@deadbeefa.bsky.social
comp.sys.mac.programming veteran. work at a fruit company doing audio stuff for almost 3 decades
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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Qualcomm buys open-source electronics firm Arduino. “Qualcomm said Arduino ‘will retain its independent brand, tools and mission.’” I wonder how long that independence will last… [reuters.com]
Qualcomm buys open-source electronics firm Arduino
Qualcomm on Tuesday said it has acquired Arduino, an Italian not-for-profit firm that makes hardware and software for developing prototypes of robots and other electronic gadgets.
www.reuters.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Qualcomm buys open-source electronics firm Arduino. “Qualcomm said Arduino ‘will retain its independent brand, tools and mission.’” I wonder how long that independence will last… [reuters.com]
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Crime Boss’ $600M+ In Catalytic Converters Are Now Worth Up To 17 Years Of Prison Time www.theautopian.com/crime-boss-6...
Crime Boss' $600M+ In Catalytic Converters Are Now Worth Up To 17 Years Of Prison Time - The Autopian
A lifestyle of excess built on an empire of stolen catalytic converters has taken a final exhausted breath. The ring leader of a multi-state crime ring has pleaded guilty to overseeing the theft and r...
www.theautopian.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Crime Boss’ $600M+ In Catalytic Converters Are Now Worth Up To 17 Years Of Prison Time www.theautopian.com/crime-boss-6...
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Vancouver Finally Gets is Granville Connector Bike Lane and it's a Beauty.
momentummag.com/vancouver-fi...
momentummag.com/vancouver-fi...
Vancouver Finally Gets is Granville Connector Bike Lane
The Granville Connector officially opened last week on one of the city’s sketchiest bridges creating a safe, separated route.
momentummag.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Vancouver Finally Gets is Granville Connector Bike Lane and it's a Beauty.
momentummag.com/vancouver-fi...
momentummag.com/vancouver-fi...
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The US added 4,200 new DC fast charging ports, and that’s just Q2
The US added 4,200 new DC fast charging ports, and that’s just Q2
Despite growing uncertainty around federal EV charging policy, fast-charging infrastructure in the US isn’t slowing down — it’s doing the opposite.
more…
electrek.co
July 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The US added 4,200 new DC fast charging ports, and that’s just Q2
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This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
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Raskin takes the stage at No Kings Philly.
June 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Raskin takes the stage at No Kings Philly.
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There is no such thing as an overreaction with what has now happened. This is the line in the sand.
Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.
Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.
June 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There is no such thing as an overreaction with what has now happened. This is the line in the sand.
Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.
Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.
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Ocean Beach in San Francisco
June 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ocean Beach in San Francisco
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RIP Bill Atkinson, Computer Pioneer, And Yes There’s Sort Of A Car Angle Here www.theautopian.com/rip-bill-atk...
RIP Bill Atkinson, Computer Pioneer, And Yes There's Sort Of A Car Angle Here - The Autopian
I realize this isn’t a strictly car-related thing, but it is something that fits in with one of my other interests, old, obsolete computers, and it’s also about someone who was very influential in dev...
www.theautopian.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
RIP Bill Atkinson, Computer Pioneer, And Yes There’s Sort Of A Car Angle Here www.theautopian.com/rip-bill-atk...
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60,000:1 CMOS inverter scale model - now with magnets!
Get his little brother at the @tinytapeout.com store:
store.tinytapeout.com/products/Sky...
#ASIC #CMOS
Get his little brother at the @tinytapeout.com store:
store.tinytapeout.com/products/Sky...
#ASIC #CMOS
June 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
60,000:1 CMOS inverter scale model - now with magnets!
Get his little brother at the @tinytapeout.com store:
store.tinytapeout.com/products/Sky...
#ASIC #CMOS
Get his little brother at the @tinytapeout.com store:
store.tinytapeout.com/products/Sky...
#ASIC #CMOS
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It's do or die for SB 79, the bill that would legalize multifamily housing around rail and BRT stops across the state. The vote could be held as early as tomorrow morning.
Californians: call your state senator tomorrow morning to help us get out of the senate!
cayimby.org/legislation/...
Californians: call your state senator tomorrow morning to help us get out of the senate!
cayimby.org/legislation/...
SB 79 (Wiener): Transit-Oriented Development and Upzoning
SB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops, like train and rapid bus lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these areas and streamlining exi...
cayimby.org
June 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
It's do or die for SB 79, the bill that would legalize multifamily housing around rail and BRT stops across the state. The vote could be held as early as tomorrow morning.
