Nick Mann

Obvious in Hindsight (OIH) Designs use to make the MultiBoard, the world’s best geology mapboard. Also likes bikes. Follows geologists and others.

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House in Urbana made Zillow Gone Wild.

[Zillow Gone Wild 🏡 @zillowgonewild]

Wtf

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@rememberlenny I’m an engineering tech who has previously worked assembly lines.

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@bryan_caplan Blue one.

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@MaxGhenis This is wrong. With training most people can point their eyes out parallel (or even slightly wider), while focusing on arbitrarily close objects. This is how “MagicEye” books work, and is also used to free view some 3D photos.

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@skydrama @Nick_cILtor Great photo.

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@bryan_caplan Quick adjustment.

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My custom DMM can now report the difference between "0 Volts - they're floating" and "0 Volts - same potential."

Pretty stoked to get this working. Should save a lot of "is it 0v or am I measuring in the wrong place?" when troubleshooting.

#Arduino #electronics

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@TheStalwart It’s the wrong question. That’s like asking if digital cameras were useful for professional photographers before the portrait industry got killed.
Right question: “We had people attempt to write a simple program. Some had access to AI. Who did better?”

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Just got calibrated voltage references for my DMMs. Now I can officially know how accurate they are. I also modded one of my PCBs to work with 3.3vdc boards (level shifting the SDA/SLC lines). Now have an Arduino Giga version, where I can plot the voltage readings.

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Oh hey an arrow pointing at… my house. :/

[Jeff Frame @VORTEXJeff]

Circulation approaching from the south has been tornado warned

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@AshleyMarie_81 Hello,

Thank you for your (husband's) interest. Right now I do not have any foreseeable plans to resume operations.

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What is this?! A Studio for Ants?! The result of playing with some circuits... Featuring a halite crystal from the salt mine you can tour in Kansas.

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Sharing a recent project: Designing and Building a DMM that types the values into Excel for me.
https://t.co/k2Kjni8njS

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@mungowitz The article I read didn’t specify the grid mechanics here, but this isn’t necessarily true. You could easily have direct power-plant-to-data-center transmission without connecting to the overall grid.

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@patio11 Have you written about giving an allowance to your kid(s)? Both in general but also specifically about dealing with the frictions inherent in either a cash or spreadsheet system?

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@Hilbe You’d have to dismantle them to an obnoxious degree to get to the motors for seat adjustment, but if you did that you could adjust them as well.

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@HSI_TV It’s boring, but in the best possible way. Smooth and quiet but with plenty of power if you want it, at least in a straight line. Definitely not sporty and it doesn’t encourage speed on turns. Rather large turn radius but that only really matters for tight parking lots.

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@HSI_TV I have a Ridgeline. I don’t regret buying it but it has a very “Jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none” feel. The bed is very useful every now and then, but even with a cover there’s a lack of security/ weatherproofing. I think I would’ve been happier with a small SUV.

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@skydrama I can’t get away from town, but this is in Urbana.

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@urbanaparks Don’t know if/how illegal this is, but this person is posing their car for a group photo at Meadowbrook and that seems worth reporting.