Alex Hunsley 2M0LBH
@quaplek.bsky.social
Software dev, ham, masticator
So a gambling chain might have to close some “shops”.
My tangential thoughts:
My tangential thoughts:
October 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
So a gambling chain might have to close some “shops”.
My tangential thoughts:
My tangential thoughts:
Autocorrect changed “Metamagical themas” into “metamucil themas”.
I don’t think a Hofstadter book on laxatives would do the numbers
I don’t think a Hofstadter book on laxatives would do the numbers
October 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Autocorrect changed “Metamagical themas” into “metamucil themas”.
I don’t think a Hofstadter book on laxatives would do the numbers
I don’t think a Hofstadter book on laxatives would do the numbers
At long last, I'm looking into #PCB #fabrication. This is a little capacitor education tool I designed called cap-fun.
More gory deets at hunsley.io/posts/2025/e...
Not had this made yet, it's coming!
More gory deets at hunsley.io/posts/2025/e...
Not had this made yet, it's coming!
May 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
At long last, I'm looking into #PCB #fabrication. This is a little capacitor education tool I designed called cap-fun.
More gory deets at hunsley.io/posts/2025/e...
Not had this made yet, it's coming!
More gory deets at hunsley.io/posts/2025/e...
Not had this made yet, it's coming!
Wandering round an old haunt from the 90s.
Wail. That used to be May’s snack bar
@darkbluemonkey.bsky.social @notthatexciting.bsky.social
Wail. That used to be May’s snack bar
@darkbluemonkey.bsky.social @notthatexciting.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Wandering round an old haunt from the 90s.
Wail. That used to be May’s snack bar
@darkbluemonkey.bsky.social @notthatexciting.bsky.social
Wail. That used to be May’s snack bar
@darkbluemonkey.bsky.social @notthatexciting.bsky.social
Reposted by Alex Hunsley 2M0LBH
@quaplek.bsky.social and @notthatexciting.bsky.social hanging out with us.... Marshmallows later perhaps.... :)
May 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@quaplek.bsky.social and @notthatexciting.bsky.social hanging out with us.... Marshmallows later perhaps.... :)
Why do openAI let ChatGPT (attempt to) do fact-based technical imagery like this? (It’s nonsense)
Electricity and electronics are no joke.
It’ll also draw a completely stupid way to jump start your car.
Electricity and electronics are no joke.
It’ll also draw a completely stupid way to jump start your car.
May 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Why do openAI let ChatGPT (attempt to) do fact-based technical imagery like this? (It’s nonsense)
Electricity and electronics are no joke.
It’ll also draw a completely stupid way to jump start your car.
Electricity and electronics are no joke.
It’ll also draw a completely stupid way to jump start your car.
Unwritten rule of UI design #634,975:
When a very common and uncomplicated operation like writing a small file to disk completes, you don’t need to breathlessly let the user know that it worked.
#ux
When a very common and uncomplicated operation like writing a small file to disk completes, you don’t need to breathlessly let the user know that it worked.
#ux
April 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Unwritten rule of UI design #634,975:
When a very common and uncomplicated operation like writing a small file to disk completes, you don’t need to breathlessly let the user know that it worked.
#ux
When a very common and uncomplicated operation like writing a small file to disk completes, you don’t need to breathlessly let the user know that it worked.
#ux
When signs cry out for help
April 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
When signs cry out for help
All hail the Maillard reaction, hallowed be thy chemical reaction.
40% wholewheat loaf (750g, 71.6% hyd)
#wholewheat #loaf #fwsy #bread
40% wholewheat loaf (750g, 71.6% hyd)
#wholewheat #loaf #fwsy #bread
April 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
All hail the Maillard reaction, hallowed be thy chemical reaction.
40% wholewheat loaf (750g, 71.6% hyd)
#wholewheat #loaf #fwsy #bread
40% wholewheat loaf (750g, 71.6% hyd)
#wholewheat #loaf #fwsy #bread
When a cat is relaxed and stretches one or two paws out into the air it is “touching the ghost of Elton John”.
Yes, Elton’s still alive. But they are touching his ghost anyway. Because cats are special
Yes, Elton’s still alive. But they are touching his ghost anyway. Because cats are special
March 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
When a cat is relaxed and stretches one or two paws out into the air it is “touching the ghost of Elton John”.
Yes, Elton’s still alive. But they are touching his ghost anyway. Because cats are special
Yes, Elton’s still alive. But they are touching his ghost anyway. Because cats are special
I’ve published my basic snare technique doc from a few years ago on ze bloggo.
#drumming #snare
hunsley.io/posts/2025/s...
#drumming #snare
hunsley.io/posts/2025/s...
Drumming: Snare technique fundamentals
Notes from a 2021 workshop by Alex Hunsley on snare technique
hunsley.io
March 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I’ve published my basic snare technique doc from a few years ago on ze bloggo.
#drumming #snare
hunsley.io/posts/2025/s...
#drumming #snare
hunsley.io/posts/2025/s...
Reposted by Alex Hunsley 2M0LBH
Summerhall Arts have confirmed today they have a signed lease to secure their future. Go and visit soon to support the arts (and have a coffee at their lovely café)
March 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Summerhall Arts have confirmed today they have a signed lease to secure their future. Go and visit soon to support the arts (and have a coffee at their lovely café)
I posted about my cable recognition hack which has helped my sanity.
I’ll never defeat my cable nest(s) but I can pick out a cable much quicker now from a nest or my bag!
hunsley.io/posts/2025/c...
I’ll never defeat my cable nest(s) but I can pick out a cable much quicker now from a nest or my bag!
hunsley.io/posts/2025/c...
