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Eurorack Knob Idea [Hardware] An idea for knobs for synthesizers.
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watchTowr Labs
Fire In The Hole, We’re Breaching The Vault - Commvault Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-34028) As we pack our bags and prepare for the adult-er version of BlackHat (that apparently doesn’t...
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As we pack our bags and prepare for the adult-er version of BlackHat (that apparently doesn’t require us to print out stolen mailspoolz to hand to people at their talks), we want to tell you about a recent adventure - a heist, if you will. No heist story
Matt Mullenweg
Reflecting I know there’s been a lot of frustration directed at me specifically. Some of it, I believe, is...
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I know there’s been a lot of frustration directed at me specifically. Some of it, I believe, is misplaced—but I also understand where it’s coming from. The passing of Pope Francis has deeply impacted me. While I still disagree with the Church on many issues, he was the Pope who...
Lighthouse Blog
What is JSON Feed?
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Good Enough
You Need Customers to Succeed in Small Business For your small business to survive, you need customers. Not just to buy once. You need them to come...
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For your small business to survive, you need customers. Not just to buy once. You need them to come back, tell their friends, and trust you over time. And yet, too many small businesses make it weirdly hard to talk to them. Well, duh, right? I agree, yet I see small businesses...
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Vote for the April 2025 + Post Topic Poll will only be live for 3 days, so vote while you can.
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Krebs on Security
DOGE Worker’s Code Supports NLRB Whistleblower A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged last week that denizens of Elon...
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A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged last week that denizens of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) siphoned gigabytes of data from the agency's sensitive case files in early March. The whistleblower said accounts created for...
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Plus Post: North Star Advantage North Star's Advantage over IBM and Apple is easy to see.
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Arduino Blog
The bare necessities: cleaner water and safer food with Arduino There’s a handful of things we truly need in order to live, and food and water comfortably make the...
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There’s a handful of things we truly need in order to live, and food and water comfortably make the list. Unfortunately, our water and food sources are not always safe. Throughout the world — even in developed countries — pollution, climate change, and poor management are...
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...
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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
Birchtree
Chrome might be for sale. OpenAI says they'd buy it. Ryan Whitwam: ChatGPT Head Tells Court OpenAI Is Interested in Buying Chrome According to Turley,...
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Ryan Whitwam: ChatGPT Head Tells Court OpenAI Is Interested in Buying Chrome According to Turley, OpenAI would throw its proverbial hat in the ring if Google had to sell. When asked if OpenAI would want Chrome, he was unequivocal. "Yes, we would, as would many other parties,"...
Lighthouse Blog
What is Atom?
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Birchtree
If this post isn’t a joke, it’ll win my “most cringe blog post of 2025” award I don’t have time to read every dumb post about AI that comes across my feeds (it’s a new, massive,...
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I don’t have time to read every dumb post about AI that comes across my feeds (it’s a new, massive, growing market so of course there are a bunch of people who are getting it way wrong), so I didn’t think much about this
Old Vintage...
A few retrobits updates on Floodgap Just a brief programming note. Before this blog there was Floodgap Retrobits, and I still maintain...
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Just a brief programming note. Before this blog there was Floodgap Retrobits, and I still maintain those pages. One of the earliest was my Tomy Tutor-specific page devoted to my very first computer which we got in 1983. Relatives of the Texas Instruments home computers and...
OH8HUB’s Substack
Albert's Nature Reserve Spring is here. Time to get radio active.
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The coffee machine ran out of memory After looking into an incident involving Kubernetes nodes running out of memory, I took a trip to...
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After looking into an incident involving Kubernetes nodes running out of memory, I took a trip to the office kitchen to take a break and get a cup of the good stuff. My teammate got their drink first, and then it was my turn. Why is there a Windows 98 themed pop-up on the...
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...
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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...
Odds and Ends of...
I think I've solved the AI copyright problem A sketch of what a grand bargain might look like
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Odds and Ends of...
Why the Tories should embrace Abundance Plus why it's time to build Sizewell C, and a horrifying fact about caravans
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Krebs on Security
Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data A security architect with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that employees from Elon...
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A security architect with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that employees from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) transferred gigabytes of sensitive data from agency case files in early March, using short-lived accounts configured to leave few...
Arduino Blog
This custom flight joystick provides force feedback with stepper motors The joysticks found on ordinary controllers are quite simple, and as a result, they fail to provide...
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The joysticks found on ordinary controllers are quite simple, and as a result, they fail to provide much in the way of haptic feedback for the user. This is especially tough in racing or flight simulator games where making sharp turns should require a greater amount of force....
Notes on software...
Burn your title I've been a developer, a manager, a cofounder, and now I'm a developer again. I ran away from each...
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I've been a developer, a manager, a cofounder, and now I'm a developer again. I ran away from each position until being a founder because I felt like I was limited by what I was allowed to do. But I reached an enlightment of sorts during my career progression: that everyone...
Good Enough
James is Good Enough We put a lot of ourselves into our work, and it occurs to us that you, dear reader, might not know...
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We put a lot of ourselves into our work, and it occurs to us that you, dear reader, might not know much about us. So we’re descending deeper, ever deeper, into the Q&A column introduce ourselves, one-at-a-time. Desperate to keep things interesting, James tried to spice up the...
Jorge Arango
Traction Heroes Ep. 8: Quagmires There’s a lot of turbulence in the world. What is the source of the turbulence? And how can we...
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There’s a lot of turbulence in the world. What is the source of the turbulence? And how can we navigate skillfully? These questions were on my mind as I met with Harry to record episode 8 of the Traction Heroes podcast. My (at least partial) answer to the first question is that...
Jorge Arango
Humanities Crash Course Week 16: The Art of War In week 16 of the humanities crash course, I revisited the Tao Te Ching and The Art of War. I just...
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In week 16 of the humanities crash course, I revisited the Tao Te Ching and The Art of War. I just re-read the Tao Te Ching last year, so I only revisited my notes now. I’ve also read The Art of War a few times, but decided to re-visit it now anyway. Readings Both books are...
Old Vintage...
Let's give PRO/VENIX a barely adequate, pre-C89 TCP/IP stack (featuring Slirp-CK) TCP/IP Illustrated (what would now be called the first edition prior to the 2011 update) for a...
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TCP/IP Illustrated (what would now be called the first edition prior to the 2011 update) for a hundred-odd bucks on sale which has now sat on my bookshelf, encased in its original shrinkwrap, for at least twenty years. It would be fun to put up the 4.4BSD data structures poster...
Notes on software...
Transactions are a protocol Transactions are not an intrinsic part of a storage system. Any storage system can be made...
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Transactions are not an intrinsic part of a storage system. Any storage system can be made transactional: Redis, S3, the filesystem, etc. Delta Lake and Orleans demonstrated techniques to make S3 (or cloud storage in general) transactional. Epoxy demonstrated techniques to make...
Matt Mullenweg
Greatest Hits I’ve been blogging now for approximately 8,465 days since my first post on Movable Type. My...
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I’ve been blogging now for approximately 8,465 days since my first post on Movable Type. My colleague Dan Luu helped me compile some of the “greatest hits” from the archives of ma.tt, perhaps some posts will stir some memories for you as well: Where Did WordCamps Come From?...
lcamtuf’s thing
My approach to teaching electronics Explaining the reasoning behind my series of articles on electronics -- and asking for your...
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Birchtree
AI as Normal Technology Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor: AI as Normal Technology We articulate a vision of artificial...
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Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor: AI as Normal Technology We articulate a vision of artificial intelligence (AI) as normal technology. To view AI as normal is not to understate its impact—even transformative, general-purpose technologies such as electricity and the internet are...
Birchtree
Slamming Into Walls Mark Crump: Slamming Into Walls The thought process behind this current post, was a long decision...
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Mark Crump: Slamming Into Walls The thought process behind this current post, was a long decision made quickly. It was a difficult decision as I spent a lot of time reconciling where I believe the future of computing to lie, and the reality of where computing is. The hard fact
Arduino Blog
This machine helps to experimentally find an estimation of absolute zero How can we ever really know anything? If you listen to the anti-science types, you might believe...
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How can we ever really know anything? If you listen to the anti-science types, you might believe that we can’t. But if you get past Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, you can start identifying basic truths, through logic and experiments, on which to build upon. One important...
Never Met a Science
Deepfakes and Thirst Traps Novel media technology is changing the nature of political communication.
6 days ago
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Unix Review Interviews Sun Co-Founder Bill Joy (1994) A lot of talk about editors and the future
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Birchtree
Stunts are getting their Oscar in 2028 Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences: Academy Establishes Stunt Design Award for 100th...
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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,...
Birchtree
Apple hits a major milestone in greenhouse emissions Apple Newsroom: Apple Surpasses 60 Percent Reduction in Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Apple today...
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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...
Odds and Ends of...
Have I ever been a NIMBY? And other questions from the Spring mailbag.
6 days ago
Evan Hahn's blog
UI tip: maybe don't round percentages to 0% or 100% In short: maybe don’t round to 0% or 100% in your UI. I am not a UI expert. But I sometimes build...
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In short: maybe don’t round to 0% or 100% in your UI. I am not a UI expert. But I sometimes build user interfaces, and I sometimes want to render a percentage to the user. For example, something like “you’ve downloaded 45% of this file”. In my experience, it’s often better to...
computers are bad
2025-04-18 white alice When we last talked about Troposcatter, it was Pole Vault. Pole Vault was the first troposcatter...
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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...
