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bermansplaining

Unsolicited thoughts on Linux, 3D printing, local AI, and sometimes the law. Currently building DIY robots with help from AI agents.

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01start hereWhy I've Stopped Building Apps and Started Building InstrumentsOct 27, 202602From Concept Art to a Working Robot HeadEmbodied AI: DIY Hobby Robotics · Part 2Nov 07, 202603Giving My Agents a BodyEmbodied AI: DIY Hobby Robotics · Part 1Oct 31, 2026
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01The Arches Were AIOct 28, 202602Should You Run AI Locally? The 2026 Quiz, Stack, and IcebergOct 21, 2026
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רבא ברא גברא. שדריה לקמיה דרבי זירא. הוה קא משתעי בהדיה, ולא הוה קא מהדר ליה.

Rava created a man and sent him to Rabbi Zeira. Rabbi Zeira spoke to him, but he did not answer.

Babylonian Talmud — Sanhedrin 65b · the first golem

有機械者必有機事，有機事者必有機心。

Where there are machines, there will be machine affairs; where there are machine affairs, there will be machine hearts.

Zhuangzi — ch. 12, “Heaven and Earth”

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A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Isaac Asimov — “Runaround” (1942) · the First Law

Ita homo fictor est deorum, qui in templis sunt.

So man is the maker of the gods who dwell in temples.

Asclepius 23 — Hermetica, as quoted in Augustine, City of God 8.23

人之巧乃可與造化者同功乎？

Can human skill truly rival the Maker of All Things?

Liezi — ch. 5, “The Questions of Tang” · King Mu, on Yan Shi’s automaton

4F 6E 6C 79 20 76 61 72 69 65 74 79 20 63 61 6E 20 64 65 73 74 72 6F 79 20 76 61 72 69 65 74 79 2E

Only variety can destroy variety.

W. Ross Ashby — An Introduction to Cybernetics (1956)

Nie szukamy nikogo oprócz ludzi. Nie potrzeba nam innych światów. Potrzeba nam luster.

We are not searching for anyone but people. We don’t need other worlds. We need mirrors.

Stanisław Lem — Solaris (1961)

The lab

4 machines

The hardware and software I'm tinkering with to write these posts. Hardware has become sovereignty. Good software can be liberating. Agents make writing good software fun.

$ berman-industries --boot
Berman Industries / Kindled Construct / chamber-markDerived vector trace of the approved open-seal concept. Graphic artwork; not dimensioned manufacturing geometry.  BERMAN INDUSTRIES
  our mysteries abhor an unbelieving man

  future projects loading
  01  home ai companion ....... see tab 01
$ 
$ projects --open 01
    /|
   / |              |\
  /  |______________| \
  |  /              \  |
  | |  .----------.  | |
  |_|  |  ^    ^  |  |_|
    |  |    __    |  |
    |  '----------'  |
     \______________/
          |[]|
       ___|__|___
      /__________\

  project 01  home ai companion
  stage 1     desk companion ... in progress
              a head that turns and nods.
$
Check out the stacks →
Machine5090 Gaming Rig — Local AI: training and heavy inferenceBuilt · running
MachineFramework 13 Pro — Mobile: field and writing anywherePreordered · pending delivery
MachineHome AI Robotic Companion — A home robot, built in stages. Project 1: a desktop AI companion.In progress · Project 1 of ?
MachineUrbit Native Planet, Telluride 2.0 — A Native Planet box to put back to work as an Urbit node.To revive

Projects

0 projects

The first projects land here: vibe-coded apps and tools, each with a live link and a writeup when one exists.

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