It's not the prettiest part but it should do the job of getting the old Prusa i3 up and running! Maybe I'll do a little more refinement and remove some of the excess… #RepRap #3DPrinting #CAD

I took a day off for nostalgia to add colorized listings to the #Atari BASIC thing. I'm using the AtariBASIC source code (annotated with pseudo-code) to inform the tokenizer. The most important component I need to implement is the little VM that applies the B.N.F. to each statement. #CodingLanguage

The most natural way to experiment with #LLMs is to wrap up Frotz in a #Python Tkinter UI and feed the LLM the output of #Zork. Using several system prompts for the role of summarizer, sidekick, assistant, and player. It's important to keep context small but rich, so this Summarizer is doing well.

I printed this piece for my Prusa i3 Jalopy Rebuild. The Adjustable X-Idler has always been a bit of a joke in old brittle PLA, quickly disintegrating every time. But with modern PETG a little bit of material goes a long way, so this turns out to be a pretty sturdy part! #3DPrinting #RepRap #Prusai3

In celebration of the 50th birthday of the 6502 here is a cleaned up and repaired Atari BASIC source based on the original "Atari BASIC Source Book" by Bill Wilkinson, Kathleen O'Brien, and Paul Laughton. Uses `make` with `ca65`. github.com/thinkyhead/6... #mos6502 #Atari #BASIC

He’s foaming at the mouth to go full Gestapo.

The kids are all right. And they aren’t falling for right-wing shutdown talking points either. Trump and Republicans should be worried about these future voters. I just hope the so-called “grown-ups” do even a fraction of the research this young woman did. Google it.

If you look back at the past statements and behavior of your contrarian and edge-lord pals who in recent years became dupes and tools of the Authoritarian Right you will realize they were always dupes and tools. They were just waiting for the right moment to unleash their repressed id. #MAGA

We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Realtime 100x print speed is possible, but only in simulation! Attach the Marlin Simulator to LLDB in VSCode and there's no more fun and exciting way to debug and test your improvements to our small and maximally efficient #OpenSource motion system. #RepRap #3DPrinting #ImgUI

"Auto Build Marlin" is a VSCode extension created by the lead developer of Marlin Firmware to provide all the tools you need in one convenient location. It's never been easier to configure, build, and update your motion system firmware! #3DPrinting #RepRap #OpenSource #VSCode

I’ll be live streaming later today, putting some final touches to the upcoming Marlin 2.1.3 release. This version will be tagged on Friday and we’ll patch up your reported issues in followup point releases. #3DPrinting

All things being equal, sane people would maintain well-founded beliefs and insane people would maintain a catalog of irrational beliefs. But to get sane people to embrace unfounded and irrational beliefs, that takes a bully like religion or authoritarianism. #TylenolRapture

I believe I will soon be raptured away to a paradise, a world built by grown-ups for the comfort and prosperity of agnostic grown-ups and their progeny that exists somewhere in Eurasia. #RaptureMeThis

I'm just one little fool who occasionally subscribed to Disney+ to catch up on a thing or two. Now I will be one little fool who occasionally downloads pirated content to catch up on a thing or two. Yo-ho-ho! I'm exercising my free speech rights with my wallet. #DisneyMinus

Anyone else still occasionally using Midnight Commander (because Terminals are dumb without it)?

Can you vibe code a 44-year-old retro game using only local LLMs (with a little assistance from a retro coder)? #vibecoding #retrocomputing #llm www.twitch.tv/videos/25583...

This little spot makes for a good office away from home! #OpenSource

The runner up for #ABBUC 2021 was "Fallen Kingdom" for the #Atari XL/XE. (Ported in 2022 as a Steam game called "Chessformer.") It combines chess with a platformer containing 30 challenging levels. I needed to stretch my coding skills, so for a weekend challenge I ported the game to #Pico8!

How many states, cities, towns, counties, and parishes are struggling to pay for their basic services because they’re stuck paying out massive settlements caused by the corruption, malfeasance, and harms perpetrated by their agents and officials upon ordinary citizens? We have a crisis in quality.

In spite of all the madness among our befuddled peers it’s another beautiful and miraculous day in this luminous universe, so make the best of it!

The GPT-OSS models released by OpenAI seem to be very outdated (over 3 years old) and their weaknesses are very apparent when compared to other open source models like DeepSeek, Mistral, and Qwen. But AI researchers and historians may find them interesting. #OpenAI #LLMs #AI

now THAT'S the kind of tipping point we like to see Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, new UN report finds: 'Fossil fuels are running out of road' www.goodgoodgood.co/...

