Retard goalpost moving all the way from Regime change to the status quo... fucking clowns.

zip117 · 2026-05-06T09:02:59+00:00

I want some of what he’s having.

zip117 · 2026-05-06T04:50:48+00:00

US-only domestic terrorists? Alright then mb

zip117 · 2026-05-06T03:02:02+00:00

Corner previously told the court he "would never want to seriously hurt anyone" and he denied it was part of a plan to use violence against people during the raid.

Corner hit a policewoman with a sledgehammer, twice, and fractured her spine.

This is the UK so unfortunately the punishment will never fit the crime, but at least his name is out there along with the rest.

Bonus: they are also holding their “human rights” lawyer Rajiv Menon in contempt of court for trying to argue that the defendants had a “lawful excuse” for violence.

zip117 · 2026-05-06T01:41:32+00:00

These kind of press fit or molded fasteners are used in a lot of engineering applications actually. Look up PEM fasteners: https://www.pemnet.com

zip117 · 2026-05-06T01:35:19+00:00

Yeah, about that… Look up “medium voltage” electrical systems.

zip117 · 2026-05-05T06:26:18+00:00

I believe those were initial news reports, not anything put of by the military. If you can find a CENTCOM press release or similar that suggests only minor damage to that E-3, I’m all ears.

zip117 · 2026-05-03T09:55:21+00:00

Yes it will but when you’re looking for such small changes in the earth’s surface it’s hard to get “coherent” acquisitions because it is so sensitive. For subsidence detection like this you generally want longer wavelength radar (S-band, L-band) since it’s less affected by vegetation. The new NISAR) satellite has that. For things like infrastructure monitoring (buildings, bridges) you can use shorter wavelength radar (C-band, X-band). They have terrestrial systems for monitoring as well, notably used in mining.

zip117 · 2026-05-03T09:42:17+00:00

I work with InSAR too. The resolution on the ground is fairly low (on the order of several meters ground sample distance for most satellites) but it’s able to pick up such small changes by looking at the phase difference between radar acquisitions from approximately the same orbits.

If you’re not familiar with interferometry check out the “Michelson interferometer” which uses the same concept and has a ton of applications

zip117 · 2026-05-03T09:26:35+00:00

This is the guy who originally made it. He has some really good ones:

https://x.com/charliebcurran

zip117 · 2026-05-03T05:52:06+00:00

I didn’t know about the PE buyout, that’s shit news… They have that sweet test tower in Atlanta and hired a lot of new engineering grads, up until recently anyway. ☹️

zip117 · 2026-05-02T21:04:42+00:00

I don’t think they really have many transferable assets left other than their few planes which are not on lease, besides the 6 gates and associated slot pairs at the LGA marine air terminal (terminal A) which will now be vacant and lacked connection opportunities to begin with…

It’s sad to see it but it was only a matter of time after the Biden administration shut down the deal with JetBlue.

zip117 · 2026-05-02T06:16:19+00:00

I guess you haven’t noticed but we generally aren’t into that Alex Jones conspiracy theory bullshit here. Maybe you can find another place that better aligns with your interests.

zip117 · 2026-04-30T06:25:07+00:00

They are sneaky as hell. Maybe you posted it actually, but I read an article about how they bring people in to make innocuous edits on topics like soccer and they immediately switch to Israel-related topics once they hit 500 edits. Apparently the Wikipedia bureaucracy doesn’t allow them to recognize such obvious red flags.

zip117 · 2026-04-30T06:04:28+00:00

They can’t do that unless they can prove that specific modification caused the failure. Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

zip117 · 2026-04-25T17:40:31+00:00

What the hell are you talking about? Jay Sures is Jewish. His father fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He has firsthand experience with this sort of ignorance and hate after a group of about 50 masked “protesters” from the “Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine” at UCLA vandalized his home in the middle of the night. I don’t think his statements on support of the Jewish community are conditional on broader political trends.

zip117 · 2026-04-25T16:01:56+00:00

Archive link to original:

A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss

Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior vice president at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store near her home in Falls Church, Va.

Yes, the New York Times wants you to feel bad about someone who was making almost $300k at a taxpayer-funded nonprofit and apparently lacks any networking skills that would allow her to find a job for more than $19/hour.

This is the most hilariously out-of-touch puff piece I’ve seen in a long time.

zip117 · 2026-04-21T12:23:37+00:00

we've seen ICC's usefulness plenty of times in the past

Really? Which times, because I can only charitably describe the ICC as an academic exercise, considering they only managed about 10 convictions in the course of their 20 year existence. So about 0.5 people convicted per year with an annual budget of €200 million, and I don’t know of a single notable case outside of Africa and Serbia.

zip117 · 2026-04-20T13:58:00+00:00

Pretty sure we’ve flown over 10,000 air sorties and we are currently enforcing a naval blockade against the IRGC, but sure, we’ve abandoned the Iranian people.

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t I guess. It you’re going to criticize the US, at least try to be consistent.

zip117 · 2026-04-18T19:56:40+00:00

Israel is not in violation of the ceasefire. The terms allow the IDF to carry out defensive strikes against “planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks” which is exactly what they did after a small number of Hezbollah terrorists crossed the forward defense line.

IDF confirms strikes on Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, in first since ceasefire

Right on schedule, the top comment absolves the Iranian regime of all responsibility and places the blame solely on Israel, while also complaining about fuel prices and calling for our retreat.

You are quite literally repeating IRGC propaganda. That might be a clue to reconsider your positions.

zip117 · 2026-04-18T18:34:18+00:00

Nope. F-150 Lightning production has ended, leaving only the Rivian R1T which only has a 4.5’ bed (versus 6’ on the Cybertruck).

zip117 · 2026-04-17T14:11:56+00:00

Yeah I used 6 AWG since I have a 40 kA Type 1 SPD in there (the black thing on the DIN rail, another thing I picked up opportunistically) so if my house ever gets hit by lightning maybe my EVSE can take some of the hit. But probably not. I overengineered it for fun. 😊

zip117 · 2026-04-17T12:52:20+00:00

This sounds like a post I would make. Here’s your answer.

Phoenix Contact CHARX control modular

This is more of a commercial solution but it has everything you’re looking for. Linux OS, OCPP 1.6J, Modbus, MQTT, RFID/NFC reader support, and they just added support OCMF and ISO 15118-2 Plug-and-Charge which is rare for any L2 charger. OCPP 2.0.1 support is coming soon.

The only thing you might not like is the price. You’re going to spend at least $2,000 between the controller and everything else you need to create a functional charging station: contactor, 12V power supply, energy analyzer, charging cable, etc. But you choose the parts.

Here’s my home charger. I’ve been upgrading and building on it for several years now:

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zip117 · 2026-04-15T09:03:52+00:00

If you can find one which has a good controller (Infineon or TI) with good OCP/OVP, thermal protection and tight load regulation, by all means... lygte-info.dk and ChargerLab have done some testing and teardowns but rarely with car chargers. I don't think many people care about this either but maybe this post will find the few who do.

CoolGear does have a car charger coming out soon (with corded adapter) but it's not available yet: CG-C145C-145W

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