An ESP32 Pomdoro Timer
The Pomdoro technique of time management has moved on a little from the tomato-shaped kitchen timer which gave it a name, as [Rukenshia] shows us with this nifty ESP32 and …read more Continue reading An ESP32 Pomdoro Timer
‘Why Did the Government Declare War on My Adorable Tiny Truck?’
Automotive historian Dan Albert loves the “adorable tiny truck” he’s driving. It’s one of the small Japan-made “kei” pickups and minivans that “make up about a third of car sales in Japan.” Americans can legally import older models for less than $10,00… Continue reading ‘Why Did the Government Declare War on My Adorable Tiny Truck?’
Are Tech-Driven ‘Career Meltdowns’ Hitting Generation X?
“I am having conversations every day with people whose careers are sort of over,” a 53-year-old film and TV director told the New York Times:
If you entered media or image-making in the ’90s — magazine publishing, newspaper journalism, photograp… Continue reading Are Tech-Driven ‘Career Meltdowns’ Hitting Generation X?
AMSAT-OSCAR 7: the Ham Satellite That Refused to Die
When the AMSAT-OSCAR 7 (AO-7) amateur radio satellite was launched in 1974, its expected lifespan was about five years. The plucky little satellite made it to 1981 when a battery …read more Continue reading AMSAT-OSCAR 7: the Ham Satellite That Refused to Die
Why a Lost Cellphone Forced an Airplane to Turn Around in Mid-Flight
Last week an Air France flight to the Caribbean had to turn around and return to Paris, reports the Washington Post, “after a passenger could not locate their cellphone.”
Because of fears that an unattended cellphone could overheat — and becaus… Continue reading Why a Lost Cellphone Forced an Airplane to Turn Around in Mid-Flight
‘An Open Letter To Meta: Support True Messaging Interoperability With XMPP’
In 1999 Slashdot reader Jeremie announced “a new project I recently started to create a complete open-source platform for Instant Messaging with transparent communication to other IM systems (ICQ, AIM, etc).” It was the first release of the eXtensible … Continue reading ‘An Open Letter To Meta: Support True Messaging Interoperability With XMPP’
Microsoft Excel to Get Value Tokens for Rich Data Formats
Microsoft Excel has long supported richer data types than just text and numbers, but it lacks a way to visually differentiate those types.
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Scientists May Have Discovered How To Extract Power From the Earth’s Rotation
Long-time Slashdot reader Baron_Yam writes:
No more burning fossil fuels, playing with fissile material, damming rivers, erecting wind mills, or making solar panels. All of our energy needs could potentially be supplied by the angular kinetic energy o… Continue reading Scientists May Have Discovered How To Extract Power From the Earth’s Rotation
Open Source Framework Aims to Keep Tidbyt Afloat
We recently got a note in the tips line from [Tavis Gustafson], who is one of the developers of Tronbyt — a replacement firmware and self-hosted backend that breaks the …read more Continue reading Open Source Framework Aims to Keep Tidbyt Afloat
Scientists Create New Heavy-Metal Molecule: ‘Berkelocene’
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Mercury News:
After a year of fastidious planning, a microscopic sample of the ultra-rare radioactive element berkelium arrived at a Berkeley Lab. With just 48 hours to experiment before it would become … Continue reading Scientists Create New Heavy-Metal Molecule: ‘Berkelocene’