Embedded engineer SW / HW / FPGA. Lover of AI and robotics. He / Him.
Placerville, CA
Joined March 2009
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Remembering P.J. O’Rourke in Morning Shots from @SykesCharlie morningshots.thebulwark.com/…
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The Maker credo: We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy
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Wow! I asked the generative AI-art model implemented by @RiversHaveWings to make a painting in the style of @simonstalenhag. I'm impressed with the result - it captures the mood of Simon Stålenhag's paintings very nicely. Wonder if it's close to reproducing an existing painting?
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This is quite the dilemma.
More @tomgauld cartoons: newscientist.com/author/tom-…
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Having some states shelter in place while others are still free to roam is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool.
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So as best I can tell this morning we now have:
- A pandemic crisis
- A supply chain crisis
- A demand crisis
- A labor market crisis
- An equity market crisis
- An oil price crisis
- A brewing bond market crisis
- A developing currency crisis
- A potential housing market crisis
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Flu pandemics recur reliably but unpredictably every decade or so, and their extent and intensity varies. With COVID19, we may be in midst of a once-every-50-years event, perhaps similar to 1957 pandemic, but not as bad as the 1918 pandemic. Let’s talk about the 1957 pandemic. 1/
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Things Covid has proven:
1. The job you were told couldn't be done remotely can be done remotely
2. Many disabled workers could have been working from home, but corporations just didnt want them to.
3. Internet is a utility, not a luxury
4. Universal healthcare is necessary
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Prediction: In 2 months, CA weather will turn hot and dry again, sparking wildfires; when PG&E turns off electricity at the height of the Great Plague, it will spark civic unrest; and when the unlit skies are ridden with fire, plague, and war, *then* will come the Bay Earthquake.
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Fiona Hill has reduced the entire Republican Caucus to Matt Damon’s parody of Brett Kavanaugh. #impeachment
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This book looks amazing! You had me at “trunk full of old family letters” 🕵🏻♀️💎 .@cescacartier
H/T .@Ritterton
My book is almost here!! At long last, I am thrilled to be so close to sharing what I know of this amazing story with others. As some of you already know, after the discovery of a trunk full of old family letters in the cellar ten years ago, I have been … ift.tt/2msO3aT
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In the late 1970s, videogames were hardwired into custom chips. Here I take a look at the AY-3-8605 "Sea Battle" IC's internal circuitry and document some things I found while working on emulating it.
nerdstuffbycole.blogspot.com…
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I have moved on from this climate thing... From now on I will be doing death metal only!!
Greta Thunberg’s speech as Swedish death metal is the coolest thing you’ll see today. xitter.cf/EnzonedHammer/status/1… by @JohnMollusk
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.@jonlovett vents to an unsuspecting @mikiebarb in the intro video for Lovett or Leave It's Radio City show.
