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Five Different Styles of Cardboard Hinges

Posted on April 30, 2026 by Maya Posch

One doesn’t generally associate cardboard with structural components like hinges, but [Itoshige Studio] assures us that you can absolutely create hinges out of this ubiquitous material. In total the video …read more Continue reading Five Different Styles of Cardboard Hinges→

Posted in Cardboard, misc hacks, paper craft

Transcribing the Source of the First DOS for the IBM PC

Posted on April 30, 2026 by Maya Posch

Doing software archaeology can be a harrowing task, as rarely do you find complete snapshots of particular versions of software. Case in point the development of MS-DOS – also known …read more Continue reading Transcribing the Source of the First DOS for the IBM PC→

Posted in 86-DOS, dos, IBM PC, ms-dos, retrocomputing

Why Model Collapse in LLMs is Inevitable With Self-Learning

Posted on April 30, 2026 by Maya Posch

There is a persistent belief in the ‘AI’ community that large language models (LLMs) have the ability to learn and self-improve by tweaking the weights in their vector space. Although …read more Continue reading Why Model Collapse in LLMs is Inevitable With Self-Learning→

Posted in Artifical Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, large language models, Statistics

How to Kill Humidity Sensors With Humidity

Posted on April 29, 2026 by Maya Posch

An often overlooked section in the datasheets for popular humidity sensors like the BME280 and DHT22 is the ‘non-condensing humidity’ bit, which puts an important constraint on which environments you …read more Continue reading How to Kill Humidity Sensors With Humidity→

Posted in humidity, humidity sensor, parts

Recycling PLA and Other Plastic Waste with Compression Molding

Posted on April 29, 2026 by Maya Posch

After previously trying out low-tech compression molding with a toaster oven and 3D printed molds, [future things] is back with a video that seeks to explore some of the questions …read more Continue reading Recycling PLA and Other Plastic Waste with Compression Molding→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, compression molding, plastic recycling

Can you 3D Print a Pinball Machine That’s Fun to Play?

Posted on April 28, 2026 by Maya Posch

It seems fair to say that pinball machines are among the most universally loved gaming systems known today, yet the full-sized ones are both very expensive and very large, while …read more Continue reading Can you 3D Print a Pinball Machine That’s Fun to Play?→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, DIY pinball, games, pinball machine

The Challenges of 3D Printing Reliable Springs

Posted on April 27, 2026 by Maya Posch

Springs are great, but making them out of plastic tends to come with some downsides, for fairly obvious reasons. Creating a compliant mechanism that can be 3D printed and yet …read more Continue reading The Challenges of 3D Printing Reliable Springs→

Posted in 3D printed spring, 3d Printer hacks, compliant mechanism

Trying Pair Programming With an LLM Chatbot

Posted on April 27, 2026 by Maya Posch

When it comes to software developers, there are t a few distinct types. For example, the extroverted, chatty type, who is always going out there to share the latest and …read more Continue reading Trying Pair Programming With an LLM Chatbot→

Posted in ai assistant, Artificial Intelligence, chatbot, Current Events, Featured, large language models, software development

How Pizza Tycoon Simulates Traffic on a 25 MHz CPU

Posted on April 27, 2026 by Maya Posch

Although the game Pizza Tycoon – known as Pizza Connection in Europe – probably doesn’t ring a bell for many folk, this 1994 DOS title is special enough for [cowomaly] to …read more Continue reading How Pizza Tycoon Simulates Traffic on a 25 MHz CPU→

Posted in dos, games, Reverse-engineering | Tagged Pizza

Dyson Vacuums and the Curse of Cooked Capacitors

Posted on April 26, 2026 by Maya Posch

It seems to be becoming a bit of a theme that consumer electronics are dying not due to some critical fault, but due to Cooked Capacitor Syndrome (CCS). Case in …read more Continue reading Dyson Vacuums and the Curse of Cooked Capacitors→

Posted in capacitors, planned obsolescence, repair hacks

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