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@mistermadge.bsky.social

Aerospace engineer ๐Ÿ”ง, optimist ๐Ÿ˜, futurist ๐Ÿ”ฎ, Climate advocate ๐ŸŒŽ, annoying ๐Ÿชฟ Kindness is the point. Shitpost ratio: 20%

136 Followers  |  257 Following  |  328 Posts  |  Joined: 06.11.2024  |  2.0085

Latest posts by mistermadge.bsky.social on Bluesky

EVs should drop the 12V lead acid battery and bring back the hand crank start.

01.12.2025 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Uhhh... Can we get a banana for scale?

30.11.2025 03:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm surprised the CC2s seemed to be better on my Niro than the Blizzak WS80s on my BRZ. But it might just be a new set vs worn set that is mostly showing up here.

(That or the finer torque control from the electric motor vs the clutch)

29.11.2025 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Isn't 80 CPS just normal background level?

29.11.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Life tip: these are called exercise balls, and searching for "big balls dicks" at work will get you flagged by IT

29.11.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Early Access Registration โ€” Watts A Day Manage EV charger power demand effortlessly with WattsOS. Get early access to our powerful OCPP software for both personal and commercial tiers. Register today!

I'm working on a way to make it super easy to #AlwaysBeCharging

If you want to try it out for yourself, signup here.
www.wattsaday.com/early-access

29.11.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I legit framed a sheet of these and put it on my wall

29.11.2025 03:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well the good news is that you haven't been unknowingly replaced by a replicant, bad news is that EA is being shitty.

27.11.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm surprised Smokey the Bear has survived cancelation.

Hunky bear endeared by environmentalists that supports suppression of forest fires?

27.11.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hmm, what do you think about this statement:

Itโ€™s your birthday. Someone gives you a calfskin wallet.

27.11.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We need better words to describe AI.

Is it โœจ AI โœจ, a NN predictive model, or Cortana (from Halo)?

25.11.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mine ran out of battery, floated listlessly in a giant pond, and then sank :(

25.11.2025 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Workplace and multi-family EV charging is hard, but does it have to be?

24.11.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Electroelastic investigation of drying rate in the direct contact ultrasonic fabric dewatering process Ultrasonic vibrations, used to atomize liquids into a fine mist, are a promising solution for the future of efficient clothes drying technology. The wโ€ฆ

"This hypothesis is independently supported by literature evidence on increased drying rate of textilesโทยณ, seaweedโทโด, and zeoliteโทโต under ultrasonic actuation."

Here's the textile drying referenced paper:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

24.11.2025 01:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you need some access panels I have a plethora after my plumbing misadventures this week.

23.11.2025 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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50 ft of my new @trutonebulbs.bsky.social are powered by less than one of these panels.

It's amazing how LEDs and PV have transformed energy environment

23.11.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A glowing gas line going to a hot water heater

A glowing gas line going to a hot water heater

Electrifying everything is not always a climate solution...

21.11.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Attenboroughโ€™s Ant Mountain - Terra Mater Studios David Attenborough is our guide through the realm of ants, presenting a cast of queens and workers with all their stories.

The ants invented a heat pump using their own bodies as the heat transfer medium.
www.terramater.at/productions/...

21.11.2025 01:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He cast a citywide barrier, but forgot to include the sewers? Problematic mage gap.

20.11.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It makes us grate (our teeth)

19.11.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What's the normal amount of golf for a president?

19.11.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What about for synthetic fuel for long haul flights? (It's not really hydrogen at that point tho)

19.11.2025 04:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We can discuss what we're going to do with $2000 Trump bucks.

Maybe we can get $2000 banned too.

19.11.2025 04:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Conversation with Claude about tracery parsers, and it advises me to look at kate comptons parser, to which i reply โ€œbut Doctor i am kate comptonโ€

Conversation with Claude about tracery parsers, and it advises me to look at kate comptons parser, to which i reply โ€œbut Doctor i am kate comptonโ€

Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seekโ€™

16.11.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2666    ๐Ÿ” 446    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

I used to work as a busboy, probably could apply to be a server with that past experience.

16.11.2025 03:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Q: What does the ghost train say?

A: Chugga chugga boo boo

15.11.2025 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961) EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Farewell address by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 17, 1961; Final TV Talk 1/17/61 (1), Box 38, Speech Series, Papers of Dwight D.

Eisenhower famously said at the end of his farewell address "the military industrial complex is just the primes, so send the money somewhere else and we'll be just fine."
www.archives.gov/milestone-do...

14.11.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the target audience for "Let Gemini rewrite this email"

12.11.2025 23:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I was disappointed to find that the original paper didn't have the carbon fiber salami that was in all the news articles.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

12.11.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Republicans did this last year. They had a deal that would have vastly overhauled US immigration - but threw it away because they'd lose their major campaigning talking point.

11.11.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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