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  Dear craft beer industry: Please make 1/2 cans. I'm old and don't drink much, but still want a delicious beer and 24 year old Paul would be horrified to see how often I pour a half a beer down the drain these days.

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  Someone once said the Amtrak WiFi logo looks like an owl in the Secret Service and it’s all I can ever see now.

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  #caturday

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  I ❤️ my tracksaw If you have the makita battery platform, getting their track saw is a no brainer. If you have any other battery platform (I’m primarily DeWalt), you should still get the Makita track saw. I got this originally as a stop-gap before my table saw, but it’s really so useful in scenarios where handling a work piece in the table saw would be unwieldy or dangerous with one person. #woodworking #carpentry

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  The result of my weekend woodworking project: a desk deep enough to park some vintage computers in my office. #sgi #siliconGraphics #atari #atariFalcon #68030 #1990s #retrocomputing

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  “You’re an Atreides, I’m an Atreides. What’s this all about?” “No see, I’m Paul, so that what ya call me. Either that or Usul… or Maud’dib if you’re not into the whole brevity thing “

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  well, after logging into google, confirming with the google app, then logging into microsoft, opening authenticator with my face, scanning a qr code, entering a number, authenticating with my face again, I was able to see a document that someone sent me a link for. Like, what the fuck is this going to be like in 10 years? "OK, now go to the corner of 5th ave and 42nd street. There's a guy in a grey trenchcoat. Tell him "aardvark" and he'll give you a 1...

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  I love finding ephemera like this in old media. #analog #tape #reelToReel #av

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  sudo systemctl start docker Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xeu docker.service" for details. I'm running out of tables to flip #fuckingDocker #fuckDocker

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  Things my drill press reminded me of this morning: - Acrylic is flexible - Acrylic is sharp - Drill bit ≠ counter sink - CLAMP DOWN YOUR WORK PIECES!!

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  I just wrote ‘Stay tuned’ in an email and it occurred to me the youngens on the thread may have no idea what I meant.

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  3D printed shims for the win! This bandsaw came without its stamped metal feet, which made up for the angle in the casting. This is the kind of stuff I’m excited to have a printer for; little utilitarian problem solving accessories. #3Dprinting #tools #workshop #woodworking #rhino3D

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  One of my clients asked me (the AV guy) if I could whip up a quick logo lockup for a new display. I told him sure, and sent him this, and got a good laugh. The vast majority of my clients are fantastic. (I am gonna do a real image for them though)

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  There's a PVM-2530 near me for $300 with a collapsed picture. I'm handy with electronics - is this something I should jump on? #retroComputing #retroGaming #CRT

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  You know, I have been thinking about getting into bridges…

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  I made a clamp holder today. It came out… fine. The next one will have a taller back because I wish this engaged with the next cleat below for more heft. On the plus side, I got to use the bandsaw I got working recently, and my old 1946 drill press. #carpentry #woodworking #shop

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  Sick burn, Dieter Rams #architecture #design

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  So a while back I got a good deal on some old panel indicators, the kind that take little bayonet lamps (typically type 47). Well it turned out these had a resistor in series because the sockets were intended for neon lamps. Today I discovered those resistors are removable, and I was able to replace them with a piece of wire #electronics #retroTech

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  OK, this is pretty unhinged, but I managed to print a replacement wheel for my bandsaw that came without the high speed drive wheel. While “it works”, I’m going to have this either machined or printed out of a more suitable material, because running this for any length of time to actually do work seems like A Bad Idea™️ The arbor that it sits on is somewhat cursed. It’s used for the low speed settings, but the hole for the shaft is not straight, causing it to wobble. The extra credit assignment...

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  Owning a wheelbarrow is making me a lot happier than I thought it would #gardening

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  I've been troubleshooting some consumption reading discrepancies on my solar installation and these terrible power factor numbers are leaving me with questions. This was when a washing machine started running, but could a load really be that reactive? I'm also suspicious that both legs are showing exactly the same consumption, which I wouldn't expect. #solar #solarPower #electricalEngineering #enphase

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  I rent cars semi frequently, which is why I generally hate modern cars. I just got a brand new Hyundai Sonata (or Elantra or whatever) that has lane keeping but no adaptive cruise control. “I may ram the car in front of you, but at least I’ll keep you on the road while I do it” is a weird combination of safety features. #cars

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  Backing into angled parking spots is such a weird energy.

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  A $50 bandsaw is never a $50 dollar bandsaw. Oh sure, you may have paid $50 for it (proudly telling your wife the same), but now it needs new tires, and a stand, and oh look, it's set up for metal, and missing the wood drive wheel... It's in real good shape otherwise! Anyone happen to have a Delta 28-560 bandsaw that could take a measurement for me? #tools #woodworking #delta #bandsaw

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  KiCad folks: Is there a way to make alternate symbols in a multi-unit symbol? I'm making tube symbols in the style of Tektronix (and others) where the A & B units of a Dual Triode would have half the envelope shown. If I flip one so the grid is coming out the other side, my half circle envelop will be facing the wrong way. If I made them separate symbols, they couldn't share a single footprint, right? Is there a less dumb way than making 4 versions of this symbol with...

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  First thing on the new bench: this tv test pattern generator. It uses a flying spot scanner - a CRT scans a spot across a transparency, and the varying intensity is picked up by a photomultiplier tube and becomes the video signal 🤯. In. Sane. #electronics #1970s #retroTech