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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 18h

Oh, and it's heavy! 470lbs without any of its accessories attached. I hope I can get the original control unit working. If not, I'll be replacing the ~1990 controller with some home-built nonsense.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 18h

At 10:00 on the spindle is a rotary encoder which keeps track of the angular position of the spindle. The most interesting detail here is that the plate, linkage (all but one link) and outer frame is all a single contiguous piece, having been flame cut from a single steel plate. Pretty nifty.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 18h

I bought an old wheel/tire balancer. The business end features a thick steel plate with the spindle and drive motor suspended in a frame by complicated linkages. At the end of the two long links are force transducers which measure imbalance while the spindle is rotating.

Business end of the the dirty old wheel balancer (right side) showing the spindle, drive belt, force transducers and flame-cut plate which makes up the frame, linkage and spindle mount from a single piece of steel.

Business end of the the dirty old wheel balancer (left side) showing the spindle, drive belt, force transducers and flame-cut plate which makes up the frame, linkage and spindle mount from a single piece of steel. From this angle we can see the rotary encoder which keeps track of the angular position of the spindle.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yep, I hate it. Having said that, I think I could get behind ABS-for-check-swings. Probably need to start by defining the rule more clearly than "struck at by the batter".

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

NTSB says the FO from the MIA incident auto-defenestrated via a cockpit window. Video of the other guy falling from the door (no slide?) makes the window seem like an odd choice. Long way down. Turns out there are ropes and descenders for this purpose. Cool video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y5l...

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Cockpit Escape Reels 747-300

YouTube video by flightcrewguide.com

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Corporate infosec training is filled with breathless assertions like "a single click on an emailed link can install malware" etc. I don't know if that's true or not, but one of these is: - The wrong people are being subjected to mandatory training - The material undermines itself by crying wolf

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

At least they got your good side.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"There was not a consistent verbal response to the comments about speed." Oof.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Amazon / 21 Air Flt 7598 cockpit voice recorder @102 sec before impact: "A pilot called for ﬂaps to be set to 20 degrees, and the other pilot cautioned they were too fast. The other pilot made additional comments regarding the aircraft’s excessive speed throughout the remainder of the recording."

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The level of shenanigans required to get Vaultwarden talking TLS led me to conclude that it is Not Serious Software led by Not Serious People. It's been a while since I looked at it... I think it required slapping a TLS-enabled proxy out front? Was I too quick to dismiss it?

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Using Big Cryptography Math to validate the origin AS and nothing else seems crazy to me.

A closed vehicle gate on a narrow path or driveway.

Many tire tracks on the grass adjacent to the gate indicates that drivers just go around it.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"smaller MTU than normal" is interesting. Doesn't seem like that should be necessary.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Watching game 1 of the Futures League championship series. The New Britain Bees are absolutely wrecking the league leading Vermont Lake Monsters in Burlington. Currently 9-0 with bases loaded and no outs in top 6th. Go Bees!

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Are WiFi randomized MACs used *when associated* with an AP? I thought those were just used for probes. I guess I could imagine seeing a familiar MAC if CarPlay is in use.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Something about the controller identifying itself only as "DRONE" is cracking me up. Manufacturer? Model? No! DRONE.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Fermilab had something similar when I worked there, but it was full scale train stuff used to position boxcar sized electromagnets. I remember wondering how that stuff had gotten to where the particle beam was, several stories below ground.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I tried to persuade the Nashua on-field host to run a kids "bucket toss cleanup" game (vs. musical chairs or whatever) during a mid-inning break next time the Bees were in town. Only a few would have gotten the joke, but man, it would have landed. To my enormous disappointment, it never happened.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My seat was near 3B, beside the Nashua dugout. Those kids were so amused!. Well, right up to the assault, anyway. A few weeks later, the Bees dropped an IG video asking players: Which teammate is most likely to get arrested? B.O. (screenshot) won by a landslide, but nobody mentioned the incident.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Crazy moment from the 7/11/25 Nashua @ New Britain FCBL game. It starts at 2:01:30 with Dave York's walk. fcblnetwork.com?B=2488677 Final tally: - 1 manager ejected - 50 baseballs - 1 ball boy ejected - 2 fans hit by thrown ball - 1 ten game suspension It's the only ball boy ejection I've seen.

Screenshot from live broadcast of baseball game. Following his ejection, New Britain Bees manager Matt Gedman throws a 5 gallon bucket full of baseballs toward home plate.

Screenshot from live broadcast of baseball game. Nashua Silver Knights batter Keldrin Rodriguez waits just outside the batter's box. The dirt circle is littered with stray baseballs. Also, a bucket.

A New Britain pitcher throwing a baseball toward the Nashua dugout. They've been heckling him as he picks up the 50-ish baseballs littering the field. The ball sails well over its target, hits an older couple sitting in the accessible seats at the top of section 115.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I haven't thought of Service Merchandise in ages. I don't think my kids would believe me if I told them about it.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I suspect most MTU issues are self-inflicted by folks who don't know better. Also, you were at Discover!?!? Gah! I'd have subjected you to a hug if I'd known.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This was a hot topic during weekends at my house, as Michaela struggled to find something interesting and appropriate for each week's showcase. Ebuka brought his basketball. Every week.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

First round NBA draft pick Ebuka Okorie went to school with my daughter for a few years. Their pre-K class had a "letter of the week" which included a show-and-tell segment on Mondays. Kids brought things starting with A on the first Monday. Next week, things starting with B, etc.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I think I might be the other half of the views of that video. It's frustrating that each part is slightly different between the generations. I'm wondering if I can't get away with using only NA6 parts: - new NA6 condenser/drier - new NA6 expansion valve - flush everything else - Fill with R134A

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I'm contemplating an R12 -> R134A conversion for an NA6 with nonfunctional A/C. I assume you're doing the same? Which parts are you re-using vs. replacing?

