It wasn’t easy, but [D. Scott Williamson] succeeded in implementing Jacks or Better Video Poker in 10 lines of BASIC, complete with flashing light and sound! Each round, one places …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/21/video-poker-takes-your-money-in-10-lines-of-basic/)

Open HT Surgery Gives Cheap Transceiver All-Band Capabilities
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/open-ht-surgery-gives-cheap-transceiver-all-band-capabilities/

Watch out, Baofeng; there’s a new kid on the cheap handy talkie market, and judging by this hardware and firmware upgrade to the Quansheng UV-K5, the radio’s hackability is going …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/open-ht-surgery-gives-cheap-transceiver-all-band-capabilities/)

AI Image Generation Meets Virtual Dress Up
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/ai-image-generation-meets-virtual-dress-up/

Image generators have really taken off thanks to machine learning, and all kinds of new ideas have been turned on in people’s heads as a result. OOTDiffusion is one such …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/ai-image-generation-meets-virtual-dress-up/)

This Week in Security: Loop DOS, Flipper Responds, and More!
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/this-week-in-security-loop-dos-flipper-responds-and-more/

Here’s a fun thought experiment. UDP packets can be sent with an arbitrary source IP and port, so you can send a packet to one server, and could aim the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/this-week-in-security-loop-dos-flipper-responds-and-more/)

R/C Smoke Grenade Rolls With the Changes
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/r-c-smoke-grenade-rolls-with-the-changes/

[Davis DeWitt] gets to do something that many of us only dream of — build cool working props for movies. This time, the director asked for a realistic smoke grenade …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/r-c-smoke-grenade-rolls-with-the-changes/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 263: Better DCMA, AI Spreadsheet Play, and Home Assistants Your Way
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/hackaday-podcast-episode-263-better-dcma-ai-spreadsheet-play-and-home-assistants-your-way/

No need to wonder what stories Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams were reading this week. They’ll tell you about them in this week’s podcast. The guys revisit the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/hackaday-podcast-episode-263-better-dcma-ai-spreadsheet-play-and-home-assistants-your-way/)

Build Yourself a Vacuum Tube VU Meter
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/build-yourself-a-vacuum-tube-vu-meter/

Volume unit (VU) meters are cool — it’s an undeniable fact. For some reason, humans just dig lights that flash along with sounds. You can build a VU meter using …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/22/build-yourself-a-vacuum-tube-vu-meter/)