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The History of R2E and the Micral The second personal computer
5th May 2025
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The History of R2E and the Micral

from Abort Retry Fail [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th May 2025
The second personal computer
STAR LINE In retrospect, I think there are two really noteworthy things about Chance the Rapper's career:
14th Aug 2025
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STAR LINE

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Aug 2025
In retrospect, I think there are two really noteworthy things about Chance the Rapper's career:
Fixed Gear Gran Fondo Today I took my fixed gear bike for a ride, 176KM from Amsterdam to America (Limburg, The...
9th Apr 2021
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Fixed Gear Gran Fondo

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Apr 2021
Today I took my fixed gear bike for a ride, 176KM from Amsterdam to America (Limburg, The Netherlands). Rain and wind added to the challenge, creating an ultimate test for man and machine. Let some of my fun be of inspiration to you! Gran Fondo The Italians call a big cycle ride...
Build your own handheld retro console with the Arduino® UNO™ Q board Arduino® Project Hub has featured a lot of DIY handheld consoles on this blog over the years. Most...
6th Aug 2026
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Build your own handheld retro console with the Arduino® UNO™ Q board

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Aug 2026
Arduino® Project Hub has featured a lot of DIY handheld consoles on this blog over the years. Most of them are impressive, and most of them require at least some custom hardware – a purpose-designed PCB, a specialized connector, a part you can only get from one supplier. They’re...
Opening Up GitButler Today we're flipping the public switch on GitHub for our GitButler client code and removing the...
2nd Feb 2024
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Opening Up GitButler

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Feb 2024
Today we're flipping the public switch on GitHub for our GitButler client code and removing the waiting list entirely. Everyone and anyone can now directly download the GitButler client and access the source code.
Introducing FamilyCharger Today we launched FamilyCharger - it's designed to be a central place to charge all your devices,...
18th Jul 2019
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Introducing FamilyCharger

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Jul 2019
Today we launched FamilyCharger - it's designed to be a central place to charge all your devices, fast, without clutter. Our initial designs for a family charger started out as big multi-charging docks, but they were too inflexible, expensive, and took up a lot of space....
Implementing SARM on your VLA dataset in practice 1. Motivation: use big video dataset optimally for VLA training In the first part of this series, I...
14th Dec 2025
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Implementing SARM on your VLA dataset in practice

from Tiny struggles [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Dec 2025
1. Motivation: use big video dataset optimally for VLA training In the first part of this series, I explained what is SARM: Stage-Aware Reward Modeling for Long Horizon Robot Manipulation and how it can be used with a challenge such as Stanford Behavior Challenge (1200h of...
Category velocity People make decisions, not businesses.
15th Jun 2021
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Category velocity

from Buck on Software [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Jun 2021
People make decisions, not businesses.
DEF CON I’m sitting in the airport in Las Vegas on the way back from DEF CON 15. It’s the first time I’ve...
5th Aug 2007
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DEF CON

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Aug 2007
I’m sitting in the airport in Las Vegas on the way back from DEF CON 15. It’s the first time I’ve been at the con, and it wasn’t really what I expected. Frankly, I walked away feeling kinda underwhelmed. Very few of the talks were as technical as I was hoping – they were almost...
Pragmatically Generating a Self-Signed Certificate and Private Key using OpenSSL Recently I found myself needing to generate a HTTPS Server Certificate and Private Key for an iOS...
17th Jul 2017
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17th Jul 2017
Recently I found myself needing to generate a HTTPS Server Certificate and Private Key for an iOS app using OpenSSL, what surprised me was the total lack of documentation for OpenSSL. While there is plenty of function documentation, what OpenSSL really lacks is examples of how it...
Linking Lemmid Store with kitchens Designing backend servers to connect with external services is challenging as you need to take into...
11th Jun 2020
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Linking Lemmid Store with kitchens

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Jun 2020
Designing backend servers to connect with external services is challenging as you need to take into account unreliability and unpredictability.
Going down the rabbit hole of Git's new bundle-uri Git's new bundle-uri could help significantly speed up clones, but what bugs lurk within?
13th Mar 2025
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Going down the rabbit hole of Git's new bundle-uri

from GitButler [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Mar 2025
Git's new bundle-uri could help significantly speed up clones, but what bugs lurk within?
Butler Flow: shipping code faster (but less like Alfred, more like CI on steroids) - Part 3 In Part 3, we take a look at some deep examples of where Butler Flow comes in handy.
4th Nov 2025
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4th Nov 2025
In Part 3, we take a look at some deep examples of where Butler Flow comes in handy.
Train Simulator Controller: Inside an AWS Sunflower In my first post about the Train Simulator Controller project, I introduced the Automated Warning...
20th May 2023
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Train Simulator Controller: Inside an AWS Sunflower

from Project Blog on Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D. [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th May 2023
In my first post about the Train Simulator Controller project, I introduced the Automated Warning System (AWS) on most of the UK trains that I drive in Train Simulator. This safety system is designed to warn drivers of restricting (non-green) signals, often because there’s a...
Better Laptop Consumer electronics often lock us into sealed hardware and forced upgrades, creating enormous...
9th Feb 2025
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Better Laptop

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Feb 2025
Consumer electronics often lock us into sealed hardware and forced upgrades, creating enormous e-waste. Framework challenges that norm by making laptops you can service, upgrade, and customise, which extends their lifespan and cuts down on unnecessary e-waste. My Framework 13...
Building Quarter-Cab - Phase I Lets build a simple virtual pinball controller to bring more immersion to your game.
8th May 2024
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Building Quarter-Cab - Phase I

from Engineers Need Art [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th May 2024
Lets build a simple virtual pinball controller to bring more immersion to your game.
Creating a minimal iPhone stand Today I created a minimal iPhone stand from oak wood. While it's much faster to buy one online, I...
1st Jun 2018
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Creating a minimal iPhone stand

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jun 2018
Today I created a minimal iPhone stand from oak wood. While it's much faster to buy one online, I wanted one to fit my phone horizontally, with its case on. I like minimal design, so I opted to machine a single piece of wood to get it done. Workmate with wood router ready for...
CANARY Corrugated Cardboard Cutter The CANARY corrugated cardboard cutter is definitely in my top 10 list of most useful purchases...
15th Nov 2022
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CANARY Corrugated Cardboard Cutter

from Style over Substance [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Nov 2022
The CANARY corrugated cardboard cutter is definitely in my top 10 list of most useful purchases ever. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, we all started shopping online a lot more. The number of cardboard boxes in our house basically quadrupled overnight and cutting them down to size...
AI Starting Points A friend is getting back into UX research after a two-year gap. Recognizing AI is a big deal, she...
3rd Feb 2026
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AI Starting Points

from Jorge Arango [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Feb 2026
A friend is getting back into UX research after a two-year gap. Recognizing AI is a big deal, she asked where to start learning. Great question! Other people are surely wondering as well, so I’m sharing my answers here. Caveats: These answers reflect how I learn; YMMV. You’re...
A blown up iPhone, not the next Mac Federico Viticci: Headless Macs and Hamstrung iPads In a funny twist of fate, Apple spent years...
2nd Jul 2026
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A blown up iPhone, not the next Mac

from Birchtree [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jul 2026
Federico Viticci: Headless Macs and Hamstrung iPads In a funny twist of fate, Apple spent years trying to make iPadOS catch up to macOS on the surface, only for macOS’ underlying nature to unlock a new generation of apps that are rewriting the rules of modern software. No amount
Across the Spiderverse It is very gratifying for me to see all the praise for this movie, some of it feeling overdue from...
7th Jun 2023
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Across the Spiderverse

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jun 2023
It is very gratifying for me to see all the praise for this movie, some of it feeling overdue from the somehow-underappreciated Into the Spiderverse. And, to be sure, the praise is earned: this is "what if the first movie, but more" in the best way possible. I thought the former,...
2023-10-03 overheard overhead Let's talk about overhead paging. The concept goes by various names: paging, public address, even...
3rd Oct 2023
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2023-10-03 overheard overhead

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Oct 2023
Let's talk about overhead paging. The concept goes by various names: paging, public address, even intercom, although the accuracy of the latter term can be questionable. It's probably one of the aspects of business telephone systems that gets the most public attention, on account...
Reader/reader blocking in reader/writer locks Abstract In writer-priority reader/writer locks, as soon as a single writer enters the acquisition...
7th May 2019
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Reader/reader blocking in reader/writer locks

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th May 2019
Abstract In writer-priority reader/writer locks, as soon as a single writer enters the acquisition queue, all future accesses block behind any in-flight reads. Thus, if any readers hold the lock for extended periods of time, this can lead to extreme pauses and loss of throughput...
Tech hiring: is this an inflection point? We might be seeing the end of remote coding interviews as we know them, and a return of in-person...
15th Apr 2025
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Tech hiring: is this an inflection point?

from The Pragmatic Engineer [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Apr 2025
We might be seeing the end of remote coding interviews as we know them, and a return of in-person interviews, trial days and longer trial periods. Could hiring be returning to pre-pandemic norms?
Cash is king, or is it? Very often I see men carry a wallet filled with plastic: multiple debit and credit cards plus a...
14th Jul 2016
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Cash is king, or is it?

