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    This robotic system automatically scans film slides on its own
    [12:27] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.arduino.cc | This robotic system automatically scans film slides on its own | Arduino Blog [12:27] schestowitz
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    Most of the robot was made from an old, repurposed Anet A8 Plus 3D printer as Chris kept the existing X and Z axes while replacing the printhead with a custom toolhead. He swapped out the previous control circuitry in the printer for an Arduino Mega 2560 and combined the board with several stepper motor drivers. The gripper module was mounted to the X axis carriage and is responsible for picking up slides [12:27] schestowitz from below and moving them into and out of the scanner to the side. Several sensors within the toolhead, including a pair of load cells and a time-of-flight module, assist in ensuring the robot doesnt collide with the scanner and potentially damage it.

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    Rust: A Critical Retrospective
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    [13:15] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.bunniestudios.com | Rust: A Critical Retrospective bunnie's blog [13:15] schestowitz

    Since I was unable to travel for a couple of years during the pandemic, I decided to take my new-found time and really lean into Rust. After writing over 100k lines of Rust code, I think I am starting to get a feel for the language and like every cranky engineer I have developed opinions and because this is the Internet Im going to share them.

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    • [13:50] schestowitz " [13:51] schestowitz Dear SUEPO member, [13:51] schestowitz The Committee of SUEPO The Hague invites you to a General Meeting (Art. 11.2 and 12.1 Statute) to report on the ongoing actions and other relevant issues at the EPO. [13:51] schestowitz The meeting will take place Wednesday 25 May from 10:30 to 11:30 in SUEPO MS Teams. [13:51] schestowitz An invitation to the SUEPO MS team meeting will be sent to all members in The Hague today. If you have not received the email, please contact us immediately using the contact form. [13:51] schestowitz Agenda of the meeting: [13:51] schestowitz 1. Ongoing Actions [13:51] schestowitz 2. SAP [13:51] schestowitz 3. Childcare & Education Allowance [13:51] schestowitz 4. Production Pressure [13:51] schestowitz 5. Job Mobility [13:51] schestowitz 6. Q & A [13:51] schestowitz " [13:51] schestowitz " [13:51] schestowitz Primary and Secondary Education Allowance [13:51] schestowitz Publication on behalf of the The Hague Staff Representatives (LSCTH). [13:51] schestowitz [13:51] schestowitz What to do if the education fees are below the entitlement threshold. [13:52] schestowitz Dear colleagues, [13:52] schestowitz As you may know, one of the amendments to Art. 71 Serv. Regs. (education allowance) concerns thethreshold for entitlement. In the new regulation, entitlement to the education allowance is now conditional on the education fees exceeding 500. [13:52] schestowitz If you are in the situation of not being eligible since you pay school fees of less than 500, we would like to remind you of your right to file a request for review for the decision of depriving you of the right of having an education allowance. [13:52] schestowitz The new Article 71 applies to all colleagues, irrespective of their nationality. Therefore, we remind the Dutch colleagues that under the new regulation, they are now fully entitled to receive a reimbursement of the school fees under Art. 71.Therefore, if you have school children and pay any fee to their school, we advise you to request that the administration reimburse the costs under Art. 71 Serv. Regs. [13:52] schestowitz If the administration refuses to do so on the basis of the 500 threshold, or simply does notprovide the reimbursement within a 2-month time frame, then we recommend that you challenge this discriminatory practice and start a legal procedure by filing a request for review. You can find a template provided by SUEPO here. [13:52] schestowitz Please contact us if you need further information. [13:52] schestowitz Your Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH) [13:52] schestowitz " ● May 20 [15:24] *techrights_guest|61 (~050810a3@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:24] *techrights_guest|61 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) ● May 20 [17:47] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) ● May 20 [18:00] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [18:01] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@wsiqic47hk5gc.irc) has joined #techbytes [18:23] schestowitz Some idiots at work ruined someone's site, by not testing properly: [18:23] schestowitz "Just catching up with this, I see that no pictures are referenced in the hypertext, e.g. [18:23] schestowitz

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    xxxxxxxxx, right, photographed in Europe