Birchtree
Oh my gosh, I can try the horse browser! Listen or watch now! Niléane brings a spicy browser extension, Chris works through some iPad...
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Listen or watch now! Niléane brings a spicy browser extension, Chris works through some iPad feelings, and Matt made the gang decide what app they consider "undefeated". We want to hear from you! How would you have done our challenges? How would you answer the question
Birchtree
Who has time for due process these days? The Vice President of the United States on Twitter: To say the administration must observe "due...
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The Vice President of the United States on Twitter: To say the administration must observe "due process" is to beg the question: what process is due is a function of our resources, the public interest, the status of the accused, the proposed punishment, and so many other factors.
Birchtree
+ The broken toe
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tim.sh
Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results Learn how to record and analyse your mobile device traffic, take an app from the list of "shady"...
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Matt Mullenweg
6.8 WordPress 6.8 Cecil is out, and it’s a great release. It’s unbelievable that it’s already been...
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WordPress 6.8 Cecil is out, and it’s a great release. It’s unbelievable that it’s already been downloaded over 6 million times as I write this. That feeling never gets old. It’s a funny time in WordPress because there are a lot of really interesting open questions: Some of these...
Arduino Blog
Code faster with the new Arduino AI Assistant We’re very excited to share that the Arduino AI Assistant is now available in the Arduino Cloud...
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We’re very excited to share that the Arduino AI Assistant is now available in the Arduino Cloud Editor! This expert coding companion truly understands your project and board, and can generate and fix your code in seconds. We know that many of you already use other AI tools to...
Ian's Blog
Securing My Web Infrastructure Securing My Web Infrastructure A few months ago, I very briefly mentioned that I've migrated all my...
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Securing My Web Infrastructure A few months ago, I very briefly mentioned that I've migrated all my web infrastructure off Cloudflare, as well as having built a custom web service to host it all. I call this new web service WebCentral and I'd like to talk about some of the steps...
lcamtuf’s thing
Resistors, Johnson-Nyquist, nV/√Hz A major source of noise in electronic circuits is easy to understand. The unit we use to measure it...
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Arduino Blog
tinyML in Malawi: Empowering local communities through technology Dr. David Cuartielles, co-founder of Arduino, recently participated in a workshop titled “TinyML for...
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Dr. David Cuartielles, co-founder of Arduino, recently participated in a workshop titled “TinyML for Sustainable Development” in Zomba, organized by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), a category 1 UNESCO institute, and the University of Malawi. Bringing...
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #66: The winner of the 2040 US Presidential election is in space Plus ultra-grim Nazi revisionism, why Kemi is right about Adolescence, and my Gladiators conspiracy...
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Comics from January/February 1983 Issue of Today Mag Time for some oldie levity.
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Jorge Arango
Using AI to Illuminate My Blind Spots I’ve worked a lot with ChatGPT over the last couple of years. Recently, OpenAI enabled the ability...
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I’ve worked a lot with ChatGPT over the last couple of years. Recently, OpenAI enabled the ability for the LLM to work with past chat transcripts. This opens lots of interesting possibilities. I just tried a prompt that taps into these possibilities. The response is 100% spot on,...
Krebs on Security
Funding Expires for Key Cyber Vulnerability Database A critical resource that cybersecurity professionals worldwide rely on to identify, mitigate and fix...
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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...
Birchtree
Modding a Nintendo 3DS is precise, but doable in 2025 I went through the act if installing custom firmware on my New Nintendo 2DS tonight, and I wanted to...
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I went through the act if installing custom firmware on my New Nintendo 2DS tonight, and I wanted to shout out this guide for being absolutely spectacular. Not only does it have the best step-by-step instructions I think I've ever seen, it even has branches off the main
Arduino Blog
Find the right Arduino Cloud plan for you Arduino Cloud has grown tremendously over the past year, adding powerful features to make...
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Arduino Cloud has grown tremendously over the past year, adding powerful features to make development smoother and IoT deployments more scalable. From real-time collaboration to interactive digital twins on a dashboard and AI-powered coding assistance, our platform has evolved to...
Birchtree
Dangerous ground Zolan Kanno-Youngs: El Salvador’s President Says He Won’t Return Maryland Man Who Was Wrongly...
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs: El Salvador’s President Says He Won’t Return Maryland Man Who Was Wrongly Deported In an Oval Office meeting with President Trump on Monday, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador said that he would not return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported from the
Birchtree
Who pays tariffs Lee Morris of Fstoppers on how tariffs impact him, as someone who wants to make his stuff in the...
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Lee Morris of Fstoppers on how tariffs impact him, as someone who wants to make his stuff in the US: This is a really good breakdown of how tariffs impact small businesses and why they aren't a great tool for getting manufacturing to come back to America (at
Jorge Arango
Smarter AI Begins With Your Business’ Knowledge Pipeline A common question I’m hearing from leaders is “how can I best use AI in my business?” They expect...
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A common question I’m hearing from leaders is “how can I best use AI in my business?” They expect concrete, practical answers — not the platitudes and hype that dominate the media. It’s a fair question: businesses stand to gain significant advantages from judicious use of AI. But...
Bryan Braun - Blog
Links #12 Oscar, an open-source contributor agent architecture - Oscar is a project from the Go community that...
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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...
Krebs on Security
Trump Revenge Tour Targets Cyber Leaders, Elections President Trump last week revoked security clearances for Chris Krebs, the former director of the...
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President Trump last week revoked security clearances for Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who was fired by Trump after declaring the 2020 election the most secure in U.S. history. The White House memo, which also...
Lighthouse Blog
What are web feeds?
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Good Enough
Barry is Good Enough We put a lot of ourselves into our work, and it occurs to us that you, dear reader, might not know...
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We put a lot of ourselves into our work, and it occurs to us that you, dear reader, might not know much about us. So we’re continuing our Q&A column to introduce ourselves, one-at-a-time. Today, we’re meeting the biggest Pika fan, Barry Hess… Who are you? (Who, who, who,...
Evan Hahn's blog
Takeaways from The Economist's style guide book I’ve been trying to improve my writing so I read Writing with Style, the Economist’s style guide...
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I’ve been trying to improve my writing so I read Writing with Style, the Economist’s style guide book. Here were my main takeaways: Use short sentences. They’re more memorable. They’re easier to read. They’re generally easier to write. Colons are for setup and delivery. They...
Willem's Blog
Vibe Coding What can we learn from successful vibe coding examples? Is programming with AI the new standard?...
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What can we learn from successful vibe coding examples? Is programming with AI the new standard? What are its limitations?
Birchtree
A few recent examples of beautiful, distinct TV cinematography Instead of posting collections of interesting videos every once in a while, I'm going to try...
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Instead of posting collections of interesting videos every once in a while, I'm going to try treating them like regular old link posts: here's a video, here's what I think of it or what it made me feel. I learn a lot from videos
Birchtree
Hark! A new CGP Grey video! I personally find this argument quite compelling, but I looked up arguments against discontinuing...
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I personally find this argument quite compelling, but I looked up arguments against discontinuing production of the penny and nickel and they basically revolve around fears around prices rounding up more often than down, creating a tax on those who pay with cash. I'm sympathetic...
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COMPUTE!'s Gazette revived for July 2025 COMPUTE!'s Gazette was for many years the leading Commodore-specific managzine. I liked Ahoy! and...
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COMPUTE!'s Gazette was for many years the leading Commodore-specific managzine. I liked Ahoy! and RUN, and I subscribed to Loadstar too, but Gazette had the most interesting type-ins and the most extensive coverage. They were also the last of COMPUTE!'s machine-specific magazines...
Birchtree
Pulling myself out of the pit I'll be honest, I wasn't an iOS veteran engineer when I started work on Quick Reviews at the start...
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I'll be honest, I wasn't an iOS veteran engineer when I started work on Quick Reviews at the start of this year. I'm really proud of what I made, I'm happy with how quickly I was able to get it out there,
Odds and Ends of...
A tale of two theme parks Plus why British Steel turned into a crisis, and how to level up... but do it properly
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Why I support privacy
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lcamtuf’s thing
Real MLCCs (and inductors) have curves Linear components are pretty nonlinear -- and parasitics don't tell the whole story.
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Ken Shirriff's blog
A tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips .cite { font-size: 70%;} .ref { vertical-align: super; font-size: 60%;} code {font-size: 100%;...
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.cite { font-size: 70%;} .ref { vertical-align: super; font-size: 60%;} code {font-size: 100%; font-family: courier, fixed;} In 1977, Commodore released the PET computer, a quirky home computer that combined the processor, a tiny keyboard, a cassette drive for storage, and...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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Australian Air Force If You're Switched On, This is Paradise.
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Electronics etc…
DSLogic U3Pro16 Review and Teardown Introduction The DSLogic U3Pro16 In the Box Probe Cables and Clips The Controller Hardware The Input...
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Introduction The DSLogic U3Pro16 In the Box Probe Cables and Clips The Controller Hardware The Input Circuit Impact of Input Circuit on Circuit Under Test Additional IOs: External Clock, Trigger In, Trigger Out Software: From Saleae Logic to PulseView to DSView Installing DSView...
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Spring Mailbag - Questions Wanted! Ask me stuff!
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Jorge Arango
Book Notes: “Masters of Uncertainty” Masters of Uncertainty: The Navy SEAL Way to Turn Stress into Success for You and Your Team By Rich...
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Masters of Uncertainty: The Navy SEAL Way to Turn Stress into Success for You and Your Team By Rich Diviney  Amplify Publishing, 2025 We’re dealing with unprecedented levels of uncertainty. But that shouldn’t disempower us. Diviney, a former Navy SEAL, provides insights for...
