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Read the Fucking Manual<br><br><a href="https://blainsmith.com/articles/read-the-fucking-manual/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blainsmith.com/articles/read-the-fucking-manual/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blainsmith.com/articles/read-t</span><span class="invisible">he-fucking-manual/</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/rtfm/" rel="tag">#RTFM</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#Engineering</a> <a href="/tags/softwareengineering/" rel="tag">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="/tags/hardwareengineering/" rel="tag">#HardwareEngineering</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/selfsufficient/" rel="tag">#SelfSufficient</a><br>

<p>Water engineers in industry: &quot;KAF, as in kilo acre-feet&quot;</p><p>Water engineers in academia, as SI purists: &quot;uggghhh... TAF - thousand acre-feet&quot;</p><p>Me as a water engineer turned software person: &quot;is that 1000 or 1024 acre-feet?&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#water</a> <a href="/tags/hydrology/" rel="tag">#hydrology</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a></p>

<p>in the <a href="/tags/arxiv/" rel="tag">#arXiv</a></p><p>A New Strategy for the Exploration of Venus</p><p>by the VEXAG Exploration Strategy Study Analysis Workgroup<br><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06830" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>arxiv.org/abs/2412.06830</a></p><p><a href="/tags/venus/" rel="tag">#Venus</a> <a href="/tags/planetaryscience/" rel="tag">#PlanetaryScience</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#Astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/planet/" rel="tag">#planet</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/solarsystem/" rel="tag">#solarsystem</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>My <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a>.</p><p>I talk about life in <a href="/tags/cambridgema/" rel="tag">#CambridgeMA</a> and <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>, <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a>, <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a>, <a href="/tags/radios/" rel="tag">#radios</a> (<a href="/tags/sdr/" rel="tag">#SDR</a>, <a href="/tags/ham/" rel="tag">#HAM</a>, <a href="/tags/lora/" rel="tag">#LoRa</a>, <a href="/tags/meshcore/" rel="tag">#MeshCore</a>), <a href="/tags/pinball/" rel="tag">#pinball</a>, <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a>, retro computers/video games, and more.</p><p>I collect <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a>, <a href="/tags/laserdiscs/" rel="tag">#LaserDiscs</a>, study <a href="/tags/horology/" rel="tag">#horology</a>, visit museums (The Met, MFA, Harvard Art <a href="/tags/museum/" rel="tag">#Museum</a>) and support my local <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a>.</p><p>I read <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> and books on <a href="/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">#architecture</a>, <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#design</a>, and <a href="/tags/urbanism/" rel="tag">#urbanism</a>.</p><p>I walk or take public <a href="/tags/transit/" rel="tag">#transit</a> everywhere.</p><p>I practice <a href="/tags/permacomputing/" rel="tag">#permacomputing</a> and self-hosting, running <a href="/tags/bsd/" rel="tag">#BSD</a> where I can.</p>

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<p>In response to our investigation that raised questions about the effectiveness of Boring’s pitch to build tunnels to ease Houston flooding, Musk said tunnels can be added if more floodwater needs to be moved. Engineers said it is not that simple.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fact-checking-elon-musk-response-boring-houston-tunnels?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fact-checking-elon-musk-response-boring-houston-tunnels?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fac</span><span class="invisible">t-checking-elon-musk-response-boring-houston-tunnels?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/houston/" rel="tag">#Houston</a> <a href="/tags/flood/" rel="tag">#Flood</a> <a href="/tags/infrastructure/" rel="tag">#Infrastructure</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#Engineering</a></p>

<p>What I’ve been reading (and listening to) this week ending 8 March 2026 <a href="https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-listening-to-this-week-ending-8-march-2026-6ed77607b00d" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-listening-to-this-week-ending-8-march-2026-6ed77607b00d"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-bee</span><span class="invisible">n-reading-and-listening-to-this-week-ending-8-march-2026-6ed77607b00d</span></a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#poverty</a> <a href="/tags/resilience/" rel="tag">#resilience</a> <a href="/tags/management/" rel="tag">#management</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/addiction/" rel="tag">#addiction</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/depression/" rel="tag">#depression</a> <a href="/tags/product/" rel="tag">#product</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a></p>

<p>Once considered a fringe idea, the prospect of offsetting global warming by releasing massive quantities of sunlight-reflecting particles into Earth’s <a href="/tags/atmosphere/" rel="tag">#atmosphere</a> is now a matter of serious scientific consideration. <br><a href="/tags/environmental/" rel="tag">#Environmental</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#Engineering</a> <a href="/tags/sflorg/" rel="tag">#sflorg</a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/env10212501.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.sflorg.com/2025/10/env10212501.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.sflorg.com/2025/10/env1021</span><span class="invisible">2501.html</span></a></p>

<p>love this <a href="/tags/tea/" rel="tag">#Tea</a> life hack </p><p> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a></p>

<p>Crows study physics and make fine engineers</p><p><a href="/tags/birb/" rel="tag">#birb</a> <a href="/tags/crow/" rel="tag">#crow</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a></p>

<p>Finally joined mastodon in search of a sane online space! Where are my scientists at? <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/biology/" rel="tag">#biology</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;ve been on here for a while, but in this new era of having my real name as my display name, it&#x27;s finally time to write an <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> post. I spend most of my time being a full-time <a href="/tags/carer/" rel="tag">#carer</a> for an unwell member of my family. Before that, I was a lecturer in mechanical and marine <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a> at <a href="/tags/plymouthuniversity/" rel="tag">#PlymouthUniversity</a>, and before that a postdoc researching various bits of <a href="/tags/environmentalphysics/" rel="tag">#environmentalPhysics</a> and <a href="/tags/engineeringfluidmechanics/" rel="tag">#engineeringFluidMechanics</a> at the <a href="/tags/universityofcambridge/" rel="tag">#UniversityOfCambridge</a> and <a href="/tags/universitycollegelondon/" rel="tag">#UniversityCollegeLondon</a>...</p><p>1/4</p>

<p>What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 8 February 2026 <a href="https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-8-february-2026-9f887c2b6715" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-8-february-2026-9f887c2b6715"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-bee</span><span class="invisible">n-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-8-february-2026-9f887c2b6715</span></a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/strategy/" rel="tag">#strategy</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/mvp/" rel="tag">#mvp</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>