rrmutt
@rrmutt.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Gentle technology: lighting, kinetic #art, #electronics, embedded systems, signals and sensors
“I have no verve left for peacocking”
:BlobhajTransPrideHeart:
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@rrmutt, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
“I have no verve left for peacocking”
:BlobhajTransPrideHeart:
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@rrmutt, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Lego burying the lede here: a very sophisticated near-field wireless positioning system. https://www.lego.com/en-de/smart-play/article/innovation
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Lego burying the lede here: a very sophisticated near-field wireless positioning system. https://www.lego.com/en-de/smart-play/article/innovation
"But it began as something else entirely: A piece of Dada street theater..."
Cacophony-Society-adjacent Bay Area peeps: Santacon documentary at SF Indie Fest https://sfindie2026.eventive.org/schedule/68ed43efee3fb638d1a2c852
Cacophony-Society-adjacent Bay Area peeps: Santacon documentary at SF Indie Fest https://sfindie2026.eventive.org/schedule/68ed43efee3fb638d1a2c852
January 12, 2026 at 3:17 AM
"But it began as something else entirely: A piece of Dada street theater..."
Cacophony-Society-adjacent Bay Area peeps: Santacon documentary at SF Indie Fest https://sfindie2026.eventive.org/schedule/68ed43efee3fb638d1a2c852
Cacophony-Society-adjacent Bay Area peeps: Santacon documentary at SF Indie Fest https://sfindie2026.eventive.org/schedule/68ed43efee3fb638d1a2c852
New Eurorack idea: NMR proton precession oscillates at audio frequencies, and is detectable with a homebrew circuit + antenna: https://spectrum.ieee.org/listen-to-protons-diy-magnetometer
DIY Circuit Lets You Hear Protons Sing
Ever wondered what protons sound like? Learn how to create a circuit that lets you hear them in action.
spectrum.ieee.org
January 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
New Eurorack idea: NMR proton precession oscillates at audio frequencies, and is detectable with a homebrew circuit + antenna: https://spectrum.ieee.org/listen-to-protons-diy-magnetometer
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stunning winter light on the mountain this afternoon. #sanfrancisco
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 AM
stunning winter light on the mountain this afternoon. #sanfrancisco
This comes across a little neofascist, but I think the Stripe billionaire is on the level about funding art: https://newaesthetics.art/ (Hey the Medicis funded some good stuff too)
A Call for New Aesthetics
A Call for New Aesthetics
newaesthetics.art
January 7, 2026 at 3:20 AM
This comes across a little neofascist, but I think the Stripe billionaire is on the level about funding art: https://newaesthetics.art/ (Hey the Medicis funded some good stuff too)
Hivemind: there is a tape for medical applications which is stretchy, tacky, and self-adheres rather than adhesive. What is it called?
January 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Hivemind: there is a tape for medical applications which is stretchy, tacky, and self-adheres rather than adhesive. What is it called?
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Highly recommended reading. A great framing of how far biomedicine has come in a short time, and how we’re still striving for more progress every day
https://www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-breakthroughs-in-2025
https://www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-breakthroughs-in-2025
Medical breakthroughs in 2025
... and a happy new year.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev
December 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Highly recommended reading. A great framing of how far biomedicine has come in a short time, and how we’re still striving for more progress every day
https://www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-breakthroughs-in-2025
https://www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-breakthroughs-in-2025
“Catapult” implies the existence of “anapult,” the less useful siege weapon that hurls the projectile backwards
December 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Catapult” implies the existence of “anapult,” the less useful siege weapon that hurls the projectile backwards
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A little rainy, but that's stopping my excitement for tonight's Night Parade in #sanfrancisco.
If you haven't been before, check out this video from a few years back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l-gQXhlIyI
If you haven't been before, check out this video from a few years back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l-gQXhlIyI
December 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A little rainy, but that's stopping my excitement for tonight's Night Parade in #sanfrancisco.
If you haven't been before, check out this video from a few years back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l-gQXhlIyI
If you haven't been before, check out this video from a few years back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l-gQXhlIyI
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There will be more video later (there's a TV news crew there) but here's a bit that Jon Duerig has sent from on-site
December 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There will be more video later (there's a TV news crew there) but here's a bit that Jon Duerig has sent from on-site
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"advertising is the monster - $334 billion in pure profit, not revenue. profit. and that monster is hungry. it wants everything free. it wants browsers free (that's why google built chrome). it wants phones free (that's why facebook subsidized manufacturers). anything that stands between users […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"advertising is the monster - $334 billion in pure profit, not revenue. profit. and that monster is hungry. it wants everything free. it wants browsers free (that's why google built chrome). it wants phones free (that's why facebook subsidized manufacturers). anything that stands between users […]
RE: https://socel.net/@catandgirl/115741862295216461
"What does it do to our souls to have our daily purchases and communications require us to assume that everyone involved is acting in bad faith?"
