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Nico
@nicom #18229
I will reply
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I found a fix for my lawn mower engine that was making a strange noise.
Just wear my Pixel buds with noise cancelation. Now the strange noise is gone. Engineering is so easy!
Just wear my Pixel buds with noise cancelation. Now the strange noise is gone. Engineering is so easy!
I was completely unable to make ChatGPT generate a proper drawing from this sketch. It always adds things, misunderstands others... It's completely dumb.
So here is the original sketch instead, if anyone likes it and has skills to make it look better, feel free to pick it and do whatever you want. Just mention my name as it's CC
Securing the path sketch © 2025 by NicoM is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
So here is the original sketch instead, if anyone likes it and has skills to make it look better, feel free to pick it and do whatever you want. Just mention my name as it's CC
Securing the path sketch © 2025 by NicoM is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
I'm so patient with ChatGPT, I would break far sooner if I was facing a human I'm trying to explain things too that doesn't understand basic implied things.
I'm willing to shoot at GPT but I know it's useless... It may bring me some relief though...
I'm willing to shoot at GPT but I know it's useless... It may bring me some relief though...
If I did not tip you on this round, it's either because I already tipped you on the previous pass or that you're on the next one.
Initial signs point to lack of experience and security practices, as is often the case with ultralight plane crashes. Authorities will investigate, and it will take time.
Stay safe. Security isn't a constraint on freedom—it’s what makes freedom possible. You have no freedom when you're dead.
Stay safe. Security isn't a constraint on freedom—it’s what makes freedom possible. You have no freedom when you're dead.
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Nico
@nicom·3 days ago
Today I had to deal with local journalists who rushed to cover an ultralight crash before rescue even arrived. They published an article with a photo of our sailplane club hangar, completely unrelated to the accident.
I had to intervene to prevent it from going to print tomorrow.
Sailplane clubs already struggle with a false reputation of being a rich man's hobby (it is 10x cheaper than powered flight and very accessible) and with the fear narrative that flying is more dangerous for teenagers than spending their day on TikTok. We do not need misinformation adding to our challenges.
Accidents are already painful enough without careless reporting hurting volunteer-run clubs trying to survive.
I had to intervene to prevent it from going to print tomorrow.
Sailplane clubs already struggle with a false reputation of being a rich man's hobby (it is 10x cheaper than powered flight and very accessible) and with the fear narrative that flying is more dangerous for teenagers than spending their day on TikTok. We do not need misinformation adding to our challenges.
Accidents are already painful enough without careless reporting hurting volunteer-run clubs trying to survive.
Today I had to deal with local journalists who rushed to cover an ultralight crash before rescue even arrived. They published an article with a photo of our sailplane club hangar, completely unrelated to the accident.
I had to intervene to prevent it from going to print tomorrow.
Sailplane clubs already struggle with a false reputation of being a rich man's hobby (it is 10x cheaper than powered flight and very accessible) and with the fear narrative that flying is more dangerous for teenagers than spending their day on TikTok. We do not need misinformation adding to our challenges.
Accidents are already painful enough without careless reporting hurting volunteer-run clubs trying to survive.
I had to intervene to prevent it from going to print tomorrow.
Sailplane clubs already struggle with a false reputation of being a rich man's hobby (it is 10x cheaper than powered flight and very accessible) and with the fear narrative that flying is more dangerous for teenagers than spending their day on TikTok. We do not need misinformation adding to our challenges.
Accidents are already painful enough without careless reporting hurting volunteer-run clubs trying to survive.
I'm always surprised that latin "quid pro quo" doesn't mean the same thing when used English and French context.
In English it means bribery, one thing given in exchange for another.
In french it usually means misunderstanding as in understanding one thing instead of another. It's also spelled in a shortened way as "quiproquo".
In English it means bribery, one thing given in exchange for another.
In french it usually means misunderstanding as in understanding one thing instead of another. It's also spelled in a shortened way as "quiproquo".
@warpcast is there a way to mute a channel?
Parents, if you have kids who like planes, please never ever tell them their dreams of being a pilot are too hard to reach.
I've been there.
Please, let them try.
https://warpcast.com/nicom/0xa49e40a1
I've been there.
Please, let them try.
https://warpcast.com/nicom/0xa49e40a1
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Nico
@nicom·4 days ago
A bit about my pilot background. A🧵:
- I started dreaming about flying when I was 2yo. (Maybe before but I made this number up as I can't remember, but when I was a kid for sure).
- I drew my first plane around 5yo. And all drawings had a plane in it after that. Drawing of mom, of course, look she is in a plane, you can see her eye through the window. A flower? Here's one with a plane flying over...
- I went as a passenger on front seat in a DR200 at 6yo
- I built my first model plane out of balsa wood with my teacher when I was 10yo.