Birchtree
Say hello to another Quick Stuff app Another day, another little app on Quick Stuff: Markdown Converter. This one also solves a personal...
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Another day, another little app on Quick Stuff: Markdown Converter. This one also solves a personal need I have, which is that I write the show notes for my podcast in Markdown, but I need to put them in my podcast host as HTML and my co-host Chris needs them
Arduino Blog
Solar upgrades the Nebulophone synthesizer to enhance playability  Woodwinds and brass are so 19th century. We’re living in the future and now it is synthesizers all...
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Woodwinds and brass are so 19th century. We’re living in the future and now it is synthesizers all the way down. There are many to choose from and the Bleep Labs Nebulophone is a neat example that was sold from 2012 to 2016, with the design files now available on GitHub for...
Birchtree
Nothing in your workflow is permenent My friend and podcast co-host Chris Lawley just posted a video about how his relationship with the...
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My friend and podcast co-host Chris Lawley just posted a video about how his relationship with the iPad has changed over time. I linked to this on social media and got a few replies from folks who said something to the effect of, "we told you so," which
Birchtree
You did not put a lot of time into this Chris has an external drive faster than you’ve ever seen, Matt has a new email app he swears isn’t...
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Chris has an external drive faster than you’ve ever seen, Matt has a new email app he swears isn’t his new favorite cult, and the whole gang does their best to redesign iOS and iPadOS. Check it out in audio or video! Weekly Topics ACASIS 80Gbps
Krebs on Security
China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished...
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China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Until recently, the so-called “Smishing Triad” mainly impersonated toll road operators and shipping companies. But experts...
Birchtree
A project to smooth relations with devs Theo in a video about some recent Visual Studio Code drama: We have to remember the role of VS Code....
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Theo in a video about some recent Visual Studio Code drama: We have to remember the role of VS Code. VS Code was never, ever, ever meant to make money. Microsoft's plan with VS Code was at no point, "we're going to charge for this
Odds and Ends of...
This road is broken – and nobody can fix it The spiders aren't the only thing stopping Ebbsfleet's development
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Birchtree
Tariffs, integrity, and chaos Ben Thompson: American Disruption (emphasis mine): [T]he most important components for executing a...
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Ben Thompson: American Disruption (emphasis mine): [T]he most important components for executing a fundamental shift in trade are those that go into building actual factories, or equipment for those factories. In the vast sea of stupidity that are these tariffs this is perhaps...
Birchtree
Say hello to Quick Chapters I said that Quick Stuff was a place for me to put those little web utilities that I just need...
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I said that Quick Stuff was a place for me to put those little web utilities that I just need sometimes, and I've already got a new entrant: Quick Chapters. This little app simply lets you provide it an MP3 file, it will extract the chapters from it,
Matt Mullenweg
AI Site Builder The long-anticipated “Big Sky” AI site builder on WordPress.com went live today. It combines several...
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The long-anticipated “Big Sky” AI site builder on WordPress.com went live today. It combines several models and can create logos, site designs, typography, color schemes, and content. It’s an entirely new way to interact with and edit a brand-new or existing WordPress site. This...
Krebs on Security
Patch Tuesday, April 2025 Edition Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 121 security holes in its Windows operating...
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Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 121 security holes in its Windows operating systems and software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited in the wild. Eleven of those flaws earned Microsoft's most-dire "critical" rating, meaning malware or...
Arduino Blog
Using a racing sim rig with a real RC car Most of us will never get a chance to drive a Ferrari F50 around the Nürburgring in real life, but...
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Most of us will never get a chance to drive a Ferrari F50 around the Nürburgring in real life, but we can all do so in a racing sim. To get the most out of that experience, many people build serious and elaborate racing sim rigs. What if one could use their racing sim rig […] The...
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About the time I trashed my mother's laptop Around 2003, my mother had a laptop: the Compaq Armada 1592DT. It ran Windows Me, the worst Windows...
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Around 2003, my mother had a laptop: the Compaq Armada 1592DT. It ran Windows Me, the worst Windows to ever exist, whopping 96 MB of RAM, and a 3 GB hard drive. My mother used it for important stuff, and I played games on it. Given the limitations of the 3 GB hard drive,...
Arduino Blog
Introducing the Image Map widget: A smarter way to visualize your data We’re excited to introduce the new Image Map Widget in Arduino Cloud! This powerful feature allows...
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We’re excited to introduce the new Image Map Widget in Arduino Cloud! This powerful feature allows you to overlay live data onto an image, creating interactive and highly visual dashboards. Whether you’re managing a factory floor, an office space, or a piece of industrial...
Birchtree
Meta got tricky with LLM benchmarks Oh boy, Meta released their latest llama models this weekend (I guess because they leaked, hence the...
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Oh boy, Meta released their latest llama models this weekend (I guess because they leaked, hence the rushed weekend release?), and it benchmarked quite well on LMArena. However, as Kyle Wiggers reported for TechCrunch, not all may have been on the up and up: Meta’s Benchmarks for...
Jorge Arango
VUCA Revisited: Acting Skillfully in Uncertain Times Alas, it’s time once again to revisit VUCA. Early in the pandemic, I gave two presentations about...
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Alas, it’s time once again to revisit VUCA. Early in the pandemic, I gave two presentations about dealing with uncertainty. Institutions were struggling to respond to COVID. Many people were freaking out. But not me: I had a conceptual framework that helped me make sense of what...
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #65: Economic growth is core to a progressive agenda Plus the terrifying story of what actually happened to Boeing's Starliner capsule, and a terrible...
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Notes from "Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology" Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology is a book of essays by Ellen Ullman. In the book,...
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Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology is a book of essays by Ellen Ullman. In the book, Ullman laments the bad parts of computers and the internet. These systems eroded privacy, deepened income inequality, and enabled the rise of modern fascism. And they were built by a...
Birchtree
All the Switch 2 pricing questions I had last week are answered Last week I wrote 2 main posts in reaction to the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement, and today we have...
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Last week I wrote 2 main posts in reaction to the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement, and today we have new info on some of the open questions that lingered waaaay back then. Game-key cards I saw a remarkable amount of arguments against this new "physical" purchase option based
Arduino Blog
A homemade launchpad for compressed air-powered rockets A conventional model rocket engine is simple combustible solid fuel (black powder or more advanced...
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A conventional model rocket engine is simple combustible solid fuel (black powder or more advanced composites) molded into a cylinder that uses expanding gas to produce thrust. Though it is minimal, there is some danger there. An alternative is compressed gas, which will also...
GitButler
20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful. Twenty years ago, Git was born. How did this unlikely "information manager" take over the world?
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Birchtree
+ Power users need love too
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Jorge Arango
Traction Heroes Ep. 7: Better Questions Conversations on the Traction Heroes podcast are proving highly relevant. To wit, episode 7 delves...
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Conversations on the Traction Heroes podcast are proving highly relevant. To wit, episode 7 delves into how the questions we ask ourselves influence our ability to act skillfully. This came up in the context of dealing with uncertainty. Specifically, Harry brought to the...
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Why we love Luton Airport, and a terrible plan for changing the London Mayoralty Plus the exciting launch of the Centre for British Progress
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Abort Retry Fail
Intel: Winning and Losing Idling at a Zenith
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The New Oil
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Humanities Crash Course Week 14: Roman Decadence During week 14 of the humanities crash course, I explored foundational myths of Western Culture —...
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During week 14 of the humanities crash course, I explored foundational myths of Western Culture — written during the Roman Empire when decadence was setting in. I paired them with a classic film about social decadence set in mid-20th century Rome. Readings Gioa’s recommendations...
Old Vintage...
MacLynx beta 6: back to the Power Mac prior articles for more of the history, but MacLynx is a throwback port of the venerable Lynx 2.7.1...
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prior articles for more of the history, but MacLynx is a throwback port of the venerable Lynx 2.7.1 to the classic Mac OS last updated in 1997 which I picked up again in 2020. Rather than try to replicate its patches against a more current Lynx which may not even build, I've been...
computers are bad
2025-04-06 Airfone We've talked before about carphones, and certainly one of the only ways to make phones even more...
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We've talked before about carphones, and certainly one of the only ways to make phones even more interesting is to put them in modes of transportation. Installing telephones in cars made a lot of sense when radiotelephones were big and required a lot of power; and they faded...
lcamtuf’s thing
Why do lemon batteries work? And chemistry, I guess
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Birchtree
Remember when the Switch 2 was *only* going to cost $449? Nintendo Life: Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders in the US Amidst New Trump Tariffs Nintendo has...
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Nintendo Life: Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders in the US Amidst New Trump Tariffs Nintendo has delayed pre-orders for the Switch 2 in the US while it evaluates the potential impact of new tariffs from The Trump Administration. And A $2,300 Apple iPhone? Trump tariffs could...
anderegg.ca
Skylight and the AT Protocol Since my last piece about Bluesky, I’ve been using the service a lot more. Just about everyone I...
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Since my last piece about Bluesky, I’ve been using the service a lot more. Just about everyone I followed on other services is there now, and it’s way more fun than late-stage Twitter ever was. Halifax is particularly into Bluesky, which reminds me of our local scene during the...
Krebs on Security
Cyber Forensic Expert in 2,000+ Cases Faces FBI Probe A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of...
