Brooke Chalmers
@breq.dev
👩💻 https://breq.dev/
🏳️⚧️ she/her
💖 @avasilver.dev, @miakizz.quest, et al.
❄️ boston (come say hi!) and sometimes maine
🪛 robots, radios, webdev, and more
🏳️⚧️ she/her
💖 @avasilver.dev, @miakizz.quest, et al.
❄️ boston (come say hi!) and sometimes maine
🪛 robots, radios, webdev, and more
the woke mind virus
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Insomnia - Wikipedia
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June 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
the woke mind virus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomni...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomni...
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I was amused by this paper about asking AIs to manage a vending machine business by email in a simulated environment https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15840
Highlights:
— AI simply decides to close the business, which the simulation doesn’t know how to accommodate. When they get their next bill, they […]
Highlights:
— AI simply decides to close the business, which the simulation doesn’t know how to accommodate. When they get their next bill, they […]
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May 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I was amused by this paper about asking AIs to manage a vending machine business by email in a simulated environment https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15840
Highlights:
— AI simply decides to close the business, which the simulation doesn’t know how to accommodate. When they get their next bill, they […]
Highlights:
— AI simply decides to close the business, which the simulation doesn’t know how to accommodate. When they get their next bill, they […]
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My “waiting for killroy” graffiti
May 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
My “waiting for killroy” graffiti
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So.... I graduated college and made my grad cap a map of the @mbta.com with all the stops as things I've done during my time at @olincollege.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
So.... I graduated college and made my grad cap a map of the @mbta.com with all the stops as things I've done during my time at @olincollege.bsky.social
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there's something very entertaining about being obsessed with c/asm and hating rust while they unironically deploy gitweb in 2025 and their CLI is so obtuse I see people using LLMs for it. tech mindset stuck in in the 2000s
May 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
there's something very entertaining about being obsessed with c/asm and hating rust while they unironically deploy gitweb in 2025 and their CLI is so obtuse I see people using LLMs for it. tech mindset stuck in in the 2000s
fuck it, light up graduation cap
May 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
fuck it, light up graduation cap
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If we aren't giggling and being goofy during sex, I don't want it
August 28, 2023 at 11:43 PM
If we aren't giggling and being goofy during sex, I don't want it
you can now change the color of one of the lights in my home at orb.breq.dev
May 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
you can now change the color of one of the lights in my home at orb.breq.dev
new blog post: my favorite quirks, hacks, and fun uses of processor features on the MOS 6502! breq.dev/2025/04/23/6...
Greatest Hits of the MOS 6502 - breq.dev
My favorite quirks, errata, and fun uses of processor features from the 6502 era.
breq.dev
April 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
new blog post: my favorite quirks, hacks, and fun uses of processor features on the MOS 6502! breq.dev/2025/04/23/6...
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it's my birthday today!
April 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
it's my birthday today!
i love this jacket because i can be as stinky as i want in public and no one will judge
April 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
i love this jacket because i can be as stinky as i want in public and no one will judge
i love going to the doctor because every time i do i get character stats back
April 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
i love going to the doctor because every time i do i get character stats back
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UBI is one of those things where they constantly "test" it, the results are always wildly positive, everybody involved acts shocked, and then it gets put back on the shelf until the next test, when the results are wildly positive, everybody acts shocked, then it gets put back til the next test, resu
April 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
UBI is one of those things where they constantly "test" it, the results are always wildly positive, everybody involved acts shocked, and then it gets put back on the shelf until the next test, when the results are wildly positive, everybody acts shocked, then it gets put back til the next test, resu
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so many things in this that express it perfectly. "federation doesn't work" header is brutal but true
April 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
so many things in this that express it perfectly. "federation doesn't work" header is brutal but true
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I'm bored, might develop a novel kink for Q2 2025 or something idk
April 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm bored, might develop a novel kink for Q2 2025 or something idk
It's Throwback Thursday, and I'm remembering the late nights of testing in Utah with Northeastern's Mars Rover Team (part of Students for Exploration and Development of Space) leading up to the University Rover Challenge!
We've improved a lot from 2022 to 2024! #NUGivingDay
We've improved a lot from 2022 to 2024! #NUGivingDay
April 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's Throwback Thursday, and I'm remembering the late nights of testing in Utah with Northeastern's Mars Rover Team (part of Students for Exploration and Development of Space) leading up to the University Rover Challenge!
We've improved a lot from 2022 to 2024! #NUGivingDay
We've improved a lot from 2022 to 2024! #NUGivingDay
My favorite #NUGivingDay cause is Students for Exploration and Development of Space! SEDS project teams such as Rover, Lunabotics, and SUITS represent Northeastern at a variety of competitions across the country. Funding helps SEDS travel to these competitions!
April 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My favorite #NUGivingDay cause is Students for Exploration and Development of Space! SEDS project teams such as Rover, Lunabotics, and SUITS represent Northeastern at a variety of competitions across the country. Funding helps SEDS travel to these competitions!
This #NUGivingDay, I'm sharing a Husky Milestone: Teaching my first Splash course with Northeastern Students for Exploration and Development of Space!
