Personal blog of Peter "Sci" Turpin » 2019 » February

Feb 23 2019

Twitter Updates for 22-02-2019

RT @lehtior2: ”It's about post-purchase monetization of the TV”
TVs are comparatively cheaper than ever – because w/ smart TVs, the profit… 00:00:31, 2019-02-22
These look like a good option for side-lighting laser engraved 1mm acrylic. https://t.co/6nfLo6mzJi 00:55:44, 2019-02-22
RT @BenDunnell: My local BBC news just now had a jovial little item about pre-Brexit stockpiling, complete with jocular presenter interchan… 00:56:29, 2019-02-22
I'll need to check what the lasers kerf is to see how much the designs would need to be undersized.
I also want to… https://t.co/yBAQvGpJ86 01:01:26, 2019-02-22
RT @nowthisnews: Police broke down this man's door with an explosive and raided his home over suspicion of cocaine — they didn't end up fin… 01:17:05, 2019-02-22
RT @ScottHech: In honor of Roger Stone’s complaints that his treatment by law enforcement was “unconscionable,” here’s what a no-knock hous… 01:17:34, 2019-02-22
RT @ndimichino: This is wild https://t.co/HKZkPTaSsb 03:34:04, 2019-02-22
RT @furnet: After many years Coyote is being decommissioned. This is due to hosting provider issues and many not allowing IRC. https://t.co… 03:43:50, 2019-02-22
RT @BoingBoing: Madagascar measles epidemic kills 900 in six months https://t.co/gVfZlmiScI https://t.co/phIvvoXvbo 03:50:11, 2019-02-22
I've had heartburn so much this week. I may need to go back on the gastro-protective pills. 03:51:02, 2019-02-22
RT @Harkaway: Brexit is a sideshow. This is the story.
https://t.co/vIsNX7WrIO 12:42:24, 2019-02-22
RT @globalvoices: "The participation of women in society is so tiny that a neckline can become a huge issue." https://t.co/YGbU78eOtO #Braz… 12:46:43, 2019-02-22
RT @doctorow: #1yrago Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was surrounded by cowering "good guys with guns" https://t.co/IVXHo3Zrwb https:/… 12:57:14, 2019-02-22
RT @stavvers: oh lord, so apparently Joan Ryan of TIG was deputy director of the NOtoAV campaign back then, responsible for democratic gems… 12:59:15, 2019-02-22
RT @ArakinEU: I'm sorely tempted by the "Ministers and Monsters" RPG… https://t.co/qXgddOn9dU 13:03:10, 2019-02-22
RT @RichDuszak: "Courts aren't likely to back a physician who overrides a parent's wishes to vaccinate a minor — unless a case could be mad… 13:03:48, 2019-02-22
RT @CosmoSnowmew: Um, anyone know @/Moooozle IRL?
Can you please check on them as their last few tweets are really worrying me… ;-; 13:07:43, 2019-02-22
RT @TheWerelizard: "Brexit is just like Pompei, but if Pompei voted for the volcano."
I'm crying 13:12:18, 2019-02-22
RT @anonymousparty2: Met him camping on a mountain once. He was a fantastic truth-and-story-teller. Best night I ever spent around a campfi… 13:14:21, 2019-02-22
RT @Nash076: Great, we're actually shooting the messenger now. https://t.co/qafLhogkoe 13:16:38, 2019-02-22
RT @dinohoodie: Dinohoodies on the prowl in London, back when we had an adventure with @lomographyuk! How’s that for a #FridayFeeling? Grab… 13:17:49, 2019-02-22
RT @funder: Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein deposition: Epstein was asked if he socialized with Donald Trump. He responded with “yes.”… 13:18:16, 2019-02-22
