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Have you tried a text box? Maybe all we need to do is write stuff down.
2nd Jan 2026
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Have you tried a text box?

from benn.substack [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jan 2026
Maybe all we need to do is write stuff down.
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The grief when AI writes most of the code When AI writes almost all code, what happens to software engineering? There is grief involved for us...
7th Jan 2026
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The grief when AI writes most of the code

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

7th Jan 2026
When AI writes almost all code, what happens to software engineering? There is grief involved for us developers, that's for sure.
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All you can do is play the game I don’t know what’s coming next.
14th Nov 2025
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All you can do is play the game

from benn.substack [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Nov 2025
I don’t know what’s coming next.
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To become a good C programmer More...
2nd Feb 2011
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To become a good C programmer

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

2nd Feb 2011
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Our We Are Developers Adventure Last week the GitButler team descended in force on the We Are Developers World Congress in our home...
2nd Aug 2023
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Our We Are Developers Adventure

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

2nd Aug 2023
Last week the GitButler team descended in force on the We Are Developers World Congress in our home town of Berlin.
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Learning a new codebase: hacking on nginx I have never contributed to nginx. My C skills are 1/10. But downloading the source, hacking it up,...
4th Apr 2021
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Learning a new codebase: hacking on nginx

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

4th Apr 2021
I have never contributed to nginx. My C skills are 1/10. But downloading the source, hacking it up, compiling it, and running it doesn't scare me. This post is to help you overcome your own fears about doing so. Not necessarily because you should be running out-of-tree diffs in...
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Unreasonably Effective Patterns Much of my current job is maintaining and enhancing control planes for Heroku’s managed data...
11th Oct 2020
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Unreasonably Effective Patterns

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

11th Oct 2020
Much of my current job is maintaining and enhancing control planes for Heroku’s managed data services. This post explores three patterns used to reduce operational burden and increase system safety and resiliency: state machines (and associated state-transition tables),...
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Success and Failure at Pebble I’ve been giving a talk on the importance of learning from failure to every YC batch for last few...
11th Apr 2022
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Success and Failure at Pebble

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

11th Apr 2022
I’ve been giving a talk on the importance of learning from failure to every YC batch for last few years. I wrote this post in 2017 but never…
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More Efficient/Faster Average Color of Image Skip to the ‘Juicy Code 🧃’ section if you just want the code and don’t care about the preamble of...
2nd Apr 2021
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More Efficient/Faster Average Color of Image

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

2nd Apr 2021
Skip to the ‘Juicy Code 🧃’ section if you just want the code and don’t care about the preamble of why you might want this! Finding the average color of an image is a nice trick to have in your toolbelt for spicing up views. For instance on iOS, it’s used by Apple to make their...
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For the love of mini People regulary ask me why I have a small smartphone, a modern iPhone 13 Mini. Often I simply reply...
8th Dec 2021
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For the love of mini

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

8th Dec 2021
People regulary ask me why I have a small smartphone, a modern iPhone 13 Mini. Often I simply reply that I like it. The smaller size offers more than just an easier fit in your pocket. I have come to appreciate its intangible greatness, read along for the love of mini! iPhone...
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Maxell's MF 2-DD Floppies The Gold Standard
1st Dec 2024
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Maxell's MF 2-DD Floppies

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

1st Dec 2024
The Gold Standard
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DSLogic U3Pro16 Review and Teardown Introduction The DSLogic U3Pro16 In the Box Probe Cables and Clips The Controller Hardware The Input...
12th Apr 2025
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DSLogic U3Pro16 Review and Teardown

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

12th Apr 2025
Introduction The DSLogic U3Pro16 In the Box Probe Cables and Clips The Controller Hardware The Input Circuit Impact of Input Circuit on Circuit Under Test Additional IOs: External Clock, Trigger In, Trigger Out Software: From Saleae Logic to PulseView to DSView Installing DSView...
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Obfuscation (Part II): Diamond iO
28th Jul 2026
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Obfuscation (Part II): Diamond iO

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

28th Jul 2026
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The Kingdom Hmmmmm.
6th Jul 2021
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The Kingdom

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

6th Jul 2021
Hmmmmm.
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Top ten activities that make me happy Recently we finally moved out of our old apartment and into a new larger apartment and it’s awesome....
24th Jun 2017
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Top ten activities that make me happy

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

24th Jun 2017
Recently we finally moved out of our old apartment and into a new larger apartment and it’s awesome. It’s no more than a year old and feels very fresh compared to the old one. It’s also larger with an extra room, dishwasher (!) and closer to the city centrum and everything is...
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Different types of layer 2s
31st Oct 2023
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Different types of layer 2s

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

31st Oct 2023
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From Capelton Hill This is very much an album about what it means to have spent twenty years making music that is...
4th Jun 2022
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From Capelton Hill

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Jun 2022
This is very much an album about what it means to have spent twenty years making music that is almost entirely about being in your late twenties and feeling that the most important parts of life are happening and fleeting. It is soft and comforting and you can't help but feel...
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Advent of Code in C++ Template Metaprogramming This December, the imp of the perverse struck me, and I decided to see how many days of Advent of...
8th Dec 2023
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Advent of Code in C++ Template Metaprogramming

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

8th Dec 2023
This December, the imp of the perverse struck me, and I decided to see how many days of Advent of Code I could do purely in compile-time C++ metaprogramming. As of this writing, I’ve done two days, and I’m not sure I’ll make it any further. However, that’s one more day than I...
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Making a photo enlarger more efficient with precisely controlled LEDs In photography, an enlarger is a piece of equipment that projects a smaller image onto a...
2nd Mar 2025
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Making a photo enlarger more efficient with precisely controlled LEDs

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

2nd Mar 2025
In photography, an enlarger is a piece of equipment that projects a smaller image onto a photosensitive material below using a strong light source and a negative to produce a much larger print. And while these have historically relied on single-color incandescent bulbs, such as...
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OpenBSD on the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano (1st Gen) Lenovo has finally made a smaller version of its X1 Carbon, something I've been looking forward to...
27th Jan 2021
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OpenBSD on the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano (1st Gen)

from joshua stein [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Jan 2021
Lenovo has finally made a smaller version of its X1 Carbon, something I've been looking forward to for years. Table of Contents Top Hardware Firmware Current OpenBSD Support Summary Updates Hardware The X1 Nano is basically a 13" version of the 14" X1 Carbon,...
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Great Tools Disappear The best designed products get out of the way and let you focus on the work instead of the tool
18th Sep 2025
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Great Tools Disappear

from Kent de Bruin [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Sep 2025
The best designed products get out of the way and let you focus on the work instead of the tool
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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…
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Backdooring Your Backdoors - Another $20 Domain, More Governments After the excitement of our .MOBI research, we were left twiddling our thumbs. As you may recall, in...
8th Jan 2025
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Backdooring Your Backdoors - Another $20 Domain, More Governments

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Jan 2025
After the excitement of our .MOBI research, we were left twiddling our thumbs. As you may recall, in 2024, we demonstrated the impact of an unregistered domain when we subverted the TLS/SSL CA process for verifying domain ownership to give ourselves the ability to issue valid and...
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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
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Vulkan 1.4 sur Asahi Linux English version follows. Aujourd’hui, Khronos Group a sorti la spécification 1.4 de l’API graphique...
2nd Dec 2024
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Vulkan 1.4 sur Asahi Linux

from Alyssa Rosenzweig [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Dec 2024
English version follows. Aujourd’hui, Khronos Group a sorti la spécification 1.4 de l’API graphique standard Vulkan. Le projet Asahi Linux est fier d’annoncer le premier pilote Vulkan 1.4 pour le matériel d’Apple. En effet, notre pilote graphique Honeykrisp est reconnu par...
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Expert Beginners and Lone Wolves will dominate this early LLM era After migrating this blog from a static site generator into Drupal in 2009, I noted: As a sad...
1st Mar 2026
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Expert Beginners and Lone Wolves will dominate this early LLM era

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

1st Mar 2026
After migrating this blog from a static site generator into Drupal in 2009, I noted: As a sad side-effect, all the blog comments are gone. Forever. Wiped out. But have no fear, we can start new discussions on many new posts! I archived all the comments from the old 'Thingamablog'...
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Introducing TagVault Fabric for AirTag Having an AirTag fall out of our camera bag pocket that was then stolen, we wanted something...
19th Apr 2023
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Introducing TagVault Fabric for AirTag

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

19th Apr 2023
Having an AirTag fall out of our camera bag pocket that was then stolen, we wanted something better. So we designed TagVault Fabric Mount for AirTag. It is ultra-flexible to move and flow with your fabric. Discreet, so it doesn't stand out to a would-be thief. And it's...
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Ethereum has blobs. Where do we go from here?
28th Mar 2024
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Ethereum has blobs. Where do we go from here?

