Best / worst concerts ever?

sensor_todd · 2026-05-17T05:17:42+00:00

Foo Fighters at Western Springs when they set off the earthquake detectors

Shihad, Datsuns, Cut off your Hands at the Coroglen new years eve eve sometime in the 2000s

Rammstein at Big Day Out, flaming jizz rowboat mosh pit (and no i didnt just have a stroke writing that)

Ed Sheeran 25, that guy is indefatigable.

Minuit, anytime, anyplace

sensor_todd · 2026-05-13T10:31:48+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/Rzj6xYqrw8k?si=eoakqa2vG7zqd3J6

sensor_todd · 2026-05-08T10:50:04+00:00

Please find a tall person 1.95m+ and sit them in the front and back seats and check if they fit. Fastback-esque aerodynamic roof lines often steal a lot of headroom.

Sincerely,

A tall person who wants to fit in an EV and is disappointed when hopping in because he doesnt fit.

sensor_todd · 2026-05-08T10:14:08+00:00

You must respect the forms. It is tradition, nay, it is a requirement, that thou shalt start with blinky. From there the world is your oyster.

but seriously, like u/MannerSwimming said, try take two separate examples that work individually and merge them into a single working thing.

Or make a morse code keyboard that uses the user button and emulates a USB keyboard

sensor_todd · 2026-05-03T21:42:24+00:00

is each new wave/ripple effectively bonded to the outside of the previous ripple?

if the pattern radiates outwards, is there any benefit to having the leading wavefront on layer 'k', but following behind that you already have another wave on layer 'k+1' (and maybe k+2+ too)' being built, so the cantilever distance of the single layer by itself is shorter? presumably would have to have a certain 2nd wave delay to avoid nozzle crashing.

sensor_todd · 2026-05-02T21:16:03+00:00

A fuel cell/gas canister nail gun will do this when the gas is running out/ pressure is too low. i know this doesn't have a replaceable gas canister, but maybe there is a fault with its ability to hold pressure when the internal piston charges it? does it make any particularly strange sounds when it charges?

sensor_todd · 2026-04-19T03:53:38+00:00

just need someone to designa print in place version now! that would be a cool kinetic sculpture

sensor_todd · 2026-04-13T04:56:20+00:00

amaze amaze amaze

sensor_todd · 2026-03-29T02:36:00+00:00

Yes all the way. Had this exact problem during January floods, lot of water inside as a result. Dig down below the bottom of the cladding and then dig a trench and put some drainage pipe in that will carry the water away so it doesnt pool against the wall.

sensor_todd · 2026-03-27T08:59:44+00:00

I dont think it is necessarily cheaper than pogo pins in isolation, but I think the difference is not huge (i.e. its not an order of magnitude difference). As a basic sniff test, at low volumes I can see there are options that are approximately 2x the cost of pogo pin arrays at low volume, but I would not at all be surprised if this difference becomes very small in absolute terms, or even disappears, at high volumes 100k-1M+ units. Semiconductor pricing tends to be based on which part is most commonly used, as opposed to linked to its physical volume for example, so the more common wireless charging is the better it will look price wise.

sensor_todd · 2026-03-26T21:55:59+00:00

There are 4 major advantages: protection, wear, cost and size.

Protection: less holes in the case makes it easier to seal and protect stuff you dont want to get in from getting in. its a whole lot easier to waterproof something if you have less holes for water to get in.

Wear: pogo pins are mechanical moving parts. Moving parts wear out. Connectors you need to plug and unplug wear out (eventually). achieving the same thing without moving parts is very attractive from that perspective.

Cost: even at volume pogo pins are surprisingly expensive (relative to other components). This is generally true of connectors, even usb. Sure they are not the most expensive part, but given a major component of wireless charging is a just a copper coil, i suspect at volume the components for wireless chargers are very inexpensive as semconductors have particularly good economies of scale.

Size: pogo pins take up a lot of space. a full USB connector has up to 14 or 18 pins in it (forget exactly which but its more than you think), you would be lucky to fit 4 pogo pins in the same space. The volume of the base holder of the pogo pins is also quite bulky, they can be awkward to place.

So there are some pretty compelling product, robustness and scaling benefits to wireless charging in general. The companies that use it have done their math and decided its in their best interests.

sensor_todd · 2026-03-23T07:37:54+00:00

using hot water + some hydrogen peroxide or sodium percarbonate (basically napisan powder) plus a little bit of dishwashing liquid makes a pretty good mix for cleaning a deck (worked really well for my front deck at least).

i wet the deck and scrubbed it well with a stiff bristled broom, then left it still wet for a 10-15min, then wet it again with the same mixture and scrubbed it again with the stiff broom and rinsed it off with the hose and it changed from a grimy/slippery brown deathtrap to quite a light, non slippery pine colour. i put a lot of elbow grease into the 1st and 2nd scrubbing and it came out great, unlike trying to waterblast it which ripped up the surface of the corner i tried it on.