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A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years is facing questions about his credentials and an inquiry from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Legal experts say the inquiry...
watchTowr Labs
Is The Sofistication In The Room With Us? - X-Forwarded-For and Ivanti Connect Secure... What's that Skippy? Another Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerability? At this point, regular readers will...
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What's that Skippy? Another Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerability? At this point, regular readers will know all about Ivanti (and a handful of other vendors of the same class of devices), from our regular analysis. Do you know the fun things about these posts? We can copy text...
Birchtree
Let's move on from post-credits scenes Director James Mangold: talking about whether he'd want to put a post-credit scenes in one of this...
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Director James Mangold: talking about whether he'd want to put a post-credit scenes in one of this movies back in 2018 The idea of making a movie that would fucking embarrass me, that's part of the anesthetizing of this country or the world. That's
Birchtree
How Nintendo's "game-key cards" actually work I've seen a remarkable amount of misunderstanding out there on how Nintendo's game-key cards work....
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I've seen a remarkable amount of misunderstanding out there on how Nintendo's game-key cards work. People are losing their ever loving minds over all things Switch 2, but this one really gets me because the people who are the most upset about it seem to not
Birchtree
People’s passion for art made by humans persists M.G. Siegler: A Spirited Debate Around AI This isn’t the end of art. It may indeed be the dawn of a...
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M.G. Siegler: A Spirited Debate Around AI This isn’t the end of art. It may indeed be the dawn of a new age for art. And that may not devalue the human-created art as is the clear fear right now. In fact, it may even *elevate* it
Birchtree
Peanut butter toast You never know what moments have staying power until they hit you.
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Some thoughts on the Switch 2 Nintendo finally rolled out the red carpet for the Switch 2 yesterday, and I'll be honest, I'm super...
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Nintendo finally rolled out the red carpet for the Switch 2 yesterday, and I'll be honest, I'm super excited for it. The hardware The hardware for the new Switch is everything I ever wanted, minus one thing. The performance looks pretty darn good, and it appears
Birchtree
A new/old Pokémon game, how Hollywood can make good movies, and a puzzle with all edge pieces We are so back! Please keep making smaller, original movies so that we get new franchises A puzzle...
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We are so back! Please keep making smaller, original movies so that we get new franchises A puzzle with all edge pieces that looks fun but also very hard Every font is free…as long as you remake it yourself Fellow olds, if you haven't seen this,
Birchtree
Introducing Quick Stuff Today I'm introducing the most side of side projects I've done in a long time, and I'm calling it...
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Today I'm introducing the most side of side projects I've done in a long time, and I'm calling it Quick Stuff. Quick Stuff is a place for me to put all of my little projects in one place, and I'm really happy
lcamtuf’s thing
The Rapture It’s fascinating how these vascular bundles, containing xylem and phloem, are arranged in a ring...
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It’s fascinating how these vascular bundles, containing xylem and phloem, are arranged in a ring located beneath the skin (periderm) and the cortex.
Arduino Blog
This student made his own odds with a DIY slot machine Today’s digital slot machines are anything but “fair,” in the way that most of us understand that...
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Today’s digital slot machines are anything but “fair,” in the way that most of us understand that word. There is tight regulation in most places, but the machines can still adjust their odds of payout in order to maintain a specific profit margin. If the machine thinks it has...
Birchtree
The post you knew was coming about the Switch 2 display Nintendo gave the Switch 2 it's grand unveiling today, and I think it looks great. $449 is a steep...
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Nintendo gave the Switch 2 it's grand unveiling today, and I think it looks great. $449 is a steep starting price, but considering the features and the fact we live in a world of inflation and significant tariffs on many goods coming into the US, it's
Odds and Ends of...
The government should stop worrying about the Daily Mail Test You can't fix the Civil Service by penny-pinching
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Birchtree
Benchmarks from M2 Pro to M4 Pro Long story short, I picked up a new MacBook Pro this week. I got the M4 Pro version with the higher...
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Long story short, I picked up a new MacBook Pro this week. I got the M4 Pro version with the higher core count and 1TB of internal storage. It's the exact same model in the lineup as the M2 Pro I've been using for the last
Birchtree
“Retina” is not a static PPI I’m just going to keep posting about this every few months because people keep getting “retina”...
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I’m just going to keep posting about this every few months because people keep getting “retina” wrong. According to this YouTube video that was recommended to me today, retina on desktop monitors is exactly 218ppi (pixels per inch). Now of course the iPhone 4, which was
Birchtree
You have got to be kidding me Mia Sato writing for The Verge: Elon Musk’s $1 Million Handout Winners Are Connected to Republican...
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Mia Sato writing for The Verge: Elon Musk’s $1 Million Handout Winners Are Connected to Republican Causes On Sunday, a few thousand people in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gathered to hear Elon Musk speak — and give away two giant cardboard checks for $1 million. Attendance at the event
Arduino Blog
Forgot your safe combination? This Arduino-controlled autodialer can crack it for you Safes are designed specifically to be impenetrable — that’s kind of the whole point. That’s great...
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Safes are designed specifically to be impenetrable — that’s kind of the whole point. That’s great when you need to protect something, but it is a real problem when you forget the combination to your safe or when a safe’s combination becomes lost to history. In such situations,...
watchTowr Labs
XSS To RCE By Abusing Custom File Handlers - Kentico Xperience CMS (CVE-2025-2748) We know what you’re waiting for - this isn’t it. Today, we’re back with more tales of our adventures...
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We know what you’re waiting for - this isn’t it. Today, we’re back with more tales of our adventures in Kentico’s Xperience CMS. Due to it’s wide usage, the type of solution, and the types of enterprises using this solution
Old Vintage...
The April Fools joke that might have got me fired Everyone should pull one great practical joke in their lifetimes. This one was mine, and I think...
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Everyone should pull one great practical joke in their lifetimes. This one was mine, and I think it's past the statute of limitations. The story is true. Only the names are redacted to protect the guilty. My first job out of college was a database programmer, even though my...
Jorge Arango
Don’t Let the Drawings Distract You: AI is Not About the Output Last week, I spoke with a business leader who’s excited about AI. But as we talked, it became clear...
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Last week, I spoke with a business leader who’s excited about AI. But as we talked, it became clear that there’s a wide gulf between enthusiasm and creating value for a particular business. Most people’s impression of AI is based on limited use and media hype. Take the recent...
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #65: Everything is about everything Plus why Britain can't build things... except for the Lower Thames Crossing, apparently.
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lcamtuf’s thing
Electricity and the speed of light If it's all just electromagnetic waves, why is electricity in a conductor moving slower than visible...
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Ken Shirriff's blog
Notes on the Pentium's microcode circuitry Most people think of machine instructions as the fundamental steps that a computer...
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Most people think of machine instructions as the fundamental steps that a computer performs. However, many processors have another layer of software underneath: microcode. With microcode, instead of building the processor's control circuitry from complex logic gates, the control...
Never Met a Science
The Political Institution of Mortality The Democratic incumbent was too old to run for re-election.
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Push to Prod
Is AI-based Root Cause Analysis a Real Thing? Logs, LLMs, AI, Decision Trees, and Root Causes
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Odds and Ends of...
The Lower Thames Crossing, getting mad at boomers and the scourge of Everythingism Plus we're 18,000 homes closer to the, er, 1.5 million homes target
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Krebs on Security
How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had "brought free speech back to...
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In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had "brought free speech back to America." But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment rights of journalists, students, universities, government...
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Work is Life Too 10 PM on a Sunday night. You’re back home after a night out with friends. A couple of beers and some...
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10 PM on a Sunday night. You’re back home after a night out with friends. A couple of beers and some pizza. The place was too loud but you…
Evan Hahn's blog
Notes from March 2025 Here’s a little roundup of things I’ve done in March. Also see my entries from February and...
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Here’s a little roundup of things I’ve done in March. Also see my entries from February and January. Words I wrote in March I published a few blog posts this month: “Why ‘alias’ is my last resort for aliases” explains why I prefer defining scripts over shell aliases. I’ve been...
Birchtree
I've moved to Ghost Pro Here's hoping this post is short and sweet… Back in 2019 I moved my blog off of WordPress and over...
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Here's hoping this post is short and sweet… Back in 2019 I moved my blog off of WordPress and over to Ghost. In short, I wasn't happy with WordPress and wanted a blogging engine that felt more like it was made for blogging than a
Birchtree
Settings > Default Apps > Voice Assistant Parker Ortolani writing Gemini, Siri, and Default Assistants on iOS, arguing that Apple should allow...
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Parker Ortolani writing Gemini, Siri, and Default Assistants on iOS, arguing that Apple should allow you to set a different default voice assistant: it would do two things: it would mitigate some of the damage with customer relations while they wait for the new Siri and it sets a...
Jorge Arango
Humanities Crash Course Week 13: The Qur’an This week, I sampled one of the world’s great spiritual texts: the Qur’an. I also read poems by Rumi...
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This week, I sampled one of the world’s great spiritual texts: the Qur’an. I also read poems by Rumi and saw a movie that led me to question my understanding of both. Readings As with many other people in the West, my understanding of Islam mostly comes from the news — often, in...
Odds and Ends of...
How the government can raise taxes – and get away with it It's time to treat Trump like the crisis he is
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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...
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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
Birchtree
I keep telling people Google TV is better than you think Jason Snell: Who’s the Laggard? Comparing TV Streamer Boxes In short: Google TV is tasteful, well...