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

28th Mar 2024
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When the Going Gets Tough Yesterday I finished the Leiden Marathon, it was the hardest 42K I ever completed due to the...
11th May 2025
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When the Going Gets Tough

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

11th May 2025
Yesterday I finished the Leiden Marathon, it was the hardest 42K I ever completed due to the temperature. Sunny with a clear sky, temperatures climbed to 25°C. Several runners collapsed from heat exhaustion, and one even required resuscitation. When you push your limits,...
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Apple at 50: My journey to the Mac Growing up, I hated Apple the way only an arrogant teenager could. Who in their right mind would buy...
1st Apr 2026
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Apple at 50: My journey to the Mac

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

1st Apr 2026
Growing up, I hated Apple the way only an arrogant teenager could. Who in their right mind would buy an overpriced toy instead of a “real computer”? Here’s how I switched to the Mac, and haven’t looked back… despite some recent reservations. My family’s first real computer was a...
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Starting a minimal Common Lisp project If you've only vaguely heard of Lisp before or studied Scheme in school, Common Lisp is nothing like...
5th Mar 2018
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Starting a minimal Common Lisp project

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

5th Mar 2018
If you've only vaguely heard of Lisp before or studied Scheme in school, Common Lisp is nothing like what you'd expect. While functional programming is all the rage in Scheme, Common Lisp was "expressly designed to be a real-world engineering language rather than a theoretically...
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Introducing TagVault Pet for AirTag Having pets that went missing before, AirTags are the perfect companion. We wanted a case that could...
22nd May 2021
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Introducing TagVault Pet for AirTag

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

22nd May 2021
Having pets that went missing before, AirTags are the perfect companion. We wanted a case that could take the abuse of an active full-size dog, fit nice on a cat, work with all pet collars, and be durable. So we designed Tagvault Pet. It's waterproof, fits every collar, and is...
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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.
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Fun and Games with Exposure Notifications Exposure Notifications is a protocol developed by Apple and Google for facilitating COVID-19 contact...
7th Sep 2020
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Fun and Games with Exposure Notifications

from Alyssa Rosenzweig [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Sep 2020
Exposure Notifications is a protocol developed by Apple and Google for facilitating COVID-19 contact tracing on mobile phones by exchanging codes with nearby phones over Bluetooth, implemented within the Android and iOS operating systems, now available here in Toronto. Wait –...
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Situazioni di collusione
1st Jan 2000
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Situazioni di collusione

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

1st Jan 2000
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Optimising images for the web and performance Make your website faster by optimising the images. This posts explains how you can do this.
25th Sep 2018
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Optimising images for the web and performance

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

25th Sep 2018
Make your website faster by optimising the images. This posts explains how you can do this.
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Zoo elephants get a musical toy to enrich their lives Everyone loves looking at exotic animals and most of us only get to do that at zoos. But, of course,...
2nd Dec 2024
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Zoo elephants get a musical toy to enrich their lives

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

2nd Dec 2024
Everyone loves looking at exotic animals and most of us only get to do that at zoos. But, of course, there is a lot to be said about the morality of keeping those animals in captivity. So, good zoos put a lot of effort into keeping their animals healthy and happy. For more...
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Joining Rostra I am thrilled to share that I am joining Rostra, where I’ll be working alongside Lulu Meservey and...
17th Sep 2024
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Joining Rostra

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

17th Sep 2024
I am thrilled to share that I am joining Rostra, where I’ll be working alongside Lulu Meservey and Sergey Alexashenko to help founders go direct.
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Notes from August 2025 Things I published and things I saw this August. See also: my notes from last month, which has links...
31st Aug 2025
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Notes from August 2025

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

31st Aug 2025
Things I published and things I saw this August. See also: my notes from last month, which has links to all the previous months so far. Things I published this month Most of my work this month was on private stuff, like some contracting and a demo app for a small social group....
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Trump Shoots the Messenger Firing the BLS Commissioner moves us into banana republic territory
1st Aug 2025
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Trump Shoots the Messenger

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

1st Aug 2025
Firing the BLS Commissioner moves us into banana republic territory
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IBM QRadar - When The Attacker Controls Your Security Stack (CVE-2022-26377) Welcome to April 2024. A depressing year so far - we've seen critical vulnerabilities across a wide...
12th Apr 2024
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IBM QRadar - When The Attacker Controls Your Security Stack (CVE-2022-26377)

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Apr 2024
Welcome to April 2024. A depressing year so far - we've seen critical vulnerabilities across a wide range of enterprise software stacks. In addition, we've seen surreptitious and patient threat actors light our industry on fire with slowly introduced backdoors in the XZ...
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Updates September 9: Feed finding
9th Sep 2024
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Updates September 9: Feed finding

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

9th Sep 2024
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Is it worth writing about? You acquire a skill or experience through time and effort, then downplay the impact of writing and...
1st Dec 2022
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Is it worth writing about?

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

1st Dec 2022
You acquire a skill or experience through time and effort, then downplay the impact of writing and sharing the learning process. Professionals seem naturally to imagine a high bar for what is worth writing about. I think that's misguided. This article is not criticism of folks...
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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.
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Our favorite places to eat and drinks during our Portugal vacation In the summer of 2023, we went on an amazing trip through Portugal. We’d already visited Lisbon on a...
25th May 2024
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Our favorite places to eat and drinks during our Portugal vacation

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

25th May 2024
In the summer of 2023, we went on an amazing trip through Portugal. We’d already visited Lisbon on a short city trip a few years earlier, and that experience was so good we knew we had to return. This time, we decided to take a full three weeks and see the sights. We were...
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FTL got a new victim Faster than Light the great game I lost a ton of time on, has found a new victim. It’s not someone...
6th Mar 2013
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FTL got a new victim

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

6th Mar 2013
Faster than Light the great game I lost a ton of time on, has found a new victim. It’s not someone you’d expect, it’s even someone who said: “What a bad game” when she saw me playing it. But nevertheless this Saturday she played it more than 2.5 hours! I told Veronica I wanted...
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Plus Post: Sony SMC-777C One person, Eight languages. The 8bit.
1st Jun 2025
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Plus Post: Sony SMC-777C

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

1st Jun 2025
One person, Eight languages. The 8bit.
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Hospitalised with MCADD This week our son was hospitalised because a regular illness caused him to keep vomiting, a...
3rd May 2021
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Hospitalised with MCADD

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

3rd May 2021
This week our son was hospitalised because a regular illness caused him to keep vomiting, a dangerous situation if you're diagnosed with MCADD.
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Scam Telegram: Uncovering a network of groups spreading crypto drainers How I found a large network of fake support groups spreading crypto stealers and drainers.
4th Dec 2025
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Scam Telegram: Uncovering a network of groups spreading crypto drainers

from tim.sh [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Dec 2025
How I found a large network of fake support groups spreading crypto stealers and drainers.
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Principles // This was originally a Google Doc where I gathered hard-won life lessons; eventually I open...
12th Jan 2025
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Principles

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

12th Jan 2025
// This was originally a Google Doc where I gathered hard-won life lessons; eventually I open sourced it. It got a great response, including a shoutout from Tim Ferriss, so here it is on Substack.
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telephones caught in between During the heyday of AT&T, it was often said that the telephone system was the largest machine ever...
2nd Aug 2026
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telephones caught in between

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

2nd Aug 2026
During the heyday of AT&T, it was often said that the telephone system was the largest machine ever built. The "hello machine" certainly was vast, but whether or not you consider it to be a single machine raises challenging questions of definition. The Internet, I think we can...
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Software companies buying software: a story of ecosystems and vendors Why are new startups growing so fast? Why is the wage distribution getting larger for software...
25th Feb 2026
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Software companies buying software: a story of ecosystems and vendors

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

25th Feb 2026
Why are new startups growing so fast? Why is the wage distribution getting larger for software engineers? Why do I love infrastructure? Is open source dead? I think a lot of these things, and some more things, all have their roots in a big shift in how we build software. Or...
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The Aces Some isolated bops but extremely uneven and unfinished in terms of feel.
1st Feb 2021
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The Aces

