Hackaday Links: November 9, 2025

We’re always a wee bit suspicious about articles that announce some sort of “World’s first” accomplishment. With a couple of hundred thousand years of history, most of which wasn’t recorded, …read more

This Week In Security: Vibecoding, Router Banning, And Remote Dynamic Dependencies

Vibecoding. What could possible go wrong? That’s what [Kevin Joensen] of Baldur wondered, and to find out he asked Anthropic’s Sonnet 4.5 to build a secure login with Two Factor …read more

The Time Of Year For Things That Go Bump In The Night

Each year around the end of October we feature plenty of Halloween-related projects, usually involving plastic skeletons and LED lights, or other fun tech for decorations to amuse kids. It’s …read more

This Reactor Is On Fire! Literally…

If I mention nuclear reactor accidents, you’d probably think of Three Mile Island, Fukushima, or maybe Chernobyl (or, now, Chornobyl). But there have been others that, for whatever reason, aren’t …read more

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Resurrecting Conquer: A Game From The 1980s

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By Al Williams | November 11, 2025

[Juan] describes himself as a software engineer, a lover of absurd humor, and, among other things, a player of Nethack. We think he should add computer game archaeologist to that …read more
Wayland’s Never-Ending Opposition To Multi-Window Positioning

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By Maya Posch | November 11, 2025

There are many applications out there that use more than one window, with every modern-day platform and GUI toolkit offering the means for said application to position each of its …read more
Emulating A 74LS48 BCD-to-7-Segment Decoder/Driver With An Altera MAX 7000 “S” Series Complex Programmable Logic Device

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By John Elliot V | November 11, 2025

Over on the [Behind The Code with Gerry] YouTube channel our hacker [Gerry] shows us how to emulate a 74LS48 BCD-to-7-segment decoder/driver using an Altera CPLD Logic Chip From 1998. …read more
Have A Slice Of Bumble Berry Pi

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By Al Williams | November 11, 2025

[Samcervantes] wanted a cyberdeck. Specifically, he wanted a Clockwork Pi uConsole, but didn’t want to wait three months for it. There are plenty of DIY options, but many of them …read more
2025 Component Abuse Challenge: The Slip Ring In Your Parts Bin

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By Jenny List | November 11, 2025

If you’re familiar with electrical slip rings as found in motors and the like you’ll know them as robust assemblies using carefully chosen alloys and sintered brushes, able to take …read more
Gene Therapy Aims To Slow Huntington’s Disease To A Crawl

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By Lewin Day | November 11, 2025

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
Real-Time BART In A Box Smaller Than Your Coffee Mug

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By Matt Varian | November 11, 2025

Ever get to the train station on time, find your platform, and then stare at the board showing your train is 20 minutes late? Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) may …read more

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