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mitxela has built an #LED matrix earring from 52 0201(!) LEDs (i.e. 0.65 × 0.35 mm footprint) on a 9 mm diameter circular PCB. Or rather, two PCBs soldered back-to-back because this density of components basically requires a four-layer PCB with blind and/or buried vias, which would've been very expensive. The video also features a "very cheap" (3600 USD) pick & place machine. I expect these to show up in makerspaces soon.

mitxela.com/projects/ledstud

youtu.be/CHoGIvOi-jw (20 min)

#electronics

aaaaand you need admin privileges to install a custom keyboard layout

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Windows's "US International" keyboard layout seems to have been designed specifically to annoy Europeans who want to type on ANSI

github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp is always free. I don't know why this is a reply to the previous tweet I'm trying to fix it

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Nimona is free to watch on Netflix's YouTube channel until the 26th youtube.com/watch?v=i4CFWTYFRl

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"MySQL" is actually named after the daughter of one of the original co-authors, whose first name is My?!

(his younger daughter is Maria and you'll never guess what happened...)

my falafel was earlier was pretty photogenic (and pretty delicious as well)

oh, it's not even touching the HDD, why is this game loading so slowly

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I think I need more SSDs

why are hard drive so slow

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🆕 blog! “ActivityPub Server in a Single PHP File”

Any computer program can be designed to run from a single file if you architect it wrong enough! I wanted to create the simplest possible Fediverse server which can be used as an educational tool to show how ActivityPub / Mastodon works. The design goals were: Upload a single PHP file to the server. No […]

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/02/activ

#ActivityPub #mastodon #php

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Me: How long can sharks live

Google: I need to customize this result to your current location

Me: That's clearly wrong and if it's right then it's terrifying

ulanzi pixel clock working with home assistant, with a lot of help from esphome

…honestly pretty dang good, especially for the price? I really appreciate the brightness sensor

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mutual aid, goal met!! 💜💜 

hi! cant have too much detail bc character limit but i need like £90 to top up my electricity meter and get food things; both things are getting low, the former being most concerning. i dont get paid until the end of the month so please help if you can thank you and sorry to have to make another one of these so soon after my last one 💜

UPDATE 19th Feb; sorted electricity meter but I misjudged how much I'd need for food and I really need to order it in today. I've changed the total goal counter accordingly. 🙏💜 thank you

£59.83/56 already aaa

tysmsmsmsmssmsmsm 💜💜💜💜💜💜

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