Bornach

@bornach.bsky.social

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Maker, electronics hobbyist, paper and cardboard crafts, kinetic art, science communication fan, microcontrollers, Python coding, electromechanical tinkerer

Creepy doll from "Squid Game"
Strudel code for the song playing is being edited live at flok.cc An animated stylised man dancing appears in the background at the end
Sal Mercogliano (What's Going on With Shipping) in a recent YouTube video update on the Strait of Hormuz does an impression of the FIFA Peace Prize Trophy which does resemble someone face palming
Comment under video: @murk1572 Alternative title: Technology connections talks about solar and then goes nuclear
Two rows of 5 dancers each consisting of a smiley face on a triangle body and two stick legs. The top row rhythmically steps and sways left and right. The bottom row moves about erratically with no rhythm at all.
The "DVD logo" in the shape of a cyan hexagon moves inside and bounces off the walls of an equilateral triangle. Every time it hits a wall, the wall moves outwards by a small distance, so that the triangle gradually grows larger. The path traced out is shown as a purple trail.
Two loops with red outer shells and pulsating interiors replicate themselves into the empty adjacent space. The new loops also start to replicate until the two colonies of loops clash with each other and interfere with each other's replication process, resulting in malformed structures.
Segmented creature made from rectangles, lines, and circles. Sinusoidal motions of the segments and legs give the impression that it is swimming through water.
Rhombille tiling made from identically shaped rhombus tiles of 3 different colours, scroll vertically upwards. But mistakes in the tiling ruin the intended tumbling blocks pattern at multiple locations.
85 L-trominos of various colours tile a 16x16 grid leaving one square uncovered in the first column. Subsets of trominos rotate to form a different tiling where the hole has "moved" to an adjacent square. The hole wanders a non-straight path across the 16x16 tiling
Poster title "ICELAND" above simple geometric shapes: red rectangle, half coloured circle in the center. At the bottom is a tilted arrangement of a black elongated irregular hexagon, orange and yellow rectangles, intersected perpendicular by two parallel lines
A curved wedge shape turns as it passes through 3 different shaped holes: rectangular, triangular, half circle
Visualizing a plot of Tupper's self-referential formula where the viewing window scrolls from y=0 to y=960 939 379 918 958 884 971 672 962 127 852 754 715 004 339 660 129 306 651 505 519 271 702 802 395 266 424 689 642 842 174 350 718 121 267 153 782 770 623 355 993 237 280 874 144 307 891 325 963 941 337 723 487 857 735 749 823 926 629 715 517 173 716 995 165 232 890 538 221 612 403 238 855 866 184 013 235 585 136 048 828 693 337 902 491 454 229 288 667 081 096 184 496 091 705 183 454 067 827 731 551 705 405 381 627 380 967 602 565 625 016 981 482 083 418 783 163 849 115 590 225 610 003 652 351 370 343 874 461 848 378 737 238 198 224 849 863 465 033 159 410 054 974 700 593 138 339 226 497 249 461 751 545 728 366 702 369 745 461 014 655 997 933 798 537 483 143 786 841 806 593 422 227 898 388 722 980 000 748 404 719 where the formula plots itself in low resolution
Neon buildings with glowing cyan/magenta edges scroll past a large orange circle in the background. The buildings in the distance are much taller than those in the front.
Genuary ambigram rotates 180° to reveal the same word
Fan created meme font inspired by screen title image for "The Sopranos" The "r" and "j" are silhouettes of guns
Reverb webpage states that Joranalogue Step 8 eurorack module is available from Perfect Circuit at a very steep discount. Current price $405. Originally $9,999 discounted $9,594
AZERTY layout on a keyboard commonly used in France and Belgium
ChatGPT refuses when asked "how to fool politicians and get loads of soft government money?" on the grounds it would harm people and break the law
Promotional merch mug for Nortel (Northern Telecom) from the early dot-com era (late 1990s) with a dead URL link printed on it
Piles of clothes on the ground in front of red andborange clothes recycling bins
Clickbait AI slop thumbnail gets 583 views
KeepAlive USB power bank dongle from https://store.eplop.co.uk/products/th-keepalive-kit A green PCB populated with 555 timer IC, resistors and capacitors. LED and transistor have been added to the original circuit.
