Test Equipment Anonymous

Zenith wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2026 10:31 pm I do enjoy dangerous and exacting chemistry, when someone else is doing it.

Besides that, the caesium in these vials is simply beautiful.

The adventures of a chemist distilling high-purity caesium.

The Signal Path today:

Article in Nature: Training large language models on narrow tasks can lead to broad misalignment Abstract The widespread adoption of large language models (LLMs) raises important questions about their safety and alignment1. Previous safety research has largely focused on isolated undesirable behavio...

Marconi: https://photos.smugmug.com/Animals/2601-18-Felines/i-TFdmP89/0/MVRhgrqJVMJ7xZ6tZ647xvScGdH8tc3mVLjF9FHB4/X2/26_01-16%20Marconi%2002-X2.jpg This cat belongs clearly to him: https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/t9r0dAdfaFxWhc5eXr_R9iuLpJg=/arc-photo-irishnews/eu-central-1-prod/public/U5EJWNRG7B...

Both are really handsome guys.

I'm sorry for the misunderstanding here.
Pooch wasn't my cat, it was Shahriar's cat from The Signal Path.
I've thought, this has been widely known.

Apologize for the confusion caused.

RIP Pooch

Cubdriver wrote: ↑Wed Dec 24, 2025 7:12 am

Translation: If a tree falls and no one is there, what sound does it make?

Sadly I had to send Gilmore across the bridge in early June - he'd started losing weight back last fall, and after a bunch of trips to the vet was eventually diagnosed with a likely case of lymphoma - definitely hurt to send him on his way, but he was jaundiced and down to under six pounds and in t...

Harley likes to sometimes give me a "love bite" on my hand and his fangs break the skin. He doesn't comprehend that it's painful. My cat Loki has the same habit. While stroking him, you have to be careful, otherwise you'll get a hurtful "love bite". Does he also bite you on the ...

MED6753 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 5:03 pm Harley likes to sometimes give me a "love bite" on my hand and his fangs break the skin. He doesn't comprehend that it's painful.

My cat Loki has the same habit. While stroking him, you have to be careful, otherwise you'll get a hurtful "love bite".

How nature really measures space and time

Here's a little quiz about valid / invalid email adresses:

https://e-mail.wtf/

When the earth was once a snowball:

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com ... 24JE008701

It depends on the person using the word I find. Pleasure from a closely related person's achievements is the textbook definition of pride. It's when it crosses into glory and making it about yourself i.e. achievement by proxy, there's a problem. She did the work and got the degree. I am happy for h...

Not sure, if this is good (haven't watched it yet) but Marco Reps approves:
The complete YT channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@ericksonengineering7011/videos

Someone replaced the VFD of a Keithley 2000 with an OLED display.



Technical details can be found here:
https://github.com/RM-Engineering/Keith ... inch-OLED-

https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=2870 https://teanonymous.com/f1/download/file.php?mode=view&id=2871 I do have to grudgingly agree with Mounty, it is definitely better with Blue for Volts and Red for Amps. Still undecided whether it was worth the extra assache. 😝 :l...

It's summertime, isn't it?

MED6753 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 27, 2025 10:53 pm "This is my box and you can't have it"

Remove starlink trails:
I'd say, take some pictures shortly after, combine them and remove the starlink patterns.

Perhaps a similar approach would work for finding interesting objects.

First celestial image unveiled from revolutionary telescope

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3rmjjgx6xo

MED6753 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 6:38 pm Batten down the hatches, turn on the A/C, and stay the hell inside.

bd139 would approve!

Not sure, if I should put it here or to the time nuts in the metrology section.

https://imgur.com/gallery/anniversary-o ... ng-cz8E4RN