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Pete

@petep44@syringa.social

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Corvids, Raptors, Outdoors, Woodwork, Lebowski, Guitar, Travel, Cold Beer, No Nazis or False Patriots, SW Idaho US.

Phase of Moon 1d ago

The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (64% of Full) 🌔

Still We Rise 1d ago

Local social worker Emily Feiner, a constituent forcibly removed from Mike Lawler’s town hall.

Here’s my ask for you today, blow up his phone lines and let him know how you feel about this:

845-201-2060
202-225-6506
845-743-7130

Also can we clap for this iconic image

Mr Intergalactic Keyboard 2d ago

@CaroltheCrone ever since the diffusion models started not sucking I’ve been sending examples to my family with commentary “this is ai, beware of what you see now!” Having some confidence a photo was real was a nice run while we had it. Looking for the artifacts is temporary as the issues will be resolved. Now we go back to before times (before any of us were born) when critical thinking was essential and everything could be fabricated. I hope we make it through this transition period quickly.

jmjm Oct 14, 2024

Bring back the 91% top incremental tax rate. Make American government great again.

@pluralistic Cory Doctorow is a singular voice at this moment in time. I’ll read anything and everything he publishes. And you should too. This end to the “golden era” of the tech worker was always inevitable. And I know a lot of people who will suffer because of it.

JA Westenberg Apr 27

When the midterms come, understand this:

The GOP no longer sees losing as legitimate.

If they lose, they'll claim fraud.

If they win, they'll claim mandate.

But there’s no version where they quietly accept defeat.
https://www.theindex.media/the-midterms-are-coming-the-gop-is-going-to-cheat/

The Midterms Are Coming. The GOP Is Going to Cheat.

What the GOP is planning for 2026 and 2028 makes 2020 look quaint.

The Index.

Too Many Dolls Hat Apr 27

Eight! Holy shit. You’re all like Lech Wałęsa up in there. Such bravery!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lnsedlbexj23

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Schumer on the Democratic response to Trump's shakedown of Harvard: "We sent him a very strong letter just the other day asking eight very strong questions."

Bluesky Social

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Apr 19

Murderer Phoenix Ikner arrested alive reminded me:
-Payton Gendron murders 10—arrested alive
-Nikolas Cruz murders 17—arrested alive
-Dylan Roof murders 9—arrested alive
-Patrick Crusius murders 23—arrested alive

Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile, Tamir Rice, Aiyana Jones: Innocent—murdered by cops

The system isn't broken—it was built this way.

Randahl Fink Apr 16

Donald Trump has claimed, “Ukraine hasn’t got the cards”, insinuating a likely Ukrainian defeat. But the Ukraine war is slowly turning in Ukraine’s favor, so why is Trump lying about Ukraine?

Watch my new, in-depth analysis of the Ukraine war recorded in ultrasharp 4K:
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If you support Ukraine, please help me boost this.
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Why Trump lies about Ukraine

YouTube

Florian 'floe' Echtler Apr 10

This is one of the simplest and at the same time smartest things I've ever printed: a tweezer for multimeter probes so you can use them one-handed. Kudos 👌

https://www.printables.com/model/1208377-multimeter-dmm-probe-tweezer

(P.S. I should clarify that this is not my own design, just found it really clever and worth sharing.)

#3dprinting #electronics

Multimeter (DMM) probe tweezer by QED_Maestro | Download free STL model | Printables.com

Simple tweezer for one handed measurement | Download free 3D printable STL models

Printables.com

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Florian 'floe' Echtler Apr 10

This is one of the simplest and at the same time smartest things I've ever printed: a tweezer for multimeter probes so you can use them one-handed. Kudos 👌

https://www.printables.com/model/1208377-multimeter-dmm-probe-tweezer

(P.S. I should clarify that this is not my own design, just found it really clever and worth sharing.)

#3dprinting #electronics

Dimitris Kapnopoulos Apr 10

@floe what material did you use?

Florian 'floe' Echtler Apr 10

@dkapnopoulos plain old Prusa PLA, seems to work fine so far

Dimitris Kapnopoulos Apr 10

@floe cool!!

Hunter King Apr 10

@floe this is why I love 3d printing. Would I buy this? No. But I'm desperate to make one as soon as I get home.