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Jul 2016
Very often I see men carry a wallet filled with plastic: multiple debit and credit cards plus a bunch of loyalty programs and membership cards. Then, some even top it off with stinky paper money and sticky metal coins! It made me wonder if I can free up one pocket by ditching the...
Major disaster has struck the computing industry. TL;DR your computers are going to get slow because of patches aimed at fixing unprecedented...
4th Jan 2018
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Major disaster has struck the computing industry.

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Jan 2018
TL;DR your computers are going to get slow because of patches aimed at fixing unprecedented vulnerabilities in the CPU. For the rest (simplified), Modern computational security relies on maintaining the sanctum of memory, i.e keeping secure memory (say your passwords) out of...
Power, democracy, and clarity What does the end of the Voting Rights Act mean?
1st May 2026
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Power, democracy, and clarity

from Can We Still Govern? [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2026
What does the end of the Voting Rights Act mean?
Joining a16z I’m excited to share that I’m joining Andreessen Horowitz as a Partner on the New Media team,...
18th May 2026
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Joining a16z

from Greater Still by Gaby Goldberg [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th May 2026
I’m excited to share that I’m joining Andreessen Horowitz as a Partner on the New Media team, focusing on the intersection of comms, networks, and investing.
bitCards Thrill Your Friends This Christmas with a gift from bitCards
3 weeks ago
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bitCards

from Computer Ads from the Past [alt+shift+b] in technology

3 weeks ago
Thrill Your Friends This Christmas with a gift from bitCards
Improve your sleep by blocking light Over the past few weeks I have been experimenting with wearing a sleep mask in bed, blocking all...
23rd Jan 2020
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Improve your sleep by blocking light

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Jan 2020
Over the past few weeks I have been experimenting with wearing a sleep mask in bed, blocking all light. Our bodies produce the sleep hormone, melatonin, in darkness. Living in an environment awash in artificial light, is therefore exactly the sort of thing that disrupts one's...
Git Worktrees and GitButler How do git worktrees help you work on more than one branch at the same time, and how does that...
4th Mar 2024
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Git Worktrees and GitButler

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Mar 2024
How do git worktrees help you work on more than one branch at the same time, and how does that differ from virtual branches in GitButler?
Work is Life Too 10 PM on a Sunday night. You’re back home after a night out with friends. A couple of beers and some...
31st Mar 2025
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Work is Life Too

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

31st Mar 2025
10 PM on a Sunday night. You’re back home after a night out with friends. A couple of beers and some pizza. The place was too loud but you…
A database without dynamic memory allocation This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
12th Oct 2022
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A database without dynamic memory allocation

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Oct 2022
This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
An update on my book 'Why Cryptocurrencies?' Five months ago I gloriously declared that “my book was done”. Since then I’ve been working hard to...
9th Oct 2020
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An update on my book 'Why Cryptocurrencies?'

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Oct 2020
Five months ago I gloriously declared that “my book was done”. Since then I’ve been working hard to finish the book. Sorry that’s a bit of a lie, I’ve had a nice long vacation where I didn’t work on the book and I’m also on part-time parental leave. And believe me there’s not a...
Ori and the Blind Forest It is incorrect to describe this game as a melange of celeste and gris because of course this game...
5th May 2023
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Ori and the Blind Forest

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th May 2023
It is incorrect to describe this game as a melange of celeste and gris because of course this game predates both of them. But that is where my mind went — this sort of "emotional platformer" — and this game is terrific, ten hours of beauty and challenge and fun and very sweet...
3rd May 2025
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Simplifying the L1

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd May 2025
Fathom I'd been meaning to jot down some thoughts on Fathom for a while, and did not have a particularly...
1st Dec 2024
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Fathom

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2024
I'd been meaning to jot down some thoughts on Fathom for a while, and did not have a particularly good reason to do so until the news broke that Paul Jarvis was selling his share of the company to Jack Ellis, the technical co-founder. 1The blog post itself is a great example of...
Why don't you move abroad? The IIT Dream College and Open Source Twitter @ San Francisco The Emotional Turmoil in San Francisco...
18th Nov 2024
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Why don't you move abroad?

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Nov 2024
The IIT Dream College and Open Source Twitter @ San Francisco The Emotional Turmoil in San Francisco College placements and first job Life…
Notes on Puzzles 1. I mostly don’t play chess anymore — it’s too addictive, and tends to take over your brain in a...
11th Jul 2023
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Notes on Puzzles

from Nabeel S. Qureshi [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Jul 2023
1. I mostly don’t play chess anymore — it’s too addictive, and tends to take over your brain in a way I don’t like — but one habit I’ve retained is solving puzzles.
Wikiphilia I've been obsessed with Wikipedia for the past ten years. Occasionally I find some good articles...
2nd Jun 2013
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Wikiphilia

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jun 2013
I've been obsessed with Wikipedia for the past ten years. Occasionally I find some good articles worth sharing and that's why I created the wikiphilia Twitter handle. Just a long stream of stuff that for one reason or another may be interesting.
Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 2. user-defined functions and variables Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 3. LLVM 4. LLVM conditionals and...
20th Jan 2019
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Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 2. user-defined functions and variables

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Jan 2019
Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 3. LLVM 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci 5. LLVM system calls 6. an x86 upgrade In this post we'll extend the compiler to support defining functions and variables. Additionally, we'll require the...
Battling burnout Mamma Mia! Here we go again… Once again, I’m finding myself trying to recover from burnout, and...
14th Mar 2023
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Battling burnout

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Mar 2023
Mamma Mia! Here we go again… Once again, I’m finding myself trying to recover from burnout, and after about a year I’m finally feeling more like myself. Even though I’ve been here before, it’s a difficult thing to recognize and avoid, so I’m writing this to maybe help you or my...
SOAPwn: Pwning .NET Framework Applications Through HTTP Client Proxies And WSDL Welcome back! As we near the end of 2025, we are, of course, waiting for the next round of SSLVPN...
10th Dec 2025
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10th Dec 2025
Welcome back! As we near the end of 2025, we are, of course, waiting for the next round of SSLVPN exploitation to occur in January (as it did in 2024 and 2025). Weeeeeeeee. Before then, we want to clear the decks and see how much research we can publish. This
Final Fantasy IX I’ve noticed that if I want to give something a perfect score but know that it’s not a “perfect”...
28th Dec 2013
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Final Fantasy IX

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Dec 2013
I’ve noticed that if I want to give something a perfect score but know that it’s not a “perfect” thing, I always start off with “okay, so, it has flaws.”
HP 8656A Signal Generator Schematics Agilent has made the 8656A Signal Generator Operating & Service Manual available as a PDF, but the...
22nd Feb 2024
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HP 8656A Signal Generator Schematics

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Feb 2024
Agilent has made the 8656A Signal Generator Operating & Service Manual available as a PDF, but the schematics of chapter 8 are all spread over 3 or 4 pages, which makes them hard to follow. I spent a good evening extracting the schematics pages, cutting-and-pasting them together...
3D Model Viewer Improvements [Software] Unlocking the embedded gimbals
28th Nov 2023
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3D Model Viewer Improvements

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Nov 2023
[Software] Unlocking the embedded gimbals
Building Virtual Branches GitButler has come up with an entirely new way to work on multiple branches: simultaneously. What...
6th Jul 2023
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Building Virtual Branches

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Jul 2023
GitButler has come up with an entirely new way to work on multiple branches: simultaneously. What are virtual branches?
Breaking Changes Last week I ran into unexpected trouble during a routine maintenance procedure on my company's email...
3rd Jun 2025
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Breaking Changes

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jun 2025
Last week I ran into unexpected trouble during a routine maintenance procedure on my company's email infrastructure. Processing thousands of emails each day, we use Dovecot to give our clients access to their messages. That all came to a grinding halt when I updated to version...
Reading List 10/04/2025 Boeing’s 737 replacement, parking lot investments, a deflected hurricane, opinions on nuclear power,...
4th Oct 2025
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Reading List 10/04/2025

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Oct 2025
Boeing’s 737 replacement, parking lot investments, a deflected hurricane, opinions on nuclear power, and more.
Postmortem of Butt Mover I suffer from chronic lower back pain, Since I don't consume opioids I find exercises 1 to be the...
13th Dec 2022
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Postmortem of Butt Mover

