2021-10-06 from the editor of ~insom
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I started keeping a journal on paper, in a little notebook,
written with a fountain pen. I think that's contributed to
me updating this place a little less, although tbh the paper
journal is usually literally a few words about my day- films
watched, meals cooked, etc.
You're not missing anything.
Current obsessions: due to reading Showstopper! I'm kind of
interested in Windows programming and vintage Windows. I was
such a Unix nerd and anti-micro$oft (lol) from so young that
I think I really passed over some things which are actually
great in Windows NT based operating systems.
I put Windows 11 on a machine today, but I had to override
the TPM check. I previously had it on a Raspberry Pi 4 and
that lines up with my other current obsession: becoming
familiar with AArch64 (i.e. ARMv8).
I think that ARM is likely to become one of (if not "the")
dominant ISAs in server-side computing, like it already has
done in mobile and is starting to in Macbooks and
Chromebooks.
I haven't reached for `gdb` to do my job lately (maybe in
years) but I have been that person in the past and I think
I'd still like to be able to be that person in the future;
after the total dominance of x86_64 is usurped.
What else? Well I got a small cheap CNC and I'm having fun
with that because it seems lower stakes than using my big
CNC (which I am now selling).
I am continuing to improve at manual machining. It's the art
of compromise a lot of the time -- how will I hold this
piece (safely and accurately), how will I mount this tool
etc.
I recently knurled some brass, made a fancy thumb-nut for
use joining two pieces of metal temporarily and I made
collet block (which is bad) -- and I used the collet block
to make a hex wrench (which is worse).
