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  Been awhile since I’ve had this out, came across it when looking for something else and figured I’d play with it a bit. Sure is very cute but very very slow, as I remember it being.

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  oops. As I was laying out this board I went “wow I sure picked an overly-fine pitch part for this buck regulator, weird!” but continued with layout anyways. I did not in fact choose a part with that fine a pitch.

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  Hah, I hit print screen on a scope at the makerspace that I’m just learning to use (it’s older but 1GHz), then went “oh wait, I bet it’ll want a floppy for that”. But then something on it started whirring. Took me a second to realize the whirring was it doing what I’d asked, and this came out of a slot on the top!

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  I have returned to civilization after my annual week as a summer camp baker. It’ll take me a bit to catch up on everything!

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  I don't understand harassing other people for wearing a mask. It affects you not-at-all, I'm just walking down the street. The sky is currently orange and it looks foggy there's so much smoke, I've had asthma kill two friends and I am doing my best to not join them.

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  My new-to-me Braille display (which I will post more about soon, I am very excited about it) has maybe the most satisfying charging animation of any device I’ve used. It feels very pleasant and makes a nice noise. #braille

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  @mhoye@cosocial.ca my understanding is that mirrors.kernel.org (mirrors of a bunch of distros) is operated entirely separately from kernel.org itself (the kernel). But still, yeah :/

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  I visited 6 different local datacentres today and said hi to a bunch of equipment I’m responsible for but that I had never seen in person. It was so much fun.

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  Flew on an A220/CSeries for the first time on this trip, I am a fan! It’s a neat aircraft. They’re really impressively quiet too, especially for someone that’s previously spent >500,000mi of travel sitting next to JT8Ds on DC-9/MD80s.

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  Getting some proper network monitoring up again. Making sure all the most important services are monitored :)

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  Wow, 10-12 years ago Radius Rockets were going for like $50, this one's going to close at like $400. I was in for what I considered kind of a ridiculous amount, but not for _this_ much. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/389937460769

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  Oracle messing up the LHC today.

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  Wow, what a deal! Normally $719.96, but you’ll give it to me for only $809.96.

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  The plywood for Franklin’s new shell came in while I was travelling for work, so started working on cutting it all to size today! Got two replacement roof panels, a replacement rear panel, and four window frames/mounts all traced and cut out. I don’t often do much woodworking at the shop, it’s fun once in awhile. Next week my goal is to get the new front pieces cut and make a list of all the nuts/bolts/washers we need. #choochoo

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  One of the weirder sets of adapter cables I’ve needed, I think.

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  Anyone know offhand what type this connector is? I'm sure I've seen this type of thing somewhere before but can't figure out what it is. Update: found! https://hachyderm.io/@RealGene/116358761857241642

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  I love that they still add fake Quindar tones to the CAPCOM transmissions just because everyone’s used to it and they ended up being useful outside of their original use case.

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  Amateur radio license upgrade: success! Also, I did all the math with a slide rule as an extra challenge to myself and as good practice for that skill. I ended up getting 100% on the exam, which was unexpected but a nice reinforcement that I know some things about both radio and slide rule operations :)

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  There's a (smol) beam in the LHC today! :D Setup for the 2026 season continues.

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  First collisions of the 2026 physics season in the LHC! Quick commissioning process this year. Also got my real-time wall display back up and running for the season :)