J. Peterson
@isonno.bsky.social
Long time software developer, silicon valley. Award winning embedded systems designer. Three-D CAD too.
Check out saccade.com for projects, blog posts, links to other sites.
Check out saccade.com for projects, blog posts, links to other sites.
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
Micron ending it's Crucial consumer DRAM brand is a sign of a larger issue:
Computation going from individual ownership and moving to data centers you have rent resources from.
See also steadily rising prices on new GPU cards and SSDs.
The future is a Chromebook and a $150/month data center bill.
Computation going from individual ownership and moving to data centers you have rent resources from.
See also steadily rising prices on new GPU cards and SSDs.
The future is a Chromebook and a $150/month data center bill.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Micron ending it's Crucial consumer DRAM brand is a sign of a larger issue:
Computation going from individual ownership and moving to data centers you have rent resources from.
See also steadily rising prices on new GPU cards and SSDs.
The future is a Chromebook and a $150/month data center bill.
Computation going from individual ownership and moving to data centers you have rent resources from.
See also steadily rising prices on new GPU cards and SSDs.
The future is a Chromebook and a $150/month data center bill.
YouTube, in one concise diagram.
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
YouTube, in one concise diagram.
From the people who brought you egg-based semiconductors:
hackaday.com/2025/10/28/m...
@jeriellsworth.bsky.social @lauriewired.bsky.social
hackaday.com/2025/10/28/m...
@jeriellsworth.bsky.social @lauriewired.bsky.social
Mushrooms As Computer Memory
Fungi make up a massive, interconnected part of Earth’s ecosystems, yet they’re vastly underrepresented in research and public consciousness compared to plants and animals. That may change in the f…
hackaday.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
From the people who brought you egg-based semiconductors:
hackaday.com/2025/10/28/m...
@jeriellsworth.bsky.social @lauriewired.bsky.social
hackaday.com/2025/10/28/m...
@jeriellsworth.bsky.social @lauriewired.bsky.social
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Tim Cook's total time at Apple is three years longer than Steve Jobs'
October 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Tim Cook's total time at Apple is three years longer than Steve Jobs'
If anybody knows somebody at YouTube, make sure they get this message.
Otherwise, some McKinsey idiot will come in ignoring this fact and YouTube will go down the drain too.
Otherwise, some McKinsey idiot will come in ignoring this fact and YouTube will go down the drain too.
Last thought because I should be drawing: part of why facebook is utter trash now whereas youtube still has good stuff is simply that youtube actually splits a lot of their revenue with creators. It may not last, but it means the ecosystem has money coming in to make better stuff. May it remain.
October 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If anybody knows somebody at YouTube, make sure they get this message.
Otherwise, some McKinsey idiot will come in ignoring this fact and YouTube will go down the drain too.
Otherwise, some McKinsey idiot will come in ignoring this fact and YouTube will go down the drain too.
@kurtkohlstedt.bsky.social Hi Kurt. I followed your 99PI series on learning to type one handed. Now I'm facing surgery that will put my non-dominant (left) hand out of commission for months.
October 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@kurtkohlstedt.bsky.social Hi Kurt. I followed your 99PI series on learning to type one handed. Now I'm facing surgery that will put my non-dominant (left) hand out of commission for months.
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SSDs are pretty reliable in a technical sense.
That is, unless you make a really, really bad mistake in firmware.
HP had a line of ~20 different Enterprise SSD models for datacenter use.
In exactly 3 years, 270 days and 8 hours, every one is irrecoverably bricked.
That is, unless you make a really, really bad mistake in firmware.
HP had a line of ~20 different Enterprise SSD models for datacenter use.
In exactly 3 years, 270 days and 8 hours, every one is irrecoverably bricked.
September 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
SSDs are pretty reliable in a technical sense.
That is, unless you make a really, really bad mistake in firmware.
HP had a line of ~20 different Enterprise SSD models for datacenter use.
In exactly 3 years, 270 days and 8 hours, every one is irrecoverably bricked.
That is, unless you make a really, really bad mistake in firmware.
HP had a line of ~20 different Enterprise SSD models for datacenter use.
In exactly 3 years, 270 days and 8 hours, every one is irrecoverably bricked.
So, why is this measured in ml instead of GB?