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Jason Snell: Who’s the Laggard? Comparing TV Streamer Boxes In short: Google TV is tasteful, well done, supports live streaming decently if not perfectly, and is a great extension of the Google ecosystem. As someone who does use YouTube TV and YouTube Premium, if I had to stop
Birchtree
+ Book and video game review catchup
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Bryan Braun - Blog
Breaking down circular dependencies in JavaScript I write a lot of JavaScript but circular dependencies have always been kind of a mystery to me. The...
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I write a lot of JavaScript but circular dependencies have always been kind of a mystery to me. The error messages always seem random and inscrutable, and sometimes there’s no error message at all! I wanted to understand this topic better, so I ran a series of experiments and...
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The tree ring model of culture and politics
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We should talk less about public goods funding and more about open source funding
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Computer Ads from...
Adam Osborne Interview by Practical Computing (1983) Osborne reveals his philosophy
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Birchtree
Before you burn it down… I enjoyed this quote from Casey Newton on today's Hard Fork podcast: Even as somebody who generally...
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I enjoyed this quote from Casey Newton on today's Hard Fork podcast: Even as somebody who generally likes technology, I think some of these tech oligarchs have this extremely know-it-all attitude that "our tech is better than your tech, yours sucks," and they sort of bluster
Birchtree
The Snow Leopard we've built up in our heads Nick Heer: linking to Jeff Johnson's The myth and reality of Mac OS X Snow Leopard I read an article...
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Nick Heer: linking to Jeff Johnson's The myth and reality of Mac OS X Snow Leopard I read an article today from yet another person pining for a mythical Snow Leopard-style MacOS release. While I sympathize with the intent of their argument, it is largely fictional and, as
Bryan Braun - Blog
Technology you don’t have to think about “Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without...
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“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.” – Alfred North Whitehead Effective technology takes our most time-consuming tasks and moves them into the background so we can focus on other important...
Birchtree
Should we do a Conclave? Niléane insists she's not bringing another task manager, Chris has a new e-ink toy he loves, and the...
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Niléane insists she's not bringing another task manager, Chris has a new e-ink toy he loves, and the whole crew finds interesting ways to add some more text expansion to their lives. We want to hear from you! How would you have done our challenges? How
Birchtree
Balatro continues to bring a smile Jay Peters for The Verge: Why Balatro’s Developer Stays Anonymous It’s an arrangement that the...
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Jay Peters for The Verge: Why Balatro’s Developer Stays Anonymous It’s an arrangement that the Playstack team figured out with LocalThunk ahead of other ceremonies like The Game Awards, where Balatro won three awards and was nominated for Game of the Year. LocalThunk didn’t
Arduino Blog
Quickly digitize your Magic deck with this 3D-printable scanning rig We call them “deck builders” for a reason: because players end up with huge piles of trading cards....
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We call them “deck builders” for a reason: because players end up with huge piles of trading cards. They can get difficult to manage, which is why the ManaBox app exists for Magic: The Gathering. It lets collectors scan and log their decks, which is handy for everything from...
Computer Ads from...
Plus Post: VTech Laser MSX2 The exciting new MSX computer with more features for less money
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Krebs on Security
When Getting Phished Puts You in Mortal Danger Many successful phishing attacks result in a financial loss or malware infection. But falling for...
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Many successful phishing attacks result in a financial loss or malware infection. But falling for some phishing scams, like those currently targeting Russians searching online for organizations that are fighting the Kremlin war machine, can cost you your freedom or your life.
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Ghetto soldering tweezers [Misc] And other 3D printed accessories
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Birchtree
My job doesn't need to exist? Rands: The Product Engineer You don’t need Product Managers. There. I said it. As someone who just...
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Rands: The Product Engineer You don’t need Product Managers. There. I said it. As someone who just moved into a product management role, you had best believe this line caught my eye. 👀 The post makes some reasonable arguments, although I think a lot of it is an
Odds and Ends of...
Listen: How the YIMBYs won My event with Anya Martin (with a brief cameo from Chris Curtis MP!)
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Jorge Arango
How AI Is Built Podcast Nicolay Gerold interviewed me for his How AI is Built podcast. Our conversation focused on...
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Nicolay Gerold interviewed me for his How AI is Built podcast. Our conversation focused on information architecture – with an interesting angle: Nicolay’s audience consists primarily of engineers developing AI products. What can these folks learn from IA to create better AI...
Birchtree
+ Why don't I post mock ups anymore? Hey, where did the design concepts go?
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Birchtree
This alert must die I really thought that the screen recording notifications in macOS Sequoia would be the bane of my...
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I really thought that the screen recording notifications in macOS Sequoia would be the bane of my existence, but thankfully those have been changed quite a bit from the early betas last summer and they're totally a non-issue in my book today. However, these god damned "turn
Notes on software...
Things that go wrong with disk IO There are a few interesting scenarios to keep in mind when writing applications (not just...
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There are a few interesting scenarios to keep in mind when writing applications (not just databases!) that interact with read and writes files, particularly in transactional contexts where you actually care about the integrity of the data and when you are editing data in...
Applied Cartography
Performance improvements can be obvious and silly in retrospect One of the most useful and janky internal tools we have in Buttondown’s codebase is a codegen...
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One of the most useful and janky internal tools we have in Buttondown’s codebase is a codegen pipeline called “autogen”. There is nothing “auto” about autogen: it is a series of scripts that munges a bunch of data into a bunch of different formats, to generate things like our...
Birchtree
The tale of Narcissus Ted Gioia: What's Happening to Students? I’m dumbfounded when I hear ‘experts’ claim that phones are...
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Ted Gioia: What's Happening to Students? I’m dumbfounded when I hear ‘experts’ claim that phones are not the problem. Like tobacco companies—whose hired experts long denied the connection between smoking and cancer—they say that “correlation does not prove causation.
Computer Ads from...
MicroTimes Interviews Jim Clark from Mosaic Communications (1994) They discuss how to commercialize the internet.
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Birchtree
I feel more empowered than ever Bryan Irace: Tim, Don’t Kill My Vibe Like it or not, LLMs—both through general chat interfaces and...
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Bryan Irace: Tim, Don’t Kill My Vibe Like it or not, LLMs—both through general chat interfaces and purpose-built developer tools—have meaningfully increased the rate at which new software can be produced. And they’ve done so both by making skilled developers more productive
Lighthouse Blog
What is RSS?
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Birchtree
OS updates should respect my settings Tim Hardwick writing for MacRumors: PSA: iOS 18.3.2 Re-Enables Apple Intelligence if You Turned It...
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Tim Hardwick writing for MacRumors: PSA: iOS 18.3.2 Re-Enables Apple Intelligence if You Turned It Off With new iOS software updates, Apple has been automatically turning Apple Intelligence on again even for users who have disabled it, a decision that has become increasingly...
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #64: Why we cancelled our trip to America Plus how to save Blue Peter
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Jorge Arango
Traction Heroes Ep. 6: Chesterton’s Fence In Episode 6 of the Traction Heroes podcast, Harry and I explored Chesterton’s fence — a simple yet...
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In Episode 6 of the Traction Heroes podcast, Harry and I explored Chesterton’s fence — a simple yet profound idea that has important implications for leaders navigating complex, high-stakes changes. The gist: when change is needed, don’t start by destroying what you don’t...
Jorge Arango
Rosenfeld Review: “Traction Heroes” Louis Rosenfeld interviewed Harry Max and me for his Rosenfeld Review podcast. The subject? Harry...
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Louis Rosenfeld interviewed Harry Max and me for his Rosenfeld Review podcast. The subject? Harry and my podcast, Traction Heroes. We recorded this conversation late in 2024, before we’d shared the first episode. This interview lays out Traction Heroes’s backstory. It’s fitting...
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...
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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...
Notes on software...
Phil Eaton on Technical Blogging This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
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Arduino Blog
This Arduino Nano Every-controlled machine automatically mixes acrylic paint of any color When you want to paint the walls in your bedroom that very specific shade of Misty Irish Green, all...
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When you want to paint the walls in your bedroom that very specific shade of Misty Irish Green, all you have to do is head to your local hardware store and have them scan the corresponding card. The paint-mixing machine will then add the pigment to a white base and, a few minutes...
Birchtree
The Gen Z-powered retro gaming revival Eve Upton-Clark writing for Fast Company: ‘It’s Like Their Escape’: Retro Gaming Is Back Thanks to...
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Eve Upton-Clark writing for Fast Company: ‘It’s Like Their Escape’: Retro Gaming Is Back Thanks to Gen Z Low-tech holds nostalgic appeal and may even offer a solid antidote to our increasingly fast-paced tech-driven society. For 78% of those polled, one reason they enjoy using...
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Secretary of Defense put war plans in a group chat with a journalist Jeffrey Goldberg with an insane story in The Atlantic: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted...
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Jeffrey Goldberg with an insane story in The Atlantic: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen. > > I, however, knew two hours...
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In the early 1960s, Douglas Engelbart started investigating how computers could augment human intelligence: "If, in your office, you as an intellectual worker were supplied with a computer display backed up by a computer that was alive for you all day and was instantly...
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It’s hard to believe, but we’re almost at the first quarter mark for the humanities crash course. Up this week: Suetonius’s The Twelve Caesars. I doubled down on the Republic’s fall by watching a classic movie set in this time. Readings The Twelve Caesars is a collection of...
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Jon Passantino writing for Status: Hanging by a Thread Now Threads feels rather lifeless. While users still post there, for many has become something of a second-tier platform—a place that they dump content out of habit, not because they’re having real conversations or finding...
