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Resistors, Johnson-Nyquist, nV/√Hz A major source of noise in electronic circuits is easy to understand. The unit we use to measure it...
2 months ago
Notes on software...
Interpreting Go After spending some time at work on tooling for keeping documentation in sync with Go struct...
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over a year ago
After spending some time at work on tooling for keeping documentation in sync with Go struct definitions I had enough exposure to Go's built-in parsing package that next steps were clear: write an interpreter. It's a great way to get more comfortable with a language's AST. In...
Birchtree
“Trust me” I’m not trying to send any hate at a random MacRumors forum commentor who I don’t know, so please...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
I’m not trying to send any hate at a random MacRumors forum commentor who I don’t know, so please take this more as me explaining why there’s more skepticism about the Vision Pro than other gen-1 Apple products. From the post: BTW, I also
Abishek Muthian
Terms and Conditions The legal terms mentioned here covers abishekmuthian.com and products which explicitly link to this...
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The legal terms mentioned here covers abishekmuthian.com and products which explicitly link to this legal page. For legal terms of my individual products please refer to the legal section on their respective websites. Terms Cancellation If you have monthly payment subscription to...
Vitalik Buterin's...
DAOs are not corporations: where decentralization in autonomous organizations matters
over a year ago
Louwrentius
Using InfiniBand for cheap and fast point-to-point Networking InfiniBand networking is quite awesome. It's mainly used for two reasons: low latency high...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
InfiniBand networking is quite awesome. It's mainly used for two reasons: low latency high bandwidth As a home user, I'm mainly interested in setting up a high bandwidth link between two servers. I was using quad-port network cards with Linux Bonding, but this solution has some...
Krebs on Security
Arrests in Tap-to-Pay Scheme Powered by Phishing Authorities in at least two U.S. states last week independently announced arrests of Chinese...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Authorities in at least two U.S. states last week independently announced arrests of Chinese nationals accused of perpetrating a novel form of tap-to-pay fraud using mobile devices. Details released by authorities so far indicate the mobile wallets being used by the scammers were...
Avestura's Blog
Problems of C, and how Zig addresses them What are the problems of C, and how Zig addresses them?
over a year ago
Birchtree
Ghost gets ActivityPub into beta Ghost: Social Web We've got our social web integration for Ghost to a point where we're excited to...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Ghost: Social Web We've got our social web integration for Ghost to a point where we're excited to have you try it out, but there's a lot of work still in progress and (as alluded to earlier) there are some significant rough edges. I&
Arduino Blog
Explore underwater with this Arduino-controlled DIY ROV Who doesn’t want to explore underwater? To take a journey beneath the surface of a lake or even the...
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11 months ago
Who doesn’t want to explore underwater? To take a journey beneath the surface of a lake or even the ocean? But a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), which is the kind of robot you’d use for such an adventure, isn’t exactly the kind of thing you’ll find on the shelf at your local...
./techtipsy
Back to roots This blog is running on a home server again. I have once again gained access to a competent internet...
a year ago
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a year ago
This blog is running on a home server again. I have once again gained access to a competent internet connection1, and I think I have figured out the IPv6 setup as well2, leading to this change. The IP address is dynamic, there are occasional power outages and I might just mess up...
Notes on software...
A database without dynamic memory allocation This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
over a year ago
Posts on Made of...
What's with ML software and pickles? I have spent many years as an software engineer who was a total outsider to machine-learning, but...
a year ago
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a year ago
I have spent many years as an software engineer who was a total outsider to machine-learning, but with some curiosity and occasional peripheral interactions with it. During this time, a recurring theme for me was horror (and, to be honest, disdain) every time I encountered the...
Birchtree
The Intuit vs the government cage fight Daniel Boguslaw: Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America’s Taxpayers Even when the...
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2 months ago
Daniel Boguslaw: Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America’s Taxpayers Even when the Biden administration broke through in the Inflation Reduction Act to fund a pilot program for Direct File, which expanded to 25 states this tax season, Intuit didn’t stop fighting....
Bryan Braun - Blog
Links #12 Oscar, an open-source contributor agent architecture - Oscar is a project from the Go community that...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Oscar, an open-source contributor agent architecture - Oscar is a project from the Go community that aims to develop AI agents that assist open source maintainers. I think this is a great idea. Open source is a load-bearing pillar in our modern digital infrastructure and...
Home on Erik...
Deep learning for… Go This is the last post about deep learning for chess/go/whatever. But this really cool paper by...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is the last post about deep learning for chess/go/whatever. But this really cool paper by Christopher Clark and Amos Storkey was forwarded to me by Michael Eickenberg. It's about using convolutional neural networks to play Go.
Greater Still by...
Joining Rostra I am thrilled to share that I am joining Rostra, where I’ll be working alongside Lulu Meservey and...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
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.
Louwrentius
Apple is killing off the optical drive just like the floppy disk With the release of the new MacBook Air we are one step closer to killing off the cd-rom and the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
With the release of the new MacBook Air we are one step closer to killing off the cd-rom and the dvd. As with the previous MacBook Air, this device has no optical drive. And that is a good thing. People do not need an optical drive. You have the network and you have USB disks....
Posts on Made of...
Measuring Capacity Through Utilization (This post is cross-posted from Honeycomb’s instrumentation series). One of my favorite concepts...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
(This post is cross-posted from Honeycomb’s instrumentation series). One of my favorite concepts when thinking about instrumenting a system to understand its overall performance and capacity is what I call “time utilization”. By this I mean: If you look at the behavior of a...
Vitalik Buterin's...
What do I think about biometric proof of personhood?
a year ago
Posts on Made of...
Lab Notebooking for the Software Engineer A few weeks ago, I wrote that software engineers should keep lab notebooks as they work, in addition...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A few weeks ago, I wrote that software engineers should keep lab notebooks as they work, in addition to just documenting things after the fact. Today, I’m going to share the techniques that I’ve found useful to try to get in the habit of lab-notebooking my work, even though I...
Abort Retry Fail
The History of the IBM 5100 IBM's First Personal Computer
a year ago
Louwrentius
Creating storage benchmark charts with FIO and GNUplot Edit 2019: I've made a new tool called 'fio-plot'to create various graphs. I use FIO to perform...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Edit 2019: I've made a new tool called 'fio-plot'to create various graphs. I use FIO to perform storage IO performance benchmarks. FIO does provide a script called "fio_generate_plots" which generates PNG or JPG based charts based on the data generated by FIO. The charts are...
Posts on Made of...
Lightweight Linux Kernel Development with KVM I don’t do a ton of Linux kernel development these days, but I’ve done a fair bit in the past, and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I don’t do a ton of Linux kernel development these days, but I’ve done a fair bit in the past, and picked up a number of useful techniques for doing kernel development in a relatively painless fashion. This blog post is a writeup of the tools and techniques I use when developing...
Neil Madden
How do you use a bearer URL? In “Towards a standard for bearer token URLs”, I described a URL scheme that can be safely used to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In “Towards a standard for bearer token URLs”, I described a URL scheme that can be safely used to incorporate a bearer token (such as an OAuth access token) into a URL. That blog post concentrated on the technical details of how that would work and the security properties of the...
Good Enough
TIL: Rails has_one Nested Attributes Tweaking In a project I'm working on right now I've been using a Rails nested form and a couple of things...
a year ago
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a year ago
In a project I'm working on right now I've been using a Rails nested form and a couple of things caught me off guard. has_one Nested Form Sending id Attribute In this case I have a nested form that is in a has_one relationship with the parent model. I think this is a common thing...
Jorge Arango
Humanities Crash Course Week 9: The Bible For week 9 of the humanities crash course, I revisited the most important text in Western culture:...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
For week 9 of the humanities crash course, I revisited the most important text in Western culture: the Bible. Of course, I didn’t read the whole book – only a small subset. Still, it was a lot. As I’ve done in previous weeks, I followed Gioia’s suggestions for the...
Himanshu Mishra |...
PEP8Speaks - Now helping 5,000 open source projects write neat and clean Python What is this project? 🐍 PEP8Speaks = PEP 8 + Speaks GitHub:...
over a year ago
Applied Cartography
What Gives Matthieu asks: Since you do a lot of things (investor, dad, owner of a "small" business, blog...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Matthieu asks: Since you do a lot of things (investor, dad, owner of a "small" business, blog writer) I was wondering what you don't do to keep up with this level of commitment. In the same line, it often said that behind one person success, there's a wife/husband that helps to...
Jonas Hietala
Summer job at Configura This is a wrap up of my 5 weeks at Configura as a summer internship. There were 6 interns and we had...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is a wrap up of my 5 weeks at Configura as a summer internship. There were 6 interns and we had two teams doing different things. I worked with two other awesome guys and it was great! The Premise We had two assignments this summer. One was to create an optimized version of...
Birchtree
On the "streaming is more expensive than cable" complaint A social media post flew by today where someone was complaining that they stopped paying $180 for...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
A social media post flew by today where someone was complaining that they stopped paying $180 for cable and now they're paying $200 for streaming apps. I see this sort of complaint a lot, and I find myself feeling like I'm taking crazy pills whenever I
Arduino Blog
You can now work in collaboration in Arduino Cloud In today’s busy world, getting students or engineers to work together is key to tackling complex IoT...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
In today’s busy world, getting students or engineers to work together is key to tackling complex IoT projects. Traditional code sharing and editing methods, like using offline IDEs or swapping files manually, often slow down projects and lead to mistakes. This can be a hassle and...
Electronics etc…
HP 33120A Repair - Shutting Down the Eye of Sauron Introduction Opening Up an HP 33120A A Walk Through the Block Diagram Bug Hunting Zener...
over a year ago
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Introduction Opening Up an HP 33120A A Walk Through the Block Diagram Bug Hunting Zener Replacement Staring at the Eye of Sauron FLIR IR Imaging To Destroy a PCB in Order to Save It Circuit Reconstruction Success! Trust but Verify Conclusion References Introduction When the...
Notes on software...
Zig, Rust, and other languages Having worked a bit in Zig, Rust, Go and now C, I think there are a few common topics worth having a...
a year ago
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a year ago
Having worked a bit in Zig, Rust, Go and now C, I think there are a few common topics worth having a fresh conversation on: automatic memory management, the standard library, and explicit allocation. Zig is not a mature language. But it has made enough useful choices for a number...
Applied Cartography
Pytest: test for print statements Inspired by Adam Johnson's test for pending migrations, and of course in conversation with my own...
a year ago
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a year ago
Inspired by Adam Johnson's test for pending migrations, and of course in conversation with my own love of weird tests, I offer a similar concept: a test for finding stray print statements in your codebase, with a ratchet array for stuff to ignore. import glob PATH =...
Arduino Blog
This Arduino failsafe protects an amazing backyard observatory Nothing quite compares to the feeling of looking up at the cosmos on a dark night, and even an...
a month ago
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a month ago
Nothing quite compares to the feeling of looking up at the cosmos on a dark night, and even an affordable telescope can enhance that experience. But if you’re willing to spend the time and money, you can take things much further. That’s what Redditor CosmicRuin did when they...
Notes on software...
Practical? Common Lisp on the JVM: A quick intro to ABCL for modern web apps In a ridiculous attempt to prove an internet wrong about the practicality of Lisp (Common Lisp...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In a ridiculous attempt to prove an internet wrong about the practicality of Lisp (Common Lisp specifically), I tried to get a simple (but realistic) web app running. After four days and a patch to ABCL I got something working. The code I had in mind would look something like...
Matt Mullenweg
My First Million I had a great chat with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri on their podcast, My First Million.
5 months ago
Jonas Hietala
Let's build a VORON: More mods The printer is done, but I feel one of the best part of a VORON printer is the ability to modify and...
a year ago
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a year ago
The printer is done, but I feel one of the best part of a VORON printer is the ability to modify and personalize it. There a tons of mods you can do, and while I’ve done a few there are lots more that I’d like to do some day. It’s a wonderful feeling to augment the printer with...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Sidechains vs Plasma vs Sharding
over a year ago
Good Enough
Season 1, Issue 5: Promotes Regularity Good Enough is taking a summer pause! We each have travel plans lined up for the summer. We each...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Good Enough is taking a summer pause! We each have travel plans lined up for the summer. We each have at least two children in our homes, begging for attention. And we each truly appreciate extended breaks as a means of reinvigorating ourselves to the ever important task of...
Jonas Hietala
2022 in review A bit late, but it’s time for my yearly review. It’s something I like doing for myself and it’s nice...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A bit late, but it’s time for my yearly review. It’s something I like doing for myself and it’s nice to see that despite a tough year I’ve done some good things. 2022 Non-Geek Achievements We got our third child! This time we got a girl to complement our two boys, and I love them...
Arduino Blog
3D printing an affordable robot arm  If you have an interest in robotics, then a robot arm is a great educational tool to start your...
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If you have an interest in robotics, then a robot arm is a great educational tool to start your journey. But professional robot arms are expensive and the DIY route is more informative anyway. That’s especially true if you take the time to design the arm yourself, as did Oliver...
Never Met a Science
The YouTube Apparatus Two quick announcements:
a year ago
Computer Ads from...
Massive Interview with Steve Jobs from MicroTime (1992) An in-depth discussion on NeXT
4 months ago
GitButler
GitButler's new patch based Code Review (Beta) Introducing Butler Review, a new commit-based, chat centered code review tool, now in beta.
3 months ago
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #55: The left needs to learn to love AI Plus Waymo's masterplan, life on a container ship, and the one guy responsible for slowing down road...
5 months ago
Abishek Muthian
Could we be living in the virtual reality as a punishment ? Well, come-on you should know upfront that I’m not going to be writing about some ground breaking...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Well, come-on you should know upfront that I’m not going to be writing about some ground breaking research I conduct at my basement laboratory resulting in conclusive proof of Brain in a vat , if so I would rather be writing a Nobel prize acceptance speech. Now you could ask me,...
The Pragmatic...
Survey: What’s in your tech stack? We want to capture an accurate snapshot of software engineering, today – and need your help! Tell us...
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3 months ago
We want to capture an accurate snapshot of software engineering, today – and need your help! Tell us about your tech stack and get early access to the final report, plus extra analysis
Computer Ads from...
Palantir Word Processing We Don't Have to Beef Up Our Guarantee With A Lot Of Bull
5 months ago
Louwrentius
An ode to the 10,000 RPM Western Digital (Veloci)Raptor Introduction Back in 2004, I visited a now bankrupt Dutch computer store called MyCom1, located at...
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over a year ago
Introduction Back in 2004, I visited a now bankrupt Dutch computer store called MyCom1, located at the Kinkerstraat in Amsterdam. I was there to buy a Western Digital Raptor model WD740, with 74 GB of capacity, running at 10,000 RPM. When I bought this drive, we were still in...
Computer Ads from...
1988 Interview Between Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems and MicroTimes Scott McNealy talks about Sun Microsystems, RISC, UNIX, and NeXT
a year ago
Computer Ads from...
Gould Electronic's PowerNode 6000 The Firebreathers from Gould blast the competition into oblivion.
11 months ago
Style over Substance
Guy’s Cool Tools This is a placeholder post! I’m a huge fan of Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools site and have loved their...
over a year ago
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This is a placeholder post! I’m a huge fan of Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools site and have loved their recommendations for years. So much, so that I even started a Pinterest board filled with my own recommendations. But after a few years of running into the limitations of the form, I...
The Pragmatic...
Did Automattic commit open source theft? The maker of WordPress took 2M customers from its biggest rival: has a red line been crossed?
8 months ago
Notes on software...
Generating a REST API from a database I recently published an alpha version of a code generation tool, DBCore, that reads a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I recently published an alpha version of a code generation tool, DBCore, that reads a database schema from PostgreSQL or MySQL and generates an entire Go API with CRUD operations, pagination, filtering, and authentication. But more than just generating code like xo/xo or...
tim.sh
How I created an Ethereum Proof-of-Stake demo entirely with AI Hi everybody!
7 months ago
Ken Shirriff's blog
Standard cells: Looking at individual gates in the Pentium processor Intel released the powerful Pentium processor in 1993, a chip to "separate the really power-hungry...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
Intel released the powerful Pentium processor in 1993, a chip to "separate the really power-hungry folks from ordinary mortals." The original Pentium was followed by the Pentium Pro, the Pentium II, and others, spawning a long-running brand of high-performance processors, Intel's...
Birchtree
Apple hits a major milestone in greenhouse emissions Apple Newsroom: Apple Surpasses 60 Percent Reduction in Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Apple today...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Apple Newsroom: Apple Surpasses 60 Percent Reduction in Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Apple today announced that the company has surpassed a 60 percent reduction in its global greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2015 levels, as part of its Apple 2030 goal to become carbon...
Home on Erik...
Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by opportunity cost Hanlon's razor is a classic aphorism I'm sure you have heard before: Never attribute to malice that...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Hanlon's razor is a classic aphorism I'm sure you have heard before: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. I've found that neither malice nor stupidity is the most common reason when you don't understand why something is in a certain way.
Louwrentius
Do not buy a hardware RAID controller for home use Hardware RAID controllers are considered 'the best' solution for high performance and high...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Hardware RAID controllers are considered 'the best' solution for high performance and high availability. However, this is not entirely true. Using a hardware RAID controller might even endanger your precious data. For enterprise environments, where performance is critical, it is...
Arduino Blog
Arduino is at work to make bio-based PCBs! April 22 is Earth Day – a powerful reminder of our shared responsibility to preserve the planet for...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
April 22 is Earth Day – a powerful reminder of our shared responsibility to preserve the planet for future generations. While the call for climate action grows louder, Arduino is committed to making sustainability an ongoing priority through concrete projects and global...
Matt Mullenweg
Automattic Alignment Winston Churchill said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Since I last blogged here, WP Engine...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
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....
heavymeta.org
CrowdStrike's Impact on Aviation Just after midnight Eastern Time on July 19, 2024, the enterprise cybersecurity company CrowdStrike...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Just after midnight Eastern Time on July 19, 2024, the enterprise cybersecurity company CrowdStrike YOLOed a software update to millions of Windows machines. Or as they put it: On July 19, 2024 at 04:09 UTC, as part of ongoing operations, CrowdStrike released a sensor...
Applied Cartography
Stripe Sessions 2024 Stripe held the keynote for Sessions, their annual WWDC/re:invent-esque conference, this morning. I...
a year ago
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a year ago
Stripe held the keynote for Sessions, their annual WWDC/re:invent-esque conference, this morning. I wanted to jot down some thoughts while they’re still fresh. (I think the changelog is the best way to poke around both the changes I’m writing about and the ones that I...
Jonas Hietala
Evolution of RTS games Introduction This is an essay for the course Game Design and I’m going to give you a ride through...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Introduction This is an essay for the course Game Design and I’m going to give you a ride through the evolution of RTS game genre. I like RTS games and I’ve played them for as long as I can remember, from the classic Red Alert and Age of Empires to the newer Supreme Commander and...
anderegg.ca
Algorithms are breaking how we think Today, Alec Watson posted a video titled “Algorithms are breaking how we think” on his YouTube...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Today, Alec Watson posted a video titled “Algorithms are breaking how we think” on his YouTube channel, Technology Connections. The whole thing is excellent and very well argued. The main thrust is: people seem increasingly less mindful about the stuff they engage with. Watson...
Jonas Hietala
Blogging in Djot instead of Markdown What if we weren’t chained to the past? What if we tried to create a light markup syntax that keeps...
a year ago
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a year ago
What if we weren’t chained to the past? What if we tried to create a light markup syntax that keeps what is good about Markdown, while revising some of the features that have led to bloat and complexity in the CommonMark spec? John Macfarlane, Beyond Markdown I recently...
Willem's Blog
Realtime human pose recognition through computer vision For an exciting new project I have been experimenting with TensorFlow, enabling realtime pose...
over a year ago
latest projects -...
Eurorack Knob Idea [Hardware] An idea for knobs for synthesizers.
2 months ago
./techtipsy
ThinkPad as a server: third time's the charm This is a follow-up to my two previous attempts on this topic: Can a laptop from 2012 be a viable...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
This is a follow-up to my two previous attempts on this topic: Can a laptop from 2012 be a viable home server? ThinkPad as a server: the follow-up Since then, I’ve had quite a few changes to my home server setup: I put my home server stuff on an IKEA pegboard I tried the...
Louwrentius
Did you know that RDP is as insecure as telnet? Microsoft developed the remote desktop protocol in order to allow remote GUI- based access to hosts....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Microsoft developed the remote desktop protocol in order to allow remote GUI- based access to hosts. It is easy to pick on Microsoft and I do respect what they have accomplished, however, it may not come as a surprise that they did it all wrong with RDP in terms of security. By...
Jonas Hietala
Failed mime type for Krita I thought Krita worked fine… Until I tried to save. Krita crashed whenever I tried to save (or open)...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I thought Krita worked fine… Until I tried to save. Krita crashed whenever I tried to save (or open) a file and gave the error: Could not find mime type "application/x-krita" Turns out if you reinstall the package shared-mime-info which comes natively with Slackware the...
Arduino Blog
DexteriSync lets you walk a mile in the gloves of a user with manual disability Good designers prioritize the user experience — particularly the experience of users with...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Good designers prioritize the user experience — particularly the experience of users with disabilities that affect their perception and fine motor skills. A young person without disabilities, for example, may feel that jars are easy to open, while an elderly person with reduced...
Notes on software...
