Mike O’Connor
@mikeoconnor.bsky.social
By day - Machine Learning.
By night - Amateur photographer, tinkerer, drinker of IPA
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By night - Amateur photographer, tinkerer, drinker of IPA
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If you’re looking for a candidate for best version, Kenji Lopez-Alt has an amazing method for crispy oven roasted potatoes. I make them at family gatherings and there are never any leftovers.
www.seriouseats.com/the-best-roa...
www.seriouseats.com/the-best-roa...
The Best Crispy Roast Potatoes Ever
These are the most flavorful crispy roast potatoes you'll ever make. And they just happen to be gluten-free and vegan (if you use oil) to boot.
www.seriouseats.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
If you’re looking for a candidate for best version, Kenji Lopez-Alt has an amazing method for crispy oven roasted potatoes. I make them at family gatherings and there are never any leftovers.
www.seriouseats.com/the-best-roa...
www.seriouseats.com/the-best-roa...
Damn that’s no I joke. Why on earth do you have that??
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Damn that’s no I joke. Why on earth do you have that??
He gets that from his mother
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
He gets that from his mother
Installed the unit in my utility closet this week. Two temperature probes for each loop - one for hot and one for cold. The flow gauges tell me how much water is circulating, so I can estimate the watts of thermal energy sinking into the floors in real time. Kind of amazed that it works so well.
October 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Installed the unit in my utility closet this week. Two temperature probes for each loop - one for hot and one for cold. The flow gauges tell me how much water is circulating, so I can estimate the watts of thermal energy sinking into the floors in real time. Kind of amazed that it works so well.
This is all amazing, thank you! I think it'll all be useful to me at the end of the day. I find maps fascinating for how densely you can pack information into them. So I guess there's only a tiny leap between a scholarly application and one where I'm hanging geospatial infographics on the wall.
October 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is all amazing, thank you! I think it'll all be useful to me at the end of the day. I find maps fascinating for how densely you can pack information into them. So I guess there's only a tiny leap between a scholarly application and one where I'm hanging geospatial infographics on the wall.
Maybe a long shot, but have you published any guides like this for people who want to make maps purely as art? I've been toying with QGIS to generate vector graphics that I can draw on my pen plotter, but the software is a bit overwhelming and I wish I knew where to begin.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Maybe a long shot, but have you published any guides like this for people who want to make maps purely as art? I've been toying with QGIS to generate vector graphics that I can draw on my pen plotter, but the software is a bit overwhelming and I wish I knew where to begin.
bsky.app/profile/mike...
bsky.app/profile/mike...
Went with through-hole components because it's what I had on hand, but I think my next foray into this world will be entirely SMD. So much smaller and cleaner that way.
October 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Went with through-hole components because it's what I had on hand, but I think my next foray into this world will be entirely SMD. So much smaller and cleaner that way.
I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. But I can't wait to find out.
October 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. But I can't wait to find out.
That makes sense. I guess somewhat similar to why diesel tends to be cheaper than gasoline in Europe, but the opposite tends to be true in the states.
October 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
That makes sense. I guess somewhat similar to why diesel tends to be cheaper than gasoline in Europe, but the opposite tends to be true in the states.
Makes me wonder how much of this is the result of kerf wastage.
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Makes me wonder how much of this is the result of kerf wastage.
I used it as an excuse to have a cookout and invite the neighborhood. I might need to make this a regular thing.
September 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I used it as an excuse to have a cookout and invite the neighborhood. I might need to make this a regular thing.
the lack of sleep was comfortably offset by the knowledge that there were no leftovers at the end of the party.
September 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
the lack of sleep was comfortably offset by the knowledge that there were no leftovers at the end of the party.
total cook was 16 hours.
August 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
total cook was 16 hours.
Comments are part of the code, as far as I'm concerned. And any healthy code review process should involve them too.
August 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Comments are part of the code, as far as I'm concerned. And any healthy code review process should involve them too.
Wait, there are people out there who don’t believe in code comments?? Yikes.
August 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Wait, there are people out there who don’t believe in code comments?? Yikes.