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Let's talk about optocouplers! 🧑‍🎓🧑‍🏫

Learn more here: https://dky.bz/4c2uWIE

RPM packages can be installed on Ubuntu.

Learn how:

https://itsfoss.com/install-rpm-ubuntu/

Purr President!

The Pro Codes Act is a deceptive power grab that will help giant industry associations ration access to huge swaths of U.S. laws. Tell Congress not to fall for it. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-don-t-let-anyone-own-the-law

🐦🔗: https://nitter.oksocial.net/EFF/status/1815187252588511348#m

[2024/07/22 00:49]

Maker Blog - @arduino vs. @raspberry_pi: What’s the Difference?

Learn more here: https://dky.bz/3QDH9uG @bekathwia

#arduino #raspberrypi

New blog post: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (Weeks 28 and 29 of 2024) https://linmob.net/weekly-update-28-29-2024/

Someone in my area saw this yard sign. I want one.

Purism wants to build an open source robot called MiMi (crowdfunding)

Purism is a company that sells laptops, mini PCs, and smartphones that ship with free and open source software and privacy-focused features including hardware kill switches for cameras, microphones, and wireless radios.
Now the company wants to branch out into new territory: robotics. Purism has launched a crowdfunding campaign with a goal of […]

https://liliputing.com/?p=170468

#crowdfunding #foss #mimi #purism

The Blette Stick is a USB-C dongle that you can plug into an Android phone to enable messaging and GPS coordinate sharing between devices up to 1.1km (0.68 miles) away without relying on a cellular network. https://buff.ly/46hvpoA

A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!

#156 Happy Hacking
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/07/twig-156/

#GNOME #TWIG

"What this means in plain English is that one of the largest financial institutions in the world is seeing what people who are paying attention are seeing with their eyes: Companies are acting like generative AI is going to change the world and are acting as such, while the reality is that this is a technology that is currently deeply unreliable and may not change much of anything at all."

(Original title: Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable)

https://www.404media.co/goldman-sachs-ai-is-overhyped-wildly-expensive-and-unreliable/

Court after court has recognized that no one can own the text of the law. But the Pro Codes Act is a deceptive power grab that will help giant industry associations ration access to huge swaths of U.S. laws. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-don-t-let-anyone-own-the-law

🐦🔗: https://nitter.oksocial.net/EFF/status/1814808003847332263#m

[2024/07/20 23:42]

CrowdStrike debacle provides road map of American vulnerabilities to adversaries

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New Additive Manufacturing Contenders: HIP and Centrifugal Printing - Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a field of ever-growing importance, with many start... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/20/new-additive-manufacturing-contenders-hip-and-centrifugal-printing/ #additivemanufacturing #3dprinterhacks #techhacks #sintering

Travelling by sleeper train beats travelling by plane. Hands down.

I’m travelling in a small hotel room with a view. It almost feels as soothing as sleeping in a boat. I got to the train by foot and I’ll arrive in the city centre.

Compare that to a cramped seat in a crowded plane and traffic jam before and after the trip.

Trains are the future of transportation.

Are people too flawed, ignorant, and tribal for open societies? https://www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/are-people-too-flawed-ignorant-and

I deactivated my #Facebook account. I had been using it to try and spread #cybersecurity and #privacy tips to friends and family; to make myself available. After 3 years of trying to spread awareness and inform people, it slowly became obvious that they didn't "want" to know when #Meta abused their access to information, or what things they could do to be safe. If it meant any amount of slight inconvenience or action on their part, they didn't care, so I left and probably won't be back.

Typst: An easy to learn alternative for LaTex

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Trump shooter used Android phone from Samsung; cracked by Cellebrite in 40 min https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/18/trump-shooter-android-phone-cellebrite/

So my brother-in-law lost his job because of the #Crowdstrike issue. He works on ships that sail out of New Orleans and when he gets to come in he flies home. He went to Nashville like normal to catch his flight back down to New Orleans but all flights had been cancelled. He tried to rent a car but couldn't rent a car either and the ship had a schedule to keep so he lost his position on the boat.

The breadth of the impact of one bad update from one vendor should tell us something.