A minimal REST API in Java There's a style of Java that is a joy to write. This post will cover how to set up a basic...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There's a style of Java that is a joy to write. This post will cover how to set up a basic PostgreSQL-integrated REST API using Jersey and JOOQ in a style not dissimilar to Flask and SQLAlchemy in Python. In particular, we'll try to avoid as much runtime reflection/class-loading...
Jonas Hietala
ISOC update I have now worked a bit more than 3 weeks out of my 4 weeks of IDA Summer of Code and this is an...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I have now worked a bit more than 3 weeks out of my 4 weeks of IDA Summer of Code and this is an update post of what I’ve done so far. I will write a more extensive summary post at the end of the project. I was planning on writing a weekly summary, but that ship sailed a long...
Birchtree
Samsung will release their phone first and still gets accused of copying Apple Chance Miller on 9to5Mac: Samsung Is Already Working on Its iPhone 17 Air Copycat Apple is expected...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Chance Miller on 9to5Mac: Samsung Is Already Working on Its iPhone 17 Air Copycat Apple is expected to release an all-new “iPhone 17 Air” model this year, prioritizing form over function. A new supply chain report today reiterates what to expect from the iPhone 17 Air size and
Lars Lofgren
How Live Chat Tools Impact Conversions and Why I Launched a Bad Variant Do those live chat tools actually help your business? Will they get you more customers by allowing...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Do those live chat tools actually help your business? Will they get you more customers by allowing your visitors to chat directly with your team? Like most tests, you can come up with theories that sound great for both sides. Pro Live Chat Theory: Having a live chat tool helps...
Arduino Blog
Self-leveling workbench can travel without trouble An actually level workbench is critical for many different jobs, such as pouring resin or...
a year ago
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a year ago
An actually level workbench is critical for many different jobs, such as pouring resin or calibrating sensors. But it is difficult enough to level a stationary workbench and that becomes a nightmare for a workbench that needs to roll around a shop on casters, as shop floors...
Home on Erik...
Looking for smart people I haven't mentioned what I'm currently up to. Earlier this year I left Spotify to join a small...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I haven't mentioned what I'm currently up to. Earlier this year I left Spotify to join a small startup called Better. We're going after one of the biggest industries in the world that also turns out to be completely broken.
Gwern.net Newsletter
April 2021 newsletter with links on AI scaling, particular new East Asian record-breaking work & deep reinforcement...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
with links on AI scaling, particular new East Asian record-breaking work & deep reinforcement learning.
Matt Blewitt
Software Sprezzatura Sprezzatura is “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Sprezzatura is “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it”, coined by Castiglione in 1528’s The Book of the Courtier.
Vitalik Buterin's...
The math of when stage 1 and stage 2 make sense
2 months ago
Ian's Blog
Hardware-Accelerated Video Encoding with Intel Arc on Redhat Linux I've been wanting hardware-accelerated video encoding on my Linux machine for quite a while now, but...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
I've been wanting hardware-accelerated video encoding on my Linux machine for quite a while now, but ask anybody who's used a Linux machine and they'll tell you of the horrors of Nvidia or AMD drivers. Intel, on the other hand, seems to be taking things in a much different, much...
Arduino Blog
Motion-controlled Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots will make you feel like Jackman in Real Steel 2011’s Real Steel may have vanished from the public consciousness in a remarkably short amount of...
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2011’s Real Steel may have vanished from the public consciousness in a remarkably short amount of time, but the concept was pretty neat. There is something exciting about the idea of fighting through motion-controlled humanoid robots. That is completely possible today — it would...
Applied Cartography
You should use Helpscout Was digging through old issues of the personal site and found this draft snippet: I was evaluating...
a year ago
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a year ago
Was digging through old issues of the personal site and found this draft snippet: I was evaluating HelpScout as a potential first step in a series of many, many steps to onboard a dedicated support engineer for Buttondown, and it turns out that the process of adding custom...
GitButler
Why GitHub Actually Won How GitHub _actually_ became the dominant force it is today, from one of it's cofounders.
9 months ago
Matt Blewitt
Regular Restarts Are Good, Actually Anecdotally, one of the more maligned features of the Heroku platform are the 24-hour limits on...
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Anecdotally, one of the more maligned features of the Heroku platform are the 24-hour limits on compute units, known as “dynos”. This is actually a good thing, but very misunderstood.
Notes on software...
One year as a solo dev building open-source data tools without funding This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
over a year ago
Opsbros
Tasmota Quad Switch Breakout The Tasmota Quad Switch Breakout is designed to make connecting a custom quad light switch to a...
over a year ago
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The Tasmota Quad Switch Breakout is designed to make connecting a custom quad light switch to a Wemos D1 mini running Tasmota super super easy.
./techtipsy
Running on fumes After a run-of-the-mill Windows BSOD, I was redirected to the UEFI settings and was presented with...
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After a run-of-the-mill Windows BSOD, I was redirected to the UEFI settings and was presented with this fun little bug: 0GB ought to be enough for anybody.
Christian Selig
Recreating Apple's beautiful visionOS search bar Many of Apple’s own visionOS apps, like Music, Safari, and Apple TV, have a handy search bar front...
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Many of Apple’s own visionOS apps, like Music, Safari, and Apple TV, have a handy search bar front and center on the window so you can easily search through your content. Oddly, as of visionOS 1.1, replicating this visually as a developer using SwiftUI or UIKit is not...
Arduino Blog
This automatic laser turret keeps the cats entertained for hours Cats may be adorable, but they evolved to be predators. Unfortunately, responsible owners keep their...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Cats may be adorable, but they evolved to be predators. Unfortunately, responsible owners keep their cats indoors to avoid decimating the local wildlife population and that means Mr. Whiskers and Ms. Socks don’t get much opportunity to express their hunting urges. That’s why...
Louwrentius
'Linux: obtain motherboard model / type and vendor' If you want to know what motherboard is installed in a system, use the tool dmidecode: dmidecode |...
over a year ago
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If you want to know what motherboard is installed in a system, use the tool dmidecode: dmidecode | grep -e "Manufacturer|Product" | head -n 4 | tail -n 2 The result might be something like: Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC. Product Name: P5Q-EM DO Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer...
Good Enough
TIL: Turbo Stream broadcasting needs default_url_options to be set We've been using Turbo Streams in some of our recent prototypes, which makes it really easy and fun...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
We've been using Turbo Streams in some of our recent prototypes, which makes it really easy and fun to get responsive and fun interactions set up. However, we kept having issues with images sent in a turbo stream response. If the response was delivered by a normal controller...
Birchtree
Handheld consoles, assemble! Jez Corden writing for Windows Central: EXCLUSIVE: Xbox's New Hardware Plans Begin With a Gaming...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Jez Corden writing for Windows Central: EXCLUSIVE: Xbox's New Hardware Plans Begin With a Gaming Handheld Set for Later This Year, With Full Next-Gen Consoles Targeting 2027 Microsoft is working with a PC gaming OEM (think ASUS, Lenovo, MSI, Razer, etc.) on an Xbox-branded gaming...
Never Met a Science
The (Electoral) Politics of Age Gaps (Yes, this post is the beginning of a victory lap.
10 months ago
Odds and Ends of...
Keir Starmer needs to prepare for a world without America Today's empires, tomorrow's ashes.
8 months ago
Arduino Blog
The new Auxivo EduExo Pro helps students with exoskeleton research Emerging technologies initially develop at a slow pace and that is due in large part to the lack of...
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Emerging technologies initially develop at a slow pace and that is due in large part to the lack of resources available to students. Complex technology is built on existing knowledge and higher education students need the tools to gain hands-on experience. To help educate the...
Home on Erik...
HubSpot's Picture Shows how to Maintain Monocultures in the 21st Century I thought this article about the company culture at HubSpot is kind of funny. “HubSpot's Awesome...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I thought this article about the company culture at HubSpot is kind of funny. “HubSpot's Awesome Presentation Shows how to Create a 21st Century Culture”. Just FYI: You're not different. You're a bunch of white hipsters aged 25-30 dressed up in the same theme.
Applied Cartography
VC does not guarantee PMF Two companies that I started following (with no small amount of envy) back in 2021: Hype (fka Pico)...
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8 months ago
Two companies that I started following (with no small amount of envy) back in 2021: Hype (fka Pico) sold to an MMA-themed holdco earlier this year. Raised a $4.5m seed from Stripe and Bloomberg Beta and a $10m Series A; crossed the finish line at $200K ARR after eight years. Stir...
Notes on software...
What's the big deal about key-value databases like FoundationDB and RocksDB? Let's assume you're familiar with basic SQL databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL, and document...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Let's assume you're familiar with basic SQL databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL, and document databases like MongoDB and Elasticsearch. You probably know Redis too. But you're hearing more and more about embedded key-value stores like RocksDB, LevelDB, PebbleDB, and so on....
Vitalik Buterin's...
Fast Fourier Transforms
over a year ago
anderegg.ca
How decentralized is Bluesky really? Here’s an excellent article from Christine Lemmer-Webber that takes a deeper technical look into...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Here’s an excellent article from Christine Lemmer-Webber that takes a deeper technical look into some of the criticisms I had in my previous piece. The article is long, but very much worth a read. From the conclusion: Bluesky is built by good people who care, and it is providing...
Willem's Blog
Cyber security: 5 easy tips to protect your server against hackers These 5 practical cyber security measures will improve the safety of server, website and data.
over a year ago
Vitalik Buterin's...
Against choosing your political allegiances based on who is "pro-crypto"
11 months ago
Posts on Made of...
Followup to "A Very Subtle Bug" After my previous post got posted to reddit, there was a bunch of interesting discussion there about...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
After my previous post got posted to reddit, there was a bunch of interesting discussion there about some details I’d handwaved over. This is a quick followup on some the investigation that various people carried out, and the conclusions they reached. In the reddit thread,...
Applied Cartography
Au revoir, Invoke It's not quite interesting or noteworthy enough to warrant a full-on essay, but yesterday we...
a year ago
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a year ago
It's not quite interesting or noteworthy enough to warrant a full-on essay, but yesterday we unshipped the last remaining Invoke commands and ported them over to just. I think Invoke is a good, cool project, and I wish it well. If you're at the precise intersection of "you have...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Ethereum has blobs. Where do we go from here?
a year ago
Odds and Ends of...
Listen: How the YIMBYs won My event with Anya Martin (with a brief cameo from Chris Curtis MP!)
3 months ago
Engineers Need Art
Mooncraft 2000 A web-based game, Mooncraft 2000 is released.
over a year ago
Matt Mullenweg
Michael Palmisano on Collier I’ve been obsessed with Jacob Collier since I first saw his Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing cover on...
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8 months ago
I’ve been obsessed with Jacob Collier since I first saw his Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing cover on YouTube, and one of my favorite genres of videos is genius musicians breaking down the incredible musical stuff Jacob is doing. (He even has his own instrument now.) This reaction...