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I was interviewed by Inc magazine for almost two hours where we covered a lot of great topics for entrepreneurs but almost none of it made it into the weird hit piece they published, however since both the journalist and I had recording of the interview I’ve decided to adapt some...
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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...
Birchtree
+ I’m a season 1 sorta guy Yes, this is about Severance, but it's really about more than Severance.
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A personal update on Apple TV+ When Apple TV+ launched just over 5 years ago, it’s fair to say I wasn’t a fan. I thought their...
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When Apple TV+ launched just over 5 years ago, it’s fair to say I wasn’t a fan. I thought their launch shows were not to my taste, to put it generously. I don’t want to call out any specific show here, but I tried
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You’re telling me I’m holding it wrong? Really!?!! Darth Chris makes an appearance, Niléane has an exclusive first look at…checks notes… the iPhone 16...
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Darth Chris makes an appearance, Niléane has an exclusive first look at…checks notes… the iPhone 16 Pro, Matt insists on talking about MacWhisper even more, and the crew actually all followed the rules in this week's challenge (a miracle!). Weekly Topics iPhone 16
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Anchor Pad Two experts want your computer. Which one will get to it first?
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I was listening to Hard Fork this weekend when Kevin Roose said this (emphasis mine): I think that there is sort of a basic assumption if you're a heavy user of, say, ChatGPT, that there are certain things that it's good at and there are certain
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It’s us again! Once again, we hear the collective groans - but we're back and with yet another merciless pwnage of an inspired and clearly comprehensive RCE solution - no, wait, it's another vuln in yet another backup and replication solution.. While we would
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DOGE to Fired CISA Staff: Email Us Your Personal Data A message posted on Monday to the homepage of the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security...
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A message posted on Monday to the homepage of the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is the latest exhibit in the Trump administration's continued disregard for basic cybersecurity protections. The message instructed recently-fired CISA employees to get in...
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Radiohead It’s so funny that my random re-engagement with Radiohead re-emergence coincides with them doing a...
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It’s so funny that my random re-engagement with Radiohead re-emergence coincides with them doing a new entity that might mean something. I did a poll on Twitter and people preferred OK Computer to Kid A 78%!
Birchtree
The base MacBook Air should have an M1 processor Why oh why does the base MacBook Air that Apple sells have their latest generation chip, the M4?...
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Why oh why does the base MacBook Air that Apple sells have their latest generation chip, the M4? That's so overkill for the vast majority of people, and I'd bet that most of them wouldn't even notice the speed difference in their day-to-day tasks.
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AI in infosec: the future is now, old man I do my best to keep punditry off this blog, but I don't always succeed.
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The VR market shrunk yet again in 2024 Counterpoint Research: Global VR Market Declines 12% YoY in 2024; ‘AR+AI’ Smart Glasses to Take...
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Counterpoint Research: Global VR Market Declines 12% YoY in 2024; ‘AR+AI’ Smart Glasses to Take Centre Stage in 2025 Global VR headset shipments fell 12% YoY in 2024, marking their third consecutive year of declines due to the continued weak consumer demand. This is actually...
Arduino Blog
SeaPerch II introduces students to underwater ROV exploration While professionals around the world take advantage of Arduino products and the extensive ecosystem,...
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While professionals around the world take advantage of Arduino products and the extensive ecosystem, the core Arduino philosophy is to simplify complex technology. A bare microcontroller is intimidating to the uninitiated, but an Arduino development board is friendly and...
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #63: A major electric vehicle breakthrough?! Plus why the Democrats lost, the AI camera explosion, and more.
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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...
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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&
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Cheatsheet for Rink, the unit-aware calculator Rink is a unit-aware calculator for the command line and your browser. I’ve been wanting something...
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Rink is a unit-aware calculator for the command line and your browser. I’ve been wanting something like it for years! Here’s a Rink cheatsheet I made for myself. I hope it’s useful to others! Basic conversions Rink can do a bunch of basic conversions, such as converting...
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Vote for the March 2025 + Post Topic Time is running out.
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The Pebble (which made me fall in love with smart watches) is back Introducing Two New PebbleOS Watches! We’re excited to announce two new smartwatches that run open...
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Introducing Two New PebbleOS Watches! We’re excited to announce two new smartwatches that run open source PebbleOS and are compatible with thousands of your beloved Pebble apps. The original Pebble was my “a ha!” moment when I realized smart watches were the real deal, even in
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AI is Probabilistic – That’s Why It Needs Constraints For as long as we’ve had computers, they’ve produced predictable outputs. But AI – in the form of...
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For as long as we’ve had computers, they’ve produced predictable outputs. But AI – in the form of large language models – represents a new kind of unpredictable computing. The key to implementing useful AI solutions is making the most of both paradigms. One of the oldest known...
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Fatima Kardar, Corporate Vice President, Gaming AI, at Microsoft: Empowering Creators and Players With Muse, a Generative AI Model for Gameplay We’re excited to announce a generative AI breakthrough, published today in the journal Nature and announced by Microsoft Research, that...
Greater Still by...
Becoming a person familiar Six months at Rostra
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This DIY experimental reactor harnesses the Birkeland-Eyde process Nitrogen is critical for farming at scale and without some form of nitrogen to enrich the soil, we...
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Nitrogen is critical for farming at scale and without some form of nitrogen to enrich the soil, we couldn’t grow staple crops efficiently enough to feed our large global population. Serious science goes into the production of fertilizers and the Birkeland-Eyde process was one...
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Arduino Days 2025 is almost here! With just a few days to go, Arduino Days 2025 promises to be one of the biggest and most exciting...
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With just a few days to go, Arduino Days 2025 promises to be one of the biggest and most exciting events in our 20-year history! Join us for two days of live-streamed content on March 21st-22nd, featuring inspiring talks, major product announcements, and community showcases from...
watchTowr Labs
Bypassing Authentication Like It’s The ‘90s - Pre-Auth RCE Chain(s) in Kentico Xperience CMS I recently joined watchTowr, and it is, therefore, time - time for my first watchTowr Labs blogpost,...
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I recently joined watchTowr, and it is, therefore, time - time for my first watchTowr Labs blogpost, previously teased in a tweet of a pre-auth RCE chain affecting some ‘unknown software’. Joining the team, I wanted to maintain the trail of destruction left by the watchTowr Labs...
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Fairphone Fairbuds XL review: admirable goals, awful product I bought the Fairphone Fairbuds XL with my own money at a recent sale for 186.75 EUR, plus 15 EUR...
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I bought the Fairphone Fairbuds XL with my own money at a recent sale for 186.75 EUR, plus 15 EUR for shipping to Estonia. The normal price for these headphones is 239 EUR. This post is not sponsored. I admire what Fairphone wants to achieve, even going as far as getting the...
The New Oil
Life Without a SIM Card
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Objectivity is superstition An objective, external world is a non-falsifiable assumption. The prevailing theory is that our...
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An objective, external world is a non-falsifiable assumption. The prevailing theory is that our subjective experiences correspond to an external reality. However, they may simply be subjective through and through. That which we claim to be evidence of external reality is actually...
Birchtree
🕹️ I strongly recommend Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (for the right person) God damn, this game.
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Humanities Crash Course Week 11: Stoicism In week 11 of the humanities crash course, I revisited one of the most influential philosophies of...
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In week 11 of the humanities crash course, I revisited one of the most influential philosophies of the ancient world: Stoicism. I was already familiar with this material, so I also took the opportunity to revisit another text: the Book of Job. Heavy stuff – and I paired it with...
Old Vintage...
More pro for the DEC Professional 380 (featuring PRO/VENIX) In computing the DEC PDP-11 is something of a geologic feature. Plus, as most systems in the family...
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In computing the DEC PDP-11 is something of a geologic feature. Plus, as most systems in the family were minicomputers, they had the whole monolith thing going for them too (minus murderous apes and sucking astronauts into hyperspace). Its fame is even more notable given that...
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Everything we know about the next Zelda game, as of March 2025 In short: it’ll probably emphasize player freedom, not be a “dungeon editor” game, and won’t reuse...
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In short: it’ll probably emphasize player freedom, not be a “dungeon editor” game, and won’t reuse the same map of Hyrule. See my post at Zelda Dungeon for more. I enjoyed rounding up all pre-release information about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. I’m back to do this...
Matt Mullenweg
Dalio & Benioff in Singaore With the world changing so quickly, it’s hard to find alpha, but the best way is by following the...
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With the world changing so quickly, it’s hard to find alpha, but the best way is by following the brightest thinkers. This CNBC interview with Ray Dalio and Marc Benioff is good, but it’s way better if you go to the livestream about 25 minutes in and see the full discussion...
Birchtree
My god, where did the YouTube suggestions go? They’re back, baby! WTF is going on with US leaders pushing get-rich-quick schemes like...
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They’re back, baby! WTF is going on with US leaders pushing get-rich-quick schemes like memecoins? I always love these "unnecessary" inventions. Season 1 was spectacular, and I can't wait to see what they do in the second season Mostly sharing this because it'
Arduino Blog
A DIY sous vide cooker for making the perfect steak Sous vide (which means “under vacuum” in French) is a cooking technique in which food is sealed in a...
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Sous vide (which means “under vacuum” in French) is a cooking technique in which food is sealed in a plastic bag (or another container) and immersed in warm water for a long period of time. It is great for meat, like steak, because it ensures the food is an even temperature...
Birchtree
Politics are personal Justin Ferrell: It's Not Politics, It's Just Personal What happens when no amount of work or...
