Leftovers

• Hackaday ☛ Wooden Desk Lamp Uses Unusual Dimmer

  One of the problems with laser cutting projects is that while they look good, they often look like they were laser cut. [Timber Rough] has a wooden desk lamp that not only looks good but has one of the most unusual dimming features we’ve seen.

• Hackaday ☛ Pimp My Pot Redux, Now Cheaper And Even Better

  If there’s one thing we like around here more than seeing an improved version of a project we’ve already covered, it’s when the improvements make the original project cheaper. In the case of this LED ring light for pots and encoders, not only is it cheaper than its predecessors, it’s better looking and easier to integrate into your projects.

• The Conversation ☛ 2024-02-08 [Older] How a place’s ecology can shape the culture of the people who live there – podcast

• Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] Gertrude Stein: A complex pioneer of modernism

• Hardware

  • Hackaday ☛ Minitel, The 1980s Console Game Platform You Never Had

    We’ve made no secret over the years here at Hackaday of our admiration for the Minitel. The ubiquitous CRT terminals which made 1980s France the most connected country in the world never made it to where we grew up, but OH! how we wanted them to! We’ve seen quite a few Minitels repurposed as serial terminals here, but for the time being we think [Louis H] has won the Minitel Internet with his plugin game console cartridges. These have a DIN plug to fit the Minitel serial port, and present themselves as a serial game.

  • CNX Software ☛ STMicro STM32WL5MOC SiP Module is pre-certified for LoRaWAN & Sigfox networks

    STMicroelectronics has recently introduced the STM32WL5MOC system in package (SiP) module with a dual-core STM32 microcontroller, sub-1 GHz RF radio, power supply, and passive components into a 10×10 mm LGA package. According to ST, the new chip uses the STM32WL module which we have seen used in Arduino MKR-inspired MKR Windy board, smart building, and many other LoRa devices. STMicroelectronics’ STM32WL, an Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller, operates in sub-GHz ISM bands (413-479MHz, 826-958MHz, and 169MHz later in 2024) for protocols like wireless M-Bus (mode N) and Wize. It supports multi-protocol and multi-modulation (4-(G)FSK, 2-(G)FSK, (G)MSK, DBPSK, DSSS, OOK, ASK) for various wireless standards (Sigfox, KNX, WiSun, mioty, M-Bus, etc.) and introduces power-saving features for up to 15 years of battery life.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Measles: A deadly disease that can be prevented [Ed: Forcing people to take experimental, barely tested vaccines has done damage to the reputation of vaccination in general]

  • CBC ☛ 2024-02-03 [Older] Measles has exploded in Europe. Clinicians say it's only a matter of time before outbreaks hit Canada

  • The Conversation ☛ 2024-02-07 [Older] The brain is the most complicated object in the universe. This is the story of scientists’ quest to decode it – and read people’s minds

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-05 [Older] Cannabis cravings: Why smoking weed makes you hungry

  • CBC ☛ 2024-02-04 [Older] Familial DNA searches come with risks, rewards in solving MMIWG cold cases

• Security

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • The Conversation ☛ 2024-02-08 [Older] Cybercriminals are creating their own AI chatbots to support hacking and scam users

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ New USB stick has a self-destruct feature that heats it to over 100 degrees Celsius — a secret three-insertion process needed to unlock data safely

      The Ovrdrive USB flash drive uses a unique insertion mechanism to prevent unsavvy users from accessing its contents. It is poised as a cheap open-source product for researchers and journalists (especially in suppressed areas where regular encryption is illegal).

• Defence/Aggression

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-03 [Older] US launches strikes in response to Jordan drone attack

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] Germany: Bundeswehr ranks shrink despite recruitment drive

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-04 [Older] 'Take Our Border Back' convoy arrives at US-Mexico border

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-04 [Older] US, UK carry out strikes against Houthis in Yemen

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-04 [Older] Houthi attacks in Red Sea 'must stop,' UK foreign secretary says

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] Yemen's Houthis claim attack on UK-owned ship in Red Sea

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] Yemen: Houthi 'terrorist' label a threat to aid?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-08 [Older] Red Sea: German frigate sets sail to join planned EU mission

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-08 [Older] South Korea party urges mandatory military service for women

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-05 [Older] Iran building new nuclear reactor in Isfahan

• Transparency/Investigative Reporting

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ When secrecy can spell disaster: Hong Kong’s new security law must protect whistleblowers

    Chief Executive John Lee has announced the start of the government’s second attempt to introduce local legislation on national security as required by the Basic Law’s Article 23. The first attempt in 2003 ended in failure amid widespread public protest. This time Hong Kong’s patriots-only political elite cheered.

