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Scientific Honesty and Quantum Computing’s Latest Theoretical Hurdle

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Al Williams
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Quantum computers are really in their infancy. If you created a few logic gates with tubes back in the 1930s, it would be difficult to predict all the ways we …read more Continue reading Scientific Honesty and Quantum Computing’s Latest Theoretical Hurdle→

Posted in Featured, majorana, Quantum Computing, rants, Science, topological quantum computing | Tagged Fermions

8″ Floppy on Your PC?

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Al Williams

We should probably have a new metric for measuring mass storage performance: bytes per pound. An old IBM tape drive from the S/360 days, for example, could hold almost 6 …read more Continue reading 8″ Floppy on Your PC?→

Posted in 8 inch floppy disk, floppy, floppy disk, retrocomputing, trs80

Arduino Piano Tuner is Pitch Perfect

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Al Williams

[JanHerman] knows that tuning musical instruments is all about precision and that precision is measured in a logarithmic unit called a cent. A cheap tuner unit might be accurate to …read more Continue reading Arduino Piano Tuner is Pitch Perfect→

Posted in Arduino Hacks, dds, musical hacks, piano tuning | Tagged Piano

Faster IPA Recycling for Your Resin Print Workflow

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Al Williams

If you’ve printed with photopolymer resins, you know that you need alcohol. Lots of alcohol. It makes sense that people would like to reuse the alcohol both to be environmentally …read more Continue reading Faster IPA Recycling for Your Resin Print Workflow→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, alcohol, alum, aluminum sulfate, aluminum sulphate, IPA, recycling, resin

Most FDM Printers are also Filament Dryers (with a Little Help)

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Al Williams

If you’ve printed with an FDM printer, you probably know there are many interrelated factors to getting a good print. One key item is the dryness of the filament. When …read more Continue reading Most FDM Printers are also Filament Dryers (with a Little Help)→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, dryer, drying, filament dryer

Linux Fu: Automatic Header File Generation

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Al Williams

I’ve tried a lot of the “newer” languages and, somehow, I’m always happiest when I go back to C++ or even C. However, there is one thing that gets a …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Automatic Header File Generation→

Posted in fossil, Hackaday Columns, header file, Linux Fu, linux hacks, makeheaders, skills

Heathkit IM-13 VTVM Repair

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Al Williams

If you are under a certain age, you might not know the initialism VTVM. It stands for vacuum tube voltmeter. At first glance, you might just think that was shorthand …read more Continue reading Heathkit IM-13 VTVM Repair→

Posted in heathkit, repair hacks, teardown, vacuum tube voltmeter, voltmeter, vtvm

Solar Cells, Half Off

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Al Williams

A company named Leap Photovoltaic claims they have a technology to create solar panels without silicon wafers which would cut production costs in half. According to [FastCompany] the cells are …read more Continue reading Solar Cells, Half Off→

Posted in News, silicon, Solar Cells, solar energy, solar hacks | Tagged Photovoltaic, Solar Cell

The Linux x86 Journey to main()

Posted on November 6, 2021 by Al Williams

Have you ever had a program crash before your main function executes? it is rare, but it can happen. When it does, you need to understand what happens behind the …read more Continue reading The Linux x86 Journey to main()→

Posted in #startup, assembly, elaboration, linux, Main, software development, software hacks, x86

ESP32 Internet Radio is no Game

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Al Williams

More than once, we’ve looked at a cool board like the TTGO T-Display and thought, “What can we build with this?” If you are [Volos Projects], the answer is a …read more Continue reading ESP32 Internet Radio is no Game→

Posted in Arduino Hacks, ARM, ESP32, internet radio, t-display, tto

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