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Dec 2022
I suffer from chronic lower back pain, Since I don't consume opioids I find exercises 1 to be the best pain management technique. In addition to the specific exercises for managing back pain, Not sitting for long durations seems to be the key factor for me to not trigger the back...
A 15-minute intro to hobby CNC In which the author tilts at windmills for a brief while.
6th Sep 2024
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A 15-minute intro to hobby CNC

from lcamtuf’s thing [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Sep 2024
In which the author tilts at windmills for a brief while.
One Million Chessboards One Million Chessboards I made a website. It's called One Million Chessboards. It has a million...
28th Apr 2025
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One Million Chessboards

from eieio.games [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Apr 2025
One Million Chessboards I made a website. It's called One Million Chessboards. It has a million chessboards on it. Moving a piece moves it for everyone, instantly. There are no turns. Read the full post on my blog! Here's a raw link, if you need it: ...
I beat FTL on Hard with all ships in the game For 2023 I wanted to do something different than usual—I wanted to start playing computer games...
16th Jun 2023
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I beat FTL on Hard with all ships in the game

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Jun 2023
For 2023 I wanted to do something different than usual—I wanted to start playing computer games again. So I gave myself a late Christmas gift and bought a Steam Deck (and like any self-serving gentleman I took care to pitch it as being for my kids) and I started loading it up...
Fluent Visitors: revisiting a classic design pattern It’s been a while since I’ve written a pure programming post. I was recently implementing a...
4th Nov 2025
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Fluent Visitors: revisiting a classic design pattern

from Neil Madden [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Nov 2025
It’s been a while since I’ve written a pure programming post. I was recently implementing a specialist collection class that contained items of a number of different types. I needed to be able to iterate over the collection performing different actions depending on the specific...
Is storage really that cheap? Nowadays you can buy a 1 TB harddrive for less than 100 euro's . So I build myself a 4 TB NAS box,...
5th Oct 2008
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Is storage really that cheap?

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Oct 2008
Nowadays you can buy a 1 TB harddrive for less than 100 euro's . So I build myself a 4 TB NAS box, which is already 50% full. However, although it is to some degree fault-tollerant by using RAID 6, one mistake or catastrophic hardware faillure and all data is lost. And that's...
How to reverse engineer an analog chip: the TDA7000 FM radio receiver Have you ever wanted to reverse engineer an analog chip from a die photo? Wanted to understand...
2nd Aug 2025
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How to reverse engineer an analog chip: the TDA7000 FM radio receiver

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Aug 2025
Have you ever wanted to reverse engineer an analog chip from a die photo? Wanted to understand what's inside the "black box" of an integrated circuit? In this article, I explain my reverse engineering process, using the Philips TDA7000 FM radio receiver chip as an example. This...
Reading List 12/06/2025 3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal...
6th Dec 2025
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Reading List 12/06/2025

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Dec 2025
3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal forming, and more.
Doom3 Source Code Review On November 23, 2011 id Software maintained the tradition and released the source code of their...
8th Jun 2012
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Doom3 Source Code Review

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Jun 2012
On November 23, 2011 id Software maintained the tradition and released the source code of their previous engine. This time is was the turn of idTech4 which powered Prey, Quake 4 and of course Doom 3. Within hours the GitHub repository was forked more than 400 times and...
Zephyr Ravenna Control Board Replacement Blog post that probably has an audience of one, myself. Introduction Zephyr Ravenna - Confusing...
12th May 2024
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Zephyr Ravenna Control Board Replacement

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th May 2024
Blog post that probably has an audience of one, myself. Introduction Zephyr Ravenna - Confusing Information Two PCBs - Control Board & Switch Assembly Switch of the Breaker!!! Glass Canopy Removal Duct Cover Removal Swapping the Control...
Why I went back to using a ThinkPad from 2012 This post is inspired by this article from the Low-tech Magazine. I highly recommend giving that a...
9th Jan 2022
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Why I went back to using a ThinkPad from 2012

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Jan 2022
This post is inspired by this article from the Low-tech Magazine. I highly recommend giving that a read as well! Over my lifetime, I’ve used a bunch of different computers, mainly due to new ideas and requirements popping into my mind every time I’m content with my current setup....
Creating a basic ZFS file system on Linux Here are some notes on creating a basic ZFS file system on Linux, using ZFS on Linux. I'm...
1st Feb 2014
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Creating a basic ZFS file system on Linux

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Feb 2014
Here are some notes on creating a basic ZFS file system on Linux, using ZFS on Linux. I'm documenting the scenario where I just want to create a file system that can tollerate at least a single drive failure and can be shared over NFS. Identify the drives you want to use for the...
What I wrote in The Atlantic about the Clicktatorship When content matters more than the truth
4th Feb 2026
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What I wrote in The Atlantic about the Clicktatorship

from Can We Still Govern? [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Feb 2026
When content matters more than the truth
Tunneling Elixir cluster network traffic over Wireguard Introduction The other day I was supporting a customer with an Elixir-based platform that would make...
7th Nov 2023
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Tunneling Elixir cluster network traffic over Wireguard

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Nov 2023
Introduction The other day I was supporting a customer with an Elixir-based platform that would make use of Elixir libcluster, so messages on one host can be passed to other hosts. This can - for example - enable live updates for all users, even if they are not communicating with...
I designed my own keyboard layout. Was it worth it? Almost two and a half years ago I embarked on the journey to change keyboard layout. At first I...
2nd Nov 2023
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I designed my own keyboard layout. Was it worth it?

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Nov 2023
Almost two and a half years ago I embarked on the journey to change keyboard layout. At first I tried out existing ones, but it didn’t take long before I figured it’s better to develop my own—and things went downhill fast from there. (Some) combos of the T-34 layout. But now...
Building a data team at a mid-stage startup: a short story I guess I should really call this a parable. The backdrop is: you have been brought in to grow a...
7th Jul 2021
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Building a data team at a mid-stage startup: a short story

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jul 2021
I guess I should really call this a parable. The backdrop is: you have been brought in to grow a tiny data team (~4 people) at a mid-stage startup (~$10M annual revenue), although this story could take place at many different types of companies.
Comment on My 7 Rules for A/B Testing That Triple Conversion Rates by Naman Modi Thanks for the useful steps. I usually pay good attention to how actively plugin is maintained & how...
13th Dec 2018
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Comment on My 7 Rules for A/B Testing That Triple Conversion Rates by Naman Modi

from Comments for Lars Lofgren [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Dec 2018
Thanks for the useful steps. I usually pay good attention to how actively plugin is maintained & how often plugin supports questions are answered in the forum.
The Mirror With No Reflection From lovers to spouses, from employers to parental approval, we search for ourselves in others'...
12th Sep 2025
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The Mirror With No Reflection

from Simone Salis [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Sep 2025
From lovers to spouses, from employers to parental approval, we search for ourselves in others' eyes—creating perhaps the most elaborate illusion ever sustained: that validation exists outside the self that seeks it.
Cowboy Bebop (2021) This was neither as bad as I thought it could be nor as good as I hoped it might be. The vast...
1st Jan 2022
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Cowboy Bebop (2021)

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2022
This was neither as bad as I thought it could be nor as good as I hoped it might be. The vast majority of the blame I think has to go towards the scriptwriting, which has a Joss Whedon-esque self-referentiality to it that completely undermines the philosophy of the original and,...
Transparency, the cure to newspaperpreneurs We've all seen it: front page headlines of "visionaries" gazing into the abyss .. every sentence...
2nd May 2015
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Transparency, the cure to newspaperpreneurs

from Yazin Alirhayim [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd May 2015
We've all seen it: front page headlines of "visionaries" gazing into the abyss .. every sentence attesting to the incredible success that he/she's been able to conjure in the face adversity.
Fairphone 5: my heavily biased overview after 58 days of use (and counting) After months of contemplating I finally pulled the trigger and got myself a Fairphone 5. The...
6th Mar 2024
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6th Mar 2024
After months of contemplating I finally pulled the trigger and got myself a Fairphone 5. The fact that iPhone X stopped receiving major iOS updates certainly helped make that decision. “But why? My Xiaomi/Oneplus/Samsung/other glued-together device is like so much cheaper and...
Batavus Champion bike from 1978 Restore the retro glory of an old bike from the 70s using the internet.
2nd Sep 2016
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Batavus Champion bike from 1978

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Sep 2016
Restore the retro glory of an old bike from the 70s using the internet.
What MongoDB got Right MongoDB is perhaps the most-widely-mocked piece of software out there right now. While some of the...
1st Nov 2015
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What MongoDB got Right

