FLOSS Weekly Episode 839: I Want to Get Paid Twice
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/floss-weekly-episode-839-i-want-to-get-paid-twice/
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FLOSS Weekly Episode 839: I Want To Get Paid Twice
This week Jonathan chats with benny Vasquez about AlmaLinux! Why is AlmaLinux the choice for slightly older hardware? What is the deal with RISC-V? And how does EPEL fit in? Tune in to find out!
Subpixel Rendering For Impossibly Small Terminal Text
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/subpixel-rendering-for-impossibly-small-terminal-text/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/subpixel-rendering-for-impossibly-small-terminal-text/
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Subpixel Rendering For Impossibly Small Terminal Text
When it comes to text, how small is too small? The experts say a six point font is the minimum for readability, but as [James Bowman] shows us, you can get away with half of that. The goal is to p…
Hack Swaps Keys for Gang Signs, Everyone Gets In
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/hack-swaps-keys-for-gang-signs-everyone-gets-in/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/hack-swaps-keys-for-gang-signs-everyone-gets-in/
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Hack Swaps Keys For Gang Signs, Everyone Gets In
How many times do you have to forget your keys before you start hacking on the problem? For [Binh], the answer was 5 in the last month, and his hack was to make a gesture-based door unlocker. Which…
Reservoir Sampling, or How to Sample Sets of Unknown Size
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/reservoir-sampling-or-how-to-sample-sets-of-unknown-size/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/reservoir-sampling-or-how-to-sample-sets-of-unknown-size/
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Reservoir Sampling, Or How To Sample Sets Of Unknown Size
Selecting a random sample from a set is simple. But what about selecting a fair random sample from a set of unknown or indeterminate size? That’s where reservoir sampling comes in, and [Sam R…
Smallest Gaming Mouse Has Crazy Fast Polling Rate And Resolution
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/smallest-gaming-mouse-has-crazy-fast-polling-rate-and-resolution/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/smallest-gaming-mouse-has-crazy-fast-polling-rate-and-resolution/
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Smallest Gaming Mouse Has Crazy Fast Polling Rate And Resolution
[juskim] wanted to build a tiny mouse, but it couldn’t just be any mouse. It had to be a high-tech gaming mouse that could compete with the best on raw performance. The results are impressive…
Reliving VHS Memories with NFC and ESPHome
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/reliving-vhs-memories-with-nfc-and-esphome/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/reliving-vhs-memories-with-nfc-and-esphome/
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Reliving VHS Memories With NFC And ESPHome
Like many of us of a certain vintage, [Dillan Stock] at The Stock Pot is nostalgic for VHS tapes. It’s not so much the fuzzy picture or the tracking issues we miss, but the physical experienc…
It’s 2025, And We Still Need IPv4! What Happens When We Lose It?
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/its-2025-and-we-still-need-ipv4-what-happens-when-we-lose-it/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/its-2025-and-we-still-need-ipv4-what-happens-when-we-lose-it/
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It’s 2025, And We Still Need IPv4! What Happens When We Lose It?
Some time last year, a weird thing happened in the hackerspace where this is being written. The Internet was up, and was blisteringly fast as always, but only a few websites worked. What was up? Fo…
Back to the Future, 40 Years Old, Looks Like the Past
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/back-to-the-future-40-years-old-looks-like-the-past/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/back-to-the-future-40-years-old-looks-like-the-past/
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Back To The Future, 40 Years Old, Looks Like The Past
Great Scott! If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious shit. — Doc Brown On this day, forty years ago, July 3rd, 1985 the movie Back…
I Gotta Print More Cowbell
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/i-gotta-print-more-cowbell/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/i-gotta-print-more-cowbell/
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I Gotta Print More Cowbell
Since the earliest days of affordable, home 3D printers, the technology behind them has been continuously improving. From lowering costs, improving print quality, increasing size and detail, and di…
Last Chance: 2025 Hackaday Supercon Still Wants You!
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/last-chance-2025-hackaday-supercon-still-wants-you/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/last-chance-2025-hackaday-supercon-still-wants-you/
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Last Chance: 2025 Hackaday Supercon Still Wants You!
