Master Builder

Chief Systems Engineer in MedTech - formerly industrial power, Hollywood film, military and aerospace.

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

I have never done anything which has been better for my own well-being than buying a camper, building it out into a mobile R&D lab and just going off into the mountains to grind away in peace while I'm in the states. The US has a way of sucking the soul out of people with the commute/9-5 structure and city life - figure out a way to make your entire life play out the way other people vacation.

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

WTF is that supposed to mean???? @grok?????

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@brockpierson I couldn’t afford to own one of these until roughly the time you had to pay people to take them away.

[Google Gemma @googlegemma]

Meet Gemma 4 12B!

A unified, encoder-free multimodal model designed to bring high-performance intelligence directly to your laptop, and released under an Apache 2.0 license.

Bridging the gap between edge efficiency and advanced reasoning. Here is what’s new with Gemma 4 12B: 👇

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

You really have to define “simple” here because it doesn’t get any more simple than a typical gantry setup with two motors if constrained or two opposing steppers with wheels if not constrained.
If simple equates to the least amount of electrical parts, a single motor can be used for full, low precision x-y navigation by using either a centrifugal clutch + gear reduction for angular control or a forward-backward engagement paw for control of one direction for advancing and the other for turning.

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@blind_via This is what I keep telling people thinking this will be all automated soon… trace routing is maybe 1/10th of the time designing a board. Component selection and pouring through data sheets is the time consuming part 🥲

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@pirofession @haydendevs The one I have no is only 8-bit but with 350mhz and 8gsa/s and it was only $2000. Not sure what options are available now.

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@pirofession @haydendevs the 12-bit ADC of the new model is great for resolution without scaling but I really need the 8Gsa/s because I occasionally have to test high speed signal traces. I may upgrade my other scope in my mobile lab to the new MHO934.

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@mholt6 Data centers aren’t running them but NAS folks are resorting to spinny boys because SSD prices are through the roof. Supply and demand unfortunately.

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@aestheticsguyy

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@asingleoat @haydendevs Claude told me all about this… is on the list. 🤣

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@rkmtimes Never buying a phone with a chip manufactured in a country famous for spying through backdoors in their software and hardware.

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@i2cjak Fake female persona

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@generic_void Mac OS NXP suite for legacy Freescale architecture MCUs (compile, flash, debug)

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@spectatorindex

[NewRulesGeopolitics @NewRulesGeo]

🚨🇷🇺 WEST SHOCKED: RUSSIA JUST UNVEILED 'ALTAI' NEUROMORPHIC CHIP

Russia has presented its brain-mimicking ‘Altai’ neuromorphic processor — a homemade technological leap that could redefine AI warfare and confirm Western sanctions useless.

🔸 Altai delivers over 1000X better energy efficiency than traditional chips by using spiking neural networks that only fire short impulses when needed — directly copying the ultra-low-power human brain at just 20 watts.

🔸 Processes video at up to 2200 frames per second while consuming under 0.5W in a tiny 9×9 mm package — compared to NVIDIA Jetson which burns 15-60W for similar AI vision tasks.

🔸 Features 256 asynchronous cores simulating 131,072 neurons and 67 million synapses — developed by Novosibirsk’s Motive NT with Kaspersky as strategic investor and presented to PM Mishustin last year.

🔸 Transforms low-cost drones into long-endurance autonomous hunters, turns sensor networks into stealthy weeks-long intel platforms, and powers radio-electronic warfare gear that runs days on a single battery.

🔸 Currently a 28nm prototype still needing fab production — Russia may rely on Chinese facilities or adapt to coarser domestic 350nm nodes, trading some efficiency for full sovereignty.

Can the U.S. catch up to Russian chip innovation?

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@yacineMTB Have you tried applying for gibs?

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@Ankara_inc You should not be getting married at all if you believe that you need a prenup.

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

@brockpierson A lift, a boat or a car trailer 🙃

[Master Builder @MakerInParadise]

Competitive with who? I have two 35B models running 24/7 on research tasks at 4.3tok/s and another running at 15.6tok/s performing analysis on a set-it-and-forget-it setup which just reports to me daily on medical trends and grants. We have 10+ frontier models to choose from if we need speed or maximum intelligence. What exactly do you need your laptop to do which your home server can’t?