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Went to adjust the voltage regulator for my printer hotend fan and this resistor just fell off... 😐
A photo of a cheap voltage regulator with a set of pads on the left side of the board missing a resistor The missing resistor laying peacefully on the glass heated bed
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Error code 520 RIP
a scrot of the cloudflare error 520 page
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Yeeting my dump truck across Venus
A photo of a Sony Trinitron CRT television. The screen shows an old school looking video game where a dump truck is flying through the air clean over metal triangular boxes stacked like cards on the surface of Venus.
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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FROG ON DA WALL
A close up photo of a green tree frog on the side of a house. The frog is curled up chilling.
November 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Here's a 64x64 monochrome lamp for today's #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social

#gameboy #pixelart
a 64x64 green monochrome pixel art of a hanging dome lamp attached to a brick wall. The lamp arm curves downwards towards the half-globe lamp. The lamp is casting a bright green light below itself
September 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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1 watt transmitter SURE.... More like 4 watt transmitter what the what.
A photo of the spy transmitter surgically removed from the alarm clock A photo of the watt meter showing the power usage after removal of the transmitter. It reads 2.6 watts.
September 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Lol how many watts does a standard alarm clock from the 90s use?
A picture of a watt meter showing the alarm clock pulling 6 watts from the wall. How many watts does a standard alarm clock from the 90's use again??
September 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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holy fuck this surveillance alarm clock I bought from the feds is crazy hot on 2.4ghz. The spec sheet says it does 100mW out but my math says it's AT LEAST a 3W transmitter.

I guess when the FCC licensed this thing back in '95 they weren't concerned with jamming wifi...
a screenshot of GQRX 2.4ghz radio spectrum waterfall, there is a huge wall of yellow and red as the device is turned on and it starts drowning my wifi devices. a top down photo of a splayed open alarm clock on a work bench showing the hidden camera and transmitter along with the decent sized patch antenna. a scrot of the device spec sheet showing the RF output listed at 100mW but the input voltage is listed 10-13vdc @ 300ma.... a photo of the back of the alarm clock showing a golden FCC sticker with the ID: NH5FWVTXBD12A underneath that it says tested under part 90 FCC Rules
September 27, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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These companies are complete fucking bozos.
A screenshot of samsung 2024 cash flow report showing a total of 39 MILLION USD in cash just farting around in their pockets while they paid Maia 5000$
September 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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This thought wouldn't leave me alone so enjoy this OC
A slightly sharpened photo of a tesla car that is covered in lightning mcqueen livery + the eyes. There is text in multiple places across the image that says: Help me mater they did something horrible to me I can't feel my heart beat no more they took my oil mater mater please I'm soo thirsty they got rid of the fuel but they didn't remove the cravings
September 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Found a couple pieces of uranium glass at the market :D
A photo of both the plates stacked together in a cabinet. They are illuminated with UV light causing them to fluoresce a bright radioactive green color. Another mostly clear plate with a barely noticeable green tinge. This plate has some swoopy designs all across it. The radiacode reads 4.75 cps. A photo of a mostly clear plate with a slight green tinge near the dense sections. The plate has some simple flower and leaf deco on the outer edge. There is a small black radiacode spectrometer ontop of the plate reading 8.84 cps
September 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Glamor shots at The Bricks #2

#motosky #Husqvarna #Svartpilen #motorcycle
A photo of a black Husqvarna Svartpilen 701 on its kickstand in a brick-yard. The bike has a set of drypak soft saddle bags and a tailbag. There are stacks of masonry bricks and pavers occupying the entire horizon.
September 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Glamour shots at The Bricks

#motosky #BMW #motorcycle #S1000RR
A photo of a white, blue, and red painted BMW S1000RR sport bike on its kickstand in a brick-yard. There are stacks of masonry bricks and pavers occupying the entire horizon.
September 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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#Macro #Nature #Photography #Flowers
An even more up close photo of the morning glory(?) flower. It is a silky purple verging on maroon as the color darkens into the center of the flower at the center of the frame.
September 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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These don't seem to care that fall is looming right around the corner.

#Macro #Nature #Photography #Flowers
A macro photo of three morning glory(?) flowers that are fully opened and adjacent to each other. There is a mess of vine and closed buds behind them.
September 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Even when there aren't crawlies to watch it's still interesting to see the various patterns nature likes to make for us.

#Macro #Nature #Photography #Fall #Thistle #Plants
A macro photo of a dried thistle flower husk. There is an interesting pattern remaining in the decaying mass that looks sort of like a firework freeze frame. It's very spiky and round.
September 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Delaying your yard cleanup until late spring can benefit various types of insects! Plus it's fun to just go into the yard and see what's crawling around :)

#Macro #Nature #Photography
A macro photo of a dried up sunflower head with some sort of bug digging around for something. The bug has a very fine speckled pattern across its exoskeleton that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye.
September 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Dried plant stalks function as a shelter and habitat for many invertebrates during fall and winter

#Spider #Shelter #Fall #Sunflowers #Nature #Macro #Photography
A macro photo of a dried thistle stalk and flower. There is a fine coating of spider silk across the withered thistle bulb and a small spider sitting gracefully atop their domain.
September 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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#Fall #Sunflowers #Nature #Macro #Photography
A macro photo of a dying sunflower. It occupies the right side of the frame while the petals kind of splay to the center of the frame. They are all beginning to wilt and dry out but there is still a lot of yellow and green left.
September 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Half-life sound effects always make everything better...
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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#street #photography #typography
A photo of an adobe-inspired store front, atop the roof line is a row of desert plants such as cactus and succulents, some hanging over the edge. The store's name sign 'SHELTER' is at the bottom right and is constructed from thin tube framed with a rectangular border. The letters each have a spherical bulging effect giving a unique vibe and the sign is raised off the wall a considerable distance giving a nice drop-shadow due to the natural sunlight.
September 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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#macro #Photography #cozy #spider

Makes me want to play grounded...
A macro photo of a spider that has made itself a little funnel like web on the ground. The spider is offset in the lower right of frame proudly guarding the layer of web leading into the spiders cozy abode.
September 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Posted up a write up of some things I learned when peeling back the layers of this Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon.

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#hardware #hacking #reverseengineering #bluetooth
A photo of nRFConnect showing the bluetooth advertisement along with the manufacturer data a photo of a small while rectangular device not much larger than a quarter in size sitting on a desk. the device has some printing on the front that says CHORUS Explorer Tile and 'c380ce26919e' along with a QR code sharing the same string a photo of the internal PCB showing the crystal oscillator on the left, a small microcontroller in the middle and the RF antenna on the right. There is a cut out for a coin-cell battery at the top.
August 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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This is how you're supposed to use a breadboard. I read it in a book somewhere.
A photo of a breadboard on a black silicon hobby mat. There is a PCB taped to a piece of cardboard which is taped to the breadboard. There are wires haphazardly soldered to the PCB.
August 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Here's a #pixelart thingy for #Toxic #pixel_dailies
@pixeldailies.bsky.social
a 64x64 green monochrome pixel art, it shows a field of toxic waste barrels leaking goop everywhere. There are two barrels, large and in the foreground with a puddle of ooze around one.
August 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM