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Scott Lahteine - Coder, futurist, musician, procrastinator.

Maintainer of Marlin Firmware.

Author of: TabletMagic, FretPet, Dino Wars, Bill & Ted Amiga

Co-host: Vegan Radio
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Thanks for all your follows over this crazy week!

I'll keep you posted here about ongoing projects, primarily in relation to #3Dprinting and @marlinfirmware.bsky.social progress reports.

Tonight: Huge BIN drop!

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I took a day off for nostalgia to add colorized listings to the #Atari BASIC thing. I'm using the AtariBASIC source code (annotated with pseudo-code) to inform the tokenizer. The most important component I need to implement is the little VM that applies the B.N.F. to each statement. #CodingLanguage
October 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The most natural way to experiment with #LLMs is to wrap up Frotz in a #Python Tkinter UI and feed the LLM the output of #Zork.

Using several system prompts for the role of summarizer, sidekick, assistant, and player.

It's important to keep context small but rich, so this Summarizer is doing well.
October 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I printed this piece for my Prusa i3 Jalopy Rebuild. The Adjustable X-Idler has always been a bit of a joke in old brittle PLA, quickly disintegrating every time. But with modern PETG a little bit of material goes a long way, so this turns out to be a pretty sturdy part!
#3DPrinting #RepRap #Prusai3
October 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In celebration of the 50th birthday of the 6502 here is a cleaned up and repaired Atari BASIC source based on the original "Atari BASIC Source Book" by Bill Wilkinson, Kathleen O'Brien, and Paul Laughton. Uses `make` with `ca65`.

github.com/thinkyhead/6...

#mos6502 #Atari #BASIC
GitHub - thinkyhead/6502-Tools: Tools to make working with 6502 Assembly Language, AtariBASIC, and bAtariBASIC more enjoyable, especially with Sublime Text.
Tools to make working with 6502 Assembly Language, AtariBASIC, and bAtariBASIC more enjoyable, especially with Sublime Text. - thinkyhead/6502-Tools
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October 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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He’s foaming at the mouth to go full Gestapo.
October 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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The kids are all right.

And they aren’t falling for right-wing shutdown talking points either. Trump and Republicans should be worried about these future voters.

I just hope the so-called “grown-ups” do even a fraction of the research this young woman did. Google it.
October 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If you look back at the past statements and behavior of your contrarian and edge-lord pals who in recent years became dupes and tools of the Authoritarian Right you will realize they were always dupes and tools. They were just waiting for the right moment to unleash their repressed id. #MAGA
October 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Realtime 100x print speed is possible, but only in simulation! Attach the Marlin Simulator to LLDB in VSCode and there's no more fun and exciting way to debug and test your improvements to our small and maximally efficient #OpenSource motion system. #RepRap #3DPrinting #ImgUI
September 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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"Auto Build Marlin" is a VSCode extension created by the lead developer of Marlin Firmware to provide all the tools you need in one convenient location. It's never been easier to configure, build, and update your motion system firmware!

#3DPrinting #RepRap #OpenSource #VSCode
September 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I’ll be live streaming later today, putting some final touches to the upcoming Marlin 2.1.3 release. This version will be tagged on Friday and we’ll patch up your reported issues in followup point releases. #3DPrinting
September 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
All things being equal, sane people would maintain well-founded beliefs and insane people would maintain a catalog of irrational beliefs. But to get sane people to embrace unfounded and irrational beliefs, that takes a bully like religion or authoritarianism. #TylenolRapture
September 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I believe I will soon be raptured away to a paradise, a world built by grown-ups for the comfort and prosperity of agnostic grown-ups and their progeny that exists somewhere in Eurasia. #RaptureMeThis
September 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I'm just one little fool who occasionally subscribed to Disney+ to catch up on a thing or two. Now I will be one little fool who occasionally downloads pirated content to catch up on a thing or two. Yo-ho-ho! I'm exercising my free speech rights with my wallet. #DisneyMinus
September 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Anyone else still occasionally using Midnight Commander (because Terminals are dumb without it)?
September 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Can you vibe code a 44-year-old retro game using only local LLMs (with a little assistance from a retro coder)? #vibecoding #retrocomputing #llm www.twitch.tv/videos/25583...
September 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This little spot makes for a good office away from home! #OpenSource
September 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The runner up for #ABBUC 2021 was "Fallen Kingdom" for the #Atari XL/XE. (Ported in 2022 as a Steam game called "Chessformer.") It combines chess with a platformer containing 30 challenging levels. I needed to stretch my coding skills, so for a weekend challenge I ported the game to #Pico8!
August 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
How many states, cities, towns, counties, and parishes are struggling to pay for their basic services because they’re stuck paying out massive settlements caused by the corruption, malfeasance, and harms perpetrated by their agents and officials upon ordinary citizens?

We have a crisis in quality.
August 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In spite of all the madness among our befuddled peers it’s another beautiful and miraculous day in this luminous universe, so make the best of it!
August 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The GPT-OSS models released by OpenAI seem to be very outdated (over 3 years old) and their weaknesses are very apparent when compared to other open source models like DeepSeek, Mistral, and Qwen. But AI researchers and historians may find them interesting. #OpenAI #LLMs #AI
a purple and white sticker with a knot on it
ALT: a purple and white sticker with a knot on it
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August 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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now THAT'S the kind of tipping point we like to see

Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, new UN report finds: 'Fossil fuels are running out of road' www.goodgoodgood.co/...
Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, new UN report finds: 'Fossil fuels are running out of road'
Two new reports from the United Nations pointed to huge milestones in renewable energy sectors.
www.goodgoodgood.co
August 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
For health and comfort I’m adopting a new caloric/digestive thing in addition to my vegan thing: Alternating day fasting. One day of typical caloric intake followed by a day with 25% of that. Also cutting down on FODMAPs, while upping simple carbs, e.g., jasmine rice. #IBD
August 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I gave a sneak peak of an incoming project to @joeltelling.bsky.social at @opensaucelive.bsky.social and the video is live!! Go watch!!! youtu.be/csBoh1NBNUM
Crashing the Creator Hotel!
YouTube video by 3D Printing Nerd
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August 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM