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Canvas is open-source and can be self-hosted.

TL;DR: it's in a gray area, but nobody with power actually cares (at least for now), so it's effectively fine. As I understand it, Lego is aware of the project (there's been a sign…

I can tell you from firsthand experience that people - including people I have personally worked with at large organizations - have absolutely heard of Wiz. Yes, it is a relatively…

https://ktkaufman03.github.io/ I don't post a lot, but when I do, I try to make it interesting. So far I've covered: - a creative use of Rust's type system ( https://ktkaufman03.gi…

I was annoyed by having to write the same boilerplate code over and over again to handle "failures" that would never actually occur, so I took matters into my own hands and came up…

Location: Worcester, MA Remote: Yes, potentially open to hybrid Willing to relocate: No Technologies: C#, C/C++, Java, Rust, Python, Go Résumé/CV: Available on request Email: ktkau…

Location: Worcester, MA Remote: Yes, potentially open to hybrid Willing to relocate: No Technologies: C#, C/C++, Java, Rust, Python, Go Résumé/CV: Available on request Email: kaufm…

The way the scanner deals with dust is by complaining that there's dust :-) (It doesn't have a special dust error, AFAIK, but it does do some checks that will end up failing if too…

In theory it's unnecessary. The problem is that one of the main selling points of the Pakon is its convenience - then again, if somebody wants to do things the hard way, who am I t…

I had help, but yes. I think it's worth the cost to give people peace of mind that they won't have to disable some of the most important security features available to them in orde…

Oddly, there are files on the CDs that are dated after the date on the packing slip - several months after, in fact. So I'm not quite sure exactly how old my kit is...

The custom drivers will be released soon :-) If you're not in the Pakon Facebook group, I recommend requesting to join it, since there's a lot of useful information there.

>I think it's still nightmare because Windows require driver signature verification by default I've taken care of that already :) My custom drivers are properly signed and basicall…

I've added a picture of my scanner to the article :-)

By popular demand, the article now has a picture of the scanner I have access to - an F135 Plus - with a bit more information about how it's used. For those who wish to see an F235…

I've addressed this a couple of times in response to others, but the main problem is that there are multiple models that look quite different from each other. I could pick one, but…

A more accurate title would be "Reviving the coolest scanner you've probably never heard of", but it was already a bit long. I make no claims about my own coolness :-)

Good point about the Cypress acquisition. While I was investigating part of the driver code recently, I realized it was based on FX2 sample code. The development kit that I got, on…

TIL about PCI-X. Northlight looks like a pretty cool piece of hardware! It's cool to see what other obscure stuff is out there - that's why I like Hacker News :-)

That does look pretty cool!

Huh, I guess I should tell everyone I know that I don't exist ;) In all seriousness, I like learning about things that were before my time, and that's why I use the term "archaeolo…

I don't plan on doing a walkthrough - the only reason I even touched a Pakon scanner was for development/testing purposes - but there's an abundance of information online that I'd …

I had never even heard the name "Walter Oney" before I started researching this thing. I was pleasantly surprised by how well his 20 year old code held up, though.