Tip: quicker cable recognition
If you have various nests of cables around the place you’re not unusual (USB anyone?). Organising your cable types, and keeping them organised, feels like a classic Sisyphean task.
One way to make thi...
hunsley.io
March 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I posted about my cable recognition hack which has helped my sanity.
I’ll never defeat my cable nest(s) but I can pick out a cable much quicker now from a nest or my bag!
hunsley.io/posts/2025/c...
I’ll never defeat my cable nest(s) but I can pick out a cable much quicker now from a nest or my bag!
hunsley.io/posts/2025/c...
Oh, so Apple are now going to use system notifications to advertise Apple goods and services at me?
February 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Oh, so Apple are now going to use system notifications to advertise Apple goods and services at me?
Ugh, I’m getting tired of the console-ification of pc games running gameplay. Sometimes at key junctures.
Dying light 2 has form here.
The latest is that I was at the start of the epilogue. I was hidden and wanted to stealth it. I had to leave the game, was stealth in bushes at time.
(1/2)
Dying light 2 has form here.
The latest is that I was at the start of the epilogue. I was hidden and wanted to stealth it. I had to leave the game, was stealth in bushes at time.
(1/2)
February 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ugh, I’m getting tired of the console-ification of pc games running gameplay. Sometimes at key junctures.
Dying light 2 has form here.
The latest is that I was at the start of the epilogue. I was hidden and wanted to stealth it. I had to leave the game, was stealth in bushes at time.
(1/2)
Dying light 2 has form here.
The latest is that I was at the start of the epilogue. I was hidden and wanted to stealth it. I had to leave the game, was stealth in bushes at time.
(1/2)
Reposted by Alex Hunsley 2M0LBH
Happy "Microsoft trying to force CoPilot subs" day in the UK for all who celebrate.
(They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase).
1) Go to your account page
2) Hit cancel
3) Change sub back.
(They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase).
1) Go to your account page
2) Hit cancel
3) Change sub back.
February 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Happy "Microsoft trying to force CoPilot subs" day in the UK for all who celebrate.
(They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase).
1) Go to your account page
2) Hit cancel
3) Change sub back.
(They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase).
1) Go to your account page
2) Hit cancel
3) Change sub back.
Debugging an old flat panel tv that does nothing (that i can see) on power on.
It has a rareish combo of inputs: hdmi composite SVG. So it’s valuable for that.
If nothing else, I could save the panel itself for projects.
It has a rareish combo of inputs: hdmi composite SVG. So it’s valuable for that.
If nothing else, I could save the panel itself for projects.
February 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Debugging an old flat panel tv that does nothing (that i can see) on power on.
It has a rareish combo of inputs: hdmi composite SVG. So it’s valuable for that.
If nothing else, I could save the panel itself for projects.
It has a rareish combo of inputs: hdmi composite SVG. So it’s valuable for that.
If nothing else, I could save the panel itself for projects.
Debugging an old flat panel tv that does nothing (that i can see) on power on.
It has a rareish combo of inputs: hdmi composite SVG. So it’s valuable for that.
If nothing else, I could save the panel itself for projects.
It has a rareish combo of inputs: hdmi composite SVG. So it’s valuable for that.
If nothing else, I could save the panel itself for projects.
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Debugging an old flat panel tv that does nothing (that i can see) on power on.
It has a rareish combo of inputs: hdmi composite SVG. So it’s valuable for that.
If nothing else, I could save the panel itself for projects.
It has a rareish combo of inputs: hdmi composite SVG. So it’s valuable for that.
If nothing else, I could save the panel itself for projects.
A post on AI “dazzle”: in this case, someone pushing a poor idea under the sheen of “the chatGPT code looks complicated!”
hunsley.io/posts/2024/b...
hunsley.io/posts/2024/b...
Beware ChatGPT dazzle
I’ve long known about the power of computer visualisation to dazzle and distract, to give cover to bad or poorly supported ideas. The case study I saw at university was about a famous computer animati...
hunsley.io
January 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A post on AI “dazzle”: in this case, someone pushing a poor idea under the sheen of “the chatGPT code looks complicated!”
hunsley.io/posts/2024/b...
hunsley.io/posts/2024/b...
Does anyone else feel weird seeing all the videos about Neil Gaiman’s assaults/abuse that are monetised? Like, all of them.
The authors’ disgust stops short of not monetising the trauma of the victims.
The authors’ disgust stops short of not monetising the trauma of the victims.
January 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Does anyone else feel weird seeing all the videos about Neil Gaiman’s assaults/abuse that are monetised? Like, all of them.
The authors’ disgust stops short of not monetising the trauma of the victims.
The authors’ disgust stops short of not monetising the trauma of the victims.
This job hunt sankey diagram is amazing.
January 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This job hunt sankey diagram is amazing.
Reposted by Alex Hunsley 2M0LBH
Well, happy eighth anniversary to *that* Twitter reply, obviously
December 23, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Well, happy eighth anniversary to *that* Twitter reply, obviously
January 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The founders of stackoverflow got a pretty perfect exit point: in 2021 for $1.8 billion. Just the decline was truly setting in…
blog.pragmaticengineer.com/are-llms-mak...
blog.pragmaticengineer.com/are-llms-mak...
Are LLMs making StackOverflow irrelevant?
Fresh data shows that the number of questions asked on StackOverflow are as low as they were back in 2009 – which was when StackOverflow was one years old. The drop suggests that ChatGPT – and LLMs – ...
blog.pragmaticengineer.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The founders of stackoverflow got a pretty perfect exit point: in 2021 for $1.8 billion. Just the decline was truly setting in…
blog.pragmaticengineer.com/are-llms-mak...
blog.pragmaticengineer.com/are-llms-mak...