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Cake day: August 25th, 2025

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  • I hate to say it but its kind of true.

    I have zero care nor concern about what I wear on video, and that includes some pretty hefty level clientele. I was on with some c suite assholes the other day while wearing a TMNT hoodie to explain how they wasted a bunch of money on a bad design and now they need to spend more.

    Not one comment and they signed the contract the following morning.

    I think its because the people who truly do not give a shit are the ones most capable.

    (Caveat: I’m only good and known at the stupid shit that I do, and consider myself 100% dumbass for those things that are not what I do.)






  • Prose literacy: Can you read a newspaper article and understand the main points?

    Document literacy: Can you fill out a job application or interpret a map?

    Quantitative literacy: Can you balance a checkbook or understand a chart with multiple data points?

    Someone reading at a 6th-grade level can handle most day-to-day reading tasks. They can read their prescription bottles, follow basic instructions, and understand straightforward news articles.

    What they struggle with is synthesizing complex information from multiple sources, drawing inferences from technical documents, or navigating websites with multiple layers of information.








  • Price? Tiny/mini/micro PC

    Simple sensor use? ESP32

    Complex GPIO? Arduino is still a cheap option if you dont need it too standalone.

    Straight up pi-alikes? OrangePi is my preferred

    Most of what I personally use is esp32s and tiny/mini/micro. TMM for servers and services, esp32s for sensors, interfaces, prototyping, etc. If I need something fully standalone thats going to go in a rack or whatever, needs to be small and have all the GPIO, thats where I’ll use an orangpi, clockwork, whatever. Ive even used a tinkerboard or a Jetson (client paying obviously, because screw those prices and nvidia).





  • Rather than a flash, you could turn it on as a flashlight to look for reflections from hidden can lenses.

    You can also point your phone camera around to look for the IR led on a hidden camera. Note that the rooms lights should be turned off and any curtains closed for this to make sure the hidden camera goes to “nighttime” mode. You can check if your phone will work for this using a good old fashioned remote control with an IR led and see how well its picked up by your phone.

    You can also use your phone to check for WiFi networks that seem suspicious.