deshipu

deshipu, 12 hours ago to random

Remember that automation is not about removing effort, it's all about packaging it in convenient ways so that it can be stored and moved around. Sometimes you get some savings due to bunching up of similar things or economy of scale, but most of the time the perceived savings are simply because the real effort is hidden away or deferred. Whether it's Jacquard looms, language models, github actions, self-driving cars, or robot food delivery, someone is doing (or has done, or will do) the work.

deshipu, 1 day ago to random

I'm really tired by the amount of noise pollution in american cities. I only visit for a few days for a conference, but by the end of the visit I have a constant headache from the never ending air conditioning, beeping, traffic noise, refrigerators gurgling, electric buzzing, and loud music in restaurants and on the streets. And everyone seem to be completely oblivious to all of it, like I'm the only person hearing it. It's almost as bad as the church bells in Switzerland.

deshipu, 7 days ago to random

Traveling for #PyConUS tomorrow. Bringing some #CircuitPython robots and handhelds with me. Catch me if you want to see them and/or talk about Python on microcontrollers.

fluffy bunny spider robot walking

deshipu, 7 days ago to random

What if there was a university-developed, EU-sponsored, open source reference implementation of an operating system for consumer devices, and all consumer devices sold in EU had to be compatible with it, in addition to optionally having their own operating system, developed by the manufacturer?

deshipu, 10 days ago to random

Looking at the state of the software industry, I expect to be forcibly brought back from retirement in some 15-20 years from now, if I will even be allowed to retire.

deshipu, 10 days ago to gundam

Dear lazyweb, I'm looking for a #mecha #anime that I saw once a few scenes of. What I remember is that it was one of those more "realistic" ones (tacticool) like Patlabor or Madox, not colorful, and that there were scenes of a Kabuki dancer with a mask, a mane of red hair, and a fan performing some sort of a summoning ritual. The dancer looked a lot like Senryo Kyoshiro from Samurai Showdown. Any ideas?

deshipu, 10 days ago to random

There were no left-handed people in the 14th century. They were just clumsy.

There were no color-blind people in the 18th century. They were just not paying attention.

There were no people with ADHD in the 20th century. They were just lazy.

As the requirements the society puts on us increase, completely new forms of disability are invented.

deshipu, 13 days ago to random

Whenever people learn that I can draw, make computer games, design electronics, and build tiny robots, they always insist that this should be my day job, because it's such a waste for me to be a software engineer.

I usually just tell them that those jobs don't pay well in comparison, and that shuts them up, with a vague complaint about capitalism.

But I'm actually offended that they consider those things more valuable somehow than my problem solving and programming experience and skills.

deshipu, 13 days ago to random

Why can't I use my phone or tablet as a touchpad for my computer?

deshipu, 14 days ago to random

The raspberry pi pico could be 1/3 shorter if you just removed all the extra gnd pins.

deshipu, 14 days ago (edited 13 days ago) to random

What do you visualize when you hear the phrase "fish sandwich"?

deshipu, 14 days ago to random

Don't store your whole passwords in the password manager.

Have a short personal phrase that you add to the front or end of the stored password.

This way even if your stored passwords leak, they don't grant immediate access.

deshipu, 15 days ago to random

When I was a kid, when I was sick I would go to a doctor, who would check the symptoms, tell me exactly what disease it is, and prescribe a medicine that would cure it in a few days.

Today when I'm sick I go to the doctor, who checks the symptoms and shrugs helplessly, then prescribes medicine to alleviate the symptoms which I have to take indefinitely, and I still feel sick.

They surely improved the business model.

deshipu, 16 days ago to random

NEVER
T H E
LESS!

deshipu, 16 days ago to random

The PewPew LCD boards arrived, unfortunately the fab house didn't have the microcontrollers or displays in stock, so I will have to add those manually. Luckily it's only 50 units.

deshipu, 18 days ago to random

disfunctional programming

deshipu, 18 days ago to random

What is it with the Japanese and crystals? Why is every single JRPG game always about magical crystals, is the legacy of Final Fantasy so strong that everyone were copying it, or is it a language/culture thing? Inquiring minds want to know!

deshipu, 19 days ago to random

What's the point of it all if in the end you arrive at a widely accepted opinion?

deshipu, 19 days ago to random

Should I go eat lunch, or should I continue waiting for a PCB delivery?

deshipu, 21 days ago to random

I wrote a log on my handheld #circuitpython game console project.

https://hackaday.io/project/186921-game-22/log/229348-improving-screws

deshipu, 23 days ago to random

Programming is a lot like other human creative endeavors, but because it's so young, it didn't really break into all those pieces that such things normally do, and so we have a lot of people talking about completely different things over each other. Compare it to music, for example. There are different genres: games, kernels, embedded, websites, servers, abstract problems, etc. and there are different uses: hobbyists, coders, engineers, sysadmins, security, researchers, etc.

deshipu, 23 days ago to random

I remembered how surprising it was when the archaeologists reconstructed how all those classical Roman and Greek sculptures were originally painted in garish colors, and that got me thinking: maybe all those helmets and pieces of armor that we see in the museums, dug up from warrior graves and so on, were also painted? Maybe the plain-looking ones actually had intricate images on them, but the paint didn't survive?

deshipu, 24 days ago to ArtificialIntelligence

I still need to write the assembly instructions for my tiny #robot project Wee Bug (and Moo Bug). Last time I tried IKEA-style instructions, and people struggled. I'm thinking about doing it as a comic book this time around, what do you think?

deshipu, 25 days ago to random

Ever wondered why so many people say "I wish I was born 100 years earlier, back when there were so many opportunities" and almost nobody says "I wish I would be born 50 years later, when the inevitable progress has improved the technology, medicine, and society, and solved most of the problems that I have to deal with today"?

deshipu, 27 days ago to random

Can I stay in bed today?