Collaborate Disseminate
We think it’s OK to admit that when someone puts a binary display on a project, it’s just a thinly veiled excuse to get more blinkenlights into the world. That …read more Continue reading Baffle the Normies with This Binary Thermometer
Unique clocks are a mainstay around here, and while plenty are “human readable” without any instruction, there are a few that take a bit of practice before someone can glean …read more Continue reading Clock Mixes Analog, Digital, Retrograde Displays
This was the week that I accidentally taught my nearly ten-year-old son binary. And I didn’t do it on purpose, I swear. It all started innocently enough. He had a …read more Continue reading Want to Learn Binary? Draw Space Invaders!
Among users of Linux distributions there’s a curious one-upmanship, depending on how esoteric or hardcore your distro is. Ubuntu users have little shame, while at the other end if you …read more Continue reading Gentoo Linux, Now A Bit Less For The 1337
G-code is effective, easily edited, and nearly ubiquitous when it comes to anything CNC. The format has many strengths, but space efficiency isn’t one of them. In fact, when it …read more Continue reading G-code Goes Binary with Proposed New Format
The range of characters that can be represented by Unicode is truly bewildering. If there’s a symbol that was ever used to represent a sound or a concept anywhere in …read more Continue reading Building Up Unicode Characters One Bit at a Time
There are a huge number of products available in the modern world that come with network connectivity now, when perhaps they might be better off with out it. Kitchen appliances …read more Continue reading Remote Code Execution on an Oscilloscope
TLS, byte by byte performs an unusual and interesting function: it fetches itself over HTTPS, and provides a complete annotation of what’s going on in the process, one byte at …read more Continue reading Watch a Web Page Fetch Itself Over TLS, Complete With Commentary
Believe it or not, building a tiny compiler from scratch can be as fun as it is accessible. [James Smith] demonstrates by making a tiny compiler for an extremely simple …read more Continue reading Here’s How To Build a Tiny Compiler From Scratch
Cloudy with a chance of concrete? The “success” of last week’s brief but eventful Starship launch has apparently raised some regulatory eyebrows, with the Federal Aviation Administration launching an investigation …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: April 30, 2023