blockarchitech
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I don't know. A software developer, I guess. With ramblings about other things as well.
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Our negotiations with Core Devices have broken down, and we need your help, as the community, to decide what to do next: rebble.io/2025/11/17/c...
(Aside: Ugh. This is probably the least pleasant thing we have ever had to write. We're incredibly sad it went this way, and sorry to have to post it.)
(Aside: Ugh. This is probably the least pleasant thing we have ever had to write. We're incredibly sad it went this way, and sorry to have to post it.)
Rebble · Core Devices Keeps Stealing Our Work
This is a post that we don’t take any joy in writing. When we wrote last month about our agreement with Core Devices, we went into it believing that coopera...
rebble.io
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Our negotiations with Core Devices have broken down, and we need your help, as the community, to decide what to do next: rebble.io/2025/11/17/c...
(Aside: Ugh. This is probably the least pleasant thing we have ever had to write. We're incredibly sad it went this way, and sorry to have to post it.)
(Aside: Ugh. This is probably the least pleasant thing we have ever had to write. We're incredibly sad it went this way, and sorry to have to post it.)
Re-realizing how much I absolutely hate Oculus (Meta Quest?) crap. My Quest 2 barely works. Meanwhile, my original pre-launch edition Vive works totally fine and doesn't need adware to work. Did I mention I haven't turned the sucker on in five years?
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Re-realizing how much I absolutely hate Oculus (Meta Quest?) crap. My Quest 2 barely works. Meanwhile, my original pre-launch edition Vive works totally fine and doesn't need adware to work. Did I mention I haven't turned the sucker on in five years?
Apparently, NOAA discontinued their XYZ-format map tiling API. This kicked off me learning how to use "opengeo.ncep.noaa.gov", which then spiraled into me making a "proxy" that converts standard XYZ tile requests into WMS requests: github.com/blockarchite...
Open Source Geospatial Services Directory
opengeo.ncep.noaa.gov
August 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Apparently, NOAA discontinued their XYZ-format map tiling API. This kicked off me learning how to use "opengeo.ncep.noaa.gov", which then spiraled into me making a "proxy" that converts standard XYZ tile requests into WMS requests: github.com/blockarchite...
Anybody know of any good recipe tracking software? Almost on the verge of building my own 🙃
August 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Anybody know of any good recipe tracking software? Almost on the verge of building my own 🙃
I have joined the foldable gang 😁
Galaxy Z Flip7. Let's see how this goes.
Galaxy Z Flip7. Let's see how this goes.
July 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I have joined the foldable gang 😁
Galaxy Z Flip7. Let's see how this goes.
Galaxy Z Flip7. Let's see how this goes.
Pictured: Late Stage Pixel Syndrome
July 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Pictured: Late Stage Pixel Syndrome
Random reminder to test your smoke alarms 🙃
Randomly decided to check today, turns out they are from 2013 😬
(they, in fact, did not work)
Randomly decided to check today, turns out they are from 2013 😬
(they, in fact, did not work)
July 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Random reminder to test your smoke alarms 🙃
Randomly decided to check today, turns out they are from 2013 😬
(they, in fact, did not work)
Randomly decided to check today, turns out they are from 2013 😬
(they, in fact, did not work)
But it's a dry heat!!! (lol)
June 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
But it's a dry heat!!! (lol)
Had to get a new myQ-connected garage door opener, conveniently incompatible with those generic ZWave opener things. Less than an hour later:
June 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Had to get a new myQ-connected garage door opener, conveniently incompatible with those generic ZWave opener things. Less than an hour later:
I wonder how difficult it is to hack in my transit card to Google Wallet. Surely it's not that difficult 🙂
(famous last words)
(famous last words)
May 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I wonder how difficult it is to hack in my transit card to Google Wallet. Surely it's not that difficult 🙂
(famous last words)
(famous last words)
All new HVAC technicians should be forced to watch a @techconnectify.bsky.social video.
That is all 🙂
That is all 🙂
May 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
All new HVAC technicians should be forced to watch a @techconnectify.bsky.social video.
That is all 🙂
That is all 🙂
Someone should tell 1Password I've been using them for uh, three years 😁
April 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Someone should tell 1Password I've been using them for uh, three years 😁
And we're done! I love this stupid little case. It wasn't actually that hard to build in either!
April 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
And we're done! I love this stupid little case. It wasn't actually that hard to build in either!
Upgrading to 12th Gen Intel! Currently on a i7-10700. Found a great deal on a 12700KF I couldn't pass up.
