@FreeSoftware I love Libre Software!
Finished most of the #ROES prototype board. Never have I been so excited to solder something, specifically the shield. After several years of hard work putting that shield on was a trophy! Its something that has collected dust for periods too and this is the second version I went full cycle on.
For those wondering this is the RF analogy board for an advanced highly percise SWR meter with Network-analyzer like capabilities built into an #Arduino shield. It measures a radio signals forward and reverse properties and compares them including complex impedance, complex reflection coefficient, SWR and much more. with two of them and a zigbee you can even operate one at your transmitter and the other at the antenna end and get both readouts in the shack. Cool stuff!
The yellow shielded wire wasnt working so I added a very tiny red wire instead. The final product wont need this and it may introduce some issues with the prototyping, lets hope not.
If you want to see more pictures of the project, including the GUI demo running or the earlier v1 version just check out the #ROES hashtag.
#electronics #EE #RF #Radio #HamRadio #amateurradio #Science #ElectricalEngineering #Arduino
#ksg #guns #shooting #targetshooting #shotguns #zombieguns #homedefense
Really liking this "Sniper" light and green laser combo I got from amazon. Rock solid. The KSG has worked with both 3" and short shells and I really like it having what is closer to a decent ammo capacity. It's not as light or nimble as a handgun and the recoil is far from the light bump of an AR, but there is little in small arms that comes close to the destructive power of 12 guage.
@freemo "can we sink any lower?" I ask myself this question frequently. I think the growing extremism on both sides is due to a combination of the gamification of our political system[1], our first-past-the-post voting system leading to two parties, and media consolidation leading to complete media separation of the two political parties. This ain't gonna magically reverse under Biden, so I only see both sides becoming more extreme and separated as time goes on.
[1] by this I mean the application of game theory to optimize for winning
Its taken me a few days to really come to grips with the fact that **America now has its first segregationist as president in living history**.
What a dark and shameful day for America. **I truly am ashamed to call myself a US citizen** :(
I had so much hope back in 2008 when I voted for Obama and still believe in the Democratic party. But Obama was a disgrace and I regretted that decision ever since. It has been nothing but downhill since then, each time getting worse.. .First Bush with the Patriot act, Then Obama & Biden murdering US citizens and extending the Patriot Act, Then Trump generally being an idiot, and Now Biden a segregationist as president.. Can we sink any lower?
Hidden Markov P\'olya trees for high-dimensional distributions
Check this out...
#Math #Science #MachineLearning #AI #Statistics #CimputerScience #Algorithms #ComputerEngineering
Hidden Markov P\'olya trees for high-dimensional distributions. (arXiv:2011.03121v1 [stat.ME]) http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.03121
These components are sooooo tiny, I really hate soldering them (0402 SMT mostly). Here is one compared to the tip of a mechanical pencil to give you an idea.
Of course the one chip i needed to roast with the soldering iron repeatedly in order to fix a stubborn solder bridge is the same chip that costs 30$ each, and the last chip i solder.. FML.
Oh well assuming i didnt fry this thing its actually coming along nicely. The missing trace i had to hack in is ugly but the fact i got it soldered on at all (had to scrape away some solder mask to get to a via) is impressive. Lets hope this thing works when im all done...
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@design_RG Hey by the way, how has life been treating you in general.. You doing good with staying happy and healthy (mentally and physically)? Family ok and all?
So the democrats managed to elect the first president in my life time who fought to keep schools segregated. The saddest part of that is they arent even ashamed of themselves right now.
My friend, a democrat just referred to democrats celebrating the Biden election win as "They are like vegans throwing a parade for the new Arby’s opening" and it is perfect.
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
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My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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