Seeing the rate at which previously useful search results are being replaced by LLM generated often factually incorrect results is a harrowing reminder of the importance of keeping local and or trusted repositories of knowledge.
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Garnet Koebel
@GarnetKoebel@hachyderm.io
mastodon 4.7.2Electronics, Embedded Systems, and Occasional Sadness and Gloom about the state of tech.
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Joined June 04, 2026
@johl@mastodon.xyz https://eevengers.com/ in Kitchener Ontario, Canada is just about to ship their first product. The Thunderscope https://www.crowdsupply.com/eevengers/thunderscope
Not sure of their contact details tho.
Replying to @azonenberg@ioc.exchange
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange @rf@mas.to The $5 per Droplet per month on Digital Ocean buys me 35kWh of local compute when spent in my lab (that's based on an average of $0.14 per kWh).
I don't even have 35Kw of computers but most of them will outperform that droplet.
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@azonenberg@ioc.exchange what do you use to generate those graphs? And do you have a writeup somewhere on your lab setup? I'd love to eventually upgrade to a psuedo cleanroom.
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@azonenberg@ioc.exchange did you make up that hashtag cause its great!
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@azonenberg@ioc.exchange for my own inventory tracking I've been toying with two concepts.
- OpenPnP and Inventree have some mild (last I checked) compatibility what would allow decrementing counts as the machine uses parts (including failed/dropped picks).
- Over the top reel counters for every passive that dispense the amount I punch in (cool factor 100, useful factor questionable)
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@rf@mas.to @azonenberg@ioc.exchange And the convenience of just being able to spin up VMs but not worry about extra billing is nice.