Good news, procrastinators! Today was going to be the last day to throw your hat in the ring for a slot to talk at Supercon in November, but we’re extending the deadline one more week, until …
OpenMIDIStomper Makes Sure Your Gear Does What Your Foot Says
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/openmidistomper-makes-sure-your-gear-does-what-your-foot-says/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/openmidistomper-makes-sure-your-gear-does-what-your-foot-says/
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OpenMIDIStomper Makes Sure Your Gear Does What Your Foot Says
If you’re a solo musician, you probably have lots of gear you’d like to control, but you don’t have enough hands. You can enlist your feet, but your gear might not have foot-suita…
A Miniature Ostwald Reactor to Make Nitric Acid
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/a-miniature-ostwald-reactor-to-make-nitric-acid/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/a-miniature-ostwald-reactor-to-make-nitric-acid/
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A Miniature Ostwald Reactor To Make Nitric Acid
Modern fertilizer manufacturing uses the Haber-Bosch and Ostwald processes to fix aerial nitrogen as ammonia, then oxidize the ammonia to nitric acid. Having already created a Haber-Bosch reactor f…
Smart Mjolnir Makes Questionable Judgement Call On Your Worthiness
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/smart-mjolnir-makes-questionable-judgement-call-on-your-worthiness/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/smart-mjolnir-makes-questionable-judgement-call-on-your-worthiness/
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Smart Mjolnir Makes Questionable Judgement Call On Your Worthiness
Mjolnir, also known as Thor’s hammer, is a discerning thing, at least if you believe the modern Marvel canon. [alemanjir] decided to build a semi-functional replica that makes judgement calls…
AI Might Kill Us All (With Carbon Emissions)
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/ai-might-kill-us-all-with-carbon-emissions/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/ai-might-kill-us-all-with-carbon-emissions/
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AI Might Kill Us All (With Carbon Emissions)
So-called artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage right now between your grandma asking ChatGPT how to code in Python or influencers making videos without having to hire extras, but one growin…
Pez Blaster Shoots Candy Dangerously Fast
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/pez-blaster-shoots-candy-dangerously-fast/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/03/pez-blaster-shoots-candy-dangerously-fast/
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Pez Blaster Shoots Candy Dangerously Fast
You could use a little pocket-sized Pez dispenser if you’re a humble, reserved person. Or, you could follow the example of [Backhaul Studios], and build a dangerously powerful blaster that sh…
SMD Capacitor Doubles as Cheap SD Card Latch
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/smd-capacitor-doubles-as-cheap-sd-card-latch/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/smd-capacitor-doubles-as-cheap-sd-card-latch/
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SMD Capacitor Doubles As Cheap SD Card Latch
Here’s a clever hack. Simple, elegant, and eminently cost-effective: using an SMD capacitor to hold your flash media in place! This is a hack that can pretty much be summed up with just the i…
Why GitHub Copilot Isn’t Your Coding Partner
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/why-github-copilot-isnt-your-coding-partner/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/why-github-copilot-isnt-your-coding-partner/
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Why GitHub Copilot Isn’t Your Coding Partner
These days ‘AI’ is everywhere, including in software development. Coming hot on the heels of approaches like eXtreme Programming and Pair Programming, there’s now a new kind of pa…
Smart Temp Sensors Helps You Nail Your Cooking
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/smart-temp-sensors-helps-you-nail-your-cooking/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/smart-temp-sensors-helps-you-nail-your-cooking/
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Smart Temp Sensors Helps You Nail Your Cooking
Cooking is all about temperature control: too cold isn’t good enough, and too hot can ruin everything. To aid in this regard, [Printerforge] created a smart temperature alarm to keep them awa…
Hackaday Podcast Episode 327: A Ploopy Knob, Rube-Goldberg Book Scanner, Hard Drives and Power Grids Oscillating Out of Control
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/hackaday-podcast-episode-327-a-ploopy-knob-rube-goldberg-book-scanner-hard-drives-and-power-grids-oscillating-out-of-control/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/hackaday-podcast-episode-327-a-ploopy-knob-rube-goldberg-book-scanner-hard-drives-and-power-grids-oscillating-out-of-control/
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Hackaday Podcast Episode 327: A Ploopy Knob, Rube-Goldberg Book Scanner, Hard Drives And Power Grids Oscillating Out Of Control
It’s Independence Day here in the USA, but if you’re not a fan of fireworks and hot dogs, Elliot and Dan’s rundown of the best hacks of the week is certainly something to celebrat…
2025 One Hertz Challenge: Electromechanical CMOS Clock Keeps In Step With Mains Frequency
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/2025-one-hertz-challenge-electromechanical-cmos-clock-keeps-in-step-with-mains-frequency/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/04/2025-one-hertz-challenge-electromechanical-cmos-clock-keeps-in-step-with-mains-frequency/
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2025 One Hertz Challenge: Electromechanical CMOS Clock Keeps In Step With Mains Frequency
Some people can’t be bothered to read the analog face of a traditional clock. Some people cannot stand the low frequency “hum” of mains current. If you are in either of those cate…