Impudencematched

Today in the back asswards world of controls engineering: Turning 10 feet of shielded cable into unshielded cable by stripping off the outer insulation and braided em jacket, because it's the only 3 conductor cable we have, and I need a tighter bend radius.

Weird overlapping of worlds today at work. McMaster-Carr, already the spiritual AO3 of the industrial supply world, lists their cable connections as [End 1 x End 2]. I'm already invested in "NEMA 5-15 plug x IEC C13 Socket" I will be very worried if any of these listings get tagged as 'Slow burn'

With the rate they're making Sword Art Online video games, it feels like it's only a matter of time before someone makes one that actually tries to trap people.

Trying to set up MoCA so I can move my server somewhere less inconvenient. The connection is proving spotty, and multiple random devices are showing up. I may have accidentally started some kind of MoCA duel with another resident in the building.

Assembling your new 3d printer: Step 1: Tear your current 3d printer down to its component parts.

Fun workplace activity USB Rubber Ducky script that automatically changes someones wallpaper to an optical illusion. for when lockyourscreen.com just isn't enough of a message for people who leave their computers unattended.

Being shown behind the curtain that is keyed alike equipment is so much fun. It turns the world from 'oh, that thing has a key lock, good luck moving it' to, one Google, and 5 dollars on Amazon rendering it easier to detatch than if it had been secured with some quality double sided tape.

Reminder to observe the sinking of the USS Maine today. Anyone found lacking will receive a visit from a Hearst media affiliate and a Pinkerton, with sharp questions and blunt objects respectively.

Heartbreaking - proud Pelican case owner doesn't have anything to put in it that would warrant dramatically setting it onto a table, clicking open both latches simultaneously, and reaching inside while smirking.

Just pulled something out of a pocket and had a bunch of gum wrappers fly out like I was a fighter aircraft deploying anti-radar chaff.

Ohhhhhh Yeahhhhhh

I'm in one of those 'why the heck doesn't this thing have a removable power cord' moods.

It feels really strange to say I only like some Pendulum songs, when their entire discography is just the same song 53 different times

I love you microwavable popcorn making bowl

Women in STEM (reset my oven clock)

First day that was too warm to wear one of my loose fitting sweatshirts to work in quite a while. How's that for trans day of visibility?

Did you know that all the generators on the power grid are spinning in sync with each other? The grid has a heartbeat and each and every machine connected to it must follow the rhythm. This includes the machines in your home! Your buzzing fridge compressor is beating in time with the same heart.

My gender is come back with a warrant.

Coworker needed to cut through something, immediately singles me out 'do you have a pocketknife?' Which, yes, but good to know there's something inherently EDC coded about how I act.

If you have pronounced veins and are feeling weird about them, or just need a ego boost in general, consider donating blood. You get 1) To do a genuine good for very little effort on your part 2) 20-30 minutes of compliments from nurses about how great of a patient you are 3) Cookies

I'm not going to pretend that LASIK is anything other than a top tier acronym. It has a sub-acronym, a Latin loan phrase, and a fancy Greek compound verb. But it doesn't make me giggle the way hearing the procedure described as 'laser glasses removal' does.

The Pacific Rim engineers that spent weeks building a 30-foot bowie knife for a mech suit to draw from its ankle sheath must have been muttering “Hell yeah” the whole time

A part for a project I've been slowly working on in amongst other things arrived after a several month delay In light of other things that have happened since I ordered it, I'm considering framing it

the proliferation of dill flavored snacks like chips, popcorns, etc is as significant a historical moment as the printing press

The discovery of USB-C to barrel jack adapters has extended my extremely petty attempt to make everything PD compatible further into the realm of 'devices people don't want me soldering things to'.

I occasionally 3d print new things whose primary purpose is to keep my hands occupied while sitting at my desk. The cardboard box with a (plastic) knife stabbed through it sitting next to my computer suggests the underlying emotion behind that need may have shifted.