Michael Pavone
@retrodev.com
Author of BlastEm, a high-performance accuracy focused emulator for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive: https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/
he/him
Build more housing!
Berkeley, CA
he/him
Build more housing!
Berkeley, CA
Seem to be plenty of places that match that criteria from a quick perusal of Craigslist. Not sure I'd argue zoning is truly fixed in CA yet (especially not until SB79 actually takes effect), but at least in Berkeley rents peaked early this decade
December 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Seem to be plenty of places that match that criteria from a quick perusal of Craigslist. Not sure I'd argue zoning is truly fixed in CA yet (especially not until SB79 actually takes effect), but at least in Berkeley rents peaked early this decade
My hot take is that "single payer", while generally cheaper won't actually solve most of the problems with US healthcare costs either. The delta between the US and Switzerland (what ACA is trying to emulate) is way bigger than say Switzerland and France (single payer).
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My hot take is that "single payer", while generally cheaper won't actually solve most of the problems with US healthcare costs either. The delta between the US and Switzerland (what ACA is trying to emulate) is way bigger than say Switzerland and France (single payer).
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Isn't the threshold 48 trains per day? Or am I looking at the wrong part of the bill?
October 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Isn't the threshold 48 trains per day? Or am I looking at the wrong part of the bill?
More cats of Thessaloniki, this time some strays that seem to have little insulated cat boxes in YMCA park
October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
More cats of Thessaloniki, this time some strays that seem to have little insulated cat boxes in YMCA park
Found a very chill cat outside a supermarket in Thessaloniki
October 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Found a very chill cat outside a supermarket in Thessaloniki
Initial look into whether National Weather Service skycover forecasts would be helpful for predicting my solar production for the day is not looking too promising so far. Doesn't look like much correlation between the forecast and how good my production is compared to the ideal
October 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Initial look into whether National Weather Service skycover forecasts would be helpful for predicting my solar production for the day is not looking too promising so far. Doesn't look like much correlation between the forecast and how good my production is compared to the ideal
My custom home automation dashboard is coming along nicely. I guess at the moment the dashboard itself is more of a solar/battery system dashboard, but the backend part does some automation tasks like controlling EV charging and lights
October 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My custom home automation dashboard is coming along nicely. I guess at the moment the dashboard itself is more of a solar/battery system dashboard, but the backend part does some automation tasks like controlling EV charging and lights
OK, I have seen the full context of the waffles skeet and people really need to get a grip. Singal sucks, but he's been temp-banned before for specific rule violations and the posts in question seem to have been deleted. This out of context reply about it is a perfect example of the quoted behavior!
October 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
OK, I have seen the full context of the waffles skeet and people really need to get a grip. Singal sucks, but he's been temp-banned before for specific rule violations and the posts in question seem to have been deleted. This out of context reply about it is a perfect example of the quoted behavior!
us-east-1 is important in part because it was the original AWS zone, but it's also a reasonable compromise location for serving traffic for both the US and Europe. For another angle, here's a map of data centers in California. Note that we have about as many as SoCal despite pop./submarine cable gap
September 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
us-east-1 is important in part because it was the original AWS zone, but it's also a reasonable compromise location for serving traffic for both the US and Europe. For another angle, here's a map of data centers in California. Note that we have about as many as SoCal despite pop./submarine cable gap
Anyone know why this helicopter is circling around the Elmwood neighborhood?
September 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Anyone know why this helicopter is circling around the Elmwood neighborhood?
Pedro Pascal, best known for his role as Edward on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
September 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Pedro Pascal, best known for his role as Edward on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
My solar install finished yesterday. Running my heat pump AC, charging my car (granted at a measly 8A) and topping off the storage battery purely from the sun. Feels good
August 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My solar install finished yesterday. Running my heat pump AC, charging my car (granted at a measly 8A) and topping off the storage battery purely from the sun. Feels good
My first 5 Steam purchases are so old they don't show up in my purchase history and show up as "complimentary" on the license page. Picture has 6 because the oldest entry wasn't technically a Steam purchase, but a freebie from registering retail HL1 on Steam.
August 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My first 5 Steam purchases are so old they don't show up in my purchase history and show up as "complimentary" on the license page. Picture has 6 because the oldest entry wasn't technically a Steam purchase, but a freebie from registering retail HL1 on Steam.
I am not deep enough into this space to really say, but here's some data on the training set for GPT3 which is not nearly as capable as current models. Note that this is in tokens. Generally speaking each word will correspond to something like 1-2 tokens.
August 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I am not deep enough into this space to really say, but here's some data on the training set for GPT3 which is not nearly as capable as current models. Note that this is in tokens. Generally speaking each word will correspond to something like 1-2 tokens.
Happy international cat day!
August 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Happy international cat day!
Not as exciting as having actual games working, but I've made a little more progress in my efforts to do LLE of the LaserActive hardware (what Nemesis released does HLE for all the hardware in the main unit). I've got IR input working, so you can now enter test mode
July 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Not as exciting as having actual games working, but I've made a little more progress in my efforts to do LLE of the LaserActive hardware (what Nemesis released does HLE for all the hardware in the main unit). I've got IR input working, so you can now enter test mode
Managed to figure out the protocol used by the PD0093A well enough to get the LaserActive OSD rendering
July 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Managed to figure out the protocol used by the PD0093A well enough to get the LaserActive OSD rendering
Looks like there's quite a bit of space under the seats where the fuel cell stack and hydrogen tank are. Obviously won't be able to fit as much battery is in a chassis designed for it, but you have some options for placement beyond what you do for an ICE conversion
May 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Looks like there's quite a bit of space under the seats where the fuel cell stack and hydrogen tank are. Obviously won't be able to fit as much battery is in a chassis designed for it, but you have some options for placement beyond what you do for an ICE conversion
I won an auction for a Teradrive Model 3 this morning. I have a Model 2 which was sufficient for hardware research, but I'm hoping to find some unarchived software on the hard drive. This one has a SEGA sticker on the front that maybe looks like an asset tag
April 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I won an auction for a Teradrive Model 3 this morning. I have a Model 2 which was sufficient for hardware research, but I'm hoping to find some unarchived software on the hard drive. This one has a SEGA sticker on the front that maybe looks like an asset tag