Alan Siefert

I’m predicting that after computer hardware manufacturers have forced us all to run demanding software like games on their rented cloud services because consumer hardware is no longer made, there’s going to be a new hacker movement to turn decommissioned data center servers sold on eBay into PCs.

This is extremely promising for the decentralization of chip fabrication. https://www.ibselectronics.com/resources/news/china-shrinks-euv-hefei-lumiverse-unveils-desktop-light-source-for-14nm-chips/

I think I need to start building stuff I didn’t have before. For a long time every time I pick up a tool it’s to repair something that broke, so now tool use and mechanical and electronic work is associated with frustration. Need to find a way to get excited about it.

Are Roombas cloud service dependent?

Android Authority

iRobot just filed for bankruptcy: Here's what happens to your Roomba now

iRobot, the maker of popular robot vacuum Roomba, is filing for bankruptcy in the US citing troubled financials.

GPT-5.2 is doing pretty well with zig so far! Hope to see open source LLMs catch up soon. Deepseek v3.2 is inept in comparison.

Prediction: within 5 years Nvidia will stop selling consumer GPUs and push their cloud computing as the way to run any demanding software going forward.

Valve should make a Linux phone.