Bornach
@bornach.bsky.social
Maker, electronics hobbyist, paper and cardboard crafts, kinetic art, science communication fan, microcontrollers, Python coding, electromechanical tinkerer
Perfect Circuit might have overdone the Black Friday pricing trick by just a tad
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#Eurorack
reverb.com/uk/item/4702...
#Eurorack
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Perfect Circuit might have overdone the Black Friday pricing trick by just a tad
reverb.com/uk/item/4702...
#Eurorack
reverb.com/uk/item/4702...
#Eurorack
Maybe any password typed on their AZERTY keyboard ends up with a symbol, number, and uppercase letter.
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Maybe any password typed on their AZERTY keyboard ends up with a symbol, number, and uppercase letter.
The AI's clearly need some help in that department
October 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The AI's clearly need some help in that department
Ah so that explains the piles of clothes I sometimes see on the street and in supermarket car parks.
September 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ah so that explains the piles of clothes I sometimes see on the street and in supermarket car parks.
Well this one managed to get 583 views but otherwise most of these #AIslop videos get no views or in the single digits.
What a huge waste of resources.
What a huge waste of resources.
September 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Well this one managed to get 583 views but otherwise most of these #AIslop videos get no views or in the single digits.
What a huge waste of resources.
What a huge waste of resources.
I modified the through hole component version of the ePlop KeepAlive so that it worked more like the circuit on Mr Carlson's Lab youtu.be/lOL3ic8msas
#electronics
#electronics
September 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I modified the through hole component version of the ePlop KeepAlive so that it worked more like the circuit on Mr Carlson's Lab youtu.be/lOL3ic8msas
#electronics
#electronics
Please ask the Senator what must people eat to end up looking like this
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thething.fandom.com/wiki/Head_Sp...
September 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Please ask the Senator what must people eat to end up looking like this
thething.fandom.com/wiki/Head_Sp...
thething.fandom.com/wiki/Head_Sp...
Patrick Boyle owning it?
August 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Patrick Boyle owning it?
All this was to make a Useless Machine with a difference. Instead of switching itself off, this one Hertz itself.
Yup, I built all this for a Dad joke
Yup, I built all this for a Dad joke
August 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
All this was to make a Useless Machine with a difference. Instead of switching itself off, this one Hertz itself.
Yup, I built all this for a Dad joke
Yup, I built all this for a Dad joke
Been a while since I breadboarded a non-trivial #electronics project. NE555 IC astable oscillator controls the RPM of a spinning disk driven by a DC motor, with the help of a photo interrupter sensor, full bridge rectifier, and a counterfeit LM358 dual op amp
#making
#making
August 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Been a while since I breadboarded a non-trivial #electronics project. NE555 IC astable oscillator controls the RPM of a spinning disk driven by a DC motor, with the help of a photo interrupter sensor, full bridge rectifier, and a counterfeit LM358 dual op amp
#making
#making
I guess users on the free tier don't have access to their "IMO gold winning AI"
I had to ask ChatGPT5 this problem twice to get a right answer
I had to ask ChatGPT5 this problem twice to get a right answer
August 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I guess users on the free tier don't have access to their "IMO gold winning AI"
I had to ask ChatGPT5 this problem twice to get a right answer
I had to ask ChatGPT5 this problem twice to get a right answer
Plenty of loops just not on the ground.
My own attempt at this used an inductor ripped off of a printer PCB, rectified by one signal diode and regulated by a TL431A
My own attempt at this used an inductor ripped off of a printer PCB, rectified by one signal diode and regulated by a TL431A
August 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Plenty of loops just not on the ground.
My own attempt at this used an inductor ripped off of a printer PCB, rectified by one signal diode and regulated by a TL431A
My own attempt at this used an inductor ripped off of a printer PCB, rectified by one signal diode and regulated by a TL431A
What Altman says "having PhD-level experts in your pocket" he really means that in the same sense as "politician in your pocket"
August 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
What Altman says "having PhD-level experts in your pocket" he really means that in the same sense as "politician in your pocket"
That much is obvious. I wondered if the "myth" was part of the AI training data or something invented by the human prompter.
So I asked ChatGPT to mythbust a fake myth. It exposed a rather poor understanding of what makes a good mythbusting example, or even examples supporting the myth.
So I asked ChatGPT to mythbust a fake myth. It exposed a rather poor understanding of what makes a good mythbusting example, or even examples supporting the myth.
August 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
That much is obvious. I wondered if the "myth" was part of the AI training data or something invented by the human prompter.
So I asked ChatGPT to mythbust a fake myth. It exposed a rather poor understanding of what makes a good mythbusting example, or even examples supporting the myth.
So I asked ChatGPT to mythbust a fake myth. It exposed a rather poor understanding of what makes a good mythbusting example, or even examples supporting the myth.
August 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
If Vanessa Wingårdh needs to prove she's not AI generated she could try writing a few words around the outside of a vase that holds a burning candle.
Google's VEO model generated this #AIslop for that prompt.
And their latest model isn't much better according to @pivot-to-ai.com.web.brid.gy
Google's VEO model generated this #AIslop for that prompt.
And their latest model isn't much better according to @pivot-to-ai.com.web.brid.gy
July 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
If Vanessa Wingårdh needs to prove she's not AI generated she could try writing a few words around the outside of a vase that holds a burning candle.
Google's VEO model generated this #AIslop for that prompt.
And their latest model isn't much better according to @pivot-to-ai.com.web.brid.gy
Google's VEO model generated this #AIslop for that prompt.
And their latest model isn't much better according to @pivot-to-ai.com.web.brid.gy
Inspired by Tim Hunkin's recent "Secret Life of Components" video on gears I've tried to reassemble these parts of a worm gear that was likely salvaged from a printer. The teeth of the pinion gear are not an exact fit with these Vex Robotics gears but the pitch seems to be close enough to mesh
July 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Inspired by Tim Hunkin's recent "Secret Life of Components" video on gears I've tried to reassemble these parts of a worm gear that was likely salvaged from a printer. The teeth of the pinion gear are not an exact fit with these Vex Robotics gears but the pitch seems to be close enough to mesh
You could talk on the phone at the same time as pressing pause on the VCR remote.
July 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
You could talk on the phone at the same time as pressing pause on the VCR remote.
As the end of the event approached only the more experienced #pastagang participants were left, some demonstrating their ground game
#Algorave
#Algorave
July 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
As the end of the event approached only the more experienced #pastagang participants were left, some demonstrating their ground game
#Algorave
#Algorave
July 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I've reliably been told that it was actually it was #hydra during the warmup.
Here are some real #dogspinner action
Here are some real #dogspinner action
July 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I've reliably been told that it was actually it was #hydra during the warmup.
Here are some real #dogspinner action
Here are some real #dogspinner action
July 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
@todepond.com demonstrates #dogspinner for visualizing the thoughts of Syntel8 as he live codes his #Algorave performance at the Science Gallery London for London Data Week #LDW25
July 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
@todepond.com demonstrates #dogspinner for visualizing the thoughts of Syntel8 as he live codes his #Algorave performance at the Science Gallery London for London Data Week #LDW25