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This Summer in #Portland #PDX

Teardown, June 23 - 25
crowdsupply.com/teardown/portl
A conference for hacking, discovering, and sharing hardware

FOSSY, July 13-16th 2023
Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference
2023.fossy.us/

Ctrl-H PDX Hackerspace
meetup.com/ctrl-h/
pdxhackerspace.org/
Weekly work parties on Saturdays.

Dorkbot PDX
dorkbotpdx.org/
In-person meetup on Monday, June 5th, 6:30PM

Portland Linux / Unix Group (PLUG)
pdxlinux.org
In-person again!

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The USPTO has issued proposed rules that will make it harder for everyone in open source to challenge bad patents. Let them know you want a fair and open system for all, where anyone can seek a review of an invalid patent.

Provide your comment: hubs.la/Q01RXgSp0

"The Technology Innovation Institute’s (TII) Falcon 40B, the UAE’s leading large-scale open-source AI model, is now free of royalties for commercial and research use, in response to global demand for inclusive access to AI."

tii.ae/news/uaes-falcon-40b-wo

Some interesting research from my alma mater: you can somewhat reliably transmit covert voice-band frequencies toward popular home assistant devices that are near passband cutoff freqs.

Research paper:
web.archive.org/web/2023052804

CVE:
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2

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:openstreetmap: I just installed StreetComplete and I’ve already made more than 150 contributions to map my neighborhood!

It’s such a good example of an open-source and well-designed mobile app that makes it easy for everyone to contribute to the digital commons.

streetcomplete.app

#OSM #OpenStreetMap #StreetComplete

@nixCraft I don't have a favorite language for my projects because the implementation depends on the requirements and not vice versa.

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KiCad 7.0.5 has been released! Big thank you to all of the folks who helped get this one out the door.

kicad.org/blog/2023/05/KiCad-7

@snazzyq It's interesting how the appearance keeps changing to make them look more daunting/capable/rugged, yet they have embedded bumpers within the front fascia in such a way that a small collision would cost $1000-2000 to fix.

@bnys Leave some MNT goodies for the rest of us 😉

YMMV, but I've always had unlimited data tethering by using ( is my current carrier, if that matters). I'm supposed to have a 5GB monthly tethering cap, but the Google Fi app reports 0B at the start of every day and does not ever appear restricted even if I exceed 5GB in one day.

@LeoDJ

Things to always carry with you:

- a sawblade
- a towel

@dos I'm curious how many GPS satellites were within line-of-sight of your phone when you were testing this. I haven't worked with GNSS in a while, so I can't recall how WAAS stations are accounted for within GPS sensor data in Linux. I ought to reach out to some old colleagues for a refresher on how we handled it in our applications.

Also, FWIW: As a user, it would be beneficial to select between local/online/fallback GNSS data modes.

@LineageOS Is there currently any traction with OEMs adopting as the default image within their product lines? If not, what are the biggest hurdles?

@mntmn @olimex Seeing product integrations from two of my favorite open hardware companies makes me very happy 😁

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stmp1 SOM appeared! this open hardware module by @olimex shall serve as the BMC for Rack Reform. we'll test that with the official devkit first.

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MNT RCM4 hopefully done, ordering samples now! this adapter lets you use CM4-style modules as processors in the MNT Reform laptop. my current favorite is the BPi CM4 with Amlogic A311D.

To see the full picture, you must first step outside the frame.

@yurnidiot I'm usually a swipe-typer in Android (dictation when driving) but I've been daily-driving a Linux phone and it currently only has tap-typing available.

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After @jacqueline told me it was possible, I tried 3d fdm printing a keycap for my mnt reform trackball. Went surprisingly well!

Getting it to fit was a bit fiddly and not the sort of process I enjoy, but it sure beats not having just the exposed switch...

My need for a job is beginning to supercede my convictions to professionally support personal ideologies.

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