Alasdair Allan (@aallan) 's Twitter Profile
Alasdair Allan

@aallan

Scientist, author, hacker, maker, and journalist. Writes, speaks, and builds. Accidental privacy advocate. Previously wrote things down at @Raspberry_Pi.

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I genuinely sorta scared about what Apple is going to do to my favourite image editor. The precedent of the Dark Sky weather app fiasco looms large. macrumors.com/2025/02/11/app…

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Working prototype of the M.2 M-key ML accelerator for Raspberry Pi and Compute Blades. What makes it special? The fact that both Coral chips use the USB3.0 bus and this allows you to get maximum speed with the Raspberry Pi CM4. This was not easy to achieve for two reasons. The

Working prototype of the M.2 M-key ML accelerator for Raspberry Pi and Compute Blades. What makes it special? The fact that both Coral chips use the USB3.0 bus and this allows you to get maximum speed with the Raspberry Pi CM4.
This was not easy to achieve for two reasons. The
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By me for Hackster.io, “The return of Pebble: you can’t keep a good watch down!” Some thoughts on Eric Migicovsky’s announcement and the return of Pebble. hackster.io/news/the-retur…

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Yes, and geek answers that "fix" this problem aren't helpful. If companies are going to sell a $300 laptop it should be useable out of the box by everybody.

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[Alexa] will know "almost [everything] in your life — your schedule, your smart home, your preferences, the devices you’re using, the people you’re connected [to and] the entertainment you [enjoy]…" they know that most won't think this is a *good* thing? techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/ama…

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"Commercial fusion is now just 20 years away…" yes, for about the last 50 years. 🤦‍♂️ hackaday.com/2025/03/05/chi…

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Cells in your spreadsheet are now subject to random and intermittent hallucinations. There are a lot of good uses for AI, structured data is not one of them.

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The lack of "London" on this map makes me deeply sad. There must be a huge market for sleeper trains from London into Europe, right? I mean I can't be the only person that wants it?

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Oh! Now I'm interested. I far preferred the design of the Pebble Time to the original Pebble. Always considered the death of Pebble as a real waste of potential, hackaday.com/2016/12/06/the…. #Pebble