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I spent about two hours last night trying to get a consistent and accurate answer out of Claude regarding a set of graphics APIs. I then went the old fashioned way to find most of …

I agree, the risk at the CTO/CIO level is it's four years later, the startup went under, and you have this software integrated into your environment. If you're lucky, someone else …

I think you're right and it's possible to have something that exists with no other purpose than to cause harm. And it's not moral to make that thing. I also don't think it's fruitf…

Okay, that's where you draw the line. But someone provides power to their data center and their offices. Someone provides hand-held devices. Someone provides network connectivity. …

My point was, if you do invent something like Zyklon B, you need to consider its uses. While the gas itself is just a molecule, devoid of morality, not everyone who employs it will…

Yes. It's not, and I agree. There's no bright line that says you're morally culpable or you are not morally culpable for what you do. But all of us should think about our roles in …

In another comment, I referenced Eichmann. A train is not a good thing or a bad thing. A rail car is not a good thing or a bad thing. Having an app that aggregates multiple differe…

"I was only in charge of transport" was not an excuse.

But they won't shut down not scam ads. That was worth 16 billion to them in 2024.

Not in the short while since they've purchased Arduino, but I could see them restricting the licensing for commercial use, while keeping it freely usable for education. Like STM.

15 years ago I think Arduino was the best choice for educational purposes. I still think it's a great choice now. The fact the IDE and board are basically the same as they were 15 …

From an embedded developer's perspective, Arduino is awful. That hero-loop programming is not what anyone should ever do. And experienced developers can get better results from som…

The cool thing about an Arduino is you can just buy the boards and use them in a commercial product. This isn't something you can do with other boards. Some people have said the li…

It won't be just one big move that kills the community. Eventually, I could see it as locked down as the STM32 ecosystem. Nor do I see them continuing to sell the same parts for ov…

No s*t, really?

Yes, but has anyone asked the fatberg how it feels about all this?

You’re Doing it Wrong Didn’t you realize it? You can’t use what you’re using like that. You’re setting yourself up for all sorts of problems. That’s fine if you’re just getting sta…

Now they're hiding the chemtrails. It's even worse!

When I bought a 3-D printer years ago, I had an important insight. I was either buying a printer as a project, or I was buying a printer to help with other projects. Both are reaso…

Yeah - I'm doing the rust thing now. And yes, I am doing it wrong.

The one thing I don't miss about Rails is constantly feeling like I'm doing it wrong. I had a 'discussion' at RailsConf when I was told I should stop using C Ruby and switch to JRu…

Be a little careful on those. It depends on what you're doing. Some of them are not suited to be used with the high data rates for I2C, or I2C only at 100khz. I found out the hard …

I'm using the RP2040s with FreeRTOS for a hobby project. I think the Pico probe is a much better debugging story than buying a Blackmagic (or if you got the dough, a Segger), to de…

To me the benefits of an MCU have to do with latency on things like interrupts. A real OS sometimes gets in the way, if you're trying to run things on very tight timing, or want to…

That's not my reading of https://support.arduino.cc/hc/en-us/articles/4415094490770-L... . The LGPL is usually a requirement to publish your modifications to the LGPL licensed code…