John Lund
@AttilaTheLund
Professor of Electrical Engineering. AK born, WA live. Two daughters. Posts are personal and not the views of my employer.
Wife and I spent a week in Bora Bora. Exceptional vacation spot. Congrats to France for grabbing this prime real estate.

Every photo I've ever seen of this guy looks AI generated. Is this guy even real?

I just created an account for about the 30th app I have to use to make it easy to manage things "all in one place." Rapidly approaching the critical mass where phone books, telephone calls, and physical calendars are more efficient.
Your task is to pick the strongest brick. In the past, evil people only picked red bricks. We've done a lot to stop that, but some people still have some lingering sin hidden deep in their heart that, data shows, causes them to still favor the red bricks. If you think "the…

The first few seconds watching this it seemed like it was winding impossibly fast, then when I realized what was happening it seemed impossibly slow.
I feel like on the first day aliens arrive on Earth, they're gonna be like "Wait, you guys are still physically winding up motors, electromagnets, and transformers?"
Publishing the dimensions of Vietnam war era rifles ❌export violation ❌ITAR restricted Publishing the hardware and software details of cooperative drones tracking mild heat signatures in dense forests for . . . uh . . . fire safety ✅ cool project
My high school offered ground school (for a pilot's license) as an elective. The first day of class the teacher said "I want you all to know, I'm a felon. I'm not a convicted felon, but I was an air traffic controller who committed a felony by going on strike." What an opening.
"Baby, you don't need to worry about markets. Stashed behind the seats of my truck I've got at least two hundred Harbor Freight flashlights. We're set."

These $30 hub motors are giving me way too many ideas for projects I don't have time to do.

Being forced to write persuasive essays about topics you don't care about is the mother of all invention.
A student from India designed an AI machine that writes his homework in his own handwriting.
This is how it felt to be my neighbors walking past my house after I got my first laser pointer in the 90s.
Stingray Marine Solutions AS fish delousing laser.