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Writing a book: &quot;Where the Roots are Long&quot; about  modern environmentalist themes in The Lord of the Rings.Senior Product Manager at Terraso working on @terraso and LandPKS. Member of Rocky Hill CT&#39;s Open Space and Conservation Commission. Opinions expressed are my own.I post on #climate, #crafting, and #community.","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@derek","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"derek","displayName":"Derek Caelin is writing a book","note":"Seeking a #solarpunk world. Writing a book: &quot;Where the Roots are Long&quot; about  modern environmentalist themes in The Lord of the Rings.Senior Product Manager at Terraso working on @terraso and LandPKS. Member of Rocky Hill CT&#39;s Open Space and Conservation Commission. Opinions expressed are my own.I post on #climate, #crafting, and #community."}},"content":"<p>I've been working on my <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/raspberrypi\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#raspberrypi<\/a> powered <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/chess\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#chess<\/a> playing robot. I hit a wall trying to implement this design: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/Chess-Robot-Raspberry-Pi-Lynxmotion-AL5D-Arm\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/Chess-Robot-Raspberry-Pi-Lynxmotion-AL5D-Arm\/<\/a> This week I turned to <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/opencode\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#opencode<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/qwen\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#qwen<\/a> and have been astounded at how quickly it's managed to make board and piece detection so robust, spin up a ui to calibrate, change settings, track a game. I've been ambivalent about LLMs but its hard not to be astounded by their capacity. After the technical kinks get worked out I'll take the chainsaw to an <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/oak\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#oak<\/a> cutting I've had aging in the shed for 5 years and house the whole thing on a wooden table. The <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/pi\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#pi<\/a> will be hid in a hollow book.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/derek\/statuses\/117289652935286576","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/derek\/statuses\/117289652935286576","objectType":"note","content":"<p>I've been working on my <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/raspberrypi\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#raspberrypi<\/a> powered <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/chess\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#chess<\/a> playing robot. I hit a wall trying to implement this design: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/Chess-Robot-Raspberry-Pi-Lynxmotion-AL5D-Arm\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/Chess-Robot-Raspberry-Pi-Lynxmotion-AL5D-Arm\/<\/a> This week I turned to <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/opencode\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#opencode<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/qwen\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#qwen<\/a> and have been astounded at how quickly it's managed to make board and piece detection so robust, spin up a ui to calibrate, change settings, track a game. I've been ambivalent about LLMs but its hard not to be astounded by their capacity. After the technical kinks get worked out I'll take the chainsaw to an <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/oak\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#oak<\/a> cutting I've had aging in the shed for 5 years and house the whole thing on a wooden table. The <a href=\"https:\/\/social.coop\/tags\/pi\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#pi<\/a> will be hid in a hollow book.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@derek\/117289652935286576","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"chess"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"oak"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"opencode"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"pi"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"qwen"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"raspberrypi"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-18:objectType=thread:nonce=3f8a02339476dacd","notice_info":{"local_id":"13179286","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-09-18T02:21:21+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@derek\/117289652935286576"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6697971","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}