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Yeah - big fan of the FM / FM2n (I've also got the latter) The FM3a always really appealed, but the more I think about it the less it appeals. Although it's a mechanical shutter, t…

I've been pondering the same thought recently but applied to analog cameras. Analog cameras have evolved over time, approximately according to the following: - fully mechanical - m…

One of the nicest data through sound implementations I came across was in a kid's toy (often the best source of innovation) It was a "Bob the Builder" play set and when you wheeled…

Not cheap, but you can get a Leica that doesn't even have a screen, it's all manual and just treats the sensor as though it were film stock. One of the things I like about the Leic…

This is one of my favourite distractions when watching Sci-Fi films set in the future - spotting objects from now. For example: - In Luke's home in Star Wars IV there's a lot of Tu…

I like the principle of this and have kind of done it myself previously, however I'm currently finding it's a _lot_ harder to consider blowing up your life when you have kids that …

For those who favour Docker - you can do this: docker run --name archiveteam --label=com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true --restart=unless-stopped atdr.meo.ws/archiveteam/red…

I've had the displeasure of re-implementing some awful systems written in a no-code platform. If you're using low-code, you're still writing software, and good software is more tha…

We've been using trivy [1] to audit the container builds we've been producing for a relatively security focussed project. As well as scanning for OS package level vulnerabilities i…

Having big flashbacks to the switch from PPC to x86 here. Rosetta worked relatively smoothly during that transition so fingers crossed it will be ok here too. Though with Docker su…

I'm a happy Postgres user and recently did some work with a government agency using Oracle - the thing that shocked me most about Oracle was the lack of transactional DDL operation…

Wow, that's a particularly nasty clickbaity headline. He only dropped out because of the disease that caused him to be bedridden for those 11 years. Maybe "Student was bedridden fo…

I wonder if that's because heads would always win

From personal experience: using WebSockets for realtime communication with a microcontroller works really well. I've put together a number of products using ESP8266 to do this and …

I love threads like this as I always end up discovering a new gem. I'm just going to post some of the things I've read recently in case you haven't - it doesn't really matter if a …

I was pleasantly surprised to see this too - I bought a charge controller directly from Hugh to load control an immersion element direct from DC solar and he was extremely knowledg…

Alternative takeaway: Javascript is so widely deployed that most languages have found a way to compile to it

Personal WASM anecdote: I just implemented a WASM based 3d model boolean operation for three.js where I can intersect two models together. The pure js version ran in around 10s on …

Not sure why this comment is being downvoted - seems like a perfectly valid concern, particularly if you've read Rainbows End by Verner Vinge

Good work, however a little feedback... This works fine at lower rates but once you hit anything greater than 120 or so there's a noticeable lag between hitting the key to rotate a…

The timescales involved in the manufacture of this mirror are amazing. I love the way this guy just casually states things like: "we then cool the glass ... for a few months" "the …

It's a nice idea and really well executed but the second test just demonstrates to me how JS is not an ideal language for a beginner to learn as you're thrown straight into async e…

I recently did the same thing and have packaged it all up as an Ansible setup script [1]. We're using it for a Pi based robot arm [2], so having a built-in access point and a web i…

Here's an open hardware robot arm you can build: http://kickstarter.com/projects/mime/mearm-pi-build-your-own... I know it's Kickstarter but it will be shipping very soon and you c…