Paul Gallagher
@tardate.bsky.social
Code, music, books, scale models, or mixing genres with electronics and a microcontroller 🇸🇬 9V1DI https://linktr.ee/gallagher.paul
When you find a broken 5 cent give-away laser pointer in the back of a drawer, you just bin it, right?
Of course not!
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#electronics
Of course not!
leap.tardate.com/equipment/hp...
#electronics
LEAP#801 HP Torch/Laser
Fixing a laser pointer and torch powered by a 3V coin cell.
leap.tardate.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
When you find a broken 5 cent give-away laser pointer in the back of a drawer, you just bin it, right?
Of course not!
leap.tardate.com/equipment/hp...
#electronics
Of course not!
leap.tardate.com/equipment/hp...
#electronics
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This week's @cassidoo.co challenge: get busy in the kitchen! Back to #ruby to write some production planning algorithms..
codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/max-mea...
codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/max-mea...
LCK#391 maxMealPrepTasks
Using ruby to solve the meal preparation problem; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2025-11-24). We're trying to find the maximum number of tasks we can handle serially .. sounds like a produ...
codingkata.tardate.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This week's @cassidoo.co challenge: get busy in the kitchen! Back to #ruby to write some production planning algorithms..
codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/max-mea...
codingkata.tardate.com/ruby/max-mea...
Gloster Javelin FAW.9R (XH893) 64 Sqn, operating from RAF Tengah in 1965, before being donated to Singapore as "SAFTECH-6" in 1968.
modelart.tardate.com/projects/raf...
#histscalemodels #scalemodels #48scale
modelart.tardate.com/projects/raf...
#histscalemodels #scalemodels #48scale
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Gloster Javelin FAW.9R (XH893) 64 Sqn, operating from RAF Tengah in 1965, before being donated to Singapore as "SAFTECH-6" in 1968.
modelart.tardate.com/projects/raf...
#histscalemodels #scalemodels #48scale
modelart.tardate.com/projects/raf...
#histscalemodels #scalemodels #48scale
Probably better translated as "Escape Route".
No wonder Europeans have trouble understanding anything east of the Danube.
No wonder Europeans have trouble understanding anything east of the Danube.
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Probably better translated as "Escape Route".
No wonder Europeans have trouble understanding anything east of the Danube.
No wonder Europeans have trouble understanding anything east of the Danube.
Some wonderful curiosities in the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge finalists. Using a resonant length of coax as a boost converter really tickles my sense of the absurdly genius!
hackaday.com/2025/11/18/c...
#electronics
hackaday.com/2025/11/18/c...
#electronics
Congratulations To The 2025 Component Abuse Challenge Winners
For the Component Abuse Challenge, we asked you to do the wrong thing with electrical parts, but nonetheless come out with the right result. It’s probably the most Hackaday challenge we have run in…
hackaday.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Some wonderful curiosities in the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge finalists. Using a resonant length of coax as a boost converter really tickles my sense of the absurdly genius!
hackaday.com/2025/11/18/c...
#electronics
hackaday.com/2025/11/18/c...
#electronics
Reposted by Paul Gallagher
"LLMs are simply not fit for purpose… very few proposed applications are both allowed to be wrong and can operate safely on untrusted input …
The gigawatt data center is [a] dead end. When AI hype-bubble bursts, they are…multi-billion-$ white elephants full of chips that are best simply turned off"
The gigawatt data center is [a] dead end. When AI hype-bubble bursts, they are…multi-billion-$ white elephants full of chips that are best simply turned off"
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"LLMs are simply not fit for purpose… very few proposed applications are both allowed to be wrong and can operate safely on untrusted input …
The gigawatt data center is [a] dead end. When AI hype-bubble bursts, they are…multi-billion-$ white elephants full of chips that are best simply turned off"
The gigawatt data center is [a] dead end. When AI hype-bubble bursts, they are…multi-billion-$ white elephants full of chips that are best simply turned off"
Aichi E11A Type 98 on reconnaissance. This is the Fujimi 1:72 kit, motorised and mounted #PlanesInFrames!
modelart.tardate.com/projects/ijn...
