blog: paulhansel.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mhrn5aial22fWe're going to win; it's not even close24 Mar 2026 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrn5aial22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mhovwzwb4k2o23 Mar 2026 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhovwzwb4k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mhmyokfdi22h [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Mar 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhmyokfdi22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mheqwkhxk22qAre you ready for the year 2100? paulhansel.com?p=62019 Mar 2026 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mheqwkhxk22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mh546zgocs2j15 Mar 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh546zgocs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mgvlrtcmbc2rInteresting paper from non-profit healthcare and insurance provider @healthpartnersmn.bsky.social "Physical inactivity pandemic" is a great phrase. https://www.amjmed.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0002-9343%2824%2900067-612 Mar 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvlrtcmbc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mgm6rsvoa22nInterested in gardening? Consider becoming a fruit fly fancier. They can be great pollinators.09 Mar 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgm6rsvoa22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mgitxchumk2lin San Fransisco, you can go to a Sit Down for Multilingualism rally, and there will be speakers energetically singing about migratory bird rights and spending ten minutes explaining why the Jet Stream should have legal personhood all 35 people in attendance will applaud every sentence07 Mar 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgitxchumk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mfuyx6tedk23Solid writeup. Millions of dollars to run attack ads, hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars in DMV employee time, and for what? To humiliate ~1,000 people in an economically declining state of 3 million people for not being "normal" enough? Embarrassing behavior from the KS government. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfuyx6tedk23https://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mfuh54pgqk2rWhy is the typical social media user in America in 2026 actively discouraging 18 year olds from starting nuclear reactor companies? Makes no sense. https://www2.gemconsortium.org/report/gem-20232024-usa-national-report [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfuh54pgqk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mfshx3zttc24A company that can train and deploy draft-age men to operate compact machining equipment in order to fabricate tight-tolerance, complex mechanical parts in hours without a huge factory? How silly! Only a clown would ever invest in something like that 🤡27 Feb 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfshx3zttc24https://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mfsd3p4r222m"A better world where [kids] are directed into STEM careers is possible." True! But looking at the GataLog, none of these are present 😔 - job postings for mechanical engineering internships - open forums for discussion of engineering - warning notices on designs that are risky in certain states [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfsd3p4r222mhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mfpm2ilrns2hPictured: the gun industry that @bauerkahan.bsky.social, @everytown.org, and @momsdemandaction.org believe is flooding our communities with billions of 3D printed firearms. If only we could mandate spyware on that printer that refuses to print anything with a small screw hole in it, we'd be safe! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpm2ilrns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mfpiwexm3c2dWith a new bill, California is joining WA and NY in mandating "gun blocking software" on 3D printers. Only gun OEMs, LEOs, and other "essential" firms are given exemptions to buy unrestricted printers "not sold to consumers" Live in AB District 16? Share your opinion: bauer-kahan.asmdc.org/contact [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpiwexm3c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mflej5k6sc2nIt turns out that all Mbed hosted mercurial repos are going to be deleted this July. How many IC and sensor companies have relied on Mbed to host their drivers and example projects? How many have re-hosted them somewhere else? It appears the answer is "not many." https://os.mbed.com/blog/entry/Important-Update-on-Mbed/24 Feb 2026 04:49 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflej5k6sc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mfiyfpopcs2vShould ICE forcibly expose thousands of people (incl agents) to deafening sounds, lead dust, and carcinogenic smoke? Given that 75% of arrestees aren't even criminals, putting an indoor shooting range in a useless detention center perfectly captures how ICE prioritizes LARPing over law enforcement23 Feb 2026 06:07 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfiyfpopcs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mfdcmol4lk2yWe are going to win20 Feb 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfdcmol4lk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/paulhansel.com/post/3mf73iex7zc2tSometimes you only need a short prompt to crystallize something you think or experience into a noticeably novel word sequence. How can anyone believe a Chinese room could wax poetic about e.g. flowers? It has only read what others wrote already. Anything outside of its text corpus is out of domain [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:e235ab4aeudmengdjbobjyte/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf73iex7zc2t