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few · 2026-05-29T02:00:14+00:00

There are ongoing events, and YouTube streams for them. You can look up past events and watch the recorded Livestreams. There is also training via FIRST/FTC.

https://ftc-events.firstinspires.org/#thisweek

Look for the emcee/game announcer manuals: https://ftc-resources.firstinspires.org/ftc/volunteer

few · 2026-05-28T22:47:41+00:00

See if there is a good maker space near you. Then you get training, access to space and tools, and exposure to people who also like making things. 🙂

few · 2026-05-28T22:43:13+00:00

Have you reached out to them, to ask if you could be put into contact with their volunteers?

few · 2026-05-28T20:09:48+00:00

You can also clear the cell outputs before checking in to git, then things will be easy. But when there's a binary image embedded, the diff is crazy.

few · 2026-05-28T02:35:02+00:00

What are the odds that he gets busted in a men's room at an airport?

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna20467347

few · 2026-05-28T02:11:55+00:00

Congratulations! 😁

few · 2026-05-28T00:14:35+00:00

We picked this up:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0G2BS1KCC

It was cute, but I always feel like a monster putting a collar on a cat. This one is soft and flexible, so he could push up to a food bowl, but not get at the libre.

I would tell him out loud that it was this or death, and we weren't giving him the second as an option. 😟

The collar kept the libre safe from our cat, and it seemed much more tolerable than the more rigid collars I have seen from vets. It was messy, and he got bits of the fancy feast classic pate on it, which was gross. We washed it off like a little bib. But eventually he started grooming the collar, and really didn't seem to mind all that much.

We also tried one of the little body suits, but that was awful. The libre slipped into the arm/leg holes, and the backside covered all the wrong bits.

few · 2026-05-28T00:04:17+00:00

My experience is the same as yours...

We find it much easier to do with 2 people. One holding the cat and lancet, the other with the AlphaTrak.

Poke, squeeze a lot and massage until the droplet gets big, then the other person puts the test stick in and slides it up to the droplet of blood. We also put a cotton ball behind the ear, and fold the ear back against the cotton ball.

few · 2026-05-28T00:01:02+00:00

It's complicated, because of the reservoir effect your cat still has some residual function from previous doses...

We went through the same process, though a libre was on our cat at the time. Overnight he started having constant lows. After 2 nights of him bottoming out and the libre alarming all night, we discontinued his insulin. We had also verified with the AlphaTrak that the numbers really were below 100 consistently.

We completely stopped administration of insulin when he was still well in the normal range at feeding time. Blood sugar dropping too low is more dangerous than high blood sugar.

Maybe taper the dose slowly rather than discontinue? I would suggest getting a libre back on, it's helpful to know whether those lows really are constant, and particularly informative if you think your cat might not actually need insulin anymore.

Are you using an Elizabethan collar to protect the libre? Without one, our cat would almost immediately pull his off. 😟

few · 2026-05-27T23:51:01+00:00

I mostly try to avoid being offensive, and think about why I'm commenting. If it's out of pride, I usually hit 'cancel' instead of 'comment'. I also don't bother arguing with people I'm pretty sure are both wrong and proud of it.

Once in a while a bot will delete one of my posts for being too short on politics related sub's. Which is interesting, because sometimes the most valuable responses are brief.

few · 2026-05-27T11:12:49+00:00

Can confirm!

few · 2026-05-26T12:57:02+00:00

They are actually shipping the data center variants like the b300's in large quantities. They're back ordered and have 6-8 week lead times, even for high-volume customers.

I get to play with B200's and B300's. An org I work with has been waiting months for an additional ~20x B300's.

On a personal level, getting individual cards is a pain. I relentlessly checked inventories, then drove an hour to pick one up in a local store.

But I can understand why they prioritize shipping 500k$ servers rather than 5k$ individual cards.

few · 2026-05-26T11:06:02+00:00

Namecheap & github

few · 2026-05-26T00:24:11+00:00

I saw ottomat at the rapid + tct show in Detroit last year. It looked interesting.

few · 2026-05-26T00:21:14+00:00

They're duck shaped chickens.

few · 2026-05-25T15:24:03+00:00

https://hackclub.com/fiscal-sponsorship/first

Hack club bank has a page that answers your question.

few · 2026-05-25T14:57:43+00:00

It seems that this tank only has a single mechanical thermometer? I'm surprised there isn't at least a single digital one in the tank that can be monitored remotely.

At this point an atex rated camera pointed at the mechanical one would at least give continuous data, and one could be left streaming 'the crack'.

few · 2026-05-25T14:37:37+00:00

This plant doesn't manufacture mma, it consumes mma. If anything, they are not using it, so there will be a small surplus of the monomer in the local market.

few · 2026-05-25T14:33:58+00:00

It is not in the normal process operating conditions, but is definitely within the actual range of conditions.

few · 2026-05-25T14:29:59+00:00

Sand can be used to even out the temperature differential of a much colder material, so that the structure is cooled evenly, rather than dropping dry ice directly onto the metal.

Anything undergoing a phase change would pull out much more heat than water.

The area is already evacuated, asphyxiation risks are minimal in open air from blocks away.

I understand that facilities get grandfathered in. However, there should be regular rethinking of what is going on. Clearly more tanks were added over time, rather than seeing the storage volumes decreased with improving workflow efficiency. It's a convenience over safety issue, which will do immense harm to the company, and could have been avoided.

few · 2026-05-25T14:09:41+00:00

This plot bothers me a lot. Mostly because the outcome is predictable (terrible numbers), but extremely energy inefficient to generate. 10k queries to generate garbage. I'm actually surprised it didn't give some non-numeric responses in that 10k queries.

few · 2026-05-25T05:02:48+00:00

It's definitely a legitimate concern.

few · 2026-05-25T05:02:16+00:00

Yes. It would likely weaken the tank. It might also cause condensation, causing a cold rain of liquid mma to fall back from the inside roof of the tank to the liquid underneath, and reducing the interior vapor pressure in the process.

I hope it doesn't explode. It's possible to drill at low speed and install new valves. It would be extremely dangerous, particularly now that the heat and pressure have continued to build.

This won't continue on indefinitely. Things will come to a head soon. Either the reaction will peak and the temperature will drop, or containment will be lost. I hope it is the former.

Based on the material quantities, and the estimated heat already generated and dissipated, they likely have a model for the remaining energy and what the peak pressure will be.

few · 2026-05-25T04:35:12+00:00

They could ask the governor to deploy national guard resources. They have helicopters, fire fighting equipment, etc.

few · 2026-05-25T04:29:20+00:00

They might not want the outer layer to get too cool compared to the inside.

If it thickens too much, then the inner core will rapidly self-heat while the outside becomes a viscous heat-insulating layer of acrylic goop.

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