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I found a bunch of bullets magnet fishing in the canal in Nottingham! in c/magnetfishing@feddit.uk

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

My partner really liked the little frog, it's still sat on our kitchen windowsill!

what is your alternative to Gillete for shaving ? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago

Merkur double edged safety razor

I know Arduino and RaspberryPi, but are there other hobbyist European micro-controllers/computers? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Anyone can buy stuff from most suppliers like RS, Digikey and Mouser, Farnell have CPC that anyone can buy stuff from too, at least in the UK this is the case.

The other manufacturers I mentioned also target their development boards at business applications to trial devices before designing them into a product, but a competent hobbyist would have no problem using them, it's just at a much more involved level than Arduino etc. The HAL libraries and code generation that come with the manufacturer IDEs/SDKs now make the gap pretty small to just get started though.

If I was going to recommend one manufacturer then I'd say an STM32 Nucleo or Discovery board within your budget would be a good place to get started with this typel of microcontroller board.

I know Arduino and RaspberryPi, but are there other hobbyist European micro-controllers/computers? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

STMicroelectronics, NXP and Infineon are all European companies. I'm not as familiar with Infineon but all 3 produce development boards and I know that the first 2 have IDEs that include configurator tools that provide you a UI to configure device features that spit out a bunch of HAL code which makes it more accessible for hobbyists.

Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10, with end of life fast approaching in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Windows 10 is still supported currently. When that changes I will update to windows 11, until then I have no reason to do so.

'Build baby build', says Keir Starmer as he sets out nuclear plan in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yeah the risk of earthquakes is really high in Suffolk, I'm glad I don't live there

Storm Éowyn: Snow, strong winds and rain target UK as weather warnings issued in c/weather@feddit.uk

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 2 points 5 months ago

I think I'm most worried about the quality of the stew

The house equivalent of a mullet in c/badrealestate@feddit.uk

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Looks like the estate agent wasn't brave enough to create a floorplan

Some baby boomers are burning through their retirement savings to pay for cancer treatments. Then they have to go back to work. in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago

From a quick Google search, IVIG infusions are a treatment used in the NHS, so yes if a consultant started you on that treatment you would have it for life if necessary and it would cost you nothing.

[R] Stupidest ways people have solved coding interviews in c/loops@midwest.social

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't, the array is still in the same order it started in, it's members are just printed to the console in numerical order.

It just prints the number 1 after 1 ms, 2 after 2 ms, 3 after 3 ms etc.

Energy bills: Plans for new tariffs with no standing charge in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If the amount of energy you use is consistently reasonably low, then you are paying more per unit of energy than someone who uses a large amount of energy.l because of the standing charge.

If the standing charge is removed, then users with low energy consumption would pay less, users with high energy consumption would pay more, and the energy companies would make the same amount overall (assuming they don't use the opportunity to increase revenue)

Yo, Duplo, what you doing on the 24th? in c/memes@reddthat.com

[–] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Lego bricks are made using virgin plastic, which I assume means all scrap is not recycled and used to make more Lego.

Some parts, like flexible parts and transparent parts are made using more sustainable materials, whether that consists of some recycled material or plant derived plastics.

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Can anyone guess where around Bristol harbour I went magnet fishing yesterday based on the contents of my bucket? (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk to c/magnetfishing@feddit.uk

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Most of what I found was keys and coins, mostly coppers but I might have a quid total if I'm lucky! Not sure who accepts dirty, heavily tarnished coins though.

Two bikes this time, but I'm pretty sure there's two more down there in the mud. It's really thick mud in that section so I think all the heavy scrap is sunk in there deep down.

I developed a bit of an audience while trying to pull out the second bike and got a round of applause when I eventually pulled it out! It was good to brighten some people's day but I think I'll go somewhere quieter next time. As always I was very pleasantly surprised with the overwhelming majority having positive reactions to what I was doing, and one woman even came and had a go.

Most interesting finds were these two Israeli coins and one Indian coin:

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Managed to get my magnet properly stuck for the first time in Newlyn harbour on Saturday (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk to c/magnetfishing@feddit.uk

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I frequently get asked what happens if I get my magnet stuck and can't pull it out - well this is what I did after I plus 3 passers by couldn't pull it out.

I ended up driving my car down the harbour wall and attached my rope to the towhook. A conveniently placed mooring post made it so I could wrap it round and pull the magnet pretty much perpendicular to the harbour wall.

I had an interesting find that I definitely wasn't expecting; a fossilised tooth from what I think was a prehistoric marine reptile, not magnetic but fell off when I was removing chunks of metal from the magnet:

And here is the pile of scrap metal I ended up with:

This was a very good location, every single cast brought up multiple bits of metal, and I never moved from the first spot I stopped at along the harbour wall. I suspect I could go back thousands of times and still pull loads out.

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I think I might run a "guess the number of NOS cartridges in the Avon" competition after magnet fishing in Bristol yesterday (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk to c/magnetfishing@feddit.uk

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I pulled out 107 in about 3.5 hours as well as one big bonus canister. Nearly every single cast I pulled more up. Nothing particularly interesting this time unfortunately but I did get 2 bikes from the old YoBike scheme and a Voi scooter with the battery removed (presumably stolen).

Near the end of the day a young woman asked to have a go and promptly got hooked after a few casts, so hopefully I've helped create another future magnet fisher!

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A few of my favourite finds after being cleaned up (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk to c/magnetfishing@feddit.uk

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I found these four in the Gloucester & Sharpness canal. The nail I found near the two swing bridges at Purton, and the others further down towards Sharpness where the old railway bridge collapsed. I thought the mooring hook might come in handy as a rope anchor in places where there's nothing to attach the rope to.