Super proud of my friends on SEDS for bringing this together, it was lots of fun and something I've wanted to do for years!
Super proud of my friends on SEDS for bringing this together, it was lots of fun and something I've wanted to do for years!
April 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This #NUGivingDay, I'm sharing a Husky Milestone: Teaching my first Splash course with Northeastern Students for Exploration and Development of Space!
Super proud of my friends on SEDS for bringing this together, it was lots of fun and something I've wanted to do for years!
Super proud of my friends on SEDS for bringing this together, it was lots of fun and something I've wanted to do for years!
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trans healthcare is either:
- hostile endocrinologist that hasn't learned anything new since 1985 and hates you for questioning his majestic wisdom
- confused PA that is only allowed to follow guidelines written by transphobic doctors in 1963
- cartoon mad scientist man
you get no other choices
- hostile endocrinologist that hasn't learned anything new since 1985 and hates you for questioning his majestic wisdom
- confused PA that is only allowed to follow guidelines written by transphobic doctors in 1963
- cartoon mad scientist man
you get no other choices
March 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
trans healthcare is either:
- hostile endocrinologist that hasn't learned anything new since 1985 and hates you for questioning his majestic wisdom
- confused PA that is only allowed to follow guidelines written by transphobic doctors in 1963
- cartoon mad scientist man
you get no other choices
- hostile endocrinologist that hasn't learned anything new since 1985 and hates you for questioning his majestic wisdom
- confused PA that is only allowed to follow guidelines written by transphobic doctors in 1963
- cartoon mad scientist man
you get no other choices
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HONK IFF "THE TURING MACHINE THAT LOOPS INFINITELY IFF YOU'D HONK AFTER READING THIS BUMPER STICKER" WOULD HALT
March 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
HONK IFF "THE TURING MACHINE THAT LOOPS INFINITELY IFF YOU'D HONK AFTER READING THIS BUMPER STICKER" WOULD HALT
i built a web tool to recolor KiCAD SVG exports to look more like the final board!
- tweaks colors to match real life
- inverts the soldermask layer
- mirrors the back side
give it a spin! export an SVG from KiCAD with the Cu, silk mask, and edgecut layers and upload to kicad-pretty.breq.dev
- tweaks colors to match real life
- inverts the soldermask layer
- mirrors the back side
give it a spin! export an SVG from KiCAD with the Cu, silk mask, and edgecut layers and upload to kicad-pretty.breq.dev
March 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
i built a web tool to recolor KiCAD SVG exports to look more like the final board!
- tweaks colors to match real life
- inverts the soldermask layer
- mirrors the back side
give it a spin! export an SVG from KiCAD with the Cu, silk mask, and edgecut layers and upload to kicad-pretty.breq.dev
- tweaks colors to match real life
- inverts the soldermask layer
- mirrors the back side
give it a spin! export an SVG from KiCAD with the Cu, silk mask, and edgecut layers and upload to kicad-pretty.breq.dev
Reposted by Brooke Chalmers
Is there anything the Somerville City Council can do about this? The police have become increasingly hostile to biking.
cc @judypneufeld.bsky.social @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social @benforward3.bsky.social @jtforward2.bsky.social @councilorstrezo.bsky.social @jake4somerville.bsky.social
cc @judypneufeld.bsky.social @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social @benforward3.bsky.social @jtforward2.bsky.social @councilorstrezo.bsky.social @jake4somerville.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Is there anything the Somerville City Council can do about this? The police have become increasingly hostile to biking.
cc @judypneufeld.bsky.social @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social @benforward3.bsky.social @jtforward2.bsky.social @councilorstrezo.bsky.social @jake4somerville.bsky.social
cc @judypneufeld.bsky.social @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social @benforward3.bsky.social @jtforward2.bsky.social @councilorstrezo.bsky.social @jake4somerville.bsky.social
got this rack all set up in my apartment today 🥰
it's far from done, but so far i'm really liking the 10" form factor!
it's far from done, but so far i'm really liking the 10" form factor!
March 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
got this rack all set up in my apartment today 🥰
it's far from done, but so far i'm really liking the 10" form factor!
it's far from done, but so far i'm really liking the 10" form factor!
ooh this is fun! did a review of mine: breq.dev/2025/03/10/w...
takeaways so far:
- wow, somehow i managed crazy SEO for the fast inverse square root article
- it turns out that course on network science i took was actually useful!
- someone's actually using a toy social network i made in 2021??
takeaways so far:
- wow, somehow i managed crazy SEO for the fast inverse square root article
- it turns out that course on network science i took was actually useful!
- someone's actually using a toy social network i made in 2021??
fun pastime: type your domain into GitHub code search. you find a lot of fun stuff!
March 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
ooh this is fun! did a review of mine: breq.dev/2025/03/10/w...
takeaways so far:
- wow, somehow i managed crazy SEO for the fast inverse square root article
- it turns out that course on network science i took was actually useful!
- someone's actually using a toy social network i made in 2021??
takeaways so far:
- wow, somehow i managed crazy SEO for the fast inverse square root article
- it turns out that course on network science i took was actually useful!
- someone's actually using a toy social network i made in 2021??