joshu

2.5 flash was absurdly capable on a cost basis

Oh, this is awesome. I actually have this book. Also, for some reason, I am writing a hacking game based around fourth which has been interesting.

it is real. serial number 2. it’s a terrifying car. i can’t drive it much at my home track (laguna) because of the sound level, and it’s not eligible for most track days. https://www.jalopnik.com/don-t-feel-bad-if-you-get-passed-by...

it runs knobbly tires so just going to slicks would probably help a lot, but i don’t think the transmission is built for it.

HLAGHAGHLAGHLAGH

my ae86 is caged and my s13 was a formula D car. they can be amusing

i have a '62 lotus 23, i am tempted to put carbon fiber body panels on it to lower the weight even further (currently ~ 900 lbs)

that’s a good list. i also collect japanese beaters (currently several miatas, an ae86 and an s13) and british lightweights (two vintage lotus racers and a modern aston factory race car) so lots of overlap.

i have been looking for a 944 as well. there’s a great porsche shop across from my workshop so at least it will be convenient.

what’s the list?

i had a gr corolla for a year and sold it. the ITCC (the sealed clutch pack that transfers power to the rear) “overheats” and the throws the car into 2wd limp mode after a session and a half on track. “overheat” is in quotes because supposedly it doesn’t have a temperature sensor at all, the ecu runs a model based on other sensors (rear diff etc) and guesses that it is overheating.

still, a pretty amusing car. the traction control system is outstanding, it’s very hard to upset and you can trivially drift it around every corner. even with aggressive play on an empty track it was a incredibly difficult to spin the car. sadly it wasn’t that fun as a DD (you really have to wind it up.) i also had a focus RS (i like hot hatches, i guess) and found it somewhat boring on track and a lot more fun on the street (way more torque at the bottom)

anyway, it remains: miata is always the answer

the projects part is the manifesting

Thinking Machines: "We are building a machine that will be proud of us."

i love the "hardware from an alternate universe" projects.

30 years ago when i worked as a quant, i always wanted something like this. i love it.

that's all true. i'm not really trying to get a huge audience, just make a fun internet thing...

hooray! one potential user, market validated

I've been writing a game off and on that's sort of at the intersection of a Zachtronics game and... Starcraft? I guess? With some Factorio in there, for good measure.

The idea is that you have to break into and exfiltrate data from a laboratory that uses their own transputer-like architecture. Write a mobile program to explore the network, another to start migrating the data, and so on. Migrate too hard and the humans notice and reboot the network, kicking you out. There could be other players in there too. Of course, the nodes run the lab's terrible version of Forth. There's no UI, you connect via a TCP socket, and are expected to write your own tooling.

I'm not sure if this is a good idea or if I'm having a psychotic break.

Where are you based, I can get you something beefier?

I got a Tang Primer for one of my own projects recently.

Use litex to define/build a riscv soc-on-fpga, boot qsoe instead of Linux on said fpga?

will this work with liteX? fascinating project

stop trying to make fetch happen

i can't decide if i want the monochrome or color one

fun fact, I originally came up with this idea for the “save to delicious” button. i think there was even a patent filed.

Usage-wise, nobody used them at all.

camino and san antonio is exactly the problem. my house and office are both off san antonio so it sends me 29 minutes out of the way.

i had a bunch of good rides and then one highly baffling route where it got off the road it was on to a parallel road, only to get back in the same road a few blocks later. this is literally within a few hundred feet of Waymo HQ so i don’t understand how this could go unnoticed.

i haven’t used it since.

the 25 minute pickup times don’t help.

edit: i just checked the route. 27 minutes for pickup and it diverts 20 minutes out of the way. wtf?

i raised twice from USV. class acts all around. too many stories to count, but they always had my back.

partner meeting

we're probably going to have AGI before GTA 6

i haven’t seen hdmi on esp32. any example projects?

iirc the apple color porshes were kremer k935s?

i was actually at laguna for this: https://sportscardigest.com/le-mans-winning-porsche-935-k3-s...

i regret that i had the opportunity to speak at the last xoxo but was trapped by having to speak at another conference.

patrick’s parabox, too