George Mari @GeorgeMari@social.cleverlibre.org

Anyone has a good suggestion for a text-based primer how to design PCBs for SMT? Assume the following:

- Electronics beginner, I designed a pair of simple PCBs that worked fine
- All I know about surface mount is that it exists. I don't know what I don't know
- I just installed a pair of SMT components with paste + hot air once, this stuff is hard lol
- JLCPCB would build and assemble all the stuff for me, anything they can't provide would be THT
- Making audio / synthesizer stuff, possibly with MCU
- I use Kicad but can easily follow instructions written for other software
- Focus on up-to-date best practices preferred, lots of old info has become less relevant as fab capabilities improved
- Video is difficult to use for me (impossible if not subtitled), text is hugely preferred

The new updates are now in the App Store!

Sadly, as I previously announced, I finally had to retire the old server API for very old versions of the app to perform some necessary upgrades. Only iOS 15+ is supported now.

For the 0.7% of you who are still using iOS 14, good news: your device is compatible with iOS 15!

For the 0.3% of you on iOS 12: sorry, it's the end of the line for Overcast on those devices. I held out as long as I could.

You've probably heard about the Ohio train derailment and fire by now.

My son was one of the firefighters called in. He spent close to seven hours on scene before even they had to evacuate by EPA order. Vinyl chloride stinks to high heaven, omg. His gear and personal vehicle reek something awful.

He's home and safe but on call to return. They had to abandon the tanker truck in the hot zone because it froze up and had engine trouble. He took the pic below as they left her in place by the tracks. They're hoping the truck isn't a total loss as it's our little town's only tanker.🤞 Everyone is exceptionally grateful there was only property loss though.

As first scenes go, my boy got a doozy, wow.

https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/east-palestine-train-derailment/crews-on-scene-of-train-derailment-in-east-palestine

If you are #Korean and are reading this I urgently need to buy 완장 and 조의금 flair a funeral on Sunday and I have no idea how to find them in Chicago or to have them shipped here in time. It’s incredibly important, to honor a very notable martial artist who has no Korean family here properly. I am humbled and grateful for any help at all.

@Em0nM4stodon Can we remind people that it is not OK to share my contact info with WhatsApp, Facebook, TikTok or anyone else? Sharing your address book with apps puts my privacy and possibly safety at risk. Just say no.

This is the article to point people to about the tech layoffs. https://ez.substack.com/p/techs-elite-hates-labor

NASA is hiring a Chief Data Officer. I'll bet a few of you know someone who absolutely needs to know about this opportunity: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/700799600

Thanks @gruber for sharing this: http://muezza.ca/thoughts/favourite_computer/

This was very eloquently written. I never really thought of retro / old hardware as tools of the past, frozen in time, never to be modified by updates or connected services.

“Well Mr. Columbo—”

“Actually, it’s Lieutenant Columbo.”

“You’re Starfleet?”

“Star who now?”

#startrek #photoshop #columbo

Singer Shervin Hajipour's Grammy Win Thrills Iranian Social Media Users https://www.voanews.com/a/singer-shervin-hajipour-grammy-win-thrills-iranian-social-media-users/6950316.html #voanews #voiceofamerica

Looking for the best handheld logic analyzer. Any suggestions?

Anyone out there from #universityofkentucky? #uky #kentucky #uofk #uk

Verification, check. Time for our #introduction:

Founded by @dave and @roustem in 2005, we’re now a team of 800+ who share the same vision: to make the online world a safer place for everyone. Our culture values simplicity, honesty and a human-centric approach to solving problems.

We have a small gang hanging out on Mastodon and we’d love to get to know our new community. Share your own #introduction with us and what brought you to #1Password. 👋😊

I literally have 0 followers, but wondering what people are using as their photo backup solution. Do you use iCloud, store on your Mac, external hard-drive? I used to rely on photostream syncing from my iPhone to my MacBook, but that has become super unreliable. I don’t really like what I have read about iCloud. #apple #iPhone #iOS

“Please put units in names”

This is one of my Pro Tips too https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2022/03/20/please-put-units-in-names

I was just laid off. I am a senior / staff-level iOS engineer looking for a new remote role in USA.

Mississippi Lawmakers Attempting Takeover of Funds for Jackson’s Water System, Federal Manager Warns
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For decades, state and city leaders have clashed over who should control local spending, services and infrastructure. Now, both the federal manager and the city’s mayor are warning that state politicians are attempting to take over Jackson’s water system, along with hundreds of millions in federal funds meant for repairing it.

#Mississippi #Water #Jackson

https://www.propublica.org/article/jackson-mississippi-water-system-state-takeover?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

My most recent Opt Out Experiment is online—thanks, Publicbooks! Here’s how I evaded data capture at Disneyland—and more importantly, how Big Tech has hijacked “convenience” to keep us in thrall.

http://www.publicbooks.org/data-free-disney/

More tech details at https://www.optoutproject.net/data-free-disney

#dataprivacyweek