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Feb 2021
Some isolated bops but extremely uneven and unfinished in terms of feel.
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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...
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After Forty Years, Still No Silver Bullet Forty years ago, computer scientist Fred Brooks published a paper called No Silver Bullet: Essence...
10th Jul 2026
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After Forty Years, Still No Silver Bullet

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

10th Jul 2026
Forty years ago, computer scientist Fred Brooks published a paper called No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accident in Software Engineering. As its title implies, the paper argues there are no technological shortcuts to making software radically easier, simpler, or more reliable. You...
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An affordable server platform based on server-grade hardware Updated post (June 2014) found HERE There are some reasons why you should consider buying true...
13th Dec 2013
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An affordable server platform based on server-grade hardware

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

13th Dec 2013
Updated post (June 2014) found HERE There are some reasons why you should consider buying true server-grade harware when building a server, wether it's for home or business use. This is why I want to introduce you to the Supermicro X9SCM-F motherboard. This motherboard costs...
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On idea-driven ideas
12th Aug 2025
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On idea-driven ideas

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

12th Aug 2025
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Things I wish I knew about Ring Fit Adventure I’ve played a lot of Ring Fit Adventure, the fitness game for Nintendo Switch. Here are some things...
4th May 2025
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Things I wish I knew about Ring Fit Adventure

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th May 2025
I’ve played a lot of Ring Fit Adventure, the fitness game for Nintendo Switch. Here are some things I wish I knew when I got started. Jump over battles to skip them You can jump over enemies to avoid fighting them! I first discovered this when watching a speedrun of the game. If...
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Reading List 09/06/2025 London homebuilding, historical home prices, a humanoid robot loading a dishwasher, France’s history...
6th Sep 2025
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Reading List 09/06/2025

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

6th Sep 2025
London homebuilding, historical home prices, a humanoid robot loading a dishwasher, France’s history of nuclear reactor construction, and more.
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Over-Engineering Sleep A while back, this implementation of a cross-platform sleep for GitHub Actions Runners caught my...
24th Aug 2025
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Over-Engineering Sleep

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

24th Aug 2025
A while back, this implementation of a cross-platform sleep for GitHub Actions Runners caught my eye, and I wanted to see what it would take to re-implement sleep from the ground up, while trying to be as cross-platform as possible.
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Benchmarking cheap SSDs for fun, no profit (be warned) The price of Solid-state drives (SSDs) has dropped significantly over the last few years. It's now...
26th Mar 2023
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Benchmarking cheap SSDs for fun, no profit (be warned)

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

26th Mar 2023
The price of Solid-state drives (SSDs) has dropped significantly over the last few years. It's now possible to buy a 1TB solid-state drive for less than €60. However, at such low price points, there is a catch. Although cheap SSDs do perform fine regarding reads, sustained write...
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Let a thousand societies bloom
17th Dec 2025
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Let a thousand societies bloom

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

17th Dec 2025
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Transparency Report: 2024
5th Jan 2025
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Transparency Report: 2024

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5th Jan 2025
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2024-10-12 commercial HF radio According to a traditional system of classification, "high frequency" or HF refers to the radio...
12th Oct 2024
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2024-10-12 commercial HF radio

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12th Oct 2024
According to a traditional system of classification, "high frequency" or HF refers to the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 MHz. The label now seems anachronistic, as HF is among the lowest ranges of radio frequencies that see regular use. This setting of the goalposts in the early...
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The world of PostgreSQL wire compatibility This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
8th Feb 2022
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The world of PostgreSQL wire compatibility

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8th Feb 2022
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Why I'm back to Whoop (for now) I recently started to subscribe to Whoop again after I canceled it around a year ago. I was partly...
2nd Jun 2025
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Why I'm back to Whoop (for now)

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

2nd Jun 2025
I recently started to subscribe to Whoop again after I canceled it around a year ago. I was partly dissatisfied with my Garmin watch as a fitness and health tracker and I also wanted a new tech device to tinker with. The plan was to write a short post about what I like and don’t...
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The Future is Now
4th May 2025
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The Future is Now

from The New Oil [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th May 2025
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What I would love to see in a wallet
3rd Dec 2024
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What I would love to see in a wallet

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

3rd Dec 2024
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A look at CloudFlare’s AI-coded OAuth library I decided today to take a look at CloudFlare’s new OAuth provider library, which they apparently...
6th Jun 2025
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A look at CloudFlare’s AI-coded OAuth library

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

6th Jun 2025
I decided today to take a look at CloudFlare’s new OAuth provider library, which they apparently coded almost entirely with Anthropic’s Claude LLM: This library (including the schema documentation) was largely written with the help of Claude, the AI model by Anthropic. Claude’s...
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Plotting author statistics for Git repos using Git of Theseus I spent a few days during the holidays fixing up a bunch of semi-dormant open source projects and I...
3rd Jan 2018
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Plotting author statistics for Git repos using Git of Theseus

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

3rd Jan 2018
I spent a few days during the holidays fixing up a bunch of semi-dormant open source projects and I have a couple of blog posts in the pipeline about various updates. First up, I made a number of fixes to Git of Theseus which is a tool (written in Python) that generates...
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Offset coordinates in Krita with Xinerama I recently bought an Intuos Manga drawing tablet recently, because I got this fix idea that I want...
5th Jul 2015
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Offset coordinates in Krita with Xinerama

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

5th Jul 2015
I recently bought an Intuos Manga drawing tablet recently, because I got this fix idea that I want to learn how to draw. And what better way to do it than with a drawing tablet, while satisfying my need for new things? With little experience I boldly set forth and I found a...
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Towards solving Ultimate Tic Tac Toe Summary: Read about my efforts to solve the game of Ultimate Tic Tac Toe. It’s been a fun journey...
15th Jul 2020
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Towards solving Ultimate Tic Tac Toe

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

15th Jul 2020
Summary: Read about my efforts to solve the game of Ultimate Tic Tac Toe. It’s been a fun journey into interesting algorithms and high-performance parallel programming in Rust. Backstory Starting around the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown, I’ve gotten myself deeply nerdsniped...
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Lunch by plane This week I went out for lunch by plane from Hilversum to Texel with a good buddy of mine.
8th May 2018
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Lunch by plane

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8th May 2018
This week I went out for lunch by plane from Hilversum to Texel with a good buddy of mine.
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Vote for the Topic of the February 2024 Plus Post If you are a paid subscriber, voting is open for one week
6th Feb 2024
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Vote for the Topic of the February 2024 Plus Post

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6th Feb 2024
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Vulkan 1.3 on the M1 in 1 month u{text-decoration-thickness:0.09em;text-decoration-color:skyblue} Finally, conformant Vulkan for the...
5th Jun 2024
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Vulkan 1.3 on the M1 in 1 month

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5th Jun 2024
u{text-decoration-thickness:0.09em;text-decoration-color:skyblue} Finally, conformant Vulkan for the M1! The new “Honeykrisp” driver is the first conformant Vulkan® for Apple hardware on any operating system, implementing the full 1.3 spec without “portability”...
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The Billion-Dollar World of Parasite SEO: How to Cash In Parasite SEO is when a third-party company partners with an established domain, then posts a bunch...
23rd Oct 2024
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The Billion-Dollar World of Parasite SEO: How to Cash In

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

23rd Oct 2024
Parasite SEO is when a third-party company partners with an established domain, then posts a bunch of SEO content to make a bunch of money. Content often gets published in a subfolder or subdomain or the website. The goal is to leverage the domain’s trust with Google to get...
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The Caldera: a sleek split and wireless keyboard I designed my own keyboard and it’s freely available! I’m calling it the Caldera, and it’s basically...
20th Jul 2024
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The Caldera: a sleek split and wireless keyboard

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

20th Jul 2024
I designed my own keyboard and it’s freely available! I’m calling it the Caldera, and it’s basically my dream wireless split keyboard. I’ve been using it for months, and I love it. Video overview If you’re a visual person, I made a fun little video showcasing the...
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2023-09-03 plastic money You will sometimes hear someone say, in a loose conceptual sense, that credit cards have money in...
3rd Sep 2023
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2023-09-03 plastic money

