Automation Project: Shed

Starting shed automation. I know, it seems to be ass-backward to not be finished with physical moving-in stuff and already planning the improvements, but I have to plan, and also it was a bad bones day so hard physical exertion was out.  A propos of drawing circuits, I need a Windows app that I can…

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HDPE Fun Facts With Toasters

HDPE Bottle Cap Fun Facts. Here I am doing a quick research project using the HDPE bottle caps people have been bringing me to recycle. Meet your average soft drink bottle lid…  Firstly. All HDPE will have roughly the same specifications. It has a Specific Gravity (SD) of 0.95 meaning if you had a cubic…

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In A Blog Far, Far Away…

An acquaintance online has a very reasoned blog based around AI, including an AI they themselves have coded. This particular post to which I refer presents the arguments for AI being the thing that will end us, the “Doomer” viewpoint. As with every page of this author’s blog, it’s clear and concise and a good read….

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Tap Follow-Up, The Saga

It’s the “wash-up” at the end of the day. Ohh I have sooo been waiting to use that crappy dadjoke in an article! And here it is.  You might first like to read about the tap, and the backstory/reason for this repair. TL;DR the house had two single taps, I wanted a mixer tap so…

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AI-buse Of The System

When you’re making a mint from AI but can’t afford the space to store your audit trail… This company made software that unearths evidence trails that lead to convictions – but doesn’t store the evidence trails to show how it obtained the trails. Look – AI is hard. You can make a “black box” style…

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Label Printer Niimbot D110

Niimbot D110 – a pretty good buy.At a price that puts it into the class of the Dymo thermal labellers, this is a pretty capable machine.  I bought this little Niimbot D110 printer three years ago. I needed to label parts bins and drawers, and found dozens of uses for the labels besides. (I got…

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