Neighbor's gardener clearly chose the loudest leaf-blower he could find, and constantly revs it before and after actually blowing leaves. Wouldn't be surprised he put a louder muffler on it!
Dana Myers
@danak6jq.bsky.social
Technology, current-events, film photography, whatever. May or may not be the real Santa.
Overheard at hotel morning coffee "that dummy Biden drew down the oil reserve, thank God we didn't have a war" Fact is the reserve is at a 40 year low NOW, because we DID start a war. He's talking about bagels now.
"Open the pod bay doors, HAL" "I'm sorry I can't do that, Dave" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation
Artificial intelligence firm should provide $100m for cyber defences, says Hugging Face CEO
theguardian.com
Got some "pure" copper to use in silver refining. Weighed it, 278g. Huh, if it was 4" x 2" x 0.25", it should weigh ~294g. Oh! Look at the metric measurements; they work out to ~274g. Measured it; the actual volume works out to ~277g. It's probably pure-ish.
@swradiogram.bsky.social reasonable reception of SW Radiogram this evening (0230z 9265kHz) in the Napa, CA area (CM88we), images a bit noisy. IC-7300 receiver + 40m dipole. Thank @kaedotcom.bsky.social and Al! #radio #data #shortwave
Just when I was about to climb the Empire State Building to promote my special taping July 11th in Cincinnati they go and steal my thunder. SMH.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social local radio station is playing the entirety of "Wake Up Sunshine & Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon". What's your take on the first few Chicago albums?
Trump's reversals on Iran are so extreme, the outcomes so ludicrous, that if it were a TV show, no sensible screenwriter would attempt to sell any of this as a coherent story. But it's a lot more dangerous than fiction. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump’s Shameless Iran Reversals
America’s foreign policy is about one man and little else.
theatlantic.com
@joshmankiewicz.bsky.social you see this pinnacle of #FloridaManhood ? www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...
Florida man found with 34 open White Claw cans on passenger seat during traffic stop, FHP says
The driver, who was identified as 34-year-old Conor William Parady was arrested and charged with DUI.
cbsnews.com
@swradiogram.bsky.social very good reception of SWRadiogram #454 via WRMI 5850kHz 0800z here near Napa, CA (CM88we). Icom IC-7300 + 40m dipole. Thank you @kaedotcom.bsky.social !
@swradiogram.bsky.social had a nap this afternoon, so I'm up in real-time for Shortwave Radiogram (5850kHz WRMI 0800z)
I asked GitHub Copilot to write C code to support a Skyworks Si570, a well-documented and long-supported clock generator. This is not complicated, I figured would save me an hour. Copilot confidently, even cheerfully, wrote a steaming pile of shite.
Facebook down. Can civilization survive? www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Facebook and Messenger go down as users report major outage
independent.co.uk
One of the saddest things I've seen, is lazily using single-precision float (and associated bloated libraries) when a better result is achieved with fixed-point uint64_t math. #code #embedded #MCU #floatsArentMagic
Kari Lake, Trump’s candidate for ambassador to Jamaica, has “no diplomatic or political preparation, other than the 14 months she has just spent running America’s foreign broadcasting agencies into the ground,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.
What Did Jamaica Do to Deserve Kari Lake?
Trump’s pick for ambassador has a disastrous record.
bit.ly
Just introduced 6-yo granddaughter to Earth, Wind & Fire "September" and she demanded we play it again, as danced. That song is just a great time!