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Applied Cartography
You should build this: A prior iteration of this site had a page called "Project ideas" that listed a bunch of things that...
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A prior iteration of this site had a page called "Project ideas" that listed a bunch of things that I'd like to build. This was a good idea and useful in its own right (I got a few people to build companies and projects based on them, and it was a useful avenue by which folks...
The Pragmatic...
Did Automattic commit open source theft? The maker of WordPress took 2M customers from its biggest rival: has a red line been crossed?
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Arduino Blog
Technology meets creativity in two interactive art student projects Art and engineering are not separate concepts. There is a great deal of overlap between the two and...
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Art and engineering are not separate concepts. There is a great deal of overlap between the two and many modern disciplines increasingly blur those lines. Mónica Riki is an “electronic artist and creative coder” who embodies that idea: you might remember her and her incredible...
The Pragmatic...
Interesting startup idea: benchmarking cloud platform pricing A team of 3 developers built a neat platform called Spare Cores that makes cloud instance pricing...
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A team of 3 developers built a neat platform called Spare Cores that makes cloud instance pricing more transparent. A deepdive on how exactly they did it.
Arduino Blog
Use sound to trigger your camera’s flash with this DIY device In the world of photography, the exposure triangle is immutable. To get a properly exposed photo...
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In the world of photography, the exposure triangle is immutable. To get a properly exposed photo (not too bright or too dark), you need a balance of aperture size (how much light gets in), shutter speed (how long the light gets in), and ISO (sensitivity to light at the expense of...
Applied Cartography
Migrating to Django 5 The total LOC delta to migrate Buttondown from Django 4 to Django 5 was +143, -150. (I was...
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The total LOC delta to migrate Buttondown from Django 4 to Django 5 was +143, -150. (I was incentivized to do so because our search right now is quite slow, and the lowest hanging piece of fruit is to move some of the tsvector generation out of band, and I'd rather do that using...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 2: The Surge
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Computer Ads from...
T/Maker: Tiny Software Company Takes on the Giants (Interview) An interesting look at a company with less than 20 employees playing with the big boys
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Arduino Blog
Get notified of impending floods with this Arduino Nano 33 IoT-based display As climate change continues to worsen, events such as heavy rains, hurricanes, and atmospheric...
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As climate change continues to worsen, events such as heavy rains, hurricanes, and atmospheric rivers have only intensified, and with them, large amounts of flooding that pose serious risks to life and property. Jude Pullen and Pete Milne, therefore, have responded by creating a...
./techtipsy
ThinkPad as a server: third time's the charm This is a follow-up to my two previous attempts on this topic: Can a laptop from 2012 be a viable...
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This is a follow-up to my two previous attempts on this topic: Can a laptop from 2012 be a viable home server? ThinkPad as a server: the follow-up Since then, I’ve had quite a few changes to my home server setup: I put my home server stuff on an IKEA pegboard I tried the...
lcamtuf’s thing
RAM: the forgotten history We owe computers not to Charles Babbage, but to the invention of electronically-controlled working...
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We owe computers not to Charles Babbage, but to the invention of electronically-controlled working memory.
Nabeel S. Qureshi
Reflections on Palantir A retrospective of an eight-year stint.
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Arduino Blog
Slot machine game harnesses the beauty of Nixie tubes Everyone loves the look of Nixie tubes, with their glowing orange characters made of curvy filament....
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Everyone loves the look of Nixie tubes, with their glowing orange characters made of curvy filament. But we usually only see makers using Nixie tubes for one purpose: clocks. That’s unfortunate, because they have a lot more potential, as illustrated by Bob Cascisa’s Nixie tube...
Computer Ads from...
Intel's Inboard 386/PC Welcome to the 1990s.
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Matt Mullenweg
Those Other Lawsuits It’s a heavy day, and I’m sad to write this. Not sure where to start. In 2022, a lawyer recruited...
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It’s a heavy day, and I’m sad to write this. Not sure where to start. In 2022, a lawyer recruited two people who took care of my Mom—an assistant and one of her dozen nurses—to resign and demand a million dollars each, or they would publish horrible things about her in a lawsuit....
