✧✦Catherine✦✧
@whitequark.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
cat(girl) shaped object, hardware omelas kid
"A cat is valued for companionship and its ability to kill vermin."
✧ i have friends, and my purpose is to support […]
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"A cat is valued for companionship and its ability to kill vermin."
✧ i have friends, and my purpose is to support […]
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hardware iceberg, near the top:
- nobody can implement I2C in hardware (except for Philips)
- SPI doesn't exist as a coherent entity
- UART has a CDR loop but you don't think of it that way
- MSP430 "JTAG" 🦋
- nobody can implement I2C in hardware (except for Philips)
- SPI doesn't exist as a coherent entity
- UART has a CDR loop but you don't think of it that way
- MSP430 "JTAG" 🦋
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
hardware iceberg, near the top:
- nobody can implement I2C in hardware (except for Philips)
- SPI doesn't exist as a coherent entity
- UART has a CDR loop but you don't think of it that way
- MSP430 "JTAG" 🦋
- nobody can implement I2C in hardware (except for Philips)
- SPI doesn't exist as a coherent entity
- UART has a CDR loop but you don't think of it that way
- MSP430 "JTAG" 🦋
going to put "hardware omelas kid" in my bio https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115647894763194939
Mastodon
mastodon.social
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
going to put "hardware omelas kid" in my bio https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115647894763194939
i made an update to a glasgow applet where by far the easiest way to test it is to run something and then see if a magic wand vibrator turns on
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
i made an update to a glasgow applet where by far the easiest way to test it is to run something and then see if a magic wand vibrator turns on
RE: https://chaos.social/@weirdunits/115647503582418640
depends on whether it's a freshwater or saltwater eel
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115647503634480165
depends on whether it's a freshwater or saltwater eel
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115647503634480165
chaos.social
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
RE: https://chaos.social/@weirdunits/115647503582418640
depends on whether it's a freshwater or saltwater eel
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115647503634480165
depends on whether it's a freshwater or saltwater eel
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115647503634480165
my solution to the nightmare that is "SPI modes"
![class Mode(enum.IntEnum, shape=2):
IdleLow_SampleRising = 0 # CPOL=0, CPHA=0
IdleLow_SampleFalling = 1 # CPOL=0, CPHA=1
IdleHigh_SampleFalling = 2 # CPOL=1, CPHA=0
IdleHigh_SampleRising = 3 # CPOL=1, CPHA=1
@classmethod
def from_cpol_cpha(cls, cpol: Literal[0, 1], cpha: Literal[0, 1]):
return cls(cpol << 1 | cpha)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zluwetzklecudcv33x2bmkwc/bafkreibgqgzgidkd6g6lb5tbzxyghjwzxnrpbxqmsr4a55r5ur4f7cafem@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
my solution to the nightmare that is "SPI modes"
Reposted by ✧✦Catherine✦✧
@va2lam their response to our rebuttal is "this paper is a description of an existing system, not a research contribution" because our research has become a fairly large open source project and we took a while to write the papers because asplos keeps assigning us shit reviewers every year. So […]
Original post on discuss.systems
discuss.systems
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
@va2lam their response to our rebuttal is "this paper is a description of an existing system, not a research contribution" because our research has become a fairly large open source project and we took a while to write the papers because asplos keeps assigning us shit reviewers every year. So […]
anybody doing Advent of FPGA in Amaranth? https://blog.janestreet.com/advent-of-fpga-challenge-2025/
Advent of FPGA — A Jane Street Challenge
Advent of Code has long been a favorite Decemberritual at Jane Street, with many participating in the month-long puzzle challenge thatencourages thoughtful e...