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3rd Sep 2023
You will sometimes hear someone say, in a loose conceptual sense, that credit cards have money in them. Of course we know that that isn't the case; our modern plastic card payment network relies on online transactions where the balance tracking and authorization decisions happen...
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How to build your own Goodman ZONE camera, part 2 The Goodman ZONE is a medium-format 3D-printed film camera designed by Dora Goodman as part of her...
21st Feb 2020
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How to build your own Goodman ZONE camera, part 2

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

21st Feb 2020
The Goodman ZONE is a medium-format 3D-printed film camera designed by Dora Goodman as part of her range of open-source camera models, using the existing Mamiya Press lens series for glass and the Mamiya RB67 backs to hold film. She sells pre-printed kits that contain all the...
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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...
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[Mirror] Zk-SNARKs: Under the Hood
1st Feb 2017
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[Mirror] Zk-SNARKs: Under the Hood

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

1st Feb 2017
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Chinatown Well, that was probably the most depressing final sequence I can remember in a film (especially one...
4th Aug 2022
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Chinatown

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Aug 2022
Well, that was probably the most depressing final sequence I can remember in a film (especially one so devoted to realism, or at least its brand of plausibility.)
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bitCards Thrill Your Friends This Christmas with a gift from bitCards
1st Sep 2026
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bitCards

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1st Sep 2026
Thrill Your Friends This Christmas with a gift from bitCards
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Understanding Ceph: open-source scalable storage Introduction In this blog post I will try to explain why I believe Ceph is such an interesting...
19th Aug 2018
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Understanding Ceph: open-source scalable storage

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

19th Aug 2018
Introduction In this blog post I will try to explain why I believe Ceph is such an interesting storage solution. After you finished reading this blog post you should have a good high-level overview of Ceph. I've written this blog post purely because I'm a storage enthusiast and I...
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Introducing The 10-Year Battery for AirTag My camera bag with $10k of gear was stolen from my car. When I saw the broken glass and empty...
18th Dec 2024
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Introducing The 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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

18th Dec 2024
My camera bag with $10k of gear was stolen from my car. When I saw the broken glass and empty backseat, I immediately pulled up FindMy to track the thief - only to find that its last location was my office 3 months ago... because I hadn't changed the AirTag's battery. It was a...
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Bypassing Authentication Like It’s The ‘90s - Pre-Auth RCE Chain(s) in Kentico Xperience CMS I recently joined watchTowr, and it is, therefore, time - time for my first watchTowr Labs blogpost,...
17th Mar 2025
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Bypassing Authentication Like It’s The ‘90s - Pre-Auth RCE Chain(s) in Kentico Xperience CMS

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Mar 2025
I recently joined watchTowr, and it is, therefore, time - time for my first watchTowr Labs blogpost, previously teased in a tweet of a pre-auth RCE chain affecting some ‘unknown software’. Joining the team, I wanted to maintain the trail of destruction left by the watchTowr Labs...
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Hour 9: Categorizing the content Now that we've cracked the API, we need to save all the content and categorize it.
24th Jun 2025
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Hour 9: Categorizing the content

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

24th Jun 2025
Now that we've cracked the API, we need to save all the content and categorize it.
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Leadership Power Tools: SQL and Statistics A common pattern I’ve seen over the years have been folks in engineering leadership positions that...
4th Dec 2024
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Leadership Power Tools: SQL and Statistics

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

4th Dec 2024
A common pattern I’ve seen over the years have been folks in engineering leadership positions that are not super comfortable with extracting and interpreting data from stores, be it databases, CSV files in an object store, or even just a spreadsheet. We’re going to cover SQL &...
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Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later
22nd Nov 2019
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Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later

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

22nd Nov 2019
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Hacking a Massive Steam Scamming and Phishing Operation for Fun and Profit
9th May 2018
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Hacking a Massive Steam Scamming and Phishing Operation for Fun and Profit

from Blog | Sam Curry [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th May 2018
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The number of letters in the word for each number Just for fun, I generated these graphs of the number of letters in the word for each number. I...
6th Sep 2017
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The number of letters in the word for each number

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

6th Sep 2017
Just for fun, I generated these graphs of the number of letters in the word for each number. I really spent about 10 minutes on this (ok…possibly also another 40 minutes tweaking the plots): More languages!
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Adam74 The Adam74 is a small ASCII-based terminal designed for the 8-bit hobbyist.
21st Aug 2022
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Adam74

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21st Aug 2022
The Adam74 is a small ASCII-based terminal designed for the 8-bit hobbyist.
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Artificial Intelligence In 2018 I worked with argodesign on an artificial intelligence client project, and Fast Company...
4th Jun 2019
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Artificial Intelligence

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

4th Jun 2019
In 2018 I worked with argodesign on an artificial intelligence client project, and Fast Company published an article on our work: This Is The World’s First Graphical AI Interface. For confidentiality reasons I can’t publicly go into more detail on the project than to link to that...
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Trying out open weights LLM-s on hardware that I can actually afford Seize the means of code production!
1st Sep 2026
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Trying out open weights LLM-s on hardware that I can actually afford

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1st Sep 2026
Seize the means of code production!
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The web is changing, and we are not going back Whenever I saw someone type a natural language query into Google, it made me cringe. "It's not a...
1st Jun 2026
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The web is changing, and we are not going back

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

1st Jun 2026
Whenever I saw someone type a natural language query into Google, it made me cringe. "It's not a person," I would say. "Type like you're talking to a machine." This was especially true for programmers and it was before AI took over everything. Instead of "how do I write a...
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La Guía Incompleta de los Rollups
5th Jan 2021
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La Guía Incompleta de los Rollups

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

5th Jan 2021
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Howto get the hard disk size under Linux? A: There is no single tool for this job, but it seems that Fdisk is just fine: server:~# fdisk -l 2>...
18th Aug 2009
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Howto get the hard disk size under Linux?

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

18th Aug 2009
A: There is no single tool for this job, but it seems that Fdisk is just fine: server:~# fdisk -l 2> /dev/null | grep Disk | grep -v identifier Disk /dev/sda: 500.0 GB, 500028145664 bytes Disk /dev/sdb: 500.0 GB, 500028145664 bytes Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.1 GB, 1000123400192...
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The Shoe on The Other Foot Ten years ago, I was in a dark season. My first startup had cratered. Confidence, gone. I would walk...
2nd Feb 2026
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The Shoe on The Other Foot

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

2nd Feb 2026
Ten years ago, I was in a dark season. My first startup had cratered. Confidence, gone. I would walk for hours to clear my head, often through parts of the city we typically hurry past. One Tuesday, I saw a man sitting outside a boarded-up storefront. He was weathered, his eyes...
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Wearing Grand Seiko Sadness could be seen in my eyes when my custom made watch got damaged earlier this month, while...
4th Jun 2021
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Wearing Grand Seiko

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

4th Jun 2021
Sadness could be seen in my eyes when my custom made watch got damaged earlier this month, while awaiting repairs I was fortunate to wear a Grand Seiko. Its unique mix of craftsmanship, innovation and practicality is worth sharing with you. As a friend of my blog, you might know...
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AI automatically preps a bottle when the baby cries Bottle prepping machines make life just a little bit less hectic for overwhelmed parents, but they...
2nd Jan 2026
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AI automatically preps a bottle when the baby cries

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

2nd Jan 2026
Bottle prepping machines make life just a little bit less hectic for overwhelmed parents, but they do still need to be started and that is easier said than done when you’ve got a wailing baby in your arms. That’s why Manivannan created this edge AI-powered system that...
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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...
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Help Me Help You, Maintainers My plea with OSS maintainers on how they can help me help them.
7th Mar 2025
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Help Me Help You, Maintainers

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

7th Mar 2025
My plea with OSS maintainers on how they can help me help them.
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I was told, I would become quadriplegic Tingling on the side of the face during tasks involving intense cognition was my first...
1st Sep 2018
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I was told, I would become quadriplegic

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

1st Sep 2018
Tingling on the side of the face during tasks involving intense cognition was my first symptom. Nature of my job involves regular problem solving of various degree, on certain occasions there was a halting tingling sensation on the right side of my face to the end of lower...
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Is MAGA Melting Down? Signs and wonders, portents and data points
2nd Aug 2026
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Is MAGA Melting Down?