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Nov 2015
MongoDB is perhaps the most-widely-mocked piece of software out there right now. While some of the mockery is out-of-date or rooted in misunderstandings, much of it is well-deserved, and it’s difficult to disagree that much of MongoDB’s engineering is incredibly simplistic,...
Dithering is obsolete (except when it isn’t); creating OpenDithering Dithering is one of those techniques that feels like it belongs in a museum. It peaked in the ’90s,...
6th Jun 2026
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Dithering is obsolete (except when it isn’t); creating OpenDithering

from Style over Substance [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Jun 2026
Dithering is one of those techniques that feels like it belongs in a museum. It peaked in the ’90s, the era of 256-color palettes and early computer graphics, when you needed to trick the eye into seeing colors that your hardware couldn’t actually produce. Now, even our phones...
Bye Bye Alan Dye I was trying to get something down about Alan Dye leaving Apple, but John Gruber got there first and...
5th Dec 2025
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Bye Bye Alan Dye

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Dec 2025
I was trying to get something down about Alan Dye leaving Apple, but John Gruber got there first and has done a much better job. I’ve grumbled several times in the past about the new Liquid Glass redesign, but it’s just the latest push in a direction I’ve been unhappy with for...
WandaVision What to say about this show that isn’t damning with faint praise?
1st Mar 2021
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WandaVision

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2021
What to say about this show that isn’t damning with faint praise?
Hitachi Ltd, Part I Kabushikigaisha Hitachi Seisaku-sho
23rd Mar 2026
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Hitachi Ltd, Part I

from Abort Retry Fail [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Mar 2026
Kabushikigaisha Hitachi Seisaku-sho
'Linux: show graphical layout of disk temperatures' graphic, representation To get a visual representation of hard drive temperatures, I wrote a...
3rd Jan 2010
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'Linux: show graphical layout of disk temperatures'

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jan 2010
graphic, representation To get a visual representation of hard drive temperatures, I wrote a small script. The output of this script looks like this: This output is tailored to the exact disk lay-out of my storage server. However, it is also usable for other servers. You have to...
SBC Clusters are a terrible value, but they're fun anyway Pictured above is the new DeskPi Super4C installed in an 8U mini rack. The Super4C is a 4-node...
1st May 2026
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SBC Clusters are a terrible value, but they're fun anyway

from Jeff Geerling [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2026
Pictured above is the new DeskPi Super4C installed in an 8U mini rack. The Super4C is a 4-node Raspberry Pi CM5 cluster board that solves two pain points I had with the older Super6C. I was testing this board around the same time I helped kick off the SBCC 2026, the Single Board...
SipHash-based encryption for constrained devices I see a lot of attempts to define encryption schemes for constrained devices with short...
6th May 2024
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SipHash-based encryption for constrained devices

from Neil Madden [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th May 2024
I see a lot of attempts to define encryption schemes for constrained devices with short authentication tags (e.g., 64 bits) using universal hashing. For example, there’s a proposal in CFRG at the moment for a version of AES-GCM with short tags for this kind of use-case. In my...
Vote for our SXSW panel! If you have a few minutes, you should check out mine and Chris Johnson‘s panel proposal. Go here and...
4th Sep 2013
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Vote for our SXSW panel!

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Sep 2013
If you have a few minutes, you should check out mine and Chris Johnson‘s panel proposal. Go here and vote: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/24504 Algorithmic Music Discovery at Spotify ****Spotify crunches hundreds of billions of streams to analyze user's music taste and provide...
Knuckle typing in mixed reality just makes sense While mixed reality — virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) — has come a long way in...
5th May 2025
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Knuckle typing in mixed reality just makes sense

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th May 2025
While mixed reality — virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) — has come a long way in recent years, there are still a lot of challenges that developers struggle to overcome in a practical and user-friendly way. Typing is one example and current virtual keyboard...
Table Stakes This is a short post on what I see are table stakes for any new user-facing service, security-wise....
19th Dec 2019
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Table Stakes

from Matt Blewitt [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Dec 2019
This is a short post on what I see are table stakes for any new user-facing service, security-wise. Mostly focused on user-focused, rather than intra-service, considerations.
Verge interview at CES 2016 2025 Note - Behind the scenes, Pebble was a mess. We were about to do a layoff and enter the final...
8th Jan 2016
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Verge interview at CES 2016

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Jan 2016
2025 Note - Behind the scenes, Pebble was a mess. We were about to do a layoff and enter the final year…
Vibe Coding What can we learn from successful vibe coding examples? Is programming with AI the new standard?...
14th Apr 2025
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Vibe Coding

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Apr 2025
What can we learn from successful vibe coding examples? Is programming with AI the new standard? What are its limitations?
RAM: the forgotten history We owe computers not to Charles Babbage, but to the invention of electronically-controlled working...
15th Oct 2024
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RAM: the forgotten history

from lcamtuf’s thing [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Oct 2024
We owe computers not to Charles Babbage, but to the invention of electronically-controlled working memory.
How WebP Images Reduced My Bandwidth Usage by 50% Last year I migrated this website from Jekyll to Eleventy. This year, I’m finally implementing WebP...
8th Feb 2022
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How WebP Images Reduced My Bandwidth Usage by 50%

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Feb 2022
Last year I migrated this website from Jekyll to Eleventy. This year, I’m finally implementing WebP images to save bandwidth and make this site even faster to load! This simple change reduced my bandwidth usage by 50% and is still backwards compatible with old devices and...
Annoy 1.10 released, with Hamming distance and Windows support I've been a bit bad at posting things with a regular cadence lately, partly because I'm trying to...
26th Nov 2017
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Annoy 1.10 released, with Hamming distance and Windows support

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th Nov 2017
I've been a bit bad at posting things with a regular cadence lately, partly because I'm trying to adjust to having a toddler, partly because the hunt for clicks has caused such a high bar for me that I feel like I have to post something Pulitzer-worthy.
The Intolerable Hypocrisy of Cyberlibertarianism I like the Internet. I am old enough to remember the pre-Internet era and despite the younger...
7th May 2026
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The Intolerable Hypocrisy of Cyberlibertarianism

from matduggan.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th May 2026
I like the Internet. I am old enough to remember the pre-Internet era and despite the younger generations pining for those simpler days, I was there. Paper maps were absolutely horrible, just you and a compass in your car on the side of the road in the middle of the
Write your own Ghost Theme I struggled to make a Ghost CMS theme that worked the way I wanted, so I made my own. Turned out to...
5th Jun 2025
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Write your own Ghost Theme

from matduggan.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Jun 2025
I struggled to make a Ghost CMS theme that worked the way I wanted, so I made my own. Turned out to be a surprisingly easy experience.
Google Analytics vs AWStats This month I have been working on website statistics, tracking traffic using different technologies....
19th Aug 2018
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Google Analytics vs AWStats

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Aug 2018
This month I have been working on website statistics, tracking traffic using different technologies. Some of my customers use Google Analytics, others use AWStats, and some use both. Which is better is often debated, but few people really understand the differences. Time to shed...
Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 3. LLVM Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables ...
10th Mar 2019
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Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 3. LLVM

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Mar 2019
Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci 5. LLVM system calls 6. an x86 upgrade In this post we'll extend the compiler to emit LLVM IR as an option instead of...
250 lbs Six months ago, while I was setting up a new code editor, I noticed that the default font size felt...
16th Feb 2026
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250 lbs

from Bryan Braun - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Feb 2026
Six months ago, while I was setting up a new code editor, I noticed that the default font size felt just a bit too small, when displayed on my monitor. Not a big deal, I just bumped it up one size and went back to my work. Then it happened again, this time, when reading sheet...
2023-11-04 nuclear safety Nuclear weapons are complex in many ways. The basic problem of achieving criticality is difficult on...
4th Nov 2023
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2023-11-04 nuclear safety

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Nov 2023
Nuclear weapons are complex in many ways. The basic problem of achieving criticality is difficult on its own, but deploying nuclear weapons as operational military assets involves yet more challenges. Nuclear weapons must be safe and reliable, even with the rough handling and...
Disabling the crappy Broadcom Bluetooth adapter in your ThinkPad T430 running Linux You’ve disabled the boneheaded Lenovo WiFi adapter whitelist using a tool like 1vyrain, installed a...
1st Jun 2022
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1st Jun 2022
You’ve disabled the boneheaded Lenovo WiFi adapter whitelist using a tool like 1vyrain, installed a better adapter like the Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260, and found that Bluetooth is not working as intended on your ThinkPad T430 running Linux? Here’s a guide on what you can...
Enumerating and analyzing 40+ non-V8 JavaScript implementations V8 is, I'm sure, the most used implementation of JavaScript today. Used in Chrome, (and by...
21st Sep 2021
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Enumerating and analyzing 40+ non-V8 JavaScript implementations

