Hackaday Hacked!
Well, that was “fun”. Last week, we wrote a newsletter post about the state of Hackaday’s comments. We get good ones and bad ones, and almost all the time, we …read more Continue reading Hackaday Hacked!
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If You Can’t Say Anything Nice
You know what your mom would say, right? This week, we got an above average number of useless negative comments. A project was described as looking like a “turd” – …read more Continue reading If You Can’t Say Anything Nice
Where is the End of DIY?
Al and I were talking on the podcast about Dan Maloney’s recent piece on how lead and silver are refined and about the possibility of anyone fully understanding a modern …read more Continue reading Where is the End of DIY?
What’s the Deal with AI Art?
A couple weeks ago, we had a kerfuffle here on Hackaday: A writer put out a piece with AI-generated headline art. It was, honestly, pretty good, but it was also …read more Continue reading What’s the Deal with AI Art?
Against Elitism
A while back we got an anonymous complaint that Hackaday was “elitist”, and that got me thinking. We do write up the hacks that we find the coolest, and that …read more Continue reading Against Elitism
Always Something New Under the Sun
Some of the entries we got into the Tiny Games Contest have been really mind-blowing. Just as you think you’ve seen it all, for instance, alnwlsn comes along and mills …read more Continue reading Always Something New Under the Sun
Fun and Failure
My sister is a beekeeper, or maybe a meta-beekeper. She ends up making more money by breeding and selling new queen bees to other beekeepers than she does by selling …read more Continue reading Fun and Failure
Your Data in the Cloud
I try not to go off on security rants in the newsletter, but this week I’m unable to hold back. An apparent breach of a data aggregator has resulted in …read more Continue reading Your Data in the Cloud
Hacker Olympics
The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics is going on today. It’s an over-the-top presentation meant to draw people into sport. And for the next few weeks, we’ll be seeing …read more Continue reading Hacker Olympics
It’s Not Unsual to Love Hacking
Most of what we do here at Hackaday is look out for cool projects and then write them up so that you all know about them. Nothing is better than …read more Continue reading It’s Not Unsual to Love Hacking