./techtipsy
The optimization treadmill: why I keep changing my computing setup all the time I have a bad habit of changing my computing setups all the time. I tend to see new gear, then I...
a year ago
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a year ago
I have a bad habit of changing my computing setups all the time. I tend to see new gear, then I get some new ideas, and then I obsessively think about it for weeks and months until I just buy it. And then the cycle repeats. I’ve had time to think about why that keeps happening...
Willem's Blog
Building a professional 72TB NAS This month I installed a professional HPE ProLiant DL380p server in a datacenter in Amsterdam, read...
over a year ago
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This month I installed a professional HPE ProLiant DL380p server in a datacenter in Amsterdam, read this post to see how this was done!
Birchtree
Stunts are getting their Oscar in 2028 Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences: Academy Establishes Stunt Design Award for 100th...
2 months ago
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Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences: Academy Establishes Stunt Design Award for 100th Oscars The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the creation of an annual competitive Academy Award® for Achievement in Stunt Design,...
Computer Ads from...
NCR PC4i Growing with your needs
6 months ago
Notes on software...
Writing a web server from scratch: 1. HTTP and sockets Say we have some HTML: <html> <body> <h1>Hello world!</h1> </body> </html> And say we'd...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Say we have some HTML: <html> <body> <h1>Hello world!</h1> </body> </html> And say we'd like to be able to render this page in a web browser. If the server is hosted locally we may want to enter localhost:9000/hello-world.html in the address bar, hit enter, make a...
GitButler
Stacked Branches with GitButler GitButler can now manage dependent branches that are stacked, including managing stacked GitHub PRs.
7 months ago
computers are bad
2025-04-18 white alice When we last talked about Troposcatter, it was Pole Vault. Pole Vault was the first troposcatter...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
When we last talked about Troposcatter, it was Pole Vault. Pole Vault was the first troposcatter communications network, on the east coast of Canada. It would not be alone for long. By the time the first Pole Vault stations were complete, work was already underway on a similar...
Notes on software...
RFCs and asynchronous-first culture I hated writing documentation before working on features. But after a while I realized I couldn't...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I hated writing documentation before working on features. But after a while I realized I couldn't communicate well enough, even with folks I had a good connection with. It took me a number of mistaken deliveries to get the message. Sketches and mockups Designers solve this by...
lcamtuf’s thing
Against the hydraulic analogy The most popular tool for teaching electronics makes the trade harder to learn.
6 months ago
Willem's Blog
The day I sold my car This week I sold my car, I now no longer own one. I look back at my years of owning a sports car, if...
over a year ago
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This week I sold my car, I now no longer own one. I look back at my years of owning a sports car, if you're looking for a reason to buy one you should check this out.
computers are bad
2023-10-22 cooler screens Audible even over the squeal of an HVAC blower with a suffering belt, the whine of small, high...
a year ago
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Audible even over the squeal of an HVAC blower with a suffering belt, the whine of small, high velocity fans pervades the grocery side of this Walgreens. Were they always this loud? I'm not sure; some of the fans sound distinctly unhealthy. Still, it's a familiar kind of noise to...
Home on Erik...
Software Engineers and Automation Every once in a while when talking to smart people the topic of automation comes up. Technology has...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Every once in a while when talking to smart people the topic of automation comes up. Technology has made lots of occupations redundant, so what's next? Switchboard operator, a long time ago What about software engineers?
Good Enough
There's no “A” or “I” in “Jelly” The second half of 2024 was definitely an inflection point in the world of software. Large Language...
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The second half of 2024 was definitely an inflection point in the world of software. Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI started to permeate products everywhere, from chatbots to operating systems, and at times it felt like everyone was taking part in a race to...
Jonas Hietala
A small LED Cube As a follow up of my hobby project goals this autumn I have now completed the smallest goal there. I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
As a follow up of my hobby project goals this autumn I have now completed the smallest goal there. I got started a little with soldering by constructing a small 3x3x3 LED cube. Although extremely hard to see in this picture it actually worked without a hitch! It’s not the...
Notes on software...
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,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
Arduino Blog
Introducing Arduino cores with ZephyrOS (beta): take your embedded development to the next level Last July, when we announced the beginning of the transition from Mbed to Zephyr, we promised to...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Last July, when we announced the beginning of the transition from Mbed to Zephyr, we promised to release the first beta by the end of 2024. Today, we are excited to announce the first release of Arduino cores with ZephyrOS in beta! ZephyrOS is an open-source, real-time operating...
Applied Cartography
Truncating timedeltas in Django Consider a fan-out-ish model that you want to aggregate a bunch of: likes on a post, for...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Consider a fan-out-ish model that you want to aggregate a bunch of: likes on a post, for instance. class Post(models.Model): created_at = models.DateTimeField() class Event(models.Model): post = models.ForeignKey(Post, on_delete=models.CASCADE) created_at =...
somenice
Cake Hole Whistler Mountain Often inviting. This terrain just off the Whistler peak road can be an enticing sun-swept run of...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Often inviting. This terrain just off the Whistler peak road can be an enticing sun-swept run of untouched powder.Understanding that you need to come back up the same way you go down, can make you question if it’s really worth it.Know before you go. Cake Hole by Andrew...
Old Vintage...
Programming the Convergent WorkSlate's spreadsheet microcassette future In this particular future, we will all use handheld spreadsheets stored on microcassettes, talking...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
In this particular future, we will all use handheld spreadsheets stored on microcassettes, talking to each other via speakerphone, and probably listening to Devo and New Order a lot. (Though that part isn't too different from my actual present.) a computer whose manufacturer...
Birchtree
Grading my 2024 Apple predictions First off, merry Christmas! I closed out last year with a series of posts reviewing Apple’s main...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
First off, merry Christmas! I closed out last year with a series of posts reviewing Apple’s main product lines, iPhones, iPads, Macs, Watches, and the soon-to-be-released Vision Pro. I’ll be doing that again over the last few days of the year, but in the interest of
Willem's Blog
Your own addressbook and calendar cloud You can setup a CardDAV/CalDAV server to manage your own contacts, addressbook, agenda and task data...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
You can setup a CardDAV/CalDAV server to manage your own contacts, addressbook, agenda and task data and share it between your devices.
Notes on software...
Writing a Jinja-inspired template library in Python In this post we'll build a minimal text templating library in Python inspired by Jinja. It will be...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In this post we'll build a minimal text templating library in Python inspired by Jinja. It will be able to display variables and iterate over arrays. By the end of this article, with around 300 lines of code, we'll be able to create this program: from pytemplate import...
lcamtuf’s thing
Weekend projects: getting silly with C C is beautiful yet full of horrors. Here's to uncovering its hidden depths.
a year ago
computers are bad
2023-04-30 los alamos - compound to county pt II Where we left off, Los Alamos had become a county, but the town itself continued to be directly...
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Where we left off, Los Alamos had become a county, but the town itself continued to be directly administered by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The Atomic Energy Communities Act (AECA) mandated the AEC to dispose of the towns it owned by transferring the property to private...
Arduino Blog
Can this tiny lawn mower robot cut it in the real world? We’re finally starting to see robotic lawn mowers gain a little bit of traction as prices come down...
a year ago
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a year ago
We’re finally starting to see robotic lawn mowers gain a little bit of traction as prices come down and consumer trust goes up. They work a bit like Roomba vacuums and pathfinding sophistication varies from one model to the next. But even the most basic models are still a lot...
Vitalik Buterin's...
What even is an institution?
over a year ago
Christian Selig
Introducing Juno for Apple Vision Pro YouTube is probably one of the parts of the internet I consume the most, so I was more than a little...
a year ago
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a year ago
YouTube is probably one of the parts of the internet I consume the most, so I was more than a little sad when YouTube announced that they don’t have plans to build a visionOS app, and disabled the option to load the iPad app. This leaves you with Safari, and the website is okay,...
Birchtree
Comfort Zone: OLED Dreams and Studio Display Realities Niléane is out, so Chris and I are left to fend on ourselves! Chris steals like an artist and I...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Niléane is out, so Chris and I are left to fend on ourselves! Chris steals like an artist and I defend a new purchase…oh, and we have some fun with desks that sadly ends in Vision Pro slander. Why does this keep happening?! Watch on YouTube
Arduino Blog
GLEWBOT scales buildings like a gecko to inspect wall tiles A great deal of building maintenance expenses are the result of simple inaccessibility. Cleaning the...
a year ago
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a year ago
A great deal of building maintenance expenses are the result of simple inaccessibility. Cleaning the windows are your house is a trivial chore, but cleaning the windows on a skyscraper is serious undertaking that needs specialized equipment and training. To make exterior wall...
Willem's Blog
iPad Pro as primary computer Is the time right to use an iPad as primary development platform to get some real work done?
over a year ago
Louwrentius
Benchmarking storage with Fio and generating charts of the results Introduction Fio is a widely-used tool for performing storage benchmarks. Fio offers a lot of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Introduction Fio is a widely-used tool for performing storage benchmarks. Fio offers a lot of options to create a storage benchmark that would best reflect your needs. Fio allows you to assess if your storage solution is up to its task and how much headroom it has. Fio outputs...
Arduino Blog
This desk lamp automatically adjusts its brightness using AI on an Arduino UNO When you hear about all of the amazing things being accomplished with artificial intelligence today,...
a year ago
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a year ago
When you hear about all of the amazing things being accomplished with artificial intelligence today, you probably assume that they require a massive amount of processing power. And while that is often true, there are machine learning models that can run on the edge — including on...
Arduino Blog
5 ways to use Arduino with kids One of the great things about making is that it really is for everyone — every budget, every skill...
a year ago
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a year ago
One of the great things about making is that it really is for everyone — every budget, every skill level, and every age group. Children are one of the groups that can benefit the most from Arduino. Getting exposed to making and home automation from an early age can be enormously...
Good Enough
Season 3, Issue 2: Britney Coltrane 1. I ❤️HR The past two weeks Barry and Lettini have been building our next little project, and I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
1. I ❤️HR The past two weeks Barry and Lettini have been building our next little project, and I tried to deal with the company-side of work: setting up payroll, health insurance, and making sure we’re compliant (hello, bureaucracy!). Back in the day when Danny and I started...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Na colusão
over a year ago
Good Enough
Strong Prototypes, Weakly Held Excuse any obtuse thoughts that make their way into this writing. I sat down to type with My Life in...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Excuse any obtuse thoughts that make their way into this writing. I sat down to type with My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Brian Eno and David Byrne as my soundtrack. This is an album I've never listened to before, and apparently I'm supposed to love it or hate it. Mostly the...
Home on Erik...
coin2dice Here's a problem that I used to give to candidates. I stopped using it seriously a long time ago...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Here's a problem that I used to give to candidates. I stopped using it seriously a long time ago since I don't believe in puzzles, but I think it's kind of fun. Let's say you have a function that simulates a random coin flip.
