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    the more i learn about #Ireland, the more i hate #England, #GreatBritain and the #UnitedKingdom; especially the monarchy. this documentary on 17th century Irish #slavery needs to be used as a blueprint for what Spain & Portugal did to Muslim and Jewish Iberians. the pogroms, kidnapping and enslavement literally happened until the break of the Spanish-American War.yes, 1898.so much #history about internal European colonialism is suppressed, it’s maddening. #tv #PBS
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    Robot Looks Exactly Like a Roll of Filament, If Filament Had Eyes[Matt Denton]’s SpoolBot is a surprisingly agile remote-controlled robot that doesn’t just repurpose filament spool leftovers. It looks exactly like a 2 kg spool of filament; that’s real filament wound around the outside of the drum. In fact, Spoolie the SpoolBot looks so much like the real thing that [Matt] designed a googly-eye add-on, because the robot is so easily misplaced.The robot’s mass rotates around a central hub in order to move forward or back.SpoolBot works by rotating its mass around the central hub, which causes it to roll forward or back. Steering is accomplished by tank-style turning of the independent spool ends. While conceptually simple, quite a bit of work is necessary to ensure SpoolBot rolls true, and doesn’t loop itself around inside the shell during maneuvers. Doing that means sensors, and software work.To that end, a couple of rotary encoders complement the gearmotors and an IMU takes care of overall positional sensing while an ESP32 runs the show. The power supply uses NiMH battery packs, in part for their added weight. Since SpoolBot works by shifting its internal mass, heavier batteries are more effective.The receiver is a standard RC PWM receiver which means any RC transmitter can be used, but [Matt] shows off a slick one-handed model that not only works well with SpoolBot but tucks neatly into the middle of the spool for storage. Just in case SpoolBot was not hard enough to spot among other filament rolls, we imagine.The googly-eye add-on solves that, however. They clip to the central hub and so always show ā€œforwardā€ for the robot. They do add quite a bit of personality, as well as a visual indication of the internals’ position relative to the outside.The GitHub repository and Printables page have all the design files, and the video (embedded just below) shows every piece of the internals.The kind of hardware available nowadays makes self-balancing devices much more practical and accessible than they ever have been. Really, SpoolBot has quite a lot in common with other self-balancing robots and self-balancing electric vehicles (which are really just larger, ridable self-balancing robots) so there’s plenty of room for experimentation no matter one’s budget or skill level.youtube.com/embed/6ZLJA1YpoMs?…hackaday.com/2026/02/26/robot-…
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    Street Fighter 6 is the only SF game I haven't bought. All other's I have at least one copy, and sometimes several, it's my favorite videogame franchise.But the infinite regret I still feel over buying Street Fighter V still lingers in my heart. I don't care if they "fixed" it years later, the game will forever be garbage to me.Sometimes I get the urge to buy SF6, then I look at the way Capcom is trying to nickle and dime players...Sigh!Maybe when there's a "Definitive" edition.