2026-10-24T05:33:16Z https://nostr.now Ethan Blanton https://nostr.now/npub1emvg23qnavcef9p5lheqqhxay2fh5jcjuf5eemp50x0g74csajysyw7mrd https://social.sdf.org/system/accounts/avatars/109/400/870/381/973/992/original/9e724c0791f039b6.jpg https://social.sdf.org/system/accounts/avatars/109/400/870/381/973/992/original/9e724c0791f039b6.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0lxwxkcraph80j3z5464kl649h6ed0k0cklty04hcwcjaklvfjegzyr8d3p2yz04nr9y5xn7lyqzum53fx7jtzt3xn88vx3uear6hzrkgjumvxwn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstn34mlgvc82894k96j98jxzct4aqkp20r737jfq0hmwqk2ayyhscvkz53m'>nevent1q…z53m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m seeing numerous students who cannot make a – literally three line – function even COMPILE, given two hours. Not pass the tests, just compile. Yet they have nearly perfect scores on everything they&#39;ve handed in so far!<br/><br/>Friends don&#39;t let friends use AI and call it &#34;education&#34;.<br/><br/>3/3 2026-09-18T23:36:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsywvrm9qf472anz3t6kaep7va6lvesrkx2ss6c3qwfma4s9arxdngzyr8d3p2yz04nr9y5xn7lyqzum53fx7jtzt3xn88vx3uear6hzrkgj9q82vq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgz8k7kvj5tdysdz55nm4zfewjfrukltsmcf9ghe3cse7nqxygrjqs5wyz7'>nevent1q…wyz7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m three quarters of a million years old, I&#39;ve written operating systems and network stacks and ported compilers, I&#39;ve been teaching C explicitly for almost a decade ... and every now and then I find something and say &#34;wait, that can&#39;t be true&#34; ... and it is. (Or it isn&#39;t, but not for the reason I thought.)<br/><br/>The ways of the old gods are subtle and move in slow, eldritch circles. 2026-09-18T10:42:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2480gyzlc30cvammv8yr3svfmg4gy4jyy8euz62s537nu3hv4p0czyr8d3p2yz04nr9y5xn7lyqzum53fx7jtzt3xn88vx3uear6hzrkgjjzsk2e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdcmttev4su86jgcjyc4h5wt8yuwkf4m6vxatz9wpg2j4gx2cxcsc4cmm0r'>nevent1q…mm0r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I haven&#39;t seen a regular rectifier tube with that warning before, that&#39;s for sure. I don&#39;t know if maybe it&#39;s capable of _very_ high voltages or something? The internal structure looked like a normal directly-heated filament diode, although the coil was rather chonky. 2026-09-12T14:11:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgp84mjf6q2p9mkhlhp3pccte4fjceuhqn0jrn9y3tw6kc8qt0efczyr8d3p2yz04nr9y5xn7lyqzum53fx7jtzt3xn88vx3uear6hzrkgjche9qs I was really taken with the warning on the base of this rectifier tube.<br/><br/>X-RAY WARNING<br/>Tube in use can emit harm-<br/>ful X-Rays. X-Ray shielding<br/>should be provided.<br/><br/>(Narrator: The radio had no X-Ray shielding.)<br/><br/>#VacuumTube #VintageRadio #Hamradio<br/> <img src="https://social.sdf.org/system/media_attachments/files/117/258/437/128/017/067/original/879563a0057d879d.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-12T14:04:08Z