Peter Jones
@droffgrid.bsky.social
Dad, Energy Scavenger, Electronics, Software, Fabrication. PhD Computational Neuroscience. Researching AGI but off-grid nerd in my spare time. The technology around that last bit is what this is all about.
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Next stage is OTA :)
February 14, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Next stage is OTA :)
But they all still have that same blasted design language that makes the screen(s) look like an afterthought. I don't want a car that looks like I personally screwed a monitor to a blank bit on the instrument panel.
February 10, 2026 at 12:09 PM
But they all still have that same blasted design language that makes the screen(s) look like an afterthought. I don't want a car that looks like I personally screwed a monitor to a blank bit on the instrument panel.
I was hoping to find a T31X or similar when I got in there, but not so & all the IDs had been lasered off.
Honestly, the ESP32 is the wrong device for camera steaming, but I want to dual-purpose this as the basis for a course on robotics, so it needs to be simple!
Honestly, the ESP32 is the wrong device for camera steaming, but I want to dual-purpose this as the basis for a course on robotics, so it needs to be simple!
February 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I was hoping to find a T31X or similar when I got in there, but not so & all the IDs had been lasered off.
Honestly, the ESP32 is the wrong device for camera steaming, but I want to dual-purpose this as the basis for a course on robotics, so it needs to be simple!
Honestly, the ESP32 is the wrong device for camera steaming, but I want to dual-purpose this as the basis for a course on robotics, so it needs to be simple!
Seriously, how can Aliexpress be selling the complete enclosure, including pan & tilt servos, IR + daylight LEDs, microphone, speaker and <disposable> camera bits for this little money?
The prototype works well, plus I get make it to do useful things, like full-resolution YUV capture.
The prototype works well, plus I get make it to do useful things, like full-resolution YUV capture.
February 7, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Seriously, how can Aliexpress be selling the complete enclosure, including pan & tilt servos, IR + daylight LEDs, microphone, speaker and <disposable> camera bits for this little money?
The prototype works well, plus I get make it to do useful things, like full-resolution YUV capture.
The prototype works well, plus I get make it to do useful things, like full-resolution YUV capture.
Over the last decade, I've realised that the reality of 'checks and balances' is oversold.
In the US (and UK) politicians' actions are only governed by what is conscionable. If enough people believe it, then it can be done.
Justice (or revenge) is then only possible after a change of Government.
In the US (and UK) politicians' actions are only governed by what is conscionable. If enough people believe it, then it can be done.
Justice (or revenge) is then only possible after a change of Government.
January 25, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Over the last decade, I've realised that the reality of 'checks and balances' is oversold.
In the US (and UK) politicians' actions are only governed by what is conscionable. If enough people believe it, then it can be done.
Justice (or revenge) is then only possible after a change of Government.
In the US (and UK) politicians' actions are only governed by what is conscionable. If enough people believe it, then it can be done.
Justice (or revenge) is then only possible after a change of Government.
Very good explanation, but the matrix is not static. As time wears on and we learn how likely pronouncement will be in practice, the boundaries between the colours move. The T-social posts are always designed to be scary, but the likelihood of damage diminishes as mitigations are put in place.
January 24, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Very good explanation, but the matrix is not static. As time wears on and we learn how likely pronouncement will be in practice, the boundaries between the colours move. The T-social posts are always designed to be scary, but the likelihood of damage diminishes as mitigations are put in place.
UK series "The IT Crowd" Series 3 (2008) regularly featured one of these stacked in the background :)
December 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
UK series "The IT Crowd" Series 3 (2008) regularly featured one of these stacked in the background :)
There is active research in this area (especially non-transformer
based models). Just one example: thousandbrains.org
based models). Just one example: thousandbrains.org
Home | Thousand Brains Project
Powerful neuroscience-based AI
thousandbrains.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
There is active research in this area (especially non-transformer
based models). Just one example: thousandbrains.org
based models). Just one example: thousandbrains.org
This reminded me of the early 80's when defence s/w was forcing us to move from C to Ada and there was a consequent backlash in the other direction. I remember hearing the phrase "strong typing is a crutch for people with weak memories" shouted loudly.
October 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This reminded me of the early 80's when defence s/w was forcing us to move from C to Ada and there was a consequent backlash in the other direction. I remember hearing the phrase "strong typing is a crutch for people with weak memories" shouted loudly.
It's horses for courses, === is a useful thing to have in a weakly-typed language. Once you know why it's there it becomes a tool just like any other. btw, even after s/w engineering for 40+ years I've yet to come across the perfect language.
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It's horses for courses, === is a useful thing to have in a weakly-typed language. Once you know why it's there it becomes a tool just like any other. btw, even after s/w engineering for 40+ years I've yet to come across the perfect language.
When I look at a robotic approximation of an animated face, I look at the blink first, and it's always wrong. Humans don't blink just using up and down motion of their eyelids. There is a sideways motion as the muscles contract towards the nose.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJ4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJ4...
A Blink of An Eye - In 4K Slow Motion
YouTube video by Warped
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
When I look at a robotic approximation of an animated face, I look at the blink first, and it's always wrong. Humans don't blink just using up and down motion of their eyelids. There is a sideways motion as the muscles contract towards the nose.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJ4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJ4...
I was blown away by both of these, so impossible to decide.
I've tinkered with a few of your models on ShaderToy in the past, but I can't even see how you started this one.
I've tinkered with a few of your models on ShaderToy in the past, but I can't even see how you started this one.
September 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I was blown away by both of these, so impossible to decide.
I've tinkered with a few of your models on ShaderToy in the past, but I can't even see how you started this one.
I've tinkered with a few of your models on ShaderToy in the past, but I can't even see how you started this one.
Or you could try chatting with a LLM. Discourse is what they were intended for rather than world domination.
September 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Or you could try chatting with a LLM. Discourse is what they were intended for rather than world domination.
Even when new, the case was full of chips.
I'll get my coat ..
I'll get my coat ..
September 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Even when new, the case was full of chips.
I'll get my coat ..
I'll get my coat ..
😂 There wouldn't have been enough metal in the world.
September 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
😂 There wouldn't have been enough metal in the world.
RX 5600 XTs? I guess from the use of a pressure washer, these guys are just going to sell these for reclaimed metals.
August 31, 2025 at 10:15 AM
RX 5600 XTs? I guess from the use of a pressure washer, these guys are just going to sell these for reclaimed metals.
I'm just a simple man, but it reads as though they're getting energy from fresh water moving to salty water, just a short distance away from a plant putting energy into moving fresh water out of salty water.
August 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I'm just a simple man, but it reads as though they're getting energy from fresh water moving to salty water, just a short distance away from a plant putting energy into moving fresh water out of salty water.
Fact Check: What Mars Rovers Really See
YouTube video by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
www.youtube.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Your trees have style
August 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Your trees have style
One of my RPi4s is still going strong as a home intranet and file server, although there is an RPi5 waiting impatiently on the sideline.
August 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One of my RPi4s is still going strong as a home intranet and file server, although there is an RPi5 waiting impatiently on the sideline.