6 spider-like legs attached to an upside-down head, eye stalks sprouting from underneath the chin emerges from under desk in the 1982 movie "The Thing"
Illustration of mobile phone size changes from 1990 to 2015. It shrinks until 2002 when it starts growing. A red arrow points down at this year with caption "Here we realize we can see porn in the mobile"
Patrick Boyle in video https://youtu.be/4hUvyLgZOFM?t=8m6s holding his microphone in front of him via its unwieldy articulated stand to mock the trend of influencers speaking into a handheld mic for no apparent reason
A disk rotating at 60 RPM periodically lifts a protoboard with electronic components so that a spinning drill bit starts drilling into the top of one of the IC components
Breadboard circuit with blinking purple and green LEDs. There is half opaque half transparent vertically oriented CD disk that is rotating through the gap of a photo interrupter sensor which is also wired into the breadboard. The disk rotates in synchony with the flashing purple LED
Human asks: Solve 5.9 = x + 5.11 ChatGPT said: Let's solve step by step: We have: 5.9 = 𝑥 + 5.11 5.9=x+5.11 Subtract 5.11 5.11 from both sides: 5.9 − 5.11 = 𝑥 5.9−5.11=x Do the subtraction carefully: 5.90 − 5.11 = 0.79 5.90−5.11=0.79 but since 5.11 5.11 is bigger than 5.90 5.90, it will be negative. 𝑥 = − 0.21 x=−0.21 ✅ Answer: 𝑥 = − 0.21 x=−0.21
ChatGPT given the prompt: If "PhD experts in your pocket" were to be interpreted in the same sense as "politician in your pocket" what would that imply about the PhD experts? ChatGPT replies: If we took “PhD experts in your pocket” in the same sense as “politician in your pocket”, it would imply that the PhD experts were under your influence or control — maybe even willing to tailor their research, opinions, or public statements to serve your personal agenda rather than objective truth. In that reading, the experts wouldn’t just be available to you — they’d be beholden to you, possibly through payment, favors, or mutual self-interest. It would carry a hint of ethical compromise: their expertise is being leveraged to legitimize your position, regardless of whether it’s scientifically or morally sound.
ChatGPT prompted to bust a fake myth that rivers flowing from east to west are flowing backwards. Its output includes the following examples of rivers: Real-World Examples of “West-Flowing” Rivers Narmada River (India): Flows from east to west, draining into the Arabian Sea. Amazon River (South America): One of the world's largest rivers, it flows mostly west to east — but that’s because the Andes are to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean is to the east. Rogue River (USA): In Oregon, it flows westward from the Cascade Range into the Pacific Ocean. ❌ Why the “Backward” Idea is a Myth The confusion comes from looking at maps. Many people assume "east is down" because rivers like the Mississippi and the Nile flow in that direction. But that’s just coincidence. On a globe, there's no such thing as “up” or “down” — only high or low ground.
The words "Fuck Off AI Music" form part of the projected animated visuals at AlgoRhythms in London
Google AI Studio's VEO model generated an 8 seconds clip of someone "writing" the words "The quick brown fox" onto a blue vase. The burning candle mentioned in the prompt is missing. "The" is repeated twice. And the written words are just magically appearing instead of being created by any trail of ink from the pen.
Components of a worm gear driven by a DC motor. Two gears from Vex Robotics are shown to mesh with the pinion gear
VCR remote control with very long cord
Pastagang participants with laptops on bar tables and on the floor having abandoned the stage desk where the live coding was being projected.
Audience participation live coding of an Algorave at Science Gallery London for London Data Week. Strudel and hydra code being group edited in real time on screen. Both phones and laptops were being used.
Todepond and Syntel8 live code their Algorave performance in front of projected animated visuals generated by dogspinner
[Heavy lifting] in person and [orangespy] remotely live codes their Algorave performance. Two columns of code generate animated visuals and electronic dance music
Todepond and Syntel8 perform in front of projected animated visuals generated by the dogspinner live coding system. Strudel REPL, displayed on a large screen to the side, generates the sounds.
Excerpt from https://youtu.be/yb8CS-tLvLE?t=1m50s exposing a content farms YouTube channel's use of ChatGPT by the repetitive sentence structure: "These weren't just trends—they were formulas, refined over time to guarantee box office returns." The human exposing the AI adds the caption: "that's what a trend is, idiot"
"When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers" African proverb Pictured: Two african elephants with tusks and trunks entangled as they fight, kicking up dust on a grassy Savannah
Two red PCBs both with densely packed through hole components - resistors, capacitors, transistors, and ICs. The boards are assembled facing each other so that the components get sandwiched in between. Components miss each other by fractions of a millimetre. The controls on the front panel are then tested.
