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A little over 10 years ago, I got into Reprap because I was intrigued with possibility of a machine that could print most of its own components. A self-replicating factory still sounds like a cool idea. I was intrigued with the possibility of being able to replace any random component in my car or some other context where replacement plastic parts would be the same quality, but cost an order ofā¦
Playtest Round 1 Starting June 13, 2026 Check it out here! Targeted towards Linux users for now. If you are on Windows, the game should run in WSL 2 in a distro of your choice. Considerable effort has been (and will be) put into making the game chock-full of soft graphics. So if it doesnāt work well, it will be a priority to imrove. Motivation I have had this game idea bouncing around in my headā¦
Always Remember: Space and time are not separate, they are manifestations of the same thing. Electricity and magnetism are not separate, they are manifestations of the same thing. Compression and prediction are not separate, they are manifestations of the same thing. Chaos and order are not separate, they are manifestations of the same thing.
Motivation I struggled enough with the matter that I figured maybe it was worth typing a bit about it. I have a lot of notes in \(\LaTeX\), so I figure that sooner or later I would need to add to the site dependencies (ugh) to support math symbols being rendered if I wanted to discuss any of my notes from university. Mathjax is the heavier, but more feature-complete version. I might also giveā¦
Overview Large language models (LLMs), also commonly called āAIā are not very good, in multiple senses of the word. There are some cases where the technology may be less corrosive to the human spirit, so in this blog post I wanted to try to articulate the thoughts and feelings I have on the matter. The big problem is falling for the silly lie that the computer can think for you, when the poorā¦
Following is a presentation I gave recently at DC720 for their March meetup. Download the PDF version of the presentation slides: Seize the Means of Communication DC720: Meshtastic for Emergency Communications Amber Harrington March 6 2026 The Grid is Fragile Centralized infrastructure concentrates points of failure! Most communication infrastructure depends on centralized communication landlords.ā¦
What is a Noise Complaint? A Noise Complaint is a free, live noise show meant to bring attention to issues the artists regard as salient. Multiple artists are encouraged to play. If there are 2-4 musicians, it is possible to have a full potluck situation where each musician can have a niche in the mix and play all at once. Ideally, a Noise Complaintās various artists will have moments to āsoloā orā¦
Some Background There is a certain site that used to be popular that I left for Mastodon and Bluesky for. I probably do not have to mention the name for you to figure out which site. Anyway, my lil siteās template had some bits for link-sharing where it still referenced this site, and I made some changes that I think are nice enough to merit sharing with other Jekyll users. Itās not much, butā¦
Some Background I have been deeply grateful for the chance to work in the world of ASIC design and verification. But, while a mentally challenging career can be satisfying, after over years with the same employer, I encountered a spell of deep, accumulating fatigue that hampered my creative and executive capacities alike. Burnout is rarely due to just the employee or the employer. I will not goā¦
Some Background Sometimes I download a bunch of archives in zip format, and I donāt always have the files in a format without spaces and such. After a few iterations, I came to the following: find . -name '*.zip' -exec sh -c 'unzip -d "${0%.zip}" "$0"' {} \; But if any of the zip archives were already extracted, I need to answer a question to avoid clobbering. It holds up the extracting process.ā¦