John Carlsen 4 Harris&Walz🇺🇸 / is on Nostr

Dutch-American Silicon Valley native EE/CS developer (not a PE), long-time user of Unix & Linux, pilot, amateur radio operator (HAM) volunteer for IEEE (Senior member) & CAP; past: Atari, IBM research, game dev (mostly NES-PS3), Texan, adjunct prof, and some stuff with robots, railway equipment, and rockets; online since 1985

I love science, music, social dancing, and people (E Pluribus Unum), want to see more democracy and equality, and am probably a little OCD & ADHD. Also, hail Satan!

My web site: http://syncopate.us
My web scribblings: http://syncopate.us/articles

Last Notes

2024-08-19 06:17:50

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why not use a surface mounted dual-row connector instead?

2024-07-07 17:01:35

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"Artificial intelligence" is a nebulous term.
You seem to describe "generative AI", which just pieces together the works it was "trained" on.
I envision a new field emerging in which people use AI to deconstruct content that appears to have been generated, so that those who claim copyright to those works can collect damages.
(I have constructed systems that use artificial intelligence in non-generative ways, mostly to optimize industrial controls.)

2024-05-23 17:53:21

Recent #politics got me thinking of the classic Motown anthem "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)", which until today I had only really known through the 1980s cover by Love and Rockets.
Here's the 12" UK version from 1987:
https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=6v1agRZl2YE
#music

2024-05-22 19:10:54

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Many governments are long overdue to disqualify Microsoft Windows from use on publicly owner computers.
There are many reasons why they should. privacy concerns have been grow. But cost of ownership is about ten times higher than using FOSS, including Linux.
Many governments have known this for a long time.
For example, here's where Latin America was headed in 2001:
https://www.computerworld.com/article/1428041/linux-spreading-rapidly-in-latin-america.html

2024-05-02 16:29:46

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I once explained to someone who sold electronic connectors that "mils" was not cool slang for "millimeters".
(A mil is 1/1000 of an inch, or 0.0254mm.)

2024-04-24 15:36:33

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"Google it" or "go ogle it"?

2024-04-19 23:24:51

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What is Sentinel 65X?
I see a lot of stuff, but no summary.

2024-04-06 23:24:09

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The instance I use does not appear to block Threads.
I was able to search, find, and click through the link to it on this page:
https://sfba.social/@liaizon@wake.st/112226784029621074

2024-03-29 19:26:36

"Famed Actor [William Shatner] Will Receive the Heinlein Award for 2024"
by Ken Walters on March 29, 2024
https://www.heinleinsociety.org/famed-actor-will-receive-the-heinlein-award-for-2024/
#WilliamShatner #HeinleinAward