Antronics Ltd

Antronics Ltd

@antronicsltd.bsky.social

Developer of embedded microntroller-based systems. Contract/consultant. Specialist in IoT, M2M communications and interfacing. May also contain cats, steam engines, and more.

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This is literally how fire brigades started - before they became a public service. Was remarking on this during a recent visit to Salisbury when we saw one of the old fire insurance badges still in place. Sadly, didn't get a photo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_in...

en.wikipedia.orgFire insurance mark - Wikipedia
@Leo’sHaiku@ver3298.bsky.social

Socialism is when the fire department puts out the fire at your house and doesn't send you a bill. Capitalism is when your insurance company denies your claim.

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I went to the same school as Charles Babbage. (though not, of course, at the same time)

Prof Frank McDonough@fxmc1957.bsky.social

18 October 1871. Charles Babbage died (aged 79). On 14 June 1822, he proposed an “automatic mechanical calculator” which is considered to be the 1st mechanical programmable computer.

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What is going on with ALT-text editing?? Just typing seems OK but, if I try any editing, it goes haywire - with the insertion point jumping all over the place! Same thing happening on both Android phone and Windows computer - so can't be anything to do with those devices? @support.bsky.team

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Worst example of something being advertised as "smart" when it is absolutely nothing of the sort! 😡 The tags are purely passive - they have nothing even remotely "smart" whatsoever. (there seems to be a lot of these about at the moment)

Antronics Ltd@antronicsltd.bsky.social

Indeed: most things called "smart" were not in the least bit smart - at best, they were just "connected" or "remote controlled". eg, so-called "smart" (sic) meters are just measuring devices which send their measurements to some remote system.

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They should get it to interview Professor Stanley Unwin ...

Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social

This is set up for laughs, but it’s actually one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen of how being capable of producing convincing sounding language and understanding meaning are two completely different things. A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words.

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Wouldn't a better response be, "Can you explain your interest in how I spend my own time between jobs?" 🤔

Leah@leah.myatproto.social

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your CV? Journalist: School of Hard Knocks? (I have successfully used this excuse)

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"A large hole has appeared in the middle of the pitch at Old Trafford. Grounds staff are looking into it"

Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social

Groundsman inspects a crater in the middle of the pitch at Old Trafford cricket ground after a German bombing raid on December 22nd 1940.

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The councils which put up road direction signs should do this! Get someone unfamiliar with the area to try and navigate to a destination using only the signs. In busy traffic. When it's raining. @basingstokegov.bsky.social @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social

Terence Eden@edent.tel

New blog post: I paid people to try and follow my README https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/i-paid-people-to-try-and-follow-my-readme/ Developers suck at writing documentation. We like to say RTFM but often there ain't no FM to R. At best we have a half-arsed collection of notes, some obsolete …

shkspr.mobiI paid people to try and follow my READMEDevelopers suck at writing documentation. We like to say RTFM but often there ain't no FM to R. At best we have a half-arsed collection of notes, some obsolete tips, and a link to a desolate forum full of people asking the same questions again and again. That's no way to treat our users. I naïvely believe there's a better way. As I've written before, you should sit down and actually test your …

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Asawin Suebsaeng
@swin24.bsky.social

This is petty and least important aspect of this but: I reported on this years ago and the trump campaign falsely denied the reporting, and now via Hegseth they’re just doing it. Monstrous

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social

Ahem, from more than 3 years ago www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

mediaite.comTrump Reportedly Wants to Bring Back Firing Squads and Air Executions on Television If Re-Elected“The [former] president believes this would help put the fear of God into violent criminals. He wanted to do some of these [things] when he was in office"
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And did you say, "you only have your shelf to blame" ... ? 🤔

fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social

I asked my husband to put up a shelf in the downstairs toilet so I could put a plant on it. He tried really hard and drilled 26 holes in the wall when he finally admitted defeat. A neighbour fixed the holes and installed the shelf. I forced my husband to give away the drill.

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Dr Dean Burnett
@drdeanburnett.bsky.social

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Ada Lovelace Day
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help me cover travel costs for these events via a small donation. Industry no longer feels the need to support organisations like ALD, but the work still needs doing, so I'm hoping the community will step in! www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...

gofundme.comDonate to Help Me Finish My Workplace Gender Equity Report, organized by Suw Charman-AndersonWhat are the barriers preventing gender equity in the workplac… Suw Charman-Anderson needs your support for Help Me Finish My Workplace Gender Equity Report
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Was thinking about this the other day: Do people nowadays know what it is to find a maggot in an apple that they're eating?

Antronics Ltd@antronicsltd.bsky.social

Sounds like a variation on the old joke: Q: What's worse than finding a maggot in your apple? A: Finding half a maggot in your apple!