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2nd Aug 2026
Signs and wonders, portents and data points
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Reading List 05/02/2026 Chilling effects in the build-to-rent sector, how fast could robot manufacturing scale up, PJM’s new...
2nd May 2026
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Reading List 05/02/2026

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

2nd May 2026
Chilling effects in the build-to-rent sector, how fast could robot manufacturing scale up, PJM’s new interconnection queue, the backlash against battery storage, and more.
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2025-01-05 pairs not taken So we all know about twisted-pair ethernet, huh? I get a little frustrated with a lot of histories...
5th Jan 2025
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2025-01-05 pairs not taken

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

5th Jan 2025
So we all know about twisted-pair ethernet, huh? I get a little frustrated with a lot of histories of the topic, like the recent neil breen^w^wserial port video, because they often fail to address some obvious questions about the origin of twisted-pair network cabling. Well, I...
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Hamilton I was not a Hamilton hater exactly (I, like many other snoots, didn’t hate Hamilton so much as I...
28th Oct 2019
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Hamilton

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

28th Oct 2019
I was not a Hamilton hater exactly (I, like many other snoots, didn’t hate Hamilton so much as I hated the people who, for a brief but painful time, were really, really into Hamilton) but I certainly was not a huge fan until Haley roped me into listening to the soundtrack. I...
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Albert's Nature Reserve Spring is here. Time to get radio active.
22nd Apr 2025
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Albert's Nature Reserve

from OH8HUB’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Apr 2025
Spring is here. Time to get radio active.
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Exploiting Web3's Hidden Attack Surface: Universal XSS on Netlify's Next.js Library
21st Sep 2022
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Exploiting Web3's Hidden Attack Surface: Universal XSS on Netlify's Next.js Library

from Blog | Sam Curry [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Sep 2022
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Repairing a Giro AEON bicycle helmet Try fixing your Giro bicycle helmet? I went through some trouble to do it! Read along to find out...
8th Jul 2020
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Repairing a Giro AEON bicycle helmet

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

8th Jul 2020
Try fixing your Giro bicycle helmet? I went through some trouble to do it! Read along to find out how.
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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...
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Radxa's Q8B has 2x the performance and expansion of the Pi 5 There was a time I'd look at a board like the Radxa Dragon Q8B (at left, above) and be like,...
a week ago
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Radxa's Q8B has 2x the performance and expansion of the Pi 5

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

a week ago
There was a time I'd look at a board like the Radxa Dragon Q8B (at left, above) and be like, "there's no way I'd spend $209 on an SBC with 8 gigs of RAM". But we're in 2026, and seeing the 8 gig Raspberry Pi 5 going for almost the same amount, I figured I'd give it a shot. On...
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A CBC Casper Tutorial
5th Dec 2018
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A CBC Casper Tutorial

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

5th Dec 2018
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Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end In 2020, Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware...
26th Aug 2025
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Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

from On Life and Lisp [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th Aug 2025
In 2020, Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware and porting Linux. Today, you can run Linux on a range of M1 and M2 Macs, with almost all hardware working: wireless, audio, and full graphics acceleration. Our story begins in...
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Creating a minimal road bike I wondered how hard it would be to make a bike from spare parts I had in my garage
17th Aug 2019
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Creating a minimal road bike

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

17th Aug 2019
I wondered how hard it would be to make a bike from spare parts I had in my garage
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ESP32: Tips to increase battery life Running an ESP32 on a battery is a tricky operation. The chip is a powerhouse, and with power comes...
4th Dec 2019
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ESP32: Tips to increase battery life

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

4th Dec 2019
Running an ESP32 on a battery is a tricky operation. The chip is a powerhouse, and with power comes great responsibility. In this post, I’ll outline how I got an ESP32 to run for over 15 weeks (and counting) on a single 1000mAh battery.
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Long Term Goals Update During my vacation I suddenly got a bunch of “life crisis” type thoughts in an almost panic inducing...
18th Jul 2016
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Long Term Goals Update

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

18th Jul 2016
During my vacation I suddenly got a bunch of “life crisis” type thoughts in an almost panic inducing intensity. They were mostly thoughts about not having accomplished anything and that the future looks bleak and meaningless and it’s not worth to do anything. As usual they are...
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Braindump Sometimes, getting it all down on paper helps me think through things. This is that, a complete...
21st Oct 2020
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Braindump

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

21st Oct 2020
Sometimes, getting it all down on paper helps me think through things. This is that, a complete brain dump.
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India income tax e-filing utility for Linux India has made a major overhaul to it's Income Tax filing website and with it its offline e-filing...
1st Oct 2021
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India income tax e-filing utility for Linux

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

1st Oct 2021
India has made a major overhaul to it's Income Tax filing website and with it its offline e-filing utilities which are now available only for Windows and Mac. Earlier the utility was in Java and was available for linux. Now it's been replaced with electron wrapper over the...
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Meet the Garbage PC This is the Garbage PC. Not too long ago, I received a half-broken Dell Inspiron N5110, sporting 6...
2nd Feb 2026
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Meet the Garbage PC

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

2nd Feb 2026
This is the Garbage PC. Not too long ago, I received a half-broken Dell Inspiron N5110, sporting 6 GB of RAM, a dual core Intel i3-2110M, and an unsupported NVIDIA GPU of some sort. One of the hinges was loose from the case because it was screwed into plastic (common issue for...
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How is duct tape like the force? I’m at Dragon*Con this weekend, my second time here now. I decided that if I was going to Dragon*Con...
5th Sep 2010
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How is duct tape like the force?

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

5th Sep 2010
I’m at Dragon*Con this weekend, my second time here now. I decided that if I was going to Dragon*Con again, I needed to do something in terms of costuming, and I wanted it to be something unique – I wasn’t going to come anywhere near as epic as some of the costumes people pull...
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I quit my startup because of comic sans Okay, it wasn’t really caused by the Comic Sans. I had very fun 3 months of pretty fun collaboration...
14th Jul 2023
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I quit my startup because of comic sans

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

14th Jul 2023
Okay, it wasn’t really caused by the Comic Sans. I had very fun 3 months of pretty fun collaboration and intense learning, but in the end I had this very clear feeling that I would be better of on my own. It wasn’t awful, but it wasn’t great. There were many small and big things...
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Germany Doxes “UNKN,” Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab An elusive hacker who went by the handle “UNKN” and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab...
6th Apr 2026
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Germany Doxes “UNKN,” Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab

from Krebs on Security [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Apr 2026
An elusive hacker who went by the handle “UNKN” and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face. Authorities in Germany say 31-year-old Russian Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin headed both cybercrime gangs and helped carry out at least 130 acts...
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2025-04-04 Automatically selecting colors with sufficient contrast. Here's a test build of my hypertext...
5th Apr 2025
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2025-04-04

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

5th Apr 2025
Automatically selecting colors with sufficient contrast. Here's a test build of my hypertext browser where every "page load" picks a random background. The foreground and link colors adapt to preserve a minimum contrast (WCAG AAA level). I repeatedly click on links in...
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Instant Pan Gesture Interactions Apple has a really awesome WWDC 2018 video called Designing Fluid Interfaces, and one of the key...
13th May 2023
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Instant Pan Gesture Interactions

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

13th May 2023
Apple has a really awesome WWDC 2018 video called Designing Fluid Interfaces, and one of the key takeaways from the videos that one of the presenters, Chan Karunamuni, said is “Look for delays everywhere. Everything needs to respond instantly.” (6:28) A really great example of...
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Lessons from a takeaway plastic bag About five months ago I got some take away food from our local Asian restaurant. They packaged the...
7th Jan 2018
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Lessons from a takeaway plastic bag

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

7th Jan 2018
About five months ago I got some take away food from our local Asian restaurant. They packaged the food and gave me a plastic bag to carry it home. On my way home I was thinking about the bag. Although it has some nice styling printed on it, it's designed for single use only....
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Blu Ray is dead HD-DVD may be dead, but Blu Ray is just as dead. The whole concept of optical media is dead....
5th Oct 2009
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Blu Ray is dead

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

5th Oct 2009
HD-DVD may be dead, but Blu Ray is just as dead. The whole concept of optical media is dead. Honestly, who is still burning CD's or DVD's nowadays? (If you are, why for Christ sake? I can't think of a single good reason) And at 10 euros ($100) for a single Blu Ray disk, you must...
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The Creep of Politicization A new assault on science highlights a broader pattern
1st Jun 2026
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The Creep of Politicization

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

1st Jun 2026
A new assault on science highlights a broader pattern
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Candid experiences starting a hardware startup 2025 Note - I gave this talk at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View about 6 months before we launched...
4th Oct 2011
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Candid experiences starting a hardware startup

