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@MLE_online when I heard the news about David Lynch I immediately thought about your last-minute Halloween costume that I thought had a strong Lynch vibe

@MLE_online @regorlas

wowsa . i had no idea LEDs could operate in this way.

A quick search threw this up as first hit, for anyone who was also ignorant:

https://www.codrey.com/electronics/the-led-photodiode-trick/

It's 14:13 and I've done absolutely fuck all so far today

Nice to see eBay has stopped bothering to observe search filters for maximum price. Can't be because that'll mean people spending more than they can afford, obviously.

I have never seen such an array of user-hostile interfaces as the various SDR applications written for, or ported to, Linux.
The authors display what I can only interpret as absolute fucking psychopathic hatred for their potential users.

sometimes my own incapacity to carry out a simple task accurately astounds me.

A Menacing Encounter in Wigan.

@anon_opin
Norman

@MLE_online
Apparently there's some stuff called fentanyl that might help? Dunno whether you can get it in the USA tho.

Waiting for the boiler maintenance guy to arrive, yawn.

On the upside, just had a delivery of some bits and bobs, and it seems I must have had a slip of the mouse when ordering, because I now have more 150pF 0805 caps than anyone could ever need.

@inpc
ok

This is really interesting

https://erictopol.substack.com/p/our-sleep-brain-aging-and-waste-clearance

@scribe it seems to be another penalty of being on sdf. They seem to work fine on other instances

Fucking hell this makes me sound million years old but I can't watch the interesting looking Irish noir on bbc4 because the subtitles are too small for me to read. FML.

@Apiary @MLE_online
I hear she hunts them for sport.

@jamesholden she's a keeper

@Wifiwits
Analogue oil has a warmer vibe tho

Feeling chaotic, might get stuck in a well later.

I've never got my Squid Axon working properly, despite much swearing, replacing components, reflowing everything etc.

Of course it turns out I used an IC version that Andrew explictly mentions in his DIY advice as unsuitable for eurorack.

what a fucking buffooooooooooon I am.

My infrastructure aches.