Aasland Technologies Blog

We’re not building Skynet; We’re building The Matrix. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to release Artificial Intelligence to the masses without incorporating the three laws of robotics, needs to be held accountable. Did none of these people read any Isaac Asimov? Or Arthur C. Clarke? Or William Gibson? Of course, the 3… Continue reading

For years, I have been saying, “You know, if I had a 3D printer, I’d just make that,” while pointing at some small broken thing I can’t find a replacement for. There are game pieces I have needed to replace and can never find. There are simple plastic holders and fasteners that should only cost… Continue reading

Many of my readers will already know that I have recently been deeply involved in the KumoMTA project. This can help to explain the lack of posts here in the last 2 months, but that cannot be an excuse to not update this blog so I want to share a side project here that is… Continue reading

There is a long-standing debate that goes back to at least the mid-1990s around the difference between “freeware” and “open source” software. Both camps in this debate have generally agreed to separate these with the ideas of “free as in beer” and “free as in speech”. Lately, I have been acutely aware that there seem… Continue reading