"What does it do to our souls to have our daily purchases and communications require us to assume that everyone involved is acting in bad faith?"
socel.net
December 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
RE: https://socel.net/@catandgirl/115741862295216461
"What does it do to our souls to have our daily purchases and communications require us to assume that everyone involved is acting in bad faith?"
"What does it do to our souls to have our daily purchases and communications require us to assume that everyone involved is acting in bad faith?"
"advertising is the monster - $334 billion in pure profit, not revenue. profit. and that monster is hungry. it wants everything free. it wants browsers free (that's why google built chrome). it wants phones free (that's why facebook subsidized manufacturers). anything that stands between users […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"advertising is the monster - $334 billion in pure profit, not revenue. profit. and that monster is hungry. it wants everything free. it wants browsers free (that's why google built chrome). it wants phones free (that's why facebook subsidized manufacturers). anything that stands between users […]
Oh hey great another curséd serial protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SENT_(protocol)
SENT (protocol) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oh hey great another curséd serial protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SENT_(protocol)
This could be us but (waves at fossil fuel goons) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c17p44w87rno
The biggest heat pumps in the world
Comments
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This could be us but (waves at fossil fuel goons) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c17p44w87rno
Very tempted by https://beta-now.formlabs.com/ instead of dealing with DIY sticky resin and IPA. Reports are quality is excellent and prices look not unreasonable
Form Now | 3D Print On Demand Service | Formlabs
Manufacturing as a Service Platform for Formlabs
beta-now.formlabs.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Very tempted by https://beta-now.formlabs.com/ instead of dealing with DIY sticky resin and IPA. Reports are quality is excellent and prices look not unreasonable
What the heck was that overhead? Quickly moving train of lights in the sky. Way too bright (city light pollution) to be starlink?
December 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
What the heck was that overhead? Quickly moving train of lights in the sky. Way too bright (city light pollution) to be starlink?
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Wow.
"By 1974, Garfield’s citation tools had become influential enough that a conference was convened at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences to assess their implications.[9] Merton attended, and he warned Garfield directly: “I’d like to get on the record the problem of goal […]
"By 1974, Garfield’s citation tools had become influential enough that a conference was convened at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences to assess their implications.[9] Merton attended, and he warned Garfield directly: “I’d like to get on the record the problem of goal […]
Original post on mathstodon.xyz
mathstodon.xyz
December 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Wow.
"By 1974, Garfield’s citation tools had become influential enough that a conference was convened at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences to assess their implications.[9] Merton attended, and he warned Garfield directly: “I’d like to get on the record the problem of goal […]
"By 1974, Garfield’s citation tools had become influential enough that a conference was convened at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences to assess their implications.[9] Merton attended, and he warned Garfield directly: “I’d like to get on the record the problem of goal […]
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If you listen to Dodgers games on the radio or drive on CA freeways you’re constantly exposed to ads about child health services that are free for all kids under 5 in California. I had no idea that program started with Rob Reiner pushing for it, then doing the work.
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you listen to Dodgers games on the radio or drive on CA freeways you’re constantly exposed to ads about child health services that are free for all kids under 5 in California. I had no idea that program started with Rob Reiner pushing for it, then doing the work.
I felt this 4.2 in SF, apparently nobody else? https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ew1765755040/executive
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I felt this 4.2 in SF, apparently nobody else? https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ew1765755040/executive
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iPhone tried to force iOS 26 on me with no other options, but this seemed to work to get iOS 18 updates https://www.cultofmac.com/how-to/stop-ios-update
Secret trick will stop your iPhone from updating to iOS 26 -- forever!
You can stop the iOS 26 update in its tracks if you want. This trick will keep your iPhone on iOS 18 forever.
www.cultofmac.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
iPhone tried to force iOS 26 on me with no other options, but this seemed to work to get iOS 18 updates https://www.cultofmac.com/how-to/stop-ios-update
iPhone tried to force iOS 26 on me with no other options, but this seemed to work to get iOS 18 updates https://www.cultofmac.com/how-to/stop-ios-update
Secret trick will stop your iPhone from updating to iOS 26 -- forever!
You can stop the iOS 26 update in its tracks if you want. This trick will keep your iPhone on iOS 18 forever.
www.cultofmac.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
iPhone tried to force iOS 26 on me with no other options, but this seemed to work to get iOS 18 updates https://www.cultofmac.com/how-to/stop-ios-update
Stubborn cold doing a number on my voice. Two days ago it was Thurl Ravenscroft, which was cool because I could sing the Grinch song, but today it's ::vocal fried basso groan:: Lurch
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Stubborn cold doing a number on my voice. Two days ago it was Thurl Ravenscroft, which was cool because I could sing the Grinch song, but today it's ::vocal fried basso groan:: Lurch
“…historically, the U.S. has been very good at speculative bubbles. This is one of our main core competencies here.”
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-paul-kedrosky
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-paul-kedrosky
Talking With Paul Kedrosky
So, about this AI thing ...
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“…historically, the U.S. has been very good at speculative bubbles. This is one of our main core competencies here.”
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-paul-kedrosky
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-paul-kedrosky
