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Spindle motor driver for Epson SD-320/21 5.25" floppy drive. Using an audio amp IC to drive transistors and hall effect sensors to switch which pair transistors are switched on.

@rossiadam Guy who ran flooring store got notice of lawsuit bc someone in wheelchair could not access store. Store was started by guys father who was wheelchair bound & was designed for him be able to go anywhere. Store owner knew lawyer was scamming told them to pound sand.

Business owners become the target of frivolous lawsuits. I challenge you to find a worse example than this: My father owns a construction company in Roanoke VA. Employees wear uniforms. They bundle them up and throw them in a storage area under the stairs each week. The uniform service comes by and exchanges them for a freshly washed set. An employee grabbed the wrong bundle. The pants fit too tightly (he claims) and caused a testicular torsion. In other words he forced on too tight pants and hurt his nuts. He sued for physical and emotional distress and an inability to work. My father’s insurance company settled with him. These are the joys of business ownership in America. PS: We desperately need tort reform PPS: if your pants are too tight, don’t put them on. PPPS: also don’t wear polyester underwear

@Thepetsonly She looks like red velvet cake

I Can't Find a Suitable Name For her..

@eevblog My 20 yo microwave annoys me because after a power bump I can't use it until I set the time and date. Why compound that stupidity by a factor of 1000 with internet connected appliances?

Do not buy this shit. Stop it. Everyone, just stop it.

@castem_info Would that be a picometer then?

マイクロなマイクロメーターつくりました

@donguriweb Make Japan Great Again! MJGA!

バックトゥザ・フューチャーIIIでマーティが「ドク、いいものはみんな日本製だよ！」と言っていた。残念ながら今は胸を張ってそう言えない。日本はまた、メイドインジャパンを誇れるようなものづくりに回帰しないといけないのではないかと思う。

@nibsakat Using magnets to hold the blade is smart.

10mm幅のテープを5mm幅にカットする治具を作った

@RepRileyMoore @SenEricSchmitt We DO NOT need more federal holidays!!

There's no federal holiday for Easter — the most important day in the Christian faith. @SenEricSchmitt and I think that should change. We’ve introduced a bill to make Easter Monday a federal holiday. Here's why. 🧵

@epaleezeldin Keep in mind this was brought about by LAWYERS in the first place. Look up what happened to Blitz USA thanks. They got sued into oblivion; even though they never lost a lawsuit all the bogus lawsuits bankrupt them. If you want to help hold lawyers liable for bogus lawsuits.

What started as an effort many years ago to child-proof gas cans turned into an adult-proofing model for millions of Americans who feel that these cans are virtually impossible to use. The first step (BETTER VENTING): The Trump EPA clarified to manufacturers last summer that gas cans can have self-closing vents that restore smoother fuel flow. The next, bigger step (NOZZLE DESIGN): To have the Consumer Product Safety Commission fix the ABSURDLY designed nozzle, Congress will need to pass legislation to change federal law. It shouldn’t take 3 hands and 5 minutes to pour gas out of a gas can!

@cutecats_____ Magnum (for the Magnum PI mustache!).

この猫にどんな名前をつけたらいいと思いますか？

In this video we take a look at a ‘RARE’ 1970s console/computer the ‘Video Brain’. An interesting machine that used programs on carts, has a keyboard, uses a Fairchild F8 processor and has custom chips for graphics and sound. Let’s see if we can fix it. youtu.be/RBzvMpTpoHA

@scottastronaut That there is one of them newfangled 'fuel ejectors'.

Well I think I found where that gas smell is coming from.

@gk130409 I am not a fan of tattoos, most look like a child who drew on themselves with an ink pen.

刺青ない方が美しく見えて、 自然体で凄く良いと思いませんか？ 日本では、刺青は反社会的だと見られ、 プールや温泉施設に絶対入れません。 家族旅行しても、必ず入浴拒否されます。

@chirno_helmet Threads used on plumbing are worse. They came in straight or tapered NPT (American), British Standard (Whitworth), metric, and a WWII area metric thread the Germans used.

仕事で扱ってた大型機械が何割かがアメリカ製の部品を使ってて、その部分だけインチネジだったんだ。それがミリネジと混在したり誤発注したりで上司にものすごく怒られたことがあるんだ。だから俺はアメリカ人が自国でヤードポンド法にこだわるのは何とも思わないけど、インチネジだけは悪魔の発明品だと思っているんだ。

@usa_retro Sudden deceleration injury...

Pretty sure I know what's wrong with this one.

@SandyofCthulhu Be careful what you ask for. Some state also have 'personal property tax'. You get the privilege of paying a tax on vehicles, livestock, etc. over and over again every year. So taxed on earning $, buying, and keeping...and dying.

But why is it on your house? Why not tax your washing machine. Or your carpet? Or the black velvet paintings handing on your walls? It's completely arbitrary, and seems unfair, particularly because we are ALREADY HEAVILY TAXED for those damn public services.

In this video we show how to install the CE-1500T ‘Turbo’ board in a TRS-80 PC-2 (harp PC-1500/A. Color coded maps of PCB connection points are provided. Installation is invasive but reversible and should only be attempted at your own risk. youtu.be/kJZiELcBDrw

@kyuumaruTK My dad landed in Japan early October 1945 after 2 years in Pacific Theater. When I was young I asked what he thought of the Japanese. He said, "They are pretty much like you and me. We may not like what someone did, or what they were led to do, but we should never hate anyone."

ちょっとセンシティブだろうけど、大先輩たちはアメリカ人のことを「敵だったが強かった。すごい男たちだった」と一貫して言っていた。 アメリカではどうでしたか？ （当時の有色アジア人に対する発言なのは理解してるので、あんまり気にしないでいいです）

Found my Basic Stamp 1 a few weeks ago. Original version of programming sw was written for DOS 2.x! Parallax has new version for Win11 & even version for Chrome. Grabbed a FTDI TTL cable and programmed a 28 yo BS1. Amazing they kept sw up to date.

@26ers_bp115 "Do Americans think this is cultural appropriation?" Normal Americans do not. (Normal humans do not.) We all imitate things we like and add a bit of ourselves to it. I have heard Chinese bluegrass played using some traditional Chinese instruments and think its great.

アメリカ人はこれを文化の盗用だと思うのだろうか？ 彼らは古き良き時代のアメリカに生まれた音楽とダンスを愛してるだけだよ。 x.com/ClownWorld/sta…