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Sep 2021
V8 is, I'm sure, the most used implementation of JavaScript today. Used in Chrome, (and by extension) Microsoft Edge, Node.js, etc. Safari's JavaScriptCore and Firefox's SpiderMonkey are also contenders for extremely mainstream implementations. But what else is out there? What if...
Easy setup of a static site on Amazon S3 with SSL I’ve been hosting my site on Amazon S3 for a while now but I never activated SSL for it. I just...
3rd Apr 2019
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Easy setup of a static site on Amazon S3 with SSL

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Apr 2019
I’ve been hosting my site on Amazon S3 for a while now but I never activated SSL for it. I just never got around to it, probably the usual procrastination. When I had to setup a new site for another project I chose to host on Amazon as well. Although there are many other free...
I have thoughts on the iPhone Air Hard to believe, but it’s been over 9 months since the current crop of iPhones came out, and I...
7th Jul 2026
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I have thoughts on the iPhone Air

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Jul 2026
Hard to believe, but it’s been over 9 months since the current crop of iPhones came out, and I elected to grab the (apparently not super popular) iPhone Air, a new model of iPhone introduced for the first time. Rumor season for the new iPhones is in full swing, so it seemed like...
Why I don't take sponsorships Last year I made that video in response to a sponsorship offer that I got from various VPN...
20th May 2020
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Why I don't take sponsorships

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th May 2020
Last year I made that video in response to a sponsorship offer that I got from various VPN providers. They all told me the same thing: our service is the best way to protect your privacy, and we were hoping you could convey this message in one of your videos.So I decided to do...
Curing Mac mini M4 fomo with 3D printing Spoiler: 3D printed! The colored ports really sell the effect If you’re anything like me, you’ve...
12th Nov 2024
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Curing Mac mini M4 fomo with 3D printing

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Nov 2024
Spoiler: 3D printed! The colored ports really sell the effect If you’re anything like me, you’ve found the new, tinier Mac mini to be absolutely adorable. But you might also be like me that you either already have an awesome M1 Mac mini that you have no real reason to replace,...
Introducing TagVault Strap for AirTag Having DSLR cameras stolen, having gear bags stolen, we wanted a hard-core AirTag mount to mount to...
8th Sep 2022
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Introducing TagVault Strap for AirTag

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2022
Having DSLR cameras stolen, having gear bags stolen, we wanted a hard-core AirTag mount to mount to them and to be discreet. So we took our much loved TagVault Pet waterproof AirTag case, over engineered to take abuse from large dogs, and gave it all matte black hardware so it...
Postwar Postwar is not a book so much as it is a college course on 20th century Europe. Judt makes it clear...
2nd Sep 2020
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Postwar

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Sep 2020
Postwar is not a book so much as it is a college course on 20th century Europe. Judt makes it clear in his introduction that rather than try and propose a grand theory or specific thesis with which to plumb the six decades following World War II, he wrote the book in an exercise...
Nitrous oxide, a product of fertilizer use, may harm some soil bacteria While some N2O is produced naturally at the plant root, agricultural practices can increase its...
4th Mar 2026
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Nitrous oxide, a product of fertilizer use, may harm some soil bacteria

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Mar 2026
While some N2O is produced naturally at the plant root, agricultural practices can increase its levels, to the detriment of some microbes that support plant growth.
Chat is a bad UI pattern for development tools Code forces humans to be precise. That’s good—computers need precision. But it also forces humans to...
3rd Feb 2025
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Chat is a bad UI pattern for development tools

from Daniel De Laney [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Feb 2025
Code forces humans to be precise. That’s good—computers need precision. But it also forces humans to think like machines. For decades we tried to fix this by making programming more human-friendly. Higher-level languages. Visual interfaces. Each step helped, but we were still...
IDA Summer of Code 2014: Summary This is a wrap-up post of my entry to IDA Summer of Code this year. Quick stats 65 merged...
6th Oct 2014
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IDA Summer of Code 2014: Summary

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Oct 2014
This is a wrap-up post of my entry to IDA Summer of Code this year. Quick stats 65 merged commits 6790 lines added 2822 lines deleted 36 pull requests, 34 merged 12 pull requests directly fixing issues rest either documentation or cleanup 1 RFC submitted...
Should US homebuilders emulate Sweden? A common sentiment I see with folks interested in improving US homebuilding is that we should try...
1st Jan 2026
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Should US homebuilders emulate Sweden?

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2026
A common sentiment I see with folks interested in improving US homebuilding is that we should try and emulate Sweden.
IBM RISC System/6000 Family Just when PowerSeeker thought they had nowhere to go...
1st May 2024
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IBM RISC System/6000 Family

from Computer Ads from the Past [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2024
Just when PowerSeeker thought they had nowhere to go...
Energizing a vacuum-tube flip-flop module from a 1948 IBM system In 1948, IBM introduced the 604 Electronic Calculating Punch. This machine was a programmable...
31st Jul 2026
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Energizing a vacuum-tube flip-flop module from a 1948 IBM system

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

31st Jul 2026
In 1948, IBM introduced the 604 Electronic Calculating Punch. This machine was a programmable calculator, about the size of a double refrigerator. It was not quite a computer, but was programmed by plugging wires into a plugboard. This machine read numbers from a punch card,...
Running SQL Server in a container on Github Actions This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
16th Dec 2021
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Running SQL Server in a container on Github Actions

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Dec 2021
This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
Reverse engineering circuitry in a Spacelab computer from 1980 Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that could be carried in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle,...
23rd May 2026
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Reverse engineering circuitry in a Spacelab computer from 1980

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd May 2026
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that could be carried in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle, providing lab space for astronauts and experiments. Spacelab was controlled by a French-built minicomputer, called the Mitra 125 MS. Unlike modern computers, this computer didn't...
How to fix ZFS pool not importing at boot Issue description You are running a Linux-based machine with an install of ZFS on Linux. Everything...
1st Feb 2021
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How to fix ZFS pool not importing at boot

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Feb 2021
Issue description You are running a Linux-based machine with an install of ZFS on Linux. Everything seems to work correctly, but after restarting your machine, the ZFS pool is not visible. You can still import your pool manually using zpool import poolname or zpool import -a. In...
Versioning microservices in GitLab monorepos and polyrepos What are some possible options to version projects for a microservices project in Gitlab?
2nd Jan 2022
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Versioning microservices in GitLab monorepos and polyrepos

from Avestura's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jan 2022
What are some possible options to version projects for a microservices project in Gitlab?
Algorithms and Data structures books: One size doesn't fit them all Over the years running this moderately popular website, I have been asked many times what is the...
14th Feb 2014
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Algorithms and Data structures books: One size doesn't fit them all

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Feb 2014
Over the years running this moderately popular website, I have been asked many times what is the best book about Algorithms and Data Structures. The answer is always "It depends" ! It depends on how the programmer's brain works and what kind of notation he is comfortable with....
Dept. of Speculation A book that at times filled the same holes in my head that Bluets did; a poetic and bittersweet...
13th Aug 2016
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Dept. of Speculation

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Aug 2016
A book that at times filled the same holes in my head that Bluets did; a poetic and bittersweet narrative about connections that are made and then severed and the trials of both states. It’s inventive and quiet and rhythmic.
My 71 TiB ZFS NAS after 10 years and zero drive failures My 4U 71 TiB ZFS NAS built with twenty-four 4 TB drives is over 10 years old and still going...
14th Sep 2024
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My 71 TiB ZFS NAS after 10 years and zero drive failures

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Sep 2024
My 4U 71 TiB ZFS NAS built with twenty-four 4 TB drives is over 10 years old and still going strong. Although now on its second motherboard and power supply, the system has yet to experience a single drive failure (knock on wood). Zero drive failures in ten years, how is that...
Building the blog... in style! Find out if it is possible to turn a computer from the 90s into a modern development machine.
22nd Jun 2016
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Building the blog... in style!

