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Holy shit, i did it, lol. It looks terrible, but it works.
For people who haven't been keeping up with this project, I've been doing ceramics for a couple years now, and recently people kept tagging me in posts about a European feminist hacker collective that was making circuit boards out of court they dug out of the ground and fired in a campfire.
After having an epiphany about some experimental copper ceramics glazes i made last year, i thought i would see if i could solder to them, and i found that i could.
Sooo ... I made a stamp and stamped out some really basic boards for an astable multivibrator (two blinky lights) circuit. I filled the recessed traces with copper powder and had them fired in our pottery kiln.
Now i have ceramic circuit boards.
I've been working on this #documentary about one of my mentors, David MacDonald since 2022. He was a professor at Syracuse University for over forty years and is a beloved figure in the #ceramics world. This project has been an immense undertaking. My hope is to finish shooting by spring 2027 and to complete post-production by 2028.
At this point, I think we could benefit from the addition of a producer. Suggestions and boosts welcome.
RE: https://mstdn.social/@alpenglow/116455446614968177
Today & tomorrow! One of the ESD benches is still available, otherwise it’s gone on Monday.
Exciting news! The Authentication Experience team at Apple, which brings you the Passwords app, passkeys, AutoFill of codes from Messages and such, and a lot more, is hiring a software engineer!
This is the team that I founded, grew, and managed for years. Its members (including me!) are passionate, empathetic, and skilled. And we’re cooking up some awesome stuff.
If you are interested, please apply through the website. People of all backgrounds who know either Swift or Objective-C are encouraged to apply. The role is in Cupertino, California.
Roles on this team are rarely available. Please share! https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200659750-0836/software-engineer-authentication-experience
I’ve been testing a theory: many people who are high on #AI and #LLMs are just new to automation and don’t realize you can automate processes with simple programming, if/then conditions, and API calls with zero AI involved.
So far it’s been working!
Whenever I’ve been asked to make an AI flow or find a way to implement AI in our work with a client, I’ve returned back with an automation flow that uses 0 AI.
Things like “when a new document is added here, add a link to it in this spreadsheet and then create a task in our project management software assigned to X with label Y”.
And the people who were frothing at the mouth at how I must change my mind on AI have (so far) all responded with resounding enthusiasm and excitement.
They think it’s the same thing. They just don’t understand how much automation is possible without any generative tools.
This article is going around and it really is worth your time.
"But doing something like this requires you to take for granted that other people are smart, that smart people have always existed, and that very little in the human experience is new. That requires, you know, intellectual humility — and a willingness to think about other people’s experiences."
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/nft-metaverse-ai-weirdos
This AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright
https://www.404media.co/this-ai-tool-rips-off-open-source-software-without-violating-copyright/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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