MarcScott

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by MarcScott 12d ago
1. Use a soldering iron that can hit 400, and use a needle tip 2. Use leaded solder - lead-free is a pain. If you're not doing this for hours every day, even without ventilation, you'll be fine. 3. Heat the pads you're solder
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by MarcScott 13d ago
Not exactly in the the same class as PCBs, but I've had a lot of success with Codex and Claude producing Fritzing diagrams. I've even got a skill set up with Claude so that it follows my preferences with breadboard wiring, using b
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by MarcScott 2mo ago
Didn't HF use an open weights model running on their own hardware to solve the issue though? Sort of defeats that narrative and plays into one in which frontier == bad_guys and open == good_guys
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by MarcScott 2mo ago
Grok consistently draws images that, if I were its parent, I would refuse to put on the fridge door.
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by MarcScott 2mo ago
Very briefly: Farage received a "gift" of £5M. He didn't tell parliament about the gift, which breaks the rules. MPs or campaigning MPs need to declare gifts and donations, as there are strict rules on who you can receive mon
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by MarcScott 2mo ago
You inspired me to make one for kids to create in Scratch https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/neil-the-seal/0
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by MarcScott 3mo ago
- Type the name of the media you are after into the search bar. - Click search. - Close the tab tab that opens to opera.com - Click search again - Close the starfleetacommand.com tab - Click search again - Close the jerkmaate.net tab - Find
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by MarcScott 3mo ago
I seem to recall I had a windows phone at the time, with a full keyboard. I could use OS maps on the thing, and although it didn't have GPS, it could get my rough location by tower. My mate had an iPhone, and it had an app where you co
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by MarcScott 10mo ago
I think this is an area where stricter regulation would be appreciated. Just needs an additional checkbox on the regular MOT forms, and all cars would be compliant within a year. Additionally, car designers should leave headlights and indic
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by MarcScott 1y ago
If you really want to see ChatGPT get annoyed with itself: > What NFL teams don't end in the letter s? Claude did more or less the same thing but not quite as spectacularly.
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by MarcScott 2y ago
I recently supervised a Hackclub Counterspell event at our office. I was there only in the capacity of being an adult in the room, for health and safety and safeguarding reasons. The entire event had been organised by a single teenager, wit
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by MarcScott 2y ago
Anecdotally, as an educator, I am already seeing a digital divide occurring, with regard to accessing AI. This is not even at a premium/pro subscription level, but simply at a 'who has access to a device at home or work' leve
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by MarcScott 2y ago
He should enter it into https://online.coolestprojects.org/ Very cool game
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by MarcScott 2y ago
And it disproportionately hit the poorest in society the most. My kid had his own room to work in, his own computer to work on, and WFH parents to help him out. He was not, massively, negatively impacted. In my work, I was in touch with fam
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Mysterious gooey blobs washed up on Canada beaches baffle experts(theguardian.com)
4 points by MarcScott 2y ago|0 comments
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by MarcScott 2y ago
I'm thinking of going back into teaching because of ChatGPT. I created an entire scheme of work for my wife today, including all the lesson plans, and next I'll work on some student resources and quizzes. It took about thirty minu
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by MarcScott 2y ago
Don't care that it was a bomb at the box office, I really enjoyed Heaven's Gate. I also loved Convoy. My kids and I still troll my wife by including the theme song on almost every playlist we create.
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Microsoft re-launches 'privacy nightmare' AI screenshot tool(bbc.co.uk)
7 points by MarcScott 2y ago|2 comments
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by MarcScott 2y ago
You should definitely take a look at Struckd Studio which is now part of Unity Play - https://play.unity.com/en It's still a little buggy in places, but nothing that can't be overcome. You can drag and drop in 3D
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by MarcScott 2y ago
I didn't think lead, in it's metallic form, had a particularly high toxicity. I thought it was lead salts that were the problem.
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by MarcScott 2y ago
When I lived in PNG, fruit bats were fairly common. You could see them roosting in trees all over the place, and they are huge. They're harmless though, and a great source of protein, if you're any good with a slingshot.
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by MarcScott 2y ago
It's in this post - https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-2-our-new...
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by MarcScott 2y ago
Like me, you seem to like to drive your computer with the keyboard and use the mouse when necessary. I use the Windows key to open applications on Windows, Cmd+Space on MacOS, and Mod+d on my i3 nixOS machine. Some people like their mouse&#
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by MarcScott 2y ago
I was walking to my classroom last Thursday, and a kid pushed another kid down the stairs, right into me. I went ballistic, and sorted it all out, but there is no way an online AI tutor can deal with that kind of behavior. So if you want so
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by MarcScott 2y ago
> In my experience, most people, the world over, are in fact self motivated. In your experience? The world over? Can you tell me your experience. I've been a teacher for a long time. I've worked in the UK, the USA, PNG, and Ken
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by MarcScott 2y ago
I think teaching is one of the few roles that can't be replaced by AI. If you're a self-motivated learner, eager to gain new skills, then AI is perfect for you. Having a virtual Feynman coach you through a Physics course is perfec
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by MarcScott 2y ago
I've run it on a Pi 5 with 8Gb, and get about a token a second
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by MarcScott 2y ago
I fondly remember watching kids in physics exams trying to answer questions using Felming's left hand rule. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleming's_left-hand_rule_for_m... You could watch them hold up both h
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by MarcScott 2y ago
They really are good as well. I insure my car and the DVLA knows about it. I MOT my car and the DVLA knows about it. Then I hop online and pay £0 to tax my car as it is a low emission vehicle. I used to have to collect all my certificates a
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by MarcScott 2y ago
I've taught kids to make line-following robots, with very little code. They are slow, don't handle crossing lines very well, and can often just flip out and do their own thing. I'm not teaching the kids to compete in line-fol

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