@kalinkafox A selection of lighting gels is fun to play with. in reply to kalinkafox 16:48:36, 2019-02-22
RT @shannonrwatts: Sophie Scholl, 21, was executed 76 years ago today in Germany for leading a student resistance against Hitler. These wer… 17:35:01, 2019-02-22
RT @Papapishu: Imagine going to to an overworked McDonald’s employee and saying “I must see a real egg” https://t.co/S5E6Rl3tc9 17:37:31, 2019-02-22
RT @DanielWickham93: Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been waterboarded, whipped, electrocuted and sexually harassed i… 17:38:11, 2019-02-22
RT @thepandalion: I really love the way this job position is written, more should be like this! https://t.co/HxqPjGFeLa 17:41:52, 2019-02-22
RT @phoenixtheblade: It's vital to understand who you work with. Furry is hugely diverse and expressive. Partnering with YouTubers who're e… 17:42:46, 2019-02-22
@Syasht Remember that Laci got turned down that path by being "love bombed" by the Terf crowd. There is likely some… https://t.co/6cReyQj1nP in reply to Syasht 17:47:43, 2019-02-22
RT @fidaazaanin: JUST NOW.
A 12-year-old boy shot dead by Israeli snipers east of #Gaza.
Ministry of Health spokesman @press221 says the bo… 17:50:04, 2019-02-22
RT @MiriamElder: A Transgender Woman Who Sought Asylum In The US Was Deported And Killed In El Salvador https://t.co/v2DY1MPAeG via @aflores 17:50:25, 2019-02-22
RT @davidschneider: WARNING: thread on antisemitism. May contain hope.
The last few days have been amongst the most turbulent yet for me a… 17:52:23, 2019-02-22
RT @AlizaPearl: Our #ShieldOfTomorrow ship the USS Sally Ride is officially Star Trek canon, via the official @Modiphius RPG.
✨??? https:… 17:54:03, 2019-02-22
RT @latikambourke: The Times emoji explainer is killing me. ? ? ? https://t.co/uA8Th2Mc62 17:58:18, 2019-02-22
I think the chiller has been dropped at some point. The reservoir is about an inch out of position, but the plastic… https://t.co/nnwkqYFer5 19:28:15, 2019-02-22
RT @brawday: Never thought I'd say this in a sentence.
But George Osborne is absolutely correct. https://t.co/XS7HE71IPr 19:54:29, 2019-02-22
Seeking a cheap 10-turn pot with a either a 3mm shaft or a flatted hole. Ideally about a 12mm wide body.
I want it… https://t.co/E28yVFBXLS 22:25:11, 2019-02-22
The mini motors are apparently known as "N20". 22:31:05, 2019-02-22
The Bourns 51CAD-E24-A20L would be ideal except for the fact that they only seem to be available in lots of 270. An… https://t.co/Z44ve8Jcsx 23:12:22, 2019-02-22
Wait, no, looks like RS have it mis-described as a 10-turn pot. in reply to SciStarborne 23:16:03, 2019-02-22
I'm starting to see why some make absolute encoders single-turn pots on gearboxes instead of using multi-turn pots. 23:23:06, 2019-02-22
RT @KILLIaKILL: BEHOLD A CENTAUR https://t.co/MJxKnEY3sS 23:25:22, 2019-02-22
RT @zunguzungu: The green new deal is just too expensive, I say, stroking my serious and respectable beard https://t.co/2ob1QFIu0x 23:26:56, 2019-02-22
RT @baxbooksdeux: Every longserving Dem pol is an arrogant, entitled asshole who should be kicked out of office https://t.co/hd8o6ThLRB 23:27:28, 2019-02-22