Krebs on Security
Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes? At 49, Branden Spikes isn't just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
At 49, Branden Spikes isn't just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla and SpaceX, Spikes is also...
Vitalik Buterin's...
On Path Independence
over a year ago
computers are bad
2023-07-15 underwater ears everywhere Programming note: the subscribe link was broken for a while because I am bad at computers (yet...
a year ago
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a year ago
Programming note: the subscribe link was broken for a while because I am bad at computers (yet another case of "forgot to enable the systemd unit"). It's fixed now. The unsubscribe link was also broken and is now fixed but, you know, maybe that was a feature. Did wonders for...
Arduino Blog
RIoT Secure joins Arduino’s SIPP as Gold Partner We are excited to announce that RIoT Secure has joined Arduino’s System Integrators Partnership...
a year ago
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a year ago
We are excited to announce that RIoT Secure has joined Arduino’s System Integrators Partnership Program at the Gold level. Founded in 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden, RIoT Secure is at the forefront of IoT security, especially in regards to resource-constrained microcontrollers,...
Arduino Blog
Why is STEAM education important for kids? 6 activity tips School’s out for summer – at least for most of us. While the majority of children (and teachers!)...
a year ago
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School’s out for summer – at least for most of us. While the majority of children (and teachers!) will probably be breathing a huge sigh of relief, parents face a new challenge: how to keep kids engaged during the long break. Of course, downtime is important, but there are also...
Home on Erik...
Why I went into the mortgage industry I just realized last Thursday that I have spent two full years at Better, incidentally on the same...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I just realized last Thursday that I have spent two full years at Better, incidentally on the same day as we announced a $15M round led by Kleiner Perkins. So it was a good point to reflect a bit and think back – what the F led me to abandon my role managing the machine learning...
Applied Cartography
Use Rails I have a good number of people ask me what software stack they should use. I always have a two-part...
a year ago
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a year ago
I have a good number of people ask me what software stack they should use. I always have a two-part answer: Use what you're familiar with. If there's something that you've spent a good amount of time using, stick with that one. Rails. People are usually surprised when I say this...
Nabeel S. Qureshi
Principles // This was originally a Google Doc where I gathered hard-won life lessons; eventually I open...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
// 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.
Daniel De Laney
Atomic Design in&nbsp;1998 When you hear “atomic design,” you probably think of Brad Frost. Interestingly, he was not the first...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When you hear “atomic design,” you probably think of Brad Frost. Interestingly, he was not the first person to develop that method of delivering design as components, or even the terminology. Brad published his atomic design article in 2013. While digging through the archives at...
Old Vintage...
The unreleased Commodore HHC-4's secret identity Once upon a time (and that time was Winter CES 1983), Commodore announced what was to be their one...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Once upon a time (and that time was Winter CES 1983), Commodore announced what was to be their one and only handheld computer, the Commodore HHC-4. It was never released and never seen again, at least not in that form. But it turns out that not only did the HHC-4 actually exist,...
Christian Selig
Table of Contents Selector View I wrote a new little view for a future version of Apollo that makes some changes to the default iOS...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I wrote a new little view for a future version of Apollo that makes some changes to the default iOS version (that seems to be a weird trend in my recent programming, despite me loving built-in components). Here’s some details about it! It’s also available as a library on GitHub...
Jonas Hietala
Why I don't rely on AI for programming (too much) I find that ai can help significantly with doing plumbing, but it has no problems with connecting...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
I find that ai can help significantly with doing plumbing, but it has no problems with connecting the pipes wrong. I need to double and triple check the updated code - or fix the resulting errors when I don’t do that. thih9 on Hacker News I’ve been skeptical of the AI craze...
watchTowr Labs
Hop-Skip-FortiJump-FortiJump-Higher - Fortinet FortiManager CVE-2024-47575 It’s been a tricky time for Fortinet (and their customers) lately - arguably, even more so than...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
It’s been a tricky time for Fortinet (and their customers) lately - arguably, even more so than usual. Adding to the steady flow of vulnerabilities in appliances recently was a nasty CVSS 9.8 vulnerability in FortiManager, their tool for central management of FortiGate...
Abort Retry Fail
The History of Commodore, Part 1 Chuck Peddle, the 6502, MOS, and the PET
a year ago
Greater Still by...
Why Digital Fashion Matters “We’re in the midst of a technological revolution.
over a year ago
Willem's Blog
The value of notifications It's easy to dismiss your phone's notifications as something that disturbs you, but if you take the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It's easy to dismiss your phone's notifications as something that disturbs you, but if you take the time to set them up correctly, notifications can actually save you time!
Willem's Blog
Syncing files seamlessly between smartphone and tablet In order to optimise my workflow, I was looking for a way to seamlessly access the same files on...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In order to optimise my workflow, I was looking for a way to seamlessly access the same files on both my computer and smartphone. Read along to find out how I did it.
Evan Hahn's blog
Notes from "Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement" I just finished James Vincent’s Beyond Measure, a 2023 book about the history of measurement and its...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
I just finished James Vincent’s Beyond Measure, a 2023 book about the history of measurement and its impact on our lives. The book reveals how the meter’s length is tied to the French Revolution. It highlights many scientific discoveries linked to advances in measurement. It...
Arduino Blog
Ready for SPS Italia 2024? Ready for accessible industrial automation! Save the date on May 28th-30th, Arduino will be back at SPS Italia in Parma, showcasing how our...
a year ago
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Save the date on May 28th-30th, Arduino will be back at SPS Italia in Parma, showcasing how our open-source solutions are revolutionizing the industrial sector with high performance and accessibility. At Arduino’s booth #C020, hall 7, we’ll be presenting the latest additions to...
computers are bad
2023-10-03 overheard overhead Let's talk about overhead paging. The concept goes by various names: paging, public address, even...
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Let's talk about overhead paging. The concept goes by various names: paging, public address, even intercom, although the accuracy of the latter term can be questionable. It's probably one of the aspects of business telephone systems that gets the most public attention, on account...
Matt Blewitt
Sensibly Default There are two programming principles that I hold dear to my heart: the principle of least surprise...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
There are two programming principles that I hold dear to my heart: the principle of least surprise and provide sensible defaults. I’ve recently been working within the GraphQL ecosystem, and the number of violations of both here has frustrated me. This will be a little bit ranty.
Christian Selig
Introducing Tiny Storage: a small, lightweight UserDefaults replacement Hey I'm a developer not an artist Following my last blog post about difficulties surrounding...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Hey I'm a developer not an artist Following my last blog post about difficulties surrounding UserDefaults and edge cases that lead to data loss (give it a read if you haven’t, it’s an important precursor to this post!), I wanted to build something small and lightweight that...
Jorge Arango
Book Notes: “Co-Intelligence” Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick Portfolio, 2024 Over the weekend, I...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick Portfolio, 2024 Over the weekend, I caught up with a friend I hadn’t seen in years. When I explained that most of my work these days is focused on AI, he asked if there was one book he could read to understand how to...
Birchtree
That time Apple made Auido Hijack way worse, but eventually made it better for everyone Paul Kafasis: The Developers Who Came in From the Cold I’m delighted to say that we have completed...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Paul Kafasis: The Developers Who Came in From the Cold I’m delighted to say that we have completed our transition to ARK, and it now powers all of our audio capture apps on MacOS 14 and higher. Our glorious hassle-free future has finally arrived, and you can get
Simply Explained
Shelly 2.5: Flash ESPHome Over The Air! It's no secret that I'm a fan of Shelly products to automate various devices in my house. They're...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It's no secret that I'm a fan of Shelly products to automate various devices in my house. They're well built, tiny and rock solid, and best of all: compatible with ESPHome.I flashed ESPHome onto all my Shelly 1's, but for some reason, I have issues with my Shelly 2.5 devices......
Arduino Blog
DIY micro lab analyzes ammonia levels in blood and urine Cirrhosis of the liver is an extremely serious condition that requires extensive medical monitoring...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Cirrhosis of the liver is an extremely serious condition that requires extensive medical monitoring and often intervention. Progression of the condition can be fatal, so even if caught early it must be monitored closely. But, like most things in medicine, that gets expensive....
Vitalik Buterin's...
Verkle trees
over a year ago
Abishek Muthian
I found my 7th grade art book ! The drawings from my 7th grade art book gives an insight of what my life and dreams were during that...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The drawings from my 7th grade art book gives an insight of what my life and dreams were during that period. I share this is to inspire at-least few to go back and check what they were and what they are now. Art book cover My 7th grade Art notebook. I’m 29 year old Indian male....
Applied Cartography
Two weeks of parenthood We've had Lucy for two weeks, which qualifies us as experts, which means it is time to write about...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
We've had Lucy for two weeks, which qualifies us as experts, which means it is time to write about parenthood. (In all seriousness, consider the below descriptive and not prescriptive: mostly, it's a notepad filled with things that were remarkable or surprising or divergent from...
Birchtree
The urge that comes with power Nilay Patel on this week's The Vergecast: You can just see that they picked the finances over the...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Nilay Patel on this week's The Vergecast: You can just see that they picked the finances over the product over and over again. And if they had just figured out a way to make in-app purchases worth more to developers than leaving the ecosystem, developers, I think, would
Louwrentius
'Tool of the month: iftop - advanced bandwidth monitoring' The utility iftop allows you to monitor bandwidth usage. It is in some sense similar to tools like...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The utility iftop allows you to monitor bandwidth usage. It is in some sense similar to tools like iptraf, dstat and bwm-ng. Iftop is more special than those. Because iftop lets you monitor the speed of individual TCP / UDP connections. Basically, you will be able to determine...
Applied Cartography
Projects are things with steps Lots of kind words poured in as a response to My approach to GTD and PKM, and one question was asked...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Lots of kind words poured in as a response to My approach to GTD and PKM, and one question was asked so frequently that I decided to write about it. Why is “Get mom a birthday present” a project and not a task? GTD is very orthodox in what a “project” is: it’s anything that: you...
Louwrentius
Configuring, attacking and securing VRRP on Linux The VRRP or Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol helps you create a reliable network by using multiple...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The VRRP or Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol helps you create a reliable network by using multiple routers in an active/passive configuration. If the primary router fails, the backup router takes over almost seamlessly. This is how VRRP works: Clients connect to a virtual...
Jonas Hietala
Changes A lot has been going on lately and it feels like I’m being swamped. I can’t complain too much but...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A lot has been going on lately and it feels like I’m being swamped. I can’t complain too much but there are things I’d like to change after the exam period this week. Program more! nothing since christmas or someting. I need to finish: Ada project for school. Can’t believe I...
