This is why we call CNN (and their fellow travelers) Fake News:

Found this in a reply over on Gun Grabbing Memes:

Something to consider:

Reloaders’ nightmare:

So this happened eight years ago… ❤️

Found this as I was digging through old pictures…was from one week after my 38th birthday. Where I am right now is a bit further right on the dial, but at least it’s visible on the dial, which is more than I can say for where I started back in October. Progress (in terms of the numbers constantly going down) may have slowed a bit, but I think I’m still getting ahead in other ways. Hashing may not be a race, but coming in with the FRBs more frequently has to be a good thing.

:-)

Looks like my reflow oven is finally working…replaced the little nub of a thermocouple I previously had mounted in the hole in the back with a longer probe coming in from the right. This should make for more accurate temperature readings. The toaster oven on which it’s built was maybe $20 or so at Walmart. The controls were removed and replaced with a Rocketscream controller, which switches the heating elements on and off through an SSD. Power for the controller is from a little 5V power-supply module from a random eBay seller.

At some point, I might attach panel-mount buttons to control it. For now, I can just stick a toothpick through the holes under the display…one selects leaded or lead-free soldering profile, the other starts and stops.

On top of Whitney Mesa with the hash