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Final probing demo board ready to go to fab, unless anyone else finds something in the next couple hours.
Two 6 Gbps TX-only transceiver lanes, two low speed DAC outputs, four LVCMOS18 GPIOs on SMAs, four LVCMOS33 outputs on probe clips, and a MLT3/PAM3 output on SMAs. Plus test points on all the power rails and the USB.

This is a pretty solid assessment of Where We (for a given value of “we”) Are
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lp3e77mdabccgcprvoxsn7zp/post/3mlqqrwujmk2f

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux (@bretdevereaux.bsky.social)
So this is getting appropriately roasted - this is not a navy problem, but a shore-based fires problem. It is also a failure to understand the situation: Trump tried to overthrow the regime and personally kill its leaders. He doesn't have a lot of 'threat' left. EU frigates won't change that. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

That’s a demographic point, not a call to arms. @… https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app

Bill Cole (@scconsult.com)
We’re at the point where we can no longer afford easily-scared “normies.” We need to convert, not coddle. A lot more people need to die in the process of turning around the fascist trend, and pointing out the fascists as they depart is a positive thing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

#marswaterhistory

That PC whose fan dropped off the other week has been bodged into working. I used a couple of plastic strips and motherboard mounts to hold them to the board with screws in the right place for the heatsink; but I found it needed more pressure on the fan for it to make good contact with the CPU, especially at the top; so outcomes the wood. This is working reasonably well; although the wedge positioning is a bit touchy to get it right.

We're in our 60s so we just wasted 2 hours trying to:
1. Renew my expired WWVP online (nothing has changed) ⛔
Name on birth certificate is slightly different from usage name PLUS married PLUS no drivers licence PLUS no passport
2. Apply for husband's WWVP online ⛔
No ImmiCard as he came here with parents as a child on their id document PLUS no passport
Ugh! Off to Access Canberra to get it sorted (hopefully).
*WWVP couldn't help - says it's …

Reinhold Messner's moving message about the recent death of Nirmal Purja and ten others:
What matters is being there while that person is still alive. Listening, especially in difficult times. Staying present when someone feels lost. Sometimes the greatest gift is simply to let them speak and to be heard.
I know what it feels like to leave someone you love behind in the mountains. A pain so profound it takes your breath away.
And yet l also know that, for some, …

Reinhold Messner on Instagram: "It’s a kind gesture, and everyone grieves and remembers in their own way. What matters is being there while that person is still alive. Listening, especially in difficult times. Staying present when someone feels lost. Sometimes the greatest gift is simply to let them speak and to be heard. I know what it feels like to leave someone you love behind in the mountains. A pain so profound it takes your breath away. And yet I also know that, for some, there is a quiet comfort in knowing they were in the place they loved most, doing what gave their life meaning. My thoughts are with all the families, friends, and everyone who loved them. Pls remember a human being is never an object. A life is measured by presence, not by tributes. #thinking #memories #"
97K likes, 854 comments - reinholdmessner_official on August 2, 2026: "It’s a kind gesture, and everyone grieves and remembers in their own way. What matters is being there while that person is still alive. Listening, especially in difficult times. Staying present when someone feels lost. Sometimes the greatest gift is simply to let them speak and to be heard. I know what it feels like to leave someone you love behind in the mountains. A pain so profound it takes your breath away. And yet I …

Goed, maar wel veel te laat, dit.
PRO-Kamerlid dat voorkeurstemmen voor vrouwen hekelde, heeft nu spijt: 'Neem woorden terug’
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel/5611587/pro-kamerlid-was-teleurgesteld-over-vo…

PRO-Kamerlid dat voorkeurstemmen voor vrouwen hekelde, heeft nu spijt: 'Neem woorden terug’
Wimar Bolhuis, die opzien baarde toen hij kritiek had op voorkeurstemmen voor vrouwen nadat duidelijk werd dat het zijn plek in de Tweede Kamer kostte, is vandaag dan toch geïnstalleerd in het parlement. Vandaag neemt het PRO-Kamerlid ook zijn woorden terug. "Mijn bericht was onhandig. Dat had ik niet zo moeten doen en daar heb ik van geleerd. Ik neem die woorden terug."

So apparently the Telstra outage was caused by their root NTP server going back in time 20 years, taking the rest of the network along with it. The key question is how did anyone notice the difference?
#telstra #snark

Telstra CEO ‘deeply sorry’ for outage and admits risk of time-keeping failure was known
Vicki Brady grilled at first public appearance since returning from overseas as SA police say call to triple zero failed before death

Also, unlike this one, many of my skeets don’t get here. Something about @… doesn’t pick them all up. Probably bsky is sinking the stuff they determine not interesting or whatever.
I despise algorithmic feeds where I can’t fix my algorithm. @…

Bill Cole (@scconsult.com)
Repeating what's in my profile… I treat Bluesky as a 2nd platform & mostly am on the #Fediverse. My bridged Mastodon account got "suspended" by Bluesky for no reason I could discern, so my posts there never get here. & while I often retoot my skeets, I don't turn many of my toots into skeets.