I installed a dimmer switch for the living room light today. It only took 5 min, but lifting up that faceplate and peering into the junction box felt like opening a portal to the afterlife. My connection to this world hung on by a copper wire, 120V separating a cozy evening from the Great Fire of 2024.<p>There's no type checking, no syntax highlighting, just my predecessor's loose reading of the National Electrical Code and my heart as the debugger. It's been two centuries since the first electric light, and I've spent every minute of that terrified. This is why I'm a software guy.
Converting more of these five acres we're on to a combination of native meadow and more-diverse forest (not just Douglas-fir), and increasing the variety of habitat by leaving some felled trees, brush piles, and digging out an ephemeral pond or two. Ideally we get it so no part of the yard needs to be mowed, and the greenery around the house can be managed by hand (for fire break and preventing water damage). The hope that some of these trees could live another five to eight hundred years is part of my motivation.
<a href="https://github.com/mlc-ai/web-llm">https://github.com/mlc-ai/web-llm</a>
basically bringing the power of llms to web browsers via WebGPU. i think it’s useful because it’s better for privacy as nothing leaves your browser.<p>having that said i dont see how this is feasible yet on a widespread public scale given how computational intensive this is.
Building a custom wall mount for my downhill bike. It requires some extra engineering and planning, the space is tight since there is already one bike on the hallway. It is also important to estimate the forces involved, so that there is sufficient safety margin.