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2earth

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    Hey op here. You make a great point regarding marketing and conspicuous consumption - it just wasn't the focus of the article for me to investigate those cultural differences. It w…

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    Comment #48301411

    Hey, op, thanks for the points - a quick reply here: -I'm very out of date, yes...I wrote a lot of notes ages ago and came around to finishing the article a long time later. I also…

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    Comment #48182361

    Reminds me of (though different wordplay) Foot heads arms body [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Michael_Foot#Foot_Heads_A... ]

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    Comment #47920330

    Big technological changes aren't easy to adapt to. To explore my own experiences and feelings about AI I decided to mimic the chatbot format but with myself on both sides of the sc…

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    Comment #46222619

    Nice idea, I might try it! I noticed "copyright info goes here (c) 2025" - which you might want to update!

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    Comment #45962443

    Thanks, I'll look into it

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    Comment #45955893

    200x200? You're crazy! Also: yes, good idea

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    Comment #45824534

    Hey, thanks a lot for sharing, a couple comments/questions: Would it be possible add a little more writeup in tooltips etc to help interpret graphs? The time series data isn't poss…

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    Comment #45794076

    Oh that is so much better! I'll to a footnote with credit. Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed!

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    Comment #45791204

    Sure! The battery provides approx 6V - the timing circuit uses a 555 IC to create a pulsed signal. The combination of resistor and capacitor values determines the period of oscilla…

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    Comment #45790975

    Op here. Noted; it was a 'halloween special'. But maybe I can find something more readable as well as fun for the theme

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    Comment #45726719

    A one-day electronics project to make two flashing-LED Belisha beacon outfits. Hope you enjoy!

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    Comment #44709248

    Exceptional archive, thanks for your work!

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    Comment #44558084

    hey, author here, thought I'd reply to you. Cheers for reading and thanks for the feedback. I wanted to explore how the focus on tech-centrism impacts the product design and stylin…

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    Comment #44490912

    Please, James, don't sue me. It's just my opinion as a fellow Design Engineer... and in my defence, I probably wouldn't have written this if your company didn't constantly proclaim…

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    Comment #44399969

    Couldn't get above 3 for numerous tries, after 5 minutes or so managed to get to 18! I learned a lot playing this (and reflected on things I already "knew" but never reflected on w…

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    Comment #44147266

    Hey, I visited SC and was super fascinated by it too! As I commented below I CAD modelled it on my blog: https://2earth.github.io/website/20241003.html

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    Comment #44147052

    This blew my mind. I'm a mechanical engineer from Wantage, where this clock was made, (but had no knowledge of it!) I wrote a blog post reverse engineering (including a detailed CA…