An often overlooked section in the datasheets for popular humidity sensors like the BME280 and DHT22 is the ‘non-condensing humidity’ bit, which puts an important constraint on which environments you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/29/how-to-kill-humidity-sensors-with-humidity/)

Why Model Collapse in LLMs is Inevitable With Self-Learning
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/29/why-model-collapse-in-llms-is-inevitable-with-self-learning/

There is a persistent belief in the ‘AI’ community that large language models (LLMs) have the ability to learn and self-improve by tweaking the weights in their vector space. Although …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/29/why-model-collapse-in-llms-is-inevitable-with-self-learning/)

Network Scanner Finds Every Raspberry Pi
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/29/network-scanner-finds-every-raspberry-pi/

DHCP is great for getting machines on the network with a minimum of fuss. However, it can also make remote administration a pain because you never know which IP you’re …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/29/network-scanner-finds-every-raspberry-pi/)

Building an x86 Gaming PC Without Intel, NVIDIA or AMD parts
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/30/building-an-x86-gaming-pc-without-intel-nvidia-or-amd-parts/

This is an interesting challenge from the “why not?” files — [GPUSpecs] over on YouTube built a gaming PC without using a single component from NVIDIA, Intel, or AMD. That …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/30/building-an-x86-gaming-pc-without-intel-nvidia-or-amd-parts/)

Transcribing the Source of the First DOS for the IBM PC
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/30/transcribing-the-source-of-the-first-dos-for-the-ibm-pc/

Doing software archaeology can be a harrowing task, as rarely do you find complete snapshots of particular versions of software. Case in point the development of MS-DOS – also known …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/30/transcribing-the-source-of-the-first-dos-for-the-ibm-pc/)

How TTY Opened Up The Phones For The Hard of Hearing
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/30/how-tty-opened-up-the-phones-for-the-hard-of-hearing/

Image of a person using a TTY
" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TTY.jpg?w=800">The telephone was an invention that revolutionized human communication. No more did you have to physically courier a letter from one place to another, or send a telegram, or have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/30/how-tty-opened-up-the-phones-for-the-hard-of-hearing/)

A Tractor From A Small Town Might Just Be The Catalyst For Ousting Machinery DRM
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/30/a-tractor-from-a-small-town-might-just-be-the-catalyst-for-ousting-machinery-drm/

Odd things sometimes pop up in the feed of a Hackaday scribe, not hacks as such, but stories with a meaning in our community. One such that’s come our way …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/30/a-tractor-from-a-small-town-might-just-be-the-catalyst-for-ousting-machinery-drm/)