Notices by Hackaday (hackaday@masto.ai)

BASIC Co-Inventor Thomas Kurtz Has Passed Away

It’s with sadness that we note the passing of Thomas E. Kurtz, on November 12th. He was co-inventor of the BASIC programming language back in the 1960s, and though his …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/11/15/basic-co-inventor-thomas-kurtz-has-passed-away/

Making a Unique Type Of Wind Gauge For Home Assistant Use

Sometimes, it’s nice to know how windy it is outside. Knowing the direction of the wind can be a plus, too. To that end, [Sebastian Sokołowski] built himself an unusual …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/making-a-unique-type-of-wind-gauge-for-home-assistant-use/

Retrogadgets: Oscilloscope Cameras

Today, if you want to get a picture from your oscilloscope — maybe to send to a collaborator or to stick in a document or blog post — it is …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/11/11/retrogadgets-oscilloscope-cameras/

FreeBSD at 30: the History and Future of the Most Popular BSD-Based OS

Probably not too many people around the world celebrated November 1st, 2023, but on this momentous date FreeBSD celebrated its 30th birthday. As the first original fork of the first …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/10/28/freebsd-at-30-the-history-and-future-of-the-most-popular-bsd-based-os/

A Brand-New Additive PCB Fab Technique?

Usually when we present a project on these pages, it’s pretty cut and dried — here’s what was done, these are the technologies used, this was the result. But sometimes …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/10/27/a-brand-new-additive-pcb-fab-technique/

The Glacial IPv6 Transition: Raising Questions on Necessity and NAT-Based Solutions

A joke in networking circles is that the switch from IPv4 to IPv6 is always a few years away. Although IPv6 was introduced in the early 90s as a result …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/10/26/the-glacial-ipv6-transition-raising-questions-on-necessity-and-nat-based-solutions/

Ham Radio in the Internet Age

Even if you are relatively young, you can probably think back on what TV was like when you were a kid and then realize that TV today is completely different. …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/10/25/ham-radio-in-the-internet-age/

FLOSS Weekly Episode 805: Mastodon — Bring Your Own Algorithm

This week Jonathan Bennett and Jeff Massie chat with Andy Piper about Mastodon! There’s a new release of Mastodon, and plenty on the road map to keep everybody excited! https://joinmastodon.org/ …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/10/16/floss-weekly-episode-805-mastodon-bring-your-own-algorithm/

New Study Looks at the Potential Carcinogenicity of 3D Printing

We’ve all heard stories of the dangers of 3D printing, with fires from runaway hot ends or dodgy heated build plates being the main hazards. But what about the particulates? …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/10/14/new-study-looks-at-the-potential-carcinogenicity-of-3d-printing/

Reverse Time Back to the Days of RPN

While Texas Instruments maintains dominance in the calculator market (especially graphing calculators), there was a time when this wasn’t the case. HP famously built the first portable scientific calculator, the …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/09/26/reverse-time-back-to-the-days-of-rpn/

Winamp Releases Source Code, But Is It Really Open?

The 1990s seem to have reached that point at which they are once more considered cool, and ephemera of the decade has become sought-after. One of the unlikely software hits …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/winamp-releases-source-code-but-is-it-really-open/

Mobile Coffee Table Uses Legs to Get Around

For getting around on most surfaces, it’s hard to beat the utility of the wheel. Versatile, inexpensive, and able to be made from a wide array of materials has led …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/09/10/mobile-coffee-table-uses-legs-to-get-around/

If Wood Isn’t The Biomass Answer, What Is?

As we slowly wean ourselves away from our centuries-long love affair with fossil fuels in an attempt to reduce CO2 emissions and combat global warming, there has been a rapid …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/09/05/if-wood-isnt-the-biomass-answer-what-is/

Tiny ’90s Laptop Gets Modern Power

The laptop to have here in the 2020s varies depending on who you ask, perhaps a Framework, or maybe a ThinkPad. Back in the 1990s the answer might have included …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/08/21/tiny-90s-laptop-gets-modern-power/

BikeBeamer Adds POV Display to Bicycle Wheels

Unless you’re living in a bicycle paradise like the Netherlands, most people will choose to add some sort of illumination to their bicycle to help drivers take note that there’s …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/06/11/bikebeamer-adds-pov-display-to-bicycle-wheels/

How Many Western ICs Are There In Russia’s Weapons?

Recently, the Ukrainian government has published a database of Western components being used in recently produced Russian armaments, and it’s a fascinating scroll. Just how much does Russia rely on …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/06/08/how-many-western-ics-are-there-in-russias-weapons/

Winamp Source Code Will be Opened Up, Company Says

Recently the company currently in charge of the Winamp media player – formerly Radionomy, now Llama Group – announced that it will be making the source code of the player …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2024/05/17/winamp-source-code-will-be-opened-up-company-says/

An Open-Source, Free Circuit Simulator

The original circuit simulation software, called the Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis, or SPICE as it is more commonly known, was originally developed at the University of Califorina Berkeley …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2023/07/30/an-open-source-free-circuit-simulator/

TinyBasicLike: a Target-Independent BASIC Interpreter

In the long and winding history of BASIC, it’s sometimes hard to keep track of all the different variants and dialect. Some may still remember TinyBASIC, which was published in …read more
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https://hackaday.com/2023/07/31/tinybasiclike-a-target-independent-basic-interpreter/