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

4th Oct 2011
2025 Note - I gave this talk at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View about 6 months before we launched Pebble on Kickstarter. I was 4 years into…
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My release checklist for chrome extensions Many products can be updated very quickly. You spot a bug, you push a fix in next 5 minutes, sadly...
9th Jul 2022
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My release checklist for chrome extensions

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

9th Jul 2022
Many products can be updated very quickly. You spot a bug, you push a fix in next 5 minutes, sadly for chrome extensions it’s not like that. When you update a chrome extension in the chrome web store you submit a package that then goes through a lengthy review. It can take...
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Slow Horses (Season 2) Not as great as the first season; still tremendously entertaining television, with more than a few...
7th Jan 2024
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Slow Horses (Season 2)

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

7th Jan 2024
Not as great as the first season; still tremendously entertaining television, with more than a few twists that I couldn't predict and an underlying thread of competence in set design, pacing, and acting that is hard to deny.
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1Password with an unbelievable own goal Andrew Lilley Brinker: 1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe Omarchy is a Linux...
1st Sep 2026
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1Password with an unbelievable own goal

from Birchtree [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Sep 2026
Andrew Lilley Brinker: 1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe Omarchy is a Linux distribution created and controlled by David Heinemeier Hansson, usually known as DHH. DHH is the founder and CTO of 37signals (formerly Basecamp) and creator of Ruby on Rails. In the last...
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Odds and Ends #50: The weird thing about London's New Year's Fireworks Plus how the government should respond to Musk's nonsense, and an AI video that might just show us...
4th Jan 2025
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Odds and Ends #50: The weird thing about London's New Year's Fireworks

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

4th Jan 2025
Plus how the government should respond to Musk's nonsense, and an AI video that might just show us how video production is going to change.
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2025-02-02 residential networking over telephone Recently, I covered some of the history of Ethernet's tenuous relationship with installed...
2nd Feb 2025
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2025-02-02 residential networking over telephone

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

2nd Feb 2025
Recently, I covered some of the history of Ethernet's tenuous relationship with installed telephone cabling. That article focused on the earlier and more business-oriented products, but many of you probably know that there have been a number of efforts to install IP...
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Choosing an op-amp for your project Just say no to LM741.
3rd Jan 2025
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Choosing an op-amp for your project

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

3rd Jan 2025
Just say no to LM741.
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Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny: how does it fare as a home server? My evenings of absent-minded local auction site scrolling1 paid off: I now own a Lenovo ThinkCentre...
6th Jun 2025
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Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny: how does it fare as a home server?

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

6th Jun 2025
My evenings of absent-minded local auction site scrolling1 paid off: I now own a Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny. It’s relatively old, being manufactured in 20162, but it’s tiny and has a lot of useful life left in it. It’s also featured in the TinyMiniMicro series by...
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Vertigo I’m surprised that this movie is held in such high esteem relative to other Hitchcock films. I liked...
4th Jun 2022
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Vertigo

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

4th Jun 2022
I’m surprised that this movie is held in such high esteem relative to other Hitchcock films. I liked it, and I thought there were very good parts of it, and I thought it was better than Haley did. But it didn’t strike me as one of his best films beyond the dolly shot which is now...
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Automattic Alignment Winston Churchill said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Since I last blogged here, WP Engine...
4th Oct 2024
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Automattic Alignment

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

4th Oct 2024
Winston Churchill said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Since I last blogged here, WP Engine filed a meritless lawsuit and Automattic responded, and there’s been a hurricane of public activity and press. Inside of Automattic, there’s been a parallel debate and process....
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The Polygons of Another World Let's kick off the year with a series about Another World!
1st Jan 2020
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The Polygons of Another World

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

1st Jan 2020
Let's kick off the year with a series about Another World!
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Deploying apps in Coolify, part 1
1st Oct 2025
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Deploying apps in Coolify, part 1

from tim.sh [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Oct 2025
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Building personal software with Claude Earlier this month, I used Claude to port (parts of) an Emacs package into Rust, shrinking the...
27th Jan 2025
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Building personal software with Claude

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

27th Jan 2025
Earlier this month, I used Claude to port (parts of) an Emacs package into Rust, shrinking the execution time by a factor of 1000 or more (in one concrete case: from 90s to about 15ms). This is a variety of yak-shave that I do somewhat routinely, both professionally and in...
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The marvelous disappearing capacitor The performance of photodiode amplifiers can be improved in a clever way.
7th Dec 2024
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The marvelous disappearing capacitor

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

7th Dec 2024
The performance of photodiode amplifiers can be improved in a clever way.
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Powering up a module from the IBM 604: an electronic calculator from 1948 1948 was an interesting time for computing. For decades, businesses had used punch card equipment...
7th Jun 2026
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Powering up a module from the IBM 604: an electronic calculator from 1948

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

7th Jun 2026
1948 was an interesting time for computing. For decades, businesses had used punch card equipment that added and sorted electromechanically. Now these electromechanical relays and counting wheels were being used to build room-filling general-purpose computers such as Harvard Mark...
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Domains, certificates, and DNS Accessing services via raw IP addresses isn’t that swell; I’m no Rain Man. It’s time to set up...
6th Aug 2026
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Domains, certificates, and DNS

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

6th Aug 2026
Accessing services via raw IP addresses isn’t that swell; I’m no Rain Man. It’s time to set up subdomains for my hietala.xyz domain for internal use. We’ll use the Gateway API to set up routes, cert-manager to give us https without self-signed browser warnings, and ExternalDNS to...
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STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials
9th Nov 2017
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STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials

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

9th Nov 2017
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It's Never Simple Until It Is (Dell UnityVSA Pre-Auth Command Injection CVE-2025-36604) Welcome back, and what a week! We’re glad that happened for you and/or sorry that happened to you....
3rd Oct 2025
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It's Never Simple Until It Is (Dell UnityVSA Pre-Auth Command Injection CVE-2025-36604)

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Oct 2025
Welcome back, and what a week! We’re glad that happened for you and/or sorry that happened to you. It will get better and/or worse, and you will likely survive. Today, we’re walking down the garden path and digging into the archives, publishing our analysis
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WarGames Clock If you haven't seen the WarGames movie, do yourself a favour and go watch it right now. If you have,...
1st May 2025
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WarGames Clock

from Opsbros [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2025
If you haven't seen the WarGames movie, do yourself a favour and go watch it right now. If you have, then you know just how awesome it is. One part, as a kid, I always thought was awesome was the WOPR computer. A key scene in the WarGames
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Why node.js is cool (it's not about performance) For the past N months, it seems like there is no new technology stack that is either hotter or more...
12th Mar 2012
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Why node.js is cool (it's not about performance)

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

12th Mar 2012
For the past N months, it seems like there is no new technology stack that is either hotter or more controversial than node.js. node.js is cancer! node.js cures cancer! node.js is bad ass rock star tech!. I myself have given node.js a lot of shit, often involving the phrase...
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June gwern.net newsletter June 2020 gwern.net newsletter with 3 new pages/essays, and links on CRISPR, population screening,...
2nd Jul 2020
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June gwern.net newsletter

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

2nd Jul 2020
June 2020 gwern.net newsletter with 3 new pages/essays, and links on CRISPR, population screening, AI scaling, politics, and technological unemployment.
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Being John Malkovich I had held off on watching Being John Malkovich for a while, mostly because I think I had a pretty...
1st Feb 2025
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Being John Malkovich

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

1st Feb 2025
I had held off on watching Being John Malkovich for a while, mostly because I think I had a pretty good idea of what it was and, while I wanted to watch it at some point, it never felt particularly urgent. (The vision in my head was a sort of Bosch painting filled with John...
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Oversimplified ideas of the great philosophers of all times Ideas of the great philosophers of all times explained in a few lines
23rd Mar 2023
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Oversimplified ideas of the great philosophers of all times

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

23rd Mar 2023
Ideas of the great philosophers of all times explained in a few lines
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The Raspberry Pi 5 is no match for a tini-mini-micro PC I've always been fond of the idea of the Raspberry Pi. An energy efficient, small, cheap but capable...
16th Jun 2024
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The Raspberry Pi 5 is no match for a tini-mini-micro PC

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

16th Jun 2024
I've always been fond of the idea of the Raspberry Pi. An energy efficient, small, cheap but capable computer. An ideal home server. Until the Pi 4, the Pi was not that capable, and only with the relatively recent Pi 5 (fall 2023) do I feel the Pi is OK performance wise, although...
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The iPhone, iPad and iOS are powering a revolution Most people just don't understand computers. Are these people dumb? Some may be dumb, but the people...
6th Nov 2010
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The iPhone, iPad and iOS are powering a revolution

