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Replying to @josecastillo
Another one of these. Wordle 483 5/6*
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RT @David3141593: “Would you like to join our mailing list?”
Yes, here are my available pricing plans:
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Replying to @josecastillo
sure fine I’ll pick this back up. If the deal closes for real I’ll drop it again. Wordle 482 3/6*
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Replying to @curiouswendell, @guidoism and @yacky_yam
I’m sure I do, I’m bringing some kits to Supercon but I’ll probably put whatever’s left on the Oddly Specific Shop afterwards.
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*chants* Open Book! Open Book! https://twitter.com/guidoism/status/1581076417172733953
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Replying to @MarkKomus and @oshpark
It’s similar! It’s the SAM L21, which is like the L22 in the Watch but without the LCD controller. Instead it has a DAC and an op amp peripheral. Also optimized for low power.
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from time to time I try to do too much. Then I remember: less is more, when more is no good. anyway: this is on @oshpark’s 10/17 panel.
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fuck me this mashup is a jam and a half: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g4TR7H3aCA
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Replying to @RealTimeKodi
“Live, laugh, launch all nukes.”
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me: fuck that
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me: fuck that :)
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what was, was. what will be is up to you, personally.
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“Get my email address out your goddamn mouth.”
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RT @AlpenglowInd: Hey all. Quick update - no solder sesh tonight, I’m still taking it easy & recovering. It was just going to be me with…
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Replying to @crulge
I’m sure I’ve met that stranger; as I recall I liked him.
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Replying to @josecastillo
the 9-pin connector involved some fancy footwork: getting SPI pins routed to the right place (the vias off to the right) while also tying the I²C pins to their pullups (that fork on the left, branching under an 0603 resistor). All 5-mil traces; about the width of two human hairs.
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A gorgeous view inside the Sensor Watch circuit board! Fascinating to see the lead frame around the @MicrochipMakes SAM L22, and to see the difference between opaque capacitors & near-transparent resistors. Boards by @PCBWayOfficial; just look at the fine work on this 1-inch PCB! https://twitter.com/travisgoodspeed/status/1580293751196422145
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Replying to @bateskecom
It’s a billion dollar opportunity waiting to happen. https://mobile.twitter.com/josecastillo/status/1229237069391814657
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Replying to @bateskecom
I’m relieved to know that since I played this last, a majority of folks still agree: rich man go splat.
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Replying to @bigattichouse
These unironically look like features I’d find on an RF-oriented gadget.
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Replying to @bateskecom
I love this!
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RT @haxrob: Customising @josecastillo’s Casio F91-W ‘Sensor Watch’ firmware could not be easier. This hardware project sparks joy. https://…
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Replying to @FourBitInd
I’m not sure there’s a moral to this story.
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Hear me out: Trolley Problem, the game. Side scroller: groups of people are tied up along parallel tracks. You can pull a lever at switchovers. Two scores: one for people killed by your action; the other, your inaction. You can end the game anytime. but the trolley keeps rolling.
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Replying to @travisgoodspeed
!!! /cc @MakeAugusta
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Replying to @esi_jg and @oskarjokull
watch tasks:
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Replying to @__michaelg
I looked and would you believe, two of those test points line up *exactly* with the cutout for the notch, meaning there’s no circuit board underneath! Makes it unlikely to work; the two remaining test points could maybe be D+ and D-, but I think you’d need GND as well for USB 2.0
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I have got to get me one of these inverted displays! 😍 😍 😍 https://twitter.com/t0m_fr/status/1580105302896410624
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Replying to @PaintYourDragon
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SPOILER, today’s Wordle. My mom and I both got it in three, but what are the odds of this? Wordle 479 3/6
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Replying to @__michaelg and @molecularist
I’ve done dozens to over a hundred cycles with test watches, and while it can get a little messed up eventually, it’s easy to bend back into shape.
