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

Joined March 2011
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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
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Multilayer boards are so beautiful before you flood the planes!
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Kevin Reid retweeted
i'm going to make a programming language where - is legal in identifiers, and the subtraction operator is −, as it should be
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On the list of Things That Are Hilarious When You're Older, I present the following tale of chivalry (mine) and chivalry (his.)
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Replying to @abecedarius
*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.
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Replying to @IanJohnBuckley
.@IanJohnBuckley @spenchdotnet Idea: freq-dependent delay in the L/R filters (leftish signal heard @ L before R).
.@spenchdotnet Also the interactive notching is awesome and I should totally add that feature. Someday.
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.@spenchdotnet The spatialization helps your brain separate them despite that, just like multiple people talking in real space. (2/2)
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Replying to @spenchdotnet
.@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)
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Replying to @whitequark
other "too many legs" parts: feedthrough caps (similar to these, different rationale), four-terminal shunt resistors
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Kevin Reid retweeted
My #pumpkin this year is loosely based on Juno's view of Jupiter in the Infrared #sciart @nasajuno #nasa #halloween
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I love this way more than I probably should.
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US DoD circa 1987: "so you have a recursive acronym? you are like little baby. watch this"
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'Tis the sun. As its strength fades, yours must replace it.
Replying to @UrsulaV
Now, Ursula, she got every key ta everthing in the whole wide world on her keychain...
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Had one of those "what are all these keys on my key ring?!" moments. Some were explicable. One was...not.
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