Thomas Godden
@thomas.science
rockets and robots and getting angry at cars every now and then
Pulled my suitcase out to pack and had somewhat forgotten about this sticker.
December 16, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Pulled my suitcase out to pack and had somewhat forgotten about this sticker.
I need someone to make a cargo hoodie with a billion pockets for random screws and connectors and stuff.
December 4, 2024 at 8:02 PM
I need someone to make a cargo hoodie with a billion pockets for random screws and connectors and stuff.
In what really shouldn't come as a surprise to me hair ties actually work great on cables.
December 3, 2024 at 1:51 AM
In what really shouldn't come as a surprise to me hair ties actually work great on cables.
Once again the scope creep from "let's make it do one thing very well" to "let's make it do all of the things, but mediocre" is taking over another one of my personal projects.
November 29, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Once again the scope creep from "let's make it do one thing very well" to "let's make it do all of the things, but mediocre" is taking over another one of my personal projects.
Making suspicious looking items at work is one of my specialties
November 26, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Making suspicious looking items at work is one of my specialties
Gearbox not sounding right? Stuff slightly out of tolerance? Some steel chips left over in there? Just add half a tube of lithium grease, you will certainly not regret adding half a tube of lithium grease.
November 24, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Gearbox not sounding right? Stuff slightly out of tolerance? Some steel chips left over in there? Just add half a tube of lithium grease, you will certainly not regret adding half a tube of lithium grease.
Pretending to be all grown up at work carrying around a coffee mug but it is in fact hot spiced apple cider.
November 22, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Pretending to be all grown up at work carrying around a coffee mug but it is in fact hot spiced apple cider.
One of my biggest annoyances with robotics coming into the VC limelight is that cool little demos now must be produced and marketed as large breakthroughs, or else they aren't publicly shared.
November 21, 2024 at 5:42 AM
One of my biggest annoyances with robotics coming into the VC limelight is that cool little demos now must be produced and marketed as large breakthroughs, or else they aren't publicly shared.
Reposted by Thomas Godden
A rare instance of Hackaday doing some actual journalism. I was sad to see Prusa has really given up on Open Source Hardware after this announcement. I may have more thoughts to share soon, but honestly it just sucks.
With Core ONE, Prusa’s Open Source Hardware Dream Quietly Dies
With Core ONE, Prusa’s Open Source Hardware Dream Quietly Dies
Yesterday, Prusa Research officially unveiled their next printer, the Core ONE. Going over the features and capabilities of this new machine, it’s clear that Prusa has kept a close eye …read more
hackaday.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:25 PM
A rare instance of Hackaday doing some actual journalism. I was sad to see Prusa has really given up on Open Source Hardware after this announcement. I may have more thoughts to share soon, but honestly it just sucks.
Hm I wonder if my safety checks are disabled
November 18, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Hm I wonder if my safety checks are disabled
Nothing quite like the feeling of something working first try
November 18, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Nothing quite like the feeling of something working first try
Started reading a book on operating systems and it's one of these things that on first-pass makes some sense, but you dive a little deeper and you quickly become convinced there's no way these things actually work.
November 17, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Started reading a book on operating systems and it's one of these things that on first-pass makes some sense, but you dive a little deeper and you quickly become convinced there's no way these things actually work.
Waiting for the next set at a jazz bar and am going down a magnetometer rabbit hole; Apparently earth's field strength varies on the surface by almost 3x and means the accuracy of digital compasses is dependent on location, due to their noise floor.
November 17, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Waiting for the next set at a jazz bar and am going down a magnetometer rabbit hole; Apparently earth's field strength varies on the surface by almost 3x and means the accuracy of digital compasses is dependent on location, due to their noise floor.
Bliss is chicken alfredo on the balcony with a star trek movie.
November 16, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Bliss is chicken alfredo on the balcony with a star trek movie.
I used to run DOOM on some of our stuff as a joke but now it's becoming part of my bring-up process to check video / input etc.
November 15, 2024 at 12:56 AM
I used to run DOOM on some of our stuff as a joke but now it's becoming part of my bring-up process to check video / input etc.
I love coming into work and discovering what horrors my machines have cooked up for me just sitting idle overnight.
November 14, 2024 at 5:28 PM
I love coming into work and discovering what horrors my machines have cooked up for me just sitting idle overnight.
Wait the following tab is genuinely chronological? What is this insane technology
November 14, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Wait the following tab is genuinely chronological? What is this insane technology
Manufacturers have decipherable part naming/numbering schemes challenge (completely and utterly impossible)
November 14, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Manufacturers have decipherable part naming/numbering schemes challenge (completely and utterly impossible)
The Stuff Made Here form 4 teardown is pretty good. Interesting to see it's running a CM4 (which I think actually runs the display out for the LCD?), there's more of those out in the wild than you would think I guess.
November 14, 2024 at 4:13 AM
The Stuff Made Here form 4 teardown is pretty good. Interesting to see it's running a CM4 (which I think actually runs the display out for the LCD?), there's more of those out in the wild than you would think I guess.
Operating systems are cool and fun until they stop working and suddenly they become the worst thing ever. What do you mean the ethernet interface causes USB writes to fail
November 13, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Operating systems are cool and fun until they stop working and suddenly they become the worst thing ever. What do you mean the ethernet interface causes USB writes to fail
Co-workers have nailed me as a Person who Should Have a Cat so badly that some assumed I already had one.
November 13, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Co-workers have nailed me as a Person who Should Have a Cat so badly that some assumed I already had one.
This evening we shall be starting to write documentation for repositories that have 0 actual code in them. I usually procrastinate the other way around so this is a nice change.
November 13, 2024 at 1:46 AM
This evening we shall be starting to write documentation for repositories that have 0 actual code in them. I usually procrastinate the other way around so this is a nice change.
Hearing "yooo thomas come look at this" from the engineering room can either mean someone has found a really weird bug or they've discovered a way to sit on their assembly and ride it around.
November 13, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Hearing "yooo thomas come look at this" from the engineering room can either mean someone has found a really weird bug or they've discovered a way to sit on their assembly and ride it around.
also expect many stream of consciousness tweets, there's too many people following my twitter and I really miss screaming into the void
November 12, 2024 at 2:41 AM
also expect many stream of consciousness tweets, there's too many people following my twitter and I really miss screaming into the void