Tootfinder

Morning Glow-Up
This is with the Agfa ePhoto 1680, a 1.3MP CCD camera from 1998. It's pretty temperamental, while it takes 4 AA batteries, normal alkaline batteries don't provide enough juice; I found that Li-Ion rechargeable are the only way to go.
I love the time when they experimented with various camera shapes as they weren’t constrained by how film needs to physically be in the camera anymore.
#ShittyCameraChallenge #SooC

Charlottesville, VA is the latest city with smarter elected leaders than San Francisco (where we continue to double down on partnering with ICE-collaborating Flock Security).
https://www.29news.com/2025/12/17/charlottesville…

Charlottesville ends Flock camera pilot program over privacy concerns
The decision comes after months of concern from city council about data privacy.

„Wer eine Gefahr für das Parlament darstellt, kann nicht faktisch vom Parlament bezahlt werden“, sagt Klöckner. Hintergrund: Sieben AfD-Mitarbeitern wurde der Hausausweis versagt, teils wegen Vorstrafen. AfD spricht von „Parteienverbot durch die Hintertür“.
🧵 von Dorthe Ferber | ID: @…

Sicherheit im Bundestag: Klöckner legt sich mit der AfD an
Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner will schärfere Regeln bei extremistischen Mitarbeitern im Bundestag. Die AfD vermutet ein "Parteienverbot durch die Hintertür".

Meta's head of Threads Connor Hayes says that fediverse compatibility isn't a priority for its current roadmap, but it is something that it's "maintaining" (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/whats-next-for-threads

What's next for Threads
Connor Hayes wants Meta's X rival to be "the place on the internet to talk about what's going on in the world." Also: Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour this week on ACCESS.

From Ironhead’s son to Cam’s brother, Connor Heyward aims to stand out in his own right https://www.raiders.com/news/connor-heyward-aims-to-stand-out-in-his-own-right-2026-free-agency

🎶 TweetyBERT parses canary songs to better understand how brains learn language
#birds

TweetyBERT parses canary songs to better understand how brains learn language
A new machine learning model, TweetyBERT, automatically segments and classifies canary vocalizations with expert-level accuracy, offering a scalable platform for neuroscience, providing insights into the neural basis of how the brain learns and produces language, and offering potential applications for understanding animal vocalization more broadly. The study by University of Oregon researchers appears in the journal Patterns.

Poland bans camera-packing cars made in China from military bases
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/19/poland_china_car_ban/

Poland bans camera-packing cars made in China from military bases
: Dell, however, is welcome to help build a local-language LLM

Quick test of recording from the mill on the $40 amazon USB microscope/endoscope/whatever camera.
Endmill is 250 μm diameter for scale, overall camera FOV a couple of mm. The QFN lands around the perimeter are 500 μm pitch.
Vibration degrades the image quite a bit when the motor is running due to the rather unstable mount I have right now. You can see in the last few seconds when I turn the spindle off, the image quality improves a lot.
Audio is not great, but with a mill s…

From Ironhead’s son to Cam’s brother, Connor Heyward aims to stand out in his own right https://www.raiders.com/news/connor-heyward-aims-to-stand-out-in-his-own-right-2026-free-agency

This cheap indicator stand doesn't stick that well to the table through the mat, but it's better than what I had before. Had to shim the camera with some electrical tape to make it fit.
The setup is definitely getting as cramped as a FIB chamber with the spindle, camera, optical scope, light, compressed gas spray, and suction all vying for space around the workpiece