Wow, Boston's fire boxes (which work) don't need power to run.
"The city's street fire-box system still uses the same basic mechanism as employed in the 1852 boxes: A spring-based system inside the box generates Morse Code-like signals to a central alarm station that indicate the box's number, and so its location, without the need for fancy electronics or even an external power supply. The fire-alarm office has been located in the Fenway since 1925."
https://www.universalhub.com/2018/north-end-resident-pulls-fire-box-alarm-when-call
@ratking It's infrequent, so I'm working on other priorities. When I have time, I'll try building a minimal scene that exhibits the problem.
@david_megginson Sydney Bristow
I just went on a follow-fest for women with a PhD, but realized I'm already mutuals with almost everyone who shows up in the limited search results 😋
If you're a Dr. Gal or other female science communicator type, pop into the thread, say hi!
I'd love to learn about what you do 💜
(and I'm sure lots of others would too)
#WomenInStem #FollowFriday (on Tuesday) #WomenInMedicine #Dr #PhD
@brainwane The #3GoodThings hashtag is a good source of positive vibes.
@faerye Also Michelle Yeoh, and countless people from martial arts, J-pop, Bollywood...
I did not know of the #asstodon tag, and when I learned of it I was surprised not to find this in it.
#Violet gets credit for not even figuratively losing her shit when, during the student science presentations, construction work on the roof caused debris to fall from the ceiling.
Less credit for, as I was typing the previous sentence, sneaking out of the math department, walking down two flights of stairs, and knocking over a trash can.
Anyone need any spaceships designing?
My work desk is currently empty.
@cstross I'm still waiting for a Dalek-shaped nail trimmer: EXUNGULATE!
I have moved to peterdrake@mstdn.social. If you found peterdrake@qoto.org on a website, please let me know at my new account.