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Jun 2016
Find out if it is possible to turn a computer from the 90s into a modern development machine.
Fairy Tale Alternate universe VGM-y nujabes. Nothing world-shattering, but extremely good vibes.
3rd Mar 2022
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Fairy Tale

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Mar 2022
Alternate universe VGM-y nujabes. Nothing world-shattering, but extremely good vibes.
The reasons Trump gives for attacking Iran It does not add up to much
1st Mar 2026
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The reasons Trump gives for attacking Iran

from Can We Still Govern? [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2026
It does not add up to much
The Design of Everyday Things My favorite book of the year. I’m not going to gush about it — enough others have in the decades of...
30th Dec 2014
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The Design of Everyday Things

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Dec 2014
My favorite book of the year. I’m not going to gush about it — enough others have in the decades of its existence — but know that it is that good and that timeless. Norman changed the way I thought about technology.
Building Air Quality Sensor: Luftdaten + Home Assistant Luftdaten (now Sensor Community) is a global sensor network that measures air quality around the...
3rd Sep 2020
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Building Air Quality Sensor: Luftdaten + Home Assistant

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Sep 2020
Luftdaten (now Sensor Community) is a global sensor network that measures air quality around the world. Best of all: it's open-source and anyone can build a sensor.I was very curious to see the air quality in my neighborhood, so I decided to build myself a sensor. And of course,...
Train Simulator Controller: Real ATP-Enabled Speedometer As I add more instruments to my realistic physical dashboard for Train Simulator, I have prioritized...
26th Mar 2024
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Train Simulator Controller: Real ATP-Enabled Speedometer

from Project Blog on Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D. [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th Mar 2024
As I add more instruments to my realistic physical dashboard for Train Simulator, I have prioritized a speedometer, one of the most vital tools a driver/engineer uses to safely operate a train. After purchasing working, ATP-enabled speedometers, I set about determining how to...
2025-06-08 Omnimax In a previous life, I worked for a location-based entertainment company, part of a huge team of...
8th Jun 2025
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2025-06-08 Omnimax

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Jun 2025
In a previous life, I worked for a location-based entertainment company, part of a huge team of people developing a location for Las Vegas, Nevada. It was COVID, a rough time for location-based anything, and things were delayed more than usual. Coworkers paid a lot of attention...
Escaping LLM piping mess with nifty engineering In this post I’ll walk through how I upgraded a set of tangled Python notebooks—responsible for...
25th Jun 2025
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Escaping LLM piping mess with nifty engineering

from Tiny struggles [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Jun 2025
In this post I’ll walk through how I upgraded a set of tangled Python notebooks—responsible for thousands of LLM calls—into a robust content-adaptation studio powered by: an async FastAPI pipeline, a disk-first Next.js frontend, and a small suite of custom CLI...
Fluid speed issues! Fluid v1.3 is too fast on 3GX iPhones ;( ! I will released a fix tonight !
29th Jun 2009
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Fluid speed issues!

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Jun 2009
Fluid v1.3 is too fast on 3GX iPhones ;( ! I will released a fix tonight !
2021 in review A new year is always a good time to review the past year. Funny how this is already the 12th year...
10th Jan 2022
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2021 in review

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Jan 2022
A new year is always a good time to review the past year. Funny how this is already the 12th year I’ve done this kind of quick review… Time sure flies. 2021 Non-Geek Achievements Started strength training using a strength coach from Kabuki. I got inspired by the book Peak that...
Thoughts On Kubernetes I spent a while the last week porting livegrep.com from running directly AWS to running on...
19th Feb 2017
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Thoughts On Kubernetes

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Feb 2017
I spent a while the last week porting livegrep.com from running directly AWS to running on Kubernetes on Google’s Cloud Platform (specifically, the google container engine, which provisions and manages the cluster for me). I left this experience profoundly enthusiastic about the...
Godzilla Minus One I wrote a bit in Everybody's in L.A. about the constraint of evaluating the merit of something...
4th Jun 2024
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Godzilla Minus One

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Jun 2024
I wrote a bit in Everybody's in L.A. about the constraint of evaluating the merit of something that's in conversation with a genre you don't really care for in the first place; I don't care much for late night shows, and I care even less for kaiju movies, even with my knowledge...
Yes, Xxit Xxit is like Brexit for X haha
9th Dec 2024
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Yes, Xxit

from Never Met a Science [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Dec 2024
Xxit is like Brexit for X haha
Protecting VMware ESXi In response to an incident on a server, I detected a possible security breach. The affected machine...
30th Aug 2021
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Protecting VMware ESXi

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Aug 2021
In response to an incident on a server, I detected a possible security breach. The affected machine ran VMware ESXi, a bare metal hypervisor used to run virtual private servers. In standalone mode, a web based management console offers full control over the infrastructure, posing...
A desktop-sized DIY vending machine for your room Have you ever wanted your very own vending machine? If so, you likely found that they’re expensive...
2nd Jul 2024
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A desktop-sized DIY vending machine for your room

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jul 2024
Have you ever wanted your very own vending machine? If so, you likely found that they’re expensive and too bulky to fit in most homes. But now you can experience vending bliss thanks to this miniature vending machine designed by m22pj, which you can craft yourself using an...
Introducing GitButler The development world runs on Git, yet pretty much nobody actually likes using Git. The main reason...
13th Apr 2023
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Introducing GitButler

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Apr 2023
The development world runs on Git, yet pretty much nobody actually likes using Git. The main reason people put up with Git is love for GitHub, but GitHub is where people collaborate, not where people work. GitHub is not local. Nobody has really tried to reinvent the concept of...
How I treat my urge to hoard data The tagline for /r/datahoarder reads: “It’s A Digital Disease!”. I agree. At some point I realized...
8th Mar 2022
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How I treat my urge to hoard data

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Mar 2022
The tagline for /r/datahoarder reads: “It’s A Digital Disease!”. I agree. At some point I realized that the pursuit to hoard all the things will just keep on consuming more and more of my time and money. Storage is cheap up until to a point, once you find yourself tracking hard...
March Theme: 10 seconds Well well here’s something interesting. The Experimental Gameplay Project has given us a really...
2nd Mar 2010
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March Theme: 10 seconds

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Mar 2010
Well well here’s something interesting. The Experimental Gameplay Project has given us a really interesting thing to focus on: Time. Like Braid, it’s time for us to make something interesting with time itself. 10 seconds is the constraint and that’s not a lot, but perhaps enough?
from hookswitch to grave Through decades of consolidation, reorganization, and divestiture, AT&T left a famously complicated...
14th Jun 2026
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from hookswitch to grave

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Jun 2026
Through decades of consolidation, reorganization, and divestiture, AT&T left a famously complicated corporate history. One of the greatest enterprises in American history, arguably the greatest enterprise, AT&T has often rivaled the federal government in the size of its budget...
24th Nov 2016
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मसान (Masaan)

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Nov 2016
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Markus Buehler receives 2025 Washington Award Materials scientist is honored for his academic leadership and innovative research that bridge...
3rd Mar 2025
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Markus Buehler receives 2025 Washington Award

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Mar 2025
Materials scientist is honored for his academic leadership and innovative research that bridge engineering and nature.
The Making Of Stunt Island How Stunt Island from IBM PC was programmed back in 1992!
21st Apr 2020
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The Making Of Stunt Island

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Apr 2020
How Stunt Island from IBM PC was programmed back in 1992!
Smartwatches vs Mechanical watches Why I still wear a mechanical watch and why smartwatches have potential.
29th Apr 2017
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Smartwatches vs Mechanical watches

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Apr 2017
Why I still wear a mechanical watch and why smartwatches have potential.
From building ships to shipping builds: how to succeed in making a career switch to software... I have worked with a few software developers who made the switch to this industry in the middle of...
1st Jul 2025
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1st Jul 2025
I have worked with a few software developers who made the switch to this industry in the middle of their careers. A major change like that can be scary and raise a lot of fears and doubts, but I can attest that this can work out well with the right personality traits and a...
The Fitbit Air is interesting The Apple Watch is one of the most fascinating pieces of modern technology for me. A gorgeous...
2nd Jun 2026
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The Fitbit Air is interesting

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jun 2026
The Apple Watch is one of the most fascinating pieces of modern technology for me. A gorgeous screen, an abundance of sensors, and a bonkers amount of computational power in a tiny little package that fits on your wrist. It reminds me of the Vision Pro in that a good amount of...
Software Engineers and Automation Every once in a while when talking to smart people the topic of automation comes up. Technology has...
16th Aug 2015
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Software Engineers and Automation

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Aug 2015
Every once in a while when talking to smart people the topic of automation comes up. Technology has made lots of occupations redundant, so what's next? Switchboard operator, a long time ago What about software engineers?
April, 2026 I had hoped and expected that the chaos which had marked the start of the year — floors, termites,...
1st May 2026
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April, 2026

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2026
I had hoped and expected that the chaos which had marked the start of the year — floors, termites, sickness, fires, ACL surgery — was largely behind us, and that I would be freed to find some sort of rhythm or backbeat with which to tether a new normalcy. And of course, this has...
23rd May 2013
The sorry state of CoW file systems I'd like to argue that both ZFS and BTRFS both are incomplete file systems with their own drawbacks...
1st Mar 2015
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The sorry state of CoW file systems

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2015
I'd like to argue that both ZFS and BTRFS both are incomplete file systems with their own drawbacks and that it may still be a long way off before we have something truly great. Both ZFS and BTRFS are two heroic feats of engineering, created by people who are probably ten times...
Eco-driving measures could significantly reduce vehicle emissions New research shows automatically controlling vehicle speeds to mitigate traffic at intersections can...
7th Aug 2025
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Eco-driving measures could significantly reduce vehicle emissions

