Richard Hendricks
@hendric.astronomy.city.ap.brid.gy
Goblin Amateur Astronomer
Space Enthusiast
Had 15 minutes of fame once (see profile pic)
Occasional Astrophotographer
Staff Radio Firmware Engineer at Silicon Labs […]
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Space Enthusiast
Had 15 minutes of fame once (see profile pic)
Occasional Astrophotographer
Staff Radio Firmware Engineer at Silicon Labs […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://astronomy.city/@hendric, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
my definition of "an UI bug" is basically "any design or implementation choice that makes users miserable". i do not think many in open source hardware|software share this definition and i won't be satisfied until it's a new norm
December 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
my definition of "an UI bug" is basically "any design or implementation choice that makes users miserable". i do not think many in open source hardware|software share this definition and i won't be satisfied until it's a new norm
Lyrics
Just chatting about nothing in particular
On the way home, waving and saying "See you tomorrow"
I don't even remember why we laughed so much
It's strange how I can't recall a single thing
But still, that fleeting, dreamlike time was real
Just saying "See you," that alone
Was enough to […]
Just chatting about nothing in particular
On the way home, waving and saying "See you tomorrow"
I don't even remember why we laughed so much
It's strange how I can't recall a single thing
But still, that fleeting, dreamlike time was real
Just saying "See you," that alone
Was enough to […]
Original post on astronomy.city
astronomy.city
December 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Lyrics
Just chatting about nothing in particular
On the way home, waving and saying "See you tomorrow"
I don't even remember why we laughed so much
It's strange how I can't recall a single thing
But still, that fleeting, dreamlike time was real
Just saying "See you," that alone
Was enough to […]
Just chatting about nothing in particular
On the way home, waving and saying "See you tomorrow"
I don't even remember why we laughed so much
It's strange how I can't recall a single thing
But still, that fleeting, dreamlike time was real
Just saying "See you," that alone
Was enough to […]
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
[Writing]
What cruel muse, to show me these scenes for a story I am so inadequate to write.
My poor attempts to capture the vibrancy of the images before me leave me sad.
A horse-faced girl teased relentlessly by her classmates, finds out her betrothed has been captured in combat and is being […]
What cruel muse, to show me these scenes for a story I am so inadequate to write.
My poor attempts to capture the vibrancy of the images before me leave me sad.
A horse-faced girl teased relentlessly by her classmates, finds out her betrothed has been captured in combat and is being […]
Original post on astronomy.city
astronomy.city
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
[Writing]
What cruel muse, to show me these scenes for a story I am so inadequate to write.
My poor attempts to capture the vibrancy of the images before me leave me sad.
A horse-faced girl teased relentlessly by her classmates, finds out her betrothed has been captured in combat and is being […]
What cruel muse, to show me these scenes for a story I am so inadequate to write.
My poor attempts to capture the vibrancy of the images before me leave me sad.
A horse-faced girl teased relentlessly by her classmates, finds out her betrothed has been captured in combat and is being […]
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
If someone (why would you think it's me? I'm really asking for a fried) thought that "Uprooted" and "The Goblin Emperor" were perfect vacation comfort reads, what other book will this person like?
Personal recommendations please based on the above two.
Boosts very welcome.
#bookstodon […]
Personal recommendations please based on the above two.
Boosts very welcome.
#bookstodon […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If someone (why would you think it's me? I'm really asking for a fried) thought that "Uprooted" and "The Goblin Emperor" were perfect vacation comfort reads, what other book will this person like?
Personal recommendations please based on the above two.
Boosts very welcome.
#bookstodon […]
Personal recommendations please based on the above two.
Boosts very welcome.
#bookstodon […]
[Writing]
What cruel muse, to show me these scenes for a story I am so inadequate to write.
My poor attempts to capture the vibrancy of the images before me leave me sad.