Louwrentius
FreeBSD 10.1 unattended install over PXE & HTTP (no NFS) To gain some more experience with FreeBSD, I decided to make a PXE-based unattended installation of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
To gain some more experience with FreeBSD, I decided to make a PXE-based unattended installation of FreeBSD 10.1. My goal is to set something up similar to Debian/Ubuntu + preseeding or Redhat/CentOS + kickstart. Getting a PXE-based unattended installation of FreeBSD 10.1 was...
Abishek Muthian
Testing FDA cleared pulse oximeter Fake FDA certified pulse oximeters Ecommerce sites in India are full of pulse oximeters falsely...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Fake FDA certified pulse oximeters Ecommerce sites in India are full of pulse oximeters falsely claiming to be FDA certified. If they are actually available in U.S., they don't claim it to be FDA certified and are not listed on FDA's database. Some of the pulse oximeters try to...
Willem's Blog
Cash is king, or is it? Is the time right to ditch the wallet?
over a year ago
computers are bad
2025-01-20 office of secure transportation I've seen them at least twice on /r/whatisthisthing, a good couple dozen times on the road, and...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
I've seen them at least twice on /r/whatisthisthing, a good couple dozen times on the road, and these days, even in press photos: GMC trucks with custom square boxes on the back, painted dark blue, with US Government "E" plates. These courier escorts, "unmarked" but about as...
Jonas Hietala
October theme says: Numbers New month and a new theme. As with the two previous games I’m following The Experimental Gameplay...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
New month and a new theme. As with the two previous games I’m following The Experimental Gameplay Project theme which this month is numbers. What’s it gonna be? A sudoku game or something more… thrilling? I’ll see what I can do :)
Louwrentius
ZFS RAIDZ expansion is awesome but has a small caveat Introduction Update April 2023: It has been fairly quiet since the announcement of this feature. The...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Introduction Update April 2023: It has been fairly quiet since the announcement of this feature. The Github PR about this feature is rather stale and people are wondering what the status is and what the plans are. Meanwhile, FreeBSD has announced In February 2023 that they...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Hard Forks, Soft Forks, Defaults and Coercion
over a year ago
Abort Retry Fail
The Tandy Corporation, Part 1 From leather shoe bits to the TRS-80
a month ago
lcamtuf’s thing
PCBs, ground planes, and you A closer look at a fashion trend in printed circuit board design.
5 months ago
Vitalik Buterin's...
Crypto Cities
over a year ago
./techtipsy
No HDMI port on the ThinkPad T430? No problem! The ThinkPad T430 has a few options for running it with an external display: VGA port, which is...
12 months ago
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The ThinkPad T430 has a few options for running it with an external display: VGA port, which is pretty much obsolete at this point mini DisplayPort connector on the laptop itself DVI or DisplayPort on a dock The mini DisplayPort port has annoyed me for as long as I’ve had this...
Birchtree
Here we go… Jay Peters reporting on yesterday's Epic vs Apple trial decision: Epic Games v. Apple judge Yvonne...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Jay Peters reporting on yesterday's Epic vs Apple trial decision: Epic Games v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers just ruled that, effective immediately, Apple is no longer allowed to collect fees on purchases made outside apps and blocks the company from restricting how...
Posts on Made of...
A Brief Introduction to termios If you’re a regular user of the terminal on a UNIX system, there are probably a large number of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If you’re a regular user of the terminal on a UNIX system, there are probably a large number of behaviors you take mostly for granted without really thinking about them. If you press ^C or ^Z it kills or stops the foreground program – unless it’s something like emacs or vim, in...
Applied Cartography
October, 2024 Hello! Lots of writing in October (what early parenthood takes away in terms of deep flow, it gives...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Hello! Lots of writing in October (what early parenthood takes away in terms of deep flow, it gives back in terms of twenty-minute pockets of time and thought): On the content front, I wrote about Monster Sanctuary (a delightful JRPG), The Anderson Tapes (a solid late-period Sean...
./techtipsy
Your Wi-Fi might be terrible because of Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) For a few months, I had issues with my Wi-Fi network. The 2.4 GHz network would be fine, but the 5...
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7 months ago
For a few months, I had issues with my Wi-Fi network. The 2.4 GHz network would be fine, but the 5 GHz one would suddenly stop working and completely disappear from the available Wi-Fi networks. OpenWRT upgrades also didn’t improve the situation. This was very annoying. After...
Arduino Blog
Gustavo Reynaga: Inspiring the next generation of makers with MicroPython If you’re a fan of open-source technology, Gustavo Salvador Reynaga Aguilar is a name to know. An...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
If you’re a fan of open-source technology, Gustavo Salvador Reynaga Aguilar is a name to know. An experienced educator with a passion for technology, Gustavo has spent nearly three decades teaching and inspiring students at CECATI 132 in Mexico. He’s worked with platforms like...
Abishek Muthian
Possible compromise of Read Aloud browser extension Possible compromise of Read Aloud browser extension. Read Aloud is a famous Text-To-Speech browser...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Possible compromise of Read Aloud browser extension. Read Aloud is a famous Text-To-Speech browser extension with 65,065 Users & Recommended badge on Firefox and 3,000,000+ users on Chrome web store. It is mostly used by people with accessibility needs, Especially those who are...
Home on Erik...
Luigi Presentation @ NYC Data Science, Dec 16, 2014 More Luigi presentations!
over a year ago
Jonas Hietala
Home office renovation When we moved back to our childhood community and bought a house I had one pretty big requirement: I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When we moved back to our childhood community and bought a house I had one pretty big requirement: I had to have a home office as I need to work remote. There simply isn’t any software development work for me here. So the later part of 2018 and early 2019 we’ve renovated an old...
Opsbros
Nokia 5110 - Back from the dead. Part 1: Nostalgia I loved my Nokia 5110 and I wonder if it was possible to breathe new life into this long-shelved and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I loved my Nokia 5110 and I wonder if it was possible to breathe new life into this long-shelved and still-memed mobile phone. As it turns out, not only is it possible, but it's going to be a lot easier than I anticipated.
lcamtuf’s thing
The 8-bit (MCU) manifesto Eight-bit microcontrollers aren't relics; they are a design philosophy. You might want to use them...
a year ago
watchTowr Labs
The Best Security Is When We All Agree To Keep Everything Secret (Except The Secrets) - NAKIVO... As an industry, we believe that we’ve come to a common consensus after 25 years of circular debates...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
As an industry, we believe that we’ve come to a common consensus after 25 years of circular debates - disclosure is terrible, information is actually dangerous, it’s best that it’s not shared, and the only way to really to ensure that no one ever
Posts on Made of...
New reptyr feature: TTY-stealing Ever since I wrote reptyr, I’ve been frustrated by a number of issues in reptyr that I fundamentally...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Ever since I wrote reptyr, I’ve been frustrated by a number of issues in reptyr that I fundamentally didn’t know how to solve within the reptyr model. Most annoyingly, reptyr fundamentally only worked on single processes, and could not attach processes with children, making it...
./techtipsy
My blog successfully survived a scheduled power outage I had the opportunity to test the resiliency of my home server setup due to a scheduled power outage...
9 months ago
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I had the opportunity to test the resiliency of my home server setup due to a scheduled power outage on 2024-09-13. It was also Friday the 13th. I’m not superstitious, but I’m a little stitious. My setup usually consists of the home server, a Wifi AP/router combo box, a converter...
Home on Erik...
Nearest neighbors and vector models – epilogue – curse of dimensionality This is another post based on my talk at NYC Machine Learning. The previous two parts covered most...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is another post based on my talk at NYC Machine Learning. The previous two parts covered most of the interesting parts, but there are still some topics left to be discussed. To go back and read the meaty stuff, check out
Louwrentius
'lm-sensors: hardware monitoring with the w83627ehf module' I have two systems that use the w83627ehf driver for hardware monitoring. However, if this driver is...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I have two systems that use the w83627ehf driver for hardware monitoring. However, if this driver is installed with a regular modprobe like: modprobe w83627ehf The result will be: FATAL: Error inserting w83627ehf (/lib/modules/2.6.28-1-amd64/kernel/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.ko):...
Home on Erik...
Nearest neighbor methods and vector models – part 1 This is a blog post rewritten from a presentation at NYC Machine Learning last week. It covers a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is a blog post rewritten from a presentation at NYC Machine Learning last week. It covers a library called Annoy that I have built that helps you do (approximate) nearest neighbor queries in high dimensional spaces.
Arduino Blog
Can remote co-presence keep distant human connections alive? The pandemic made a lot of things obvious, not the least of which is that humans need social...
a year ago
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The pandemic made a lot of things obvious, not the least of which is that humans need social interaction to maintain good mental health. Sadly, many of us spend our lives physically separated from our loved ones by great distances or inopportune circumstances. That’s why a team...
Abort Retry Fail
Housekeeping for 20240102 Some stats, updates, and whatnot
a year ago
Vitalik Buterin's...
What in the Ethereum application ecosystem excites me
over a year ago
Louwrentius
Don't be afraid of RAID Introduction I sense this sentiment on the internet that RAID is dangerous, that the likelihood of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Introduction I sense this sentiment on the internet that RAID is dangerous, that the likelihood of your RAID array failing during a rebuild is almost a certainty, because hard drives have become so large. I think nothing is further from the truth and I would like to dispel this...
Evan Hahn's blog
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...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
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...
Never Met a Science
Yes, Xxit Xxit is like Brexit for X haha
6 months ago
Arduino Blog
This Arduino device helps ‘split the G’ on a pint of Guinness Guinness is one of those beers (specifically, a stout) that people take seriously and the Guinness...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Guinness is one of those beers (specifically, a stout) that people take seriously and the Guinness brand has taken full advantage of that in their marketing. They even sell a glass designed specifically for enjoying their flagship creation, which has led to a trend that the...
Vitalik Buterin's...
The tree ring model of culture and politics
3 months ago
Old Vintage...
Virtualizing the 6502 on a 6502 with 6o6 (and The Incredible KIMplement goes 1.0) Okay, promises, promises. Here's the first of my bucket list projects I'm completing which I've...
a year ago
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a year ago
Okay, promises, promises. Here's the first of my bucket list projects I'm completing which I've intermittently worked on for literally two decades. Now that I've finally shaken out more bugs, tuned it up and cleaned it off, it's time to let people play with the source...
latest projects -...
LED Matrix Earrings [Hardware] Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow dot-matrix LED
a year ago
Christian Selig
Announcing Juno 2.0 Juno’s been a really fun project to build, and it’s been so great hearing how other people have been...
a year ago
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a year ago
Juno’s been a really fun project to build, and it’s been so great hearing how other people have been enjoying Juno since its launch, as well as providing awesome feedback and input to improve it. Today I’m releasing Juno 2.0, which incorporates a ton of that community feedback,...
Avestura's Blog
Versioning microservices in GitLab monorepos and polyrepos What are some possible options to version projects for a microservices project in Gitlab?
over a year ago
Opsbros
Saibah Securitah It's always okay to buy the domain for the meme!
over a year ago
Notes on software...