Applied Cartography
Applied Cartography × People & Blogs There are few pleasures greater than getting to be profiled for an interview series that you've been...
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There are few pleasures greater than getting to be profiled for an interview series that you've been reading for months, and last week I got to do exactly that. To browse Manu's site — not just this interview series — feels a bit like walking on a quiet beach in autumn: there's a...
Old Vintage...
Ward Christensen dies There was initially some issue verifying this, but there appears to be direct confirmation now that...
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There was initially some issue verifying this, but there appears to be direct confirmation now that Ward Christensen passed away October 11 at the age of 78, co-founder of the pioneering Computerized Bulletin Board System in February 1978 with Randy Suess — now believed to be the...
Arduino Blog
This device prevents garage door security breaches Your automatic garage door is almost certainly the most vulnerable access point in your house....
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Your automatic garage door is almost certainly the most vulnerable access point in your house. Traditional systems are notorious for their susceptibility to replay attacks, but even more sophisticated modern garage door openers and those that lack remote functionality entirely...
Matt Mullenweg
Response to DHH I’ve taken this post down. I’ve been attacked so much the past few days; the most vicious, personal,...
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I’ve taken this post down. I’ve been attacked so much the past few days; the most vicious, personal, hateful words poisoned my brain, and the original version of this post was mean. I am so sorry. I shouldn’t let this stuff get to me, but it clearly did, and I took it out on DHH,...
watchTowr Labs
Fortinet FortiGate CVE-2024-23113 - A Super Complex Vulnerability In A Super Secure Appliance In... Today we'd like to share a recent journey into (yet another) SSLVPN appliance vulnerability - a...
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Today we'd like to share a recent journey into (yet another) SSLVPN appliance vulnerability - a Format String vulnerability, unusually, in Fortinet's FortiGate devices. It affected (before patching) all currently-maintained branches, and recently was highlighted by CISA as...
./techtipsy
The Fedora Linux starter pack: everything you need for a smooth experience I like Fedora Linux. It’s the Linux distro that stopped my habit of distro-hopping. Big deal? Ooh,...
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I like Fedora Linux. It’s the Linux distro that stopped my habit of distro-hopping. Big deal? Ooh, big deal! It’s stable in day-to-day use, ships with up-to-date software, and the software selection is adequate out of the box. It also ships with a fresh Linux kernel version1,...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 1: The Merge
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Old Vintage...
Refurb weekend: the Symbolics MacIvory Lisp machine I have hated Every collector has that machine, the machine they sunk so much time and, often, money into that...
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Every collector has that machine, the machine they sunk so much time and, often, money into that they would have defenestrated it years ago except for all the aforementioned time and money. Yours truly is no exception. a future article.) They existed in highly technical...
Applied Cartography
Talking to customers You say that these numbers mean dial it down. I say they mean dial it up. You haven't gotten...
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You say that these numbers mean dial it down. I say they mean dial it up. You haven't gotten through. There are people you haven't persuaded yet. These number mean dial it up. Otherwise you're like the French radical, watching the crowd run by and saying, "There go my people. I...
Matt Mullenweg
Everyone’s An Owner Last Friday we said goodbye to 159 colleagues as part of our alignment offer. It was a tough day,...
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Last Friday we said goodbye to 159 colleagues as part of our alignment offer. It was a tough day, there are a lot of close relationships within Automattic, and goodbyes are always hard. On Monday, I got to be Oprah for a few minutes. We had scheduled a town hall for leaders...
Matt Blewitt
Long Distance Relationships I’ve been managing a fully remote, fully distributed team, covering timezones from UTC-8 through...
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I’ve been managing a fully remote, fully distributed team, covering timezones from UTC-8 through UTC+10, for the last couple of years. Through that time, I’ve learned a lot on organising work, interpersonal relationships, and ultimately how to overcome a lack of promximity to my...
computers are bad
2024-10-12 commercial HF radio According to a traditional system of classification, "high frequency" or HF refers to the radio...
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According to a traditional system of classification, "high frequency" or HF refers to the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 MHz. The label now seems anachronistic, as HF is among the lowest ranges of radio frequencies that see regular use. This setting of the goalposts in the early...