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Replying to @RealTimeKodi and @ComradeRobot
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This was such a key part of my vision for Sensor Watch. There’s no room for a USB port in a tiny watch movement, yet I wanted to let folks reprogram it easily, without external tools. The notch lets you plug the PCB _itself_ into a USB cable & drag firmware on like a thumb drive. https://twitter.com/molecularist/status/1579835686240518146
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Replying to @kfury
There’s a phenomenally good short story by Ted Chiang based on this exact premise: https://onezero.medium.com/anxiety-is-the-dizziness-of-freedom-b5ab45cae2a5
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Replying to @JayBigGuy10
I’ve also bought DRM free eBooks from Smashwords, which has books from some authors I like. If you’re into science fiction I highly recommend this one, Permutation City by Greg Egan: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/702751
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Replying to @JayBigGuy10
I was shocked to discover that the Kobo store sold it DRM free “at the publisher’s request.” Especially surprising because Tor Books (the publisher) is an imprint of Macmillan, which I would never imagine being into that. But there it is! https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781429915090/adeepnessinthesky
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Replying to @RWB93174525
300x400, black and white or 2-bit grayscale. Cost in theory is under $18, but shipping and tariffs do drive it up a bit. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832626012351.html
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Replying to @prcutler
I devoured A Fire upon the Deep in just a few days; I couldn’t put it down! Really stoked on this one :)
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I’ve decided my next thing to read: A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge. Purchased as DRM-free EPUB and converted to the Open Book’s native format: plain text. This will be a stress test for reading long works: 263,000 words and 2,465 “pages” (screens of text on the Open Book).
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Replying to @oakdevtech
Dang, feeling good that I got that booster on Friday!
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Came to the office to get some office stuff done, but arrived to find one of my suitemates has a persistent (and familiar) dry cough. How are we still doing this nearly three years into the pandemic era? Don’t 👏 Come 👏 To 👏 Work 👏 If 👏 You 👏 Feel 👏 Sick 👏.
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Replying to @josecastillo
getting the modal working also meant fixing a very old bug in Focus, my UI framework. Focus tracks the total dirty area of the screen and issues one partial update — but it has never worked for subviews of subviews. Now it does! Untangling this felt good :)https://github.com/joeycastillo/libros/commit/2dd2d341acbcfd9eda04ff98ea63e18fbf70d5b9
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I really want the next book I read to be on the Open Book, so today I (admittedly hackily) added two features: saving your place between reading sessions, and a modal scrubber that lets you jump tens of pages at a time. I think it works for novels now, and not just short stories.
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wrote a quick watch face for movement tonight, which is written in c. Thinking of this again. https://twitter.com/georgemporter/status/1567361232512106497
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Replying to @gennyble
story of my day too 🙃
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Replying to @josecastillo
From the first commit: “The Open Book should be comprehensible [and] extensible, so that a reader with different needs can write code and add accessories that make the book work for them.” https://github.com/joeycastillo/The-Open-Book/tree/reboot
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Replying to @josecastillo
As long as the book is making the rounds, figured I’d mention something I haven’t pointed out much: the two STEMMA ports for accessories. Here it’s a pot controlling an LED reading light, but imagine a mic for voice commands, or a foot pedal for accessibility. This is the vision.
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Replying to @MakerBlock
My sense is it’ll depend on two factors: how often you wake it from low power mode (which omits the seconds display), and how much time it spends near your body heat (i.e. if you take it off at night or leave it on a nightstand). I think anywhere in the green area is reasonable!
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Replying to @josecastillo
Battery test, day 335. 335 days ago I put a 100 mAh coin cell in this watch; today, 30 days from the one year mark, we’re at 2.77 volts — good news! As for the new & improved firmware: we’re past the point where the old watch started to sag, but it remains steadfast @ 3.08 volts.
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Replying to @fredcoco
At this time my goal is to have a few of them available for purchase at Hackaday Supercon next month; beyond that, it’s complicated. I hope to have more to share by wintertime. (But all the design files are open source and freely available!) https://github.com/joeycastillo/The-Open-Book/tree/reboot
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while late night hacking on book stuff, I’ve discovered that the Pi Pico W works basically flawlessly in the new open book design. which means i regret to inform you that despite my best efforts, the book can have wifi.
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