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Aug 2025
New research shows automatically controlling vehicle speeds to mitigate traffic at intersections can cut carbon emissions between 11 and 22 percent.
Cake Hole Whistler Mountain Often inviting. This terrain just off the Whistler peak road can be an enticing sun-swept run of...
1st Dec 2024
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Cake Hole Whistler Mountain

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2024
Often inviting. This terrain just off the Whistler peak road can be an enticing sun-swept run of untouched powder.Understanding that you need to come back up the same way you go down, can make you question if it’s really worth it.Know before you go. Cake Hole by Andrew...
Geniune Love and Infatuation After a long time, I read something so meaningful on reddit. How do you distinguish genuine love for...
10th Jan 2019
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Geniune Love and Infatuation

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Jan 2019
After a long time, I read something so meaningful on reddit. How do you distinguish genuine love for someone from infatuation? was the…
How to change visibility in massive GitHub organizations like EpicGames? How to publicize and un-publicize your visibility in massive GitHub orgs?
23rd Oct 2021
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How to change visibility in massive GitHub organizations like EpicGames?

from Avestura's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Oct 2021
How to publicize and un-publicize your visibility in massive GitHub orgs?
Buy A Help Desk, Bundle A Remote Access Solution? (SolarWinds Web Help Desk Pre-Auth RCE Chain(s)) It’s been a while, but we’re back - in time for story time. Gather round, strap in, and prepare for...
25th Feb 2026
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25th Feb 2026
It’s been a while, but we’re back - in time for story time. Gather round, strap in, and prepare for another depressing journey of “all we wanted to do was reproduce an N-day, and here we are with 0-days”. Today, friends, we’re
2025-02-13 I seem to be alternating between working with html and Lua/LÖVE. In the last few days I've been...
13th Feb 2025
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2025-02-13

from Freewheeling Apps [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Feb 2025
I seem to be alternating between working with html and Lua/LÖVE. In the last few days I've been trying to extract some more timeless tools out of the ad hoc static site I replaced my old Rails website with a couple of years ago. Here's the project. Requires just Lua (any version...
The TikTok Model is the Future of the Web I hate to say it, but when I wake up in the morning, the very first thing I do is check my phone....
24th Oct 2025
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The TikTok Model is the Future of the Web

from Software and Tech stories from an Insider - iDiallo.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Oct 2025
I hate to say it, but when I wake up in the morning, the very first thing I do is check my phone. First I turn off my alarm, I've made it a habit to wake up before it goes off. Then I scroll through a handful of websites. Yahoo Finance first, because the market is crazy. Hacker...
Creating a minimal iPhone stand Today I created a minimal iPhone stand from oak wood. I used a single piece of wood to get it done.
1st Jun 2018
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Creating a minimal iPhone stand

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jun 2018
Today I created a minimal iPhone stand from oak wood. I used a single piece of wood to get it done.
A 15-minute intro to involute gears Involute gears are everywhere: toys, kitchen appliances, cars. But what's so special about their...
17th Nov 2024
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A 15-minute intro to involute gears

from lcamtuf’s thing [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Nov 2024
Involute gears are everywhere: toys, kitchen appliances, cars. But what's so special about their shape?
Giving more tools to software engineers: the reorganization of the factory It's a popular attitude among developers to rant about our tools and how broken things are. Maybe...
16th Dec 2020
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Giving more tools to software engineers: the reorganization of the factory

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Dec 2020
It's a popular attitude among developers to rant about our tools and how broken things are. Maybe I'm an optimistic person, because my viewpoint is the complete opposite! I had my first job as a software engineer in 1999, and in the last two decades I've seen software engineering...
Iterate or die Here's a conclusion I've made building consumer products for many years: the speed at which a...
2nd Mar 2016
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Iterate or die

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Mar 2016
Here's a conclusion I've made building consumer products for many years: the speed at which a company innovates is limited by its iteration speed. I don't even mean throughput here. I just mean the cycle time.
Omarchy on iMac After helping a family member migrate to a new computer, I found myself with an old iMac. The...
21st Sep 2025
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Omarchy on iMac

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Sep 2025
After helping a family member migrate to a new computer, I found myself with an old iMac. The machine from 2017 was very slow running modern macOS, yet I have a soft spot for these all-in-one computers designed by Jony Ive and his team. Could I install Linux on it to give it a...
For-Profit Academic Publishers Love LLM Garbage Against For-Profit "Open Access"
4th Apr 2026
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For-Profit Academic Publishers Love LLM Garbage

from Never Met a Science [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Apr 2026
Against For-Profit "Open Access"
What’s That Coming Over The Hill? (Monsta FTP Remote Code Execution CVE-2025-34299) Happy Friday, friends and.. others. We’re glad/sorry to hear that your week has been good/bad, and...
7th Nov 2025
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7th Nov 2025
Happy Friday, friends and.. others. We’re glad/sorry to hear that your week has been good/bad, and it’s the weekend/but at least it’s almost the weekend! What’re We Doing Today, Mr Fox? Today, in a tale that seems all too
statself.com Btw I just put something up online that I spent a couple of evenings in my couch putting together:...
18th Oct 2013
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statself.com

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Oct 2013
Btw I just put something up online that I spent a couple of evenings in my couch putting together: it's a website where you can track any numerical data on the web. Want to know how many Twitter followers you have?
From nanoscale to global scale: Advancing MIT’s special initiatives in manufacturing, health, and... MIT.nano cleanroom complex named after Robert Noyce PhD ’53 at the 2025 Nano Summit.
13th Nov 2025
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From nanoscale to global scale: Advancing MIT’s special initiatives in manufacturing, health, and climate

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Nov 2025
MIT.nano cleanroom complex named after Robert Noyce PhD ’53 at the 2025 Nano Summit.
A write-ahead log is not a universal part of durability A database does not need a write-ahead log (WAL) to achieve durability. A database can write its...
1st Jul 2024
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A write-ahead log is not a universal part of durability

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jul 2024
A database does not need a write-ahead log (WAL) to achieve durability. A database can write its long-term data structure durably to disk before returning to a client. Granted, this is a bad idea! And granted, a WAL is critical for durability by design in most databases. But I...
DeltaForce 65: Das Wilde Keyboard One of my all time favorite brands is Metadot’s Das Keyboard. They typically don’t include all the...
18th Dec 2025
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DeltaForce 65: Das Wilde Keyboard

from Open for Business [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Dec 2025
One of my all time favorite brands is Metadot’s Das Keyboard. They typically don’t include all the bells and whistles, but they are built so well. But what if a Das Keyboard had all the current extras?
August 2020 gwern.net newsletter with an essay on sidenotes; links on human competence, efficient-computing/hardware-overhangs; no...
1st Sep 2020
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August 2020 gwern.net newsletter

from Gwern.net Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Sep 2020
with an essay on sidenotes; links on human competence, efficient-computing/hardware-overhangs; no reviews.
Tesla Spyware I noticed my Model X was uploading ~2.6gb of something to Tesla when it parked and connected to...
1st Aug 2026
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Tesla Spyware

from Matt Mullenweg [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Aug 2026
I noticed my Model X was uploading ~2.6gb of something to Tesla when it parked and connected to WiFi. Hopefully turning all these settings off stops it; otherwise, I might need a new car. But are any good?
The Same, Differently It's been over half a year since I moved from the city to the countryside. I regularly travel...
22nd Aug 2023
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The Same, Differently

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Aug 2023
It's been over half a year since I moved from the city to the countryside. I regularly travel between these locations for work and leisure. Being a cycling enthusiast, I keep a bike at both places, and this has led me to discover a funny thing. Last November, I relocated to the...
I found my 7th grade art book ! The drawings from my 7th grade art book gives an insight of what my life and dreams were during that...
24th Apr 2016
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I found my 7th grade art book !

