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Random Emails from Strangers are Still Nice to Get.
The one positive aspect from having a blog site, and being an author is the occasional person who decides to write you an email out of the blue. The first time it happened was back in 2017, I had written … Continue reading
Preparing For the AI Future Should be Top of Your List!
Humans are creatures of habit, and you may not like this, but almost everything meaningful you do in your day to day life can be reduced to a series of prompts. Ditto for your work, especially if you are sat … Continue reading
AI Coding: 2022 Sci-Fi, Versus March 2026 Reality
I was researching some bare-metal assembly code for a 2D shooter RP2350 arcade board I am developing as a personal project, and got to a segue where things were going a bit too well on the coding front; so I … Continue reading
Posted in AI, AI Alignment, Other Programming, Philosophy, RP2350, Singularity, Speculation, The Future, The Summer of Reasoning
Tagged Holy Shit!
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The Utopian AI Problem Few People are Talking About.
The current bunch of AI’s out there are smarter, and in some cases even more empathetic than many people I have dealt with, yet I would turn these AI’s off without a seconds though if needed. I would not however … Continue reading
Posted in AI, AI Alignment, Philosophy, Singularity, Speculation, The Future, The Ramblings of an Old Man, The Summer of Reasoning
Tagged AGI, ASI, consciousness, life, Sentience
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AI Slop is caused by Humans, Not AI’s
Let’s think about the catch phrase all the ‘smart people’ in the world have been using for the last few months “AI Slop”. Yeah, “AI Slop!” It has a certain ring about it, doesn’t it? yet the phrase is both … Continue reading
Posted in AI, Critical Thinking, Philosophy, Speculation, The Future
Tagged AI SLOP
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Where have all the Utopian Futures Gone?
I have told anyone who will listen to me, that come the end of the world, I want to die in the first few milliseconds, (preferably after sex and a good pizza), and not live for the rest of my … Continue reading
Posted in Funny, Philosophy, Science Fiction, The Ramblings of an Old Man, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged Dystopian, Utopian
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Don’t look Behind The Curtains!
My recent goals to work with and learn some newer, more popular, micro-controllers, and to try some different programming languages, has made me also take another look at the ways things have progressed since I started my career. My programming … Continue reading
Posted in C Programming, Electronics, ESP32-C3, Other Programming, Pascal Programming, Philosophy, PicoMite, Programming, Retro, RP2040, RP2350, Speculation
Tagged Ramblings of an old man, The Stack
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My first week with Kubuntu/Linux
I guess it is early days, but generally I would class the migration as a great success. There are not many caveats in this, I went hard this first week, and it can do all the things I want it … Continue reading
Posted in C Programming, FOSS, Pascal Programming
Tagged Kubuntu, Lazarus, Linux Migration
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Small Blinkenlight Update
I loaded the MM Edit program onto my new Linux/Kubuntu desktop and wanted to test it out with a Raspberry Pi Pico development board to ensure everything was working. As my Pico board was all the way over in my … Continue reading
Posted in blinkenlights, Other Programming, PicoMite, Programming, Retro, RP2040
Tagged MMBasic
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Vibe-Migrating, The Easy-Peasy way from Windows 11 to Linux
OK Maybe not so easy-peasy, but bear with me.. I sit here today writing my first blog from my new Linux desktop environment, feeling very satisfied that I no longer have any permanent ties to Windows. Two factors really made … Continue reading
Posted in AI, Encryption, FOSS, Philosophy
Tagged Kubuntu, Migration From Windows 11 to Linux, Thinkpad P14s, Windows 11
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Re-Purposing an old Pioneer Amplifier
A mate gave me a broken Pioneer VSX-520 surround sound amplifier to fix about 5 years ago, and despite the extremely good service manual that came with it I could not figure out the problem. I went through all the … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Other Programming, Repair, Retro, RP2350
Tagged MMBasic, MP3 Jukebox, PCM5102, pico2, PicoMite, pioneer stereo, PT2259, SC16315, VFD, VSX-520K, vsx520, XMAS Fun!
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Cross Genres At Your Peril!
I have seen books torn to pieces for being too long, too short, too complicated, not complicated enough, too violent, not enough action.. Well the list goes on. Yet as a writer, when you come to write the blurb, and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Funny, Publishing, writing
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Why Do We Still Pay For International Calls in 2025?
We live in an era where global communication is instant, continuous, and, thanks to apps like WhatsApp, Zoom and Messenger, usually completely free. Yes, technically the data is drawn down from your cellular data allowance, but free wi-fi is prevalent … Continue reading
