Strictest 3D Printing Regulation YET! YouTube video by 3D Printing Nerd

California essentially just made the sale or use of a 3d printer illegal. This is an amazingly stupid bill.
youtu.be/5ax9zW0w_gY?...

They lived half as long. But worked their butts off.

We know for a fact that people in the past _on average_ were
- Stronger than we are today
- Moved faster.
- Didn't break as easily.
Of course the range of people today includes those who are much, stronger, faster, better... But the average was higher then.

Character Font Vectors

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Micro Tiny Font via Vertical Vectors. Packing a 5x7 pixel font into 16 bytes + 2 bytes per character. Why? Umm... #retrocomputing ? Playing with symbols is fun.

I'm not aware of the hardware this is running on... is it a bitmapped display, and you are printing letters by copying that bit pattern into the pixel map? Or is this being dumped into a video output on the fly, indexed from a character map, through the char set bits line by line? Curious minds...

Billions in vc funding.

Far less educational ... But might be of use. massmind.org/techref/resi...

As long as you never post machine code in octal...

Oh, the one real product is "wait list" only (e.g. vaporware) and the rest are digital files to print and BOMs only. Still interesting maybe.

I'm curious to know if anyone has tried these:
www.sweepdynamics.com/products
The prices seem far too low to be valid, even given the small size.

I just love that it's completely covered in LEDs and you make ZERO mention of that fact on the product page... much less explain WHY they are there... on the back of the unit.

Maybe Gen Xers disproportionally live near small airfields? Those engine STILL use leaded gas... Avgas 100% has the same or higher levels of lead as cars. I'm still blown away no one seems bothered by this.

Open Letter

Hey! I just signed the open letter to fight for public power in San Diego. Check it out: www.publicpowersd.org/open-letter/

I'm not a transformer expert, but won't load changes on the motor secondary affect the 2nd secondary? I'll be very curious to see how this goes...

It's a target rich environment, but failure is ALWAYS an option. In any case, it's fun to watch what you get up to, so thanks.

Just to be clear: Gemini Pro ROCKS. I use it daily and I'm very impressed. I can get more work done with it, then without it. However... It's not always right, and it works better WITH me in the loop. AI is going to completely change the world, and I think it will EVENTUALLY be for the better.

"In 1958, Mao ordered every village in China to produce steel. The steel was useless. The crops rotted. Thirty million people starved.
In 2026, every other company is having top down mandate on AI transformation."
leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/0...
I'm not against AI. I'm against human stupidity.

From Zathura: "Dude ... You're Meat!" YouTube video by Brandon Juhl

Meat is a material.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIWR...
AHHH! We're material!

So weird. So... lick... (sorry, only available on insta)
www.instagram.com/reel/DWuuMQx...

ftp server for smart IP web cams · Issue #10 · JamesNewton/Vision A lot of IP cams have some "brains on board" and can at least do motion detection, then sent a frame or even a video to an FTP server or NAS. E.g. the Amcrest IPC-XD824-N which are available for ve...

Distributed processing: $40 IP cams w/"brains on board" detect motion and forward to server GPU for reco / logging / user notification. e.g. auto doorbell w/o big brother. Setting up a little FTP service was harder than I expected, but with a little help, I got there.
github.com/JamesNewton/...

I like it! Mount in two places to avoid vibration?

"but, but, where are the thousands of starlink sats?" I think people don't understand how big the earth is and how small we are. Or how pixels make the sky look like it's full of space junk. It would be a good challenge to try to convey that.

I had one of those. Good keyboard, horrific display. Someone should make a drop in replacement with a PiPico and an e-ink display. Sigh. "Someone" has a very long todo list.

Ok... I'ma ball bust a little on this... how is it a robot? I mean, it's cool but...

"Chromecast" to your PC or an e.g. Roku connected to a monitor. Or get a monitor that natively supports Chromecast. The Roku will be cheaper.

I utterly love those. Spin stabilized. Lightweight low cost bamboo construction. Locally sourced and packed rockets. It's one the reasons I would like to visit Thailand again.

Nice! YOU ROCK!

Interesting! Are you doing that "print in place" by pulling the fabric forward, printing on the edge of the bed, repeat? Or are they printed separately and then glued in place? Or stitched? I don't see any thread...

See a dr if it lasts more than 4 hours.