Aaron Kimball

@gremblor.com

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I like circuitry (synth DIY), software, bio stuff, and sailing. aka Firefly )'(. Roar!

A terminal UI for a coding agent. Klorb -- the agent -- is represented by a really dumpy-looking Temu version of a Claude-like coding monster mascot. Klorb is missing an eye, listing to one side, and doesn't appear to have arms to type with. Underneath Klorb, he greets you with the inspirational message, "Let's write something that almost works on the first try."
Split screen of younger Jeff Bezos, fresh faced and smiling caption "1998 I sell books" vs modern Jeff Bezos, looking like a Hollywood arms dealer, caption "2020 I sell whatever I want."
A tunnel under a building just precisely wide enough for a car to carefully drive through. A multi-bay carport is visible through the tunnel on the other side.
Thermal image of a pcb, overhead view. Two small ICs at the top of the board are glowing hot. One is labeled at 65.7°C. The table surface behind the pcb is labeled 26.4 degrees
Overhead view of a circuit board for a stereo amplifier. A number of leads with alligator clips are fixed on one side. All the components on the board - big transistors, capacitors, etc - scream "CHONKY." An absolutely comically sized heatsink is mounted in the center of the board.
Picture of text: This is a trap, because people who are offered a new option often fixate on what they would be losing if the old option went away, and because they haven't experienced the benefits of the new one yet, they can't actually place those two as equal. Those kinds of questions are great research for discovering what players are afraid of, not what they actually want. The classic case of this is The Guy Who Tried To Ruin Halo 2.
A surprisingly clean workbench with a shelf full of electronics test equipment on top. A rail under the shelf holds several blue trays, each stuffed with plastic baggies of parts from supplies like digikey. The trays are labeled "resistors", "capacitors", and so on.
A long hallway with framed pictures lining each side. Visible front left is a poster drawing of a large inflatable frog outlined with Talmudic commentary of the second plague visited on Egypt in the book of Exodus.
A pot of creamy mashed potatoes
A full size (104-key) mechanical computer keyboard on a desk. The keys are a palette of gray, white, purple, and orange. Some keys have custom labels; the ENTER key is actually labeled "Roar!"
A crockpot on the stove with butternut squash soup on the boil. Diced apples and other harvest products float in the broth, darkened by the liberal addition of a number of autumnal spices, alongside the cubed squash.
A mockup image of a Lego kit box showing a lego-ified version of the very yonic Virgin Mary statue recently unveiled. The box is labeled "awkwardly vaginal Virgin Mary statue", and purports to be a 250 piece kit, for ages 8+.
Picture of Google AI response to a search for the "difference between speedo endurance jammers and core jammers." The AI response is: "Speedo adult jammers and core jammers, while both being swimsuits designed to improve speed and reduce drag, differ in their primary purpose and features. Speedo jammers, like the Endurance+ jammers, focus on durability and performance for regular swimming, while core jammers, often used in gaming contexts, are designed to disrupt enemy equipment and killstreaks."
A photo looking down Market St in San Francisco on a sunny afternoon. For block after block, til the end of the view, thousands of people marching with flags are thronging across the entire road.
Screenshot of tweet by @TweetPotato314. Text reads: her: let's role play Me: ok I'll be elmo and you'll be- Her: elmo? Me: oh fuck yes two elmos
Screenshot of basic capital web site. text reads: Basic Capital is working to build the infrastructure that will enable term loans where ETFs act as collateral. The idea is similar to margin loans but with the structured predictability of a term loan.
Picture of text: Google search result AI "one box" result: Including results for "thesis defense snake fight": Yes, some universities have a tradition of including a "snake fight" portion in thesis defenses, where students fight one of the university's snakes. The quality of the student's thesis determines the size of the snake they must fight, with better theses resulting in smaller snakes. The citation is from a Tumblr link: "Advice: the 'snake fight' portion of your thesis defense - Tumblr"
Picture of text (Wikipedia excerpt): Stephen is chiefly remembered in connection with his conduct towards the remains of Pope Formosus. The rotting corpse of Formosus was exhumed and put on trial, before an unwilling synod of the Roman clergy, in the so-called Cadaver Synod in January 897. Pressure from the Spoleto contingent and Stephen's fury with Formosus probably precipitated this extraordinary event. [4] With the corpse propped up on a throne, a deacon was appointed to answer for the deceased pontiff. During the trial, Formosus's corpse was condemned for performing the functions of a bishop when he had been deposed and for accepting the papacy while he was the bishop of Portus, among other revived charges that had been levelled against him in the strife during the pontificate of John VIII. The corpse was found guilty, stripped of its sacred vestments, deprived of three fingers of its right hand (the blessing fingers), clad in the garb of a layman, and quickly buried; it was then re-exhumed and thrown in the Tiber. All ordinations performed by Formosus were annulled. [5]
Screenshot of shipping method terms and conditions text: 2. Shipping Method DDP (Customs fee paid by JLC, customers still need to cooperate with customs clearance if required by local customs) DHL Express (DDP) 2-4 business days Owing to the current duty regulations in the U.S., products exported from China to the U.S. will be levied a duty rate of 145%-175%. To ensure smooth customs clearance for our customers, JLC will offer a Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) service channel. Given that the exact duty rate remains unpredictable, we will pre-collect duties at a rate of 175%. In the event that the final duty rate is lower than 175%, a refund for the difference will be processed upon receipt of the tax invoice. Any question pls contact: leon@jlcpcb.com
Screenshot of shopping cart summary: SUMMARY Merchandise Total $13.80 Shipping Estimate $29.75 Customs duties & taxes $24.15 Grand Total $67.70
Knipex 7 1/4" Automatic Wire Stripper 10-24 AWG; a device that looks like a hot glue gun but for stripping insulation off of wires and cables.
An orange cat sitting on my lap. An empty mug once full of tea is on the right side of the desk in front of me.
A collection of rack-mounted audio circuitry modules sits on a desk. Each module has a faceplate covered in audio jacks, knobs, and switches.
A stack of four connected circuit boards attached to a 3x4" faceplate covered in knobs and jacks, with some external wiring visible, held in a hand in front of a workbench.
A cat standing on its rear legs stretching up to look out the window of a house door. A wide band across the middle third of the cat is shaved of all its fur.
3 frame screenshot conversation from the TV show arrested development: 1. Lindsay asks, "well did it work for those people?" 2. Tobias Funke replies "no, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but..." 3. (he continues) "but it might work for us."
Cans of tomato sauce on a shelf with a $9.99 price tag and a conspicuous "Low Price" sticker
Two tins like spam containers labeled "luncheon meat style" and "luncheon burger style" both claiming to be "100% plant based".
Screenshot of the Washington Post pay wall
A diagram of a street with the center lane reserved for bicycle use along with emergency vehicles, along with a full page of densely printed instructions regarding its safe use.
A beagle lying on the floor, looking at the camera, wearing a harness with two carrying handles on his back
A beagle's head, close zoom, sleeping on the couch
A beagle with one eye laying on a pillow
Picture of a Facebook chat: I say that sign ups are currently rate limited. My conversation partner says that she will be patient. I reply: ":) that's a good virtue there. It's kind of adorable how janky the app is. Like it is realllllly hot off the press. Doesn't even have DMs. Or show videos. Just cat pix. And pix of trans people being horny on main. Or pix of Alf being extremely buff and nekkid, for some reason that's a thing there, I can't explain it"
The top of a dog's head, from the eyes upward, looking at the camera from very close up, with a living room scene behind him