Joseph Chiu
@toybuilder.bsky.social
Hardware / Product Developer. Altium/Alibre. Southern California.
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Ronald Reagan: “Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American…This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness.”🇺🇸🇺🇸
July 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ronald Reagan: “Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American…This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness.”🇺🇸🇺🇸
This is an aspect that I underappreciated. Creating a system which allows for some freedom to explore new ideas...
For years I’ve contrasted the way that US science allocates cognitive effort from the bottom up via individual scientists responding to career incentives with the way things were done in the Soviet Union, from the top down, by the Party setting rear b priorities.
I can’t do that anymore.
I can’t do that anymore.
In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”.
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
March 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is an aspect that I underappreciated. Creating a system which allows for some freedom to explore new ideas...
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NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.
www.propublica.org
March 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
www.propublica.org/article/legi...
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kind of a wild story from @adafruit.com about a russian company hijacking Arduino libraries to boost SEO for their online store blog.adafruit.com/2025/03/05/f...
March 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
kind of a wild story from @adafruit.com about a russian company hijacking Arduino libraries to boost SEO for their online store blog.adafruit.com/2025/03/05/f...
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Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.
Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research
President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.
www.rollingstone.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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The US federal government has become the world's largest toxic workplace. This is simultaneously abuse of the American taxpayer and abuse of public employees...so they get it twice.
March 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The US federal government has become the world's largest toxic workplace. This is simultaneously abuse of the American taxpayer and abuse of public employees...so they get it twice.
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Even Reagan wouldn’t have stood for this shit.
March 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Even Reagan wouldn’t have stood for this shit.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins took to social media to tout sweeping cuts to contracts that he said would save the department nearly $2 billion.
But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover medical services, fund cancer programs and provide burial services to veterans.
But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover medical services, fund cancer programs and provide burial services to veterans.
DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show
Records show among the 875 contracts were arrangements to help medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and provide burial services to veterans.
wapo.st
February 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins took to social media to tout sweeping cuts to contracts that he said would save the department nearly $2 billion.
But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover medical services, fund cancer programs and provide burial services to veterans.
But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover medical services, fund cancer programs and provide burial services to veterans.
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Look everyone...it's fine. Clearly this isn't a conflict of interest because if it was Elon would recuse himself.
Move along...move along.
Move along...move along.
The FAA has agreed to use SpaceX's Starlink internet system to upgrade the IT networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflicts of interest for CEO Elon Musk in one of his other roles, that of recommending funding cuts at federal agencies, including the FAA. cnn.it/436qirE
February 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Look everyone...it's fine. Clearly this isn't a conflict of interest because if it was Elon would recuse himself.
Move along...move along.
Move along...move along.
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I remember seeing this drone video a few years ago and thinking "we'll never run SLAM on that".... but here it is, complete with dense reconstruction (single camera, unknown calibration, no IMU). MASt3R-SLAM is absurdly robust.
We’ve had fun testing the limits of MASt3R-SLAM on in-the-wild videos. Here’s the drone video of a Minnesota bowling alley that we’ve always wanted to reconstruct! Different scene scales, dynamic objects, specular surfaces, and fast motion.
February 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I remember seeing this drone video a few years ago and thinking "we'll never run SLAM on that".... but here it is, complete with dense reconstruction (single camera, unknown calibration, no IMU). MASt3R-SLAM is absurdly robust.
Bought microSD cards recovered from returned security cameras, 50 cents a piece. (For Raspberry Pi, Jetson, 3D printers, etc.)
1 defective card. Of the remaining 19, 5 of them had videos on them from people's homes.
Always do at least a quick wipe of your data before disposing your electronics!
1 defective card. Of the remaining 19, 5 of them had videos on them from people's homes.
Always do at least a quick wipe of your data before disposing your electronics!
February 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Bought microSD cards recovered from returned security cameras, 50 cents a piece. (For Raspberry Pi, Jetson, 3D printers, etc.)
1 defective card. Of the remaining 19, 5 of them had videos on them from people's homes.
Always do at least a quick wipe of your data before disposing your electronics!
1 defective card. Of the remaining 19, 5 of them had videos on them from people's homes.
Always do at least a quick wipe of your data before disposing your electronics!
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If there’s a next time, I hope people back the person & the party actually fighting for them instead of crying that it wasn’t enough or fast enough. Progressive means making progress. Getting it done, but it takes time.
Hold folk’s feet to the fire, but don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
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Hold folk’s feet to the fire, but don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
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February 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
If there’s a next time, I hope people back the person & the party actually fighting for them instead of crying that it wasn’t enough or fast enough. Progressive means making progress. Getting it done, but it takes time.
Hold folk’s feet to the fire, but don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
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Hold folk’s feet to the fire, but don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
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Because of DOGE, countless Americans are going to die.
February 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Because of DOGE, countless Americans are going to die.
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ICYMI 👇
NEW: Scoop about the architect of the destruction of USAID.
Pete Marocco was a USAID official in the first Trump Admin.
On a trip to the Balkans, he secretly met with the Serb separatist leader. That was a no-no. Caused a big diplomatic incident.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Pete Marocco was a USAID official in the first Trump Admin.
On a trip to the Balkans, he secretly met with the Serb separatist leader. That was a no-no. Caused a big diplomatic incident.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy
Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign ...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
ICYMI 👇
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Captures it perfectly.
February 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Captures it perfectly.
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ICYMI: the official DOGE website launch was a security mess. Two web developers, working independently, found it was possible to push updates to the DOGE.gov domain, which claims to be an official US government website.
The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess
Plus: Researchers find RedNote lacks basic security measures, surveillance ramps up around the US-Mexico border, and the UK ordering Apple to create an encryption backdoor comes under fire.
www.wired.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ICYMI: the official DOGE website launch was a security mess. Two web developers, working independently, found it was possible to push updates to the DOGE.gov domain, which claims to be an official US government website.
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I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
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I watched this video this morning and it really has been instructive for understanding, well, a lot of behavior.
youtu.be/bNOol5OTasw
youtu.be/bNOol5OTasw
You're not addicted to tiktoks/reels, you're addicted to the scrolling
YouTube video by HGModernism
youtu.be
February 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I watched this video this morning and it really has been instructive for understanding, well, a lot of behavior.
youtu.be/bNOol5OTasw
youtu.be/bNOol5OTasw
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DOJ leadership has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with 1 hour to decide who will dismiss Adams indictment or else all will be fired. Sending them strength to stand by their oath, which is to support the Constitution, not the president’s political agenda. 🇺🇸
February 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
DOJ leadership has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with 1 hour to decide who will dismiss Adams indictment or else all will be fired. Sending them strength to stand by their oath, which is to support the Constitution, not the president’s political agenda. 🇺🇸
@arturo182.bsky.social designed a 3d-printed breakaway header tool which I've been using for years. I wanted to make a new design inspired by his original work. www.thingiverse.com/thing:6948716
February 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
@arturo182.bsky.social designed a 3d-printed breakaway header tool which I've been using for years. I wanted to make a new design inspired by his original work. www.thingiverse.com/thing:6948716
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📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
Hegseth’s rough start: Pentagon chief faces protest at U.S. base abroad
The question isn’t why the defense secretary faced pushback at U.S. European Command headquarters; the question is whether he’ll see more protests soon.
www.msnbc.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.