#histscalemodels #scalemodels #72scale #ijn
modelart.tardate.com/projects/ijn...
#histscalemodels #scalemodels #72scale #ijn
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Aichi E11A Type 98 on reconnaissance. This is the Fujimi 1:72 kit, motorised and mounted #PlanesInFrames!
modelart.tardate.com/projects/ijn...
#histscalemodels #scalemodels #72scale #ijn
modelart.tardate.com/projects/ijn...
#histscalemodels #scalemodels #72scale #ijn
Reposted by Paul Gallagher
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
I wonder if all these advertisers with AI-generated ads or AI-generated voice on YouTube, Cable etc realise we all immediately scramble for the the "skip" link while screaming "aw, just fuck off!!!". Anything AI-generated or AI-adjacent is fast becoming toxic.
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I wonder if all these advertisers with AI-generated ads or AI-generated voice on YouTube, Cable etc realise we all immediately scramble for the the "skip" link while screaming "aw, just fuck off!!!". Anything AI-generated or AI-adjacent is fast becoming toxic.
Mounting and final motor test for the #Fujimi 1:72 Aichi E11A Type 98 Reconnaissance Seaplane. This going into the #mmpnavalaircraft gb. Hopefully wrap it up tomorrow!
#scalemodels #72scale
#scalemodels #72scale
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Mounting and final motor test for the #Fujimi 1:72 Aichi E11A Type 98 Reconnaissance Seaplane. This going into the #mmpnavalaircraft gb. Hopefully wrap it up tomorrow!
#scalemodels #72scale
#scalemodels #72scale
Battle of Tarawa, 1943: US Marines land on Betio and engage forces including the 7th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force that fight virtually to the last man. A scene with 1:35 figures from Master Box.
modelart.tardate.com/projects/wwi...
#scalemodels #usmc #ijn
modelart.tardate.com/projects/wwi...
#scalemodels #usmc #ijn
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Battle of Tarawa, 1943: US Marines land on Betio and engage forces including the 7th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force that fight virtually to the last man. A scene with 1:35 figures from Master Box.
modelart.tardate.com/projects/wwi...
#scalemodels #usmc #ijn
modelart.tardate.com/projects/wwi...
#scalemodels #usmc #ijn
PCBWay 8th design contest is accepting submissions until 2026-01-31. Based on previous years, very interested to see what people are entering this time..
www.pcbway.com/activity/8th...
#electronics
www.pcbway.com/activity/8th...
#electronics
PCBWay 8th Project Design Contest
www.pcbway.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
PCBWay 8th design contest is accepting submissions until 2026-01-31. Based on previous years, very interested to see what people are entering this time..
www.pcbway.com/activity/8th...
#electronics
www.pcbway.com/activity/8th...
#electronics
Need more practice with car finishes! This is the classic Subaru 360 Young-SS from the 60s, and the Hasegawa 1:24 kit is a great easy-to-build reproduction.
modelart.tardate.com/projects/jap...
modelart.tardate.com/projects/jap...
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Need more practice with car finishes! This is the classic Subaru 360 Young-SS from the 60s, and the Hasegawa 1:24 kit is a great easy-to-build reproduction.
modelart.tardate.com/projects/jap...
modelart.tardate.com/projects/jap...
LCK#390 Solving Sudoku with Prolog
Using Prolog to solve sudoku-style problems
codingkata.tardate.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
results from the 2025 rowhammer survey are out. 12.5% vulnerable to fully-automated Rowhammer attacks, with interesting differences between DRAM manufacturers
codingkata.tardate.com/security/row...
#security
codingkata.tardate.com/security/row...
#security
LCK#321 Rowhammer Then and Now
About a new study to analyze the prevalence of Rowhammer in real-world systems. Updated with results.
codingkata.tardate.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
results from the 2025 rowhammer survey are out. 12.5% vulnerable to fully-automated Rowhammer attacks, with interesting differences between DRAM manufacturers
codingkata.tardate.com/security/row...
#security
codingkata.tardate.com/security/row...
#security
This week's @cassidoo.co challenge: plant some scarecrows. Been a while, but trying some #haskell this week!
codingkata.tardate.com/haskell/plac...
codingkata.tardate.com/haskell/plac...