Twitter | Sci | Comments (0)

Feb 22 2019

Twitter Updates for 21-02-2019

RT @davidschneider: Shows how far to the right we’ve lurched when not having a problem with 4.5m kids in poverty, people dying waiting at A… 00:04:57, 2019-02-21
RT @shannonmstirone: *keanu whoa* https://t.co/PbxYVA9UFx 00:05:55, 2019-02-21
RT @SkiaSkai: A cat with salmon nigiri markings??? https://t.co/5sJ8ysnVvF 13:31:59, 2019-02-21
RT @AnandWrites: ?@rcbregman, my Dutch brother from another mother and the specter that haunted Davos, causes Tucker Carlson to have a melt… 13:46:16, 2019-02-21
Got the axle off, cleaned & re-greased the bearings. Should give it another 50yrs of life. Just need some 6mm split… https://t.co/zXyQqI0LCR 17:34:49, 2019-02-21
RT @AOC: Or that a technology giant of big-brother-esque potential was selling (notoriously flawed & racially biased) facial recognition te… 18:41:09, 2019-02-21
RT @pennjillette: Monkees Singer and Bassist Peter Tork Dead at 77 – Rolling Stone – oh dear. What a sad day. I spent a great afternoon o… 18:41:27, 2019-02-21
RT @tanngrisnir: Tories just lie and lie and lie…
https://t.co/mrNecKKXfT 18:44:08, 2019-02-21
RT @SarahNobleLD: If you cancel HS2, the money doesn't go elsewhere on the network. It just ceases to go into the railways budget altogethe… 18:46:41, 2019-02-21
RT @quintabrunson: You can divert your attention to this VERY REAL story about Ed Buck KILLING Gay black men IN HIS HOME. https://t.co/Dd6N… 18:49:47, 2019-02-21
RT @HydeNS33k: Ah yes, the Furry Back Door Stick Bypass. I know it well. https://t.co/2vVwzbHCqQ 18:50:52, 2019-02-21
RT @ashens: I love a happy ending https://t.co/piEB9xAp5e 18:53:07, 2019-02-21
RT @dansinker: 2019: the guy arrested for plotting to commit mass murder on reporters and democrats didn't even make it above the fold http… 18:53:58, 2019-02-21
@CharlesYarnold @ChapterHouseDnD Playing the bard? in reply to CharlesYarnold 18:55:22, 2019-02-21
The knitting machine I wombled last year appears to be complete, including original manuals and sales cover letter.… https://t.co/utxTyJ3iE7 20:06:17, 2019-02-21
It needs some cleanup but the wombled oven is now in the workshop, ready to use for annealing plastics & curing res… https://t.co/mtWn4dAXkf 21:37:29, 2019-02-21
RT @ddale8: Trump tweeted that he had ordered FEMA to stop giving aid to California disaster victims unless the state changed its forest pr… 22:34:27, 2019-02-21
RT @_AlexHirsch: When I was 11 I went as “myself” for Halloween. I made a mask of my own face, wore a wig that looked exactly like my hair,… 22:35:07, 2019-02-21
RT @Botanygeek: Just tried to order something online from Denmark.
Apparently they no longer sell to the UK, as orders accepted now may ar… 22:37:22, 2019-02-21
RT @skipai: DWP admits it owes 30,000 extra people disability benefits in back pay scandal https://t.co/dC3o7LMns1 23:49:43, 2019-02-21
RT @KorpsPropaganda: I see you have anxieties about our global dominion. Allow me to relieve you of them
Audrey by @StrypeisonFire , I ha… 23:58:24, 2019-02-21

Twitter | Sci | Comments (0)