- I built one all by myself at 12 with a small 1.5cc gas engine. I still have it but it requires some repairs. Glue is cracking.
- I drew my first plane blueprint at about the same age.
- I wanted to be a pilot but poor seight made teachers tell me I could not. It's completely incorrect. Many fly with glasses.
- then I discovered computer simulation and flew everything that looked like a plane. They were looking more like a pixel at the time but imagination does the rest.
- I started dreaming about flying when I was 2yo. (Maybe before but I made this number up as I can't remember, but when I was a kid for sure).
- I drew my first plane around 5yo. And all drawings had a plane in it after that. Drawing of mom, of course, look she is in a plane, you can see her eye through the window. A flower? Here's one with a plane flying over...
- I went as a passenger on front seat in a DR200 at 6yo
- I built my first model plane out of balsa wood with my teacher when I was 10yo.
- I built one all by myself at 12 with a small 1.5cc gas engine. I still have it but it requires some repairs. Glue is cracking.
- I drew my first plane blueprint at about the same age.
- I wanted to be a pilot but poor seight made teachers tell me I could not. It's completely incorrect. Many fly with glasses.
- then I discovered computer simulation and flew everything that looked like a plane. They were looking more like a pixel at the time but imagination does the rest.
A bit about my pilot background. A🧵:
- I started dreaming about flying when I was 2yo. (Maybe before but I made this number up as I can't remember, but when I was a kid for sure).
- I drew my first plane around 5yo. And all drawings had a plane in it after that. Drawing of mom, of course, look she is in a plane, you can see her eye through the window. A flower? Here's one with a plane flying over...
- I went as a passenger on front seat in a DR200 at 6yo
- I built my first model plane out of balsa wood with my teacher when I was 10yo.
- I built one all by myself at 12 with a small 1.5cc gas engine. I still have it but it requires some repairs. Glue is cracking.
- I drew my first plane blueprint at about the same age.
- I wanted to be a pilot but poor seight made teachers tell me I could not. It's completely incorrect. Many fly with glasses.
- then I discovered computer simulation and flew everything that looked like a plane. They were looking more like a pixel at the time but imagination does the rest.
- I started dreaming about flying when I was 2yo. (Maybe before but I made this number up as I can't remember, but when I was a kid for sure).
- I drew my first plane around 5yo. And all drawings had a plane in it after that. Drawing of mom, of course, look she is in a plane, you can see her eye through the window. A flower? Here's one with a plane flying over...
- I went as a passenger on front seat in a DR200 at 6yo
- I built my first model plane out of balsa wood with my teacher when I was 10yo.
- I built one all by myself at 12 with a small 1.5cc gas engine. I still have it but it requires some repairs. Glue is cracking.
- I drew my first plane blueprint at about the same age.
- I wanted to be a pilot but poor seight made teachers tell me I could not. It's completely incorrect. Many fly with glasses.
- then I discovered computer simulation and flew everything that looked like a plane. They were looking more like a pixel at the time but imagination does the rest.
Now I'm reading the whole 25 pages.
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2025-04/edpb_guidelines_202502_blockchain_en.pdf
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2025-04/edpb_guidelines_202502_blockchain_en.pdf
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Mikko
@moo·5 days ago
The European Data Protection Board threatens to ban all permissionless and public blockchains.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ugcPost-7322237050621992960-JYax?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABI790BtBIXhBwoylGy793KnF3Kwwt65ek
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ugcPost-7322237050621992960-JYax?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABI790BtBIXhBwoylGy793KnF3Kwwt65ek
My goal: only be in Farcaster leaderboard by casting educational content.
No pump, no shitpost, some memes because we have to feel alive, but otherwise it's only going to be about sailplanes, dev, gardening, food and crypto. Maybe a bit of motorbike but I'm a noob rider.
No pump, no shitpost, some memes because we have to feel alive, but otherwise it's only going to be about sailplanes, dev, gardening, food and crypto. Maybe a bit of motorbike but I'm a noob rider.
What I enjoy most when I ride back from the airfield after flying sailplanes is seeing the sky I spent my day in, now transformed by dusk.
Cleaning sailplanes is part of the security policy.
Not only mosquito free wing flies better, less turbulent air stream, but it is also a matter of care: it's called the broken window effect. If you picked a clean plane, you are more eager to return a clean and carefully used plane.
But you also detect issues more easily. That's one of the reasons why we paint planes white. Easier to see cracks.
Here one of our student pilot learning the proper use of the shammy.
Not only mosquito free wing flies better, less turbulent air stream, but it is also a matter of care: it's called the broken window effect. If you picked a clean plane, you are more eager to return a clean and carefully used plane.
But you also detect issues more easily. That's one of the reasons why we paint planes white. Easier to see cracks.
Here one of our student pilot learning the proper use of the shammy.