Arduino Blog
Make your scary Halloween pumpkin smart with the Plug and Make Kit! With Halloween just around the corner, we’ve got the perfect project to make your decorations more...
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With Halloween just around the corner, we’ve got the perfect project to make your decorations more fun and interactive. All you have to do is take the Arduino UNO R4 WiFi and Modulino nodes included in your Plug and Make Kit to create an awesome jack-o’-lantern that will light up...
The Pragmatic...
Open source business model struggles at WordPress Automattic, creator of Wordpress, is being sued by one of the largest WordPress hosting providers....
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Automattic, creator of Wordpress, is being sued by one of the largest WordPress hosting providers. The conflict fits into a trend of billion-dollar companies struggling to effectively monetize open source, and are changing tactics to limit their competition and increase their...
Applied Cartography
Notes on Zed, revisited A little over six months ago, I wrote Notes on Zed. My conclusion at that time was that Zed made a...
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A little over six months ago, I wrote Notes on Zed. My conclusion at that time was that Zed made a lot of great choices and felt really good to use, but lacked parity with VS Code's feature/ecosystem to its detriment. Six months later, I spent a few days using it as my daily...
Arduino Blog
Arduino Nicla Sense Env: adding advanced environmental sensing to a broad range of applications We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Nicla Sense Env: the latest addition to our portfolio of...
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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Nicla Sense Env: the latest addition to our portfolio of system-on-modules and sensor nodes, empowering innovators with the tools to unlock new possibilities. This tiny yet powerful sensor node is designed to elevate your environmental...
Applied Cartography
Two weeks of parenthood We've had Lucy for two weeks, which qualifies us as experts, which means it is time to write about...
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We've had Lucy for two weeks, which qualifies us as experts, which means it is time to write about parenthood. (In all seriousness, consider the below descriptive and not prescriptive: mostly, it's a notepad filled with things that were remarkable or surprising or divergent from...
Ken Shirriff's blog
Wealth distribution in the United States Forbes recently published the Forbes 400 List for 2024, listing the 400 richest people in the United...
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Forbes recently published the Forbes 400 List for 2024, listing the 400 richest people in the United States. This inspired me to make a histogram to show the distribution of wealth in the United States. It turns out that if you put Elon Musk on the graph, almost the entire US...
Azad's Blog
Traveling with Apple Vision Pro The Vision Pro has quickly become an essential item that I take onto every flight. It’s a fantastic...
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The Vision Pro has quickly become an essential item that I take onto every flight. It’s a fantastic device to travel with—Be it by train or by plane, it offers an unparalleled opportunity to selectively tune out your environment and sink into an engaging activity like watching a...
Christian Selig
Introducing Tiny Storage: a small, lightweight UserDefaults replacement Hey I'm a developer not an artist Following my last blog post about difficulties surrounding...
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Hey I'm a developer not an artist Following my last blog post about difficulties surrounding UserDefaults and edge cases that lead to data loss (give it a read if you haven’t, it’s an important precursor to this post!), I wanted to build something small and lightweight that...
Arduino Blog
Top Arduino Cloud IoT dashboard ideas with the new Image widget  Recently, we announced the exciting new Image widget for Arduino Cloud. This powerful feature opens...
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Recently, we announced the exciting new Image widget for Arduino Cloud. This powerful feature opens up a world of possibilities for enhancing your IoT dashboards. But the true potential of the Image widget lies in the applications that you create. Today, we’re excited to dive...
Construction Physics
Do U.S. Ports Need More Automation? On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily...
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On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily dockworkers on East and Gulf Coast ports, went on strike after failing to agree contract terms with USMX, an alliance of port operators and employers.
Jonas Hietala
Writing Home Assistant automations using Genservers in Elixir I’ve been a fan of Home Assistant a while now; it’s a great platform for home automation with its...
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I’ve been a fan of Home Assistant a while now; it’s a great platform for home automation with its beginner friendly and feature rich UI, support for a ton of different devices and integrations, and there’s a bunch of ways to create automations. But there’s no engine for writing...
Notes on software...
Intuitions for Distributed Consensus by Phil Eaton This is an external talk of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
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Arduino Blog
This automatic laser turret keeps the cats entertained for hours Cats may be adorable, but they evolved to be predators. Unfortunately, responsible owners keep their...
