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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 20/09/2026

@forteller @CoMaps @openstreetmap A counterexample where not having underground objects looks weird. The culverts are not rendered and the river looks patchy.

A map showing a river flowing in culverts under some roads. The culverts are not rendered making the river seem fragmented.

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 16/09/2026

Yay, the idea I floated some time ago: github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging… has made it to production in iD #OpenStreetMap Great thanks to Florian Edelmann for implementing the feature. You can now use select element values in one click […] [Original post on en.osm.town]

User interface of an OpenStreetMap iD editor showing an always visible list of possible selections where previously was a drop down selection menu.

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 30/08/2026

For the last two years my bike's rear cog was held in place with epoxy glue and prayers. This happened because the lock nut welded itself to the hub and had to be cut open. The hub's thread was so destroyed that it needed to be replaced. I needed the bike so I […] [Original post on en.osm.town]

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 01/08/2026

In line with @europeanspodcast #podcast inspiration station segment I would like to share a book from 🇨🇿 Karel Čapek: Salamander Wars. A great satire that is as current as when it was released in 1936. Image shows a 🇵🇱 Polish edition beautifully illustrated by […] [Original post on en.osm.town]

A black-yellow book cover with a standing salamander illustration. The salamander is equipped with First World War era soldier gear.

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 11/06/2026

DC-link decoupling capacitors are not your friends for SiC and GaN converters. They can make the voltage overshoot smaller… or bigger, depends on the circuit parameters. They can make the ringing frequency higher or lower 🤷. They can also create weird low […] [Original post on en.osm.town]

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 21/05/2026

The new version of my swipe keyboard from Microsoft just informed me that “backups are now powered by Onedrive" and I should totally sign in to enable that. The dialog appears every time I need to type something and the keyboard appears on the screen. Why would I […] [Original post on en.osm.town]

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 16/05/2026

Grid batteries are making a killing. A few years ago they almost did not exist (because of the price). Now they are taking over other sources of energy for peak supply. This means PV+battery just became a 24h/day energy source. With this replacement dynamics […] [Original post on en.osm.town]

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 09/04/2026

Is this a real resonant voodoo topology or is it just #genAI #slop made by EPC? #electronics #GaN

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 09/04/2026

Is this a real resonant voodoo topology or is it just #genAI #slop made by EPC? #electronics #GaN

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 20/03/2026

Does anyone know how to change the font colour in the inline results in #vscode? I would like to mute it a bit so there is a stronger difference between code and results.

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 14/03/2026

@floe it reminded me of this from Mustafas kiosk

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 13/03/2026

Just finished a Cyclopedia Exotica comic book by Aminder Dhaliwal and I really enjoyed it. It follows a few modern-day cyclops with their usual cyclops experience. Growing up, finding a spouse, getting an eye surgery to better integrate with the two-eye world. #comics

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 07/02/2026

Łódź, na zachód od Piotrkowskiej, jest, jakby to ładnie ubrać w słowa, oklapła. Główne ulice są na prostopadłej siatce a działki są pod kątem i wyglądają jak urbanistyka łanowa. Ktoś wie dlaczego to tak wygląda? #Łódź #urbanistyka

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 02/01/2026

Are these light tubes from an installation at #39C3 off the shelf or are they custom made? They look like the ones used on construction sites but with much better uniformity. Photo from […] [Original post on en.osm.town]

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 01/12/2025

Julia+Unitful is super nice for quick calculations on numbers with units. No more accidental unit conversion errors. Free sanity check by including units in calculations. Works well with other packages. If you include Unitful.DefaultSymbols your code looks […] [Original post on en.osm.town]

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 19/11/2025

@dcz INA21x is a current sense amplifier so it is typically connected to a low impedance shunt resistor so they can get away with poor bias current. If your input is high impedance then you may charge/discharge the capacitor. But this really depends if you care […] [Original post on en.osm.town]

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 17/11/2025

Today our canteen was reserved for a multimorbidity event. However, no one actually came. I hope they are all ok.

A note placed on a canteen table. Text on the note: reserved for multimorbidity event, 40 pax.

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Szymon Bęczkowski @owiecc.sheep.observer · 20/10/2025

Engineers fixing the broken cloud, 2025

Still from an Oggy Oggy cartoon where two cats on a lift are removing storm clouds from the sky to calm the weather.

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