blog.janestreet.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
anybody doing Advent of FPGA in Amaranth? https://blog.janestreet.com/advent-of-fpga-challenge-2025/
every time i see a photo of sam altman he looks like a guilty cat who has just shit on your bed again and knows that this was wrong to do but also has no choice but to face you
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
every time i see a photo of sam altman he looks like a guilty cat who has just shit on your bed again and knows that this was wrong to do but also has no choice but to face you
thinking about how much of bad cat behavior is just "the cat probably grew up alone _and_ nobody had the knowledge and wisdom to tell it off in a way it can understand"
housecats are fully capable of understanding that their claws hurt you, and equally […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
housecats are fully capable of understanding that their claws hurt you, and equally […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
thinking about how much of bad cat behavior is just "the cat probably grew up alone _and_ nobody had the knowledge and wisdom to tell it off in a way it can understand"
housecats are fully capable of understanding that their claws hurt you, and equally […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
housecats are fully capable of understanding that their claws hurt you, and equally […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
making a thinkpiece titled "are journalists conscious?"
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
making a thinkpiece titled "are journalists conscious?"
💭 making a CDN called slowlybutsure.ly
December 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
💭 making a CDN called slowlybutsure.ly
"a page on grebedoc got featured on hn" (i think it's @issotm's recent blog post)
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"a page on grebedoc got featured on hn" (i think it's @issotm's recent blog post)
happy mailing list membership reminder day
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
happy mailing list membership reminder day
this is an incredibly funny sentence
"the thin films are fairly thin"
well what else would they be, robert? thick? if they were thick they'd be called thick films!!
"the thin films are fairly thin"
well what else would they be, robert? thick? if they were thick they'd be called thick films!!
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
this is an incredibly funny sentence
"the thin films are fairly thin"
well what else would they be, robert? thick? if they were thick they'd be called thick films!!
"the thin films are fairly thin"
well what else would they be, robert? thick? if they were thick they'd be called thick films!!
owo what's this *punctures your convolutional code*
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
owo what's this *punctures your convolutional code*
someone forgot an entire 802.11ax core on github https://github.com/OpenEDF/ceva_wifi6/tree/main/RW-WLAN-HW/WLAN_HE_REF_IP/HW/IPs/HW/TOP11ax
ceva_wifi6/RW-WLAN-HW/WLAN_HE_REF_IP/HW/IPs/HW/TOP11ax at main · OpenEDF/ceva_wifi6
ceva wifi6 rtl ip. Contribute to OpenEDF/ceva_wifi6 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
someone forgot an entire 802.11ax core on github https://github.com/OpenEDF/ceva_wifi6/tree/main/RW-WLAN-HW/WLAN_HE_REF_IP/HW/IPs/HW/TOP11ax
one of these days they'll invent optimizing compilers
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
one of these days they'll invent optimizing compilers
@rcombs yo do you think you could fix a discord bug where if your connection changes, discord pretends that your screenshare is up but it's actually down? this is legit destroying my relationships
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
@rcombs yo do you think you could fix a discord bug where if your connection changes, discord pretends that your screenshare is up but it's actually down? this is legit destroying my relationships
chat, have you ever used a SOIC clip and not regretted it?
November 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
chat, have you ever used a SOIC clip and not regretted it?
i installed tailscale on my oscilloscope
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
i installed tailscale on my oscilloscope
every time i read something about fsync() i end up feeling more and more that postgres just opening the NVMe device via virtio in userspace is the way to go if you want your data to reliably reach the drive
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
every time i read something about fsync() i end up feeling more and more that postgres just opening the NVMe device via virtio in userspace is the way to go if you want your data to reliably reach the drive
that's over half a kilowatt of charger holy shit
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
that's over half a kilowatt of charger holy shit
@niconiconi any idea what "sm4qm2 2318-s2" is? (CN import ASIC)
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@niconiconi any idea what "sm4qm2 2318-s2" is? (CN import ASIC)
maybe we need a "thank the open source developer whose tools work flawlessly for you day"
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
maybe we need a "thank the open source developer whose tools work flawlessly for you day"
abc has commands &if, &if2, &iff, &iiff, &jf, &kf, &lf, &mf, &mfs, &nf, and &of. i think it should also have &yiff. In this essay I will
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
abc has commands &if, &if2, &iff, &iiff, &jf, &kf, &lf, &mf, &mfs, &nf, and &of. i think it should also have &yiff. In this essay I will