John Ripley

@jripley
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US+UK. San Francisco. He/Him.

Somewhat liberal/socialist/snarky.

Software/hardware/chip architecture, systems prototyping, generalist from silicon to apps, somewhat InfoSec. empeg/Diamond/Rio/etc 1999-2007, Google 2007-2009, Apple 2009-2025. Currently gainfully unemployed, but could be convinced out of it.

Carrying water for “AI” and fashtech gets you blocked.

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John Ripley5d ago

Damn, ended up slightly bigger than I hoped (85x60mm), and I have a fix for that, but it would mean changing out all the connectors... which I'm not going to do. Might as well print it and see if it explodes, first.

At least, after I fix the tombstone issues (poorly routed pad connections to tiny components will cause them to "sink" unevenly), and one of the parts not being in-stock, sigh.

Still, pretty proud of how tightly I managed to pack everything, and still somewhat neatly route it.

John RipleyMar 16
This kids book “What about digital tech” is chock full of disinformation, tech bro narratives, and AI booster talking points. I suppose they probably just lazily copy-pasta’d a bunch of tech news sites, but this is a horrible thing to inflict on kids.