(Sited in Los Angeles)
(Sited in Los Angeles)
September 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
So, why is this measured in ml instead of GB?
(Sited in Los Angeles)
(Sited in Los Angeles)
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happy 3²/4²/5² to ask those who celebrate
September 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
happy 3²/4²/5² to ask those who celebrate
State of New Mexico Dept. of Health issues order maximizing availability of the COVID vaccine, in defiance of the the idiot running the HHS.
Folks in other states: Scream at your state's Dept. of Health and state legislator reps to do the same!
www.kob.com/new-mexico/n...
Folks in other states: Scream at your state's Dept. of Health and state legislator reps to do the same!
www.kob.com/new-mexico/n...
NMDOH issues guidance for COVID-19 booster shots
SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico Department of Health on Friday announced guidelines for COVID-19 booster shots.For residents who received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, the following groups of people ...
www.kob.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
State of New Mexico Dept. of Health issues order maximizing availability of the COVID vaccine, in defiance of the the idiot running the HHS.
Folks in other states: Scream at your state's Dept. of Health and state legislator reps to do the same!
www.kob.com/new-mexico/n...
Folks in other states: Scream at your state's Dept. of Health and state legislator reps to do the same!
www.kob.com/new-mexico/n...
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There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.
August 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.
@tyrantinatophat.bsky.social I read with interest your post "It's Time for Americans to Start Talking about 'Soft Secession'". However, I'm disappointed there are few sources cited.
August 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
@tyrantinatophat.bsky.social I read with interest your post "It's Time for Americans to Start Talking about 'Soft Secession'". However, I'm disappointed there are few sources cited.
Here @strangeparts.com does a brilliant job of explaining why you can't replicate a manufacturing ecosystem build over three decades in China in the US by just enacting tariffs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Xf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Xf...
How to Bring Manufacturing Back to the US (w/ Strange Parts)
YouTube video by Hack Club
www.youtube.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Here @strangeparts.com does a brilliant job of explaining why you can't replicate a manufacturing ecosystem build over three decades in China in the US by just enacting tariffs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Xf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Xf...
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"the.. the president just, lied??"
"wait hold on a second, the president just, made that up entirely"
"that thing the president said, wow, that means he legitimately knows nothing about this"
(things people don't say anymore because the bar is in hell/the frog is charred to the pot)
"wait hold on a second, the president just, made that up entirely"
"that thing the president said, wow, that means he legitimately knows nothing about this"
(things people don't say anymore because the bar is in hell/the frog is charred to the pot)
August 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"the.. the president just, lied??"
"wait hold on a second, the president just, made that up entirely"
"that thing the president said, wow, that means he legitimately knows nothing about this"
(things people don't say anymore because the bar is in hell/the frog is charred to the pot)
"wait hold on a second, the president just, made that up entirely"
"that thing the president said, wow, that means he legitimately knows nothing about this"
(things people don't say anymore because the bar is in hell/the frog is charred to the pot)
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Can't I'm busy this weekend
August 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Can't I'm busy this weekend
The effect of school summer vacation on ChatGPT traffic.
August 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The effect of school summer vacation on ChatGPT traffic.
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aw that's nice, my library got some books for when the AI founders drop by
August 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
aw that's nice, my library got some books for when the AI founders drop by
July 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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are you tired of being brainwashed by the mainstream media?
July 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
are you tired of being brainwashed by the mainstream media?
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The Tesla diner is unfortunately in my neighborhood so I took a little peek to see boxes of milk and frozen foods out in the heat. Good luck to everyone’s stomachs.
July 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Tesla diner is unfortunately in my neighborhood so I took a little peek to see boxes of milk and frozen foods out in the heat. Good luck to everyone’s stomachs.
July 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Video by UC Berkeley Prof. Hany Farid on tools to detect if an image is made by AI, and why that's important.
Well worth the 12 minutes to watch - he's a fantastic lecturer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5_P...
Well worth the 12 minutes to watch - he's a fantastic lecturer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5_P...
How to Spot Fake AI Photos | Hany Farid | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Video by UC Berkeley Prof. Hany Farid on tools to detect if an image is made by AI, and why that's important.
Well worth the 12 minutes to watch - he's a fantastic lecturer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5_P...
Well worth the 12 minutes to watch - he's a fantastic lecturer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5_P...