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Sounds about right for the irresponsible org which broke DNS for millions of people after deceiving a judge in an ex parte hearing and gaining control of no-ip.com's domains. Then quietly backpedaled (with an NDA attached to hide their idiocy) Absolute clown show. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

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What Were They Thinking? Microsoft Seizes, Returns Majority of No-IP.com’s Business

Last week, Microsoft completed a legal attack on two large and quite nasty botnets by obtaining a court order transferring 23 domain names to Microsoft’s control. The botnets went down and the Interne...

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

There's a disturbing lack of WPBL team names too (WTF?) But we'll have Silver Knights baseball in just 6 days! (I don't recommend going to the opener on the 27th: It's a school field trip day, so the place will be packed with kids.) Next Friday in Lowell and Saturday in Nashua will be fun though.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

@bcantrill.bsky.social A SPARCstation LX with a Cycle 5 (SS5) upgrade board was part of my personal tech stack for well over a decade. It felt like a miracle in the days before Mac mini. What was Cycle's relationship with Sun, and what was the opinion of these frankenboxes inside Sun?

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

You ever make it to Nashua for Silver Knights games? FCBL is a good time and the nearest *rmbl location is a safe 3+ miles away.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

What kind of monster carries beverages (even sealed ones) upside-down?

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

My 12 year old watching the sword fight at the top of the Cliffs of Insanity: "I feel like they could have killed each other by now if they weren't so busy aura farming."

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Costco changed their credit card partner from Amex to Citibank Visa a decade ago. Because of this, Citi thinks my email address contains "americanexpress"

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

It also leads to awkward conversations with telephone customer support. A new twist happened the other day. My end user account for the softball club's scheduler app got marked as an employee/staff account. Watch those regexes, I guess!

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

My domain has wildcard email delivery, so I can make up addresses on the fly. I always use "theirdomain@mydomain" when filling forms. This approach is super useful for figuring out how/why something got my email address. e.g. How did BabiesRUs get ahold of "hospitalmaternityward@mydomain"? Hmm???

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Okay, the other one is getting some fishy bites now. GOOD JOB, MOMMA BIRD!

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Current status: Wife and I are shouting at the television because the bird on the live stream is diligently feeding only one of her chicks. FEED THE OTHER ONE, MOMMA BIRD!

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Looks far more interesting than the usual office or hotel ballroom. Where are you guys?

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

If Rocky can make a form-fitting (ish), flexible space suit, why did he roll around in a ball?

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I see you're one of those people who believes in the MOON.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

My kids (11 and 14) were thrilled to see a Nashua Pride hat, Walter Bat Co bats and the Leda Lanes reference in that film. And oof, that last one broke the metaphorometer. May that pitch never reach the plate.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Curious what (command) you mean by "told the switch to disable auto negotiation" Anyway, this behavior being different *depending on the desired speed* is very counter-intuitive.

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Heath Howard @heathhowardnh.com · 14/03/2026

By attaching 20 unrelated amendments, I killed an anti-vax bill. There are ways to fight back against this stuff, it just takes a little creativity and some courage. Did I get booed by 240 House Republicans? Yes. Was it worth it? Also yes. #NHPolitics #NH01

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I made a tool that turns PCB designs into 3D-printable molds. you sandwich copper tape between the parts, sand the ridges, and you have a real working PCB. no etching, no chemicals. I am losing my mind castpixel.itch.io/pcb-forge

I printed it and stuck self-adhesive copper tape to it. There's copper tape with conductive adhesive so you can add multiple overlapping pieces and it counts as one conductive surface.

Then I used the second part of the mold to shape the copper, so that it sticks inside the recessed traces.

Then I used sandpaper to file away at the raised ridges. The copper traces are now electrically independent of each other. Done!

But if I want, I can remove the extra copper tape.

The companion mold at the bottom. This second 3D-printed part pushes the copper tape down into the recessed trace channels so it conforms to the shape. The two parts sandwich together with alignment spikes to keep everything registered.

screenshot of QZW Labs' raised pcb idea! here is their youtube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLliKgzKKUI&t=592s

Adobe Illustrator on top (you can use any free tool that makes SVG vector files. I just own an old illustrator version.

Bottom: the PCB Forge tool I made

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

@johncullen.bsky.social I'm listening to Broomgate and really enjoying it. Thanks!

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I misread as "down 50 bpm" and wondered how that could possibly be okay.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

"or by hijacking another device that controls the TPM bus (e.g., a BMC)" What does it mean to "control" the bus in this context? Something beyond read access?

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matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 31/12/2025

Great to see this workflow. Just my style! Not only is it great to see somebody so confident and comfortable in their editor, but also to explain what's going on so eloquently. Essential viewing! youtu.be/qjWkNZ0SXfo

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One Formula That Demystifies 3D Graphics

YouTube video by Tsoding

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

She got the job! Next summer, Ellie will not be sitting with me at our local college summer league baseball games, because she'll be in the press box working as the official scorekeeper! Very excited for her.

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Chris Marget @chrismarget.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Today, my 14 year old is headed to round 2 of her first ever job interview. It's a cool role (a summer job) and she's a good fit. I'm really excited for her.

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