Tim
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Tim
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Alright internet, what's this thingo? There are at least two on my street in my little country town at the top of maybe a 2m metal pole. There are cable pits nearby, but nothing on them to indicate what company installed them. My best guess is some sort of bell?
@lrvick I saw what you did with the github/YouTube-dl repo over on the birdsite, and I have to say, that's fine work you're doing there! Fair play, sir.
Admiring my little Torbie Tiger as she snoozes on me this #Caturday got me to wondering how it is she can grow hair that changes colour as it grows... And a fascinating rabbit hole to go down it is.
I recommend googling "agouti pigmentation" and starting from there - or else this is a good start: https://www.vetbook.org/wiki/cat/index.php/Agouti
Princess Sashenka, you are a remarkable kitty...
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Austria's postal service prints Covid-19 stamps on toilet paper https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/23/europe/toilet-paper-stamp-intl-scli/index.html #cnn #rss #news #europe
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Titan park in Bucharest... Beautiful autumn afternoon :)
Hand soldering surface-mount diodes.
FML.
I made a thing... A 3D-Printable stand with adjustable focus for cheap USB microscopes - super handy for surface-mount soldering and things like that.
More details, and files to download to make with your own 3D Printer here: https://snowgoons.ro/posts/2020-10-16-makeable-usb-microscope-stand/
Beautiful afternoon in Bucharest's botanic gardens 😍
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The news that Trump has covid makes it *really* hard not to have uncharitable thoughts I feel bad about...
For anyone wondering what computer interfaces were like in the 1980s, may I recommend a few hours working with Autodesk Eagle?
Christ, it's been a long while, because I'd forgotten how bloody terrible it is...
@tim: (In other news.... > 4000 lines of PL/SQL? Oh my; I'm glad I don't work for a bank...)
In which I learn that my bank uses Oracle...
Error : ORA-00028: your session has been killed ORA-00028: your session has been killed ORA-06512: at ABSOLUT_API.IF6EXCHANGEAPI_PKG, line 3796 ORA-06512: at ABSOLUT_API.IF6EXCHANGEAPI_PKG, line 4142 ORA-06512: at line 1
...which is cute, but not helping me pay my bills on time :-/
