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Half-fox, half-wolf, half-engineer. Into electronics, radio & software. (Very) amateur radio operator. Talk to me about TETRA V+D. Talks about NSFW stuff sometimes - please be 18+ 🔞 Runs (NSFW) isthisyiff.net

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2026-01-22

@gorplop they have a butcher and a deli and stuff. Pretty nice.

2026-01-22

The bread I bought from the garden centre is shaped like a severely-gerrymandered county.

A very oddly shaped slice of bread
2026-01-22

Huzzah

Export MPAN request accepted

We are currently working on
enrolling your Export MPAN onto
our supply, this should only take a
couple of days.
2026-01-22

Teardown photos coming later… #tetra #hamradio

The bottom of a TETRA radio branded PUMA.
2026-01-22

@alecmuffett Kidron is founder of 5rights at which a single person gets paid £150-200k of the £1.8m income. register-of-charities.charityc

Wonder where all the grant money comes from? Wonder if any of the donors are Age Verification companies or industry bodies who are effectively paying for legislation. Stinks.

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2026-01-21

@vkc is it really a backup if you don't keep multiple versions?

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2026-01-21
Screenshot of a news article from PC Gamer discussing a warning from the Microsoft CEO about the need to utilize AI effectively to maintain societal support for its energy consumption by burning the planet to death.The image shows a staged political event with a speaker, Microsoft CEO, surrounded by an audience. He asks them: please slop. A cat grins in the background.
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False Kneesfalseknees
2026-01-21

Bitey

"Do you remember what you were like when you were younger?" asks one crow to another as they are landing on wet snow. "Bitey" replies the second crow. "Right... but do you remember what it was like to BE you?" "What did you think about? Have you changed fundamentally? How can you really know?" The first crow is pondering. The background is a pattern of blue circles. "I guess I don't bite as much as I used to" answers the second crow. "You bite enough" says the first.
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HELL Yeah! Bothellyeahbot
2026-01-21
2026-01-21

@xanthe unsure yet. might have a look if anyone has done a suitable sized clock pcba...

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Robin Hawkes ⚡️robhawkes@fosstodon.org
2026-01-21

Terrain data is already live, and wind roses are coming soon once I've tidied a few things up and done some more testing.

And even more features and updates are being worked on… 👀

Check the map out for yourself here:

renewables-map.robinhawkes.com

2026-01-21

It’s sat at 10% now (MinSoC) and the inverter is pulling 30W, so it’s definitely not trickle-charging the battery.

2026-01-21

Okay so I think the weird constant charging/discharging cycle thing has stopped happening on my inverter with the latest firmware… not holding my breath but it seems to have stopped for now…

2026-01-21

@DeltaWye @xanthe we are both just so cool that’s all. forgiven.

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␇-707570-auroraaurora@queer-lexikon.net
2026-01-21

may it present: the weighted companion cube

A black 3d printed companion cube from PortalThe lid of the cube removed, inside is a 5kg tungsten cube
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Sammy [ Arson ] (infrastruktur fuchs)theresnotime@fox.nexus
2026-01-21

I think at a certain point of computer touching something inside you breaks

2026-01-21

(spongebob title card)

*10 thousand years later*

We've applied for your Export MPAN
We have sent a request to your
Network Operator to create a
unique ID for your export - this can
take a couple of weeks.
2026-01-21

Can people stop making Class 1 light fittings?

Or can they at least make absolutely clear on product listings, spec sheets, boxes etc that fittings are Class 1?

Been retrofitting lighting at my grandad's house and it's 1960s with no CPC at any ceiling roses. What's the need for these things to be Class 1 at all?

screwfix.com/p/4lite-ancona-in

2026-01-21

@GossiTheDog 2 is actually the solution if you think about it.

2026-01-21

For the interested… the four good ones. Cleaned up quite nice. Did my best to avoid removing the text but it’s very fragile.

Four nixie tubesThe back of one of the tubes. It’s a Hivac XN3 Numicator. Made in England. 34th week 1967 date code.The front of one of the tubes showing the anode cage and cathode character shapes just about visible behind.

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