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Former network cable rustler, now underwater robot wrangler. Founder member of the Union of Modern Luddites. "AI" is terrible for people and the planet.
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Today is the 91st anniversary of the last diary entry of the first man who tried to climb Everest solo. Mind you, his plan had been to crash land a plane 14,000 feet up and then stroll the rest of the way, so perhaps he wasn’t destined to succeed

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

This photo of magnetic core memory popped up, taken by Ansel Adams. I investigated a bit: this memory holds 4000 bits, each stored in a tiny magnetized ferrite ring. It may be from an IBM 705 vacuum-tube business computer. 1/N

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Dormers, chimneys and little spires with weather vanes get added automatically when building roofs. E.g., spires are added when all roofs meet in one point, dormers when you build a wall extending partially up a roof. Looking forward to adding lots of little details like this!

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content

submitted 55 days ago • 78 comments

welcome to the future, now your error-prone software can call the cops (this is an Anthropic employee talking about Claude Opus 4)

submitted 10 days ago • 173 comments

I've spent *years* researching 3D Platformer Cameras in hopes of making Slime 64's camera "not terrible." In this thread, the White Cylinder is the Camera Target (slightly above the player!), and the Orange Cones represent the "vertical dead zone" where the camera won't follow player movement.

submitted 12 days ago • 16 comments

i feel compelled to remind everyone that chatgpt/LLMs are functionally the *opposite* of an actual expert. the more your problems are unusual or novel, the more likely LLMS are to be wrong. they are least helpful when it's most important

submitted 75 days ago • 20 comments

This is so fucking good

submitted 14 days ago • 216 comments

🚨SICK GAME JUST LAUNCHED🚨 a game where you play a cute spider, cause chaos and solve tasks - build super big physics-based spider webs - ride a fingerboard (!!) - ride a soap - fix a printer - build a rocket - make toast details below

submitted 14 days ago • 21 comments

The #LochArkaig Pine Forest #Volunteer Programme is here! Join Arkaig Community Forest & WTS on 24 May to remove beech saplings that will soon suffocate native flora. Meet: Clunes Forest School, PH34 4EJ at 10am No experience needed. 8+ years welcome. Biscuits provided! Register: tr.ee/Opg98v 🌱🌿

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Stanislav Petrov, the man who saved the world, died on this day in 2017. If you don’t know the story, just read this www.theguardian.com/world/2017/s...

submitted 14 days ago • 20 comments

Hey artists! 👋 That art share you’re hosting belongs in a museum! 💙 We’re building a little game that lets you link a Bluesky feed or post and it will display your images in an art gallery. Just like Bluesky, it hides posts for logged-out viewers if you have visibility off. 🙂 #screenshotsaturday

submitted 16 days ago • 47 comments

Fixing bugs today and enjoying the sun ☀️

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I managed one shot of the cotton candy cumulonimbus before darker, low-level clouds slid into the top of the frame. It was a gorgeous, surreal moment to see rain still falling over the east side of downtown, while fluffy pink clouds and blue sky belied the strength of the storm still in progress

submitted 17 days ago • 29 comments

We lost several hectares of native woodland at #GlenFinglas on Sat eve because a disposable BBQ was not disposed of safely. Frustrating, upsetting & so avoidable. There's more dry weather ahead, so please BE FIRE AWARE. Don't light a naked flame or throw cigarette ends into dry vegetation.😡

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

“Our eyes could potentially be coaxed into a special repair mode above and beyond our natural self-healing abilities, according to a new study, thanks to the delivery of antibodies that trigger nerve cell regeneration in the retina.” #scicomm #neuroskyence www.sciencealert.com/experimental... 🧪 🧠 👁️

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

Beautiful solar day

submitted 33 days ago • 15 comments

We have another company joining the Works With Home Assistant program - Eve! 🥳 Eve is at the forefront of the Matter standard and focus on local control & privacy in the home. Check out the blog 👇🏼 for what devices were certified - including some firsts for the program. 👏🏻 #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

I’m working on new features and bug fixes all the time. The health integration seems pretty reliable now

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

The long-term damage Trump is doing that doesn’t get enough emphasis is: He has very rapidly convinced the world that it can no longer AFFORD for the U.S. to be the “indispensable nation,” and other countries are in the process of restructuring their affairs accordingly. www.ft.com/content/c2eb...

submitted 39 days ago • 15 comments

Happy #EarthDay2025! 🌎🌍🌏 We want a smart home to last at least a decade - how do we support sustainability? ♻️ Upcycling: reuse packaging for shipping or art 🔌 Low-powered: software that does more with less 🏠 Local support: less cloud polling = fewer resources used

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment