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Alasdair Allan

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Alasdair Allan

@aallan

Scientist, author, hacker, maker, and journalist. Writes, speaks, and builds. Accidental privacy advocate.

Exeter, UK and ✈️

Joined March 2008

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Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Mar 1
I built a programming language you're not supposed to read. Vera is designed for machines to write, veralang.dev. No variable names. Compiler errors are instructions for the model, not diagnostics for you. Point a model at it. #AI #OpenSource negroniventurestudios.com/2026/02/28/a-l…
Vera — A language designed for machines to write
From veralang.dev
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Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Sep 28, 2023
Good morning, and say "Hello!" to Raspberry Pi 5! The #Pi5 is ×2–3 faster, has PCIe support, a new RTC, and our own silicon designed in‑house here in Cambridge The everything computer. Optimised, raspberrypi.com/5. More at raspberrypi.com/news/introduci…. #RaspberryPi #RaspberryPi5
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Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Jan 14, 2017
The Falcon 9 first stage, from orbit to landing, at ×10 speed. #SpaceX #Falcon9 #IridiumNEXT #ASDS #JRTI
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Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Apr 5, 2020
All those younger programmers advocating “throwing that COBOL in the garbage and rewrite it from scratch,” don’t understand legacy systems. You should (almost) never rewrite from scratch, and (almost) never throw the legacy system away, it’s your institutional knowledge.
Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Oct 3, 2021
You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting for someone to notice this… 😂
Adam Schabtach
@AdamSchabtach
Oct 1, 2021
Well played, @Raspberry_Pi . You put the start of the chapter on the RP2040's timer on page 555 of its data sheet.
Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Jan 9, 2023
It's new product time! Say "Hello!" to the new @Raspberry_Pi Camera Module 3. Now with autofocus and HDR! The new camera module comes in four versions; a standard (66°) and wide (102°) FoV with both regular and NoIR models. #RaspberryPi #CameraModule3 raspberrypi.com/news/new-autof…
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Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Sep 1, 2017
This is how easy processing images in real time is now, 57 lines of code to implement license plate recognition.
How I replicated an $86 million project in 57 lines of code
From freecodecamp.org
Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Jul 14, 2019
Replying to @aallan
Liftoff for the @ISRO's #GSLV MkIII rocket and #Chandrayaan2 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota is scheduled for 02:51 tomorrow, July 15 (so that's 14:21 PDT, 17:21 EDT, 21:51 GMT - 1 day). Watch live at, isro.gov.in/gslv-mk-iii-m1….
Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Feb 4, 2020
I'm really rather excited to announced that from the start of next week I'll be joining the team at @Raspberry_Pi to work on their technical documentation. Don't jump into my email all at once, but if you've got pain points, you now know who to talk to on the team. #NewYearNewJob
Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Sep 29, 2018
Some thirty five years on, the original source-code for MS-DOS 1.25 and MS-DOS 2.0 is on Github, and there are already pull requests. 😂 github.com/Microsoft/MS-D…
Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Jan 4, 2018
So if you're running a #cryptocurrency exchange you must be shaking with fear right now. Think about the implications of #meltdown and #spectre and all those wallet private keys going through memory. Target rich environment. If we see exploits, that's where it'll start.
Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Aug 6, 2023
Wow! 😮 I mean, a 4? They used a Raspberry Pi 4!? Why? msn.com/en-us/foodandd…
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Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Jun 30, 2022
It's new product time! Say "Hello" to @Raspberry_Pi Pico W. It's a Pico, but with wireless, and priced at just $6. #RaspberryPi #PicoW #RP2040 #IoT raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry…
Alasdair Allan
@aallan
Jun 18, 2018
"…a European aircraft maker that said it cleans the cockpits of its planes every week of malware designed for Android phones. The malware spread to the planes because factory employees were charging their phones with the USB port in the cockpit." #iot uk.reuters.com/article/us-nuc…