LCK#385 placeScarecrows
Using Haskell to place scarecrows in a field; cassidoo's interview question of the week (2025-10-27).
codingkata.tardate.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This week's @cassidoo.co challenge: plant some scarecrows. Been a while, but trying some #haskell this week!
codingkata.tardate.com/haskell/plac...
codingkata.tardate.com/haskell/plac...
How many MoDs are now "we bought into the F-35 program on sound technical and financial reasons. Nobody expected to be complicit in a genocide!"
I'm pretty sure Ukraine's Gripen deal is 50% capability and 50% escape the need to tug one's forelock to Washington at every step. Others to follow?
I'm pretty sure Ukraine's Gripen deal is 50% capability and 50% escape the need to tug one's forelock to Washington at every step. Others to follow?
October 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
How many MoDs are now "we bought into the F-35 program on sound technical and financial reasons. Nobody expected to be complicit in a genocide!"
I'm pretty sure Ukraine's Gripen deal is 50% capability and 50% escape the need to tug one's forelock to Washington at every step. Others to follow?
I'm pretty sure Ukraine's Gripen deal is 50% capability and 50% escape the need to tug one's forelock to Washington at every step. Others to follow?
Oooh! The library has new 3D printers, They've upgraded the "MakeIt" labs to Bambu P1S and I saw some of the prints people were doing.. the quality and resolution is remarkable for filament. Is it now close enough to resin to be usable for #scalemodel purposes? I'll have to try!
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Oooh! The library has new 3D printers, They've upgraded the "MakeIt" labs to Bambu P1S and I saw some of the prints people were doing.. the quality and resolution is remarkable for filament. Is it now close enough to resin to be usable for #scalemodel purposes? I'll have to try!
Windows and Dell/Intel firmware updates broke my Windows-Ubuntu dual boot again. Seems like a UEFI update issue. Ubuntu Boot-Repair to the rescue!
codingkata.tardate.com/ubuntu/boot-...
codingkata.tardate.com/ubuntu/boot-...
LCK#383 Fixing Ubuntu Boot Issues
When Windows, Dell, and Intel updates break your dual-boot Ubuntu ... Boot-Repair to the rescue!
codingkata.tardate.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Windows and Dell/Intel firmware updates broke my Windows-Ubuntu dual boot again. Seems like a UEFI update issue. Ubuntu Boot-Repair to the rescue!
codingkata.tardate.com/ubuntu/boot-...
codingkata.tardate.com/ubuntu/boot-...
uv is the best thing to happen for the #python ecosystem in forever🎉 Well thought out and implemented, it makes managing environments, dependencies, and projects a treat.
codingkata.tardate.com/python/uv/
codingkata.tardate.com/python/uv/
LCK#382 The uv Python Package and Project Manager
About uv, a new Python package and project manager written in rust. It replaces pip, pip-tools, pipx, poetry, pyenv, twine, virtualenv, and more.
codingkata.tardate.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
uv is the best thing to happen for the #python ecosystem in forever🎉 Well thought out and implemented, it makes managing environments, dependencies, and projects a treat.
codingkata.tardate.com/python/uv/
codingkata.tardate.com/python/uv/
suggestion: let's standardise our commit messages and review comments!
It should improve understanding, enable tooling and automation, and also be faster to write because we have a pattern to follow. See "Conventional Commits" and "Conventional Comments"
codingkata.tardate.com/methods/conv...
It should improve understanding, enable tooling and automation, and also be faster to write because we have a pattern to follow. See "Conventional Commits" and "Conventional Comments"
codingkata.tardate.com/methods/conv...
LCK#381 Conventional Commits
A specification for adding human and machine readable meaning to commit messages
codingkata.tardate.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
suggestion: let's standardise our commit messages and review comments!
It should improve understanding, enable tooling and automation, and also be faster to write because we have a pattern to follow. See "Conventional Commits" and "Conventional Comments"
codingkata.tardate.com/methods/conv...
It should improve understanding, enable tooling and automation, and also be faster to write because we have a pattern to follow. See "Conventional Commits" and "Conventional Comments"
codingkata.tardate.com/methods/conv...