Feb 21 2019

Twitter Updates for 20-02-2019

RT @kateleth: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/uw8gatX51h 03:30:39, 2019-02-20
RT @41Strange: A murmuration of starlings obscures the sky over Rome, 2018 https://t.co/woCEWcc2BV 03:32:49, 2019-02-20
@egypturnash I recall a genetic algorithm was used to create an FPGA that filtered out particular frequencies. The… https://t.co/ZgBFDLOPRz in reply to egypturnash 03:40:04, 2019-02-20
RT @zei_nabq: good article detailing Jordan Peterson's history of Nazi apologia
https://t.co/da3M77p4HX 12:36:39, 2019-02-20
RT @swaldman: Tory MP and PM now complaining about racism and bullying in Labour. Obviously the Tories would never be racist or bully anybo… 12:37:01, 2019-02-20
RT @humorandanimals: these boots were made for walkin'
(ispywithmylittleskye IG) https://t.co/gYmJBDchrz 12:37:44, 2019-02-20
RT @JonAshworth: The Tories have just put up over £128 million of NHS contracts for sale – today in the Commons I demanded this latest priv… 12:38:17, 2019-02-20
RT @haikus_by_KN: Just got off phone with a friend. After making a harassment complaint against a colleague known for getting drunk + sendi… 12:39:30, 2019-02-20
RT @simonk_133: I regret to inform you that the centre for towns has declared war on the centre for cities https://t.co/P3KBVXxQUh 12:40:29, 2019-02-20
RT @NicolaSturgeon: Unusually heard a bit of #PMQs. Striking how symbiotic the May/Corbyn relationship seems – collusion of silence on thei… 12:40:48, 2019-02-20
RT @brucel: I have a Slovakian friend who's a sound technician. And a Czech one, too. A Czech one, too. 12:43:47, 2019-02-20
RT @kmckenna63: The ‘centre ground’ is a place reserved for those who have given up the fight and seek an easy life. You don’t have to be a… 12:43:55, 2019-02-20
RT @sunny_hundal: Theresa May wants to (rightly) see racism in Labour taken seriously, but will say nothing about racism in her own party.… 12:44:13, 2019-02-20
@Okami_Kai @Sshhhparkle Yeah, the survey missed damp, woodworm and catastrophic wiring issues at ours. in reply to Okami_Kai 12:48:23, 2019-02-20
RT @mckinneytweets: These figures are so startling that I ran them by the Home Office even though they came from an official government rep… 12:48:52, 2019-02-20
RT @zei_nabq: Jordan Peterson argues Hitler and the Nazis were doing what was only normal and logical "given the circumstances", thus excul… 12:49:10, 2019-02-20
RT @respros: I don't want the government to have the power to make power to make any categories of people stateless. Who knows where this i… 12:50:13, 2019-02-20
RT @NineLeavez: … She said what now?
Christ. https://t.co/3CeOLXwoAa 12:54:24, 2019-02-20
If you needed a reminder that Theresa May has no shame.. https://t.co/Rxfa8rj1O6 12:55:15, 2019-02-20
RT @Millbeeful: Nothing wakes you up faster than the sound of a cat trying to throw up on your keyboard. 12:56:33, 2019-02-20
RT @jessicaelgot: BREAKING – Three MPs resign from the Conservative Party to join The Independent Group, Sarah Wollaston, Heidi Allen, Anna… 12:57:45, 2019-02-20
RT @LeftLost_Pltcs: I think @MhairiBlack speaks for most of us on the state of Westminster these days… https://t.co/Y1SYIwMsCD 12:58:13, 2019-02-20
RT @WarmongerHodges: Joan Ryan, chair of pro-apartheid lobby group Labour Friends of Israel, has quit the Labour Party, citing a culture of… 12:59:15, 2019-02-20
RT @hackaday: Develop your own wearable without having to deal with the hardware side of things! https://t.co/MSXCcARmTx 12:59:33, 2019-02-20