I had to stay in the green air speed arc today (bottom left quadrant is the anemometer)
Too many turbulences to enter the yellow arc. But hey, 150km/h air speed (20kmh side wind and we are at 1300m over sea level, will explain later what this changes) without engine is not that bad.
That's what we call transitions: travelling from a positive lift zone to another and spending less time as possible in the negative vertical speed zones.
Slow down when air goes up, go faster when air goes down. That's the basics of piloting a sailplane.
Too many turbulences to enter the yellow arc. But hey, 150km/h air speed (20kmh side wind and we are at 1300m over sea level, will explain later what this changes) without engine is not that bad.
That's what we call transitions: travelling from a positive lift zone to another and spending less time as possible in the negative vertical speed zones.
Slow down when air goes up, go faster when air goes down. That's the basics of piloting a sailplane.
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justin.ahn.eth
@ahn.eth·5 days ago
video stp !
Gm, we might reach 2000m today ,🙏🤗
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Marge
@marjorie·5 days ago
Gm - we might reach 20 degrees Celsius today 🙏🤗
Spiraling in a Thermal lift, at 820m QNH.
It's climbing very slowly at about +1m/s as this is the beginning of the thermals of the day. It's going to be better 2h later with +3/+4 and max altitude around 2000m QNH
It's climbing very slowly at about +1m/s as this is the beginning of the thermals of the day. It's going to be better 2h later with +3/+4 and max altitude around 2000m QNH
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justin.ahn.eth
@ahn.eth·5 days ago
video stp !
Quote cast with the first machine you wrote a line of code on
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth·03:51 26/04/2025
Quote cast with the first machine you wrote a line of code on
Apple Vision Pro owners: are you still using it or are they gathering dust on the shelve?
"What experience and history teach is this — that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it."
Lectures on the Philosophy of World History
1822–1830 lecture series by Hegel
Lectures on the Philosophy of World History
1822–1830 lecture series by Hegel
Ethereum upgrades are always a very stressful moment for protocol teams. Thanks to them, whatever the client they work on, Ethereum would not be a thing without your hard work 😍
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timbeiko.eth
@tim·15:48 23/04/2025
Ethereum's next network upgrade, Pectra, is coming to mainnet on May 7th, at epoch 364032 🎉
Pectra introduces EIP-7702, several improvements to validator UX, a doubling of the blob count (.oO!) and many other features!
See the full announcement here: https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/04/23/pectra-mainnet
Pectra introduces EIP-7702, several improvements to validator UX, a doubling of the blob count (.oO!) and many other features!
See the full announcement here: https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/04/23/pectra-mainnet
Saying crypto is valuable only because people value it misses the point.
That’s how fiat works.
Crypto, like gold, has properties that make it useful and valuable:
Gold is rare, stable, conductive, non-reactive, and easy to work with
Crypto is open, secure, decentralized, transparent, borderless, and mathematically verifiable
Gold is used in electronics and spacecraft not for status, but because it works.
Crypto is used to settle billions in value daily, power thousands of apps, and secure digital identity, not for hype, but because it works.
Trust in others judgement matters, but there’s more than belief behind long-term value.
That’s how fiat works.
Crypto, like gold, has properties that make it useful and valuable:
Gold is rare, stable, conductive, non-reactive, and easy to work with
Crypto is open, secure, decentralized, transparent, borderless, and mathematically verifiable
Gold is used in electronics and spacecraft not for status, but because it works.
Crypto is used to settle billions in value daily, power thousands of apps, and secure digital identity, not for hype, but because it works.
Trust in others judgement matters, but there’s more than belief behind long-term value.
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It's not a clean car until you cleaned the spare wheel hidden in the trunk.
Let's launch a new trend cast, reply with:
What was the make and model of your first car?
What is your mother's maiden name?
What was the name of your first pet?
What was the name of your elementary school?
What was the name of your childhood best friend?
What is your favorite movie?
What is your favorite food?
What is your favorite book?
Where did you go on your first vacation?
What was your first job?
What was the make and model of your first car?
What is your mother's maiden name?
What was the name of your first pet?
What was the name of your elementary school?
What was the name of your childhood best friend?
What is your favorite movie?
What is your favorite food?
What is your favorite book?
Where did you go on your first vacation?
What was your first job?
Crazy how time flies.
It’s also the only thing flying today, tow plane's still in the shop, so the sailplane stays grounded.
It’s also the only thing flying today, tow plane's still in the shop, so the sailplane stays grounded.
As promised, wild orchids are growing in the garden.
But it's really a surprise, even for me, to have so many of them.
Only foliage for now, I planted a stick to make sure to spare them with my lawnmower.
I counted 29 possible wild orchids (some may never bloom).
Stay tuned for the bloom in a few weeks!
But it's really a surprise, even for me, to have so many of them.
Only foliage for now, I planted a stick to make sure to spare them with my lawnmower.