A horse-faced girl teased relentlessly by her classmates, finds out her betrothed has been captured in combat and is being […]
What cruel muse, to show me these scenes for a story I am so inadequate to write.
My poor attempts to capture the vibrancy of the images before me leave me sad.
A horse-faced girl teased relentlessly by her classmates, finds out her betrothed has been captured in combat and is being […]
Original post on astronomy.city
astronomy.city
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
[Writing]
What cruel muse, to show me these scenes for a story I am so inadequate to write.
My poor attempts to capture the vibrancy of the images before me leave me sad.
A horse-faced girl teased relentlessly by her classmates, finds out her betrothed has been captured in combat and is being […]
What cruel muse, to show me these scenes for a story I am so inadequate to write.
My poor attempts to capture the vibrancy of the images before me leave me sad.
A horse-faced girl teased relentlessly by her classmates, finds out her betrothed has been captured in combat and is being […]
[#frieren #anime Season 2 Trailer 2 spoilers]
I'm not crying, you're crying. 😭 That transition from Flamme's closeup to Frieren and her party praying, that's gotta 100% be a tribute to Flamme's Seiyuu Atsuko Tanaka who passed away recently. This level of direction in a trailer gives me very […]
I'm not crying, you're crying. 😭 That transition from Flamme's closeup to Frieren and her party praying, that's gotta 100% be a tribute to Flamme's Seiyuu Atsuko Tanaka who passed away recently. This level of direction in a trailer gives me very […]
Original post on astronomy.city
astronomy.city
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
[#frieren #anime Season 2 Trailer 2 spoilers]
I'm not crying, you're crying. 😭 That transition from Flamme's closeup to Frieren and her party praying, that's gotta 100% be a tribute to Flamme's Seiyuu Atsuko Tanaka who passed away recently. This level of direction in a trailer gives me very […]
I'm not crying, you're crying. 😭 That transition from Flamme's closeup to Frieren and her party praying, that's gotta 100% be a tribute to Flamme's Seiyuu Atsuko Tanaka who passed away recently. This level of direction in a trailer gives me very […]
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
Years ago, before the era of flat-screens, my monitor at work kept making a zapping noise and briefly going blank.
A minute or two after I filed a #helpdesk ticket asking for help with this problem, I had to reply to my own ticket and explain sheepishly that it was being caused by my snowy boots […]
A minute or two after I filed a #helpdesk ticket asking for help with this problem, I had to reply to my own ticket and explain sheepishly that it was being caused by my snowy boots […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Years ago, before the era of flat-screens, my monitor at work kept making a zapping noise and briefly going blank.
A minute or two after I filed a #helpdesk ticket asking for help with this problem, I had to reply to my own ticket and explain sheepishly that it was being caused by my snowy boots […]
A minute or two after I filed a #helpdesk ticket asking for help with this problem, I had to reply to my own ticket and explain sheepishly that it was being caused by my snowy boots […]
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
I hate ads..
December 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I hate ads..
@apc #animangafoundit #anime For my submission, I have to go with this picture of Rintaro and his friends from #FragrantFlowerBloomsWithDignity. Such a great moment.
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
@apc #animangafoundit #anime For my submission, I have to go with this picture of Rintaro and his friends from #FragrantFlowerBloomsWithDignity. Such a great moment.
[#EliteDangerous #FanFiction A Tale of Joy, Woe, Persistence, and Redemption]
This is a little fanfiction for Elite Dangerous I wrote years ago. Decided to go ahead and post it to AO3. Apologies.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/74834431
This is a little fanfiction for Elite Dangerous I wrote years ago. Decided to go ahead and post it to AO3. Apologies.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/74834431
A Tale of Joy, Woe, Persistence, and Redemption - MoronWPen - Elite Dangerous (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
[#EliteDangerous #FanFiction A Tale of Joy, Woe, Persistence, and Redemption]
This is a little fanfiction for Elite Dangerous I wrote years ago. Decided to go ahead and post it to AO3. Apologies.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/74834431
This is a little fanfiction for Elite Dangerous I wrote years ago. Decided to go ahead and post it to AO3. Apologies.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/74834431
[#anime #TooManyLosingHeroines #fanfiction
Too many Winning Heroines are Losing]
This alternate history fanfic has all the "winning heroines" losing. It's one of the best fan fictions I've ever read, across any fandom.
