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Finished most of the 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 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 hashtag.


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?

@math

Hidden Markov P\'olya trees for high-dimensional distributions

Check this out...

arXiv Statistics  
Hidden Markov P\'olya trees for high-dimensional distributions. (arXiv:2011.03121v1 [stat.ME]) http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.03121

Hidden Markov P\'olya trees for high-dimensional distributions. (arXiv:2011.03121v1 [stat.ME]) arxiv.org/abs/2011.03121

@dogs @funny

Apparently Disney already did the live action version of this joke.

🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱  
@dogs @funny An oldie but a goodies #Funny #Humor #Humour #Doggo #dog

@Electronics

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.

@Electronics

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...

Ya know I just realized I've never seen a single pro-cannabis post on the fediverse... when I think about it that is kind of unexpected.

@theamazingweb

etymonline.com/word/mastodon

> This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.

Origins and historical evolutions of English words.

Well jesus and me (and by me I dont mean freemo, I mean whoever is reading this :) )

@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?

If someone has an issue with someone else being gay its a good indication they are going to be a hypocrite in most everything else.

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.

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