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Hebden Bridge, England
Joined May 2007
Still find it wild that a browser tab uses 20x the RAM an IBM mainframe had circa 1996, which served >500 users spread across the globe, for a company which owned >50% of the world's shipping containers (plus the Orient Express, ferries and other businesses).
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Though admittedly the CEO was not a technology fan (preferred trains and ships etc.) and the overall IT setup was a bit wild to say the least. But still.
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PCIe HH to FH.
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TIL: you can make aerogels from hard boiled eggs. buyaerogel.com/product/aeroe…
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The Zed editor is so nice and almost feels like it could be a Sun Microsystems product. It's making me want to switch to using Open Look desktop environment. Thanks to dev hipster @treb0r for the tip!
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Happy 15th anniversary to my favourite ever news headline! #blazeOfCrumpets #HebdenBridge
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Thought this was waveguide at first.
ngl I've been saying this for years
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Taking a moment to appreciate the utilitarian chonk and beautiful UX of the British Mk.328 clandestine ("spy") receiver.
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When a name from the olden days pops into your head and, yep, Radio UserLand is still a thing! radio.userland.com/
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Andrew Back retweeted
Exciting news from our friends at Open Source Hardware Group! #OSHCamp2026 is coming to Hebden Bridge on Aug 29-30! 🛠️ Sat: Packed programme of talks & presentations Sun: Hands-on workshops & a swap table! Check out the full lineup & grab your spot: oshug.org/event/oshcamp2026
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Paging @ionactive
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So having increased their prices Sept 2025, @Xero are increasing them again < 1 year later. Increases of ~20% in less than one year. It may be time to start looking at alternatives, which is a shame, but they're clearly taking advantage of perceived inertia.
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Niche spam of the day: "Precision lead sheet".
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That's right, you wouldn't want mains interference coupling on to your fibre data cabling. Thanks, Google AI!
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First use of @usgraphics Berkeley Mono on a control panel.
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Andrew Back retweeted
<<< OTA! >>> Featuring: LimeSDR Micro Video Walkthroughs, an Open-Source LimeSDR USB Case, Big Bang Entropy, CDMA2000 'From RF to Core,' and More. myriadrf.org/stories/ota-lim… #SDR #wireless #OSHW #OpenHardware #OpenSource #FOSS #LimeSDR #LA9310 #LMS7002M #shortwave #CMDA2000
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Another project using the lovely PTFIX distribution terminals from Phoenix Contact.
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I seem to have a habit of picking the hottest days to do the least suitable tasks. This weekend it's metal bashing. A few years ago it was running a multi-day AI model training job on 2x GPUs in the office server in the midst of a heatwave.
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