It's mostly a love letter to the absolute peak heroine Himemiya Karen, and […]
Too many Winning Heroines are Losing]
This alternate history fanfic has all the "winning heroines" losing. It's one of the best fan fictions I've ever read, across any fandom.
It's mostly a love letter to the absolute peak heroine Himemiya Karen, and […]
Original post on astronomy.city
astronomy.city
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
[#anime #TooManyLosingHeroines #fanfiction
Too many Winning Heroines are Losing]
This alternate history fanfic has all the "winning heroines" losing. It's one of the best fan fictions I've ever read, across any fandom.
It's mostly a love letter to the absolute peak heroine Himemiya Karen, and […]
Too many Winning Heroines are Losing]
This alternate history fanfic has all the "winning heroines" losing. It's one of the best fan fictions I've ever read, across any fandom.
It's mostly a love letter to the absolute peak heroine Himemiya Karen, and […]
[The humble adventurer: from dirtbag to hero #microfiction #StoryIdea]
Prologue
Outside every town there is a tree, never marked on a map. The only way there is by word of mouth. It's never a tree with flowers or fruit, never anything showy. Just a tree. Brown bark, green leaves, bare branches […]
Prologue
Outside every town there is a tree, never marked on a map. The only way there is by word of mouth. It's never a tree with flowers or fruit, never anything showy. Just a tree. Brown bark, green leaves, bare branches […]
Original post on astronomy.city
astronomy.city
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
[The humble adventurer: from dirtbag to hero #microfiction #StoryIdea]
Prologue
Outside every town there is a tree, never marked on a map. The only way there is by word of mouth. It's never a tree with flowers or fruit, never anything showy. Just a tree. Brown bark, green leaves, bare branches […]
Prologue
Outside every town there is a tree, never marked on a map. The only way there is by word of mouth. It's never a tree with flowers or fruit, never anything showy. Just a tree. Brown bark, green leaves, bare branches […]
The rollercoaster of realizing you haven't seen an account in a long while, not remembering the account name and searching through your follows and still not seeing it because they changed their pfp and description, and then seeing a random boost of one of their posts from another account, and […]
Original post on astronomy.city
astronomy.city
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The rollercoaster of realizing you haven't seen an account in a long while, not remembering the account name and searching through your follows and still not seeing it because they changed their pfp and description, and then seeing a random boost of one of their posts from another account, and […]
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
Fun in the lab: Accidentally (?) painting funny little images with our atoms. I claimed it was a sheep on a rock, and the PhD student agreed and saved this slightly altered drawing to the lab book!
(This is an averaged image over a 2D array of single atoms that we […]
[Original post on troet.cafe]
(This is an averaged image over a 2D array of single atoms that we […]
[Original post on troet.cafe]
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Fun in the lab: Accidentally (?) painting funny little images with our atoms. I claimed it was a sheep on a rock, and the PhD student agreed and saved this slightly altered drawing to the lab book!
(This is an averaged image over a 2D array of single atoms that we […]
[Original post on troet.cafe]
(This is an averaged image over a 2D array of single atoms that we […]
[Original post on troet.cafe]
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
email from student in online class to tell me they’ve had an ah-ha moment, readings and exercise clicked, and they were excited to share how and why.
…that’s the stuff i love.
…that’s the stuff i love.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
email from student in online class to tell me they’ve had an ah-ha moment, readings and exercise clicked, and they were excited to share how and why.
…that’s the stuff i love.
…that’s the stuff i love.
