nerd7473 @nerd7473@librem.one

DIY Probe Clamps to Ease Your PCB Work - Those of us familiar with PCB work would agree that anything that helps hold probe... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/27/diy-probe-clamps-to-ease-your-pcb-work/ #probeclamp #toolhacks #3dprinted #pcbprobe #probetip #pcb

Well, fuck Microsoft for pushing out a 41.67% increase in my M365 plan subscription charges, *in secret*.

£59.99 -> £84.99 per annum. No notification, either by email, in the software, or even on their portal.

I've managed to "revert" my plan back to the newly-renamed ' M365 Personal Classic' plan. If you haven't already done so, get your skates on, as the somewhat hidden means to do so will disappear, probably soon. Note that this applies to non-Personal plans too.
https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/work-life/the-microsoft-365-copilot-launch-was-a-total-disaster/

The irony that 'Open'AI is so closed that a Chinese open model can come in and deflate the OpenAI bubble in less than a week...

Facebook is banning accounts that simply mention Linux 🐧⛔️

Most notably impacting DistroWatch who got their account locked: "Facebook's internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labeled groups associated with Linux as being 'cybersecurity threats.'

We hope this is just a fixable error. Proceed with caution in the meantime...For the full scoop:
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked

DIY Probe Clamps to Ease Your PCB Work

https://hackaday.com/2025/01/27/diy-probe-clamps-to-ease-your-pcb-work/

#SilentSunday #cat #art

🗣️ Why the New Deal Matters (A free, 64-minute podcast from 2021)

Tags: #USA #Economics #Leftism #Society
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/new-deal_rauchway

More state regulators should use the privacy laws on their books. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/texas-enforcing-its-state-data-privacy-law-so-should-other-states

🐦🔗: https://nitter.oksocial.net/EFF/status/1883535471839748181#m

[2025/01/26 15:20]

The reality is that VPNs are mainly useful for one thing: routing your network connection through a different network. https://ssd.eff.org/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you

🐦🔗: https://nitter.oksocial.net/EFF/status/1883552983310541100#m

[2025/01/26 16:30]

New Michigan Law Requires High Schools to Offer CS Classes - The state of Michigan will now require each public high school in the state to off... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/26/1547204/new-michigan-law-requires-high-schools-to-offer-cs-classes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #education

📕 Dhamma Talks on the Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipaññhàna Sutta) (A free, 55-page book translation from 1970)

Tags: #ThaiBuddhism #Vipassana
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/guide-to-awareness_yan

Shedding Light on Quantum Measurement with Calcite - Have you ever struggled with the concept of quantum measurement, feeling it’s unne... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/26/shedding-light-on-quantum-measurement-with-calcite/ #quantummeasurement #quantummechanics #entanglement #laserhacks #homehacks #science #calcite #photons #optics #light #news

@nixCraft

sudo/doas, obviously! 😄

Stuck with Windows? Here are some open source tools to improve the experience.

https://itsfoss.com/open-source-tools-windows/

1/25/1915 - U.S. transcontinental telephone service - NYC to San Francisco

#onthisday #techhistory

HiFive Premier P550 Review: High RISC - Touted as ‘The Highest Performance RISC-V CPU Development B... - https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/rp2040-boards/hifive-premier-p550-review #microcontrollers #rp2040boards #makerandstem

Today I discovered that the xone #Linux driver for the XBox 2.4Ghz wireless dongles, the one from medusalix , won't install on newer kernels. Since I'm running Debian with the backports 6.11.10 kernel, I guess that means me. Luckily there's a fork of it by dlundqvist that "does" work. Had to manually set up the mok key so it would work with SecureBoot enabled, but it's doing great now.

The fork is at: https://github.com/dlundqvist/xone

#Gaming #PCGaming

The Pentagon Says AI is Speeding Up Its 'Kill Chain' - An anonymous reader shares a report: Leading AI developers, such as OpenAI and Ant... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/20/1411247/the-pentagon-says-ai-is-speeding-up-its-kill-chain?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #usa

I must admit that I love the #MiniRack project of @geerlingguy : (more) affordable and (especially) portable #rack builds for #network, #homelab and whatever you think of … in 10 inches wide 🤓

The links below give an example of a minirack designed for low power consumption and powered by solar panels.

In short, a whole host of possibilities ! 🖖😜

› https://youtu.be/y1GCIwLm3is [ presentation ]
› https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/project-mini-rack-compact-and-portable-homelabs [ blog ]
› https://mini-rack.jeffgeerling.com [ resources ]

#SysAdmin #Hacking #DIY

Curious about our new #IoT Node for LoRaWAN® and @digidotcom X-ON Kit for LoRaWAN® but not sure which is right for your intended use case? Watch Rob break it all down in our newest product showcase video!

https://hubs.ly/Q032wvTH0