DOOM Played By Tweet
Getting DOOM to run on hardware it was never intended to run on is a tradition as old as time. Old cell phones, embedded systems, and ancient televisions have all …read more Continue reading DOOM Played By Tweet
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Access an 8-bit Atari through Twitter
Building a retro computer, or even restoring one, is a great way to understand a lot of the fundamentals of computing. That can take a long time and a lot of energy, though. Luckily, there is a Twitter bot out there that can let you experience an old 8-bit Atari …read more
Hackers Dump 20GB of Intel’s Confidential Data Online
Chipmaker investigates a leak of intellectual property from its partner and customer resource center. Continue reading Hackers Dump 20GB of Intel’s Confidential Data Online
Twitter Users, Say Goodbye to Old-Fashioned SMS Tweets
In a bid to keep user accounts safe, Twitter has decommissioned SMS-based tweeting in most countries around the globe. The social media platform did not specify which countries are excluded from the ‘ban,’ however, it did provide a short st… Continue reading Twitter Users, Say Goodbye to Old-Fashioned SMS Tweets
Hackaday Links: April 5, 2020
Git is powerful, but with great power comes the ability to really bork things up. When you find yourself looking at an inscrutable error message after an ill-advised late-night commit, it can be a maximum pucker-factor moment, and keeping a clear enough head to fix the problem can be challenging. …read more
Epilepsy Foundation Bombarded with Seizure-Triggering Twitter Posts
The Epilepsy Foundation has filed a criminal complaint against undisclosed Twitter users who users its Twitter feed to post seizure-inducing content. Continue reading Epilepsy Foundation Bombarded with Seizure-Triggering Twitter Posts
An Oral History of the CDC Putting Ticks on a Muffin
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s infamous poppy seed muffin tweet. Continue reading An Oral History of the CDC Putting Ticks on a Muffin
Is That a Tweet on Your Belt Buckle or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
What a time to be alive! The range of things you never knew you needed but absolutely must have expands at a breakneck pace, such that it’s now possible to pick up a belt buckle with an embedded LED matrix to scroll messages. We have no idea what the use case for something like this is, but some people will buy anything.
One such person was a friend of [Brian Moreau], who doubled down after being gifted the glowing bauble by turning it into a WiFi enabled Tweet-scrolling belt buckle. It appears to be a just for fun project, and …read more
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Tweet The Power Of Lightning!
How quickly would you say yes to being granted the power to control lightning? Ok, since that has hitherto been impossible, what about the lesser power of detecting and tweeting any nearby lightning strikes?
Tingling at the possibility of connecting with lightning’s awesome power in one shape or another, [Hexalyse] combined AMS’s lightning sensor chip with a Raspberry Pi and a whipped up a spot of Python code to tweet the approach of a potential storm. Trusting the chip to correctly calculate strike data, [Hexalyse]’s detector only tweets at five minute intervals — because nobody likes a spambot — but …read more
