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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.
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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.
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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
The Pragmatic...
Tech hiring: is this an inflection point? We might be seeing the end of remote coding interviews as we know them, and a return of in-person...
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We might be seeing the end of remote coding interviews as we know them, and a return of in-person interviews, trial days and longer trial periods. Could hiring be returning to pre-pandemic norms?
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