“I am always doing what I can’t do yet in order to learn how to do it.”
Source: Letter to Anthon van Rappard (1885)
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James Clear
“Don’t wait to start writing until you have something to say. Start writing so you can find out what you have to say.
You first idea is rarely your best idea. It can take a lot of reps before you discover something worth keeping.”
Source: Newsletter May 9, 2024.
. . . which is a great newsletter that i happily suggest everyone signs up for. Give it a go, it’s free, unsubscribe if it’s not for you, but, who knows, you just might learn something worthwhile.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson
This is a book that i used for typing practice over at TypeLit.
It’s rather an enjoyable way to read a book, while at the same time being incredibly useful in improving ones typing.
And this book is a really good book to read as well as type. One of the absolute classics, but, sadly, one that most people have never read.
Well worth a read or a type for everyone.
Anyways, i typed this shortly after i built my 5t4n5-48 Rev 1, which was quite some time ago now, but it’s never too late to get things posted.
And here’s how i managed back then . . .
I’ll get around to adding some more as i complete them, but for now, this is a good measure of where i was at back in April.
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Segregationist — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and Robot Visions.
The future is cyberpunk . . .
. . . unless you’re a
Next up is going to be, Robbie.
Isaac’s Page
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Light Verse — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
Sometimes a broken thing can be far better than a perfect thing: wabi-sabi robots.
I totally remembered this story from when i read it decades ago, but it was just as enjoyable yesterday as it was all those years ago.
Next up is going to be, Segregationist.
Isaac’s Page
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Stranger in Paradise — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot, and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories.
A strange case of trying to make a robot brain to work, act and think, like a human brain.
Quite a good little story.
Next up is going to be, Light Verse.
Isaac’s Page
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Victory Unintentional — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
This has hints of The Medusa Chronicles in as much that it has a wonderful descent to the surface of Jupiter.
So the humanity, spreading out into the solar system has encountered intelligent life on Jupiter, and that intelligent life doesn’t like lesser lifeforms poluting its environment.
So the humans on Ganymede decide to send three robots down to have a chat with the locals and see if they can make peace and live happily ever after.
Next up in the Robots is, Stranger in Paradise.
Isaac’s Page
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PCB: 5t4n5-48 Rev 1
I just decided that i’d start posting my pcb designs whenever i make something.
A while ago i published the build pics for my new keyboard, Click here . . ., but didn’t post the pcb design screen grab. So here it is . . .
The two switch boards are fully reversible as it saves on manufacturing costs only having one pcb to make for both sides instead of two different ones for each side.
That’s what sits behind this . . .
I think the pcb screenshots look really nice and will be posting more soon.
Bye for now.
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Robot AL-76 Goes Astray — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
And now we begin to get introduced to the three laws of robotics, and how a simple command can have unintended consequences.
Once again, as we begin sharing our world with ever more intelligent machines, it’s way beyond time that we begin to think about how these machines will be controlled and who will ultimately control them and for what purposes.
Next up is Victory Unintentional.
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True Love — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and Robot Dreams.
In this story there are two lessons to learn for our future with thinking machines . . .
1. Be careful what you ask a thinking machine for.
2. Never under-estimate a thinking machine.
Next up is Robot AL-76 Goes Astray.