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vintage computers, tubes, the MOnSter6502, cross-sectioned electronic parts. coauthor of nostarch.com/open-circuits.
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- this electrical transmission tower has a little problem. can you spot it? actually, it's not a small problem--it cost us 16.65 *billion* dollars and caused the deaths of 85 people.
- let's order strange things from NIST! first up is this jar of reference peanut butter. it's only $881 per jar!
- this is a picture of the worst day of a professional engineer's life. š§µ
- this Tesla SUV ran into a traffic barrier at 70mph while on Autopilot. how could this happen? there are 3 major contributing causes, and they're *fascinating*
- SunOS 4.1.4 says it can't possibly be the year 2023: "WARNING: preposterous time in filesystem -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!" sorry SunOS, there's nothing i can do to fix 2023.
- all right, this is a new one. a EULA on...fruit?! 'the recipient of the produce contained in this package agrees not to propagate or reproduce any portion of this produce, including "but not limited to" seeds, stems, tissue, and fruit.'
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- here's a fascinating vintage Swiss washing machine that uses punch cards to program the wash cycle!