• Environment

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] European Commission pushes to slash emissions by 2040

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] What is carbon capture and storage?

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-02-08 [Older] Canada’s Carbon Emissions Cover-Up

  • CBC ☛ 2024-02-08 [Older] Snow sports at B.C. Winter Games cancelled due to lack of snow

  • CBC ☛ 2024-02-08 [Older] Alberta has dozens of wildfires still burning this winter. Here's why.

  • CBC ☛ 2024-02-07 [Older] Europe is planning huge emissions cuts by 2040. Here's how it could work (or not)

  • CBC ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] Colorado fines Suncor $10.5 million US for air pollution violations

  • CBC ☛ 2024-02-05 [Older] How Canada is lagging when it comes to clamping down on 'greenwashing'

  • Energy/Transportation

    • The Conversation ☛ 2024-02-08 [Older] A new generation of spaceplanes is taking advantage of the latest in technology

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] Critics decry Berlin's 'behind-the-times' transport policy

    • CBC ☛ 2024-02-04 [Older] B.C. oil and gas producers warned of potential water shortages in drought-stricken areas

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-07 [Older] Sweden drops Nord Stream explosions investigation

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-05 [Older] How do we fight wildfires as temperatures rise?

    • CBC ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] Marine Stewardship Council pauses new standards for seafood sustainability

    • The Conversation ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] How long did Neanderthals and modern humans co-exist in Europe? Evidence is growing it may have been at least 10,000 years

    • The Conversation ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] Newly identified prehistoric pterosaur will help us understand evolution of flying reptiles

    • The Conversation ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] We’ve found out how earless moths use sound to defend themselves against bats – and it could give engineers new ideas

    • The Conversation ☛ 2024-02-05 [Older] How bats ‘leapfrog’ their way home at night – new research

• Finance

  • YLE ☛ Strikes could cost the economy nearly €1bn, warns business lobby [Ed: Rich people complain that workers make them less rich. Yle repeats what the rich say, plus it bombards readers with positive coverage about the economy, citing rich people. Yle has become rich people's propaganda rag, boasting about how the economy is marvellous (based on some Wall Street hacks) and workers who want pay increase are destroying this wonderful economy. Switch off Yle? The WHOLE point of strikes is to HURT the bottom line... of the rich. To the point where they make concessions and the economy becomes fairer (or working conditions improve).]

    EK director Jyri Häkämies urged the government to speed up its labour market reforms.

  • CBC ☛ 2024-02-07 [Older] Bank of Canada says housing affordability is about boosting supply, not lowering interest rates

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-04 [Older] Germany sees surprising resurgence of trade unions

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-05 [Older] Vietnam pushes US to grant it 'market economy' status

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-05 [Older] Germany: Lufthansa ground staff to go on strike

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-07 [Older] Germany: Lufthansa ground staff begin 27-hour strike

  • CBC ☛ 2024-02-03 [Older] Real estate receiverships on the rise in Canada as projects stall

  • CBC ☛ 2024-02-04 [Older] My 18-year-old son pays us rent, and I couldn't be more proud of him

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] Germany sees unexpected leap in factory orders

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-07 [Older] Japan bets on tech, immigration as labor crisis worsens

  • CBC ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] Ontario disability support worker says long OT hours put her close to breaking point amid a staffing crisis

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-07 [Older] Germany's trade unions: What's behind the wave of strikes?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-07 [Older] Can India's airports cope with rapid passenger growth?

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • New York Times ☛ Congressman Who Broke With G.O.P. on Mayorkas Vote Will Not Seek Re-election

    Representative Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, once seen as a rising star, made the announcement just days after voting against impeaching the homeland security secretary.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Oscar-nominated director S. Leo Chiang on Taiwan identity, Chinese censors, and Hong Kong as a ‘cautionary tale’

    There is a scene in S. Leo Chiang’s Oscar-nominated documentary short Island in Between where two men discuss a fierce battle. One mentions a memorial for fallen soldiers on the opposite side of the strait that separates them from China. The other seems surprised something like that would exist.

