My favorite part of running an advanced manufacturing training lab was setting up field trips from middle schools. "You wanna laser etch batman on something?" "Let's make a motion controller that alt-tab commands your PC in class" "This is called a trebuchet... Hand me that

Just remember.... People are spending billions for a bigger version of this. And some are pretending they are a person....

Please.... Stop asking fabrication companies to sell you a handful of cabinet doors for your 25 y.o. particle board bullshit. Just go find an online cabinet door company. Even replying to the email issues too much overhead for a $200 order.

As a dad, I think replacing song lyrics with references to poop will always be funny.

14,000 ft² for lease with a dust collector in Oakland. Not my space, but if anybody wants it I can link you up. $1.42/ft²

100% this would work. The catch is, the DA, cops and sheriff have to do their job, on top of allowing citizens to stand up for themselves.

Anytime I see someone posting just Elon fanboy stuff, I automatically assume I'm about to get invited to a "super secret" what'sapp chat to learn about a 100% secure crypto strategy. So far I'm 100% right

Why is software the only industry where being self-taught is acceptable? Y'all's shitty hiring practices are forcing me to go back to college. I can't believe I'm paying somebody to make me analyze MSM articles about how SWEs are working at Chipotle because AI

In other news, here's something we can do now

Old idea I had for a cool display map. An exaggerated relief took map made from machined polycarb, with an embedded fiber optic pint grid. The points can be used to show heat maps, storm fronts, or any other dataset you want. Augustus Doricko could be good for your op planning

Apparently you can just write new math to run 32b llms on a cpu with a moderate ram stack.

..... The majority of the human race has always lived in coastal cities.... Because of the ports.

Was told to ask x for job recs, So, anyone hiring for DFM roles? Preferably Texas or remote TLDR of my resume -own & ran custom fab business for 9 years - can prototype - can document processes - know CAD, CAM, CNC/laser/plasma/3Dprint processes - QA/Procurement chad

Anyone else consider adding "the last question" short story as required training material for the LLMs?

Who in Austin wants to go to a space industry meet and greet tomorrow?