Sable Shade🇦🇺 ☮️4️⃣🇺🇦🇵🇸Apr 10

@hunterking @floe
I would buy TEN
And that wouldn't be enough, as I placed each in it's unforgettable and safe place, only to forget those places when next wanted
Can you do orders by the thousand¿

Root Moose Apr 10

@floe I love this!

Simon Walters Apr 10

@floe Why have I never seen something like this until now!

@floe On first sight I thought this was some kind of tech chop sticks 🤣

Ruby Luftyloon 🔜 FWA Apr 10

@floe Oooo, niiiice! Those look very handy to have. Definitely gonna try these out for myself, hehe~

I am curious about probe compatibility, though.

Florian 'floe' Echtler Apr 10

@foxyloon there's already two different sizes on the Printables page, but I think if you just warm them up a bit with a hairdryer, then you can make them fit almost any probe

Sable Shade🇦🇺 ☮️4️⃣🇺🇦🇵🇸Apr 10

@floe
Oh you FUCKING GENIUS!
Oh, the times i have needed these
Paperclips and shit, ya know!

Wintermute_BBS Apr 10

@floe clever! 👍

@floe (high pitched keening sound) must. Have.

Pastor of Muppets Apr 10

@floe @brianb it seems crazy that no one invented this before. One of those things I never thought of, but then I see it and think OF COURSE

64 Islands Aroha Cooperative Apr 11

@middleclasstool @floe @brianb yes, should be standard equipment.

and a bigger version for jumpstart cables too maybe 🤔

Sable Shade🇦🇺 ☮️4️⃣🇺🇦🇵🇸Apr 10

@floe
Delete this edit immediately!!¡
Find origin
Buy or beat
Reclaim GENIUS title and never faulter
I mean, FUCK, do you not have a TV¿

PaulNickson 🕊️Apr 10

@floe @davep Genius.

AhaAchja Apr 10

@floe 👍

AhaAchja Apr 10

@floe 👍

Neil Craig Apr 10

@floe OMG, I would 100% buy that. I'm forever balancing the multimeter on something i shouldn't just so i have 2 hands free

Caleb Blackhand Apr 10

@floe That one's on my list for a while now - nice to see it works as intended. And if it's not as durable as one would wish: just print again, doesn't look like much filament gets used.

@floe They make a specific thing for this and yet I feel like this design is not only much more convenient than swapping out, but kind of better in its own way (the probe tweezer things are kind of fragile and don't make as good of a connection.)

Seems like a really good idea all around.

smellsofbikes Apr 10

@floe I've seen a version of this for doing four probe force/sense resistance measuring and there it's practically a necessity.

OKAPHONE Elektronika Apr 10

@floe really cool!!

sb arms & legs Apr 10

@floe
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

This is brilliant! Cheers for sharing the design!

Shade the AshClad Apr 10

I just hold them like chopsticks but that's a neat solution.

@floe Just an old avionics guy, but I might have to buy a 3D printer just to make one of these. Nice work and great idea!

Misterxp -Martin Apr 10

@floe excellent!😃

viernullvier Apr 11

@computersandblues oooh, I didn't know I needed that!

Chris Mills Apr 10

@floe 🤩 cooool!

Matt Palmer Apr 10

@floe This. Changes. Everything.

What a good idea!! Printing a set now

Cavyherd Apr 10

I am reminded of an electronics teacher's assertion that soldering is proof positive of alien influence on human civilization: nobody would have invented that who didn't have three hands.

@floe "damn tourists... just use knife and fork shaped probes... grrr" /lh

@floe must try that!

Grant Me Strength Apr 12

@floe @kjg genius

Brat-A-Rat Apr 13

@felsqualle :-)

Emelia/Emi Apr 15

@floe This seems a lot nicer than my "probe chopsticks" technique (holding the probes like a pair of bulky chopsticks) which is somewhat prone to one of the probes lifting without me noticing.

John Timaeus Apr 15

We used to get those in our kits from Specialized Tools any time we bought a Fluke. Not sure who made them, it wasn't Fluke. Damn handy though. Especially trying to fit into the little spaces around a 48v cricket fuse panel.

@floe this is smart and it takes me back.
When I still worked with hardware, I remember having a set of probes to which I had taped a pair of pens so I could use them as chopsticks. My main issue with that was that it freed only my left hand, which was still a limit for me.
Printed tweezers look like something I could have used with my off hand, so better, actually.

Christ van Willegen Apr 17

@floe
I always lack at least 2 hands while doing electronics stuff, so, yeah!
@mytwobits01