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

6th Nov 2010
Most people just don't understand computers. Are these people dumb? Some may be dumb, but the people who make them are maybe even dumber. Because they can't seem to figure out how to create a computer that the majority of people understand. When the original macintosh arrived at...
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Making Screenshots of Test Equipment Old and New Introduction Screenshot Capturing Interfaces Hardware and Software Tools Capturing GPIB data in Talk...
29th Nov 2024
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Making Screenshots of Test Equipment Old and New

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

29th Nov 2024
Introduction Screenshot Capturing Interfaces Hardware and Software Tools Capturing GPIB data in Talk Only mode TDS 540 Oscilloscope - GPIB - PCL Output HP 54542A Oscilloscope - Parallel Port - PCL or HPGL Output HP Inifinium 54825A Oscilloscope - Parallel Port - Encapsulated...
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Switching to Lenovo Carbon X1
2nd Oct 2020
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Switching to Lenovo Carbon X1

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

2nd Oct 2020
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EZStore: a tiny serverless datastore for IoT data (DynamoDB + Lambda) I've been working on a few IoT projects recently, and while prototyping, I need a simple but...
4th Jan 2022
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EZStore: a tiny serverless datastore for IoT data (DynamoDB + Lambda)

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

4th Jan 2022
I've been working on a few IoT projects recently, and while prototyping, I need a simple but flexible data store. I just want to push data to an API and query and visualize it later on.There are many solutions for this, but most are expensive or very limited. So I set out to...
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#18: The little Indian internet corner of database sellers When I googled the name “Inspirewebz”, their website was still active, but it’s no longer available....
28th May 2023
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#18: The little Indian internet corner of database sellers

from Pea Bee [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th May 2023
When I googled the name “Inspirewebz”, their website was still active, but it’s no longer available. However, according to the web archive of their website (available since mid-2020), they sold dodgy-looking social media marketing tools like bulk WhatsApp/SMS senders and data...
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Building a RAID 6 array of mixed drives To be honest, 4 TB of storage isn't really necessary for home usage. However, I like to collect...
10th Aug 2008
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Building a RAID 6 array of mixed drives

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

10th Aug 2008
To be honest, 4 TB of storage isn't really necessary for home usage. However, I like to collect movies in full DVD or HD quality and so I need some storage. I decided to build myself a NAS box based on Debian Etch. Samba is used to allow clients to access the data. The machine...
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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.
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All clocks are 30 seconds late OK, this is going to sound crazy: I believe all clocks are 30 seconds late. Let's get a few things...
6th Jan 2025
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All clocks are 30 seconds late

from Victor Poughon [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Jan 2025
OK, this is going to sound crazy: I believe all clocks are 30 seconds late. Let's get a few things out of the way: this is neither about time zones, nor leap seconds. It's not about synchronization of clocks, and it's not about relativity or any obscure corner of physics. I'm...
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GitButler 0.12 - "Stingy Baker" New GitButler release is out! Undo anything, modify your commits with ease, new AI stuff and more!
3rd Jun 2024
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GitButler 0.12 - "Stingy Baker"

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

3rd Jun 2024
New GitButler release is out! Undo anything, modify your commits with ease, new AI stuff and more!
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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...
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Back to the University This month, I headed back to university for a special course on scientific programming. With...
7th Feb 2023
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Back to the University

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

7th Feb 2023
This month, I headed back to university for a special course on scientific programming. With numerous recent advancements in machine learning (referred to as "AI" in PowerPoint parlance), including ChatGPT, it felt like the ideal moment to delve into Python programming. Join me...
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Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results Learn how to record and analyse your mobile device traffic, take an app from the list of "shady"...
17th Apr 2025
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Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results

from tim.sh [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Apr 2025
Learn how to record and analyse your mobile device traffic, take an app from the list of "shady" apps and share the results.
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Death to the Forum Well it was fun while it lasted, but now it’s gone and it’ll stay gone for a long time I think. It...
2nd Apr 2010
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Death to the Forum

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

2nd Apr 2010
Well it was fun while it lasted, but now it’s gone and it’ll stay gone for a long time I think. It was mainly a test to see if I could do it and I’m really proud of my styling of it but it’s deader than in a grave, which isn’t really surprising, and it bothered me that I didn’t...
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The gentle obsolescence Are we expected to be keeping up?
6th Feb 2026
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The gentle obsolescence

from benn.substack [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Feb 2026
Are we expected to be keeping up?
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Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas...
8th May 2026
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Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide

from Krebs on Security [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th May 2026
An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across the United States today, after a cybercrime group defaced the service’s login page with a ransom demand...
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Reclaiming Your Memory in the Age of Distraction In today's social media-saturated world, does it feel like your memory is failing you? It's not that...
1st Jul 2025
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Reclaiming Your Memory in the Age of Distraction

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

1st Jul 2025
In today's social media-saturated world, does it feel like your memory is failing you? It's not that you can't remember anything, but rather that you're constantly distracted while trying to remember. Just a few years ago, I had a nightly ritual. Before drifting off to sleep, I'd...
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Fortinet FortiGate CVE-2024-23113 - A Super Complex Vulnerability In A Super Secure Appliance In... Today we'd like to share a recent journey into (yet another) SSLVPN appliance vulnerability - a...
14th Oct 2024
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Fortinet FortiGate CVE-2024-23113 - A Super Complex Vulnerability In A Super Secure Appliance In 2024

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Oct 2024
Today we'd like to share a recent journey into (yet another) SSLVPN appliance vulnerability - a Format String vulnerability, unusually, in Fortinet's FortiGate devices. It affected (before patching) all currently-maintained branches, and recently was highlighted by CISA as...
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An incomplete guide to stealth addresses
20th Jan 2023
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An incomplete guide to stealth addresses

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

20th Jan 2023
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All About Apache Cassandra: Snapshots The concept of a "Snapshot" In computing, a snapshot is a point-in-time copy of data or state of a...
27th Jul 2019
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All About Apache Cassandra: Snapshots

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

27th Jul 2019
The concept of a "Snapshot" In computing, a snapshot is a point-in-time copy of data or state of a machine. You ever end up doing something like this? Each one of these files is a snapshot, as it's a copy of your essay at the point-in-time when you saved it. Snapshots provide us...
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What I've learned running Linux and Windows off of USB flash drives I’ve recently made an effort to reduce the amount of tech stuff that I own. Lack of space, lack of...
2nd Dec 2024
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What I've learned running Linux and Windows off of USB flash drives

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

2nd Dec 2024
I’ve recently made an effort to reduce the amount of tech stuff that I own. Lack of space, lack of time and the guilt of storing perfectly functional hardware unused in a box were the main motivators. This has resulted in experiments with my assortment of USB flash storage that...
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Crypto Cities
31st Oct 2021
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Crypto Cities

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

31st Oct 2021
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Hacking Subaru: Tracking and Controlling Cars via the STARLINK Admin Panel
23rd Jan 2025
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Hacking Subaru: Tracking and Controlling Cars via the STARLINK Admin Panel

from Blog | Sam Curry [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Jan 2025
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CVE-2022-21449: Psychic Signatures in Java The long-running BBC sci-fi show Doctor Who has a recurring plot device where the Doctor manages to...
19th Apr 2022
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CVE-2022-21449: Psychic Signatures in Java

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

19th Apr 2022
The long-running BBC sci-fi show Doctor Who has a recurring plot device where the Doctor manages to get out of trouble by showing an identity card which is actually completely blank. Of course, this being Doctor Who, the card is really made out of a special “psychic paper“, which...
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Designing a multi dimensional capacity queue This month I needed to create additional dimensions to a capacity queue mechanism. The food ordering...
1st Dec 2020
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Designing a multi dimensional capacity queue

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

1st Dec 2020
This month I needed to create additional dimensions to a capacity queue mechanism. The food ordering app that I created needed to be able to restrict capacity based on the number of orders, the contents in individual orders and the dispatch type (takeaway/delivery). Read along to...
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Shelly 2.5 + ESPHome: potential fire hazard + fix If you have flashed your Shelly 2.5 with ESPHome, make sure to configure GPIO16. Otherwise, the pin...
9th Nov 2020
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Shelly 2.5 + ESPHome: potential fire hazard + fix