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Justin Ferrell: It's Not Politics, It's Just Personal What happens when no amount of work or labor—and no tax cuts—could even scratch the surface of the tens of thousands of dollars in medical care that keeps your son above ground? A very
Krebs on Security
ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone...
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A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed "ClickFix," the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that...
Birchtree
Apple says they will add encryption to RCS Jess Weatherbed writing for The Verge: Apple Will Soon Support Encrypted RCS Messaging With Android...
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Jess Weatherbed writing for The Verge: Apple Will Soon Support Encrypted RCS Messaging With Android Users “End-to-end encryption is a powerful privacy and security technology that iMessage has supported since the beginning, and now we are pleased to have helped lead a cross...
Abishek Muthian
Shipping Policy Shipping and Delivery When you subscribe to a SaaS product in the website, You will receive access...
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Shipping and Delivery When you subscribe to a SaaS product in the website, You will receive access to the product as soon as the payment is acknowledged by our payment gateway partners.
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #62: Right-wing populism is over... maybe... possibly... hopefully Plus over-diagnosis, governance theatre, and... crisps.
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AI and Taxonomies: Creating vs. Applying Recently, I wrote about using AI to solve taxonomy drift — the all-too-common problem of lists of...
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Recently, I wrote about using AI to solve taxonomy drift — the all-too-common problem of lists of terms (tags, categories) falling out of sync with the content they describe. A response to that post raised an important distinction worth clarifying: the difference between creating...
Never Met a Science
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+ Why I quit Superhuman I appreciate the app, I just had to let it go.
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This challenge escalated quickly! Check it out on YouTube and Podcasts! Matt and Chris have all the new Apple hardware, and Niléane...
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Check it out on YouTube and Podcasts! Matt and Chris have all the new Apple hardware, and Niléane takes the challenge to the next level. Weekly Topics iPhone 16e iPad Air (M3) MacBook Air (M4) Other Things Discussed Niléane’s brilliant Touch ID setup TP-Link
Birchtree
I’m not used to seeing this John Gruber: Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino The fiasco here is not that Apple is late...
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John Gruber: Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino The fiasco here is not that Apple is late on AI. It’s also not that they had to announce an embarrassing delay on promised features last week. Those are problems, not fiascos, and problems happen. They’re
GitButler
Going down the rabbit hole of Git's new bundle-uri Git's new bundle-uri could help significantly speed up clones, but what bugs lurk within?
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Handheld consoles, assemble! Jez Corden writing for Windows Central: EXCLUSIVE: Xbox's New Hardware Plans Begin With a Gaming...
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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...
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Britain needs a national drone company Forget GB Railways and GB Energy... how about GB Drones?
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The "essential" iPhone Today marks day 13 of using the iPhone 16e as my primary phone, and after this review goes live,...
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Today marks day 13 of using the iPhone 16e as my primary phone, and after this review goes live, I'll be moving my eSIM back to the 16 Pro that I use day to day. I intended to use this phone for a month before going back to
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Comics from 1978/05 Creative Computing Mag Time for some oldie levity.
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Electronics etc…
HP Laptop 17 RAM Upgrade Introduction Selecting the RAM Opening up Replacing the RAM Reassembly References Introduction I do...
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Introduction Selecting the RAM Opening up Replacing the RAM Reassembly References Introduction I do virtually all of my hobby and home computing on Linux and MacOS. The MacOS stuff on a laptop and almost all Linux work a desktop PC. The desktop PC has Windows on it installed as...
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What's root mean square voltage? And how do we derive its value for sine waves?
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Smoke test your Django admin site Here is a confession: I am a very strong proponent of a robust test suite being perhaps the single...
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Here is a confession: I am a very strong proponent of a robust test suite being perhaps the single most important asset of a codebase, but when it comes to auxiliary services like admin sites or CLIs when it comes to testing I tend to ask for forgiveness more than I ask for...
Evan Hahn's blog
Filling in the gaps of the internet Here’s a small philosophy I have about the internet: I believe that it’s my duty to publish the...
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Here’s a small philosophy I have about the internet: I believe that it’s my duty to publish the answer to previously-unanswered questions. That way, the next person who comes along has an easier time. For example, I was once trying to figure out how to skip the first line of a...
Krebs on Security
Microsoft: 6 Zero-Days in March 2025 Patch Tuesday Microsoft today issued more than 50 security updates for its various Windows operating systems,...
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Microsoft today issued more than 50 security updates for its various Windows operating systems, including fixes for a whopping six zero-day vulnerabilities that are already seeing active exploitation.
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...
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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...
Krebs on Security
Alleged Co-Founder of Garantex Arrested in India Authorities in India today arrested the alleged co-founder of Garantex, a cryptocurrency exchange...
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Authorities in India today arrested the alleged co-founder of Garantex, a cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the U.S. government in 2022 for facilitating tens of billions of dollars in money laundering by transnational criminal and cybercriminal organizations. Sources close to...
Abishek Muthian
Refund Policy 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. Refund For refunds of any digital goods purchased via...
Abishek Muthian
Terms and Conditions The legal terms mentioned here covers abishekmuthian.com and products which explicitly link to this...
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Jorge Arango
Why Website Taxonomies Drift (and What to Do about It) AI is everywhere, but most websites are still managed manually by humans using content management...
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AI is everywhere, but most websites are still managed manually by humans using content management systems like WordPress and Drupal. These systems provide means for tagging and categorizing content. But over time, these structures degrade. Without vigilance and maintenance,...
lcamtuf’s thing
Why are sine waves so common? A simple question that takes some effort to answer in a satisfying way.
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Abort Retry Fail
Intel and the New Millenium Losing the performance crown
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Birchtree
Apple might be cooking this fall Tim Hardwick reporting on Gurman’s reporting in Bloomberg, which I don’t have access to, so I’m...
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Tim Hardwick reporting on Gurman’s reporting in Bloomberg, which I don’t have access to, so I’m quoting the MacRumors article: While specific details are scarce, it's supposedly the biggest update to iOS since iOS 7, and the biggest update to macOS since
Abishek Muthian
Pricing Bone Health Tracker Premium Track your bone health, Monitor the progress of your treatments. Get...
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Bone Health Tracker Premium Track your bone health, Monitor the progress of your treatments. Get more reports and cloud sync for just ₹1,332.21/year Free Premium Parsed BMD reports ✓ ✓ Skeleton visualization ✓ ✓ T-Score chart ✓ ✓ Z-Score chart ✓ ✓ Submit reports without private...
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Listen to The Abundance Agenda A new podcast about growth and progress
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Traction Heroes Ep. 5: Strategic Priorities Episode 5 of the Traction Heroes podcast featured a conversation about strategic priorities. What do...
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Episode 5 of the Traction Heroes podcast featured a conversation about strategic priorities. What do I mean by that? I’m referring to prioritizing at two levels: When you’re thinking about what to focus on now – what you should and shouldn’t do next. When you’re thinking about...
The New Oil
The Unique ID You're Giving to Everyone
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computers are bad
2025-03-10 troposcatter I have a rough list of topics for future articles, a scratchpad of two-word ideas that I sometimes...
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I have a rough list of topics for future articles, a scratchpad of two-word ideas that I sometimes struggle to interpret. Some items have been on that list for years now. Sometimes, ideas languish because I'm not really interested in them enough to devote the time. Others have...
Willem's Blog
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I had this idea to use ThreeJS to visualise workout data from a recent run, read along to see what I've created.
Posts on Made of...
Performance of the Python 3.14 tail-call interpreter About a month ago, the CPython project merged a new implementation strategy for their bytecode...
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About a month ago, the CPython project merged a new implementation strategy for their bytecode interpreter. The initial headline results were very impressive, showing a 10-15% performance improvement on average across a wide range of benchmarks across a variety of...
Jorge Arango
Humanities Crash Course Week 10: Greek Drama Week 10 of the humanities crash course had me reading (and listening to) classic Greek plays. I also...
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Week 10 of the humanities crash course had me reading (and listening to) classic Greek plays. I also listened to the blues and watched a movie starring a venerable recently departed actor. How do they connect? Perhaps they don’t. Let’s find out. Readings The plan for this week...
Birchtree
+ iPhone 16e review in progress: battery life You can never do too much battery testing, but after a week with this phone I've got some...
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Real WordPress Security One thing you’ll see on every host that offers WordPress is claims about how secure they are,...
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One thing you’ll see on every host that offers WordPress is claims about how secure they are, however they don’t put their money where their mouth is. When you dig deeper, if your site actually gets hacked they’ll hit you with remediation fees that can go from hundreds to...
Krebs on Security
Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks In September 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published findings from security researchers who concluded that a...
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In September 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published findings from security researchers who concluded that a series of six-figure cyberheists across dozens of victims resulted from thieves cracking master passwords stolen from the password manager service LastPass in 2022. In a court...
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Odds and Ends #61: Fake Woolly Mammoths Plus why intelligence is social, Land Registry open data, and some completely invisible VFX
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Watch me write a task manager in 30 minutes A core tenet of A Better Computer is showing, not telling. I don’t use a lot of press kit material...
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A core tenet of A Better Computer is showing, not telling. I don’t use a lot of press kit material or talking points from companies in my videos because I don’t particularly care about those. My incentives are fully aligned with showing software (and sometimes hardware)
./techtipsy
I yearn for the perfect home server I’ve changed my home server setup a lot over the past decade, mainly because I keep changing the...
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I’ve changed my home server setup a lot over the past decade, mainly because I keep changing the goals all the time. I’ve now realized why that keeps happening. I want the perfect home server. What is the perfect home server? I’d phrase it like this: The perfect home server uses...