Generating a full-stack application from a database DBCore can now generate a TypeScript/React CRUD UI that is automatically hooked up to the generated...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
DBCore can now generate a TypeScript/React CRUD UI that is automatically hooked up to the generated REST API (in Go). The UI has full support for login, viewing (and filtering), editing, and creating database entities. PostgreSQL, SQLite and MySQL are supported. How to use? The...
Good Enough
Say hello to Jelly: the simplest way to jam on email as a team Dear readers, we need to apologize. We know some of you have noticed that Good Enough has gotten...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Dear readers, we need to apologize. We know some of you have noticed that Good Enough has gotten much quieter this year than last, across this blog, our newsletter, and socials. We’ve been heads down for the last few months on something new, but we’re now ready to come back up...
Vitalik Buterin's...
The near and mid-term future of improving the Ethereum network's permissionlessness and...
a year ago
Applied Cartography
Gosling’s Old Rum Virginia has draconian liquor laws, which means I have to get interesting bottles shipped from...
a year ago
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a year ago
Virginia has draconian liquor laws, which means I have to get interesting bottles shipped from [REDACTED], a site on which I am very prone to judging a book by its cover; every month I'll end up purchasing a bottle of something purely because it looks interesting and I can...
Willem's Blog
No, I Won't Build That! Discover how saying 'no' can lead to more innovative and meaningful work in this blog post: "No, I...
a year ago
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a year ago
Discover how saying 'no' can lead to more innovative and meaningful work in this blog post: "No, I Won't Build That!"
Ken Shirriff's blog
Inside an IBM/Motorola mainframe controller chip from 1981 In this article, I look inside a chip in the IBM 3274 Control Unit.1 But before I discuss the chip,...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
In this article, I look inside a chip in the IBM 3274 Control Unit.1 But before I discuss the chip, I need to give some background on mainframes. (I didn't completely analyze the chip, so don't expect a nice narrative or solid conclusions.) Die photo of the Motorola/IBM SC81150...
Push to Prod
Is AI-based Root Cause Analysis a Real Thing? Logs, LLMs, AI, Decision Trees, and Root Causes
3 months ago
Gwern.net Newsletter
April 2020 gwern.net newsletter This is the April 2020 edition of the gwern.net newsletter; previous, March 2020 (archives).
over a year ago
Notes on software...
Deploying FreeBSD on Linode unattended in minutes I became a FreeBSD user over 2 years ago when I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I swapped...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I became a FreeBSD user over 2 years ago when I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I swapped my y410p dual-booting Windows / Ubuntu with FreeBSD running Gnome 3. I learned a lot during the transition and came to appreciate FreeBSD as a user. I soon began running...
Louwrentius
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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
./techtipsy
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G: first impressions on Fedora 34 Introduction I’ve covered my self-hosting setup in a previous post. It has been a couple of months...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Introduction I’ve covered my self-hosting setup in a previous post. It has been a couple of months and the setup has mostly been fine. Sure, the power usage was pretty big under load, and yes, my internet did cut out every time I turned the VM on with all the services starting,...
Computer Ads from...
Plus Post: North Star Advantage North Star's Advantage over IBM and Apple is easy to see.
2 months ago
Notes on software...
Building a fast SCSS-like rule expander for CSS using fuzzy parsing This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
over a year ago
Birchtree
Ghost 6 is coming in 2025 and will include ActivityPub for everyone The Ghost Blog: The Story So Far This year we're going to ship ActivityPub to everyone, in a...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
The Ghost Blog: The Story So Far This year we're going to ship ActivityPub to everyone, in a flagship Ghost 6.0 release. I have nothing else to add other than I’m happy with my choice of blogging back end.
Jorge Arango
What’s the Object of Information Architecture? Ironically, information architects haven’t explained how we create value in terms most people...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Ironically, information architects haven’t explained how we create value in terms most people understand. If I tell someone at a party that I’m an IA, they won’t know what I do. It’s a problem: if others don’t understand how we can help, they won’t hire us. The main challenge is...
Jonas Hietala
Weekend Tournaments This weekend was filled by playing cards. On Saturday I hosted a small Game of Thrones tournament...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This weekend was filled by playing cards. On Saturday I hosted a small Game of Thrones tournament and on Sunday the local Netrunner community hosted a small summer kit tournament. Game of Thrones We’ve had a similar tournament once before when me and my girlfriend invited two of...
Louwrentius
Thunderbolt, a cheap high-speed storage interconnect? Intel and Apple released Thunderbolt a high-speed (10 Gigabit/s) interface, that seems to replace...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Intel and Apple released Thunderbolt a high-speed (10 Gigabit/s) interface, that seems to replace both USB and Firewire. It is mainly targeted at end-user systems allowing to connect peripherals with just a single cable to a computer. Thunderbolt devices, like external hard...
Ian's Blog
The Zune "HD" It is my joy and pleasure to present to you: the Zune "HD". The final device to wear the Zune name,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It is my joy and pleasure to present to you: the Zune "HD". The final device to wear the Zune name, released by Microsoft in October of 2009. A direct competitor to Apple's wildly successful iPod Touch, the Zune HD was the first Zune to feature a multi-touch display, full web...
Willem's Blog
Hello, stranger "Discover the transformative power of simple conversations in our tech-dominated world, as one...
a year ago
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a year ago
"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."
Vitalik Buterin's...
The promise and challenges of crypto + AI applications
a year ago
Notes on software...
React without webpack: fast path to a working app from scratch This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
over a year ago
Jonas Hietala
Design for Hackers I get these.. urges sometimes. Not like Dexter no, but sometimes I just have to buy a specific...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I get these.. urges sometimes. Not like Dexter no, but sometimes I just have to buy a specific thing. It happened again yesterday (or was it the day before I don’t know) when I saw this post on hackernews. It’s a book this time, again, but this is something a little different -...
Odds and Ends of...
This HS2 story will make you mad Plus we dig into the emerging field of AI welfare
2 months ago
Electronics etc…
ThinMachine - a $25 Thin Client MacOS Time Machine Appliance The instructions below set up Time Machine using the Apple File Protocol (AFP). After publishing...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The instructions below set up Time Machine using the Apple File Protocol (AFP). After publishing this blog post, I’ve been told that this is now deprecated and that Samba should be used instead. I’ll update this blog post in the near future. Introduction The HP t520 Thin...
Birchtree
Squashing links on social media Anil Dash: “Link in Bio” Is a Slow Knife For a closed system, those kinds of open connections are...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Anil Dash: “Link in Bio” Is a Slow Knife For a closed system, those kinds of open connections are deeply dangerous. If anyone on Instagram can just link to any old store on the web, how can Instagram — meaning Facebook, Instagram’s increasingly-overbearing owner — tightly
Ian's Blog
Securing Your GitHub Account Let's talk about some of the simple & practical steps you can take to improve your GitHub account...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Let's talk about some of the simple & practical steps you can take to improve your GitHub account security. There's plenty of good reasons why you should try to keep any online account safe, but I feel that GitHub deserves special attention among developers. With automation...
Willem's Blog
CAPTCHA Alternative If you're looking for a user-friendly alternative for CAPTCHA's you should check this post out where...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If you're looking for a user-friendly alternative for CAPTCHA's you should check this post out where I outline how I protect web forms against malicious actors and spammers.
Jonas Hietala
Let's build a VORON 0 About 1.5 years ago I ventured into 3D printing by building a VORON Trident. It was a very fun...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
About 1.5 years ago I ventured into 3D printing by building a VORON Trident. It was a very fun project and I’ve even used the printer quite a bit. Naturally, I had to build another one and this time I opted for the cute VORON 0. Why another printer? I really like my VORON Trident...
Louwrentius
Storage and I/O: reads vs. writes There is a fundamental difference between a read operation and a write operation. Storage can lie...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There is a fundamental difference between a read operation and a write operation. Storage can lie about completing a write operation, but it can never lie about completing a read operation. Therefore read and writes have different characteristics. This is what I've learned. About...
Arduino Blog
Slot machine game harnesses the beauty of Nixie tubes Everyone loves the look of Nixie tubes, with their glowing orange characters made of curvy filament....
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Everyone loves the look of Nixie tubes, with their glowing orange characters made of curvy filament. But we usually only see makers using Nixie tubes for one purpose: clocks. That’s unfortunate, because they have a lot more potential, as illustrated by Bob Cascisa’s Nixie tube...
./techtipsy
Good reads This is an unsorted list of articles that I find to be good in one way or another. Maker’s Schedule,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is an unsorted list of articles that I find to be good in one way or another. Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule a must-read for anyone working in a software development team. Helps express what most of us have felt at some point in our careers. The case of the 500-mile...
The New Oil
Nowhere to Go When The Sky is the Limit
2 months ago
Old Vintage...
Composite and hard reset mods for the Tandyvision One I still have my literal first home computer (the Tomy Tutor), and it so happens I also have my...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
I still have my literal first home computer (the Tomy Tutor), and it so happens I also have my literal first game console: the Tandyvision One, Tandy Radio Shack's label variant of the Mattel Intellivision Master Component. The Mattel Intellivision proper originally hails...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Glue and coprocessor architectures
10 months ago
Jonas Hietala
5 Kup After a season with very bad attendence, I blame school and lack of motivation, I still went to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
After a season with very bad attendence, I blame school and lack of motivation, I still went to grading. I slept well but I was super stressed all weekend so I had to constantly run to the bathroom and I couldn’t eat lunch or breakfast properly, and I don’t usually get...
Electronics etc…
Making Screenshots of Test Equipment Old and New Introduction Screenshot Capturing Interfaces Hardware and Software Tools Capturing GPIB data in Talk...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
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...
Jonas Hietala
Installing Krita on Slackware 14.1 This is a guide on how to build Krita on Slackware 14.1. This is based on this guide for...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is a guide on how to build Krita on Slackware 14.1. This is based on this guide for linux. removepkg calligra Install some dependencies from Slackbuilds. gsl libgexiv2 libpqxx pstoedit Get Krita. The original guide recommends building in ~/kde4 but I moved i to...
./techtipsy
Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and Grafana This post isn’t a detailed line-by-line tutorial on how to set up each individual piece of the setup...
a year ago
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a year ago
This post isn’t a detailed line-by-line tutorial on how to set up each individual piece of the setup as those types of guides tend to get out of date really easily, but if you know your way around Linux and the command line, then you can definitely replicate this setup on your...
Home on Erik...
Analyzing 50k fonts using deep neural networks For some reason I decided one night I wanted to get a bunch of fonts. A lot of them. An hour later I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
For some reason I decided one night I wanted to get a bunch of fonts. A lot of them. An hour later I had a bunch of scrapy scripts pulling down fonts and a few days later I had more than 50k fonts on my computer.
