Very interesting talk from European Microwave Week about how outsourcing creeps in scope until, for example, a toaster company can end up with nobody working there who actually knows how a toaster works.

https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/how-tech-loses-out/

This does explain a few of the more head-smackingly bad ideas I've seen in tech lately, white goods especially

**Stewart C. Russell** @scruss@mastodon.social · May 08, 2021, 18:44

**Stewart C. Russell** @scruss@mastodon.social · May 08, 2021, 18:44

May 08, 2021, 18:44

Stewart C. Russell @scruss@mastodon.social

I just realized that nobody on here that I know gives a shit about the Scottish election and its weird modified d'Hondt additional member voting system

**Stewart C. Russell** @scruss@mastodon.social · May 05, 2021, 15:36

**Stewart C. Russell** @scruss@mastodon.social · May 05, 2021, 15:36

May 05, 2021, 15:36

Stewart C. Russell @scruss@mastodon.social

someone was looking for a debounce circuit here? Perhaps for an encoder?

74HC14 might be your friend: https://leap.tardate.com/electronics101/schmitttrigger/switchdebouncer/

**Stewart C. Russell** @scruss@mastodon.social · May 05, 2021, 00:38

**Stewart C. Russell** @scruss@mastodon.social · May 05, 2021, 00:38

May 05, 2021, 00:38

Stewart C. Russell @scruss@mastodon.social

My Little Numbers Station seems to be coming along quite nicely

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**Stewart C. Russell** @scruss@mastodon.social · May 05, 2021, 00:17

**Stewart C. Russell** @scruss@mastodon.social · May 05, 2021, 00:17

May 05, 2021, 00:17

Stewart C. Russell @scruss@mastodon.social

Woo! I have a Z88 again!

**Stewart C. Russell** · May 04, 2021, 03:10

Stewart C. Russell boosted

**ᴛʜᴇʀᴜʀᴀɴ 🌐🏴** @theruran@hackers.town · May 04, 2021, 03:10

May 04, 2021, 03:10

ᴛʜᴇʀᴜʀᴀɴ 🌐🏴 @theruran@hackers.town

Microsoft breaking email BCC is a delightful snapshot of Big Tech in 2021

**Stewart C. Russell** · May 04, 2021, 02:33

Stewart C. Russell boosted

**Erkhyan** @erkhyan@yiff.life · May 04, 2021, 02:33

May 04, 2021, 02:33

Erkhyan @erkhyan@yiff.life

Ra,
Ra,
Ra’s poutine.

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**Stewart C. Russell** @scruss@mastodon.social · May 04, 2021, 17:05

**Stewart C. Russell** @scruss@mastodon.social · May 04, 2021, 17:05

May 04, 2021, 17:05

Stewart C. Russell @scruss@mastodon.social

Just so you know: GTA Linux User Group - @gtalug - has a DNS problem. The site and the mailing list is currently unreachable.

This is an ongoing issue continuing from when our friend/longtime board member/general payer of bills Chris Browne passed away last year.

**Stewart C. Russell** · May 01, 2021, 03:33

Stewart C. Russell boosted

**@travis** @travis@mastodon.social · May 01, 2021, 03:33

May 01, 2021, 03:33

@travis @travis@mastodon.social

Happy May Day, comrades!

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**Stewart C. Russell** · May 01, 2021, 03:46

Stewart C. Russell boosted

**haf, your slime mold friend** @hafnia@weirder.earth · May 01, 2021, 03:46

May 01, 2021, 03:46

haf, your slime mold friend @hafnia@weirder.earth

US help with internet fees

Hey, if you are in the US and are currently receiving assistance such as SNAP, etc, you may qualify for a temporary credit for broadband internet: https://getemergencybroadband.org

other things that make you qualify: having received a Pell Grant for this year, significant loss of income in 2020, participation in the free or reduced cost lunch program for your school-aged kid.

Applications open May 12. Worth checking out, yeah?

**Stewart C. Russell** · Apr 29, 2021, 16:24

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**see shy jo** @joeyh@octodon.social · Apr 29, 2021, 16:24

Apr 29, 2021, 16:24

see shy jo @joeyh@octodon.social

Can't stop thinking RGB LED refers to this, so can someone please make some? #electronics

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**Stewart C. Russell** · Apr 30, 2021, 04:02

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**Rusty** @rusty@scholar.social · Apr 30, 2021, 04:02

Apr 30, 2021, 04:02

Rusty @rusty@scholar.social

Dolly Parton's "Jolene" is an all-time favorite song of mine. Lingua Ignota's blown-out noise-fuzz cover version is powerful stirring in its own right:

https://linguaignota.bandcamp.com/track/jolene

**Stewart C. Russell** · Apr 28, 2021, 19:04

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**gudenau** @gudenau@mastodon.technology · Apr 28, 2021, 19:04

Apr 28, 2021, 19:04

gudenau @gudenau@mastodon.technology

Time for another biased poll.

Do you know what CC and BCC stand for in eMail without having to look it up?

I would appreciate it if you boosted this toot. :-)

86% Yes
11% No
1% Notify me of results

**Stewart C. Russell** · Apr 27, 2021, 20:46

Stewart C. Russell boosted

**Matt Campbell** @matt@toot.cafe · Apr 27, 2021, 20:46

Apr 27, 2021, 20:46

Matt Campbell @matt@toot.cafe

Microsoft now owns, or will soon own, one of the best text-to-speech engines for blind power-users, through its acquisition of Nuance. But the code has been abandoned for years. It seems unlikely that this TTS engine is a valuable asset for Microsoft. So let's petition them to open-source it. https://www.change.org/p/microsoft-open-source-eti-eloquence (No, I didn't start the petition, but I'm in agreement with it.)

**Stewart C. Russell** · Apr 26, 2021, 06:13

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**linear cannon** @linear@nya.social · Apr 26, 2021, 06:13

Apr 26, 2021, 06:13

linear cannon @linear@nya.social

this is the environment i learned to program in. this is how i learned to make computers do things

this was in 2006

i was 11

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**Stewart C. Russell** · Apr 26, 2021, 11:46

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**Marco Zehe** @marcozehe@toot.cafe · Apr 26, 2021, 11:46

Apr 26, 2021, 11:46

Marco Zehe @marcozehe@toot.cafe

You should definitely check this out! I’ve worked with Sara in the past and cannot recommend her work and this workshop highly enough.
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