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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Hackaday Podcast Episode 346: Melting Metal In The Microwave, Unlocking Car Brakes And Washing Machines, And A Series Of Tubes

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By Dan Maloney | November 21, 2025

Wait, what? Is it time for the podcast again? Seems like only yesterday that Dan joined Elliot for the weekly rundown of the choicest hacks for the last 1/52 of …read more
Sweet Sound Sculpture Helps You Sleep Soundly

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By Kristina Panos | November 21, 2025

Have trouble sleeping, or getting to sleep in the first place? You’ve no doubt heard of white noise machines, but know it would be much cooler to make your own. …read more
This Week In Security: Cloudflare Wasn’t DNS, BADAUDIO, And Not A Vuln

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By Jonathan Bennett | November 21, 2025

You may have noticed that large pieces of the Internet were down on Tuesday. It was a problem at Cloudflare, and for once, it wasn’t DNS. This time it was …read more
Remember XBMC? It’s Back!

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By Jenny List | November 21, 2025

The original Xbox was different from the consoles that had gone before, in that its hardware shared much with a PC of the day. It was found to be hackable, …read more
Handling Human Waste In The Sky

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By Navarre Bartz | November 21, 2025

Have you ever wondered what goes into making it possible to use the restroom at 30,000 feet (10,000 m)? [Jason Torchinsky] at the Autopian recently gave us an interesting look …read more
A Paper Caper: The Hole Data

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By Al Williams | November 20, 2025

Since the dawn of computers, we’ve tried different ways to store data. These days, you grab data over the network, but you probably remember using optical disks, floppies, or, more …read more
How One Uncaught Rust Exception Took Out Cloudflare

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By Maya Posch | November 20, 2025

On November 18 of 2025 a large part of the Internet suddenly cried out and went silent, as Cloudflare’s infrastructure suffered the software equivalent of a cardiac arrest. After much …read more

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