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These #PerkinElmer ACULED VHL (Very High Lumen) LED modules have a different pinout for IR vs visible. I think their 730nm LED module follows the IR pinout, even though it's red, not quite IR.
I figured this out the morning after ordering boards from #Sunstone (formerly #PCBExpress). I'm so grateful Sunstone was able to cancel my order with a full refund. 😊
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Democratization of media has led to the need for #JerrySpringer politicians. Before WWW made the Internet accessible, I believed that media outlets pushed lurid content on people. I now think morbid fascination is a human trait that people haven't learned to manage in a world with the Internet. I also wonder if there's a rabble element to society that can never understand what liberal democracy is.
Jerry Springer — Yes, That Jerry Springer — Can Save the Democrats https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/opinion/democrats-need-jerry-springer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F08.yLeT.kXHxl7mun1cH&smid=nytcore-android-share
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@stux @Ekapeka told me the US is like the #JerrySpringer show. I had no idea that that was soft-pedaling what a clown show we really are.
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Regardless of policy views, all Americans need to stand up now against authoritarianism and fascism before it's too late. #walkout
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I can't believe I'm jut learning about a Driven Right Leg Circuit, aka active ground. It seems like this should have been part of #Circuits II. #Electronics
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@GaryRLundberg I don't have a subscription. Unlike #Protasiewicz, who I also supported, I didn't hear #Crawford make political statements during the campaign. She seems like an honest, responsible judge. I was proud to vote for her and proud #Wisconsin votes couldn't being bought.
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@huis
"Mission mode change detected, now in Monument ModeGoodnight friends. After exchanging our final bits of data, I will hold vigil on this spot in #MareCrisium to watch humanity's continued journey to the stars.
Here, I will outlast your mightiest rivers, your tallest mountains, and perhaps even your species as we know it.
But it is remarkable that a species might be outlasted by its own ingenuity.
[...]
Per aspera ad astra!
Love, #BlueGhost"
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I remember learning in school in the late 80s about the #ENIAC. I felt like it was from a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth. This article from @ieeespectrum me realize it was about 40 years before I learned about it, and now 40 years have passed since then. So the #TRS80coco or #IBM XT sounds like similar ancient history to kids now.
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@JasonPerseus I wonder if #Evers had been into the #SpottedCow... or maybe abstaining too much until after the vote.
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I appreciate my kids' school, #Madison Metropolitan School District (#MMSD) standing up for all students. 👍
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@brianvastag It seems like #Madison Metro School District #MMSD stopped posting on Twitter this summer. I am asking them to remove their "Follow Us on Twitter" links form their website and emails.
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@cgervasi @punkonbus1701 >want an algorithm I control or no algorithm at all.
Ugh. I stick around on birdsite simply to follow two people I hate just so I can angrily shake my fist at them. Im spoiled now. Even just looking at THEIR profiles, I can't get a simple chronological list of their tweets. its all so... #garbage.
I LOVE everything being simply #chronological here.
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It's amazing how I can paste a #schematic into #ChatGPT and have it interpret it. But it's also amazing the nature of the mistakes it sometimes makes.
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I am so confused as to what the #Bartleby Resarch website is all about. You can search topics for grade-school #writing assignments. It returns crappy essays, that are graded as "satisfactory", "decent", or "good". They are full of typos, misspellings, and grammatical mistakes. It presents like a serious site, but why would anyone want a large collection of bad essays?
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I uploaded a new file to a #GPT. It said it now has access. "one moment, please" After a few moments, it says the document doesn't discuss RS-485 termination. It does.
It's giving me #HAL9000 vibes. If it had said, "just a moment... just a moment..." I would think it's lying about not knowing the document deals with #RS485. -
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i get your point, but plenty of academics are already onto a better solution: including #positionality statements, which effectively outline your #intersectional background and potential biases as an author (which of course, are never exhaustive as no one has perfect self-awareness). this helps us train each other to think of the different lenses we wear when witnessing something, or recounting, or hearing second- or third-hand. in turn, we can craft better feedback if there are inaccuracies or missing nuances, extend grace as appropriate, etc. objectivity really is a myth, and the sooner more people realize, acknowledge, and promote that, the better off we’ll all be.
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@olson.walter I'm #libertarian leaning &I have NO faith that former Pres #Trump would follow through with things like leaving #Cryptocurrency alone. When he first mentioned it, it sounded like he supported #CBDCs, until someone told him we don't like that. He'll say anything. He's openly supportive of dictators who rule "with an iron fist." I would not vote for VP #Harris if there were a viable libertarian candidate, but Kamala Harris is far-and-away the best choice for libertarians.
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@Ailantd They need other rovers for support and to keep the operators from going crazy. I imagine this on Mars, with characters like those in #RedMars who travelled in rovers. The one in the drawing looks a little bigger: 2 levels of 500 sq.ft. each aft, one 100 sq.ft. control deck forward. It needs a machine shop, lab backup toilet, store room, air lock, galley, and quarters, all tiny. Reactor and drive are below. It sounds like exploration with time for introspection.
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@dangillmor We all need to stand together against #fascism. I lean libertarian (NOT Mises Caucus libertarian), so I'm a long-time fan of the #Cato Institute. What's happening now is bigger than political issues like taxes, healthcare, the environment, programs for the poor, infrastructure, etc. If I understand what's happening, America is under direct attack from fascism.
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CW: Democracy
@philbaker1 The article says #StandwithCrypto has contact info for 1.1 million people, including me, who write letters to elected officials in support cryptocurrency. This seems democratic.
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Protesting the #Tesla charging station at #Hyvee in #Madison at the corner of Odana and Whitney Way with @melindagg.
We were out there today and last Friday.
Most Tesla drivers seemed supportive of us.
They probably bought their Teslas before #Musk started flirting with fascism. I'm not condemning Tesla drivers, but we can't let people ignore that Tesla is associated with something evil.
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The new #Digikey logo looks like the #HyVee logo to me.
@cd0 pointed out it looks like #Fry's #Electronics.
That font and color must be the new style. -
Apparently this is the uniform for some ridesharing / delivery business in Malaysia called #Dego Ride. 🤣
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It reminds me of #AtlasShrugged.
“We are probably going to stop publishing in the Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine (#NEJM), #JAMA and those other journals because they are all corrupt."
Kennedy said agencies within the #HHS will create their own “in-house” journals. “They are going to become the preeminent journals, because if you get #NIH funding it is anointing you as a good, legitimate scientist,” he said.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5322269-robert-kennedy-jr-bans-medical-journals/
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"America is richer than ever. Unemployment is low. Wages are high. According to traditional metrics, the economy looks strong. So why are Americans feeling so bad?"
This is one of the most confusing questions to me our time. #DerekThompson talks about it with bestselling author Morgan Housel and journalist David Wallace-Wells.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7viBu5ulNWwd9SeMIVU9FE?si=JZU1JXj0RUKOD1ifFYbvSA
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@zl2tod @poleguy @cgervasi @SpaceLifeForm
Gulls are causing interference
My radio they do foil
Flocks flying in circles
Are like a magnetic inductor coilSending out all kinds of frequencies
So I cannot hear
What kind of food to order
And what kind of beerCQ CQ CQ they call
While looking for a meal
Hoping for a radio contact
Or a sandwich they can steal#rf #rfinterference #gulls #seagulls #poem (human poem)
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@stargirl Assuming there a #Rayleigh distribution of signal strength, I wonder what probability of having a low packet error rate they consider to be the boundary. Do you have service in 50% of locations in your house and 100% if you climb onto the roof? This would be fun a first and then very annoying.