tiefpunkt's log

[theconcealedweapon]

Think about why it’s illegal to hire a hit man.

All you’re really doing is speaking and giving someone money.

It’s legal to speak.

It’s legal to give someone money.

Even if they actually complete the job, you’re not the one who committed the murder.

So why is it illegal to hire a hit man?

Could it be because inciting violence is not protected under free speech?

And if that’s the case, why should free speech protect Nazis advocating genocide?

[tiefpunkt]

Candlelight Synthesizer Session last weekend at @projekt_draussen. First building an 8bit mixtape, then jamming with that and a whole batch of other synths some us brought along. Wonderful evening and such a lovely location. Looking forward to go there again! (at Projekt Draussen)

[tiefpunkt]

The rear bumper of the firetruck started getting rust spots so I decided to redo the paint. But first, it all has to come off. Luckily, there are power tools for almost anything 😅 #vwlt #oldtimer #dirtyjobs #vanlife #hardwork #makervan #toohotforthis #powertools @bosch_deutschland (at Kreativquartier München | Dachauer Straße)

[tiefpunkt]

Finally sent this project out for fabrication last night. If it arrives on time, I’ll build them at @ouishare s Skillz Bazaar on June 25th. See you there!

[tiefpunkt]

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Built this drum machine last night. Just an Arduino, a bunch of resistors, and 4 buttons. Sounds pretty neat if you ask me, but already thought of a few ways I'd like to hack it. Could do a workshop on that of anyone's interested... #arduino #diy #synthesizer #sound #breadboard #electronics #hackerspace #noise #makersofinstagram

[tiefpunkt]

One of my projects at the moment is to get this little guy out into the world. It's a tiny little robot you can build and program yourself, from a kit, and with lots of examples we'll prepare.

Planning to do workshops and more with it, to bring more people, especially children, into making, programming, and sharing!

If you want to help and participate, let me know. There's a lot to do 😉

[toshio]

but why do we have to get married and have children

why can’t we just get a group of friends and live happily ever after in an apartment and share the profits

i’d be much happier that way

[eroscestlavie]

this is the most millennial thing ive ever read 

[sprinklesobourbon-deactivated20]

Nothing wrong with this, you can have roof parties and grill food. Better yet just save up together and buy a small house split the bills and mortgage.

[sexpot-titsgerald]

- the nuclear family as an economic unit has really only existed for a few hundred years, across part but not all of the world

- the nuclear family unit is the easiest to exploit under capitalism, because parents have to work externally to provide for their children. They work to pay for child care for their children while they work. They work to earn money to feed their kids and to give them nice things to make up for all the time they spend away, at work.

- a huge amount of labour is necessary every day to keep a family fed, their house clean, etc. some families are wealthy enough to outsource this by hiring staff, most are not.

- capitalism is a pointless middleman in this. we should just live cooperatively.

- share houses and intentional communities are awesome

- people of different life stages function well together because they have complimentary needs and abilities

- kids are less of a stress and burden in a home with lots of different adults to provide support and love, as well as sharing household tasks.

- destroy capitalism through cooperativism.

[honey-andrevolution]

^^^

[breelandwalker]

And think how GREAT this would be for folks who want non-blood family, or polyamorous relationships, or like kids but don’t want to have their own, or like having housemates but don’t want to get married.

I’m telling you, as long as I could have a space that was mine (small group of houses or one very large house), I would be so happy with this setup.

[elaxisfae]

Actually I’d be so here for this.

[hilltop-dolmen]

Sharing is the most millennial thing? Awesome. I’m down with that.

[tiefpunkt]

Building snap fit boxes on the lasercutter at @munichmakerlab. I needed some small boxes to store project parts in. First thought was IKEA, second thought was: Go check on thingiverse. Found this snap together and stackable design, which works quite well, and costs a little less than 2,50€ each for materials and laser time. Designed some separators as well for smaller projects. Now I just have to make a few more 😊

[tiefpunkt]

One day build: an IoT LCD display. Just needs a case and a nicer button, and I can put this up next to the apartment door

[litany-of-excuses-deactivated20]

Friendly reminder to check you’re not holding tension in your body. Let your shoulders drop, unclench your hands and jaw. Take a deep breath. Much better.

[theproblackgirl]

😢 ❤️ 👏🏽

[cherrylipsandcandyeyes]

I love how he let him cry, told him, “We cry as men” and didn’t hit him with the whole, “Big boys don’t cry” mess. That was lovely. 

[mrbowtiefly]

Phenomenal. Allowed him to emote, then worked with him to understand the what and the why.

[deletingthisgottago-deactivated]

Wow, This the realest I’ve ever post 👏🏾

[tiefpunkt]

The Banana Pi Blade Center in operation. So pretty lights 😺

[tiefpunkt]

Another test board for particulate matter sensors. This one uses the Shinyei PPD42. It’s the same sensor I used in the first iteration of the sensor box, but this one has all wires connected to the board, so I can get measurements for PM1.0 and PM2.5, which the other one cannot. I also want to use this to find out how well the sensor does without a fan (I have a fan in the sensor box, but not near this test board), and if the fan affects the temperature and humidity measurements of the DHT22.

[tiefpunkt]

Testing sensors for my Particulate Matter Sensor box. This is a Sharp GP2Y1010AU0F, which an ESP8266 to make the measurements and send them to my time-series database. I decided to lasercut a board to contain the thing, just so it doesn’t look quite as messy.

[tiefpunkt]

Built a small Banana Pi “Blade Center” for the office

We’re playing around with some clustering applications at work, and needed some small machines to do that. The loosely placed boards in a card board box weren’t exactly the best way to operate this, so I made this thing. The boards themselves sit on cards similar to the 3rd picture (didn’t take a picture of the final version of the board). There boards slide into the assembly, and actually lock in place. Then, you only need to connect the power cable on top, and the ethernet cable on the back. The blade center also houses an 8-port Gbit switch on the bottom to connect everything together.

All lasercut at the Munich Maker Lab, of course.

[tiefpunkt]

Working on my air quality sensor project again. This thing has a PM1.0 and PM2.5 sensor as well a temperature and humidity sensor in it, and uses an ESP8266 to push the sensor data to a time series database. The big fan is there to make sure we got enough airflow in the case for the PM sensor to take note. Probably way to big but it runs at only 3V (it's spec'd at 12V), so it's fairly quiet. Currently got this baby sitting on my kitchen counter to see how it works and how stable the firmware is. I'll also compare it to another sensor, for which I'm building another board (more on that later). I'm planning to sell these as a kit on tindie eventually, and if you're interested in getting one early to test them, let me know. They were intended to be used outside but having this thing in the apparat meant for a few days was quite interesting, so I'll probably make an indoor version as well.

[munichmakerlab]

Small DMX splitter for the lights in the space

We control most of the light in our space via DMX. It’s bus nature got a bit difficult to handle, so we needed to create separate bus strands, which is typically done via a splitter. This one passes the signal through on one output, and has an active splitter thingie going on for the other output. Powered by USB since it needs just 5V and we have tons of USB power supplies on hand. Works like a charm.

[tiefpunkt]

Built that thing last night. “Designed” the circuit on the fly, and only missed two connections \o/ I also start to really like those kinds of cases, just so super simple to design and super fast to make on the lasercutter.