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Taking delivery of a new vehicle from a dealership is an emotional mixed bag. On the one hand, you’ve had to endure the sales rep’s hunger to close the deal, …read more

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Good news, procrastinators! Today was going to be the last day to throw your hat in the ring for a slot to talk at Supercon in November, but we’re extending …read more

Back To The Future, 40 Years Old, Looks Like The Past

Great Scott! If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious shit. — Doc Brown On this day, forty years ago, …read more

FLOSS Weekly Episode 839: I Want To Get Paid Twice

This week Jonathan chats with benny Vasquez about AlmaLinux! Why is AlmaLinux the choice for slightly older hardware? What is the deal with RISC-V? And how does EPEL fit in? …read more

South Korea Brought High-Rise Fire Escape Solutions To The Masses

When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents …read more

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Dithering With Quantization To Smooth Things Over

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By Maya Posch | July 9, 2025

It should probably come as no surprise to anyone that the images which we look at every day – whether printed or on a display – are simply illusions. That …read more
Kids Vs Computers: Chisanbop Remembered

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By Al Williams | July 9, 2025

If you are a certain age, you probably remember the ads and publicity around Chisanbop — the supposed ancient art of Korean finger math. Was it Korean? Sort of. Was …read more
Crunching The News For Fun And Little Profit

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By Jenny List | July 9, 2025

Do you ever look at the news, and wonder about the process behind the news cycle? I did, and for the last couple of decades it’s been the subject of …read more
PIC Burnout: Dumping Protected OTP Memory In Microchip PIC MCUs

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By Maya Posch | July 9, 2025

Normally you can’t read out the One Time Programming (OTP) memory in Microchip’s PIC MCUs that have code protection enabled, but an exploit has been found that gets around the …read more
Programming Like It’s 1986, For Fun And Zero Profit

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By Tyler August | July 9, 2025

Some people slander retrocomputing as an old man’s game, just because most of those involved are more ancient than the hardware they’re playing with. But there are veritable children involved …read more
Five-minute(ish) Beanie Is The Fastest We’ve Seen Yet

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By Tyler August | July 8, 2025

Yes, you read that right– not benchy, but beanie, as in the hat. A toque, for those of us under the Maple Leaf. It’s not 3D printed, either, except perhaps …read more
Oscillator Negativity Is A Good Thing

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By Al Williams | July 8, 2025

Many people who get analog electronics still struggle a bit to design oscillators. Even common simulators often need a trick to simulate some oscillating circuits. The Barkhausen criteria state that …read more

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