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...
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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...
Birchtree
I'm Sick, I Have a Sickness Niléane has entered her keyboard era, Chris has a consumer warning as well as a really good...
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Niléane has entered her keyboard era, Chris has a consumer warning as well as a really good macropad, and then we find the best games on the Mac. Weekly Topics Logitech MX Keys Mini Volt Plus+ numberpad (but probably don’t buy it) BNK8 macropad Stream Deck
Birchtree
I'm setting the bar too low I've been a proponent of high-refresh rate displays for years now, and I think it's pretty...
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I've been a proponent of high-refresh rate displays for years now, and I think it's pretty ridiculous that Apple doesn't put these displays in their sub-$1,000 iPhones. I think if you're just keeping up with the Apple ecosystem then you
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Pocketwatch of Goo [Concept] Liquid filled timepiece
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Birchtree
➕ iPhone 16e review in progress: photography Here's a peek behind the scenes as I work on my iPhone 16e review.
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Birchtree
Wow, what courage Mia McCarthy writing for Politico: No More in-Person Town Halls, NRCC Chief Tells House...
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Mia McCarthy writing for Politico: No More in-Person Town Halls, NRCC Chief Tells House Republicans The chair of the House GOP's campaign arm told Republican lawmakers Tuesday to stop holding in-person town halls amid a wave of angry backlash over the cuts undertaken by President...
Birchtree
NVIDIA finally gets some competition Tom Warren for The Verge: AMD Radeon RX 9070 / 9070 XT Review and Benchmarks The RX 9070 is around...
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Tom Warren for The Verge: AMD Radeon RX 9070 / 9070 XT Review and Benchmarks The RX 9070 is around 17 percent faster than Nvidia’s RTX 5070 in 4K without upscaling enabled, cruising past Nvidia’s card for the same price. The RX 9070 XT is as fast
Arduino Blog
Come visit Arduino at Embedded World 2025! We’re gearing up for Embedded World, the leading event for embedded systems, industrial automation,...
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We’re gearing up for Embedded World, the leading event for embedded systems, industrial automation, and IoT technology, taking place March 11th-13th in Nuremberg. Visit us in Hall 3A, Booth 313 to explore our latest innovations and experience more live demos than ever, thanks to...
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A significant UK think-tanking is backing the campaign to liberate the Postcode Address File The pressure is on the government to abolish the Innovation Tax
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Applied Cartography
Recursive filter schema When we added support for complex filtering in Buttondown, I spent a long time trying to come up...
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When we added support for complex filtering in Buttondown, I spent a long time trying to come up with a schema for filters that felt sufficiently ergonomic and future-proof. I had a few constraints, all of which were reasonable: It needed to be JSON-serializable, and trivially...
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...
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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...
anderegg.ca
Some spoiler free thoughts about the first episode of “Jet Lag: The Game” season 13 Tom Scott is playing to win. The intro music made me wonder if the Wendover team watch...
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Tom Scott is playing to win. The intro music made me wonder if the Wendover team watch c90dventures. At one point in the episode, Adam breaks out some Scatman. This is going to be a great season.
Willem's Blog
Open-Sourcing Gran Fondo I am open-sourcing the Gran Fondo app that tracks runs and rides, designed for privacy and freedom...
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I am open-sourcing the Gran Fondo app that tracks runs and rides, designed for privacy and freedom in mind.
Birchtree
The releases keep on coming! New MacBook Air and Mac Studio Man, the releases recently are coming in fast and furious, today with Apple announcing new MacBook...
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Man, the releases recently are coming in fast and furious, today with Apple announcing new MacBook Airs and Mac Studios. My MacBook Air predictions The Air will likely get a bump to the M4 chip and I’m not totally sure what will happen to the $999 model. as
Odds and Ends of...
The new GOV.UK login system is the first step in a radical transformation of the British state A British "DOGE" (of sorts) is rearchitecting the government
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Evan Hahn's blog
Why "alias" is my last resort for aliases Aliases were one of the first things I added when customizing my dotfiles. For example, here’s a...
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Aliases were one of the first things I added when customizing my dotfiles. For example, here’s a very early alias I defined: alias g=git Now, I can run g instead of git, which saves me a little time for a command I run dozens of times a day! # These two commands are now...
Willem's Blog
Durable Smartphone
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Birchtree
So much time and money for a minor vibe shift Gary Marcus: Hot Take: GPT 4.5 Is a Nothing Burger Half a trillion dollars later, there is still no...
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Gary Marcus: Hot Take: GPT 4.5 Is a Nothing Burger Half a trillion dollars later, there is still no viable business model, profits are modest at best for everyone except Nvidia and some consulting forms, there’s still basically no moat, and still no GPT-5. Any reasonable person
Birchtree
Apple’s new iPads are here, let’s break them down Another day, another opportunity to rate my 2025 Apple predictions! iPad Here’s what I predicted...
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Another day, another opportunity to rate my 2025 Apple predictions! iPad Here’s what I predicted would happen with the base iPad this year: I fully expect to see the 11th gen iPad in 2025, and I think it will come with a jump to the A17 Pro or
Matt Mullenweg
On Lenny’s Podcast One of my must-read newsletters for the past several years has been Lenny’s Newsletter, probably...
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One of my must-read newsletters for the past several years has been Lenny’s Newsletter, probably best known for its writing on growth and product management, which really means it covered everything you need to create a great company. It expanded into a really well-done podcast;...
Birchtree
The battle of the budget phones Just days after I got my iPhone 16e, Apple’s (less) budget (than ever before) iPhone, Nothing is out...
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Just days after I got my iPhone 16e, Apple’s (less) budget (than ever before) iPhone, Nothing is out here with new their new budget phones, the Phone (3a) and (3a) Pro. These models start at $379 and $459 respectively, so they certainly undercut the new iPhone, so let&
Arduino Blog
A lightweight file server running entirely on an Arduino Nano ESP32 Home file servers can be very useful for people who work across multiple devices and want easy...
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Home file servers can be very useful for people who work across multiple devices and want easy access to their documents. And there are a lot of DIY build guides out there. But most of them are full-fledged NAS (network-attached storage) devices and they tend to rely on...
Jorge Arango
The New Leverage: AI and the Power of Small Teams This weekend, a small team in Latvia won an Oscar for a film they made using free software. That’s...
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This weekend, a small team in Latvia won an Oscar for a film they made using free software. That’s not just cool — it’s a sign of what’s coming. Sunday night was family movie night in my home. We picked a recent movie, FLOW. I’d heard good things about it and thought we’d enjoy...
Evan Hahn's blog
An ode to my favorite mobile game I can’t stop telling my friends about Forward: Escape the Fold and now I’m telling you. I bought it...
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I can’t stop telling my friends about Forward: Escape the Fold and now I’m telling you. I bought it more than two years ago and it’s my favorite mobile game by a mile. Forward describes itself as the “perfect bitesized roguelike dungeon crawler”. You control a character trying to...
Arduino Blog
This vending machine draws generative art for just a euro If you hear the term “generative art” today, you probably subconsciously add “AI” to the beginning...
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If you hear the term “generative art” today, you probably subconsciously add “AI” to the beginning without even thinking about it. But generative art techniques existed long before modern AI came along — they even predate digital computing altogether. Despite that long history,...
Birchtree
Birchtree's new look Oh, hello. Something's different around here, huh? Yup, it's been a few years, and I decided it was...
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Oh, hello. Something's different around here, huh? Yup, it's been a few years, and I decided it was time to refresh the look around these parts of the indie web. The main impetus for this change was the simple fact I have too many projects I
Birchtree
➕ Who cares about smartphone design? Just how important is physical design in someone's smartphone buying decision? As with so many...
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Just how important is physical design in someone's smartphone buying decision? As with so many things, it depends who you ask.
Engineers Need Art
Duane Blehm A little about Duane Blehm, an early Macintosh shareware author.
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Krebs on Security
Cyber Forensic Expert in 2,000+ Cases Faces FBI Probe A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of...
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A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years is facing questions about his credentials and an inquiry from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Legal experts say the inquiry...
Arduino Blog
Making a photo enlarger more efficient with precisely controlled LEDs In photography, an enlarger is a piece of equipment that projects a smaller image onto a...
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In photography, an enlarger is a piece of equipment that projects a smaller image onto a photosensitive material below using a strong light source and a negative to produce a much larger print. And while these have historically relied on single-color incandescent bulbs, such as...
Birchtree
Is ChatGPT the next Dropbox or the next iPhone? Ed Zitron on his Where's Your Ed At blog: There Is No AI Revolution I kept coming back to one...
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Ed Zitron on his Where's Your Ed At blog: There Is No AI Revolution I kept coming back to one thought: where's the money? No, really, where is it? Where is the money that this supposedly revolutionary, world-changing industry is making, and will make? The answer
Ken Shirriff's blog
The Pentium contains a complicated circuit to multiply by three In 1993, Intel released the high-performance Pentium processor, the start of the long-running...
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In 1993, Intel released the high-performance Pentium processor, the start of the long-running Pentium line. I've been examining the Pentium's circuitry in detail and I came across a circuit to multiply by three, a complex circuit with thousands of transistors. Why does the...
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Chipzilla Extends its Domination MMX, Bunny People, Celeron, Xeon
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Birchtree
How I’m using AI tools in early 2025 (members post) What am I actually using these LLMs for at the start of 2025? Quite a bit, actually.
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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:...
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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...
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Plus Post: Centram TOPS Network Can we talk?
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