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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: Assorted Stuff
- Topic: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
- Replies: 3793
- Views: 1215314
Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
This bicycle, called the "RELATIVITY Special", if pedaled at 90 rpm, is designed to travel faster than the speed of light. This is proven by a description of the gear ratios on the sheets seen on the wall behind it. One revolution of the pedals sends the bike 6 times around the earth. (It ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:52 am
- Forum: Jokes
- Topic: A little light humour
- Replies: 2710
- Views: 1218244
Re: A little light humour
Car exhaust device Renault Forums.jpg To be fair, this is just an application of the Venturi effect. Thanks Nick, but can't help feeling there must be better ways. Hence the joke. :lol: Good grief ... :lol: It's cute, but actually quite clever. Personally, I would class it as a curiosity rather tha...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:50 pm
- Forum: Assorted Stuff
- Topic: Nothing In Particular
- Replies: 16489
- Views: 4851565
Re: Nothing In Particular
Also you can generated a hex IP address that looks like a four part DNS name. De.ad.be.ef Ah! 0xDEADBEEF - the absolute favourite for poisoning stacks and pool memory... used it loads of times... an alternative to 0xBADCAFE. Here's an example I wrote about 10 years ago for stack checking on MSP430s...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:37 pm
- Forum: Jokes
- Topic: A little light humour
- Replies: 2710
- Views: 1218244
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: Your Fave Artists
- Topic: What Are You Listening To Right This Minute?
- Replies: 6164
- Views: 1920791
Re: What Are You Listening To Right This Minute?
Recently been listening to a bit of Gabriella Laberge. The first video below is not the best recording - a bit sharp for me - but her delivery & interpretation is great (IMHO). The second is from 7 years ago, but I still love it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVrJpC0D7w https://www.youtube.co...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:40 am
- Forum: Assorted Stuff
- Topic: Free schematic/board tools...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5067
Re: Free schematic/board tools...
I'll report on 1.1 in the next few days hopefully.
LibrePCB has direct links to PCBWay amongst others - they are a sponsor of the project.
LibrePCB has direct links to PCBWay amongst others - they are a sponsor of the project.
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: Assorted Stuff
- Topic: Nothing In Particular
- Replies: 16489
- Views: 4851565
Re: Nothing In Particular
Interesting/left-field use of a turntable to calibrate an anemometer!!!
https://www.edn.com/a-groovy-apparatus- ... anemometer
https://www.edn.com/a-groovy-apparatus- ... anemometer
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:10 am
- Forum: Assorted Stuff
- Topic: Free schematic/board tools...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5067
Re: Free schematic/board tools...
LibrePCB 1.1.0 was released on 3rd April and is looking like a HUGE improvement. Massive improvements, including Eagle whole project import and many other goodies. https://librepcb.org/blog/2024-04-03_release_1.1.0/ https://librepcb.org/download/ The beta 64-bit version uses Qt6 and is definitely th...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:57 am
- Forum: Assorted Stuff
- Topic: Nothing In Particular
- Replies: 16489
- Views: 4851565
Re: Nothing In Particular
Old news, but still worth repeating for those still using Eagle:
https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusio ... ectronics/
Time to move on
https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusio ... ectronics/
Time to move on
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:34 pm
- Forum: Jokes
- Topic: A little light humour
- Replies: 2710
- Views: 1218244
Re: Howdy
Morning!
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:22 pm
- Forum: Assorted Stuff
- Topic: what are you doing ?
- Replies: 1308
- Views: 475150
Re: what are you doing ?
if you try to play back recordings, are they easily audible? With the mic I used (which has now packed up) they were recorded at such a low level they were virtually inaudible, although it seemed to be able to make identifications ok. I was using one of these with the same Ugreen sound card: https:...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:21 am
- Forum: Assorted Stuff
- Topic: what are you doing ?
- Replies: 1308
- Views: 475150
Re: what are you doing ?
What mic are you using? Mine packed up a while ago, and seemed to have insufficient gain as well. A Clippy Mono EM272 Omni microphone (FC047) from FEL Communications https://micbooster.com/clippy-and-pluggy-microphones/65-1084-clippy-em272-microphone.html#/36-single_2_4_matched_capsules-single/202-...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: Assorted Stuff
- Topic: what are you doing ?
- Replies: 1308
- Views: 475150
Re: what are you doing ?
So, every week the BirdNET-Pi setup in my office sends us a recap showing the changes week-by-week in what's been heard - for week 11 (last week): Total Detections: 8645 (-5%) Unique Species Detected: 50 (-2%) = Top 10 Species = European Robin - 2297 (+38%) Eurasian Blackbird - 1750 (+83%) Great Tit...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: Jokes
- Topic: A little light humour
- Replies: 2710
- Views: 1218244
Re: A little light humour
One for Max !!