I was doing my taxes a few days ago because, for some reason, I thought it would be good to get them mailed before the normal non-extended tax due date. It was a philosophical decision. I had a moment of panic in the morning before I got out…
Continue readingI have a copy of SimCity sitting on my shelf downstairs. It is in very good condition from 1989. I think that someone implemented that game in JavaScript and you can play it on a web page! That shows just how much technology has changed since 1989. Right…
Continue readingI bought a new Windows laptop and I’m a bit disappointed. The latest AMOLED screens on HP laptops supposedly all have this same issue; The screen has texture at the pixel or sub-pixel level. It is absolutely horrible. From what I have read, this is because of how…
Continue readingI want to reiterate, or just iterate, that I have almost no knowledge about software-based neural networks. I am guessing at things as I try to learn more. In my last post, I mentioned my thoughts about how neural networks work. I also mentioned two types of training:…
Continue readingI suspect that anyone reading my blog will notice that unlike other blogs, I tend to post about things I’m going to do, not things that I’ve done. My latest interest is in neural networks. I think that I have a good grasp of how they work aside…
Continue readingIn the “production” version of the Linkage software, it is possible to select a circle and then “grab” the small round “control knob” and adjust the circle radius with the mouse. It works this way for the linear actuators too. In the old days, only the actuators had…
Continue readingMany programming books start out with a chapter called “Hello World” or at least a section of the chapter where the programming itself is being taught. After installing text editors, compilers, etc., a program must be written that does something visible, and so, the “hello world” program is…
Continue readingWriting software is not much different from writing a set of instructions for a spouse, friend, or employee so that they can run your errands for you. If you have a lot for that person to do, a set of instructions might look like this: Go to the…
Continue reading[Update: Scroll the update at the end to see new information about all of this] When I first wrote the Linkage software, I knew that if you rotate some points, that they can’t be rotated back to their original positions because of math and rounding issues. I immediately…
Continue readingI wrote a post on Facebook and it was sort of long. it was just some thoughts I had. I’m recreating that here because FB is not really a blog and it’s unfair to push more than 100-200 words onto people who are just browsing for kitten pictures……
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