Posts on Made of...
autocutsel As most of you probably know, X has several different mechanisms for copy-paste, used by different...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
As most of you probably know, X has several different mechanisms for copy-paste, used by different applications in different ways. I know some people who use them deliberately, juggling two pieces of text in different clipboards at once, but for me, it’s always just been...
Krebs on Security
Funding Expires for Key Cyber Vulnerability Database A critical resource that cybersecurity professionals worldwide rely on to identify, mitigate and fix...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
A critical resource that cybersecurity professionals worldwide rely on to identify, mitigate and fix security vulnerabilities in software and hardware is in danger of breaking down. The federally funded, non-profit research and development organization MITRE warned today that its...
Jonas Hietala
Let's build a VORON: Major failure The left POM nut got ground down, making the bed fall down. After 600 hours, the printer met it’s...
a year ago
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a year ago
The left POM nut got ground down, making the bed fall down. After 600 hours, the printer met it’s first major failure. I know I earlier described how the extruder starter skipping in a big way, but that was just some filament getting stuck in the extruder. This time a part...
Posts on Made of...
Regular Expression Search with Suffix Arrays Back in January of 2012, Russ Cox posted an excellent blog post detailing how Google Code Search had...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Back in January of 2012, Russ Cox posted an excellent blog post detailing how Google Code Search had worked, using a trigram index. By that point, I’d already implemented early versions of my own livegrep source-code search engine, using a different indexing approach that I...
Louwrentius
My 71 TiB ZFS NAS after 10 years and zero drive failures My 4U 71 TiB ZFS NAS built with twenty-four 4 TB drives is over 10 years old and still going...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
My 4U 71 TiB ZFS NAS built with twenty-four 4 TB drives is over 10 years old and still going strong. Although now on its second motherboard and power supply, the system has yet to experience a single drive failure (knock on wood). Zero drive failures in ten years, how is that...
Greater Still by...
Joining TCG Crypto I am thrilled to share that I am joining the team at TCG, The Chernin Group, to focus on the firm’s...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I am thrilled to share that I am joining the team at TCG, The Chernin Group, to focus on the firm’s investments at the intersection of consumer and crypto.
Good Enough
TIL: JavaScript Turbo Stream Requests I am working on search for Album Whale and I was very confused when my JavaScript fetch requests...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I am working on search for Album Whale and I was very confused when my JavaScript fetch requests were not resulting in turbo_stream rendering getting displayed on my page. I checked my logs to see if the render was happening. I looked for missing <%= tags. Debugged and...
Computer Ads from...
OS-9 Bonus Content A detailed look at OS-9 for Tandy Color Computers
10 months ago
Abishek Muthian
The immediate threat is AR and not AI Disclaimer: This is an attempt at trolling and satire. Don’t just tag me under technology fear...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Disclaimer: This is an attempt at trolling and satire. Don’t just tag me under technology fear mongerer, I’m going to present an acute scenario in which AR could be misused to inflict significant damage to a large population. As a technology evangelist, I’am very excited to see...
Vitalik Buterin's...
STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials
over a year ago
./techtipsy
Dell Latitude 5411: the Linux compatibility sweet spot Oh boy, here I go testing a new laptop again! Well, it was new back in 2020. You might remember my...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Oh boy, here I go testing a new laptop again! Well, it was new back in 2020. You might remember my article on why I went back to a ThinkPad T430 in 2022. Or that other time when I got a new HP laptop for testing and got so frustrated that I wrote about it. Well, today I’m writing...
Lighthouse Blog
How to import feeds in Lighthouse
a year ago
Willem's Blog
Visiting an international hackers conference This month I attended Global AppSec Amsterdam, an international conference for hackers and security...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This month I attended Global AppSec Amsterdam, an international conference for hackers and security specialists. Read along for some of the highlights.
Krebs on Security
Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly "bulletproof" web hosting for cybercriminals...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly "bulletproof" web hosting for cybercriminals has started routing its operations through networks run by the Russian antivirus and security firm Kaspersky Lab, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
Simply Explained
Year in review: 2022 Every new year I reflect on the previous year and set new goals. I'm focusing primarily on my...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Every new year I reflect on the previous year and set new goals. I'm focusing primarily on my YouTube channel and newsletter, but there are personal reflections in here as well. Last year was an off year for me, and I'm gearing up to make up for lost time in 2023.
Matt Mullenweg
Matt 4.1 Forty-one is a nice birthday because it doesn’t feel like too much pressure. For forty I did a big...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Forty-one is a nice birthday because it doesn’t feel like too much pressure. For forty I did a big eclipse thing that ended up amazing, this year I’m replicating what I did a few years ago and celebrating in New York, Houston, and San Francisco. My birthday today has already been...
Home on Erik...
Developer experience as a competitive advantage I spent a ton of time looking at different software providers, both as a CTO, and as a nerd...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I spent a ton of time looking at different software providers, both as a CTO, and as a nerd “advanced” consumer who builds stuff in my spare time. In the last 10 years, there has been an order of magnitude more products that cater directly to developers, through APIs, SDKs, and...
Birchtree
Yesterday's 'golden age' turns into today's mess Nick Timiraos for the Wall Street Journal: Corporate America’s Euphoria Over Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ Is...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Nick Timiraos for the Wall Street Journal: Corporate America’s Euphoria Over Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress Investors were caught flat-footed by Trump’s animus toward Canada, which wasn’t a part of last year’s election campaign. Global
Jorge Arango
Jorge’s Wager: Why AI Needs Information Architecture One of the most common questions I’m asked is, “is information architecture still relevant now that...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
One of the most common questions I’m asked is, “is information architecture still relevant now that we have AI?” Of course, not everyone puts it like that. Instead, they’ll say things like “we won’t need navigation if we have chat” or “AI will organize the website” or “in a world...
Notes on software...
Enumerating and analyzing 40+ non-V8 JavaScript implementations V8 is, I'm sure, the most used implementation of JavaScript today. Used in Chrome, (and by...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
V8 is, I'm sure, the most used implementation of JavaScript today. Used in Chrome, (and by extension) Microsoft Edge, Node.js, etc. Safari's JavaScriptCore and Firefox's SpiderMonkey are also contenders for extremely mainstream implementations. But what else is out there? What if...
Louwrentius
Recycle your old laptop display and turn it into a monitor During a cleaning spree I decided that it was time to recycle two old laptops that were just...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
During a cleaning spree I decided that it was time to recycle two old laptops that were just collecting dust on a shelf for many years. Although I didn't have any purpose for them anymore, I realised that the displays were still perfectly fine. This is the display of my old 13"...
Jonas Hietala
We moved away from the city When me and my girlfriend Veronica moved to Linköping to study at the University the plan was never...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When me and my girlfriend Veronica moved to Linköping to study at the University the plan was never to stay there permanently. We just moved there to study but the longterm plan, if you can have one at that stage, was always to move back to the north of Sweden where we came...
Never Met a Science
The Political Institution of Mortality The Democratic incumbent was too old to run for re-election.
3 months ago
watchTowr Labs
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...
a year ago
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a year ago
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...
Applied Cartography
Applied Cartography × Indie Rails Chatted with Jess and Jeremy about a whole slew of things, from pricing strategy to terrifying and...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Chatted with Jess and Jeremy about a whole slew of things, from pricing strategy to terrifying and arcane differences between various Markdown parsers (including why I hate Slack.) They were particularly kind and gracious given that the amount of production-quality Rails I've...
Elevation Lab - Blog
Introducing TagVault Pet for AirTag Having pets that went missing before, AirTags are the perfect companion. We wanted a case that could...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
Construction Physics
Morris Chang and the Origins of TSMC Book review of the autobiography of Morris Chang.
6 months ago
Willem's Blog
Giving AI Training Explore the transformative power of AI in everyday work: Dive into firsthand insights from a recent...
a year ago
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a year ago
Explore the transformative power of AI in everyday work: Dive into firsthand insights from a recent AI training session that's reshaping professional landscapes.
Jorge Arango
Humanities Crash Course Week 15: Boethius In week 15 of the humanities crash course, we started making our way out of classical antiquity and...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
In week 15 of the humanities crash course, we started making our way out of classical antiquity and into the Middle Ages. The reading for this week was Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy, a book perhaps second only to the Bible in influencing Medieval thinking. I used the...
csvbase blog
You can't just assume UTF-8 How to infer character encodings with statistics
a year ago
Arduino Blog
This Flip-Pelt wearable concept enables ultra-fast thermal feedback in VR Wouldn’t it be great if, while playing a virtual reality game, you could feel the heat of a fire on...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Wouldn’t it be great if, while playing a virtual reality game, you could feel the heat of a fire on your arm? Or the cold of chilly water? Engineers around the world have been trying to make that happen, but there is a big problem: temperature changes are slow. The immersive...
Krebs on Security
xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs A employee at Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI leaked a private key on GitHub that...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
A employee at Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI leaked a private key on GitHub that for the past two months could have allowed anyone to query private xAI large language models (LLMs) which appear to have been custom made for working with internal data from Musk's...
Ian's Blog
Pragmatically Generating a Self-Signed Certificate and Private Key using OpenSSL Recently I found myself needing to generate a HTTPS Server Certificate and Private Key for an iOS...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Recently I found myself needing to generate a HTTPS Server Certificate and Private Key for an iOS app using OpenSSL, what surprised me was the total lack of documentation for OpenSSL. While there is plenty of function documentation, what OpenSSL really lacks is examples of how it...
Odds and Ends of...
Important information if you used my Bluesky MP follows bot Please read this immediately.
7 months ago
Simply Explained
Home Energy Monitor: V2 My DIY home energy monitor has been running for almost a year now. It's been recording my...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My DIY home energy monitor has been running for almost a year now. It's been recording my electricity consumption every second and everything is neatly archived in my AWS account.Still, though, there is room for improvement. It's time to look back, evaluate & improve the design....
Willem's Blog
Workout data in 3D I had this idea to use ThreeJS to visualise workout data from a recent run, read along to see what...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
I had this idea to use ThreeJS to visualise workout data from a recent run, read along to see what I've created.
Simply Explained
ESP32 Cam: cropping images on device The ESP32 camera is the cheapest microcontroller with a built-in camera that you can buy. The OV2640...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The ESP32 camera is the cheapest microcontroller with a built-in camera that you can buy. The OV2640 sensor has a max resolution of 1600x1200, but sometimes you don't need the entire image.In this post I'll show how to crop the images on the ESP32 itself, before sending it of to...
computers are bad
2024-03-17 wilhelm haller and photocopier accounting In the 1450s, German inventor Johannes Gutenburg designed the movable-type printing press, the first...
a year ago
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a year ago
In the 1450s, German inventor Johannes Gutenburg designed the movable-type printing press, the first practical method of mass-duplicating text. After various other projects, he applied his press to the production of the Bible, yielding over one hundred copies of a text that...