Hackaday Links: November 16, 2025

We make no claims to be an expert on anything, but we do know that rule number one of working with big, expensive, mission-critical equipment is: Don’t break the big, …read more

Gene Therapy Aims To Slow Huntington’s Disease To A Crawl

Despite the best efforts of modern medicine, Huntington’s disease is a condition that still comes with a tragic prognosis. Primarily an inherited disease, its main symptoms concern degeneration of the …read more

Moving From Windows To FreeBSD As The Linux Chaos Alternative

Back in the innocent days of Windows 98 SE, I nearly switched to Linux on account of how satisfied I was with my Windows experience. This started with the Year …read more

The Strange Depression Switch Discovered Deep Inside The Brain

As humans, we tend to consider our emotional states as a direct response to the experiences of our lives. Traffic may make us frustrated, betrayal may make us angry, or …read more

“AI, Make Me A Degree Certificate”

One of the fun things about writing for Hackaday is that it takes you to the places where our community hang out. I was in a hackerspace in a university …read more

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Amiga? Arduino? AMeagerBall Gets The Uno Bouncing

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By Tyler August | November 19, 2025

When the iconic “Boing Ball” first debuted 40 years ago, it was a wonder to behold. There was nothing like it in the home compuing world upto that time, and …read more
Browser Fingerprinting And Why VPNs Won’t Make You Anonymous

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By Maya Posch | November 19, 2025

Amidst the glossy marketing for VPN services, it can be tempting to believe that the moment you flick on the VPN connection you can browse the internet with full privacy. …read more
Possibly-Smallest ESP32 Board Uses Smallest-Footprint Parts

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By Tyler August | November 19, 2025

Whenever there’s a superlative involved, you know that degree of optimization has to leave something else on the table. In the case of [PegorK]’s f32, the smallest ESP32 dev board …read more
Build A Stranger Things Wall You Can Freak Out At In Your Own Home

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By Lewin Day | November 19, 2025

When Stranger Things premiered in 2016, it was a cultural force. Foreign DJs gushed over the lush 80s soundtrack, fashionistas loved the clothing, and the world became obsessed with the …read more
FLOSS Weekly Episode 855: Get In The Minecart, Loser!

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By Jonathan Bennett | November 19, 2025

This week Jonathan chats with Kevin, Colin, and Curtis about Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead! It’s a rogue-like post-apocalyptic survival game that you can play in the terminal, over SSH if …read more
Hackers Can’t Spend A Penny

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By Al Williams | November 19, 2025

We aren’t here to praise the penny, but rather, to bury it. The penny, and its counterparts, have been vanishing all around the world as the cost of minting one …read more
Damn Fine (Solar Powered) Coffee

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By Jenny List | November 19, 2025

The folks at Low Tech Magazine are here again, this time with a solar powered coffee maker. Lest you think of a large parabolic mirror with a pot at its …read more

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