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    [18:23] schestowitz So it might not be that the files are missing but that they're not linked to in the page? [18:23] schestowitz Maybe a conversion artefact?" ● May 20 [20:28] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [20:29] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #techbytes [20:35] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 20 [21:25] schestowitz https://www.reddit.com/r/PrivacySelfDefense/comments/uu5vyy/skype_scams_actually_start_with_skype_itself_it/ [21:25] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.reddit.com | Skype scams actually start with Skype itself. It used to be you only had to worry about unknown Skype callers. Now Skype itself sells your personal information to anyone with the bucks - including identity thieves. : PrivacySelfDefense [21:49] schestowitz [02:15] Please delete that [21:49] schestowitz [02:15] From the public record [21:49] schestowitz [02:15] alex was arrested on tuesday [21:49] schestowitz [02:15] wow [21:49] schestowitz [02:16] 3rd degree felony assault by strangulation [21:49] schestowitz [02:16] I did wonder if he left the company last week and was going to explore the situation [21:49] schestowitz [02:16] Lack of commits? [21:49] schestowitz [02:16] I hope you feel like the series does some justice [21:49] schestowitz [02:16] I'm struggling to regain my Twitter account right now [21:49] schestowitz [02:17] They're saying that I'm promoting self harm [21:49] schestowitz [02:17] and I apologise that we don't agree on Torvalds [21:49] schestowitz [02:17] Twitter did this to me alsop [21:49] schestowitz [02:17] *also [21:49] schestowitz [02:17] not exactly that [21:49] schestowitz [02:17] someone trolled me, reporting me as being 'suicidal' [21:49] schestowitz [02:17] i'm not banned but they want me to delete the main pinned tweet [21:49] schestowitz [02:17] which was strange, as no such thing was ever true [21:49] schestowitz [02:17] Which I don't want to do because there's so many links to it [21:49] schestowitz [02:17] so... [21:49] schestowitz [02:17] likely explanatiopn [21:49] schestowitz [02:18] someone wants to censor your account [21:49] schestowitz [02:18] and misuses "self harm" as pretext [21:49] schestowitz [02:18] So I'm filing an open records request [21:50] schestowitz [02:18] you should [21:50] schestowitz [02:18] So I can get the details of the arrest and possibly a mug shot [21:50] schestowitz [02:18] like, who filed the request? [21:50] schestowitz [02:18] I called the police department today and they said that he was still in custody but they weren't sure [21:50] schestowitz [02:18] think, who does NOT like that tweet? [21:50] schestowitz [02:18] Which if he still in custody that means he resisted arrest [21:50] schestowitz [02:19] Because bond was only 25K [21:50] schestowitz [02:19] Lots of people don't like that tweet [21:50] schestowitz [02:19] well, reality hurts [21:50] schestowitz [02:20] But I'll send you a copy of it but keep my name out of it [21:50] schestowitz [02:20] surer [21:50] schestowitz [02:20] *sure [21:50] schestowitz [02:20] thanks [21:50] schestowitz [02:20] It's not me that was stangled [21:50] schestowitz [02:20] Strangled [21:50] schestowitz [02:20] yes, but you warned [21:50] schestowitz [02:20] Someone else [21:50] schestowitz [02:20] you could, if the police listened, prevented this [21:50] schestowitz [02:20] Well he strangled me too [21:50] schestowitz [02:21] *prevent [21:50] schestowitz [02:21] but they don't believe women [21:50] schestowitz [02:21] That's notably how Gabby Petito died [21:50] schestowitz [02:21] he could have killed someone [21:50] schestowitz [02:21] Look up strangling domestic violence stats [21:50] schestowitz [02:21] Basically half of all men murder their partners previously strangled their partner [21:50] schestowitz [02:22] it irritates me to even think of people who do such stuff, horrifying [21:50] schestowitz [02:23] btw, how much do you know about the circumstances surrounding Nat's removal? [21:50] schestowitz [02:23] upside (side aspect), with this creep arrested his SLAPP lost teeth [21:50] schestowitz [02:23] and he can do far less to demonise his exposers [21:50] schestowitz [02:24] people don't believe a man in police custody ● May 20 [22:42] schestowitz > Hello there, [22:42] schestowitz > [22:42] schestowitz > I do apologize as you receive these emails to fit a smart meter. These [22:42] schestowitz > emails are automated and all our customers that do not have smart meters [22:42] schestowitz > receive those emails. [22:42] schestowitz > [22:42] schestowitz > [22:42] schestowitz > [22:42] schestowitz > I will be more than happy to pin a note onto the account to advise we [22:42] schestowitz > should not send those emails to you. [22:42] schestowitz > [22:42] schestowitz > [22:42] schestowitz > [22:42] schestowitz > Warm wishes [22:42] schestowitz Please do that. ● May 20 [23:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [23:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes