Collaborate Disseminate
In the world of programming languages it often feels like being stuck in a Groundhog Day-esque loop through purgatory, as effectively the same problems are being solved over and over, …read more Continue reading TrapC: A C Extension For the Memory Safety Boogeyman
In our wider community we are all familiar with the idea of open source software. Many of us run it as our everyday tools, a lot of us release our …read more Continue reading Open Source Hardware, How Open Do You Want It To Be?
We get it. We also watched Star Trek and thought how cool it would be to talk to our computer. From Kirk setting a self-destruct sequence, to Scotty talking into …read more Continue reading Be Careful What You Ask For: Voice Control
How do you reconcile your love for hacking projects together with your love for that someone special? By making him or her a DIY masterpiece of blinking red LEDs, but …read more Continue reading Valentine’s Day…Hacks?
Any statement regarding the potential benefits and/or hazards of AI tends to be automatically very divisive and controversial as the world tries to figure out what the technology means to …read more Continue reading Why AI Usage May Degrade Human Cognition and Blunt Critical Thinking Skills
The MP3 file format was always encumbered with patents, but as of 2017, the last patent finally expired. Although the format became synonymous with the digital music revolution that started …read more Continue reading Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3?
Open source software can be fantastic. I run almost exclusively open software, and have for longer than I care to admit. And although I’m not a serious coder by an …read more Continue reading Software in Progress
A few months ago, Hackaday’s own Al Williams convinced me to buy a couple of untested, returned-to-manufacturer 3D printers. Or rather, he convinced me to buy one, and the incredible …read more Continue reading Time vs Money, 3D Printer Style
Do they teach networking history classes yet? Or is it still too soon? I was reading [Al]’s first installment of the Forgotten Internet series, on UUCP. The short summary is …read more Continue reading Networking History Lessons
Buried in a talk on AI from an artist who is doing cutting-edge video work was the following nugget that entirely sums up the zeitgeist: “The tools are changing so …read more Continue reading Learn New Tools, or Hone Your Skill with the Old?