Macleod Sawyer

@macleod
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Roboticist × Technician.

DNX Industries CEO, an industrial robotics laboratory developing modular robotic platforms — https://dnxi.org.

I tend to break things, usually for the greater good.

Interests: [ #Robotics #Hardware #Electronics #Electrodynamics | #C #D #Elixir #Javascript #Rust | #StarTrek #DoctorWho #Foundation #Gundam | #Science #Environmentalism #Space | #Discovery & #Exploration | #Linux #NixOS | #Skateboarding ]

I tried #Firefish, moving back here.

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Macleod SawyerAug 2, 2023
Steve GrunwellAug 2, 2023

Regular reminder: if your site or app doesn’t work in Firefox, it’s broken.

I lived through the “this site requires and/or is best in IE” era, and I’d rather burn it all down than return to that.

Pro-tip: Firefox does most things better anyway. Give it a spin and enjoy a less-tracked web.

Macleod SawyerAug 2, 2023
Robert ReichAug 2, 2023

The IRS pulled in $3.18 for each dollar spent auditing the top 1%, and $6.29 for the top 0.1%.

There’s one reason and one reason only the GOP wants to defund the IRS: to protect their wealthy mega-donors.

All in all, the GOP’s IRS cuts will cost $40 billion in lost revenue.

Macleod SawyerAug 2, 2023
@jbzfn Podcast is much better. Although I binged his content back in 2020, and now kind of pick-and-choose lately.
Show threadMacleod SawyerAug 2, 2023
This post brought to you by: A specialized hardware network switch supporting thousands of patients a month, made by a company that made (1) switch, had them manufactured, and then went out of business before selling them all off within a matter of weeks.
Show threadMacleod SawyerAug 2, 2023

@bishma you will not be able to return to your account on Firefish if you decide to move from it, they may fix this in the future but currently you can return if you leave once there.

Example: Masto -> Firefish -> (back to) Masto -> (back to) Firefish

Macleod SawyerAug 2, 2023
Jan StępieńAug 2, 2023
You know what’s software engineering? Regaining control over a computer 20 billion kilometers away thanks to the design decisions made 50 years prior. #voyager2
Macleod SawyerAug 1, 2023
Show threadTrammell HudsonAug 1, 2023
@sdw @luvcraft and just to be clear, that first photo is the smaller bike parking on the IJ side of Amsterdam Centraal station with room for 4k bikes. the underwater one on the city center side is nearly two times larger with space for 7k bikes, while the three story underground fietsenstalling in Utrecht is almost twice that again at 12.5k bikes.
Macleod SawyerAug 1, 2023
It's amazing to me how much the world works on technology and products (software and *especially* hardware) that most will never hear about.
Macleod SawyerAug 1, 2023
MostlyHarmlessJul 30, 2023
You millennials and your obsession with public healthcare. Back in my day we just died.
Show threadMacleod SawyerAug 1, 2023
@rolle I just added this to stylus for the deck layout, so much better than standard. This is great work. Thanks!