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

9th Nov 2020
If you have flashed your Shelly 2.5 with ESPHome, make sure to configure GPIO16. Otherwise, the pin will be short-circuited and cause the unit to heat up significantly, creating a potential fire hazard!
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A Brief Introduction to termios: Signaling and Job Control (This is part three of a multi-part introduction to termios and terminal emulation on UNIX. Read...
11th Jan 2010
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A Brief Introduction to termios: Signaling and Job Control

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

11th Jan 2010
(This is part three of a multi-part introduction to termios and terminal emulation on UNIX. Read part 1 or part 2 if you’re new here) For my final entry on termios, I will be looking at job control in the shell (i.e. backgrounding and foreground jobs) and the very closely related...
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Hello, stranger "Discover the transformative power of simple conversations in our tech-dominated world, as one...
12th Oct 2023
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Hello, stranger

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

12th Oct 2023
"Discover the transformative power of simple conversations in our tech-dominated world, as one individual delves into the lost art of talking to strangers and the profound connections it can forge."
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Open source
1st Jan 2001
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Open source

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

1st Jan 2001
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I finally found an use case for my Raspberry Pi Model B+ You have probably heard about the Raspberry Pi. It’s a nice little affordable single-board computer...
1st Nov 2022
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I finally found an use case for my Raspberry Pi Model B+

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

1st Nov 2022
You have probably heard about the Raspberry Pi. It’s a nice little affordable single-board computer with a huge community using it for all sorts of projects. I got my first Raspberry Pi, the Model B+, during my first year at university, which was around the winter of...
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How to set compensation using commonsense principles Compensation has always been one of the most confusing parts of management to me. Getting it right...
8th Jun 2020
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How to set compensation using commonsense principles

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

8th Jun 2020
Compensation has always been one of the most confusing parts of management to me. Getting it right is obviously extremely important. Compensation is what drives our entire economy, and you could look at the market for labor as one gigantic resource-allocating machine in the same...
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Wearing WHOOP 4.0 How often do you look in the mirror? Probably more than a few times a week! I have been thinking...
13th Jan 2022
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Wearing WHOOP 4.0

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

13th Jan 2022
How often do you look in the mirror? Probably more than a few times a week! I have been thinking about this ever since I received my newest WHOOP 4.0 biometric sensor. It's great. But, why do I wear it? What value does it provide? Why should you wear it? What is WHOOP? First...
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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.
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My 7 Rules for A/B Testing That Triple Conversion Rates I really don’t care how any given A/B test turns out. That’s right. Not one bit. But wait, how do I...
11th Sep 2015
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My 7 Rules for A/B Testing That Triple Conversion Rates

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

11th Sep 2015
I really don’t care how any given A/B test turns out. That’s right. Not one bit. But wait, how do I double or triple conversion rates without caring how a test performs? I actually care about the whole SYSTEM of testing. All the pieces need to fit together just right. If not,...
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Be someone who does things I wrote last month that what you want to do is one of the most useful motivations in life. I want to...
23rd Sep 2024
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Be someone who does things

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

23rd Sep 2024
I wrote last month that what you want to do is one of the most useful motivations in life. I want to follow that up by saying that the only thing more important than wanting to do something is to actually do something. The most valuable trait you can develop for yourself is to...
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Life lessons after one year at Rostra Today marks one year at Rostra, where I’ve had the incredible privilege of working alongside Lulu...
16th Sep 2025
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Life lessons after one year at Rostra

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

16th Sep 2025
Today marks one year at Rostra, where I’ve had the incredible privilege of working alongside Lulu Meservey to help some of the most consequential companies of our time tell their stories.
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Analysis of CVE-2019-14994 - Jira Service Desk Path Traversal leads to Massive Information...
26th Sep 2019
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Analysis of CVE-2019-14994 - Jira Service Desk Path Traversal leads to Massive Information Disclosure

from Blog | Sam Curry [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th Sep 2019
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"Sixteenth of a year", a 1.8 KiB art piece As I write this, we’re about 7 sixteenths through 2026, and it’s about 14 sixteenths through the...
3rd Jun 2026
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"Sixteenth of a year", a 1.8 KiB art piece

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jun 2026
As I write this, we’re about 7 sixteenths through 2026, and it’s about 14 sixteenths through the day. For the sixteenth issue of the Taper online magazine, I split time into sixteenths to think about its passage in a different way. The code, which had to be under 2048 bytes,...
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One year of cycling One year ago I started recording all my bike rides, including commutes, short grocery trips and long...
30th Dec 2016
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One year of cycling

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

30th Dec 2016
One year ago I started recording all my bike rides, including commutes, short grocery trips and long Gran Fondos. I equipped my bicycles with Garmin Edge computers that recorded location (GPS), speed, cadence and my heart rate. I covered more than 7683 kilometers during 320 hours...
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Designing a personal Pebble watchface I recently got a Pebble Time 2 as it seemed like a fun smartwatch away from Google/Apple/Samsung...
26th Jun 2026
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Designing a personal Pebble watchface

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

26th Jun 2026
I recently got a Pebble Time 2 as it seemed like a fun smartwatch away from Google/Apple/Samsung with a good 4 weeks of battery life. One thing I wanted to do is to create a custom watchface for my specific problems. It took more effort to design the watch than I had anticipated...
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Quick Subtitles 1.6 (benchmark history, more stats, and more) Quick Subtitles has yet another update out now, which brings a few new features to the mix. UI...
3rd Jan 2026
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Quick Subtitles 1.6 (benchmark history, more stats, and more)

from Birchtree [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Jan 2026
Quick Subtitles has yet another update out now, which brings a few new features to the mix. UI tweaks First up is a slightly refreshed UI. This is mostly a new coat of paint across the interface. The iPhone UI home page, for example, now uses all the available space
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Cannot access Windows guest within VMware Fusion when running vsphere client Currently, I am running VMware ESXi 4.1 on a test system. To manage ESXi, you need the VSphere...
17th Jun 2011
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Cannot access Windows guest within VMware Fusion when running vsphere client

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

17th Jun 2011
Currently, I am running VMware ESXi 4.1 on a test system. To manage ESXi, you need the VSphere client, which is only available for the Windows platform. Therefore, I run VMware Fusion on my Mac to be able to access VSphere and manage my ESXi host. The trouble is that both ESXi...
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Hacking Starbucks and Accessing Nearly 100 Million Customer Records
20th Jun 2020
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Hacking Starbucks and Accessing Nearly 100 Million Customer Records

from Blog | Sam Curry [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Jun 2020
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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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Disabling the crappy Broadcom Bluetooth adapter in your ThinkPad T430 running Linux

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

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...
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Repetition is the shadow of structure
2nd Nov 2019
1

Repetition is the shadow of structure

from Joel Gustafson [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Nov 2019
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Pinterest open sources Pinball Pinterest just open sourced Pinball which seems like an interesting Luigi alternative. There's two...
14th Mar 2015
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Pinterest open sources Pinball

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

14th Mar 2015
Pinterest just open sourced Pinball which seems like an interesting Luigi alternative. There's two blog posts: Pinball: Building workflow management (from 2014) and Open-sourcing Pinball (from this week). The author has a comment in the comments thread on Hacker News:
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Inspiration from a child Explore the world together with your kids and reap the rewards of adventure and fun!
29th Sep 2021
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Inspiration from a child

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

29th Sep 2021
Explore the world together with your kids and reap the rewards of adventure and fun!
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A Navajo weaving of an integrated circuit: the 555 timer The noted Diné (Navajo) weaver Marilou Schultz recently completed an intricate weaving composed...
6th Sep 2025
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A Navajo weaving of an integrated circuit: the 555 timer

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

6th Sep 2025
The noted Diné (Navajo) weaver Marilou Schultz recently completed an intricate weaving composed of thick white lines on a black background, punctuated with reddish-orange diamonds. Although this striking rug may appear abstract, it shows the internal circuitry of a tiny silicon...
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Train Simulator Controller: CAN Controller, Part 2 I’m building a physical cab dashboard to control Train Simulator, and to tie it all together as...
4th Jan 2024
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Train Simulator Controller: CAN Controller, Part 2

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

4th Jan 2024
I’m building a physical cab dashboard to control Train Simulator, and to tie it all together as robustly as possible, I am use CAN. This protocol is designed to rapidly share small updates around a network in an electrically noise environment, and in a previous post, I detailed...
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