Collaborate Disseminate
One of the most exciting challenges available to any software developer is that of writing brilliantly working code that’s so obtuse, so indecipherable, and opaque, that even its own author …read more Continue reading The Winners of the 2025 Obfuscated C Code Contest
In that awkward transition phase between electromechanical accounting systems used in the 1940s and the introduction of fully digital computers we find systems such as the IBM 604 Electronic Calculator, …read more Continue reading Powering Up a Pluggable Module from the 1948 IBM 604 Electronic Calculator
One of the fun aspects of astrophysics is that much of it involves phenomena which you cannot exactly study from up close, with the supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the …read more Continue reading Discovery of an Active Wind from the Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
Especially in this era of the Internet, the role of the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has become increasingly essential as more and more web content vanishes into the ether or …read more Continue reading News Sites are Blocking Internet Archive over AI Scraping Fears
After scathing accusations of skimping on due diligence, as well as other feedback to my article on trying to use an ‘AI coding assistant’ for the first time, the only …read more Continue reading Revisiting Using AI Coding Assistants: You’re Holding It Wrong Edition
Sometimes you purchase an old device that is very cheap for a good reason. So too with the 1995 Apple PowerBook 150 that [Hugh Jeffreys] purchased for a single Aussie …read more Continue reading Repairing a Apple PowerBook 150 With Serious Issues
Although desalination is very commonly used these days to convert seawater into fresh water, one of the major disadvantages of current approaches is that commercial desalination plants produce a lot of brine, which has to be dumped somewhere ideally wi… Continue reading Desalinating Seawater With Solar and No Brine
Although cryocoolers are capable of pretty impressive cooling, for many of them the underlying working principle is simple enough that you do not need any special skills or a big …read more Continue reading Building a Gifford-McMahon Cryocooler With 3D-Printed Parts
Professional Stratasys FDM printers demand a pretty hefty price premium over your typical hobbyist-level machine, with the gold-plating continuing even with the special filament cartridges that you buy for some …read more Continue reading Stratasys vs Bambu Lab: Industrial vs Consumer ABS Showdown
After finding a pack of NiMH rechargeable cells that had never been used since buying them in 2014, [DiodeGoneWild] decided to test whether they could be tossed or not. After …read more Continue reading Using Brand New NiMH Cells After Sitting 12 Years Unused