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Apr 2016
The drawings from my 7th grade art book gives an insight of what my life and dreams were during that period. I share this is to inspire at-least few to go back and check what they were and what they are now. Art book cover My 7th grade Art notebook. I’m 29 year old Indian male....
A Love Letter to Giant Robots Ah, giant robots. I grew up thinking they are the coolest things ever, and I still do. My first...
1st Jun 2024
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A Love Letter to Giant Robots

from Matt Blewitt [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jun 2024
Ah, giant robots. I grew up thinking they are the coolest things ever, and I still do. My first exposure to them was probably through 1994’s BattleTech animated series, where Adam Steiner piloted an AXM-2N Axman, in its frankly ridiculous neon green and purple paint job. And from...
IC Necklace [Misc] Setting silicon
21st Feb 2025
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IC Necklace

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Feb 2025
[Misc] Setting silicon
TIL: Fixing Broken Social Share Images in Twitter/X I have an admission to make. Social share images for Pika were broken on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and...
12th Nov 2024
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TIL: Fixing Broken Social Share Images in Twitter/X

from Good Enough [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Nov 2024
I have an admission to make. Social share images for Pika were broken on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and Apple Messages for months. And it made me sad. But in the past few months we got it fixed. And that made me very happy! We really love our Pika social share images. They are pretty....
Minor site updates As it happens I got a little tired of the syntax highlighter Pandoc uses so on a whim I started...
29th Apr 2020
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Minor site updates

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Apr 2020
As it happens I got a little tired of the syntax highlighter Pandoc uses so on a whim I started looking at moving to Pygments as my highlighter. With some searching around I found a blog post about just that! That’s lucky because while I like Haskell, I’ve never really grocked it...
AI and software security: the slop is now signal No matter how you feel about AI, it’s changing the world of software. The “T” in ChatGPT was...
10th May 2026
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AI and software security: the slop is now signal

from anderegg.ca [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th May 2026
No matter how you feel about AI, it’s changing the world of software. The “T” in ChatGPT was invented to improve language translation, and large language models (LLMs) are very good at this. Interestingly, translating between French and Japanese is effectively the same as...
12th Aug 2025
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On idea-driven ideas

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Aug 2025
Improve your sleep by blocking light I have been wearing a sleep mask in bed, blocking all light. It has been amazing for my sleep's...
23rd Jan 2020
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Improve your sleep by blocking light

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Jan 2020
I have been wearing a sleep mask in bed, blocking all light. It has been amazing for my sleep's quality. Read along for my findings!
Veeam Backup & Response - RCE With Auth, But Mostly Without Auth (CVE-2024-40711) Every sysadmin is familiar with Veeam’s enterprise-oriented backup solution, ‘Veeam Backup &...
9th Sep 2024
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9th Sep 2024
Every sysadmin is familiar with Veeam’s enterprise-oriented backup solution, ‘Veeam Backup & Replication’. Unfortunately, so is every ransomware operator, given it's somewhat 'privileged position' in the storage world of most enterprise's networks. There's no point deploying...
Professor Emeritus Chiang Chung Mei, pioneering scholar of ocean wave dynamics and fluid mechanics,... A towering figure in theoretical hydrodynamics is remembered for his intellectual rigor, generosity,...
14th Aug 2026
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Professor Emeritus Chiang Chung Mei, pioneering scholar of ocean wave dynamics and fluid mechanics, dies at 91

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Aug 2026
A towering figure in theoretical hydrodynamics is remembered for his intellectual rigor, generosity, and lifelong devotion to his students.
Desirée Plata appointed associate dean of engineering Faculty member in civil and environmental engineering will advance research and entrepreneurial...
8th Apr 2026
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Desirée Plata appointed associate dean of engineering

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Apr 2026
Faculty member in civil and environmental engineering will advance research and entrepreneurial initiatives across the School of Engineering.
Pretty pictures, bootable floppy disks, and the first Canon Cat demo? Now that our 1987 Canon Cat is refurbished and ready to go another nine innings or so, it's time to...
14th Jul 2024
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Pretty pictures, bootable floppy disks, and the first Canon Cat demo?

from Old Vintage Computing Research [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Jul 2024
Now that our 1987 Canon Cat is refurbished and ready to go another nine innings or so, it's time to get into the operating system and pull some tricks. from our historical discussion of the Canon Cat, the Cat was designed by Jef Raskin as a sophisticated user-centric computer...
You Complete Me When Good Enough was in its infancy as a truly American LLC (formed in Delaware and representing one...
4th Dec 2024
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You Complete Me

from Good Enough [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Dec 2024
When Good Enough was in its infancy as a truly American LLC (formed in Delaware and representing one or two people who were only semi-serious about a business), it was fun to play around with building websites. Shawn and I were truly just playing and exploring, more than anything...
Cowboy Bebop (2021) This was neither as bad as I thought it could be nor as good as I hoped it might be. The vast...
1st Jan 2022
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Cowboy Bebop (2021)

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2022
This was neither as bad as I thought it could be nor as good as I hoped it might be. The vast majority of the blame I think has to go towards the scriptwriting, which has a Joss Whedon-esque self-referentiality to it that completely undermines the philosophy of the original and,...
Developing a native iOS app How hard can it be to build your own cycling and running workout tracker app using native code with...
10th May 2024
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Developing a native iOS app

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th May 2024
How hard can it be to build your own cycling and running workout tracker app using native code with some help from AI? Read along to find out!
3D Printing in 2025 It turns out that I didn’t hate 3D printing, I just hated my Ender. Here were my experiments in 3D...
17th Jan 2026
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3D Printing in 2025

from Engineers Need Art [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Jan 2026
It turns out that I didn’t hate 3D printing, I just hated my Ender. Here were my experiments in 3D printing in 2025.
Review of the 2-dial TTArtisan Light Meter My latest purchase for my analog cameras is the TTArtisan light meter, a hotshoe-mounted meter...
30th Dec 2021
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Review of the 2-dial TTArtisan Light Meter

from Style over Substance [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Dec 2021
My latest purchase for my analog cameras is the TTArtisan light meter, a hotshoe-mounted meter accessory. The market for these shoe-mounted light meters for vintage cameras has become weirdly competitive. They fit on top of a mechanical camera and provide you with the right...
Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regexes that I search for in vim Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regexes that I search for in vim Look. There's simply no reason that I...
10th Jan 2025
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Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regexes that I search for in vim

from eieio.games [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Jan 2025
Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regexes that I search for in vim Look. There's simply no reason that I should have to exit vim when I want to watch Bad Apple, the shadow-art video that folks enjoy embedding in fun spots. So I got Bad Apple running inside vim just using vim's search...
Lunch by plane This week I was invited to fly along over the Netherlands in a small aircraft, from Hilversum to...
8th May 2018
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Lunch by plane

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th May 2018
This week I was invited to fly along over the Netherlands in a small aircraft, from Hilversum to Texel. A good buddy of mine is a pilot and planned to fly to the Texel island for lunch (and good fun!). The weather was excellent, so packed with my photo camera, I didn't hesitate...
Hitting pause for a month! A brief programming note.
1st Jan 2026
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Hitting pause for a month!

from Odds and Ends of History [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2026
A brief programming note.
DIY cloud gaming: NVIDIA and Moonlight As you might have read from my previous post on this topic, I have a pretty neat “cloud” gaming...
13th Oct 2021
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DIY cloud gaming: NVIDIA and Moonlight

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Oct 2021
As you might have read from my previous post on this topic, I have a pretty neat “cloud” gaming setup running. I have one powerful desktop PC, one virtual machine with a GPU attached to it, and client machines that can be used to stream games from. To keep things simple (and...
The Olivetti Company Beautiful machines from a beautiful country
8th Dec 2025
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The Olivetti Company

from Abort Retry Fail [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Dec 2025
Beautiful machines from a beautiful country
D’Angelo & Diane Just last night I was re-watching Annie Hall to remember and honor Diane Keaton, and now the news...
15th Oct 2025
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D’Angelo & Diane

from Matt Mullenweg [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Oct 2025
Just last night I was re-watching Annie Hall to remember and honor Diane Keaton, and now the news that D’Angelo had passed. I’m writing this listening to Voodoo, one of the great albums of all time. That CD in my beater car in Houston was on constant rotation, the richness of the...
Best of Enemies Last year, I watched The War Room, the documentary following Bill Clinton's first campaign — a film...
1st Aug 2026
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Best of Enemies

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Aug 2026
Last year, I watched The War Room, the documentary following Bill Clinton's first campaign — a film I am remiss for having never written about, because it was captivating, satisfying, and illuminating. And whether for good reasons or bad, it punctured most of my belief that the...
BatteryPro available on Apple.com! Good news, BatteryPro is now available worldwide online at Apple! This makes it much easier and less...
18th Oct 2017
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BatteryPro available on Apple.com!

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Oct 2017
Good news, BatteryPro is now available worldwide online at Apple! This makes it much easier and less expensive for customers outside the USA to pick one up. And we couldn't be more humbled and proud - it goes to show that when you design a product you really want for yourself,...
New Blog Location I finally got fed up with Blogger, and am moving this blog to live on Wordpress hosted off of...
12th Sep 2008
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New Blog Location

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Sep 2008
I finally got fed up with Blogger, and am moving this blog to live on Wordpress hosted off of scripts.mit.edu. In the process of converting everything over and setting up Wordpress I’ve decided I hate it, but hopefully I hate it less than I hate Blogger. We’ll see. I’ve also...
What's up It’s been a while again since the last time we met mr. Blog. I’ve been busy with school and other...
22nd Apr 2011
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What's up

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Apr 2011
It’s been a while again since the last time we met mr. Blog. I’ve been busy with school and other stuff. I’ve thought about you but I just never really picked up emacs to write to you. I know it’s my fault but I beg of your mercy mr. Blog. You know that I had laid off school for...
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