Problem: GPU 😁
I think I'll stick with my Quadro P2000 for now. Was eyeing a 9070 XT, but it's darn near impossible to find one at retail (or in stock!)
Problem: GPU 😁
I think I'll stick with my Quadro P2000 for now. Was eyeing a 9070 XT, but it's darn near impossible to find one at retail (or in stock!)
April 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Upgrading to 12th Gen Intel! Currently on a i7-10700. Found a great deal on a 12700KF I couldn't pass up.
Problem: GPU 😁
I think I'll stick with my Quadro P2000 for now. Was eyeing a 9070 XT, but it's darn near impossible to find one at retail (or in stock!)
Problem: GPU 😁
I think I'll stick with my Quadro P2000 for now. Was eyeing a 9070 XT, but it's darn near impossible to find one at retail (or in stock!)
I give up! Home Assistant just hates me.
April 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I give up! Home Assistant just hates me.
Third time's the charm 🙄
I must have bad luck, because I have never gotten Home Assistant to last longer than three months. HA would be perfect if it didn't randomly break itself! 😅
I must have bad luck, because I have never gotten Home Assistant to last longer than three months. HA would be perfect if it didn't randomly break itself! 😅
March 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Third time's the charm 🙄
I must have bad luck, because I have never gotten Home Assistant to last longer than three months. HA would be perfect if it didn't randomly break itself! 😅
I must have bad luck, because I have never gotten Home Assistant to last longer than three months. HA would be perfect if it didn't randomly break itself! 😅
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Open Source FTW
Ridiculously cool! Gordon from @Espruino got open source PebbleOS booting on a BangleJS watch (same chipset nRF52 as Core 2 Duo) www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_U5...
PebbleOS on Bangle.js Smartwatch demo
YouTube video by Espruino
www.youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Open Source FTW
Trying to figure out how to run LLMs locally without being completely terrible.
Problem: I am neither NVIDIA nor own a datacenter, and also do not want to consume the same amount of electricity as 16 single-family American homes every day.
Anybody know how to do this efficiently?
Problem: I am neither NVIDIA nor own a datacenter, and also do not want to consume the same amount of electricity as 16 single-family American homes every day.
Anybody know how to do this efficiently?
March 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Trying to figure out how to run LLMs locally without being completely terrible.
Problem: I am neither NVIDIA nor own a datacenter, and also do not want to consume the same amount of electricity as 16 single-family American homes every day.
Anybody know how to do this efficiently?
Problem: I am neither NVIDIA nor own a datacenter, and also do not want to consume the same amount of electricity as 16 single-family American homes every day.
Anybody know how to do this efficiently?
It rained in Phoenix today, which is super cool, however I did hope for a little lightning albeit I know that basically isn't possible here 🙃
Reminds me of the storms back home.
Reminds me of the storms back home.
March 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
It rained in Phoenix today, which is super cool, however I did hope for a little lightning albeit I know that basically isn't possible here 🙃
Reminds me of the storms back home.
Reminds me of the storms back home.
What is the most tedious task on Linux and why is it installing NVIDIA drivers?
February 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What is the most tedious task on Linux and why is it installing NVIDIA drivers?
Do people still use repository patterns? I personally like them, but I struggle to see many projects following the pattern anymore. If this is/isn't you - why or why not? Just curious 🙂
February 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Do people still use repository patterns? I personally like them, but I struggle to see many projects following the pattern anymore. If this is/isn't you - why or why not? Just curious 🙂
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Humane announced that it has been acquired by HP and is immediately discontinuing sales of its $499 AI Pins.
The startup told customers who had already purchased an AI Pin that their devices will stop functioning at 12 PM PST on February 28, 2025.
Read more here: tcrn.ch/4i5WOyr
The startup told customers who had already purchased an AI Pin that their devices will stop functioning at 12 PM PST on February 28, 2025.
Read more here: tcrn.ch/4i5WOyr
February 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Humane announced that it has been acquired by HP and is immediately discontinuing sales of its $499 AI Pins.
The startup told customers who had already purchased an AI Pin that their devices will stop functioning at 12 PM PST on February 28, 2025.
Read more here: tcrn.ch/4i5WOyr
The startup told customers who had already purchased an AI Pin that their devices will stop functioning at 12 PM PST on February 28, 2025.
Read more here: tcrn.ch/4i5WOyr
"Cloud Connected" smart home is stupid. I don't want my camera talking to your server unless I tell it to.
February 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
"Cloud Connected" smart home is stupid. I don't want my camera talking to your server unless I tell it to.