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Cats may be adorable, but they evolved to be predators. Unfortunately, responsible owners keep their cats indoors to avoid decimating the local wildlife population and that means Mr. Whiskers and Ms. Socks don’t get much opportunity to express their hunting urges. That’s why...
Matt Mullenweg
Rhino Dehorning Yesterday in the African bush was great, I saw giraffes, zebras, warthogs, leopard turtles,...
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Yesterday in the African bush was great, I saw giraffes, zebras, warthogs, leopard turtles, elephants. Today wasn’t great: I witnessed a rhino shot with a tranquilizer from a helicopter, then it was held down, had its horns cut off, and then shaved down. I have some photos and...
Old Vintage...
So thieves broke into your storage unit - again If you've been wondering why entries have been a little slow lately, let me tell you a story. All...
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If you've been wondering why entries have been a little slow lately, let me tell you a story. All collectors tend to be a bit obsessive by nature, and us classic computer nerds probably pick up more hardware than we can (or should) store in our residence — especially if the...
Christian Selig
Beware UserDefaults: a tale of hard to find bugs, and lost data Excuse the alarmist title, but I think it’s justified, as it’s an issue that’s caused me a ton of...
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Excuse the alarmist title, but I think it’s justified, as it’s an issue that’s caused me a ton of pain in both support emails and actually tracking it down, so I want to make others aware of it so they don’t similarly burned. Brief intro For the uninitiated, UserDefaults (née...
Matt Mullenweg
CNBC on WP Engine Ari Levy at CNBC has a great article covering the battle between WordPress and Silver Lake / WP...
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Ari Levy at CNBC has a great article covering the battle between WordPress and Silver Lake / WP Engine: Why WordPress [co-]founder Matt Mullenweg has gone ‘nuclear’ against tech investing giant Silver Lake.
Arduino Blog
This 3D-printed robotic arm can be built with just a few inexpensive components Robotics is already an intimidating field, thanks to the complexity involved. And the cost of parts,...
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Robotics is already an intimidating field, thanks to the complexity involved. And the cost of parts, such as actuators, only increases that feeling of inaccessibility. But as FABRI Creator shows in their most recent video, you can build a useful robotic arm with just a handful of...
Jonas Hietala
Trying and returning the Eight Sleep Pod 4 I recently bought the Eight Sleep Pod 4—a smart mattress cover that tracks your heart rate, HRV,...
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I recently bought the Eight Sleep Pod 4—a smart mattress cover that tracks your heart rate, HRV, snoring, and cools or warms the mattress during the night. There’s a lot to like about the mattress but in the end I opted to return it. This post describes my experience with the Pod...
Matt Mullenweg
Automattic Alignment Winston Churchill said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Since I last blogged here, WP Engine...
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Winston Churchill said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Since I last blogged here, WP Engine filed a meritless lawsuit and Automattic responded, and there’s been a hurricane of public activity and press. Inside of Automattic, there’s been a parallel debate and process....
Applied Cartography
Applied Cartography × Indie Rails Chatted with Jess and Jeremy about a whole slew of things, from pricing strategy to terrifying and...
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Chatted with Jess and Jeremy about a whole slew of things, from pricing strategy to terrifying and arcane differences between various Markdown parsers (including why I hate Slack.) They were particularly kind and gracious given that the amount of production-quality Rails I've...
Arduino Blog
Marble art madness from a marvelous machine Marbles are underrated. They’re very round, roll well, tend to be pretty shiny, and come in all...
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Marbles are underrated. They’re very round, roll well, tend to be pretty shiny, and come in all sorts of neat colors. That last characteristic makes them suitable for artwork, like orbicular pixels. In his most ambitious project to date, Engineezy took advantage of those...
Christian Selig
Juno for YouTube has been removed from the App Store For those not aware, a few months ago after reaching out to me, YouTube contacted the App Store...
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For those not aware, a few months ago after reaching out to me, YouTube contacted the App Store stating that Juno does not adhere to YouTube guidelines and modifies the website in a way they don’t approve of, and alludes to their trademarks and iconography. I don’t personally...