4 days ago · Retrotechtacular: The Tyranny Of Large Numbers Although much diminished now, the public switched telephone network was one of the largest machines ever constructed.

3 days ago · Large language models (LLMs) are wholly dependent on the quality of the input data with which these models are trained. While suggestions that people eat rocks are funny to you and me, in the case ...

Nov 20, 2024 · Yesterday, Prusa Research officially unveiled their next printer, the Core ONE. Going over the features and capabilities of this new machine, it’s clear that Prusa has kept a close eye on the ...

Nov 20, 2024 · After 22 years of development, FreeCAD has at long last reached the milestone of version 1.0. On this momentous occasion, it’s good to remember what a version 1.0 is supposed to mean, as also…

Aug 22, 2017 · To many, the Enigma machine is an enigma. But it’s really quite simple. The following is a step-by-step explanation of how it works, from the basics to the full machine. Possibly the greatest ...

Oct 20, 2024 · One of the hacker toys to own over the last year has been the Flipper Zero, a universal wireless hacking tool which even caused a misplaced moral panic about car theft in Canada. A Flipper is cool …

Jan 9, 2025 · They aren’t that huge. MicroSD cards are $5 for a Microcenter brand 64 GB, or $9 if you want a SanDisk. Debian installs in 1.5 GB if you don’t need a GUI.

May 6, 2023 · [Emupedia]’s work to preserve computer history by way of making classic and abandoned games and software as accessible as possible is being done in a handy way: right in your browser with Emu…

Mar 23, 2021 · Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is everywhere these days. If you fire up a scanner on your phone and walk around the neighborhood, we’d be willing to bet you’d pick up dozens if not hundreds…

Dec 11, 2024 · Why Hovercraft Are Great Baien at the Port of Oita, 2023 (Credit: Pinkaba, Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) So with that said, obviously hovercraft and its kin were all investigated, prodded & poked and ...