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
Let's look closer at the Venera 8 landing site. Now the mission team knew they could reach the surface it made sense to measure composition with a gamma ray instrument. Earlier probes had mostly studied the atmosphere during descent. The composition was […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Let's look closer at the Venera 8 landing site. Now the mission team knew they could reach the surface it made sense to measure composition with a gamma ray instrument. Earlier probes had mostly studied the atmosphere during descent. The composition was […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[#VeteransDay]
Thanks to the families today. For those left behind as their mothers and fathers went to the field, or to fight. The missed recitals, science fairs, and concerts. The husbands and wives holding the house together while their loved ones are away. To the sisters and brothers who […]
Thanks to the families today. For those left behind as their mothers and fathers went to the field, or to fight. The missed recitals, science fairs, and concerts. The husbands and wives holding the house together while their loved ones are away. To the sisters and brothers who […]
Original post on astronomy.city
astronomy.city
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
[#VeteransDay]
Thanks to the families today. For those left behind as their mothers and fathers went to the field, or to fight. The missed recitals, science fairs, and concerts. The husbands and wives holding the house together while their loved ones are away. To the sisters and brothers who […]
Thanks to the families today. For those left behind as their mothers and fathers went to the field, or to fight. The missed recitals, science fairs, and concerts. The husbands and wives holding the house together while their loved ones are away. To the sisters and brothers who […]
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
Venera 8 launched on 27 March 1972 and landed on Venus on 22 July. A companion spacecraft launched 4 days later but never left Earth orbit. Venera 8 lander just after dawn at its site and measured light levels but had no camera. It ejected a radio transmitter […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Venera 8 launched on 27 March 1972 and landed on Venus on 22 July. A companion spacecraft launched 4 days later but never left Earth orbit. Venera 8 lander just after dawn at its site and measured light levels but had no camera. It ejected a radio transmitter […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
#anime #animangafoundit @apc For my "This Week" pick, I'm going with #plussizedmisadventuresinlove The fat jokes can get a little tiresome but overall so far it's a very sweet story. A sad, dour girl gets a Near Death Experience and comes out of it with a 100% […]
[Original post on astronomy.city]
[Original post on astronomy.city]
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#anime #animangafoundit @apc For my "This Week" pick, I'm going with #plussizedmisadventuresinlove The fat jokes can get a little tiresome but overall so far it's a very sweet story. A sad, dour girl gets a Near Death Experience and comes out of it with a 100% […]
[Original post on astronomy.city]
[Original post on astronomy.city]
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
These are closeups, full Magellan resolution, of the Venera 5 and 6 sites: squares 100 km across inside each circle in yesterday's post. The surfaces are all lava flows and lighter patches are rougher surfaces. The thicker, wavy, east-west trending white […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
These are closeups, full Magellan resolution, of the Venera 5 and 6 sites: squares 100 km across inside each circle in yesterday's post. The surfaces are all lava flows and lighter patches are rougher surfaces. The thicker, wavy, east-west trending white […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
Here is the central part of the Venera 4 landing area seen at full Magellan resolution, about 100 m/pixel. The image spans 200 km left to right. White lines are fractures, hundreds of hem - a tectonically disrupted landscape. At right is a band of fractured […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Here is the central part of the Venera 4 landing area seen at full Magellan resolution, about 100 m/pixel. The image spans 200 km left to right. White lines are fractures, hundreds of hem - a tectonically disrupted landscape. At right is a band of fractured […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
Reposted by Richard Hendricks
Listening in to a meeting of radio astronomers: direct-to-cell satellites are SO BRIGHT that even though they're following the rules and broadcasting in their allocated bands, they destroy astronomical observations across a huge swath of frequencies.
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Listening in to a meeting of radio astronomers: direct-to-cell satellites are SO BRIGHT that even though they're following the rules and broadcasting in their allocated bands, they destroy astronomical observations across a huge swath of frequencies.
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]