So they're seeking professional help, but for free? https://t.co/0rH6SKKahj 13:00:51, 2019-02-20
RT @myrrlyn: When techbros say "if women were equally interested in tech don't you think there'd be more of them here" https://t.co/PRJ7RgG… 13:01:12, 2019-02-20
RT @huwlemmey: While sailing in the Med in 1962, the aircraft carrier USS Independence flashed the Amerigo Vespucci with the light signal a… 13:03:20, 2019-02-20
RT @SpillerOfTea: Reminder that Theresa May has spent every minute of her reprehensible political career with her boot on the throat of LGB… 13:03:42, 2019-02-20
RT @_Ninji: To ‘read’ the Braille on this “Not drinking” sign, you must place your hand under the sensor, thereby activating the tap https:… 13:04:13, 2019-02-20
RT @eyebrowsofpower: Amazing: Nike actually made the self-lacing shoes from Back To The Future!
Terrible: they have, of course, cocked it… 13:04:53, 2019-02-20
RT @stavvers: When I made this thread the other day, it struck me how identical a lot of this was to the Pigfucker/Clegg coalition spin, an… 13:06:40, 2019-02-20
@Okami_Kai @Sshhhparkle If I were closer I'd offer to help. I now have a 6th sense for detecting household works re… https://t.co/kqQbzItvGc in reply to Okami_Kai 13:15:01, 2019-02-20
Someone replied to me then instantly blocked me so I can't see what tweet they were replying to. This is why you kn… https://t.co/WKAvo3kET4 13:45:20, 2019-02-20
RT @ByDonkeys: It's a bloody big billboard, there's no denying it https://t.co/KhBiC1PtQr 14:04:58, 2019-02-20
RT @ByDonkeys: "Delivery for Mr Johnson." https://t.co/5tdOVF60kT 14:06:05, 2019-02-20
@NomasterC Their profile suggests they'd be a very nice person to get to know. The blocking the moment after replyi… https://t.co/DAYka206XT in reply to NomasterC 19:21:22, 2019-02-20
RT @MattBors: The return of Mr. Gotcha. Still great at logic.
Original comic here–> https://t.co/YVgDM2Omke https://t.co/oRpIuaL6Sl 20:29:46, 2019-02-20
RT @SovanJedi: Snoozy forest dragon.
#pixelart #ドット絵 https://t.co/3Q6VIQs9WT 20:29:52, 2019-02-20
RT @kwprime: “role playing as Pr*ss Secretary” dying https://t.co/5FkmtwtskF 20:29:57, 2019-02-20
@BootstrapCook Ours has just started doing that and I suspect it means the bearings are going. Shouldn't happen on… https://t.co/vP0VY2GgRl in reply to BootstrapCook 22:45:32, 2019-02-20
RT @doctorow: Singapore Airlines says seatback cameras are "disabled" https://t.co/d3LBmuegOf https://t.co/99gSQrOhde 22:47:42, 2019-02-20
RT @doublemaximus: Snufkin inspired looks ?? https://t.co/nuAWGzo0ZN 22:52:29, 2019-02-20
RT @RespectfulMemes: https://t.co/SuSe6HypUE 22:52:43, 2019-02-20
RT @kalinkafox: Please help me to find another anime from the childhood❤️ One schoolgirl saw her love with another girl and she killed them… 22:53:23, 2019-02-20
RT @davidschneider: This is right. Theresa May is neither a Remainer or a Leaver. The woman behind the Go Home vans and the hostile environ… 23:08:31, 2019-02-20
RT @Starcourser: https://t.co/GCMz7SmZsw
Some good advice to heed. <3 23:18:02, 2019-02-20
What's that neo-word meaning something portraying infantile characteristics? Like adults being able to drink milk, etc? 23:43:51, 2019-02-20
@davidgerard Thankyou! in reply to davidgerard 23:51:02, 2019-02-20
@ThornAppleCider @2040Damian @kalinkafox I don't often recommend going to Reddit, but the tip-of-my-tongue group is… https://t.co/yep3H5qGLg in reply to ThornAppleCider 23:58:47, 2019-02-20

