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Francis 🏴‍☠️ Gulotta
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- Open source 🐛🧲
- Maintains http://SerialPort.io & helped found Nodebots
- Never graduating from @recursecenter
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Snow train
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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I might complain about the docs but this VZM32-SN is something else. I've never seen a zigbee device that does... so much
The Home Assistant add a zigbee device screen shoing a long list of things I don't even understand that this switch can do.
January 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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Jesus Christ Inovelli who are these documents for anyway?

https://help.inovelli.com/en/articles/12811523-blue-series-mmwave-presence-dimmer-switch-setup-instructions-home-assistant-zha
DISCLAIMER: You may notice there are a lot of over-used keywords or phrases as well as English that seems a little off. This is because these articles are used to feed our AI Robot (Ira) and she needs the data to be structured in a certain way.
January 26, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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Last summer I built this workbench (this photo is freshly installed which looks so empty compared to today) and it was practice for the workshop.

- butcher block countertop is too precious for a workbench but for a work counter it’s probably great
- a hardwood […]

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My beautiful wooden workbench that I spent way too long working on and experimenting with
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Got my brother and a friend up to do some painting of my workshop. It was my office for a hot minute and coworkers called it a “dungeon”. They couldn’t even see the flagstone wall that’s probably got horsehair and mud as the mortar.

- Painting cinderblock with […]

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Unpainted workshop with a flagstone wall A freshly painted cinderblock wall More painted walls, but this one had a custom wood framed led light meant for dropped ceilings. I have dropped ceilings in the sense they’re much too low. Honestly walking around this corner looking a freshly painted wall felt really good You can see the room peaking out from behind my workbench
January 20, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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A while back I purchased this 7 segment display 3d printable project from Engineezy a while back and printed a digit and enjoyed it. Now it's time to build a clock.

I got some build notes on stuff I could clean up but I love it anyway <3 […]

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Three 3d printed 7 segment displays on my workbench which is made out of a beautiful butcher block countertop. 3d printing some cams and the front and back of the 7 segment display
January 11, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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OK

#hugops to the MTA TrainTime team this December 1st when everyone’s monthly pass expires.
A screenshot of the MTA TrainTime ticketing app with an html error response to what I have to assume should have been a json api response including ticket data. Grand Central Error Fetching Tickets <html> <head><title>429 Too Many Requests</title></head> <body> <center><h1>429 Too Many Requests</h1></center> <hr><center>nginx</center> </body> </html>
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Props to the delivery van driver blasting REM at 8 in the morning in the middle of the city.
An iconic white and orange temporary steam vent billowing steam in middle of Lexington Ave in New York City. (They’re never temporary)
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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It’s not a station!
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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And a few more. Not as pretty but I just love trains.
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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I took some photos on the train this morning.
A close-up of a train's side, featuring various lights and signals, including an illuminated orange light. The setting includes a platform with part of the train visible and a blurred background of trees and sky. An exterior view of a MetroNorth train door featuring a heart-shaped design with rainbow stripes and the letters "MTA" in the center. Nearby, there are various warning signs, including one that says "Watch the Gap" and instructions for door operation. A close-up image of a door inside a train, featuring a flashing light labeled "DOOR CLOSING." The background shows a blurred view of the outside, including glimpses of trees and buildings. An interior view of a train displaying a digital sign reading "Grand Central." And a number "4223" visible above the sign.
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Listen I’m sure Adam’s farms is great but I can think of a lot of things that top stock photo pizza
A stock photo of a pizza slice with gooey melted cheese, with the text "How do you top this?" and branding for Adams Fairacre Farms, on a metro north train
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Windows 3.1 on the gameboy color review https://retrododo.com/gbs-windows-review/
Minesweeper on windows 3.1 on a modern game boy color The windows cart for the gameboy color in a gameboy
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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What an elegant way to handle time in a human centric way that can be used on devices that might not have a tz library or even know the current time.

I bet the discussion for this time format was really interesting and I wonder if it’s a real standard! #gtfs
Time - Time in the HH:MM:SS format (H:MM:SS is also accepted). The time is measured from "noon minus 12h" of the service day (effectively midnight except for days on which daylight savings time changes occur). For times occurring after midnight on the service day, enter the time as a value greater than 24:00:00 in HH:MM:SS. Example: 14:30:00 for 2:30PM or 25:35:00 for 1:35AM on the next day.
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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#til about Jean Giraud "Moebius" an artist who obviously influenced me and I didn't even know it

https://www.thecollector.com/moebius-artist-pushed-boundaries-our-imagination/
Mystère Montrouge, special limited-edition portfolio, 2001. Source: Muddycolors It's a glowing face in a wall.. but it's so much more than that. Its a complex image with clean lines and yet it's so muddied with items and characters and objects.
October 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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The Onion on point with their fake ads this month.
An image of a newspaper ad featuring an Apple logo. “Remember when those Chinese factory workers were all committing suicide? Neither do we!” An advertisement for Spotify featuring a person with headphones and sunglasses, along with the text: "It’s not legally classified as sweatshop labor if they’re musicians."
October 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Kate's BF is a dick but his JVC sweater is on point

Would it kill him to be supportive of her interests?
September 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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me when I haven't seized the means of production
September 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Yeah, I have some really big news for tonight.

I’m making my own chili lime seasoning and there’s no way this can go wrong
August 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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The absolutely best place to play Space Invaders
A lunar lander is displayed in a dimly lit environment, showcasing its intricate design with reflective materials. In the foreground, a person sits at a commodore PET playing space invaders.
August 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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TFW the place your train on an obvious service platform and you get to see all the cool equipment they just left laying around. 🤩

(The only photo I took without a ton of peoples faces in it.)
People walking down a platform at Grand Central Terminal with a bright yellow cart and a red genie lift that’s got to be like 40ft long.
August 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I'm a computer
August 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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I can't get over this governance thing though. The app store has some bush league issues afaict. Lets look at these alacritty pages. Which one is "official"? Poll in the next post.
This appcenter page header for the snap of alacritty has the author as "Snapcrafters" with a star after it, some status and links. I'll go into detail in the next few posts. This appcenter page header for the deb of alacritty has no author, a "homepage" link and a version. I'll go into detail in the next few posts.
July 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Look at this beautiful #train
July 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Props to the one kid who waved with me while our trains traveled 50mph two feet apart. I hope you’re as unreasonably happy as I am at the whole situation. Awkward train friends are the best.
July 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM