Posts by burtyb@widget.uk
(DIR) Post #AS1yt4dqp70UJaoygK by burtyb@widget.uk
2023-01-26T09:35:24Z
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đ¤¯ #RoyalMail progress "As a result of this progress and the growing capability of our alternative export solutions, we can now announce that from Thursday 26 January we will be resuming our International Tracked & Signed as well as International Signed services to all destinations for business account customers and customers buying postage online."
(DIR) Post #AS21kwqaDfptgbarb6 by burtyb@widget.uk
2023-01-26T10:10:38Z
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@dick_turpin I think that's probably a bit too optimistic - I've upgraded all of my international packages to tracked and booked a collection so I should have some proof they've been sent although for the packages I sent in December that's still all I have!
(DIR) Post #AVIto6FdT29B2yW78q by burtyb@widget.uk
2023-05-04T07:07:51Z
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@hackaday I hope they print/scan small otherwise I'm going to need bigger labels and then bigger bags to put the bigger labels on...
(DIR) Post #AXPYqEIdOpHafS71ns by burtyb@widget.uk
2023-07-06T08:00:14Z
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@dick_turpin I gave up when it wanted me to install an app.
(DIR) Post #AhoIcUIL2JTaB7K4X2 by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-04-29T15:53:36Z
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I see people are disappointed when they realise ChatGPT isn't reversing MD5 it's just regurgitating known hashes. Luckily I decided not to block Claudebot/etc. from https://hashes.link/ and they're happily spending resources ingesting thousands of pages so you never know đ¤Ŗ .
(DIR) Post #AhoRf3T08bonQebpr6 by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-04-27T19:59:44Z
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My TV stand has been full for a while. I'm thinking 4 stuck together hung on the wall (good for 160 reels) should help clear my desk a little đ¤Ŗ .
(DIR) Post #Ahqxx3E5MAqkkEB3mC by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-04-28T11:42:40Z
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Some might say I make too many Ideal Diode variants đ but I always liked the idea of this all micro USB version I designed in 2018 but the micro USB plug was just too fragile đ .
(DIR) Post #Ahqxx3zwUF8B8eZHN2 by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-04-28T11:59:22Z
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Another prototype (swiss cheese via) USB<>USB null modem using FTDI IC (the one I make now uses a lower cost Holtek).I'm not going through boxes trying to find something honest đ .
(DIR) Post #AhviU3szIWIes2pMn2 by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-04-03T06:06:02Z
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Taiwan #Earthquake recorded on the #RaspberryShake #CitizenScience seismic network.
(DIR) Post #AhwVduTC3ZYGJj5WHQ by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-03-14T09:10:56Z
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Very kind of Outlook to remind me I still need to switch my email over to Thunderbird.
(DIR) Post #AhyMtwULoBPXwL7SOe by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-03-25T12:26:14Z
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I grabbed a couple of RP2040-GEEK #Waveshare boards the other day from #ThePiHut as they looked handy but I'm a bit disappointed they didn't add the extra hardware needed for the BOOT button to double as a user button đ .
(DIR) Post #AhyMtxGYuvyYLrfxXk by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-04-30T19:13:22Z
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I went to the dark side and got a couple of ESP32-S3-GEEK which adds WiFi, more FLASH (16MB), 2MB PSRAM and you get easy access to the button from within #CircuitPython đ¤¯ which should make it a lot more useful.
(DIR) Post #AhzUnuJVyV98FUdzFY by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-05-03T18:03:32Z
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I'm both shocked and pleased Nottinghamshire didn't re-elect a law breaking Police and crime commissioner đ .
(DIR) Post #Ai0cUOQ9K07UcjufGi by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-05-18T07:45:30Z
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@foone iirc 30 years ago I would have been using CAD (with parallel port dongle), stacking transparencies for better contrast, using a homemade light box and then sticking the PCB in a repurposed sandwich box full of ferric chloride đ.
(DIR) Post #Ai0cviHXaPmM2aui2K by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-05-18T07:50:08Z
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@foone in reality it was a pita as whatever was on the other side of the thin magazine page would sometimes show up in a photocopy âšī¸.
(DIR) Post #Ai3F6VSrlZQW33hkO0 by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-03-16T09:22:53Z
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A good start to the day for solar but looking at the weather forecast it's not going to last âšī¸.
(DIR) Post #Ai3F6XcrjMc6keOlFY by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-03-16T09:32:14Z
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My share of Graig Fatha wind turbine should help fill the gap a little though đ.
(DIR) Post #Ai6CfRl9ofvSIx6pEG by burtyb@widget.uk
2024-05-03T06:35:50Z
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I'm eventually looking at doing the IOSS thing for my @tindie store https://www.tindie.com/stores/8086net/. Hopefully the pain will be worth it and it won't be a short term experiment đŦ.