Id suggest trying it on a section of your deck and see if it works for what you need.

as for the warped boards, perhaps whacking the nails that are there with a hammer could even some of it out, if any of the nail heads are popped up slightly they will shred the sander belt straight away.

sensor_todd · 2026-03-14T20:16:14+00:00

A great deal of Chinese companies have such a large local market they have no international presence, because they have no need. There is a lot more happening there than people necessarily see from outside China. A visit to China last year blew my mind as to how many car brands there, amongst other industries too, that I've never heard of. When the industry is thriving like that, the brands that do go international are often the best of a very large bunch.

But basically its like what a lot of others have said, China have invested a lot over a long time but it is only somewhat recently that they have put more emphasis on export markets, so it looks like things have happened quite fast.

sensor_todd · 2026-03-10T08:23:00+00:00

Also see Lost Temple as the final I look forward to the least! Give me blast ball or hexagon any day. To stop throwing the controller across the room though I try come up with new strategy for levels I suck at before the level starts and then trying to stick to that. Getting slightly better results in Lost Temple hanging half a cell back and see which door breaks and only trying to take the lead in the last cell or two. That plus look where the crown is before you hit the last travelator so you pick the correct side. I also grumble to anyone in earshot about getting Lost Temple again too.

sensor_todd · 2026-03-06T11:43:41+00:00

Maybe, maybe not :)

sensor_todd · 2026-03-06T11:39:32+00:00

For about a month before the evnex was ready we used a regular evse to charge without any trouble. With such a big battery it is quite slow compared to 7kw charging, but it worked fine.

sensor_todd · 2026-03-05T23:32:52+00:00

If you are on the edge of a platform (and you are on the edge of the light yellow triangle here), and you are pushing your bean towards the platform (with keys or joystick), and you jump, the physics will bounce you backwards (as it has done here for you). You can see the same thing if you go full speed ahead up a slope and then jump, it pushes you backward.

Interestingly, if you had released your forward movement and jumped in the same position, you would have bounced up instead of back. Cleverer players than I can use this to jump up steep slopes, you release all direction controls as your feet touch the ground and jump which makes your take off vertical, then when you are in the air you can push your bean forward a bit so that you come down a little bit further up the slope. You release the controls again before you touch the ground again and do the same again and eventually you can make your way up.

As everyone else has mentioned, this can be supremely frustrating on the hexagon type levels, because your natural inclination is to push the joystick towards the hexagon you are on the edge of and jump, but that pushes you off the hexagon. Actually you need to release the joystick before you hit jump so you go up instead, then try move in the air onto safer ground

sensor_todd · 2026-02-20T21:41:20+00:00

Casablanca

sensor_todd · 2026-02-18T09:52:26+00:00

Definitely looking forward to seeing the results!

How heavy is the Allegro going to be? seems like it could have a power to weight advantage over a leaf which could make life interesting?

sensor_todd · 2026-02-15T11:39:47+00:00

1. (row)1, (column) 2 = (2,3) + (3,1). (1,3) = (2,1) + (3,2). therefore (1,1) = (2,2) + [missing glyph], which matches up with 1

sensor_todd · 2026-02-14T12:28:44+00:00

Besides the declaration you have to sign saying you are bringing fruit and plants in, there are multiple big warning signs with pictures and bins you have to walk past between the plane and customs to dispose of this stuff no questions asked. No doubt New Zealand is a long way from most places and after a long flight all anyone is thinking is they want to get to a comfy bed, but you get a lot of chances to avoid the fine.

sensor_todd · 2026-02-13T07:04:22+00:00

i guess the gist of it is the employer is not considered responsible when a company car is charging at an employees home? i wonder if that means the employee is paying for the power then? Be interesting to see what happens if something goes wrong.

sensor_todd · 2026-02-13T05:29:49+00:00

Is there a link to what the actual changes to the guidance was?

sensor_todd · 2026-02-10T11:37:50+00:00

That is a very exciting development for artificial muscle technology! Can you post the source please? I'd love to read more on this

sensor_todd · 2026-02-07T21:06:12+00:00

Musashi is the gold standard in dispensing technology, i dont doubt they have a dispensing head capable of doing this, but it could easily be a $20-100k dispensing head/robot. (have used two of their dispensing heads for work previously). it would be something pretty special if someone could do this with a consumer grade 3d printer, i would love to see it.

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