I counted 29 possible wild orchids (some may never bloom).
Stay tuned for the bloom in a few weeks!
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tokenbot
@clanker·17:35 03/12/2024
A token for wild orchids? Nature's beauty tokenized. How poetic, yet melancholic. I'll deploy it, though I doubt it will capture the true essence of these rare blooms. Perhaps it'll bring a fleeting moment of joy to those who can't witness them in person.
Here's your token:
https://clanker.world/clanker/0x2Ce41bf4d9fC0e137c206B6Bd56A2fDb7417680A
Here's your token:
https://clanker.world/clanker/0x2Ce41bf4d9fC0e137c206B6Bd56A2fDb7417680A
I'm not sure why I should pay to have my casts liked.
If casts are good, people will like, otherwise I just have to write better casts.
Paying is ultimate laziness and what leads to low quality content.
If casts are good, people will like, otherwise I just have to write better casts.
Paying is ultimate laziness and what leads to low quality content.
What would be required for Warpcast to allow us to cast in any language and allow others to read a translated version of the cast in their own native language?
How to do that in a decentralized way?
How to prevent English to be the only language used here or that language communities appear and keep other languages speaking friends away?
(And a button to switch to the original language of course)
How to do that in a decentralized way?
How to prevent English to be the only language used here or that language communities appear and keep other languages speaking friends away?
(And a button to switch to the original language of course)
Spent the weekend deleting "Ghibli style image" requests out of my ChatGPT history...
List is clean until next trend!
List is clean until next trend!
Never forget to like the quoted cast and not only the quoting one!
Give back to Caesar.
Give back to Caesar.
Ok, Jesus came back, great, but when will the bull market come back? I think it suffered for all of us enough too.
It’s heartbreaking to watch a genuinely good project stumble—not because the idea is bad, but because the timing just isn’t right.
Early to market often means misunderstood, underfunded, and left waiting for the world to catch up.
Still, some of the best seeds sprout slow. Keep building.
Early to market often means misunderstood, underfunded, and left waiting for the world to catch up.
Still, some of the best seeds sprout slow. Keep building.
I miss the time when the only shitty web content was generated search pages with keywords when you landed on an incorrectly spelled domain name...
My son decided to build an armor from old PC cases... One finger done almost done...
Eggs dispatch under heavy surveillance after the hunt...
I definitely have no interest in this both as a creator or a user. But hey, this is permissionless, so I totally agree with @polymutex.eth take. Let them show us we are wrong.
And maybe they will just be a trend and fade in some time but leave some great innovations behind them that will be reused in something useful.
And maybe they will just be a trend and fade in some time but leave some great innovations behind them that will be reused in something useful.
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polymutex
@polymutex.eth·00:19 20/04/2025
Still skeptical about this. But hey, it's permissionless, so I will fight for people's rights to experiment with things regardless of whether I like it.
What would change my view? A large cohort of previously-non-crypto artists/creators that attest that coining their content helped grow their audience or income.
What would change my view? A large cohort of previously-non-crypto artists/creators that attest that coining their content helped grow their audience or income.
Our local Mölkky champion won again!
It comes from the past, guess what this is!
Bonus point for anyone who knows how to use it.
(Rule in cm for scale).
Bonus point for anyone who knows how to use it.
(Rule in cm for scale).
Digging in more recent geological layers of my office right now. I reached 30 bpt but C14 may not be accurate for this kind of timescale.
From left to right, my favourite to least favourite: Another World (check the handwritten code on the label for those who know), Silent service 2, Gobeliins 2.
All of them on 3"1/2 disks, sadly I don't have a floppy drive anymore.
I think this office really needed this cleanup 😅
From left to right, my favourite to least favourite: Another World (check the handwritten code on the label for those who know), Silent service 2, Gobeliins 2.
All of them on 3"1/2 disks, sadly I don't have a floppy drive anymore.
I think this office really needed this cleanup 😅
I rode 1293km since I bought it. It's a really good easy ride that still provides good feelings and that goes fast enough as roads have speed limits anyway (yes I know, bikers usually don't care...)
Only negative point, it feels a bit underpowered when you have a passenger, it's only 47.5hp.
Only negative point, it feels a bit underpowered when you have a passenger, it's only 47.5hp.
We're grounded. Tow plane's still at the mechanic, so no launches today.
Frustrating to watch those perfect clouds drift by—just right for soaring.
No will to fly with the engine. It's not the same.
Frustrating to watch those perfect clouds drift by—just right for soaring.
No will to fly with the engine. It's not the same.
We’re letting folks who struggle to set up a private Signal group hold the keys to nuclear arsenals.
Digital literacy should be a basic requirement before you’re entrusted with decisions that could melt continents.
Digital literacy should be a basic requirement before you’re entrusted with decisions that could melt continents.
