Eric Brombaugh

Wireless and Audio DSP designer

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2026-09-07 18:27:34 GMT

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Just never let it connect to your network:
* Don't give it your WiFi SSID/PW
* Don't hook it to ethernet
* Don't talk to it with Bluetooth
If it insists on trying to find open networks in your area (there are reports that some do this) then open it up and remove the WiFi antenna.
It's possible to buy commercial monitors - large screens such as are used in stores & venues that don't have all this spy-fi, but they're much more expensive.

2026-07-30 22:47:02 GMT

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I find myself in this situation fairly often. When I do, it's helpful to remember John Scalzi's maxim: The failure mode of clever is asshole.

2026-06-19 16:28:13 GMT

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Read that post to my wife who replied "I think you do not have a problem and I will listen to your TED talk."

2026-03-30 18:10:47 GMT

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We need to bring these words back into common use. Maybe as pejoratives?

2026-03-14 17:26:04 GMT

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Insect brains seem like a very obvious place to start when studying intelligence - the fact that a few hundred thousand neurons can manifest such a widely varied responsiveness to their environment could tell us a lot about how to build machines that work effectively.

2025-08-02 03:05:27 GMT

Wendy Carlos and cat
#catsandartists
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2025-05-10 03:06:38 GMT

Lotte Laserstein and cat
#catsandartists
#caturday
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2025-04-18 22:40:08 GMT

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How long until Zuck slips some cash to the current admin and they yank the FTC's leash?

2025-03-22 03:07:03 GMT

Jerry Garcia and cat
#catsandartists
#caturday
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2024-12-14 15:43:43 GMT

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I think I've read most of his stuff and enjoyed it a lot. Was just chatting with a buddy about Starship Troopers - how the movie and book differed in tone. Some folks seem to think that Heinlein was advocating for the society he wrote about but my feeling is that he was merely exploring an idea of how such a society would work. When Verhoeven did the movie he saw parallels w/ fascism and chose to emphasize that and parody it.

2024-11-09 03:05:25 GMT

Beverly Cleary and cat
#catsandartists
#caturday
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2024-10-28 01:56:12 GMT

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But they'll have the warm inner glow of moral purity knowing they didn't choose the lesser of two evils even though the greater won... while they rot in the camps with the rest.

2024-09-21 21:44:34 GMT

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Interesting idea. My SO is a nail polish afficionado (he says looking at the 4 IKEA Helmer cabinets full of the stuff) and folks of that class are well aware that many interesting pigments and light-altering powders from automotive paint are applicable to their area of interest. I was not aware that auto paint binder and solvent were the same as nail polish though - seems like it wouldn't be durable enough for long exposure to outdoor conditions.

2024-09-14 17:47:12 GMT

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We need more like her.