For health and comfort I’m adopting a new caloric/digestive thing in addition to my vegan thing: Alternating day fasting. One day of typical caloric intake followed by a day with 25% of that. Also cutting down on FODMAPs, while upping simple carbs, e.g., jasmine rice. #IBD

I gave a sneak peak of an incoming project to @joeltelling.bsky.social at @opensaucelive.bsky.social and the video is live!! Go watch!!! youtu.be/csBoh1NBNUM

We were a more kind, just, temperate, compassionate, forward-thinking, wise, and worldly nation during the period after two massive world wars removed many young men from the population and millions of women were required to step up to fulfill more roles. Peacetime deevolution is a thing!

The definition of irony: Contracting pneumonia while you’re taking an extended health break. 😵 (And now I know what a “pleural effusion” is.) I just need to take it easy (and sleep a lot) for a little while, then I’ll be back on the project full-time! #RepRap #OpenSource #HealthyRoutine

Someone tell Donald that runaway inflation does not necessarily guarantee the installation of a dictatorship, so his runaway inflation scheme is probably not going to work!

You know what emergent tech of the last decade actually works well, and was adopted by millions? 3D printing. It’s great! So many applications. But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent

Breaking News: Trump just fired everyone in the government with the first name "Jeffrey" or the last name "Epstein."

With so many changes in our industry, now is Marlin's critical moment. Our sponsorship is in steep decline, yet our workload is holding steady. As we continue support and development we need your help now more than ever! marlinfw.org/docs/develop... #3DPrinting #RepRap #OpenSource

Auto Build Marlin 2.1.75 is out now and has some nice improvements for you! - Config Editor: Updated for Marlin 2.1.3-b3 compatibility. - Info Panel: Documentation Search for convenient access to the knowledge you need when you need it! github.com/MarlinFirmwa... #RepRap #3DPrinting #OpenSource

Can it ever be as good as the version in my head? #DoYouEvenCyberBro #neuromancer

Local #LLM Mistral Small 3.2 keeps hitting the mark. Given a succinct system prompt to convert C header content to YAML the result is strongly aligned. For the next test I gave Mistral 280 lines of C++ to convert to Python. It did the job with only one gaffe (a ternary). With that one correction, 🤌🏻!

Marlin 2.1.3 beta 3 is out now! github.com/MarlinFirmwa... We're in the home stretch to the official release. One more big sprint to address all your outstanding bug reports and then we'll put a ring on this thing!

According to the precedents being set today by this lawless Administration any future Democratic Administration could thumb its nose at the courts and hire an army of kind people to force us all to accept Universal Basic Income and Free Healthcare.

Building… building… building… Marlin 2.1.3-b3 binaries. @marlinfw.org #RepRap #3DPrinting #OpenSource

I had a baklava and three strong ales to take revenge on my disagreeable digestive system with the expected purgative results. It was the most moving experience I’ve had in years.

When I’m the President there will be no military parade on my birthday. But instead, free cake and ice cream for everyone! #NoKings

California representatives did a check in where migrants were being detained. They found no beds, no food and no water. Children were among the detained.

“The Last Seduction” was such an amazing dark comedy and Linda Fiorentino is brilliant in it, but kick me for telling people: You gotta see “The Last Romance”! Although … that might actually have been a better title. #movies

It’s been 12 hours and my Spectrum Internet is still down. This is quite a long outage for what has become a vital utility. Spectrum has a few minor outages every year. Would Google Fiber be any more stable or reliable? #AustinOutage

Could this be the largest tax refund in history?

This is the best thing I’ve seen today and I need a source. Bluesky, please help. Credit to whoever this rad group is.

#Austin got hit by a tropical storm today that whipped through and knocked over a lot of trees and things. It also knocked out the Internet so all those good TMCStepper patches for Marlin are delayed, sorry! #3DPrinting #OpenSource @marlinfw.org

The rich & powerful are doing just fine without my help. So I’m going to spend my life helping those who actually need it.

The old Prusa i3 is coming together slowly, new custom part by new custom part. I just sticky-taped the PSU to the right side of the i3 frame, so I can chop off most of the bottom and side for the PSU cover…. Oh well, it's already #3DPrinting right now, but I'll add more flair to the final design.

Because you asked: Large Avocado - 279g - $2.99 32.6g pit. 28.6g skin. 217.8g (78%) edible. 1.37¢/g Small Avocado - 143g - $0.69 15.1g pit. 19.5g skin. 108.4g (75%) edible. 0.63¢/g Small Avocados are a MUCH better value. #food #economy

If you're an American company competing with foreign suppliers, the #tariffs offer you a great opportunity for price gouging! As long as your prices are lower than your foreign competitors, amirite?? This is just one of the wonderful ways that tariffs drive up prices and get all over everything.