Twitter | Sci | Comments (0)

Feb 20 2019

Twitter Updates for 19-02-2019

One of the first rules of warfare is to destroy the strongholds of your enemy. The hard right know this and practic… https://t.co/xYHZFSqvan 02:33:21, 2019-02-19
RT @GreatLange: https://t.co/prd64EZuIf 02:33:28, 2019-02-19
RT @DogBarkingBees: That opening tweet might seem like a doozy but keep reading. https://t.co/W9kdqx1tC9 02:33:38, 2019-02-19
RT @Troglit: Hey! im a Meeesh. im a UK artist and i am completely in-love with painting fantasy pictures with bold & vibrant colours Xxx… 12:23:04, 2019-02-19
What is the rate of self-discharge on a clock mainspring as a power storage device?
I presume it would be the metal… https://t.co/anqsOEavSF 15:06:47, 2019-02-19
RT @caitlin__kelly: ICYMI, @issielapowsky wrote about a @STRATCOMCOE experiment during a recent NATO military exercise: using info found on… 15:07:22, 2019-02-19
RT @cjsnowdon: Spare a thought for the Lib Dems, a centrist party opposed to Brexit that is behind in the polls to an imaginary centrist pa… 15:10:48, 2019-02-19
All the dry goods are now boxed and stored. Next is to cut, weld and paint the extra baskets for the freezer. Then,… https://t.co/CUChZmvz0z 17:09:13, 2019-02-19
@FrameshiftShark This tool mentions being able to read the Elite Dangerous OVL files for audio banks.
https://t.co/0EI7dYgXtj in reply to FrameshiftShark 17:30:35, 2019-02-19
RT @Papa_Shell: To all my fellow indie TTRPG creatives, this is potentially an important read for some of you: https://t.co/fM39K3Ov3M 17:35:16, 2019-02-19
The mini metal gearbox motors with magnetic encoders are 2.5Kg/cm stall torque. The smallest metal-gear servos at 2Kg/cm and half the price. 17:42:00, 2019-02-19

Twitter | Sci | Comments (0)

Feb 19 2019

Twitter Updates for 18-02-2019

RT @MartinWongPhoto: This guy wins https://t.co/fg8T7Gi2VK 02:45:16, 2019-02-18
@I_amaDerek Maybe I live an amazing double life. in reply to I_amaDerek 02:47:36, 2019-02-18
RT @gray: This is somebody’s job. https://t.co/h4qgVR9Yhi 12:15:43, 2019-02-18
RT @d_ruddenwrites: 'If you got rid of every male creator who was a monster, we'd lose so many -'
Don't care. Do not. There isn't a single… 12:22:48, 2019-02-18
RT @ottocrat: This is getting attention outside the UK bubble. Ordinary people across Europe seeing a British politician in their Facebook… 12:26:57, 2019-02-18
RT @joabaldwin: Autotuned the cat because he won't shut up in the mornings. I don't know how this helps but I did it anyway. https://t.co/J… 12:29:45, 2019-02-18
RT @katietiedrich: *staggers into the room clutching a bunch of papers* okay babies let's fix the scare floor https://t.co/8lETerrDis 12:33:24, 2019-02-18
RT @hackaday: Don't care to relive your childhood bike riding stunts? This ABS system might keep your bike on the straight and narrow. http… 12:35:54, 2019-02-18
RT @DataPup_: ?My new chapbook is out!!?
Jovian Flesh & Fauna is an experiment to inspire alien empathy, using horror and surrealism in poe… 12:36:18, 2019-02-18
RT @xeni: One seller who didn't want to go on the record because he was afraid of retribution by Etsy told @ginalou they tried to put throu… 12:37:43, 2019-02-18
RT @band_john: TIL the first London Underground fare zones map was drawn by a ticket clerk who was fed up with looking up fares in the fare… 12:44:44, 2019-02-18
RT @CaseyExplosion: Oooh eeer, David Suchet! https://t.co/zUWYmxYhlV 12:45:57, 2019-02-18
RT @sarahnicholsons: Sure, but depression fends off exercise much more efficiently https://t.co/yxmiRA3B9A 15:41:26, 2019-02-18

Twitter | Sci | Comments (0)

Alibi3col theme by Themocracy