A Vancouver based Maker, Hacker, Coder, Artist, Birder and all-around great guy! @funvill in all places He/Him/His

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Steven Smethurst retweeted
Looking forward to the first Vancouver Hardware Unconference on Sept 21st! (same format as Polyglot which it takes partial inspiration from). lu.ma/3xdktv2i?tk=eTM2CE
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🎙It is time for the 2024 #hackadaysuperconference happening November 1st - November 3rd! The time to get your tickets is now. Tickets go fast, and Early Bird tickets go even faster. Get them here➡️ eventbrite.com/e/2024-hackad… Sponsored by @supplyframe and @digikey
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Not only is this moment historical, but the photo that @evanvucci took is also perfect. The level of compositional mastery comes from over two decades of experience in the field and a sharpness that only comes from thousands and thousands of "reps." 1/5
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last sunday, something beautiful happened minimum viable demos – a love letter to vancouver
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Five SAO connected PCB boards to make this monstrosity. The Mega-Shitty-Zord probably deserves a better circuit but lets see what this run turns out like first #badgelife #shittyaddon
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.@sony your website still mentioned the non-existent deal for @captureone "Capture One Express (for Sony)", as a benefit Time to drop Capture One for Free and open source alternatives like; RawTherapee, or Darktable support.captureone.com/hc/en… on this page thesonyshop.ca/collections/c…
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the reason China is beating America on production is largely that their little bs tasks are automated. Example 1 - Cable Harness Wrapping:
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.@credcardGenius yo @BrimFinancial now charges Foreign Exchange fees. Consider dropping them from the best credit card list. I know I have cancelled my account. creditcardgenius.ca/best-cre…
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. @BrimFinancial I hate that your signup process doesn't allow for pasting passwords. Prevents me from using a password manager. Bad first impressions. Already don't like your company... And with so many alternative #badux #badsecurity
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Elaborate jokes that will only be understood by like 5 people on the planet are the actual best
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You gotta watch this. YouTube Music workers were speaking at Austin City Council yesterday to call on Google to engage in fair negotiations with the union when they received an big update. "They just laid us all off" "Effective immediately"
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Elon vs OpenAI pretty much
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From Dall-E: "prometheus stealing fire from the atom, art deco style, building frieze" this was the best
this goes so hard, i can't believe it's on a government building. need more of this energy nuclear reactors should have prometheus stealing fire from the atom datacenters should have an angel with a flaming sword holding back chaos
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Every. Single. New. Google. Product.
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Steven Smethurst retweeted
The fact that Google had to officially deny the “sunsetting Gmail” hoax tweet tells you… a lot about Google’s recent product strategy decisions.
Gmail is here to stay.
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Back up your Gmail
Gmail is here to stay.
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