Kevin Reid

I'm a geek, a programmer, a tinkerer. Interested in programming, computer graphics, radio, and miscellaneous miscellany.

[Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen]

Just wonderful! (via @marannelson )

[Carolyn VanEseltine @mossdogmusic]

Me: Okay, algorithm. Here are some points. Scatter them randomly in space. If the points are too close together, try again.
Algorithm: AAAAAAH the points are always too close, I quit
Me: What if you only check each point against OTHER points?
A: Ohhhh well you didn't SAY that

[Luke Wren @[email protected] @wren6991]

Multilayer boards are so beautiful before you flood the planes!

[eevee 💨 @eevee]

i'm going to make a programming language where - is legal in identifiers, and the subtraction operator is ��, as it should be

[Kingfisher & Wombat @UrsulaV]

On the list of Things That Are Hilarious When You're Older, I present the following tale of chivalry (mine) and chivalry (his.)

[Kevin Reid @switchborg]

@abecedarius @pervognsen *waves* this is too big a topic to fit in a tweet but I believe it should look something like "you defined the module, you get [the canopener] to edit it" and the objects derived from the module are tied to it. See also metacircular eval for debugging. Immutability issues.

[Kevin Reid @switchborg]

.@FlashingSystems I did your thing: https://t.co/VKJ5KvGJvB

[Kevin Reid @switchborg]

.@IanJohnBuckley @spenchdotnet Idea: freq-dependent delay in the L/R filters (leftish signal heard @ L before R).

[Kevin Reid @switchborg]

.@spenchdotnet Also the interactive notching is awesome and I should totally add that feature. Someday.

[Balint Seeber @spenchdotnet]

Haxing the Wireless World 3.0 #grcon2016 https://t.co/aFRbK1pnXi Thx+inspiration @IanJohnBuckley @ibelings @jvierine @switchborg @usa_satcom

[Kevin Reid @switchborg]

.@spenchdotnet The spatialization helps your brain separate them despite that, just like multiple people talking in real space. (2/2)

[Kevin Reid @switchborg]

.@spenchdotnet Thanks! Nit: Strongest carrier does not win in unselective AM; but they're scaled by the carrier power so can be quiet. (1/2)

[Kevin Reid @switchborg]

@whitequark other "too many legs" parts: feedthrough caps (similar to these, different rationale), four-terminal shunt resistors

[IAmSciArt @IAmSciArt]

My #pumpkin this year is loosely based on Juno's view of Jupiter in the Infrared #sciart @nasajuno #nasa #halloween

[Axikor @Axikor2]

I love this way more than I probably should.

[Catherine @whitequark]

US DoD circa 1987: "so you have a recursive acronym? you are like little baby. watch this"

[Kevin Reid @switchborg]

@ConanSalaryman 'Tis the sun. As its strength fades, yours must replace it.

[Richard Roberts @MadeOfTeeth]

@UrsulaV Now, Ursula, she got every key ta everthing in the whole wide world on her keychain...

[Kingfisher & Wombat @UrsulaV]

Had one of those "what are all these keys on my key ring?!" moments. Some were explicable. One was...not.