This reverse engineering effort is so hardcore. bsky.app/profile/tube... 😲

Any MechE rover heads out there know what went into the design of these mechanical interfaces to SHERLOC on Perserverance? It's like a gas strut with two degrees of compliance at both ends. Is this just a combination of thermal expansion, shock, assembly compliance? Why solid thin-fin vs a joint?

I found a grip of negatives of photos I shot as a teenager. It was this weird camera that shot wide on 35mm. The exposures are a bonkers 14x37mm. Lots of knicks in the negatives. The lens wasn't great and there was no shutter speed control. I think this is heading into the Cirque of the Towers.

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Repostin' The Autumnal. Manifesting my seasonal mood.

THIS ANIMATION IS SO INSANE

Happy Autumn 🍂

i reverse-engineered the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5! check it out at github.com/schlae/cm5-r...

Entering the Ruins. Personal artwork 2025.

A 'US-made iPhone' is pure fantasy. Look at their suppliers, which Apple publishes itself www.404media.co/a-us-made-ip...

Trump and Vance have repeatedly claimed that Zelensky has not been sufficiently grateful for U.S. support throughout the war. We compiled instances where Zelensky has publicly expressed gratitude to the U.S., its people, and its leadership for being Ukraine’s largest supporter.

fun piece about an anonymous font you see everywhere aresluna.org/the-hardest-... tbh I did not read every one of the 6,100 words but I appreciate that @aresluna.org wrote them all

My review of Caves of Qud, based solely on phrases my partner mutters to themself while playing, is that it's effectively a Pliny the Elder simulator. They just hissed, "I believe honey has something to do with healing, but I don't know what it is" and then starting inspecting a pig

The DSKY Moonwatch is a wristwatch that’s a shrunk-down replica of the Apollo Guidance Computer interface that the Apollo astronauts used to maneuver their spacecraft to the Moon and back. So nerdy! [kottke.org]

I did it again! Jurassic Park with accurate raptors, a short part 2 #jurassicpark #blender3d

Bonus pics:

You’re still arguing about tabs vs. spaces? May I present…

Have a mac? Wondering how full of tinkle the International Space Station is right now? Wonder no more! github.com/Jaennaet/pIS...

I was reminded of the excellent infinitemac.org (h/t @adriansdigitalbasement.com) A collection of classic Macintosh / NeXT OSes & software, all accessible from your web browser. Use a computer from the 1980s or 1990s running in a virtual machine on your browser. It's cool!

Here are my book recommendations for the new year: Read the books you already bought.

This is an excellent essay on century-scale storage and archival, the trouble with digital storage, and the difficulties of maintaining archives in general "Can they inspire care?" lil.law.harvard.edu/century-scal... h/t @molly.wiki

@mle.bsky.social Your doing? Hahah. bsky.app/profile/matt...

💀 I have but one skull (similarly odd as I usually draw the macabre) and it is vector, but it was definitely summoned 💀 Reticent about the vibe shift. Go on with your rad skulls.

COMMISSIONS OPEN! (sharing this is appreciated) They’re open on Patreon patreon.com/za_ra_h

Roughly speaking, the computational complexity classes increase as follows: - P - NP Complete - NP Hard - Knowing if you are installing the correct version of LaTeX

just setting up my twttr

Wow, this site... www.cameronsworld.net Keep scrollin' ... go back in time 25+ years. Lots of weird links. h/t @vbatts.hashbangbash.com on the find.

...at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then...