/><br/>But the deployment system is written by a bunch of 10x programmers, who cobbled it together in a half year, and are now dumping it all on us to maintain. The technical decisions are questionable at best, and we had no say in them in the first place. Now we will be responsible for them. 2024-09-11T16:30:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8p6prz47cwa8aunzk5unm58vkqzf9uk8t9yznv6d6zcke8uhwl6qzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvyetw9m I&#39;m employed by a corporation to work on an open source project, and that&#39;s great. All our changes go upstream first.<br/><br/>However, in recent years we&#39;ve been spending more and more time and resources on maintaining the downstream deployment system for that project, than actually contributing upstream. The project is old, more than a decade, and relatively stable — there aren&#39;t many bugs to fix, and we can add features at our own pace.<br/><br/>But the deployment system is a bloated monster. 2024-09-11T16:27:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqeqlxn8kyl9hzaahfsxnfu0vnp7a6q834nj7vayp33dsdxcsug2szyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvgkzmfd Another iteration on the classic &#34;tiny handheld with oled screen&#34; theme. They all look similar, but this time I used what I have learned about the power circuit. There is a boost converter, so it will run on a single regular coin cell and suck it dry. There is proper switching between battery and USB power. And since SAMD21 is hard to get these days, I instead used a Seeed XIAO board, so you can use a variety of microcontrollers.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/115/035/283/058/105/original/67bf0a8ff12957ef.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/115/036/129/739/809/original/e53b80f307eca6e8.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-10T20:02:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspm32gr9u20f9yy98prn6mgt09ln4f0lnravmq4j94tfhy2t6cqgczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvu2lr2c There is something I really don&#39;t understand about many open source hardware designs, and that is display modules. Why do authors, who otherwise use SMD components, and dense pitch connectors, go out of their way to accommodate a huge display module on its own board, with a chunky 2.54mm pin header, and often even mounting screws, and a 3D printed support, when the same display is easily available without the board, and only requires like two capacitors, and a resistor to work? 2024-09-09T18:19:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyacepk695ph28vevdnmu7dmeknlfyqnvtjgacenjlzact6k58mjgzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv8f662c I had some stressful news at work yesterday, and now I&#39;m a wreck. Didn&#39;t sleep, can&#39;t walk because of cramps, can&#39;t focus on anything. And worst of all, I have run out of the good tea. Waiting for the lawn mowers to start outside. 2024-09-07T09:29:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9cfnfqx52m6mkyh4l9683n2wf95zy3a4qzdvuvyv6alxpnx9fydczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv6mkv9d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9vewjnt987nwy6827dvud8azgkdn990gvznvttfwpfahpfuuz0cgvjdcwk'>nevent1q…dcwk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is a nap for that! 2024-09-05T15:22:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9z7a2jjpjafwnfgss0yh3n92mx4rhr0zvnvh30e7clwnf54ue9cszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv4xqq2h Here is some reading advice. If the book you are reading is getting boring, or unpleasant, or tiresome, or you just don&#39;t feel like reading it anymore, you don&#39;t have to. You can skip the boring paragraphs or chapters, or switch to a different book entirely. It&#39;s allowed. 2024-09-05T08:27:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhajjjrn4gkwxnqnqusu2a4nqewnv3f26f5f5d4w9f5d2qzgwx7gzyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvy8ehtg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdyyr540p2sjhcjm24wtde665wwadqv88wkktj8v0rry6rkz5r7lgekn6wp'>nevent1q…n6wp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Or maybe it&#39;s powered through the ESD diodes? 2024-09-02T19:55:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq7tqvmkn45hrqdwm86ysh5d9cxerxkck53034dnn3x8t9zssqf7szyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv0v7cge You know the 10x developer? You know, that one guy on the team that writes ten times more code than everyone else, because everyone else are too busy fixing everything he breaks?<br/><br/>I have some great news, everyone! We have automated that guy, and put it into your code editor, so that you can be fixing the mistakes of a very confident but hopelessly incompetent developer forever! 2024-08-21T14:37:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfsxaa43z2s5z7vtgxn65j5tqd83crq60y44cuftjexcrzq5catvszyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvncsf2v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdeqsfafuhyaadzf7fsly34x4yr9tlsw73hch6ydjwv6h0hnkjdfqh3unzm'>nevent1q…unzm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I suppose you could summarize it by &#34;don&#39;t push ai slop at people, they are perfectly capable of generating it for themselves if they want to&#34;. 2024-08-14T21:57:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst9pt8a0sg8yw0d6v6h9qv487vry969gsdcwcrmxknn5q2rjw7paczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezv6pk8r3 I was thinking about moving out of hackaday.io for some time now, but never really had the energy. Recently, there is a big attack of AI scrappers on that website, so it&#39;s frequently down, so I decided to bite the bullet and do it. They provide an API for getting the data, so it was just a question of writing a few janky Python scripts to get the json files, and then one big script to generate Markdown, for use with a static site generator. I went for Sphinx+aBlog+Myst.<br/><br/><a href="https://deshipu.art/">https://deshipu.art/</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/936/669/399/149/360/original/ad8f4c6461bd1679.png"> <br/> 2024-08-10T08:01:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6wp2vs276k8mw6smcy7g0mr0uptd2shy6ndg6clcwc30yvgntyczyr4znurnxy72dr8dvq9x0rxjyk8hcp7mn4qs22dwgft6s8el9aezvtth7f9 Is there a left handed community? How about color blind community? Maybe allergic to peanuts community? 2024-08-06T13:45:50Z