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-08 [Older] US DOJ says Biden 'mishandled' docs, rules out charges

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-08 [Older] US Supreme Court skeptical of Trump ballot disqualification

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-07 [Older] Senegal internet restored after election postponement unrest

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-02-08 [Older] Canada Media Group Ends Several TV Newscasts After Announcing 4,800 Layoffs

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-05 [Older] China: Australian blogger given suspended death sentence

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Will European museums return Southeast Asia's 'stolen' artifacts?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-03 [Older] Northern Ireland elects first-ever nationalist leader

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-03 [Older] Thousands crowd central Berlin to protest far right

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-06 [Older] Germany: AfD youth group can be classified as 'extremist'

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-03 [Older] Germany: Tens of thousands in Berlin protest far right

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-04 [Older] Berlin's football community joins protests against far right

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-04 [Older] Chile: Forest fires kill dozens, destroy homes

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Gemini* and Gopher

  • Personal/Opinions

    • Frames Of Reference- Chapter 7

      She’s sitting on the couch, one of those cheap cozy mystery novels in tow, no doubt checked out from the Pueblo Library, which she seems to be frequenting more and more these days during her off hours. Her left hand is dipped into a freshly opened bag of goldfish crackers, she’s getting crumbs everywhere and periodically looking up at the TV. Some muffled late-night interview. I decide it’s best to leave her alone.

    • 🔤SpellBinding — BCIRNOK Wordo: CHUMS

    • Academiology II: Residency

      When I was in my first year, I lived on campus. It was... strange. This was during the time people still cared about COVID transmission, so things were quiet. Maybe or maybe not quieter than they otherwise would have been; it's hard to tell. But if nothing else, having a home on the same property as all my classes was incredibly valuable.

      Going to an 8 AM class meant waking up at 7:50 AM on the hard days, crawling out of bed, throwing on a shirt and running a few blocks over. Getting breakfast down the road afterwards. Meeting friends on my floor. Going to the many events they put on. All that stuff. All the things that are supposed to make residence a valuable experience.

    • Generating random TFT labyrinths using the drop chart in the bottom of the TFT Legacy Edition box

      So, today I spent part of my day generating (part of) a labyrinth for The Fantasy Trip using the die drop chart in the bottom of the TFT Legacy Edition Box.

    • weaving forwards practically

      i've taken my fridge for granted all these years. a little introspection mixed with some spirituality and i've started looking for more primitive; more natural ways of doing things. food storage is tricky though, if you live in a Victorian-era town and don't own land that a smoking hut could be built on. guess i'm lucky i don't eat meat.

  • Technology and Free Software

    • RE: Dialectics and “Artificial Intelligence”

      This post is my reply to some ideas in Roderic's post on altesq.net. It got me interred but I was abroad during CNY and I don't have much time to actually write down my thoughts. This post should have gone out a few days back. But that just gave me more time to think through my words, eh?

      By no means I'm trying to attack the author. But I want to provide a better, more productive foundation regarding AI - a field I care deeply about.

    • Finally an APL for my flying saucer?

      Suppose that you're interested in using BQN but you're troubled by not having any. Well, if you're an Arch linux and using emacs, the following should see you through

    • My TUIs

      The terminal is configured for RGB 24 bit colors, when using terminal multiplexers (screen, tmux) you might not get 24bit colors.

    • Internet/Gemini

      • What happens in gemspace...

        I don't know if this is a principle that many folks share, but I make an effort to keep as many of my links as I can internal to gemspace. Sometimes that doesn't always turn out; there's lots of cool stuff all around the internet that I like talking about here, but I generally find browsing gemini a lot more satisfying when all the links I come across point inwards rather than out.

        I suppose it's well known the most significant problem we're facing today as an online community is that we don't have much going on. Gemspace can be a very quite place. That's not always a bad thing, but it's nice to have friends around. I think proactively seeking to create a strong internal flow of communication can go a long way to building a more vibrant atmosphere with few people.

      • Hello world!

        This is my first ever post on the small net.

        This feels like a nice quiet place.

        Happy to be here!