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System Architect at Arm. Views are my own. --- https://blog.usedbytes.com https://github.com/usedbytes
I made a game for the GMTK Game Jam. My first Jam and my first game, would be cool if someone played it
usedbytes.itch.io/ouroboros
A broken die cast metal part from a drill press
Drill press with 3D printed PLA part replacing the broken casting
Broke: Naff die-cast metal
Bespoke: Fermented corn starch
Cheap drill press now works 😁
It’s interesting to me that we’re fine with dumping 8 litres of perfectly good water every time we use a toilet, but for some reason a few millilitres of datacentre cooling evaporation is beyond the pail
21.05.2025 19:51 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you’re in the UK and you own a pair of binoculars, go look at the moon. The sun is hitting it just right
03.05.2025 19:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Vote to end Bad Graphs!
30.04.2025 06:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
George King BBC News, Norfolk 20 January 2025 An RAF fighter jet has been left "damaged" after it came into contact with a bird and had to return to its base in a county.
As opposed to the RAF bases which are not in counties?
21.01.2025 22:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I don’t have any idea 😞
10.01.2025 10:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pinout heat proof or cutting mat, definitely
10.01.2025 09:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0New theory: There *was* hologauze, but it was positioned in front of that specific camera and not attached to the wheel itself. Still lame!
01.01.2025 09:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Are you sure? It doesn’t show up in anyone’s video, and on the BBC it was only ever shown on one locked-off static camera
youtube.com/shorts/o47g5...
The London Eye with graphics superimposed on it to make it look like a projection
I was wondering what kind of projector technology they were using on the London Eye. The answer is post processing compositing. Lame!
01.01.2025 00:35 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
3D printed device with switches for baby breastfeeding tracking and nap tracking.
Internals of an electronic device with an Adafruit Feather ESP32-C6 and small LiPo battery
Screenshot of pushover app showing notifications from the breastfeeding tracker device
The pee/poop tracker has been great, so now I have made a new widget. Breastfeeding and baby on/off state tracker. Same principle, notifications via @pushover.net , Adafruit ESP32-C6 this time.
20.12.2024 22:00 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Any tips for getting the char off the edges so you don’t get charcoal on everything/everyone it touches?
26.11.2024 09:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Precisely!
23.11.2024 08:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0After a few…. containment breaches, it has become necessary to add a third button to call for help
22.11.2024 21:02 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yep, baby
17.11.2024 14:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A DIY device with two buttons: Pee and Poop, with instructions to “Press button(s) until blue light shows”
An application screen showing pee/poop notifications
The inside of a DIY device consisting of an ESP32 board, a recycled 18650 cell, 3D printed cell holder, and switches
Quick little weekend baby tracking project. Sending notifications made super easy by pushover.net
17.11.2024 14:27 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
NFC tags stuck to the underside of a table
Wireless NFC reader attached to your order
Neat system in the cafe at our local National Trust place. NFC(?) tags under the table, cashier gives you a wireless reader, your food finds you
15.11.2024 07:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
