mrwright

mrwright.bsky.social. Hoping to post there more than I've been posting here (and stop posting here entirely).

@phryxl I cannot see that it exists!

@nsaphra youtube.com/watch?v=qMgMr0…

Seeking recommendations: long youtube roasts of really trashy media. I have some very boring physical therapy exercises to get through over the next few months.

@arborelia Plot twist: turns out Setec got there first; Batman is off the hook.

@sageofminerva Same. Tweets will sometimes disappear for me when I reload the feed page, even though they're not deleted or anything, and they show up again later.

@zeldynia Absolutely!

@zeldynia What software is this? (This sort of thing is about to be quite relevant to me!)

@trc_wm @iainthomson The Venera missions had at least five issues with lens caps, too: #Venera_9_to_12" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera#Ve…

First image comes in from the James Webb Space Telescope.

@mattblaze I know the smallpox vaccine used to leave a scar, but I didn't think covid vaccines would leave any marx!

It’s only been 3 days since my booster shot and I’m already filled with new ideas for seizing the means of production.

(It's not the actual Ever Given; it's another ship operated by the same company. But still!)

Saw this on my bike ride this morning. If the San Francisco Bay gets blocked anytime soon, we know who to blame!

@r_speer I grew up a few hours' drive from Burlington, and always loved visiting there! It really is a great city.

@phryxl Looks like some sundews as well in the venus flytrap photo!

Waited in line for 5 1/2 hours, but finally got to take the selfie I'd been looking forward to! (Pfizer dose 1.)

@catrope @sfbike I biked both of those today and it was such a great experience. I really hope they stay! #KeepItSlow

@sfbike My girlfriend wouldn't have started biking during the pandemic if it wasn't for the Slow Street on Page and the car-free route through Golden Gate Park. We can go places without having to be around cars most of the way, and that makes us feel a lot safer #KeepItSlow

Today we’re launching our #KeepItSlow campaign as we push to make Slow Streets permanent fixtures in our neighborhoods.

@hazelnym I only knew (after I read the books, I think) because of xkcd.com/1082/

Whoever named this ship did a good job.

@gwillen @jcreed @txsector your hand will generally be resting on a surface close to the part, which steadies it a lot, and you have as many tries as you need to get the first side soldered down. With a bit of practice it's not *too* bad for 0402 or larger parts.

@gwillen @jcreed @txsector Yeah, surface tension helps a lot when hot-air soldering--as long as the part is mostly in the right place, it'll align itself when the solder melts. For hand soldering with an iron...

Well, it finally happened. Instead of ordering 0402 resistors I accidentally ordered 0402 *metric* ones, i.e. 01005. (Through-hole resistor shown for scale.)