Mastodawn

I'm just doing simple serial protocol stuff now, but I think that for more complex exploration, AI could write custom applets for the #glasgowinterfaceexplorer (which I am not capable of) — that could be a *really* powerful tool.

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Jan Rychter 1d ago

As it turns out, AI can use the #glasgowinterfaceexplorer and Saleae Logic very well, too. This *really* cuts down on development and debugging time. Especially useful for reverse-engineering Chinese modules with shoddy or non-existent documentation.

Jan Rychter 2d ago

I've been wondering why I couldn't talk to a small board module bought on Aliexpress through I2C, even though the chip supports I2C or SPI, and the board has clearly labeled SDA and SCK pins. Well that's what I get for just looking at the photo of the board and not going through the full description… 🤦‍♂️

SDA is really SPI_CS and SCK is really SPI_CLK. It's a SPI-only board.

Jan Rychter 2d ago

Closing the feedback loop (for embedded development using AI).

Jan Rychter 2d ago

Srebrna, Skald Arkadii 3d ago

Interface designers who create pages and apps that part-load and then have loaded elements MOVE AROUND, should be taken out to a market square and flogged until they promise to never, ever, ever, design UI again.

Jan Rychter 5d ago

Emeritus Prof Christopher May 6d ago

Good morning

This is the clearest graphic on global temperature rises I have ever seen - made by Ed Hawkins (U Reading).

Might not telll you anything you don't know but its clarity focusses the mind.

#ClimateChange #environment

Jan Rychter May 8

I feel you, Claude Code… I'm having a bad day, too.

Jan Rychter May 7

I tried again to quickly report spammers that use services like Mailgun or Mailchimp (I've given up on Google/Microsoft/AWS, they just ignore spam reports).

Now, this auto-reply from Mailgun has me puzzled. This is either 1) a joke, 2) incompetence, or 3) deliberate effort to make reporting spam more difficult so that people don't bother them.

Jan Rychter May 5

#Samsung is really taking this AGREE AGREE AGREE thing to new levels. This just popped up after their app logged me out. And it's all for controlling and air conditioner. That I paid for. It is getting truly disgusting.

Note how in this dialog EVERY option means AGREE. But you don't *have* to agree to *any* of the "options" which are presented as radio buttons so as to confuse you and make you think that you need to pick one.

Disgusting.

Jan Rychter Apr 28

Take a break from computers, they said. Get into woodworking, they said. You will be able to turn off your brain and just drill holes, they said.

Meanwhile, me: