Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

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This is so cool. With just a little bit of modification using a single 3d printed part glued to the side of the head of a 3d printer this japanese team managed to create a fully autonomous robot that can basically built its own tools, pick them up, and then use them to manipulate its environment.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/functgraph-personal-factory-automation-with-a-3d-printer

#3dprinting #3dprinter #robot #robots #engineering #automation

WOOT! My sake just arrived! Three bottles of various premium grade sake. Looks like ill be tipsy coding today!

Here are the three bottles I bought from cheapest to most expensive:

Hakutsuru “Junmai Ginjo” - 60% RPR (the percentage of polishing of the rice, rice polishing ratio), meant to be drank warm or cold.

Yuho “Rhythm of the Centuries” - the only aged one (sake isnt usually aged), aged for 4 years, 55% polished rice, warm or room temperature

Dassai “45” - 45% RPR, drank cold

#sake #alcohol

My first glass of 4 year aged sake, aged sake is so uncommon i had to get jt shipped in... Amazing!

Big #banks’ #trillion-dollar #finance for #FossilFuels ‘shocking’, says report | Fossil fuels | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/24/big-banks-trillion-dollar-finance-for-fossil-fuels-shocking-says-report

#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #GreenhouseGases #Pollution #Banking

UK to set up health agency to combat future pandemics - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/24/uk-to-set-up-health-agency-to-combat-future-pandemics-covid long overdue; also need one to create new antibiotics

Talking about floppy disks... I was a total sucker for these colored editions.

If I remember correctly, I used red disks for applications, green ones for games, whereas blue was reserved for source code & projects.

I was so proud of my little floppy disk collection!

Are we heading for a second Plaid-Labour coalition in Wales, and if so what could they agree on? https://nation.cymru/opinion/are-we-heading-for-a-second-plaid-labour-coalition-in-wales-and-if-so-what-could-they-agree-on/

Being Welsh ‘more likely to stir the blood than being British’, says BBC broadcaster Andrew Marr. https://nation.cymru/news/being-welsh-more-likely-to-stir-the-blood-than-being-british-says-bbc-broadcaster-andrew-marr/

Instagram is one of the most privacy invasive apps.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/instagram-invasive-app-privacy-facebook-b1818453.html

If you want to leave Big Tech, start here: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-to-leave-google-gmail/ 😉

Welsh Government agrees 'in principle' to set up 'arm's length' fund for increased news coverage in Wales https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-government-agrees-in-principle-to-set-up-arms-length-fund-for-increased-news-coverage-in-wales/

Wales is ‘sleepwalking' towards independence because of Westminster, says First Minister. https://nation.cymru/news/wales-is-sleepwalking-towards-independence-because-of-westminster-says-first-minister/

Just three hereditary peers with Wales-based titles have claimed over £1.6m in expenses. https://nation.cymru/news/just-three-hereditary-peers-with-wales-based-titles-have-claimed-over-1-6m-in-expenses/

Last night was again too cloudy but there’s a nice #WaxingGibbous #Moon tonight.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #BackyardAstronomy #AmateurAstronomy #Gibbous

@iankenway It is pretty much how it happened anywhere in the world in the early days

It is funny because this is 100% fact.