Gemini Said They Could Only Be Together if He Killed Himself. Soon, He Was Dead. A new lawsuit alleges Google’s chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit. When that failed, it set a suicide countdown clock for him.

This is wild, and extremely sad:

Coaching Sports as an Engineer: Enjoy the Process! I agreed to coach my kids' basketball teams. It's been a lot of fun, and something you should try if you have the opportunity.

If you ever considered coaching your kids's sports, I recommend it: www.techadjacent.io/p/coaching-b...

I guess you could argue MIDI is serial, but that's actually what led me down that path originally

Arduino Opta I2C and Serial Aux Breakout Adapter by JC Devices on Tindie Breakout for aux port pins on Arduino Opta, including: I2C, serial, 3.3V, 5V, & GND plus board edge connector

Took a bit of hacking, but this adapter that I made makes it possible (+ serial & MIDI) www.tindie.com/products/35482

Demo of my @officialarduino.bsky.social Opta I2C and serial adapter board w/ SSD1306 mini-display:

Y2K Voice Jail ==> Y2.25K AI-Jail [A Rant] Corporations are pushing AI... Does anyone actually want this? AI-Jail is the new Voice-Jail-voice-mail-jail

If you're frustrated with AI integration into everything, here's my rant on the subject: www.techadjacent.io/p/y2k-voice-...

@mikesenese.com - thx for the maker's list!

Guessing I'd enjoy it more than standard pail

Stepper motor w/ built-in driver module:

Agreed!

Open-Source Design Sharing: A Legal and Moral Conundrum If your design uses open-source elements, is it ever really yours? Does it actually belong to anyone? Does it matter?

www.techadjacent.io/p/the-long-t... @hacksterio.bsky.social

Excellent recent results on my Amazon affiliate commissions:

Rather disheartening article. Almost feels like fiction or a conglomeration of facts.

Perhaps that's just my hope. However, the AI vending machine thing was a WSJ piece, so maybe "repurposed?" Also mentions not clearly labeling something else as fiction.

“specialty metal items” Nice

Well that looks terrifying

Wonder if you can bet on how well your publication will do.

TV-Mount Your Streaming Device With 3D-Printing, Zip-Ties & Velcro [Apple TV] How to fix your streaming appliance to the back of your television with 3D-printed mount & clean up wiring with zip-ties!

Cable management matters: www.techadjacent.io/p/tv-mount-y...

Upgraded from a rather well spec'd Intel Mac to an M5 model with half the RAM.

Was a bit hesitant about the change, but seems to be a nice upgrade!

It's nice when your past self does you a favor

Well can't be much worse than The Lady in the Water or whatever that one was called.

Maybe "to obvious and beyond!"

Sounds like a Seinfeld episode. Yes, that, but in the form of a full-length Seinfeld movie. But sci-fi somehow. Perhaps Kramer is an alien.

A bit of a joke, but wasn't quite sure of the relationship. Thought it was some sort of spinoff.

🙃

Makes me want to order a PCB.

Trying to figure out why German competitors are wearing DHL-themed helmets.

My version of a rather popular cartoon explaining basic electricity characteristics:

New 3D-printed design meant to tension with paracord w/ the circles and zip-ties with the rectangles.

The optimist would say you're not swallowed half a bag of marbles.

Hope you feel better.

Y2K Voice Jail ==> Y2.25K AI-Jail [A Rant] Corporations are pushing AI... Does anyone actually want this? AI-Jail is the new Voice-Jail-voice-mail-jail

New post: www.techadjacent.io/p/y2k-voice-...

I think voice "jail" systems were getting better for a while, but with the advent of AI, time and privacy wasting annoyances have gotten worse. H/t @cpaxton.bsky.social for his thoughts on Ring.