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Plastics, oil, petrol– the modern world is entirely dependent on hydrocarbons. The good sources are slowly running lo...
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If you’re of a certain vintage, you have probably looked at some of the microcomputers on the market these days and t...
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Ever since wealthy European landowners started displaying vast, unused swaths of turfgrass as status symbols, regular...
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When using older computers there comes a point at which modern software drops support, as for example is happening wi...
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Elliot Williams is out where the deer and the antelope play for the next week, so it’s up to Tom Nardi and Al William...
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For a certain kind of intricate, highly-detailed manufacturing, there’s really no substitute for a resin 3D printer, ...
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Ubiquiti released a new security bulletin detailing fixes for six security issues, including one rated 9.1 (critical)...
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Do you remember, some years ago, when that brand-new 8086-based laptop hit the shelves? Great for PC lovers, but not ...
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As anyone who takes medicines regularly will attest to, the days have a tendency to blur together, making it hard to ...
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The use of modern microcontrollers as add-on peripherals for 1980s home computers has delivered significant benefits ...
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Someone calls you at work and says, “Don’t tell anyone, but…” If you are like most people, there are one or two peopl...
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Amidst the ongoing RAM & storage apocalypses, Mad Max-esque scenes are unsurprisingly developing, with the eMMC recyc...
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The fjords of Norway are world famous for their beauty, but even though the word itself is Norwegian, there are fjord...
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While designing anything for operation in space has its challenges, there is at least one thing that is more of a pro...
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We don’t need to tell you: lasers are awesome. Those tiny red beams aren’t just for frustrating cats, but can do real...
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It’s become a familiar theme over the last couple of decades — hardware is rendered useless when its manufacturer pul...
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Dealing with text streams is a fundamental skill for the Linux power user. You can sort, merge, and search text files...
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OK, every operating system is a bit of a stretch — Windows Vista notably didn’t make the cut — but [Andrew]’s Virtual...
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As great as batteries are, it’s essential to understand their risks and how to keep them from going spicy. Recently t...
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China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission launched on 28 May of 2025 and is scheduled to arrive at its target ...