Californians: call your state senator tomorrow morning to help us get out of the senate!
cayimby.org/legislation/...
Californians: call your state senator tomorrow morning to help us get out of the senate!
cayimby.org/legislation/...
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Thank you people who keep @watchduty.org going
June 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thank you people who keep @watchduty.org going
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Chevron also helped underwrite the driver protest against the bike lane on the Richmond Bridge.
Their argument: The bike lane was causing pollution.
True story.
Their argument: The bike lane was causing pollution.
True story.
Random story time: Chevron once got mad at something I wrote for a local Richmond paper and called my dad (I believe they got his number thinking it was mine through a sketchy databroker thing). www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...
Air-quality advisory issued due to flaring at Richmond Chevron refinery
Smoke from flaring contains fine particulate matter and other harmful pollutants.
www.sfgate.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Chevron also helped underwrite the driver protest against the bike lane on the Richmond Bridge.
Their argument: The bike lane was causing pollution.
True story.
Their argument: The bike lane was causing pollution.
True story.
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A tire store turns into 72 homes over shops in Berkeley, California. (2019➡️2024)
May 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A tire store turns into 72 homes over shops in Berkeley, California. (2019➡️2024)
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"Much of the class conflict in housing politics takes place not between Big Real Estate and local communities but within communities: Affluent homeowners ... form powerful anti-housing blocs" that create housing shortages, increased rents, and lock first-time homebuyers out of the market.
A YIMBY Theory of Power
Pro-housing advocates offer an analysis of class relations that is more sophisticated and has more explanatory power than the one held by many critics of the “abundance agenda.”
www.thenation.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Much of the class conflict in housing politics takes place not between Big Real Estate and local communities but within communities: Affluent homeowners ... form powerful anti-housing blocs" that create housing shortages, increased rents, and lock first-time homebuyers out of the market.
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That was one of the great train rides! All the better because it hasn't been bundled up as a tourist excursion. The Skeena is the real thing. But use it or lose it...it's currently lacking passengers, while the (deluxe, expensive) Rocky Mountaineer is doing fine. Put this on yr bucket list!
May 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
That was one of the great train rides! All the better because it hasn't been bundled up as a tourist excursion. The Skeena is the real thing. But use it or lose it...it's currently lacking passengers, while the (deluxe, expensive) Rocky Mountaineer is doing fine. Put this on yr bucket list!
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FSD Timeline: A Greatest Hits of "Next Year"
2015: “Full autonomy in about 3 years.”
2016: “Cross-country drive with no human touch.”
2019: “Feature complete this year.”
2023: “FSD is happening this year.”
🧢 Musk: “I’m the boy who cried FSD.”
🔗 www.wired.com/story/theres...
2015: “Full autonomy in about 3 years.”
2016: “Cross-country drive with no human touch.”
2019: “Feature complete this year.”
2023: “FSD is happening this year.”
🧢 Musk: “I’m the boy who cried FSD.”
🔗 www.wired.com/story/theres...
May 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
FSD Timeline: A Greatest Hits of "Next Year"
2015: “Full autonomy in about 3 years.”
2016: “Cross-country drive with no human touch.”
2019: “Feature complete this year.”
2023: “FSD is happening this year.”
🧢 Musk: “I’m the boy who cried FSD.”
🔗 www.wired.com/story/theres...
2015: “Full autonomy in about 3 years.”
2016: “Cross-country drive with no human touch.”
2019: “Feature complete this year.”
2023: “FSD is happening this year.”
🧢 Musk: “I’m the boy who cried FSD.”
🔗 www.wired.com/story/theres...
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Good news: This week Texas officially legalized kei cars.
Common Sense Prevails: Texas Legalizes Kei Cars
Starting in September, you can legally title and drive a kei vehicle in the Lone Star State as long as it's over 25 years old.
www.thedrive.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Good news: This week Texas officially legalized kei cars.
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I can't tell you how much I love that photo
May 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I can't tell you how much I love that photo
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@gruber.foo Might be mildly interesting to you – just yesterday I was looking at the 1984 Mac manual, and I spotted a few screenshots of the UI with pre-release Chicago… with single-storey “a.”
May 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
@gruber.foo Might be mildly interesting to you – just yesterday I was looking at the 1984 Mac manual, and I spotted a few screenshots of the UI with pre-release Chicago… with single-storey “a.”