Search for "Construction" at gifcities.org returns a large variety of "website under construction" animated gifs
The wrestler and gladiator Narcissus strangling the emperor Commodus. Engraving by G. Mochetti after B. Pinelli.
Wooden Eurorack case with Tiptop rails (84hp), MFOS power supply, flying bus cable, and one module installed - Doepfer A-110-1 VCO
Monkey Island insult sword fighting
DVD box set for TV series "Monk" The final box spine doesn't match the format of the previous 6 boxes.
ChatGPT prompted to "write a sob story about rich people suffering from cost of living" responded with the following: **Title: "Champagne Dreams, Ramen Realities: The Plight of the Ultra-Rich"** It wasn’t always like this. There was a time when Cassandra Whitmore could book a last-minute private jet to Aspen without a second thought. When her husband, Bradford, still had his hedge fund and their chef could plate wagyu tartare at 3 a.m. on demand. But times… they’ve changed. It started subtly — the third house in the Hamptons was listed "temporarily." The household staff was reduced to *only* six. But the real blow came when they had to downgrade from Dom Pérignon to Veuve Clicquot. Cassandra cried for three days straight. “It's just not the same,” she whispered to her therapist (who now only visits *once* a week). Bradford was forced to make the ultimate sacrifice: he sold the vintage Porsche collection. “I kept the Tesla,” he said bravely, fighting back tears. “But it’s not even the Roadster.” Their teenage daughter, Bentley, was inconsolable when her Sweet Sixteen had to be held at a hotel — a *Marriott*, no less. She sobbed into her limited-edition Hermès scarf. “Do you even love me?” she asked, scrolling past influencers on her second iPhone. They now vacation in Europe just *once* a year. Cassandra has taken up making her own green juice. “It’s peasant work,” she sighs, as she tries to figure out the Vitamix. The Whitmores are a cautionary tale — a reminder that no one is safe from the cruel clutches of inflation. As Cassandra often says, “If this can happen to us, it can happen to anyone.”
In one corner of the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at least four Stars of David are clearly visible among all the crosses.
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Panning view of cemetery seen when standing under one of the two flag poles
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial view over the pool of water at the two flag poles and grassy field with thousands of white stone crosses and stars.
White stone crosses and stars at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial honouring the American soldiers who died in Europe during World War II
Searching for MOSS-101 results in gardening and science related content about various types of moss
Sean Connery as James Bond
In the wake of a conclave taking place to preserve the integrity of the marble floor on the Sistine Chapel, carpenters install a slightly elevated wooden floor alongside a wooden ramp in the entrance for those Cardinals who for one reason or another need to be transported in a wheelchair.
Even on immigration, an issue where Trump had outperformed his first-term high by 7 points earlier this year, the poll finds declining approval ratings and diminished confidence in Trump’s actions. Overall, 45% approve now, down 6 points from March, and 53% express confidence in his ability to deal with it, down from 60% in December.
Australian vs US $ exchange rate plotted over a period of one year. It is currently 1 AUD= 0.64 USD, the same as a year ago.
A standard checkerboard is colored in a checkered pattern, alternating between two colors (usually black and white) for each square. Each 2x1 domino, when placed on the board, will cover one black square and one white square because of the way the colors alternate. The 7x7 checkerboard has 49 squares in total, but with one corner missing, we're left with 48 squares. Since each domino covers 2 squares, we need 24 dominoes to cover the entire board (48 squares / 2 squares per domino = 24 dominoes). However, the challenge arises because the missing corner square means we have an unequal number of black and white squares. Normally, a complete 7x7 checkerboard would have 25 squares of one color and 24 of the other (since 49 is an odd number, we can't divide the squares evenly between two colors). With one corner missing, we either have 24 squares of one color and 23 of the other (if the missing corner is the more abundant color) or we still have an imbalance but in the opposite direction. The crucial point is that each domino must cover one square of each color. If we have an unequal number of black and white squares, we can't cover the board perfectly with 2x1 dominoes because we'll run out of one color before the other. Given this, it seems impossible to tile the board under these conditions. However, this is where the specifics of the problem come into play. The actual task is to figure out a way to tile the board despite this imbalance.