Entries
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It’s well known that the difference in executable size between a compiled binary and one hand-written in optimized as...
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Lots of us have– thanks to repetative stress injuries– developed mobility issues that we have to work around when usi...
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One of the delights of our tips line is that from time to time it brings us retrocomputing hardware that, despite yea...
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Whenever the topic of fusion power comes up, someone will say it’s only 10 years away from commercialization in an ex...
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COBOL is not the first language anyone would ever think of when writing a First Person Shooter– after all , it’s the ...
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Although cryocoolers are capable of pretty impressive cooling, for many of them the underlying working principle is s...
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A good demo, like [Linus Akesson]’s Sum Ergo Demonstrato, looks like magic to the average hacker. To normies who don’...
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If you’ve ever worked with I2C, you know its one of those things that makes working with modern microcontrollers such...
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Professional Stratasys FDM printers demand a pretty hefty price premium over your typical hobbyist-level machine, wit...
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These days, we take it for granted that a video game console will have multiple USB ports. There’s even an expectatio...
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Although no longer so common as during the heyday of the RepRap movement, it’s easier than ever to build your own lar...
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To emulate vintage microprocessor hardware, it’s normal to find a modern host that provides alongside the number-crun...
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After finding a pack of NiMH rechargeable cells that had never been used since buying them in 2014, [DiodeGoneWild] d...
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Back in 1996 the 3D gaming market on PC was beginning to heat up, with hot new titles like Tomb Raider coming out tha...
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Unlike resin printers where you generally just pour the fresh resin into the easily accessible vat, FDM printers need...
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It’s become an accepted truth amongst tapeheads that there’s no point looking at new hardware, because there’s only o...
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Although the thought of installing a modern operating system like Windows 11 on something as archaic as a Core 2 Quad...
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This week, we’re shaking things up a little, with Tom Nardi still in the host seat, and someone besides Al Williams i...
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We are all in search of the fastest in a wireless router, to give ourselves the best connectivity to the world. But w...
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With the rise of AI coding assistants continuing apparently unabated, some project maintainers have begun striking ba...