Notes for January 6-12

Welcome to my life. Seriously, this is an amazing likeness to some of the stuff I go through every day at work.

This didn’t fully register when it came out last Thursday (had other stuff on my mind, I guess), but I still think they should have done this for the Raspberry Pi 500 first–because regular desktop users would reap the most benefits, and it would greatly increase the usable lifetime of the device. As to having 16GB on a Model B, it’s certainly...

I’ve come across a couple of posts about how people use LLMs for coding, so I thought I would share how I currently use AI in general–spanning office work, writing, and, of course, coding and a bit of fun. DisclaimerSince I know most people won’t read my site disclaimer, I encourage you to do so, and go through the rest of the post with the...

Rodney Brooks’ latest predictions scorecard is a refreshing dose of reality in a tech landscape often clouded by hype. His candid assessment of self-driving cars, AI, and space travel highlights the gap between expectation and reality, especially where it relates to the AI hype cycle and a need to both temper expectstions and have a more rational...

Lenovo’s new Legion Go S handheld is an interesting twist in the gaming landscape, especially with it being the first officially licensed SteamOS device. The hardware timing is a bit off (it’s not using the freshly launched Ryzen chipset, which feels like a missed opportunity), but after years of speculation about SteamOS licensing, it makes for...