iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Seuraavaksi sitten korrelaatio kansantuotteen/talouskasvun/tuottavuuden kanssa.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Näkyykö Primorskin öljysataman palon savupilvi Suomen puolelle?

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I would love to love it. Earlier last year, whenever I needed some simple 3D printed object, I always tried to create it with Freecad before reverting to Fusion. I think I was able to finish one single object. Once Freecad 1.1 comes out, I'll try that approach again.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Hieno! Kyllä olen muuten sitä mieltä, että valaisevuuden ei pitäisi olla merkittävä kriteeri lamppuja valittaessa! :-D

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Dang. Elliot Higgins stole my joke pre-emptively: bsky.app/profile/elio...

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

This really sounds like parody. Those sneaky Canadians!

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Ihan Helsingin Laajasalossa olin koirien kanssa iltalenkillä. Koira kahlaili rantavedessä, kun saukko sukelsi paikalle kuin iljettävä jättikokoinen made ja nosti nokkansa vaaksan päässä koiran kuonosta. Koira siitä järkyttyi. Ei moiset kuulu kaupunkiin.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

It's totally fine and standard practice.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

To be fair, he DID say "some day somebody will explain that". That day might come sooner than he expects.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Jos tikliä tiirailisi tähtikaukoputkella, mitä näkyisi?

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Sovereign nations of course can levy taxes on whatever they choose, and movie imports could be taxed by taxing imports of services. But as said, at that point things would get really interesting, since the US has a massive service trade surplus.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

My point was that most movies are already digital goods and you don't need to transfer any physical items to import them. And even if they weren't, those physical goods would still only be valued at the cost or properties of a physical copy, just like in your Smoot-Hawley example.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

If the U.S. decides to start taxing imports of services, things will get REALLY interesting.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I don't really see how a movie tariff would work. Tariffs apply to physical goods, not intellectual property. If you transfer raw footage to the US over the internet or using previously purchased hard drives, they just don't apply.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Toki analyysi liberaalin keskustan suhteen voi silti olla sama, mutta toivoisin, ettei ihan vielä sentään.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Pitäisin (A-M) Sipilää kyllä aiempien kolumnien perusteella ihan tukevasti oikeistokonservatiivina.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I doubt it's actually using those tools. Rather, that's a good and interesting answer to your question, and that's what LLMs are trained to provide.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Well, he is antiwar in the sense that he definitely will leave the consequences of the Yemen strikes for other countries to deal with! No war for Trump.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Robots that have no code are not necessarily flawed.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Neat. But yeah, there's no way to get away from Photos except the back button.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

In my opinion, the EU should place export restrictions for eggs until this silly trade war is over.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

A big part of the shipping cost is the heavy stand. It can keep the scope steady with a more than 50cm lever arm. Google for Eakins microscopes; you might find European distributors or at least European Ali warehouses.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Heh. A locally bought cheapo that's close to 20 years old. It even has a fluorescent lamp. Can't recommend that!

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I still do most of my soldering under a magnifying glass desk lamp, though.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Of course there's a risk that QC is sloppy and you get one with bad optics, and then you're in trouble. Also, shipping costs seem to be quite outrageous now. In my opinion, digital scopes are fine for inspections but the lag makes them annoying for soldering work.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I got this one a couple of years ago: www.aliexpress.com/item/3300779.... It's really good, like seriously really good. I have limited experience with proper western scopes, though, but for electronics use, I couldn't wish more. I got one with a camera but the camera optics weren't great, though.

aliexpress.com

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Do you wear any rings? Touch the scanner with the ring, you won't feel a thing.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Lol, ok! I wasn't aware they had a memory feature! I guess that's what makes them so power-efficient, then!

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Ah, right. I was referring to the regular, no-memory transflective panels. Like on almost every Garmin watch, I believe.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I mean, I am aware of their transflective panels and they're neat as well.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Transflective or these funky memory lcds?

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Very interesting! I might be predictable, but I'm always interested in daylight-readable displays. The largest ones are 4.4 inch which is already quite readable from afar.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

What's that display? Looks interesting.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I, too, have spent much more time on projects and much less time on news since November. Got to focus on the things I can change.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

It's not a proper scope unless it's at least 50 cm deep and weighs 15 kg. Sheesh, kids today!

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

That is something that ChatGPT would excel in.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Aattelepa mitä kaikkea mainostaja voisi saavuttaa syöttämällä mainoksia suoraan tietoisuuskopioon!

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Leivinpaperi ON makualusta. Haen takkini.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

You don't say you went through two rolls in a week?

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I don't think that's even that radical. Sensible, rather.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Due to similar winter temperatures, geothermal heat pumps are common here in Finland. We have a 240m deep hole under our driveway and the energy from that heats the whole house AND hot water.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I half hoped it could've received a capability to generate graphs, diagrams and schematics, but no.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Occasionally, they still manage to surprise you. I was designing a mundane piece of circuit and decided to ask ChatGPT. It gave me a totally plausible solution that was of course text only. It offered to provide a picture, but when asked, the image was nothing like a schematic but the normal junk.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

That's about as small it gets.

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Matti Airas @mairas.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

You can use any of the CM4 carrier boards unless you specifically need the new peripherals. Waveshare at least has a mini base board.

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