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ChatGPT is going to take my jerb!
There’s a lot of talk about Large-Language Model AIs like ChatGPT these days. People say the days of computer programming as a profession are numbered. I’ve seen stories of ChatGPT doing a pretty amazing job writing and debugging code. I wanted to try it for myself. Is ChatGPT really going to take my jerb? One […]
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Spacewar!
I made a simple implementation of Spacewar in Scratch. Here it is:
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Drobo FS reliability
Years ago I bought a Drobo FS (no longer made, but more-or-less equivalent to the Drobo 5N they sell today.) It’s a nice little package using Drobo’s very easy-to-use RAID system, combined with a Linux-based file-server. Drobo gave it the ability to have other applications installed on it (they call them DroboApps). I installed rsync, […]
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Programming the INSTEON PowerLinc Modem 2412S
I’ve been writing some code to drive the INSTEON PowerLinc Modem. It’s not the newest generation of INSTEON interfaces, but it’s the one I have in my system. It’s been kind of a miserable experience. This thing could serve as a textbook example of how not to design a serial protocol.
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DNS problems with Windows, Dnsmasq, IPv6 and CNAME
I’ve been trying to set up a git repository on a server in my home. I wasn’t sure exactly which computer I should set it up on, and I want to be able to move it to another computer later without breaking the connections to it. I thought maybe I could do this by setting […]